Sundays with Santa

YES!!!!, another christmas card done, one more ticked off the list, just wondering to myself how much longer I can keep this up, making christmas cards all year long, be intresting to see won't it?  Anyway on Sunday we had the theme of Easel cards, well as you can see from my blog recently I am sort of liking Easel cards a lot, so this was a big yippeee for me, and heres what I finished up with.......

Image - Santa from Sugar Nellie

Coloured with - Promarkers

A little bit of stickles, glamour dust and flowersoft to give that all over christmas feel

DP - No idea to be honest, its a stack I've had for years and the cover is long gone now.

Sentiment - Paula Pascal for Personnal Impressions

I have to admit I think i this is my all time favourite Santa to colour and play with, well better move and see what other christmas cards I can come up with for next week...

Hugs

XX Fiona XX

Less Is More - Week 2

Well last week was the start of this brand new challenge and WOW what a great response and support they were given, its great to see everyone getting behind a new venture and maybe even trying something out of their comfort zone, It's strange to me, but I have to fess up I really enjoyed it, so have joined in the fun again this week, this week they want a ONE LAYER CARD and useing the theme of Flowers or Trees, so thisis what I came up with .......................

Image - Hero Arts

Coloured with - Prismas (Judy I am getting there, slowly, but getting there.hahaha)

Sentiment - Wooden Woodware Stamp

And thats it, really simple but so so effective, this type of card could become addictive.

Anyway, hope you like it and that you pop over and support the girls at LESS IS MORE

Hugs

XX Fiona XX

SUGAR NELLIE ON FACEBOOK - WEEK 3 ALREADY

Good Afternoon, hope you've had a great weekend, we've had a nice quiet one as the boys are off to nannies until Monday afternoon, so had feet up, relaxing and crafting, its been nice but at the same time so strange also, anyway its given me a chance to clear my crafty desk and post some cards onto my blog, starting with this weeks new challenge on FACEBOOK for SUGAR NELLIE, this week I have gone nice and easy and asked the girls to create an easel card, any shape, any colour, any style, just the one condition it must contain a Sugar Nellie Image, so as usual to hopefully inspire and push some of you in the right direction I've created this one....

Image - Fashionista, a Simply Sassy from SUGAR NELLIE

Coloured with - Promarkers and a little bit of prismas

DP - Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby (loving this stack right now)

Sentiment - Computer generated

Flowers made with the EK success punches

Leaves - L-em Punch

And to finish a bit of bling in the centres of the flowers.

There are many different shapes and styles to easel cards now, and I ove the traditional square type ones, but this time i have gone with the twisted easel card, after seeing the card Marlene did a week or so ago, thought it was time I gace this style a bash, and actually I quite like it, so thanks Mrlene for the push in the right direction.

Anyway thats me for just now, off to try and schedule a few more posts for through the week.

Hugs

XX Fiona XX

Sundays with Santa - Family Christmas

It's Friday again girls,

Thought I'd share this card I made our wee group on Facebook, theres a few crafty friends got together and are aiming to make a christmas card every week, and once again I have another one ticked off the huge list, this week I set the theme and picked a FAMILY CHRISTMAS, mmm well at the time seemed like a good idea but certainly made me have a good long think about how I was gong to tackle it, so after a long rummage I found this POPCORN THE BEAR stamp, which I have to admit had never been cut out, infact the packaging had never been opened, so decided to get him out and inked,

Heres what I came up with...

As you will see I currently have a thing for Easel cards, and White.

Stamp - Popcorn The Bear Christmas Set

Coloured with - Promarkers and Prismas
Background Trees Stamp - Stamping Up

Merry Christmas Stamp - Personnal Impression

Special Nephew - Craftwork cards,

Name was cut using a Sizzlet set,

And to finish a bit of sparkle with my good old Stickles

Well am happy to say I am enjoying the christmas cards still and may have a bash at another couple with week,

xx Thanks for looking xx

Fiona

Less Is More - Week 1

Oh me I seem to be getting back into crafting again, about time too I'd say, I found this new challenge the other day and as it's the very first week of the LESS IS MORE challenge blog, thought it was a perfect excuse for a simple, clean and less is more type card, so I've had a bash and heres what I've finished up with......

