A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #143 - Sketch by Sonja

Well it it Tuesday morning already - where does the time go? and time for another challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar.

We have a fabulous sketch for the super talented Sonja this week for you to follow and to top that off we are sponsored this week my our own Nikki and Bunny Zoes Crafts with a generous £10 voucher. You can check it all out Here and take a peek at the gorgeous creations from the DT with this sketch.


I have used one of the new CC designs images on my card here and teamed her with some more NitWit papers - can you tell that these are my favourite at the moment and I have also just noticed that all the cards that I have done recently are these scalloped ones - just love them too!! I am definately back in cute mode at the moment. The flowers are by prima and the sentiment from a Hero Arts set. I have used a combination of copic and promarker pens to colour this image.

I am also entering this card at Cute Card Thursday where they are looking for birthday cards.


I hope you have as much fun with this sketch as I did.

Karen x

We have a great new challenge this week for you at A Spoon Full of Sugar which was chosen by Ingrid and she is looking for tags so either a tag or a card that includes a tag - as long as there is a tag there somewhere we will be happy.

We have Bunny Zoes Crafts sponsoring us this week again - thank you Nikki and you can read all about the prize and also take a peek at the gorgeous creations from the DT this week Here .

I have gone with the option of making a tag this week and I have used a couple of cute stamps from CC Designs along with these gorgeous Imaginsce papers and a few prima flowers.


I have carried the same theme through on the back of the tag here.


I hope you have fun with this one.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 137 - Valentine

Well, no sooner than we are finished with all the Christmas cards we are now started on the Valentine ones and we have the perfect challenge for you this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar as we are looking for all your valentine cards. We also have a great prize on offer this week from our sponsor Whimsy Stamps who are offering the lucky winner 5 digi stamps of their choice.


I have used some of the new Valentine Digi images from CC Designs on my card here and teamed it with some gorgeous papers from a new pad that I managed to pick up at the weekend. Some of them are glittered and they are just beautiful The Love letters were also cut out from a sheet from the same pad.

I have used more of the papers in the inside of the card along with another couple of images and words from CC Designs. The sketch that I have followed is the current one at The Pixie Cottage where the optional theme is valentines day.


Please do pop on over to the challenge blog Here to read more about this week's challenge and see the gorgeous creations from the DT

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 127 - Lets Get Punchy

Hi, Tuesday morning and time for another challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar and this time around it was my turn to pick a theme, so I have asked you to use die cutting or punching on your creations this week - a nice easy one I think.

I have chosen to use one of the new CC Designs winter images on my card this week along with some contemporary Dovecraft Christmas papers.

I have used a couple of border punches plus a couple of Martha Stewart snowflake punches and also a quickutz snowflake die.

The sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sketch Saturday.


It was also my turn to pick a Guest DT member for the week and I was honoured with the highly talented Cabio agreed to take up the challenge. If you have not already visited her blog, please go take a peek, I can asure you that you will be inspired. Here is Cabio's card that she created for us this week.


We are sponsored this week by Whimsy stamps who are offering the winner their choice of 5 digi images - great prize eh? Please pop on over to the blog Here to read all about the challenge and also see what the rest of the DT have created.

Have a great week.

Karen x

Copics Colour Challenge #62

We have some more gorgeous colours for you to play with this week at Copics Colour Challenge.
We are sponsored this week by Crafts U Love and they have offered a fabulous prize of 3 CC designs stamps to one lucky winner - you can read all about it Here . Such a fab prize - I do so love CC Designs stamps.


Spookily enough, before I knew what this week's sponsore prize was, I had decided to use a CC Designs image on my card for this week's challenge. This one is from the Swiss Pixies range, the papers are all from Papermania as is the sentiment and the flowers are by prima. The sketch is the current one at Anyone for Anya where they have now opened the challenge up to CC Designs stamps as well at Greetings Farm ones.


I do hope that you have lots of fun with these gorgeous colours.

Karen x

Stampin for the Weekend - Fiona's sketch

While blog hopping at the weekend I found another challenge called Stampin for the weekend and this week they have a sketch by Fiona which I just had to try out.


I have used this really cute CC Designs image again, but this time in slightly different colours. I just think that she goes so well with these Forever Friends Pink parfait papers. The flowers are by Prima and the sentiment is a die cut one from a pack that is from the same range as the papers - I don't normally go for this type of sentiment, but I think that these are just perfect with these papers. The buttons are also from the same range - so my colours!!


Well here we are, Monday again - where does the weekend go. Have a great week. I will be back tomorrow morning with my Spoon Full of Sugar card.

Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - Challenge #29

It’s our first challenge of 2010 on Dare U 2 Digi Stamp today and we’re starting off with a theme of buttons. There’s some great inspiration from my design team friends and we hope you can join us.


I have used one of the new digi stamps from CC Designs and this is a fab one as it could be used for Valentines day but also you could use it for Birthdays, Thank You cards etc all year round. These really pretty papers are one of the new For Ever Friends ranges from Docrafts and are just my colours. The cute little spotty buttons are by Papermania, flowers by prima.

