Sugar Addicts Showcase Sunday

Well I was delighted when Elaine asked me to be part of the Sugar Nellie Blog Showcase Sunday.How could I refuse. I've been a sugar addict since the beginning.
The card I've made is using the lovely Simply Sassy stamp Butterflies and Pigtails available from Funkykits.
I've coloured her using my Copic markers as always. She was a delight to colour.I cut her out using the Xyron Shapez nesties that are made by Spellbinders.This is Frame 5.Can't remember what the papers are.Think it might be Papermania and the purple with the butterflies is Kanban.The flowers are from WOC and Prima. The little butterflies are a Marianne Die.

I can't thank Elaine enough for asking me and am so honoured to have been asked.

TFL
Cass xxx

Hippie Chick

I made this card a while back and totally forgot to put it on my blog.I did add it to my Facebook page but blogger got missed.
It's the gorgeous Hippie Chick stamp from Sugar Nellie. She's coloured with copic markers. The gorgeous papers are BoBunny.I used my fabby Distrezz-It-All to distress all the edges and the flowers are Prima as is the butterfly.

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Cass xxx

Sugar Bowl Challenge 63

I've had this gorgeous Simply Sassy stamp coloured and the SU papers picked out to match for ages but never got round to making the card. So I decided to use Erika's fab sketch over at The Sugar Bowl and finally get the card made. The flowers were made using the Peony nesties and the middles are just little bits of twine made into little circles.The tag is cut from a Go Kreate die. As always it's coloured with Copic markers.



I'm off to try and finish another card I've got half finished and hopefully get it blogged soon.
As I mentioned I'm entering this card into The Sugar Bowl Challenge.

TFL
Cass xxx

Canvas

I popped along to Damselfly crafts in Glasgow a few weeks ago to see my bloggy buddy Lorraine as she was doing classes. I hadn't been going to do one but after seeing her fabulous canvas I decided I would. I also met up with Susan and Sandy another two friends who also took part. It's made using Tim Holtz die cuts and a Sizzix flower (one for the list)

I had a great time and we were kept amused by Lorraine's friend's wee girl who was painting ceramics. She was a wee sweetie.

Well I suppose I should try to finish one of the 4 cards I've got half made. As usual I can't decide what to do with them.
Schools are on holiday here now so I better go enjoy the sun with Louis while it's still shining.

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Cass xx

Teachers Thank You Card

This is the card I've made for Louis to give to his teacher as school stops for the Summer Holidays on Friday.(some summer!!)
It's a tatty teddy stamp,coloured with copic markers.The papers are Tim Holtz.Can't remember what make the stitch embossing folder is.I had to make 4 as Louis has a few teachers.I just kept them all the same though.No favouritism!...lol

Hope the weather brightens up a bit tomorrow as I'm off to Murrayfield to see Bon Jovi!

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Cass xxx

Party Frills

Well this time the card is newly made even if the image was coloured ages ago and the papers chosen.It's the gorgeous Simply Sassy stamp called Party Frills available from Funkykits.I've coloured her with my trusty Copic Markers.The delicious papers are from MME. The flowers I made using a Spellbinders die called Carnation Creations.


I'm hopefully going to Damselfly Crafts tomorrow to meet up with a couple of bloggy buddies.Looking forward to it.

TFL
Cass xxx

Gingham

Another card from a while back. The image is the sweet Post It by Sugar Nellie. She's coloured with copic markers and the papers are MME. Quite a simple card for me!

I'm entering it to the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which is Embellish It!. Mine is ribbon and pearls.

TFL

Cass xxx

Sarah Kay

This is a card I made months and months ago and never got round to blogging.She's a Sarah Kay image coloured with Copic markers. The gorgeous papers are Tim Holtz. The cornflower is an artificial flower I picked apart. I got it in Dunelm Mill.

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Cass xxx

A Few More Tatty Button

Here's another couple of the Tatty Button stamps I used for the demo at Craftworld. The shaped card is cut using the grand nestabilities in my Grand Calibur.They're both coloured as always with my Copic markers. Papers are BoBunny and MME.

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Cass xx

Tatty Button

A few cards to share with you using the lovely Tatty Button stamps. I made these samples up for the demo weekend at Craftworld a few weeks ago. They're all coloured with Copic Markers and the papers are BoBunny.

