It was a three hour round trip and a rare day off for me, but the sun is still shining in Scotland and a lovely 24deg :) The trip across country was beautiful, the winding road cut around the hills, across rivers and streams, the country side is lush green and overgrown due to how much rain we usually get!
There was no green in Simply Create, lots of pink and black, pink cup cakes and pink bubbly. Lots of faces I knew and a few new ones too. Thanks girls I had a great day out, and I did come home with a few things...................charms{ cant get enough of those}
stamps...............yes I had to have a few crazy cute Ketto stamps from the lovely Emily over at Stamping Bella, I "met" Emily not long after she started her business and we were not far behind her with Sugar Nellie. I was please to bump into her on SCS and one of these days I am going to having that long chat over coffee and muffin with her :)
The top crafty blog police are looking for more crafting tips and techniques on blogs, so after my little shopping trip what would be my tip for you today........
Buy double sided papers as it gives you twice the patterns for your money, they co ordinated and mat and layer perfectly, not much thought involved matching it to other papers. I do tend to do very little scrapbooking these days so as a card maker I only buy one sheet of each, more than enough to make several cards and then I get to play with something different.
Take care and enjoy the weekend
Design Team Shout
Things in the House of Sugar should become easier next week with two new "elfs" arriving to take their places at Funkykits, leaving me to get back to my desk and to Sugar Nellie business.
One thing I do need is a bigger design team. Not long after we started we had three members, Marlene, Tiets and Katherina, after Katherina left to start her own rubber stamp company, we never filled her space and now its time to share out the sugar and look for a "few" new members to take the pressure off Tiets and Marlene as Sugar Nellie launches more and more ranges I am sure it's hard for them to keep up and still enjoy their hobby.
I will post a thread on SCS with more details later and how you can apply if you would like.
The basics are simple, do you love making cards & blogging?
Are you a imaginative crafter who is not attached to any other stamp company?
Do you have plenty of time on your hands?
If you can answer YES to all three then you are in with a chance. Open to everyone everywhere world wide. Who knows , maybe next year it could be you getting ready for a busmen's holiday to CHA with the Sugar Babes!
One thing I do need is a bigger design team. Not long after we started we had three members, Marlene, Tiets and Katherina, after Katherina left to start her own rubber stamp company, we never filled her space and now its time to share out the sugar and look for a "few" new members to take the pressure off Tiets and Marlene as Sugar Nellie launches more and more ranges I am sure it's hard for them to keep up and still enjoy their hobby.
I will post a thread on SCS with more details later and how you can apply if you would like.
The basics are simple, do you love making cards & blogging?
Are you a imaginative crafter who is not attached to any other stamp company?
Do you have plenty of time on your hands?
If you can answer YES to all three then you are in with a chance. Open to everyone everywhere world wide. Who knows , maybe next year it could be you getting ready for a busmen's holiday to CHA with the Sugar Babes!
Copic Disappointment
I have been waiting for almost a month for an order of Copic's, and not a small order at that, but today after they eventually phoned to say that it had been lost in the system and did I still want it!, obviously "customer is queen" is not a mantra they chant at that wholesaler.
Who would have guessed that some craft companies are struggling in our economic climate here in the UK and would have been pleased to receive a paid before dispatch order of that size.................gggrrrrrr............so in the end I said no, very disappointed in their service and now I want to go shopping for some copics, as I have promised these as gifts.
Which web site do you recommend?
Planning a little day trip tomorrow into Aberdeen shire to deliver a few sweet things for the opening of SIMPLY CREATE a new fabulous stamp store in Alford opening on Saturday. All sugar babes welcome but be sure to join us on 20th June for a Sugar Nellie event in Alford.
Who would have guessed that some craft companies are struggling in our economic climate here in the UK and would have been pleased to receive a paid before dispatch order of that size.................gggrrrrrr............so in the end I said no, very disappointed in their service and now I want to go shopping for some copics, as I have promised these as gifts.
Which web site do you recommend?
Planning a little day trip tomorrow into Aberdeen shire to deliver a few sweet things for the opening of SIMPLY CREATE a new fabulous stamp store in Alford opening on Saturday. All sugar babes welcome but be sure to join us on 20th June for a Sugar Nellie event in Alford.
DudaDaze
I was delighted to discover the talented artist Diane Duda earlier this year. Due to unfortunate staffing circumstances I have not give Diane the attention she deserves, as the newest illustrator at Sugar Nellie she has a launch of completely new and original stamps coming next month. You can see Diane's delightful artwork on her blog http://dudadaze.blogspot.com/ , stop by and say hello.
