Thursday 27 June 2013

New Challenge at the Sugar Bowl

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are well and your week is going ok. 

I am back today with a card for the new challenge at the Sugar Bowl.  I hope you enjoyed the new release and took part in the blog hop!  

Remember the challenge is "Anything Goes" but you MUST use a Sugar Nellie image.  These can all be found at Funky Kits!


 I have used one of the gorgeous new images for my card:




This little darling is called "A Little Bit of Gossip" which I think is out of stock at the moment but check out the rest of the range here. I have used my Vintage Summer papers from Maja Designs and added mulberry flowers from the Hobby House. I have also used my new La La Land Butterfly die.  A touch of glamour dust and pearls to finish.  

Please pop on over to the Sugar Bowl challenge blog for some more wonderful inspiration.  

That's it from me today.  Have a good day and see you soon!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - A Little Bit of Gossip - Sugar Nellie;
Paper/Card - Vintage Summer - Maja Designs; Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000; Hair - E59, E57, E55, E53, E51; 
Dress/Flower - R85, R83, R81, E42, E43;  Grass - YG17, YG13;
Dies/Punches - La La Land Butterflies;
Other - Pearls, Glamour Dust; Mulberry Flowers
Monday 24 June 2013

Hobby House - Gift Cracker

Good Morning Everyone

I hope you had a nice weekend, mine was quite busy on Friday and Saturday and yesterday was just rubbish, but I won't bore you with it!!

I am here today for my inspiration post for The Hobby House.  If you managed to get to the shop for their 10 year birthday on Saturday I hope you had a great time!  

For my inspiration piece I have made a little gift cracker using all the gorgeous goodies from the Hobby House!




It was a little tricky to photograph properly!  I have covered the cracker on each side with paper from First Edition - New Bloom.  You can find a selection of First Edition paper pads on in the HH store here. The image is a pre-coloured image from Wee Stamps and is from the Silver Fairy sheet here. Then I added lots of gorgeous pearls, swirls and ribbon - are full list is here:

Hobby House Topper Wee Stamps - Silver Fairy 
Hobby House Organza Ribbon - Lilac
Hobby House Flourish - Pearl Daisy
Hobby House Pearls - Liking Lilac

Please pop on over to the Inspiration Blog for lots more gorgeous projects and ideas from the Design Team.  And remember you still have time to enter the Anything Goes challenge on the Challenge Blog, you could win £25 to spend in the shop! 

Have a great day.

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - HH Topper Wee Stamps - Silvery Fairy;
Paper/Card - First Edition New Bloom;  Bazzill CS;
Other - HH Organza Ribbon; HH Pearl Flourish; HH Pearls; HH Pearl Flowers;
Thursday 20 June 2013

The Hobby House Birthday Celebrations - Saturday 22 June

Hi All

No card from me today, just wanted to pop in and let you know that the Hobby House will be celebrating its 10th Birthday with a sale and demo day in store


I am very upset that I won't be able to get there on the day but a few of the Design Team will be!  Pop along and meet them, shop until drop and just have lots of fun!  I have been told that there is a fabulous on-site coffee shop with some gorgeous home made cakes!  

Address is:

Station Road
Tetney, Nr Grimsby
N.E. Lincolnshire
DN36 5HY

Travel details here 

Hope you can make it and send me some photos if you do!!

Love and Hugs
Wednesday 19 June 2013

Pollycraft Challenge is Back!!

Am dead excited today!  
The Pollycraft Challenge Blog is back! And I am on the Design Team!  Woo Hoo!  
Still can't believe it!  Its amazing to be working with some fabulous ladies and some amazing images from Paula! 

Anyway, enough waffle!  The first challenge is dead easy

"Anything Goes"

The winner will received


And there are loads of new images to spend your winnings on!  You don't have to use a Pollycraft image to win but if you do use a Pollycraft image you can start earning credit to use in the shop.  Check out the Pollycraft Challenge Blog for all the details!

OK, onto my card:




I have used Bailey, one of the gorgeous new Candyfloss Crew!  I coloured her with copics and teamed her with papers from Lilybee - Handmade.  I have used Memory Box Precious Hearts die and Fresh Foliage dies and also Die-namics Fishtail Stax.  I have added some mulberry flowers from the Hobby House and then just some glamour dust!  

