Sugar Challenge #25

Today I went to my parent's house where I crafted the day away with my Mom and Gram!  We had so much fun and I got VERY inky! :)  I made a card using the Sugar Bowl Sketch....a chance to win 12 sugars....that's like heaven!!!  The addition to the sketch was to use your FAVORITE color...I bet you can't guess what mine is?!?! 

Yep...........It's PINK!!!!

I'm cutting it VERY close to the deadline to get this cutie uploaded....so I will come back later and edit to give you all the details on the card along with a recipe!  :)

ETA:  I used Hug in a Mug for my card!  Papers are Making Memories - Sabrina Collection.  Of course I have colored Miss Sugar with my Copics.  I used my new deep edge MS lattice heart punch behind my image...I'm loving those deep edge punches!!!  Tulle and ribbon used for some added depth.

A close up of Miss Hug In A Mug:

I have added Star Dust Stickles to this girlie's earmuffs and the end of her scarf.  My Black and Silver Spicas were used on the hot cocoa mug for some added sparkle.  Crystal Stickles was added to the snowflakes along with pearl centers.

Here I have made a ribbon rose!  I can't find where I found the tutorial.  Darn ..... thought I had it bookmarked in my computer and do you think I can find it!  If I do find it I will post the link in here.  I love the look this adds especially with using that silver lined ribbon!

I really dislike taking pictures at night with my Ott Lite...I'd rather have the daylight....but this will work!

Recipe:

Stamps: Hug in a Mug - Sugar Nellie
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Silver Spica, Black Spica
Copic Colors Used:  N1, N3, N5, N7, R02, R30, R32, YR00, YR24, Y21, E00, E21, E25, E99
Papers:  DCWV cardstock, Making Memories Sabrina Collection
Tools:  MS lattice heart deep edge punch, Oval Nesties, Scalloped Oval Nesties, EK Success Leaf Punch,
Embellishments:  Liquid Applique, Star Dust Stickles, Crystal Stickles, Prima Flowers, Pearls, Ribbon and Tulle from my stash.

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Sugar Bowl - Challenge 18

Alright...I got as much play time in as I could within the last few days because tomorrow school starts! Ahhhhh...where did summer go? I'm so sad to be starting classes already....but I am finally getting into my Accounting classes so at least this semester will be interesting to me (instead of all the gen. eds.)

I have so many new stamps that are waiting around and wanting to be ink'd up! I thought I would join the girls over at the Sugar Bowl....Gayle does such a lovely job running the group over there! I love to play along with the DT when I have some free time! I grabbed one of my Gorjuss Girls who was crying to get ink'd and gave her some love!

I used my MME Bloom n' Grow papers that have been sitting on my desk (also waiting for play time!!!) I love how beautiful these papers are, and thought I would make a fun, bright, summer card before fall arrives.
My Gorjuss Girl was colored with Copics and Twinkling H2o's were added to her dress and boots to add a little bit of shimmer.

Here is a view where I tried to capture the shimmer from the H20's on her beautiful dress:
A lot of the items that I used can be found at 7 Kids College Fund! Tab has an awesome array of products!!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Gorjuss Girl Poppy Fields by Sugar Nellie
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Twinkling H20s

Papers: Neenah Ultrasmooth; My Minds Eye Bloom n' Grow, SU cardstock
Tools: Scor-Pal (to fold my cards), Tonic Cutter, EK Success leaf punch, Sizzix Swirls,
Embellishments: flowers cut from MME paper, rhinestones, buttons and lace are from my stash

Well I best get going to bed since I have to be up early....and I'm definitely not used to being up at 5:30AM! Wish me luck tomorrow....hopefully the day goes by fast! 8 hours in school is a long day....I swear going to school is definitely harder than working a full-time job!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Sugar Bowl Challenge 11

This is my entry for the Sugar Bowl Challenge 11 which happens to be a sketch challenge and then add pearls to your creation. The sketch was a lot of fun (yes, I know...I say that about every sketch I play with...I just love sketches...they get my brain thinking!) My pearl elements is the pearl-like centers on my flowers. I just love this little Gorjuss Girl from the second set! She has to be my favorite one! I decided to use my Whimsy BG papers.....and got my Copic lavender colors from watching my great buddy Suzanne's lavender coloring tutorial. She has the greatest video tutorials...if you haven't checked them out you need to head over to her blog and see them! She ROCKS!