Diane has also kindly donated an image for our "Its a girl thing" breast cancer fundraiser which you are going to love if you are lucky enough to get hold of one as they will be limited in numbers.
.........and while reading her blog I noticed these, ain't they cute and funky!
So I went along to etsy and found them, needless to say I had to have one :)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25489199
SIX days later its here, USA to Scotland in six days, fantastic :)
So can I ask you to go have a look at Diane's etsy and let me know which artwork you would like to see made into a stamp. A little guidance goes a long way and with so much cute whimsical characters to choose from it would be great to narrow it down a little. What about frogs? We have no frogs in the House of Sugar. Birdies..............boys?
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=109775
Needless to say I had to have a few bits of art from here too. I dont get out shopping much these day and I do love pretty things.
Gorjuss Girls Galore
At long last we received a delivery of rubber in the house of sugar this week, not we have to decide what to cut and pack first. The elf's have been busy over the weekend and FUNKYKITS, did get part of their order of Gorjuss girls late on Saturday and the rest will be ready late Monday or Tuesday. So if you have been waiting for single girls they are available now. There are plenty of other restocks being packed too, so lots of choice for sugar addicts worldwide.
More stock too of the sold out COUNTRY COUSINS, Tiets has been busy with the Home Grown stamps, here are a few from her blog, pop over to see more.
Midweek chatter
All is well, things are calm, I am slowly working my way through the mountain of paper work and things to do. The new computers are working much faster making life easier. Still a lot to catch up with but I can now see things clearer. Even had time for coffee and muffins this week!
A constant stream of rubber is being delivered weekly, the elf's come in on a Saturday and cut and pack. Funkykits continue to want more more more , so you must be loving the new stamps and we keep sending them over as fast as the elf's can pack them.
Candy went out today to our three blog winners, enjoy your sweet stamps girls. I have two more big gifts to send to special people but I am just waiting for a few loose ends before gift wrapping their pressies ;)
*New stamps being created, designed and tested. I have seen the next batch from Mary Hall, you asked for teen stamps and Mary has done a great job with these.
**Gorjuss, yes we have our third set coming in late June.
***Fundraiser for Breast Cancer UK, still working on that.
****AND last but not least the very exciting first range of stamps by Diane Duda, these make me smile, so much fun I know your going to love them all.
My diary is filling up with events, features and days away planned this summer.
I hope that you have something good planned for the coming months, it will not be long before the schools are finished for the summer. Were does the time go, must change my watch, it still says January! ( sign of old age)
A constant stream of rubber is being delivered weekly, the elf's come in on a Saturday and cut and pack. Funkykits continue to want more more more , so you must be loving the new stamps and we keep sending them over as fast as the elf's can pack them.
Candy went out today to our three blog winners, enjoy your sweet stamps girls. I have two more big gifts to send to special people but I am just waiting for a few loose ends before gift wrapping their pressies ;)
*New stamps being created, designed and tested. I have seen the next batch from Mary Hall, you asked for teen stamps and Mary has done a great job with these.
**Gorjuss, yes we have our third set coming in late June.
***Fundraiser for Breast Cancer UK, still working on that.
****AND last but not least the very exciting first range of stamps by Diane Duda, these make me smile, so much fun I know your going to love them all.
My diary is filling up with events, features and days away planned this summer.
I hope that you have something good planned for the coming months, it will not be long before the schools are finished for the summer. Were does the time go, must change my watch, it still says January! ( sign of old age)
Sugar Bowl Challenge Blog
I would hope by now that readers of this blog know that our own challenge blog, The Sugar Bowl run by Gayle, gives away great prizes for those that choose to take part in the challenges they set.
Recently the SWEETIES decided to make it a sketch challenge and I am amazed at all the lovely work done by the team and by the crafters who enter.
Thank you girls you are extremely talented :)
The winner is a random number so it does not matter if you are new to card making or more worldly wise, each one of you have the same chance of winning.
We quietly sent the new Leanne Ellis stamps over to Funkykits and by now I am sure that some of you have your inky mitts on these wonder stamps.:)
Marlene does tend to get her DT package before Tiets as the post takes a little longer to reach Netherlands. Today I received two wonderful boxes of DT cards from Tiets and Marlene, the work involved is quiet something, no wonder I dare not show you anything that I make!
Here are a few of their recent works of art.
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