Please do pop on over to the Challenge Blog, all the Design Team have made some amazing cards!  Have fun and can't wait to see all your creations!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Bailey - Candyfloss Crew from Pollycraft;
Paper/Card - Lilybee Design - Handmade;  Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E51, E53, E55, E57; Clothes - YG67, YG17, YG13, R29, R27, R24; Boots - E74, E71, E70;
Dies/Punches - Memory Box - Precious Hearts; Memory Box - Fresh Foliage; Die-namics Fishtail Stax;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Mulberry Flowers from Hobby House; White Gelly Roll
Saturday 15 June 2013

Sugar Nellie Blog Hop!!

Its an exciting day over at Sugar Towers!!  You will have been seeing all the sneak peeks this last week for the new "Return to Fairy Glen" release from Sugar Nellie.  They were amazing don't you think!?  

We are now celebrating the new release with a blog hop


All the new images are available now from Funky Kits


You can get all 6 stamps for a special price of £28 (individually they are £5.95 each), but this price is ONLY available this weekend.  
You will love them all!! 

So now on to the blog hop!  Make sure you leave comments along the way for a chance to win some sweet candy!  You should have arrived from the gorgeous Christine, isn't her card amazing!  Here is my card:





I have used the beautiful "The Story Teller", I loved working with her!  I coloured her with copics and used papers from MME called Gnome Sweet Gnome!  The mulberry flowers are from the Hobby House and I have added some glamour dust, pearls and little punched out butterflies.  The die is from Memory Box called Fresh Foliage.

You now need to hop on over to the uber talented Jane to continue on the hop.  If you get lost head on back to the Sugar Nellie blog and start there!  Don't forget to leave comments along the way for a chance to win candy!!

Have fun!! 

Love and Hugs

I would like to enter into the following challenges:

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - The Story Teller - Sugar Nellie;
Paper/Card - MME - Gnome Sweet Gnome;  Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E74, E71, E70, E40; Dress - BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07;  Toadstools - R29, R27, R24, White Gelly Roll Pen, C2, C1, C0;  Grass/Grasshopper - YG07, YG17
Dies/Punches - Memory Box - Fresh Foliage; Tonic Small Butterfly Punch;
Other - Glamour Dust; Mulberry Flowers from Hobby House; Pearls
Friday 14 June 2013

Hobby House on Create and Craft today

Morning Everyone

Tune into Create & Craft at 2pm today for some more gorgeous goodies from the Hobby House!

  You won't want to miss it!  If you do they are repeated at 10pm and 11pm!

Love and Hugs
Thursday 13 June 2013

Return to Fairy Glen Blog Hop - Coming Soon!

Have you been checking out all the sneak peeks over at Sugar Nellie this week??!  If not, why not??!!  Check them out here:


We are also celebrating the new release with a blog hop


Grab the banner to spread the word and check back on Saturday at 10am!!  

Love and Hugs
Monday 10 June 2013

Flower Fairies

Good Afternoon Everyone

I hope you are all well and had a great weekend.  I am still suffering from a cold which has been hanging around for ages, so I didn't do very much!  

I had time just to colour for fun this weekend which was good as I have been dying to colour up these cute Flower Fairies from Sylvia Zet at Wee Stamps.  Here is my card and tag:






I really enjoyed working with these little beauties and really love the sweet colours!  I used paper from Maja Designs - Vintage Summer Basics and the die is La La Land Filigree Corner.  All the embellishments are from the Hobby House, including pearl ribbon, lace ribbon, mulberry flowers and pearls.  

That's it from me for today.  Speak soon!

Love and Hugs

I would like to enter into the following challenges:


Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Flower Fairies - Sylvia Zet, Wee Stamps;
Paper/Card - Maja Designs - Vintage Summer Basics; Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E77, E74, E71, E70;  E57, E55, E53, E51; Dresses/Flowers - B91, B93. B95, YG63, YG61, R83, R81, Y15, YG17, YG13;
Dies/Punches - Filigree Corner - La La Land;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Lace Ribbon; Pearl Ribbon; Mulberry Flowers (all from the Hobby House)
Saturday 8 June 2013

Sweet Excitement!


Hi Everyone!

We have something very exciting happening at Sugar Nellie next week! 


Keep your eyes peeled for some sneaky peeks and watch this space next Saturday!!  

Love and Hugs

Friday 7 June 2013

Sunny Weekend

Good Afternoon Everyone

Hope you are all well.  Got back from Marrakech on Wednesday.  What an amazing place. It really is what you imagine it would be like.  I haven't experienced anything like it before!  It was also very hot and it seems I have brought the good weather back with me!  The sun is shining here at the moment and hopefully it will continue into the weekend!  

