You must see this........

I aint going to show your here but pop over to Janiel's blog and see thee most adorable baby set using Penny Black.

Now back to my post today, while hopping about blog land I notice two of the DT have made cards with Goldie locks, here is Janiel's little beauty, this card also fits the Sugar bowl Challenge.

 I have to say that many a day I sit and wonder what I will make, I spend more time wondering than making and following a challenge saves loads of precious crafting time because you have a guide which you then follow. It cuts down the "thinking about what I will do today" time down to a minimum and increases crafting time and we never have enough of that do we? Not to mention the chance to win free craft goodies ;)

Karen

Sweet Pea

Hello girls, what do you think of this little cutie pie, she is SWEET PEA and is the third of six new stamps from Mary Hall. These as you can see are bigger than usual to make colouring easier, I did have a play with her last night on my craft table but Sarah makes such a better job than I do, so I will spare you the agony of looking at one of my  creations and show off the DT's work, that's why they were cherry picked for their amazing talent which puts me so far in the shade that it is pitch black!

Sarah has also used a set from SU which I just so happened to buy last week along with the birdie punch :)

 Be more productive than me today please girls,

 as I say to the children, if you don't play with it you don't need it.*panic stations everyone*

Karen

We are giving away..........

Six sweet stamps and a lovely Martha Stewart punch, a must for any good crafter.
That is the prize over on the Sugar Bowl challenge blog. Here is the sketch by Marlene

And this is what Judy made of it using the stamp I mentioned yesterday

A huge thanks to all the Sweeties for their hard work over on the Sugar Bowl, you girls are fantastic.

I have been a busy bee today, even if I did have JR with me. A short couple of hours in the House of Sugar organizing promotions and sponsorships, ssshhh cant tell you yet and home to play with my stickers, Yes Judy I need all of those but I might share ;)

So where are the rest of the Mary Hall stamps I hear you ask, here is the next one, Sunflowers guarantee to bring a little sunshine into your life even on a rainy day. I must admit that I purchased a packet of Sunflower seeds in order to do something with this stamps but its yet to get from my brain onto the craft table, IYKWIM?!

So I will pick Sarah's card as an example instead, remember to take a look at the DT's blogs, these girls do a fantastic job and not only work with SN stamps but like all good crafters they love all brands of yummy rubber.

Karen

Tulips from Amsterdam

Not true this time, it's tulips from Sugar Nellie! The next six stamps designed by Mary Hall have been sent out to the DT and Sarah has been quick off the mark and made one using the little girl with tulips. All six new stamps are flower themed and have been made bigger for easy colouring in. We have a great following in Netherlands and today I dedicate this stamp to all you lovely Dutch ladies. I sure do miss the once a year trip to Scrap a Ganza, there is nothing like it anywhere else and it was such a giggle between classes a real girly time :)
These are not available yet, but by the time I show you all six I am sure they will be packed and sent over to Funkykits.

I spend the day in Inverness, sitting in Starbucks on my beloved notebook #2, watching the world go by, such an interesting hobby, people watching. I was waiting for my car to be serviced and needed yes I needed to go to Accessorise to get puff stickers as used by Helen. This is a girl after my own heart, I see so much of myself in her, especially the love of a good bargain :), now I have to think what to do with this much needed bargains, all 42 packets of them!

And last but not least, congratulations to Erika for being the new Personal Impressions demonstrator for the NE of Scotland, I look forward to your monthly visits to our "local store for local people". Its going to be so hard for you to have to work with all those yummy MS punches and Nestabilities, so hard :P

Sugar Coated Candy Colours

Good morning sugar addict, and welcome to all the new members of this fast growing addiction. Mark at Funkykits tells me he has had a fare few new customers this weekend as he put the Manga stamps live. And its no surprise to me as the DT have excelled themselves with this set. You must go see what sugar coated candy colour Judy, Janiel and Dena have used with Cheerleader, I think I just fell in love with this stamp all over again! I ain't going to show you here because the girls would love you visit them and let them know what you think, after all we all love a little praise now and then.

Judy                     Janiel                Dena

And congratulations to Sarah who was picked to show case some super cute stamps from CC Designs, which are fast becoming the number 2 top selling brand over on Funkykits.

Sarah has lots of creative inspiration using these little darling over on her blog and even took the time to do a promarker tutorial.

Watch out for the new Craft Stamper, the girls on the DT have been busy :)

How do you colour yours?

We have an advert on the TV for Cream Eggs where Austin Powers asks "how do you eat yours?"

SO I ask How do you colour yours? Are you  Pro Markers or Copics, maybe you use pencils, prisma or watercolour? Whatever you use are you happy with the outcome or still trying to get the right look for you image?

Our DT have their Mangas and I thought it would be nice to show you how they have done theirs as you wait for yours to arrive in the post. The top three are from Donalda, beautiful work and such lovely colour combos.

And these amazing cards are from Dena, they look great in red and black.

Remember to vist  our DT to see more great creations using sweet stamps.

Now I am off to hunt  for some more Manga creations as those who attended the Papercrafts May Demo also have some to play with, I just need to skip my way through blog land to find them, always keeping my eyes open for any Sugar Nellie creations that I spot along the way.

Karen

Sugar Overload

It was a very busy day in the HOS yesterday, Mark from Funkykits put all the new stamps live before leaving for a long May Day weekend, the post office is closed Monday so orders will be dispatched on Tuesday. Lucky bags and Mangas are both available now along with all our other lovely stamps.

In our store on Saturday we were kept very busy by crafters from near and far, a shout out to all our visitiors from Ellon and Inverness. Our two demonstrators for the day were Kate and Erika who where kept busy showing tips and tricks in all sorts of cardmaking and mini books.

On the Sugar Nellie desk is several new stamp designs along with a new illustrator. :)
But for now I wish you all a lovely May Day Weekend and the sun shines where ever you are.

Karen