A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes

We have a nice easy challenge for you this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar where the theme is "Anything Goes".


I have had a few cards to do to order over the past few weeks and here is one of the ones that I was working on at the Weekend. This one was a real challenge for me as I really don't do men cards! And this one came with the brief that this gentleman now lives in England but has Scottish roots, so I needed to incorporate tartan into the card.
The image is from Digi Stamp Boutique and I have used the current sketch at Truly Scrumptious where the added option is to make a Birthday Card.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 95 - Easter

We have a fabulous challenge at A SPoon Full of Sugar this week for you which is Easter. So a great chance to get out all thoses lovely pastel colours and Easter papers. We have some amazing cards from the DT for your inspiration this week and you can check them all out Here along with reading all about the amazing prize on offer this weeh from Whimsy stamps.


I have used this digi stamp and sentiment this week from Shirley's 2 girls and I just love it - it also comes with another sentiment which could be used at other times of the year. The papers are by Wild Rose Studio and I have cut the flowers with my Retro Flower Punches.

Have a great time this week with your Easter creations.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 75 - Kitchen/Cooking

Time for another challenge from A Spoon Full of Sugar and this week we are looking for you to make a card or project with the theme of Kitchen/Cooking. Our sponsor this week is Nikki of Bunny Zoe's Crafts and this week's lucky winner will receive a Colorful Christmas Paper Kit by My Minds Eye.
The DT have come up with the most fabulous examples for you to feast you eyes on this week and you can see them all Here


I have made a little treat bag which is full of gingerbread cookies for my project this week and it matches the Christmas card and gift card with the gingerbread cookies on that I made a few weeks ago. These cute gingerbread stamps are from Peachy Keen and the cookie sentiment is by CC Designs, papers are by Heidi Grace, ribbons, brads etc. from my stash. The paper bag was not keen to stand up up its own, so I have made a little box to attach to the bottom of the paper bag and a topper to match.
This little treat bag also fits the bill over at Saturday Spotlight this week and I will enter it there.

Here is a photo of the treat bag together with the Christmas card and gift card.

Have a good day.

Karen

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 66 - Sketch by Sonja

Our challenge this week is a fab sketch by our very own Sonja for you to follow and our wonderful sponsor this week is Kim van der Sanden from My Favorite Things.
You can read all about this prize and have a look at the beautiful cards that the DT have created using Sonja's wonderful sketch Here.


For my card this week I have used another of the Midsummer Nutshells set which is due to be released on 28th August as part of the BIG BIRTHDAY BONANZA at Nutcrafters. You can read all about this fabulous set, see more previews from the DT and also about the coming weekend Here.


I have used DP from papermania, the flowers are by prima and the small sentiment is cut from a set that I bought from QVC over a year ago, everything else from my stash.

I hope you will get some time to join us this week and have a go at using Sonja's fabulous sketch.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 65 - Travel

Our challenge this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar is Travel. You could use a holiday theme or perhaps a card with some form of transport on it - anything that you can think of that fits the bill of travel.

My DT buddy on Dare U Digi Stamp, Sandra of Sandra Dry Digi Stamps is sponsoring our challenge this week and if you pop on over to the A Spoon Full blog Here you can read all about Sandra's fabulous prize and also see the beautiful cards that the rest of the DT have created this week.

I have gone for the holiday theme for my travel card this week and have used this really cute digi stamp from instyle stamps called Leila. My aunt in California spent much of her childhood in Hawaii and I will be sending this card to her as I think she will appreciate it. I have not put any particular sentiment on it so it could really be used for any occasion. I have used the sketch from this weeks Friday Sketchers and what a great one it is.


The papers for this card and also the flower were from another of the bargain price page layout packs that I picked up while on holiday and this particular one is by making memories.


I have just got all the washing and ironing done from the holiday and got back into the swing of crafting and now I have to head off with work for a few days. I am heading off to Edinburgh which should be really nice as the Festival is on at the moment and there should be a good atmosphere there.

Have a great week.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Blue and Green

For our Challenge this week we have a blue and green colour scheme for you to follow,
We have a great prize this week of the two below cute stamps which have very kindly been donated by Helene from Alota Rubber Stamps. Check out the blog Here to read more about this prize and get some inspiration from the beautiful cards from the rest of the DT.

For my card this week I have used this lovely image from Sugar Nellie,
DP Daisybucket and flowers are Bo Bunny. Ribbon and butterfly charm are from my stash.
Sorry, no decorated inside this week. I am really up to my eyes at work and trying to get ahead with my challenges for next week as I am off on holiday to Spain for a week on Saturday.

