Stitch...

Good morning everyone, have you all recovered from the Christmas excesses yet?...I think I might be Christmas carded out now so I went for a light fun card today...how perfect is this fabulously cute Sugar Nellie stamp called Stitch paired with these amazing papers...all the details are on my blog if you would like to pop by...I have mega candy on my blog too including some Sugar Nellie goodies...have a good day everyone and wherever you are I hope your managing to stay warm

Mina xxx

Country Cousins Lei-la....

Morning all....

 

Vicky here today to share with you my card using one of the adorable Country Cousins stamps....

and this sweetie is called "Lei-la"

 

I have teamed her up with some pretty LOTV papers....

Coloured her with my Copics, Chalks for her cheeks....and Prisma Pencils for added shading...

 

The layout was done with a mix of MFT Blueprints dies....and finished the card by adding some pearls too...

 

for more details please pop over to my blog here..

 

So thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day too...

 

biggest of crafty hugs Vicky xx



SOS Birthday Wishes

Thank you all for the birthday wishes, it's very kind of you to take the time to send them.

I am back to the office on Monday and can start working on my list of jobs to do, for the last two weeks I have been very much at home doing nothing. But having everyone at home, three meals a day and visitors coming and going, nothing really means " stuck in the kitchen".

What do I have to share with you today. Well it's usually a pinterest share on a Sunday. I have already covered most of my favourite finds. But today I have reverted back to Sugar Nellie stamps. I found this card and it's perfect for me this weekend.

Designed and made by Debby  http://debby4000.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Sugar%20Nellie

In one of Debby's post she talks about the shading on some digital images. These style of images were a trial by us to see if we could make colouring easier for those who were not so experienced with their pens. Good colouring skills take hours of practice and of some of us, me included, it's not something I have mastered.

With the under lying shading, we wanted to give more depth with maybe only one swipe of colour.

This we found out does not transfer to rubber and sadly, those stamps were never again made in rubber simply because there is only black and white in a rubber stamped image, where as in digital there is grey scale.

Judging by the success of Adorable images, I think these work just as we intended them too.  I see many cards made with these but I understand that if you have mastered your pens, you can shade perfectly well without grey scale.

Something for everyone.

Debby certainly can colour and her many Sugar Nellie cards are beautiful.

Want to see more lovely cards

Here is a link you need to have a peek at

http://www.pinterest.com/search/?q=Sugar+Nellie

DOWN UNDER UPDATE

A big shout out to our friends down under, thank you girls for leaving me a comment and link to your blog, I will have a surf about when I get to work next week and I am defiantly looking for one of you to join in the fun here at Sugar Nellie.

Marianne, your disappointed at the lack of rubber is noted. I might just have some thing hiding in the House Of Sugar that may satisfy your sweet tooth. *wink*

That's All for me, better get back in that kitchen and cook the Sunday roast!

Take care

Karen 

Flash by!

did you see it?
another year FLASHED by thats right I am now another year older
No you dont want to know how old
 Just let say its a bit like the number on the scales, too big and creeping up all the time!
SO with nothing more to say on the matter I share with you a little FLASH
Usual terms apply, this is of you and you only, right click and store it on your computer.

Oops sorry you missed it

 DONT share it anywhere on the internet, pin, private groups or by email. If you want your friends to have it , send them here.

Why did I choose this image?
After collecting a repaired tablet from Currys the other day, the cheeky and rather flirty man behind the counter shouted after me as I walked away "happy Easter" , it caught me so un awares that I did in fact LOL, yes, it's going to be here before you know it!

Now it's time for lunch out with my girls before I have to put my glad rags on for dinner tonight.
Have a slice of cake for me today because you know it would be rude not to.
Karen

My New Year review...

Morning everyone... Hope you don't mind another little Sugar Nellie review post, but I loved seeing Mina's earlier in the week and really wanted to do my own :o)

First up is a sweet Christmas fairy - Gift Wrapping

And the lovely Aviator, I do love colouring him.

And of course, there had to be a Pippi in my selection!

I've used this little Princess quite a few times this year, love her.

My favourite Manga Rock Idol...

And the lovely Sassy Luv a Latte...

Had to include this one, just because of her fabulous hair!  This is Tabitha...

 And I thought I'd finish with one of my first cards from last year, using one of the gorgeous Adorables... this one is Annabel... hmm, think I need to colour her again, isn't she fab?!

Well, I hope I haven't sent you to sleep with my long post... that was a lot harder than I thought it would be!

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely day :o)

Lisa x

Down Under

I come from a land down under.....

One of my favourite teen songs.

Australia is a strong market for us, but you girls are so far away. Digital is great for long distance sugar addicts and I love to see you all creating with our sweet designs.

But, with the launch of so many images as digital. I thinks it's time for some guest design team members from far away lands.

If you are far far away from us here in the UK. Let me know if you would like to be our guest.

Usually terms apply, guest spots are monthly, quarterly or just for a new product launch.

Digital stamps will be supplied for your own use.

Just comment with your blog address and I will pop over and see your work.

New addicts are especially welcome to apply, after all it's about spreading the addiction to new sweet toothed crafters.

I have plans to welcome lots of new faces on this blog, let me know if you would like to take part and for thi post....come from a land down under.

Best wishes
Karen

Sketchy goings on

Happy New Year to you all.

I hope this new year brings many good things your way.

At the start of the year we all think about change. 

The things we want to achieve, bad habits we want to loose.

We look forward to the year with new hope that things will be better.

It's the same in business.

Retail is changing and the world is being ruled by the Internet.

For Sugar Nellie , there will be many changes this year.

Last year we costed along, falling behind and maybe taking our eyes off the ball.

2014 will see changes. It's essential to our survival.

New appointments both voluntary and paid.

New alliance with other companies, working together to be stronger.

New partnerships. Both designers and freelance artists.

A new look, everyone needs a make over.

Guests, we will be introducing you to new people all over the globe.

More digital for our customers far from home. 

Things we will not be tackling in 2014, shows, we just don't have the man or woman power to do these. But we can support anyone who wishes to take Sugar Nellie on a day out to their local shows.

One of the first things is our challenges, both The Sugar Bowl and the FaceBook group will under go changes. New blood is needed. A wider audience is required. A partnership with other challenge blogs which are not stamp brand connected would allow you twice as much entries for the one creation. After all, time is everyone's enemy.

Less looking and more doing. If I made a tiny percentage of the things I pin, I would be doing far more than I do now.

If you are connected with any challenges, craft companies, artist.... Who may like to work along side Sugar Nellie in 2014, let me know. I am not looking for spencer ship , more a partnership. There will be announcements as we tackle each new project but I am open to ideas.

I picked up this sketch challenge over on Pinterest. It's so much easier to create when you have some ground work in front of you rather than a blank page.

I would love to see Sugar Nellie cards appearing in other challenges.

Maybe we could mix it up a bit, sketches, themes and colours. 

Working to make your creativity go further.

Encourage you to ink up those Nellies.

Well I am not one to make new years promises. Nothing like setting yourself up to fail.

But these are my work related challenges for the year ahead.

I have no idea how much of it I will achieve, how successful it will be.

But I can only but try. God loves a trier.

Let me know yours thought. Leave me your comments. After all, I have been listening you you all for six years now. Sugar Nellie is about as small as you get and this business is led by customer demand. That's you! 

Happy New Year, best wishes all round.

Karen