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Cass

Simply Sassy

Made this card a few weeks back.It's one of the fabby Simply Sassy range from Sugar Nellie.Krista the artist has some fantastic images and they've been made into rubber stamps which are just a dream to colour.It's an odd shaped card as it was originally an 8x8 scalloped but I cut the top and bottom scallops off as I'd originally planned to enter it in a sketch challenge a few weeks ago,but as usual never got it posted in time. The gorgeous papers are Nitwits,but not the digi download ones.These I bought last summer in my yearly pilgrimage to Sugar Nellie's bricks and mortar shop in Elgin

Image - Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy (My Friend Kitty)
Medium - Copic Markers
Card - Doodlebug
Papers - Nitwits (not digi)
Sentiment - Hero Arts
Punch - EK Success
Die Cut Corners - Cuttlebug
Nestie Circles to make flowers
Papermania Pearl Brads
Ribbon from stash

I've got another super Simply Sassy card to post that I also made a few weeks ago,so will pop it on later.

TFL
Cass xxx

Rockdude

This is a card I was asked to make by my friend Stu for his best friend's birthday. They're both rockdude's and play guitar so I decided to use this Kenny K digi image called Rock Dude.
I wanted the card to look like ripped jeans,so used denim effect paper and ripped a hole in it where I stamped the sentiment. I used my Zutter Distrezz-It-All around all the edges. I love this gadget as it saves time and can do more than one sheet at a time. I used my white highlighter pen to do the faux stitches.Added the little pocket and the music charm. Simples!

Image - Rockdude by Kenny K
Medium - Copic markers
Card - Doodlebug
PP - denim effect (don't know make)
Sentiments - Studio G and Papermania
Tools - Zutter Distrezz-It-All
Charm and chain from stash

I'm also delighted to receive an award from Shazza at a Time To Craft. I've not been blogging for a while but Shazza always visits and comments.If not here on Facebook.So I can't thank her enough.

There are a couple of conditions for the award.

You have been TAGGED and want to participate? Then create a post where you post the 'LOVE BLOG' image. You should also blog the persons link that gave you the award and inform her/him that you accept the award. You can then choose 3 - 5 favourite blogs which you also link in your post, then each blogger will inform you that they have been tagged

The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light,so I would ask you not to blog fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers

I'm just going to post a few blogs as I look at so many but just want to highlight these as they always leave comments on my blog,even if I've been gone a while

Susan
Jackie
Julie

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Cass xxx

Sugar Nellie Manga Princess

Sugar Nellie manga princess coloured with copic markers.The papers are the gorgeous GCD Ella Bleu which I finally cut up.They're a gorgeous linen texture. Used my nesties. The swirls are a Sizzix die.The flowers are Prima and from stash.

I'm hoping postie arrives with my copic refills from Cult Pens today,as I've run out of one of my skin tones. They'll all be looking pale or else like they've been tangoed.

I'm going to enter this into the Stamp With Fun Challenge as the colours are blue-brown.

Image - Sugar Nellie Manga Princess
Medium - Copic Markers
Card - SU Soft Suede
Papers - GCD Ella Bleu
Sizzix swirls and Nesties
Flowers - Prima and from Stash
Sentiment - Studio G
Leaf Punch - Martha Stewart

TFL
Cass xxx

Where Did 2010 Go?

Well to be honest I'm glad to see the back of 2010. My lack of blogging was due to having an "Annus Horriblus" as HRH would say. I caught the winter vomiting bug last January and it all went downhill from there. It took weeks to recover from that and it left me with constant dizziness which is a nightmare. It has such an impact on your life. Eventually in July my GP started me on tablets to stop the dizzy spells and referred me to an ENT surgeon.. Then in August my mum passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly. That was a nightmare too. She'd only been in hospital for little less than 48 hours and had been expected to get home. So we had to wait on a Post Mortem which the Procurator Fiscal demanded.It took 11 days as they were behind. It had been a Pulmonary Embolism as the cause of death. Devastated was not the word for it. So coming to terms with that and the dizziness,plus the fact we're trying to sell our house,it's been very stressful. I finally saw the ENT surgeon just before Christmas,who said the winter vomiting virus had affected my inner ear and caused Labyrinthitis which had then become vertigo and can take months to recover from.Well it was the best part of a year for me.

Anyway enough rambling from me. As you can tell from my blog posts I'd only managed to make a few cards last year. The last one posted a few days before my mum died. All my craft stuff is packed up just now while we try and sell up. I've started to feel a bit more like crafting now and have been looking out some bits and pieces so I can try and make some cards. I'll try and get them posted. It may be a bit hit and miss for the immediate future or else they'll all look much the same with limited supplies...lol.