Have a great week

Karen x

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge 43 - Little Gem

For our Challenge this week at A Spoonfull of Sugar we would like to see you use Gem's on your cards.

We have a great prize this week of the below stamp "Sporty Edwin". This has been kindly donated by Colette and Katie at Nutcrafters. They have just received their first delivery of Greeting Farm stamps so be sure to pay them a visit.

I have used another of the set of Gorjuss girls this week for my card, don't you just love them and I have just heard that the next set will be available for pre-order very soon from Sugar Nellie very soon as well as the first set being available as single stamps at the end of the month.
The DP is Imagininsce Spring set, bloom is Bo-Bunny and the sentiments are from the Claire Curd Signature Range. In order to meet the challenge I have used many gems on the card, the one in the middle of the flower is a centre kiss by Prima and the small lilac ones on the flourish which is by quickutz are ones that I bought from Confetti the Wedding shop ages ago.
Front of Card

Inside of card

The sun is shining here in Inverness and looks like it is going to be a beautiful day, hope the weather is shining wherever you are.

Have a great day, and I look forward to seeing your creations with gems this week.

Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar - CAS (Clean and Simple) Card

I was in papercrafts in Elgin on Saturday and Karen (Mrs SugarNellie) and I were have a discussion about how elaborate most of the cards that we make for challenges are and that it would be good to see some simple cards. Karen had been reading a thread on SCS about CAS (clean and simple) cards. These cards feature no DP and in some cases have only a stamped image on the card and even no colouring on them.

I had decided that I would give this a go and would create a simple card for this week's A Spoonful of Sugar challenge which was to make a card for a new baby, mum to be, new mum or a pre-schooler. I am a bit short on baby stamps so have used this really cute Maggie with spring flowers from SugarNellie and I think this would be a great card for a little girl on her birthday.

Karen has now posted a challenge on the SugarNellie blog for Sugar Babes to try creating CAS cards. If you leave a link to your card on the blog you may well find that she will feature it on the SugarNellie blog.

I have used a Papermania embossed card and have stamped the image and sentiment straight onto the card and coloured the image with promarkers. The only embelishment I have used is a small white sheer bow that I have glued on the corner just to give the card some balance.

I am pleased with the finished card, but must admit that I probably took more time to think out what I was going to do with this card than I do when using layers and embelishments but I will do one of these every now and again.

Karen X

A Spoonful of Sugar with Friday's Sketch

After Tracy's demo at Papercrafts in Elgin on Saturday morning I called in past Tesco to pick up some emery boards as after seeing Tracy using them when covering chipboard I decided that I REALLY NEEDED some. Unfortunately Tesco had run out, but I did manage to pick up some of these CD posting boxes which were reduced to 25p each. After decorating the notebook earlier in the week I now decided that I need to alter anything and everything.

Front of Box


To cover this box I have followed the great sketch my Murmur over on Friday sketchers and this project also fits in with the challenge at Spoonful of Sugar which is paper piecing. I have paper pieced the chair with some doodlebug flocked paper. I must admit that this project probably took a lot longer than I had intended it to as I decided to completely cover the whole box as well as decorating the front and the back, but I am really pleased with it and now have another 4 to do!

Back of Box


Blank Box


Chair stamp by Whiff of Joy, Magnolia image, papers Urban Prairie by Basic Grey and Doodlebug, flowers by prima, flourishes are Quickutz, embelishments from my stash.

Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

The challenge this week is to create a card for a child. I have been trying (with no success) for some time to get my hands on some precious moments stamps, but it appears that they are a bit like gold-dust. I have however managed to find a couple of little stamps from Dies to Die For and they probably are the nearest thing that I am going to get to precious moments. I think this little girl with her doll is soo cute. The other one that I got is a little girl holding up an umbrella. Hopefully any little girl would be happy to receive this card. DP from K&Co, ribbon and other embellishments from my stash.
This card s a lot smaller than the ones that I normally make as it is only 12cm square, but the image it just small and I didn't want it to look lost on the card.



Thanks for looking

Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar - sparkle and bling

I just love sparkle and bling so this was a great week for me on A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge. I have used trimming the tree which is one of the new Christmas Collection from Sugar Nellie.

I have used K&Co cardstock and have added stickles to make it sparkle, I have also replaced the baubles on the tree with coloured gemstones to give that extra bit of bling. The small tag is also K&Co.



Thanks for looking

Karen x

One card, two challenges

This is my card for A Spoonful of Sugar challenge this week which is to make a card with a pink and green colour scheme. It was only when I had finished it that I saw that the challenge on Dutch Dare Card challenges this week was to make a card with a wild animal on it - well this bear is the nearest thing that I have to a wild animal in my collection of stamps to I hope that it qualifies - certainly does not look like an fierce wild animal!!

