Super Sweet Sugar Nellie

Hello stamping enthusiasts.  Just a few more hours and we've made it to hump day, right?  Woohoo!!  Last night I worked up a new card using one of Sugar Nellie's wonderful images.

Dontcha just love her... that sweet little face in profile.  This image is called 'Santa's Little Helper'.  She's not new so you've probably seen her on many other blogs/galleries, but this is a first for me.  And how fun it was to color her up! She's a big image and this nestie was the only one even close to resembling an oval that she would fit into!  : )

I'll be entering this gal in  The Sugar Bowl challenge which is a sketch this time.  Here it is...

It's a great sketch, but I sure struggled with it.  Only because of the size of everything.  I used a 5" square card, wishing I'd gone with 5.5".   But I'm pretty pleased with the result so I'm not going to sweat the little stuff.  ha!  I haven't included a sentiment yet, but think I'm going to use it for a winter birthday, rather than for Christmas wayyyyyyy next year.  : )

I glittered up her coat fringe (I always do that!) but also added some of that white fuzzy stuff for something a little different.  OK... OK... I'll fess up.  I mistakenly poured on the fuzzy stuff, was annoyed so added the glitter too.  I actually like it!  I also used my other new Sizzix embossing folder called 'starry nights 2' along with a MS edge punch.

Challenges:

The Sugar Bowl - the SKETCH and embossing
The Pixie Cottage - punches
The Lollipop Ladies - add some glitter or bling
CES Challenge - all creatures great and small
EtsyInspired - La Pomme (my inspiration)
One Stop Craft Challenge - a card for a child
Secret Crafter Saturday - tons of texture
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge - use embossing
By the Cute and Girly - bling it on
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - anything goes
Let's Ink it Up - anything goes
Copic Creations - sparkle
Just Christmas and Birthday - winter

That's it for today.  Hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back soon.  Take care my friends.
Denise

Stamps:  Sugar Nellie Santa's Little Helper
Papers:  Graphic 45 Christmas Past 8x8 pad, Gina K. pure luxury
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
Supplies:  Nesties, WOC roses, MS edge punch, white fuzzy stuff, white glitter, sizzix starry night 2 embossing folder, small pearls
Techniques:  Copic markers and prismacolor pencils w/gamsol

My Extra Day Off...

Good morning stampers!!  Did you all have a great weekend?  I sure did and it's not quite over yet as I get one extra day this week.  Happy Martin Luther King, Jr Day.  What an amazing man!  And all these years after his life was ended, his dream is still alive.  : )

Here's a card I finished last night.  I purchased a few new Sugar Nellie stamps as I LOVE to participate in The Sugar Bowl challenge.  This was one of them and I just had to ink her up first.  So proud and confident with that jaunty little walk!!  I fell in love with her the first time I ever saw her.

Now... I just had the best time distressing on this card.  I know... sounds goofy!  But, I'd lost the little distresser tool I'd purchased several months ago (before I ever even used it!!) and have looked high and low for the darned thing.  Well I finally found it last week and couldn't have been happier!!  Funny but finding that little 2" tool just made my day and still makes me smile!  I've been ready to do some distressing ever since and got to this week.  WooHOO!!  : )

I tried something a little different with the sponging around the edges.  I used both blue and green chalk ink attempting to pull both colors out from the papers.  However, I ended up a little 'green heavy' and would have preferred more blue as there's just not much green showing from the DPs.  Must plan better for that!!

Now... the challenges:

1.  The Sugar Bowl - the SKETCH plus 'please include' distressing

2.  Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Shabby Chic

3.  Creative Card Crew - Distressing

4.  Our Creative Corner - Color challenge... blue and green
5.  Copics Colour Challenge - B97, YG07 and W-5  (I got pretty close)

I guess that's all I have today.  So glad you popped by.  Come back soon!!

Denise

Stamps:  Sugar Nellie Raven

Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas fashion district, Gina K. pure luxury

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, VersaMagic sea breeze and aloe vera

Supplies:  Nesties, BG button, flower, pearls

Techniques:  Copic markers, sponging, distressing

A Sugar Bowl Thank You

OMGoodness!!  It's just been too long since I've been able to do what I love... create cards!  Today was a good day because I got to sit down and stamp.  I decided to jump back in with one of my favorite challenges... The Sugar Bowl.  Their challenge this time was a great sketch and a 'please include' of 'Thankfulness'.  I thought little Poinsettia would make a great Christmas thank you card.  She is so adorable and there is no flower quite like the poinsettia!  Beautiful!!

This little gal turned out wayyyyy different than my original vision.  I was going to make her a tow head... a nearly white tow head.  When we were at the park over the weekend, I saw the cutest little girl and her hair was almost white.  Soooo cute!  So I played around trying to come up with the right mix of colors, but I just couldn't get my copics to make it work.  So, I ended up making her a dark brunette.  That's close, right??  Really it's because the red on the poinsettia bled into her hair.  I worked very hard to clean it up with my colorless blender, but red it just soooo tough to clean up... thus dark brunette she is.  : )

I sponged around the image with VersaMagic Niagra Mist.  Her little dress has been paper pieced.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you'll stop back again soon.

Denise

Stamps:  Sugar Nellie Poinsettia, MFT Grateful Greetings
Paper:  BG Wassail, Gina K. pure luxury
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, VersaMagic niagara mist
Supplies:  Pearls, Christmas brad (Spare Parts I think)
Techniques:  copic markers, sponging, paper piecing

Be Merry

Good Monday morning!  Is there such a thing??  Thought I'd post this card before I headed off to work.

This is a Sugar Nellie stamp named Miss Clause.  Dontcha just love her??  I made her for The Sugar Bowl Challenge which is a great sketch this time.  On all her 'fluffy' parts, I used polar white flower soft.  This is my first stab at using this product and what a blast!  All her trims are really fuzzy!  I also took some white snowflake brads and glittered them up for a little more pizazz.  They look really good IRL.  And finally, I used the snowflake embossing folder on the base paper, then rubbed VersaMagic sea breeze over the raised parts.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day and I'll see ya soon!
Denise

Stamps:  Sugar Nellie Miss Clause, SU warm words
Paper:  BG eskimo kisses, Gina K. pure luxury
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, VersaMagic sea breeze
Supplies:  Nesties, snowflake brads, blue rhinestones, flower soft, MS edge punch, 3d dots