Here's hoping 2011 is a better year.

Cass xxx

A Couple Of Cards To Share

Just thought I'd share a couple of cards I made in the last couple of months, I've not done much crafting recently so there's not much to show. The first is an easel card using the Sugar Nellie stamp Flowers and the second is using a digi image from Phindy's Place called big Boots to Fill.
Both are coloured with Copic Markers.

Image - Sugar Nellie Flowers
Papers - Papermania Henbury Lane
Punch - Martha Stewart ATP
Nestabilities - Petite Ovals
Sentiment - Woodware and Computer Generated name
Ribbons,flowers and pearls from stash

Digi Image - Phindy's Place Big Boots To Fill
Papers - BG and can't remember what tools paper is :(
Sentiment - HOTP
Raffia ribbon,screw brads and wooden letters from Craft World

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Cass xxx

Little Pram

I saw this gorgeous little pram on the very talented Jannhild's blog and thought it looked totally adorable so decided to give it a try. Jannhild got the original instructions HERE.It's made using circle nesties and scallops.I found it a bit fiddly but worth the effort.The little cover inside opens like a little card to write your greetings in.I'll probably stamp something on it to welcome a new baby.

Papers - My Little Bicycle
Charm,brads and flowers from stash

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Cass xxx

I meant to post this the other day but I had an abcess under a tooth and had been in agony with it.There is no pain worse than toothache.Anyways it's all sorted now.Tooth had to be removed and a course of antiobiotics.
I bought the new Basic Grey Capella papers and absolutely love them,so couldn't wait to make a card with them.I've made the flowers out of the papers too using my circle nesties.

Image - Sugar Nellie Flowers coloured with copics
Papers - Basic Grey Capella
Sentiment - Woodware
Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace
Ribbon - SU Choc Chip
Distress Ink - Bundled Sage
Nestabilities - Circles
Brads from stash

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Cass xxx

Strawberry Tea

Another demo weekend card to show. I have made another few cards other than those though...woohooo.Hopefully I'll get them photographed tomorrow. A Sugar Nellie stamp called Strawberry Tea this time and coloured again with copics.The gorgeous papers are Basic Grey Kioshi.

Image - Sugar Nellie Strawberry Tea coloured with copics
Papers - Basic Grey Kioshi
Punch - Martha Stewart Garden Trellis
Sentiment - Woodware
Flowers and ribbon - Craft World
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

Got the lovely Basic Grey Capella today so hopefully will get a card made using it.It's gorgeous.

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Cass XXX

Pink,pink and more pink

Yes another card post from me.It's like a bus,nothing then they all come along at once,and it's NOT one of my cards for the demo weekend.This one I made yesterday.It's very pink and girly which is nothing like me...lol. I used the gorgeous new Papermania Henbury Lane collection.They really are beautiful colours and lots of them are glittered. Both the papers I used were glittered so I went the whole road and glittered anything that sat still long enough,including round the image,the punched branches,the roses and the nestie frame and corner. Bling,bling,bling!!

Image - Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl Sitting coloured with copics
Papers - Papermania Henbury Lane
Sentiment - HOTP
Punch - Martha Stewart Branch
Nestabilities - Petite Ovals,Fancy Tags & Decorative Photo Corners
Stickles - Stardust
Roses and ribbon from stash

TFL
Cass xxx


***edited***
I seen that the challenge on Papertake Weekly was for Shiny,Sparkly and Special so have decided to enter it.Not sure if that's allowed after I posted,but I'll take my chances.I've also had to allow commenting for that reason.

Summer Ice Cream

Well it's certainly not summer here yet,but I've used this adorable image from Sugar Nellie to make this card.It's another card I made for the demo weekend.Gorgeous MME Quite Contrary papers again.I saw this style of card a while back on a blog but can't remember where.The front of the card has been cut down to half size (not sure if it has a name). Anyway I thought I'd give it a go and was quite pleased with it. Unfortunately my sewing machine threw a hissy fit and I had to finish up hand sewing the card.Sorry about the photos,but it was a really sunny afternoon. Typical!...we moan when it's dull and moan when it's sunny...lol

Image - Sugar Nellie Summer Ice Cream coloured with copics
Papers - MME Quite Contrary
Sentiment - Clare Curd Signature
Punch - Martha Stewart Floral Lace
Distress Ink - Tattered Rose
Flowers and Ribbon - Craft World

TFL
Cass xxx