The challenge was PINK, BLACK and WHITE

Used to make this card were

Cardstock - From the Local Papermill

Stamps - From a Stamping Up Set I've had for ages, and have never used,

Coloured with - Prismas, Still learning but I am trying

And my cuttlebug with a Nestie to create the embossed border, and thats it, Less is More

I am going to attempt to join in this one every week, nice, easy and simple cards.

xx Thanks for Looking xx

Fiona

SUGAR NELLIE ON FACEBOOK WEEK 2

Oh me girls, its week two already, and a huge well done to loast weeks winner on our Facebook challenge, great to see so many of you having a bash at the side stepper cards, they were all truely awesome.....

So its time for a new challenge, and this week I found the tutorial on SCS for a Joy Fold Card and thought that would make a nice easy challenge for you all to join in with this week, once again you could be lucky winner of a SUGAR NELLIE STAMP of your choice.

Heres my card I made, I've tried to kill two birds with one stone on this one, as our local card group which meets every Monday have started giving us all a piece of homework as well so this week I combined the JOY FOLD card and the HONEYCOMB HEARTS into one card and came up with this .........

Used to create this card were

Image - Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie

Coloured with - Promarkers

DP - My Minds Eye

Sentiment - Stamping Up

Also used a heart punch, and a thin point pen to create the faux stitching.

Anyway thats it so come on over to FACEBOOK and join the gossip and challenge, and I'd love to see what you can create this week.

Hugs

Fiona xx

Sundays With Santa

Morning Girls,

Todays card I am sharing with you all was my creation for the facebook group called Sundays with Santa, the aim of which is to save us all running round like headless chickens in October and November trying to batch make all our cards, so far so good for me, and am still actually quite liking the fact that I am making christmas cards in January (fingers crossed I can keep it up).

Anyway this week the ubber talented Ali set the theme of White Christmas, which if you know Ali will come as no surprise what so ever as she really is the Queen of WOW cards.

So what does white christmas mean to me, well you can't have a white chrsitmas without some of the dreaded white stuff that in December brought the UK to a standstill, yes girls you all know what i mean, SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this is my White Christmas card

Used to make my card

Image - Snow Cosy from Sugar Nellie

Coloured with - Promarkers

Sentiment - Paula Pascal from Personnal Impressions
Cuttlebug and snowflake embossing folder

Snowflake punch from woodware and some bling and stickles.

Right then off to prep a few more cards and see how things roll this week

Hugs

Fiona

SUGAR NELLIE ARE ON FACEBOOK

Hi girls,

As I am sure you are all aware by now, but if you aren't then SUGAR NELLIE have their very own facebook group, and we'd love you to come and join us, we're a friendly bunch, and the super Karen has started a weekly challenge for fun over there, its started today and will run until midnight Saturday/Sunday every week, the winner will be choosen at random, so what have you got to loose......if you win you can choose any SUGAR NELLIE stamp that is available over at FUNKY KITS

This week Karen sent me this link to make a side stepper card, so I've had a play and come up with this ...........

Used to make this card were

Image - Simple Sassy from Sugar Nellie, the fence was from CC Designs

Coloured with - Promakers and Prismas

Sentiment - Personnal Impresions

Card, ribbon, buttons all came from the stash boxes(lol)

Once again I have played with the chalks to create a cloudy floaty background, oh yeah and a little stickles to create the shinner on the water.

Anyway better dash, kids are shouting, hope you all come and have a bash this week, the more the merrier.

HUGS

Fiona

The Sugar Bowl

Oh me I have finally got back up here to play a little, having the other half at home for so long is now totally doing me in, can't wait until the Doc says he can go back to work again. LOL.

This time I've got my Sugar Bowl sketch card to share with you al, I''ll come back later and share more details with you, as I hear the kids about to come in the door and cause mayhem, oh me more cello practise. Never mind, he will get better, this week I have used another of the Sassys from Krista, her artwork is so easy to colour they are defo my favourites right now, and the next set (set 4) is available today over at FUNKY KITS, so go fill your baskets.

Sundays with Santa, what better way to spend an hour or two.....

