Its Wednesday ...

 OK its Wednesday and so time to take the weekly ritual snoop round everyone's crafting space courtesy of the lovely Julia Dunnit.

So here is my work space .. unadulterated!!

 A bit on the messy side ,,, cupboards open, baskets hanging out, on the top .. very messy for me!!

And a closer look ...

 papers, stamps, lace, dst not put away and projects on the go

And a closer lok at that lace .. very lush!!

 I was away last week and didn't get to desk hop .. will be doing that this week!

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
And I know I know I know I know I know I want you ...

... well the latest release of Sweetness from Sugar Nellie.  Its only 1 more day of suspense before the Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells sneaky peeks begin over at the Sugar Nellie blog ...

Furry Friends

A quick post from me today ...

Another Christmas card ticked off, and a bit contemporarry as I used just black and white.  I coloured Furry Friends from Sugar Nellie in using my promarkers - well black, cool greys and skin colours!!!  I embossed some white cardstock using my Swiss dots and snowflake folders and matted them onto black cardstock.  I glamour duted, stickled and flower softed the image and added black and clear gems.  Finally some borderie Anglaise and some gingham ribbon.

Challenges -
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Totally Gorguss - cute and cuddly
Tuesday Throwdown - dimesion and texture
Passion for Promarkers - no patterned papers
Creative Inspirations - favourite stamp

And now for the exciting bit ... only 2 days to go until we start seeing the sneaky peeks for Sugar Nellie's latest release ... lots of jingle bells and tinkle bells going on ... lots!!!  Click the pic to go to Sugar Nellie's blog for all the news ... grab your bells and get jingling all the way ...!

2 posts in 1 day ... I must be on a roll!!

Having run round all morning (shopping, new vacuum cleaner, new school shoes ...) I got time to have a proper crafting session this afternoon ... I missed my craft space!

I coloured I Love to Read,  from Sugar Nellie's Simply Sassy range, in using my prisma pencils, before chopping her feet off and making the frame using my deckled nesties.  The dp is Basic Grey Oxford, and I added some lace, gingham ribbon and a layered flower with some card candy at the centre.

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Creative Inspirations - back to school
Allsorts - You've been framed
Paperplay - 3 different embellishments, 2 design papers, lace

 This LOTV fairy (a RAK from my lovely Basic Grey Challenges buddy Sandie) is coloured in using my promarkers.  The dp is Basic Grey Green at Heart and I used some lace from my stash.  The sentiment is also from LOTV.

Challenges
Lili of the Valley - thank you
Stamp Something - thank you
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge - sketch
Stampavie and more - girly
Trully Scrumptious - lace

Don't forget ...only 4 more days until the sneak peeks of the latest Sugar Nellie release start ... click the pic to go to the Sugar Nellie blog.

Sunday's offerings ...

All the unpacking has been done, washing on, children have re-familiarised themselves with all their toys (house is now a mess!!) and the hoover has blown up ... but amid all that I have made a card!!!

A very simple card I admit!!  I used a SU stamp, and used my pencils to colour in bits of it.  I paper periced round the card blank and then thought I would use a whirte pencil rather than gel pen to stitch ... not the best effect, but lesson duly learned!!  Finally I added some bakers twine.

CHallenges:
Less is More  - things that move
Fab n Funky - stitch in time
Charisma Cardz - negative space

Sugar Nellie are getting ready for their next release of stamps ... ohh and they are CRACKING, you will not only want them but NEED them!!!

Right I am off to get some food shopping done - the family seem to want me to feed them!!  and buy a new hoover ... joy of joys!

Is she piratey?

Another crafting creation form my day at Ali's ... thank you sweetie for cropping and lightening it for me xx

I coloured this Leanne Ellis image Be one Traveller with my promarkers.  The dp is SU Blueberry crisp, and I stamped round the edge using a Prima stamp and walnut stain..  I added lace, bakers twine and a button nabbed from Ali.  The flower was made using a TH die and I stamped over it in walnut stain.

Challenges:

Passsion for Promarkers - pirates - best piratey card I could do on holiday!!

Papertake Weekly - Bingo - Lace, fee (button), blooms

Sugar Bowl  - sketch

Crafts and Me - blue or blue and green

If I'd known ...

you were coming I'd have baked you a cake!!! That is what my fabby Friend Ali sang to me this morning when I asked for cake ... well she knew I was coming ... and no cake!!

