Presies galore

Back to my desk today and what do I find....................parcels :)

Where do I start, its like Christmas, lets start with the biggest!

A huge packet of cards made by Donalda

Digi stamps illustrated by Diane Duda, available for an instant sugar fix

I just love the frog detail on this one.........

Bashful Blossom digi stamps are sooooo cute

more beautiful art stamps from Leanne Ellis

Hedge hog girl from the Autumn kits which is on special this month

a selection of Mary Hall designed stamps, so pretty.

There were so many more, too much, she's too kind. A huge thank you from me to Donalda and I will see

that these are used to make lovely displays in the house of sugar. Thank you dear.

The other packet where more rubber stamps for me to play with, some extra special ribbon and a delivery

for Funkykits of new release clear stamps from KANBAN

Some eagle eyed crafters amongst you will notice some elegant ladies which sold out when on TV and other may notice the way to obvious similarity to LOTV stamps.

And don't ignore those cute dress up teddies as way to keep the kids busy this holidays,there is even a Scottish set!

Add those to your wish list with everything else that's new especially rolls of ribbon which are a must for

all serious crafters and so lush and classy when added to a simple card, yes I do have  few rolls myself.

Speaking of what I have on my desk, tomorrow I will show you my craft desk. JUDY do you believe me when I say I did not stage the table! You show me yours and I'll show you mine. Take a picture of yours tonight and lets show the world that some of us work in an organised mess.

Karen

I'm sorry......

I'm sorry that I have been missing in blog land, its the first week of the school holidays here in Scotland and I have had to take some time off from the House Of Sugar, I will be back at my desk on Monday as Kate is off on holiday and myself and Sofia will cover for her. Mark is busy over at Funkykits, restocking rubber and getting ready for some new Mangas arriving, he has also added some yummy extra's on to the web site that might just jump into a few baskets, I just love buttons and ribbons too :)

I manage to work from home most of the time I dont make it into town but my power lead has given up on my lap top and I am reduced to tears of frustration using Debbie's lap top which is home to get an MOT, boy does it need it!

As a family we have had a busy week and the most painful part for me was shopping for fancy clothes, I hate clothes shopping and will never try on in store, so I have bags of shopping that need to be returned......................for a bigger size!

I hope your weekend is full of fun, I have to be somewhere in an hour so thats all from me for now, catch you again when I get back to my desk and a working computer, on Monday. Take care.

Karen

Join in the fun

Mina

Max

Tillymint/Alison

Here are  three of the entries to the Sugar Bowl Challenge blog, a fantastic  mix of styles,

 colours and stamps, its great to see them all.

Girls all need to try out for the CMOTY. Seriously, you'll never get anywhere without trying,

if I had not bothered trying to find cute kids stamps to fill a gap in the market 3 years ago, Sugar Nellie would never have been born. You never know where it will lead, and winning may not be the ultimate prize here, you might find that your efforts are rewarded in other ways ;)

Just have a look at our fantastic five and the girls of the DT before them, magazine features, teaching and demoing slots and to be so in demand that you can pick and choose which DT to be on. This industry is full of opportunities and with there being so many challenge blogs and DT being created by every sector of the craft world, all need creative help and some even give away real freebies to their teams, there is nothing as sweet as free supplies to play with :)

take care

karen

We would like to announce........

All of us here in the House of Sugar are excited to announce that Sugar Nellie will be sponsoring the

CARD MAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2010

big drum roll please

*£6000 worth of prizes to be won*

read all about it in

For a small rubber stamp company based in Scotland, we are delighted to give back something to our lovely supporters who have made our name known out there in the stamp world.

 I have been on a gag order not to say anything until it went to press, I have no idea who the other sponsors are or how to enter. I do know that I will have to go pick up a copy and read more, so should you. There are so many prizes you have to give it a go. I also know a few of the ladies who have won it in the past and our very own local craft celebrity Kath was one of those winners. It could be your turn next.

So don't wait until tomorrow, dust off those cob webs and get creating for today is a sunny day!

Karen

Tomorrow

[from the musical ANNIE]

The sun'll come out

Tomorrow

Bet your bottom dollar

That tomorrow

There'll be sun!

Just thinkin' about

Tomorrow

Clears away the cobwebs,

And the sorrow

'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck a day

That's gray,

And lonely,

I just stick out my chin

And Grin,

And Say,

Oh!

The sun'll come out

Tomorrow

So ya gotta hang on

'Til tomorrow

Come what may

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

I love ya Tomorrow!

You're always

A day

A way!

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So now that you have Annie in your head singing about tomorrow, be sure and come back and see me tomorrow as I have some big news to tell you all.

Some have asked why we pulled out of SCS members forum, after 18 months, we believe its time to shake up how Sugar Nellie is promoted and we are now in a position to do new things both on the Internet and with other forms of media.It's time for change to try something new and see where it takes us.

see you all tomorrow

Karen

Sugar Overload

Very very pink and totally sweet. After discovering Amy Atlas desert tables I knew that the first excuse I could find I was going to do a sweet table. This was our first trial, the plates which are empty are for the cupcakes which I have now collected fresh from the bakers in pink and white, tomorrow we will put it all together again along with some paper crafting touches. Speaking of touch, NO touching, I just want it to look pretty, after 3pm you can dig in :)
This is part of our VISUAL DISPLAY in the House Of Sugar as part of our demo tomorrow and it fits in perfect with our theme from July CUPCAKE'S & CANDY.
I will have to balance my intake tomorrow or I will be dancing on the tables after all that sugar!
Sweet pickers have bigger knickers, RIGHT!

I would love to see you tomorrow if you choose to pop in by the HOS, with over 1000 followers I know that a lot of you are to far to visit but with the summer holidays now started, we get a lot of visitors from further afield who make the detour to find us.

Tomorrow will see Erika Gunter from Personal Impressions demonstration classy card making with Martha Stewart Punches and Nestabilities, and she will also have some lovely samples with the new NITWITS range which was featured in both magazines I picked up the other day. We decided against special offer in store this time and to make things easy on a busy day its 10% off all your shopping in store tomorrow. Come in and say hello to Erika, Kate, Katrina and myself, you might be lucky and get a cupcake.............after 3pm!

have a great weekend where ever you are
Karen

More yummy prizes

Join the girls over on the Sugar Bowl Challenge blog and be in with a chance of

winning a box of yummy crafty things.

One lucky winner (chosen at random) will win a purple goodie box containing a selection of Leanne Ellis stamps, ribbons and other assorted goodies including a special ‘Trinkettes’ bracelet.

Now there were 90 entries in the last challenge, so a huge thank you to all of you who took part and congratulations to the lucky winner SUZI

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Its the first of the month again, where does the time go? Its also my 21 wedding anniversary and DH is taking me out tonight for a meal, it was supposed to be a surprise but someone let the cat out of the bag last night by inviting us to arrive early for drinks................why where are we going? said I.

Ok so last month we gave you the chance of buy a set of stamps at a great price, this month I have an other offer for you..........

Our country cousins Autumn Kit is a great price for July with 4 character stamps and a few accessories if you did not get one last year now you can add these sweet stamps to you collection for an even sweeter price.

Thank you to the girls who reported the incorrect link in yesterday's post, all sorted now.

Paula there have been 3 + 2 new Pro marker packaging sleeves featuring Sugar Nellie stamps :)

I have new Manga stamp designs on my desk, the sketches are brilliant but I ain't telling you yet *wink*

take care

Karen