Last Ever Sugar Bowl Challenge

Hi All,

When Karen announced that she will be closing the doors on the Sugar Bowl Challenge and this would be the final one, I knew I just had to enter!! My first ever challenge entry in the magical world of blogland was in the Sugar Bowl .... and I was honoured to be on the Sugar Bowl DT for quite some time .... so I couldn't not be part of the last ever challenge.

This was a card that I made for my daughter to give her teachers on the last day of school ... unfortunately the photo is not the best quality, I quickly snapped it on my phone as we were running on the way to school :-)

I used a stamp from the Simply Sassy range and she has been coloured up with copics. I created a shaped card free hand ... and added bits and bobs to make it pretty, I made 3 of these as the Nursary she goes to has 3 lead teachers in the 1 class.

The Sugar Bowl

Also for anyone that's just visiting, I hope you don't mind me mentioning an earlier blog post of mine, I am doing a charity run for a cause that is very close to my heart. If you are interested in learning more you can read about it here

As always thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Fairy Dust in the Sugar Bowl

Hi All,

Its time for another new Sugar Bowl challenge, I have gone for something a little different. This is a jar of fairy dust, its so simple to do and looks so pretty. Its just a jar of water and you add in a little glitter and cut open some glow sticks and put the contents into the jar ( in the UK you can buy the glow sticks at the pound shop. )

I decorated the top of the jar with some flowers and gems, and a little shrink using the scrapberry image  " little sister " that you can find here

Hope you will join us in the sugar bowl this month, I always enjoy seeing your fabulous creations.

Crafty Hugs
Juls

Sugar Bowl - November Challenge

Hi All,

Its time for a new challenge over at the Sugar Bowl Would love to see you there :-). For my card I have used a scrapberry image which you can find here I have coloured her up with Copic's & have teamed her up with some papers for my minds eye.

Also we have a DT call going at the moment. So if you would like to be part of our team for 4 months make sure to enter ... always love to get to know new crafty friends better :-)

Crafty Hugs
Juls

Sugar Bowl - April

 

 

Hi All,

Firstly I apologise for the picture heavy post, it was kind of hard to work out the best way to photograph this to show the complete project.

Well ... its time for another challenge over at the sugar bowl and as always we have the theme of anything goes. I have used the fabulous Leanne Ellis image, the Leanne Ellis range can be found here I have coloured her up with copic's ( this one was coloured a while ago, so pre me making a note of copic's used ) and I added a water colour background. I then teamed it up with one of the teacup cards from " The house of Zandra, fabulous tea & cakes cd " I added the clock, little mushrooms and tiny little bottle to really try and add to that wonderland theme. I hope you like.

I would so love to see you in the sugar bowl, I love being inspired by you all, and as always there are some fabulous sugary prizes on offer :-)

I would like to add this to the following challenges:

Creatalicious - Anything Goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes
Just Inspirational - Cute
PTW - A Cut above
Simon Say's - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Craft - Girls and Boys come out to play
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - Girly
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Choc, Coffee, Cards - Something Yummy to eat or drink
Fairy Tale - Flower Power
613 Av Create - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

As always thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl - March

Hello All,

I am a little late with this post - whoops!!! Its time for a new challenge at the Sugar Bowl as always its a theme of anything goes, and there is some fabby sugar up for grabs so well worth joining in, I'm hoping to bump into you over at the sugar bowl.

I have used one the fabulous scrapberry image enjoy the journey, which can be found here I coloured this a while ago, when I first started Alyce's classes and I can certainly see the difference. I have teamed this up with some papers from Melissa Francis. I have added a little detail by adding some stamps from Bo Bunny, some have been done with a grey memento ink, and some I have embossed in seafoam white

As always thank you for looking
Hugs Juls

The Sugar Bowl

Hi All,

Well that's another month past and it is time for another challenge in the Sugar Bowl. I have used a Simply Sassy image from the lovely Krista Smith, you can find this little sweetie here

Well I will give you a bit of a laugh, I just posted this card off to my mother in law yesterday, as she has a bad back, and my little post it note that I keep on the back of my cards with colour combo & materials used got posted too ...... whoopsie!!!! So when she gets it I may get her to send me the details so I can update my blog for you.

Anyway would really love to see you in the sugar bowl, love to be inspired by all your work. Also there some fabby prizes up for grabs, a first prize of 4 digi's a 2nd prize of 2 digi's ..... & the first prize goes up to 6 images if we ave a 100 or more entries, so lets full the sugar bowl :-)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sister Act - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking
crafty hugs
Julia

Sugar Bowl Challenge - January

Hi All,

I am here with my post for the latest Sugar Bowl challenge. We are starting the challenge early this month.

This image is Krista Smith "Party Frills" - which you can find here I have coloured it up with my copics and added a water colour background I have teamed it up with paper for echo Park and My minds eye. Decided to go for the shabby chic look, so have torn the edges and added a little frantage.

I'm posting this on holiday, and forgot to take my post it note with the copic I used, e.ct .... so will post those details later.

