We wish you a merry christmas!

This is the first card that I had done in ages that has not had to be a DT card and at long last I have managed to do one that fits the challenge at the The Sugar Bowl where they have a great sketch to follow and the other option was to try something different - the difference for me was that I have completely coloured in the image, including the background - never done this before.


The stamp is a Sugar Nellie one from Funky Kits called Festive Friends and the papers are all just scraps that I had left in my box - I think the striped one may be last years My Mind's Eye.

Well it looks like we may be enjoying the calm before the storm here today in the Highlands of Scotland as we have yet more gales and snow forecast. I only hope that it is a bit better by the beginning of next week as we need to get to Edinburgh on Monday evening to catch a flight to Spain first thing on Tuesday morning, and after the disaster that we had on the 17th December last year when we landed up spening a week at Heathrow airport, I can only hope and pray that this year will be a little less stressful!!

Have a great week.

Karen x

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 4 - One!

This weeks's challenge over on The Sugar Bowl is to make a card using only one piece of DP - impossible I thought!, but I have amazed myself at how it can be done.
I must admit, however, that it probably took longer than any card I make with more than 1 DP as I played around with the layout for ages before finally deciding on what to do.

Front of card



I have used SU cardstock from the pastels range, DP is Kay & Co, flowers are Imaginisce, brads are Doodlebug sugar-coated and the lace and ribbon are from my stash. The image is one of the new Sugar Nellie Elizabeth Bell range which are now available at Funkykits, the small sentiments are from one of the woodware sets I think (the one with all the stamps for making up a flower) and the circle one is also from a clear set, but unfortunately I have taken all the stamps off the sheet and cannot remember who it is by.

Inside of card


I cut off half of the front of the cardbase, decorated the half that was left and also the inside of the card. I then mounted the image onto the DP and then onto the SU card and white card before finally attaching it to the front of the card.

Back of card


There is a fantastic prize up for grabs for this challenge so get yourself over to the Sugar Bowl and have a go - you have to be in it to win it!

Thanks for looking

Karen x

Sugar Bowl Challenge #2 - Three!

I bought a few of these little notebooks last year, from Asda I think, with the intention of decorating them as Christmas Presents for some of my neighbours over in Spain, but needless to say they are all still sitting in my craft room. I never got a chance to enter the first Sugar Bowl challenge due to being on holiday and I really wanted to use he wonderful sketch that Tiets provided for this weeks challenge but I just was not able to stick to the 3 rule on the DP, so I will just have to save that sketch up for another week.

As this is my first attempt at covering the from cover with cardstock and being able to punch all the holes in the correct places in order to fit it back onto the spiral I am really pleased with the finished project and will be having a go at this again. I think that this one will probably be claimed by my grandaughter Sophie.

Front of Notebook

Back of Notebook


I have used SU cardstock, 3 different sheets of Deja Views Little Ones DP and my 3 embelishments are flowers, gems and ribbon, Image is Sweet 'n Sassy from the Elizabeth Bell range at Sugar Nellie.

Have a great weekend. I am off to see a demo at the Papercrafts Boutique in Elgin tomorrow - the lovely Tracy from Funkykits is having a Bo Bunny demo - not exactly sure what she is making, but I am told that the Bo Bunny papers are to die for.

Karen x