I have used the sketch from one of the challenges this week, but can't for the life of me remember which one is it. If anyone recognises it please drop me a comment so that I can credit the challenge that it came from.

I have our three grandchildren coming tonight and staying for the weekend, so that should be fun. Thankfully most of our snow has now gone so we should be able to get out and about.

Judy Laing is doing a demo day at Papercrafts in Elgin tomorrow, so hopefully I will manage to pop along at some time during the day. I just adore Judy's work and it will be great to see her actually demonstrating her beautiful colouring.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

Happy New Year and better late than never Copics Colour Challenge Card

A Happy New Year to you all and I hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas. We certainly had a fab time over in Spain and it was really special having family over there with us this year. We have all now returned home safely. Stephanie and her boyfriend travelled home on Boxing Day. We took them to the airport at Alicante only to find that the flight had not yet even left Glasgow. They eventually took off at 11pm (should have left at 7pm) and arrived to loads on snow in Glasgow at around 1.30am. They then made almost to Perth before being stopped by the police as the road was blocked and then were stuck there for more than 5 hours - they eventually made it home to Aberdeen just short of 14 hours after leaving Glasgow!!

Luckily we had a better journey home on 30th December, but the snow didn't half come down here yesterday and I have not been out of the house since around 10am yesterday - does look like it is starting to thaw today though.


I am late with my DT card for Copics Colour Challenge this week - I should have had this posted on Wednesday, but only managed to get it finished late last night. Here are the colours for this week - really pretty colours to start the year off.


The image I have used is by CC Designs and the papers are all by Making Memories, sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado.


We are sponsored by Silly Monkey crafts this week and there is a £10 gift voucher up for grabs for one lucky winner so this sure would be a great start to a New year to win.

Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge #27 - red, green and your choice of neutral

We have another challenge for you today at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp this time around we are asking to to use the colours red and green with your choice of neutral. These colours lend themselves to Christmas, but you will see from the samples from the DT that these colours also look fab on any other type of card. This card also fits in with the challege at Stampin for the Weekend where they are looking for you to use red, green and gold on your cards, and lastly All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge are looking for anything Christmas.


I have a few gift-cards to give as Christmas presents this year as lots of the kids are now getting older and like to choose their own clothes etc, so I decided to make a giftcard holder this week. The digi images that I have used are both from CC Designs and the papers are by Making Memories (I think). The little tree charm is one that I picked up ealier in the year in the States.



I have used the same papers on the inside also and the trees were cut out from a piece of the DP.


These little holders are so simple to make. I piece of doubled sided paper 11" x 4.5" which is then scored 3" in from both sides and also down the centre. I have used a nestability to cut the aperture for slipping the giftcard in - but it could be cut by hand of by using any punch. I have then attached the ribbon to the base of holder before adding the mat on the front and back.


The cute little Santa I have been good sentiment was also cut from the same set of DP.


I hope you have a good weekend.

I am putting our Christmas tree up at home tomorrow - a bit earlier than usual, but I want to get the good of it before we head off on holiday.

I put the one in the office up on Wednesday so we are looking really quite festive and have already received a couple of Christmas cards at work.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 78

Our Challenge this week was picked by our very own Jacqui and she asked us to make something for a Babys First Christmas/Pre-Schooler.

This week our sponsor is Nikki of Bunny Zoe's Crafts. One lucky player this week will win the new The Greeting Farm stamp - Flapper Anya. You can check out this prize and see the beautiful cards this week from the DT Here.


I have used one of the fabulous new images from CC Designs which I think would be just perfect for a little girl at Christmas Time. The papers are all by doodlebug and the sentiment by imaginsce. The flowers are from my stash and the small centre flowers were cut with an X-cut punch.

I hope you have a great week and this challenge will give you an excuse to get another of thoses christmas cards out of the way.

Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - challenge 25 - sketch by Larissa

Our new dare is a great sketch designed by our very talented Larissa and which all of us on the design team enjoyed working with, thank you Larissa! We're looking forward to seeing how you interpret Larissa's sketch and of course your creation must also include a digital image.


This is one of the new digi images that CC designs launched earlier this week and I just know that I will be using this one on a few kids cards this year. The papers are last year's doodlebug Christmas range and ribbon from my stash.


I have my 3 grandchildren coming to stay for the weekend and we will all be heading out to the bonfire and fireworks display on Saturday night, so hopefully the weather will be good to us.

Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - Challenge 21 - Sketch

At Dare U 2 Digi Stamp we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow this week. You can check it out Here and also see tha beautiful creations from the DT this week.


I have used another of this fabulous set of digi stamps from CC designs for my card this week and this one goes so perfectly with these beautiful doodlebug papers.