Looking forward to seeing you all the sugar bowl, cant wait to be inspired by you all, as always there is a prize of fabulous Sugar Nellie digi images on offer, so well worth entering.

crafty hugs to you all
Juls

Sugar Bowl - December challenge

Hello All ... Its time for another Sugar Bowl challenge hooray :-) .... As always there are some fabby prizes up for grabs, one winner will receive 4 Sugar Nellie digi's and another winner will get 2. There are some fab new digi images in store, so well worth playing along.

I have reached for an old Favorite this time this gorgeous Diane Duda image ... You can find some of Diane Duda's digi images here  I coloured this one a while ago, so before I got into the habit of taking a note of the copic's I used. decided to create a shaped card this time, and embellished using dies from HOTP and x-cut. The papers are from my minds eye.

Hope to see you in the Sugar Bowl ... can't wait to be inspired by your creations
crafty hugs
Juls

The Sugar Bowl Is back :-)

Hello All ....

So how excited am I that the sugar bowl is back .... yaaaaay!!!!

I had only been crafting for a short while when I discovered Sugar Nellie, they were my introduction to character crafting, this then led too my main crafting obsession, colouring & it was a Sugar Nellie post that inspired me to start blogging my work, so I am absolutely thrilled that the challenge blog is back, we also have some fabby new DT members so please go check out all their work for further inspiration.

I have used one of the fabby new Scrap Berry stamps, you can find this little sweetie here http://www.funkykits.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2242 these stamps are fab, I have the entire range I love the fact there are little accent stamps to match too!! I have coloured this image up with Copic's and Prisma pencils. The papers are "Tilda - Kitchen Garden" the swirly die is " Hot of the Press " and the tiny flowers a x cut punch.

So please join us in the Sugar Bowl, as always the lovely Karen will have arranged a Fab prize!! a first prize of 4 SN stamps and a 2nd prize of 2 digi stamps ... and the theme is nice and easy .... Anything Goes!! .... so come on get those Nellies out, cant wait to see what you create!!

Crafty Hugs to all
Juls

Sugar Bowl - June

Hello All,

Well its time for another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl ... and it will be our last for a while, boo hoo!!! Its all good though as Karen is looking to bring some exciting changes to the Sugar Nellie blog ... I'm so excited to see what that will include!! ..... I do so love the Sugar Nellie range, infact it was an inspirational post from Karen that started me blogging in the first place.

Sugar Nellie has so many fabulous girly images .... but they also cater for the boys in our life .. I have used a fabulous digi from Dina Duda, which you can find here ( this image is on sale at the mo, so its a good time to get it ) I printed out on Kraft and coloured it with prisma pencils ... I am kind of regretting adding the white shadow surrounding the image, it just seemed like a good idea at the time, guess you live and learn ..... The papers I bought forever when I went to Canada,

This month we have an amazing prize:

"As this is the last challenge, we have a super duper sugar prize on offer to one lucky winner of this challenge...you get to choose a Sugar Nellie bundle of your choice such as Leanne Ellis, Simply Sassy, Gorjuss with papers and matching embellishments....how fabby is that??"

Hope you will join us in the sugar bowl ... look forward to meeting you there!!

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons - boys will be boys

Rhedd and Rosie - No Flowers nothing Floral

Thanks for looking

Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl - May

Hi All,

Well its time for another challenge over in the Sugar Bowl. We have a fabulous challenge this month " April showers brings May Flowers "

I love this image .. Winter Wonderland, which you can find here I have chopped off the little robin to make her less winter and more spring!! I also stamped up the scene using some Tulip stamps. I have used my copics .... I have teamed it up with some papers from My Minds Eyes/Kate and Co. I have added some swirly dies and some paper flowers.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations - Dies and Punches
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Handmade Flowers
Everybody Art Challenge - Cute Card
Creative Card Crew - Girly
Creative Moments - Spring
Wed creative challenge - Cute Charicters
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Die Cut Flowers

Hope to meet you in the sugar bowl & as always thanks for looking.
Hugs Juls

The Sugar Bowl - April

Hello All,

Well its time for another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl ... & I have chosen the option of Springtime.

This may not look the most exciting card but I am rather impressed with it, as I made the whole thing in an hour!! ..... That never happens to me, but it was a case of needs must! .... although looking at it now I realize I have forgot to colour one of the flowers, how could I have missed that!!!!

I love this image and I have not used it in ages so it was nice to ink it up again.

Please don't forget to join us, there is as always the fabulous prize of 4 Sugar Nellie stamps. Look forward to meeting you in the Sugar Bowl.

Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl - Feb Challenge

 
Hello All

Well its time for another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl for this month Karen has set us a colour challenge, it has been really interesting to see the DT's interpretation of this picture. Also we have all used a Leanne Ellis image, no hardship for me there, as I LOVE Leanne Ellis images. I have chosen "Tell me something" which you can find here This little sweetie has been coloured with copics & I have teamed it up with some Basic Grey papers, that I have had in my stash forever. I have added a few bits and bobs ... & sprinkled with frantage.