A close up of Miss. Gorjuss herself!

On the inside I decided to keep this one a little more simple, I carried the same papers through.

Recipe:

Stamps: Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie, Tapestry Stamps

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Papers: SU cardstock, Basic Grey Whimsy dp

Tools: Fiskars eyelet border/emboss punch, Labels 4 nesties, MS border punch

Embellishments: flowers, Ribbon, tulle, and charm from my stash, lace from Walmart.

Thanks for stopping by!

Be on the lookout as I'm going to be having some blog candy soon

for my birthday....so stay tuned!

Sugar Bowl Challenge 8

First I want to wish everyone a Very Hoppy Easter!!!! Hope you are having a blessed day and the Easter Bunny was good to you all! We are enjoying time with family today! Right now we stopped home before heading over to my Grandparents house for dinner, so I thought I would upload a card to share with you all!

As of last night, I still had to make my parents' Easter card and I wanted to use one of my new Gorjuss Girls so I decided to take a hop over to the Sugar Bowl Challenge blog and this week's challenge is to use Tiet's fabulous sketch! WOW what a wonderful and fun sketch...I know I will be using this one MANY times!!! Here's the sketch:
And here's my take on the sketch! I used my Bo Bunny papers (oh I am so in love with this collection...it's the Alissa collection (which also happens to by my sister's name so I love the paper even more!!!) Stamps are Sugar Nellie's Gorjuss Girl, the little chick is from the WOJ spring collection, the swirl is from the yummy SU set, and the eggs are from Stamps & Smiles Egg Hunt set. All images were colored with my Copics, and I used a little bit of my NEW Twinkling H2Os on the Gorjuss Girl! I used my EK Success branch punch, and my Fiskars egg punch (thanks again mom I love this cute punch!). Flowers and ribbon (raffia is from Rach...thanks darling I am so in love with this!!!) are from my stash.

Here's a close up of Miss. Gorjuss herself....what a sweetheart she is!
And of course the inside:
Used MS border punch, and Stampendous Happy Easter stamp.

Again, I hope everyone is enjoying this day!

I have also made my sibling a treat for Easter....but I am going to share that with you tomorrow (I know what torture to wait)....make sure you come by and take a peek! I think they turned out super cute!

It's my Blogaversary VERY SOON....so Blog Candy is on it's way this week!!!!!

Keep your eyes peeled!

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Sugar Bowl Challenge #1 & BIG NEWS!

At first I didn't think I would be able to play along in the Sugar Bowl Challenge....but then I remembered a few months back Gayle sent me some wonderful Sugar Nellie images to play with! Thank you so much Gayle! I so need to purchase some of these stamps so I can continue to play along. I really wanted to play along with this challenge as the prize is 3 sets of Promarkers! I would so love to get my inky hands on those! :)

This image is called Pickin' Apples. Isn't she just darling?! I had lots of fun coloring her with my Copics, and of course I added some stickles to her bow and hat. Highlights were made with my white gel pen. I used glossy accents on the apples, even though it hard to see it in the picture. Papers are a combinations of Basic Grey Euphoria, Creative Memories, and some scraps from my stash. Of course I had to use my corner punches (if you would like to get some, head on over to Wish On A Scrap)! I really do love them! I got some new spacers the other day, so I had to use one on my flower. Flowers, charm, and ribbon from my stash.
And the finished inside! I really like how the inside of this one turned out! Wish me luck on this challenge...I would LOVE to have some more markers to color with!

Now, for my BIG NEWS:

I'm a CHICK!!!

I got a message the other day from Courtney asking if I would like to be a CBCC (Created By Courtney Chick)! I was so excited that she asked me to design for her challenges, and of course I said YES! I am so excited to be a part of the CBCC team! My offical start date is January 13th....so be on the look out for my CBCC creations!

Thanks again Courtney for asking me to be a part of your team!

***Don't forgot the Wish Challenge is going on and you have until January 11th to get your entry in to win a WOJ stamp!***

And finally, I have a few blog candy alerts for you:

My great buddy Rach is giving away some wonderful candy! Please stop by and say hi to her and check out her stunning creations! This girl is one of my idols her work is amazing!

And Michelle is also giving away some super sweet candy! Stop by and say hi to her and enter to win her fabulous prizes!