The Sugar Bowl #61 Kiki's Sketch

Hi! It's been a crazy time. I've been to Oregon with my mom-in-law, we celebrated her 99th birthday end of May. I am in Florida until the end of June when we are going to go pick her up (she has a caregivier with her) and bring her back to FL mid-July. Then I should be here. I made this card for my husband for Father's Day. The theme of this week's Sugar Bowl was love/weddings. No weddings coming up. But I wanted to express my love to my hubby as the father of our children. I used this adorable image from Sugar Nellie, colored it with Prisma Color Pencils and Gamsol. I cut the image out and popped it out with foam circles. The hearts are also popped out. The paper is from Basic Grey Mellow (wanted a masculine paper). The hearts and flower are also from BG Mellow. The sentiment is from Your Next Stamp. The brad is also from BG. Inside the flowers are from Prima flowers, the two rhinestones are Kaiser Craft, and the brads are from my stash. I cut the circles and inside with Nestabilities. The base blue paper is from Stampin' Up. Guess that's it. Thanks for lookin'!

Challenge 42 Lilian's Sketch

Second card of the night. I just finished this cute card for The Sugar Bowl's Sketch Challenge #42, Lilian's Sketch. Great sketch, Lilian! I turned the sketch so my image would fit. I used Sugar Nellie's Purrfect Playmates. this is the first time I've inked it up. I colored it with Prisma color pencils and Gamsol, cut it out with Nesties label and sponged the edge with chalk. I used Basic Grey's LilyKate paper and the cs is SU. The tiny 1/2 pearls are from The Paper Studio. I placed pearls on the "dots" of the MS border punch, and I also placed one on the center of the yoyo. A pretty simple card. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

The Sugar Bowl #41 Marleni's Sketch

This seems to be one of the most used Sugar Nellie stamps by Elisabeth Bell. I've seen her on many cards. I finally ordered her and this is the first time I've inked her up (new). This card is made using a sketch by Marleni and an optional theme to use something old or something new. I ended up using something of both. I colored the image with Prisma color pencils and Gamsol. I cut it out with Nesties circle. I used a Nesties flower to mount the image with. I separated the dp (Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry) with a white Offray ribbon. I used tiny 1/2 pearls from my stash on various points of the "flower". I used Prima flowers and nested red, white and red, with a white 1/2 pearl in the center (from my stash). The red paper is DCWV (I've had it quite awhile... old).

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The Sugarbowl Your Choice

I just love this image from Sugar Nellie's Country Collection. She just looks content with the world. I colored her with Prisma color pencils and Gamsol and cut the image out with Nesties long rectangle scallop. the ribbon is Offray, the flowers Prima, and the 1/2 pearls are from KaiserCraft. The dp and green cs is Stampin'Up and the brown is DCWV. Sweet and simple!

Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

I'm back! The Sugarbowl #39

I made this card for my son-in-law's birthday August 4. He and my dtr have two cats and a hamster, and this image was just about perfect. It is from the Country collection of Sugar Nellie. I love all those stamps. May have to try and collect all of them! This card was made for The Sugarbowl's challenge #39, found here http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ .

I used BasicGrey dp for the background and Stampin'Up Almost Navy for the dark blue. I used Distressed Ink to sponge around the image. The rhinestones are from my stash and the 1/2 pearl stickers are from Kaisercraft. I popped the image up on foam squares. I used a Martha Stewart corner punch and a corner rounder punch on the corners.

I stitched around the outside block with a zig-zag stitch on my new little Singer craft machine. Still getting used to it!

That's all. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Wistful

This card was made for Sugar Nellie's challenge found  here to choose your favorite sketch. I chose #15. I just got this adorable image and couldn't wait to use it. Isn't she sweet?

I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. the green cs is from SU and the dp is Basic Grey Porcelain. The ribbon (yes, that is a ribbon) is from Home and More, Michael's. That's it. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

The Sugar Bowl #31 Judy's Sketch and Color Create #40

I really like the way this card turned out! So simple and very pretty. Sometimes I'm just plain proud of myself, and I am with this card :-) I like this sweet image. I was raised on a farm, and we had baby chicks. They are so soft. Did you know at what age baby chicks can fly (be transported by plane)? One day old ONLY. Can't be any older! Anyway, I colored this card with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I used Judy's Sketch and Color Create's challenge to use Mint, Chocolate and Cream. It was really fun coloring this card those colors. And this Basic Grey paper! Pretty cool, don't you think? It's from their Bittersweet and Wisteria collections. The cs is from SU. the ribbon is Offray. The stars are cut from BG with my Cricut! I haven't used it in forever, but I found these stars and cut them out. That's about it... oh, cut the image with Nesties circle.

Thanks for lookin'!

Friday Sketchers #87

This card was made for Friday Sketcher's #87. I like clean and simple sketches. :) The cs is DCWV. The ribbon is Offray, the image is Sugar Nellie, and the sentiment is Verve. The pearls are Kaiser. I colored the image with Copics. I used my new MS eyelet border punch. I have always loved eyelet lace, and this border punch is perfect for me!

That's it. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

CCEE1003

Well, I finally made a card I can be truly happy about! I made this card for CCEE's sketch challenge. I love these colors together. The papers are as follows: Stampin'Up, DCWV, K&Co, and unknown. I colored the Sugar Nellie image with Copics and sponged the background with chalk. I cut the image out with Nestabilities rectangles. The flowers are PrimaFlowers and the pearls are Kaiser.

So am I getting better? Hope so!