I am just popping in briefly today to share a card a made using lots of yummy products from the Hobby House.  If you caught the two shows on Create and Craft today you will have seen the Mo Manning toppers which I have used today.  Here is my card:





Perfect card for this sunny weather!  I have used elements from the Mo Manning Bag and Cardmaking kit which you can get here from the Hobby House, the different elements are:

Small Pearls - Candy Sugar
Ice Cream Charm - Hobby House

I also added some glamour dust for extra sparkle!

Hope you like it.  Have a great evening and I will see you soon!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Cherry Kisses - Mo Manning Topper;
Paper/Card - Strawberry Check and Strawberry Stripe - Hobby House;  Bazzill CS;
Dies/Punches - 
Other - Glamour Dust; Ice Cream Charm; Cherry Blossom Flower; Polka Dot Ribbon; Small Pearls
Thursday 6 June 2013

Hobby House Toppers on Create & Craft

Good Evening All

Just a quickie from me to let you know that Create & Craft will be featuring Mo Manning and Wee Stamps Toppers from Hobby House on two of their shows tomorrow.


Tune in at 8am and 1pm!  
You may see some samples from my super talented DT teamies!

Love & Hugs
Sunday 2 June 2013

Hobby House - Inspiration

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope you are well.  Another scheduled post from me.

Today I am here with my inspiration post for the Hobby House.  If you pop on over to the inspiration blog you will see some more gorgeous daily inspiration from the Design Team.

The Hobby House Inspiration Blog

Here is my card that I am sharing with you today:




All the Hobby House products used are:

Wee Stamps Silver Fairy - Pre-coloured Sheet;
Die Cut Mat and Layer Kit - Tea Time;
Mulberry Cherry Blossom Flowers  - Various colours;
Lace Ribbon 
Brads - Pastel Mix;

I have also used by Memory Box Precious Heart die and my Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish Die. The paper is from First Edition called New Bloom.

I hope you like it!  

I will see you soon when I get back from my trip!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Wee Stamps Silver Fairy - pre-coloured image;
Paper/Card - First Edition - New Bloom; Bazzill CS;
Dies/Punches - Memory Box Precious Heart Die;  Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish;
Other - Mulberry Cherry Blossom Flowers; Glamour Dust; Lace Ribbon; Pearl Ribbon; Pearls; 
Brad; (all from HH as above)
Saturday 1 June 2013

HOBBY HOUSE - BRAND NEW CHALLENGE BLOG!!!

Good Morning Everyone!!

This is a scheduled post so I hope it publishes ok!  Especially as its a very exciting day!

The brand new Challenge Blog at the Hobby House is launched today!!  YIPPEEE!!  

hobbyhouse

I really hope that you will all be able to join in each month.  Please grab the link above to head on over and become a follower if you aren't already!  Also check us out on Facebook and Twitter too.  

So onto the challenge!  As its our first one the theme this month is:

"Anything Goes"

Easy!!  And because this is our first challenge you can enter as many times as you like and you DON'T need to use Hobby House products!  The winner will receive £25 gift voucher to spend at the Hobby House!!! 

Here is my first creation:





It was a little tricky to photograph this one!  Basically its an envelope box which I have covered inside and out.  All the products I have used are from the Hobby House (apart from the paper and the box) and these are all listed below.  I used two of the images so that I could decoupage up her wings and have added loads of glamour dust for extra sparkle!!  I love this image and these colours are my favourite too!  

The Hobby House products used are:

Wee Stamps Silver Fairy - pre-coloured sheet;
Pearl Ribbon - 
Fancy Button (for the middle of the bow) (these are gorgeous!)

The paper is from First Edition and is called New Bloom and the Filigree Corner Die is from La La Land.  

I hope you like it!  You need to pop on over to the main challenge blog now to check out all the gorgeous inspiration and get all the details!  

Have fun! 
Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Wee Stamps Silver Fairy - pre-coloured image;
Paper/Card - First Edition - New Bloom; Bazzill CS;
Dies/Punches - La La Land Filigree Corner;
Other - Mulberry Cherry Blossom Flowers; Glamour Dust; Pearl Ribbon; Polka Dot Ribbon; Pearls; 
Fancy Button; (all from HH as above)