We Have a few changes in the Sugar Bowl. As well as a prize of 4 Sugar Nellie stamps ( 6 if we reach 100 entries ) we also now will be choosing a GDT each month - who will receive a free digi to and we will also be choosing a top 3 ........ so get inking and colouring, cant wait to see what you make and be inspired by your creations!!

Crafty Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl 110

Hello All,

First of all I must apologize for the delay in getting this post, we have been having major tinterent problems!!! Grrrrrr

Its time for a new challenge over at the sugar bowl and this time we have the theme "Faries" .... and at the house of sugar there are sooooooooo many fabulous fairy images to choose. I have gone for an older image from Dina Duda. I have coloured her with my copics and prisma's.

This is a really cheap notpad from tesco. Which I have covered in some nice Kraft paper and decorated with My Minds Eye papers.

Please come and join us over at the sugar bowl 

Cant wait to see what you create.

Crafty Hugs to all
Juls

Sparkle and Shine in the Sugar Bowl

Hello All,

Its time for another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl. This month we are looking for sparkle and Shine.

This is one of these cards that is fairly plain and simple but took me ages! I started with the fabulous Leanne Ellis - True Love image I stamped and embossed with black embossing powder, I used watercolour pencils to do the background and edges with distress inks, the image has been coloured with a combo of copics and prisma's , unfortunately due to the stamping with embossing powder I ended up with a weird grey shadow under her chin that I couldn't get rid of so I painted over with acrylic's it still shows but I am hoping I got away with it.

All the circles have been filled with Anita's Glaze and sprinkled with glitter. The background paper is handmade, I have used twinkling H2o's I have overstamped with a Bo Bunny script stamp, and I have used a Katy Sue stamp for the flowers  again I used Anita's glaze over them, I finished off with doodling and more glitter .... I struggled getting the "sparkle and shine" to show up on the photo's so I have done a couple of close ups just to prove its there!! lol ...

I also would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Add sentiment
Daring Card Makers - All the other reasons
Sister Act - Anything Goes


As always thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Show Us Your first Nellie!!!

Hello All,

Well, I am so behind at the mo its shocking!! I knew that building an extension would be stressful just didn't realize quite how much so!! ... Also got some majorly stressful things going on with work so that's my reasons for my absence in blogland!!

Onto the more pleasant things in life .... like craft!! LOL, over at the sugar bowl we have a new challenge running, this time we have a little theme of  "use your first sugar Nellie stamp" ... So which stamp began your Sugar addication!! cant wait to find out!!

Have to say it was fun dusting of an older stamp .... I do love this little sweetie, I bought this from one of my little trips to Elgin, along with 2 other Elizabeth Bell stamps .... I now have over 100 Nellies!!

Please check out the challenge over at the sugar bowl, hope to see you there.

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act - Anything Goes
Stamping for the weekend - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl Challenge

Hello All,

Wow I cant believe its been a month since I posted, and it is already time for another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl!!

For my card I have used "Room to Bloom" which you can get here  (this is a new image for me, it fell into my basket the last time I popped in to visit the girls in Elgin). I have coloured the image using my copic pens ... and teamed it up with some papers from My Minds Eye.

So I look forward to seeing you in the sugar bowl ... cant wait to see what you will make and inspire me with this month!! Its worth entering as there is a yummy prize of 4 sugary stamps up for grabs and all you have to do is use a Sugar Nellie stamp!!!

As always
Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl Challange 105

Hello All,

Well its time for a new challenge over at the Sugar Bowl All that is required is that you use a Sugar Nellie stamp, other than that Anything Goes!!! How fabulous as that. Plus the prize is to receive 4 more fabby sweet sugar nellie stamps, ( 6 if we get over 100 entries) so its well worth joining in!!

For My Sugar Bowl project, I have upcycled some packaging that some cosmetics came in and created a gift bag and notecard. I have used the fabulous Leanne Ellis image - To Remember which you can find here

I have coloured the image with my copics and have used some fabby tilda papers to decorate the bag .. I added a little extra stamping to the notecard ... in all honesty that was to disguise some dogy stamping!! LOL

Hope to see you in the Sugar Bowl!!

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Stamping for the weekend - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Outside the Box

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl Challenge 104

He He ....... I cant quite believe this is real, I keep pinching myself !!!  The bruises prove that I am really here telling you its time for a new challenge over at the sugar bowl!!! As always a fabulous prize of some lovely sugar is available so its well worth joining in!! As its anything goes, let your creativity go wild!! Cant wait to see what you all create!

Well ... first card as a sugarbowl sweetie! The hardest choice was to decide which to use ... I counted them up, I have 99 Sugar Nellies .... may need to go shopping it would be rude not to round it up to a 100!! .... I've cheated slightly and gone for 2!! I do love masking, and I love these 2 together. I have used High School Student and I Love to read both available from Funky Kits

I used some of my new yummy Tilda papers that I got on holiday. I made fake notepaper using my cropodile and scissors!! I stamped out the sentiment using an alphabet stamp that I have onto some of the scraps. Then I had to give everything a good sprinkling of frantage, some flowers gems and pearls.

As always thanks for looking
and dont forget to join us!
Hugs Juls