Oh me , can't believe its taken so long to get back to blogging, this year is racing past and I've not posted a card yet, I know, I know, slap my fingers, I have been playing and colouring just not been able to get round to posting until now, so todays Sunday and over on facebook Pops, has set up a page called Sundays with Santa, where every week we will be making a christmas card so that hopefully come November we are all ahead of the game and not running round like headless chickens, so thought that I should join in.. so heres my first christmas card of 2011.....

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Every week there will be a theme set, well when I saw PINK for my first week of joining in I was like OH NO!!!!!!!!!! of all the things they could have picked PINK, its so not my things at all, but after a bit of head scratching I settled upon Snowflake from Sugar Nellie, unfortunatley this stamp is no longer available but its still a firm favourite for christmas girlie cards.

Used To Make This card

Snowflake - By Sugar Nellie

Coloured with - Promarkers

Cardstock - Stash boxes

Sentiment - Paula Pascal Stamp Set

Background snowflakes stamped in Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, the stamps are from the same Paula Pascal set as the sentiment.

Cuttlebug and snowflake embossing folder, snowflakes have been rubbed over with cut n dry foam and victorian velvet DI.

Snowflake punch from woodware, a couple of bling gems and a sprinkling of snow white flower soft.

Well thats it for today, off to get the iron out and tackle the school uniforms for tomorrow.

Hope you like it, its early to start thinking christmas I know, but decided to not pack my stash away this year, so I can crack on with them ....

Take Care

Hugs

Fiona xx

SUGAR NELLIE SIMPLY SASSY RD 2

Oh me I have had a right to do with round two, as Karen said to do our own thing, but my problem is whatis my own thing, a few months ago it was all colour and paper but recently I have got well and truly into CAS and WOW cards, so after a few failed attempts I have come up with two cards, and I have gone COLOUR this time as it was WOW in the last round.

The first one I am happy to share with you is a girlie one, all pink and cutesy,

For this card I have kept to the clean and simple approach as I love this image HIPPIE CHICK and the size of it is perfect to make it the real star of the card, well I think so anyway.

Used to make this card

Stamp - Hippie Chick from Sugar Nellie

Coloured with - Promarkers

DP - Bo Bunny

Cardstock - Stash Boxes

I have used chalk and a scallop punch to create the cloudy sky effect on the background, this is the first time I have tried this technique and I rather like the finished effect.

And of course no card is complete without a MS border punch.

And now for my second, I have a couple of older boys birthdays coming up early in 2011 so am getting them out the way now before mr Mojo goes on his annual xmas break.

I love this image for older boys, and I had to go COLOUR again, and colour I have used to the max I think, but as he's going to be 10 I think I can get off with it

Used To Make This card

Stamp - No 1 Fan from Sugar Nellie

Coloured with - Promarkers

DP - My Minds Eye Lil Robots pack

Sentiment - Personnal Impressions

The Label/Tag is a spellbinders Nestabilitie set which I forgot I had until recently

For both cards I went with CAS, no embellishments, just the DP and the Image, and I think for these thats all thats needed.

Anyway I hope you really like them, and if you do please please vote for me in the final round xxx

Thanks for taking the time out to visit me and please leave me a comment or two along the way.

Hugs,

Take care and stay safe in this white weather

Fiona

SUGAR NELLIES WOW CARDS

OK, so i know I am last again but with the weather, kids off school, and family staying over my crafting has been well, to be honest non existent for the last couple of weeks, so today I have finally got round to doing my WOW cards for the simply sassy challenge, who isn't going to have a go and want to have the spellbinders caliber under their tree. LOL

My first card, is so simple its scary,

I have stamped directly onto the card stock and pretty much left it at that, turned it into a simple easel card, and used a sentiment stamp which I think fits the bill perfectly.

The next is featuring what I think is my favourite of the first release, she has been matted onto some embossed card stick and a sentiment added to finish

The third and final card, i thought I should use some embellishments on, so out came the punches in their masses, and I actually quite like the finished effect

Thanks Karen for making us all think white, espically when all round us outside has been whote for so long now.

Anyway good Luck everyone who has entered the challenge, and lets see who makes it through to stage 2.

Hugs and Thanks for looking.

Fiona xx