Well my holiday here is Spain is almost at an end and tomorrow is cleaning and tidy up day. We have some people renting our apartment at the end of the month so this means that I will have to have a proper tidy up so as to leave a some room in the wardrobes and also the cupboards. We have had beautiful weather, but hopefully we will be able to enjoy some of the better weather that the UK appears to have been having over the past few days when we return home on Sunday.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - challenge 20 - 2 patterned papers, 3 flowers and 1 ribbon

This time at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp we are setting a Recipe Challenge. We Dare U to use 1 Ribbon, 2 Patterned Papers and 3 Flowers in your creations. Don't forget that you now have 2 weeks to get your entries in which must feature a Digi Image. The DT really enjoyed this one and you can see some beautiful cards from them on the blog here.
This cute little image is from CC Designs and is one of a set of three and they are just so cute. I have already coloured in one of the other ones and she is just waiting to be mounted onto a card. The papers are by DCWV and the little flowers were cut using my new retro flower punch (I have wanted this for so long now and my friend Tracy got me the large one and I managed to pick up the medium one when in the States - just need the small one now and I will be a really happy bunny) and I ran them through the big shot in a cuttlebug folder to emboss them. I have then used buttons as the centres rather than brads just for a change. The sentiment is by papermania I think.


I am heading off on holiday to Spain tomorrow morning and will be there in the sun for the next 2 weeks - can't wait!! I have managed to get a few cards lined up for various challenges before I go so provided that I can get connected to the internet, will be able to post these while I am away.

See you when I get back.

Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - Challenge 19 - Blue, Green and White or Cream

We have another great challenge today over at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp and the challenge is to make a card of project using Blue, Green and White or Cream - what a great colour combination. Our challenges are now fortnightly which gives you a bit more time to get an entry in and this is great especially during the busy school holiday period. The DT have come up with some fabulous work this week so do pop on over if you are looking for some inspiration.


I have used one of the adorable new digi downloads from CC Designs - I so love this collection and the papers are from a small page layout pack that I bought for $2 while I was on holiday in Boston and I think they are by Me and my Big Ideas. I have been a bit naughty and added a small amount of pink on the flowers just to lift the image a little and I have added small flatback pearls to the centres of the flowers.

I have used the fabulous sketch by Camilla at A Spoon Full of Sugar this week. I did not get back from holiday in time to get my DT card for this challenge, but wanted to use the sketch as it is a fab one - thanks Camilla.

I am slowly getting back into the swing of things after my holiday. We had a fabulous time at the wedding and I will post a couple of photos of the happy couple over the weekend.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 61 - Swirls

We have a nice easy challenge for you this week over at A Spoon Full of Sugar which is to use swirls on your cards. These swirls could be swirly papers, swirl embossed paterns, swirl stamps of chipboard swirls.


I just adore this little mermaid from CC Designs. The papers are by doodlebug and the swirls were cut using a Quickutz die. I have embossed the paper just behind the mermaid with a cuttlebug swirls folder, but I do not think that the embossing is showing up very well in the photo. The little charm came from my friend Tracy - thanks Tracy.


I have used the same papers on the inside of the card and used another one of these cute mermaids.

Our sponsor this week is Tracy from Squiggle Stamps. Squiggle Stamps are a new stamp company - launched June 2009. Their premiere collection of general occasion images are available now with the arrival of the very cute Oscar & Daisy due very soon!
As well as the two cute Daisy stamps Tracy is very generously giving the lucky winner a selection of 6x6 MM Abby papers, pebble stickers, assorted ribbon, trimming, flowers & gems. Thank you Tracy for this awesome prize! - worth checking out here

Have a great week.
Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 60 -Sketch by Debbie

This week at A Spoon Full of Sugar we have a fun sketch designed by our own Debbie for you to follow.


We have a cute Space Ian stamp which has been kindly donated by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts as a prize this week. Thank you Bryony!
This sketch was a delight to work with and was just perfect for this cute little Pixie from CC Designs. You will notice that I have rotated the sketch. The DP are a mixture of Craft House and Doodlebug and I have framed the image with some gorgeous Doodlebug glitter card which I had been saving as it was too yummy to cut up. Flowers are by prima and the sentiment from Stampin Up.


I have used another couple of these cute pixies in the inside and carried through the same colours from the front.


I hope you get a chance to join in with the challenge this week and I am sure that you will enjoy working with this sketch.
Karen x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge 15 - Pink, Black and White

At Dare U 2 Digi Stamp we have a colour challenge for you this week. The colours are Pink, Black and White and I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. I just love this colour scheme.

I have used another of my downloaded images from CC Designs this week - can you tell that I love these!!!. The papers are by Dovecraft and the flowers by Prima. The Brads are ones that I bought on one of my shopping sprees in Michaels in the US a couple of years ago and I think this may even be the first time that they have seen the light of day. I am off to Boston 3 weeks tomorrow and can't wait to stock up with embelishments from Michaels - ribbons, ribbons, ribbons - I think I can already imagine them all...... The sentiment on the front is from Hampton Art and the inside one from CC Designs.

The last 3 weekends for me have been really hectic and I am looking forward to a quiet one this week, catching up with some girlfriends and trying to get a bit ahead with some cards - so looking forward to it.
Have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing your pink, black and white cards.
Karen x