I made this card at Ali's house today during a crafting session.  I used A Cherry on Top from Sugar Nellie and coloured it using my promarkers.  I have altered a notebook, turning it into a recipe book.  I kept it all WOW, embossing the cardstock and distressing it.  I added a punched border and some gingham ribbon.  I doodled the text.  Sorry for the porr pic, but I took it using my phone!!

Challenges:
Simon Says stamp - food and drink
Allsorts - anything but a card
Tuesday Throwdown - non stamped sentiment
Creative Craft Challenge - anything but a card
Sugar Bowl  - sketch


And as it isd Wednesday its also time for WOYWW ... well I am on holiday so my crafting space is in Ali's front room...

 Ali's speccies that I was playing with, my pens, papers, stamps and a couple of cards made  ... and a fab day crafting and chatting ... shame about the cake!!
 I am struggling to get round blogs due to the intenet connection .. .so it may be Sunday befoire I get to visit your blogs xx

Some exciting news ... and card

I was supposed to blog this yesterday ... but life got in the way (hubby came home!!!).  Anyways, yesterday I was invited to become a Sugar Bowl Sweetie ... I thought about it for all of half a nanosecond LOL!!!!  Woohhhoooooooo ... I am so excited as I love my Sugar Nellies, so to be part of their Challenge blog is amazing.

OK now onto my card ...

 This is one of Krista's fabulous Simply Sassy range, Missing you.  I coloured her using my promarkers and then cut he out.  The dp is Pink Petticoat, and I added some bakers twine and gingham ribbon.  I embossed the white cardstock, but decided against any more embellies, just nice and clean.

Sugar Bowl  - sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Clean and Simple

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Its Friday ... and I go on holiday tonight - woohooo!!!!!

This week's Totally papercrafts Challenge is Food and Drink.  Our sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs andthe prize is a super 4 digi images of the winner's choice.

I used Delicious from Sugar Nellie's Simply Sassy range, and coloured her in using my promarkers.  The flower was made using my nesties peony set, and I stamped cranberry swirls onto it and stickled it.  Love this lace that I got recently.  The cardstock is embossed with a couple of my embossing folders.  The image and cardstock is distressed using my TH distressing tool.

Challenges:
Sugar Bowl  - sketch
Simon Says Stamp - all white
Divas by design - birthday
Stampavie - girly
Trully Scrumptious - lace it up
Charisma Cardz - distressing
Paperplay - create your own dp
Cute Card Thursday - Clean and Simple

Boho Chic and WOYWW

I coloured this image ages ago ... it has cropped up on several WOYWW pics .. .finally got it onto a card last night ...

The image is Boho Chic from the Simply Sassy range over at Sugar Nellie.  She is coloured using my promarkers, and then I lightly distressed the background and stickled the image.  The dp is SU and I made the flower using 3 sizes of peony nesties, cut onto blue cardstock and stamped with a swirl stamp in DI photo vintage.   I distressed the doilly to help it fit in, and added this gorgeous off-white lace.  Finally some flat backed pearls.

Challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - divas with glamour and glitter
Charisma Cardz - Bingo - flowers, glitter nad pearls
Papertake Weekly - Grow your own

 And as it Wednesday and time for a trip round the crafty desks in blogland, led by the lovely Julia, here was my desk as I made the card last night ...

Image in the background, along with that lush lace, and the flowers cut ready to 'enhance'!!!  Ohhh a a packet of malteasers, nearly empty ...hmmmmmm love malteasers!!!

Tuesday's offering

I had a little crafting session last night and made this ...

I used one of Sugar Nellie's Homegrown range, Fragile Beauty, and coloured her using my promarkers.  The dp is Basic Grey Oxford, which I distressed using my TH tool, and I used a birthday stamp to stamp over the blue dp in cranberry ink, not that you can see much of it!!!  The lace is from my stash, and I glittered the edge of the image, added saome faux stitching to the outer dp, punched some butterflies and added WOC flowers and pearls.

Challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge - sew mad
Pink Ink Sketch challenge - sketch
Dream Valley - distressing
Craft Your Days Away - birthdays
Creative Stamp Friends - handmade background
Charisma Cardz - Bingo (flowers, pearls and glitter)
I love Promarkers - things with wings
Tuesday Throwdown - birthday
Creative Craft - summertime
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Happy Birthday