I have used papers from K&Company, Prima Flowers and the little bear and the sentiments are both from CC designs.



Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Sugar Nellie - A Spoonful of Sugar - So Charming

The challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar this week is "So Charming" and I have used one of the brand new Sugar Nellie Christmas stamps that only came out yesterday and are available at Funky Kits (see link on right hand side of blog)now. I managed to get a couple of these new stamps yesterday and had hoped to get one posted last night but I seem to have picked up a flu bug and had to head off to bed last night. Feeling a bit better today and hopefully should be back to normal tomorrow.

I think this lovely santa fits the bill for the challenge as I think he is very charming and to make sure the card fits the challenge I have also added a charm on the ribbon.

Off to have a hot drink and head off to bed.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar - Challenge 17

At last I have managed to get a card done this week. I have now been back from holiday for almost a week and I think my creative side is still sitting in the sun in Spain! I have really struggled with getting the layout for this one right - but I am quite happy with it now it has all come together.

The challenge this week was to make a Christmas Card which was great as I really need to get a move on with getting mine done.

I have used one of the new Forever Friends stamps which are so cute and the papers are K & Company, flowers from Prima. Coloured in with a mixture of copic and promarkers. I think I really prefer the promarkers but do not have a full range of colours in them, so use the copics for the colours that I am missing.

Thanks for looking

Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar and Cute Card Thursday

I am entering this card for 2 challenges this week. The Challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar this week is a wonderful sketch by Debbie and over on Cute Card Thursday the challenge is to make a card using bright colours and I think these colours certainly are bright.
I have used another of Katharina's Whiff of Joy wonderful stamps - Charlotte trimming the tree, these brilliant K & Company papers that I am just loving and I have cut the snowflakes with cuttlebug and quickutz dies.
Thanks for looking and have a good weekend.
Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar and Papertake Weekly Challenges

I have managed to combine 2 challenges in one card here. The challenge over on Papertake Weekly is another great sketch from Katharina - Sketch No. 8 - thanks Katharina, this was a great one in fact I will probably try to make another card later with this sketch.
Over on A Spoonful of Sugar the challenge was to use something recycled. I had coloured in this Sweet Ebony image a couple of weeks ago, but had gone over the lines on her hair and also her feet as it was not the right type of paper to use with my pro markers. I really liked the colours however and had decided to keep it as a guide if I decided to colour another one. Today I have gone around the outline with a light grey copic marker and I think you can hardly see the places where I had gone over the lines. I have also managed to use up small scraps of K&Company Hopscotch card that I have had in my stash forever.
The flowers are prima and the pink gems from Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking.
Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge 8

The challenge this week is "one for the girls". I have used a High Hopes image this week as High Hopes and Sarah Kay stamps are now allowed on this challenge blog along with Sugar Nellie and Hanglar ones.

I think the bloom on this one may be a bit too big, but I have been trying to use it up for ages and am almost out of the smaller ones at the moment. My local card supply shop, Papercrafts in Elgin (They also run FunkyKits who are the Sugar Nellie people) is closed at the moment as they are moving to new premises and will re-open on 1st August. Karen (another one!) who owns Papercrafts has assured me that she has lots of new flowers all boxed up and ready to display in the new shop - at this rate I will be camped out on the doorstep waiting for her to open.

It is raining here today yet again and the forecast for the weekend is not much better. Looks like summer has passed us by this year.

Have a good weekend.

Karen.

A Spoonful of Sugar and Cute Card Thursday

I needed to make a birthday card for someone today and I knew that it would fit this week's A Spoonful of Sugar challenge which was to make a card for any kind of celebration. I then checked out Cute Card Thursday this evening to see what this week's challenge was and could not believe it when I read that it was to make a birthday card.

So here is my card that fits both challenges.

I used a Hanglar image, Deja Views Little Ones collection papers and embellishments and a prima flower, sentiment CC designs stamp.

I really enjoyed making this card and I think it looks perfect for a little girl's birthday.

Karen x

A Spoonful of Sugar - Challenge 2

Not had much time for card-making this week as have had a really busy week at the office. Had a little time last night and managed to get this card done for this week's A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge. I have used one of the new Elizabeth Bell stamps by Sugar Nellie, papers are by Deja Views and Prima Flowers, other bits and pieces from stash. Looking forward to some crafting time over the weekend and also hopefully to some good weather!

A Spoonful of Sugar - 1st Challenge

The first challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar is to create a summery card. I think these papers look very summery - all we need now is the sun to shine!

Papers by Doodlebug, flowers by Prima, cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for looking

Karen x