Sugar Bowl challenge

This is my entry for the current Sugar Bowl challenge which is a sketch and the option of blackand white with 1 other colour. I love this Simply Sassy stamp it just seems to say use me when I check through my stash. She is coloured with Promarkers and I have added a Marianne Creatable flower as a counterpoint.

I should like to enter this in the following challenges, all of which are highlighted in my challenge side bar

The Sugar Bowl challenge 48 Marlenes sketch

Alphabet challenge E for embossing (cuttlbug embossing - polka dots on black card)

Snow snow and more snow

Stuck inside since Thursday and the weather man says any snow we have at the moment will be with us till the middle of next week !!!!!!!!!! O how I wish I had better balance, the first view is out of my bedroom window the snowplough has worked hard to keep this road open. number 2 is my 9 foot high shrub with a 14 inch snow hat DH had to knock the snow off as it had startrd to fall over with the weight. Never mind I have been crafting and once the glue dries I will blog the Christmas and challenge cards I have done today. I hope that everyone who still has to get to work/school stays safe and those who are now housebound remember crafting is fun too

Thanks for looking :)

Winter card

Karen's MSE challenge card was a sketch which makes life so much easier so Thanks Flourgirl

The image is Sugar Nellie and I embossed it with holographic powder and just added a touch of shadow with promarkers, mounted on nestie cut card. I used the same die in silver mirri card and turned it slightly so it just shows. The snowflakes are cut with a Marianne creatable die

and the "snowdrift" is the waste edge from a border die.

I should like to enter the following challenges

Flourgirls on MSE

Just cute bears "Winter Birthday" See my challenge side bar

Paperplay challenge "Let it Snow" " "

2 Sisters challenge "Snowflakes" " "

Anything Goes challenge " Let it Snow" " "

Nestie storage

What do you think?
I have been trying to work out the best way to have my cutting dies to hand and safe ( having had to hunt through the bin to find a scalloped circle still attached to the paper.. yuch)
I went to hobbycraft and the magnetic sheeting was £23 a roll !!!! so I bought some magnetic foam sheets @49p each and stuck them to an old memo board with pinflair glue and I am really pleased with the outcome. OH is going to fix it properly above my cuttlebug shelf. Now I need to get another board 'cos this one is full and I think I need another few dies

Thanks for looking

The sugar nellie challenge this time is a sketch with added theme Ribbons and Bows so I hope this fulfills the theme. The card is for my very hip niece so I hope she likes the image I chose for her 13th birthday

Image is Sugar Nellie "Hippy Chick" from the simply sassy set 1 ( I need set2 ) coloured with Promarkers

Papers are DCWV "The sweet stack"

Shapes are cut on my"bug" with nesties and a Martha Stewart punch

and I used a "bug" embossing folder on the vellum circle

Ribbons and butterflys from stash

I should like to enter Sugar Nellie challenge 47 ( see my challenge side bar )

and Anything goes 24 "Emboss It" ( see challenge side bar)

Thanks for looking :)

MSE Challenge

This is the card for the current MSE challenge " Christmas" set by KMS I have used papers from Papermania " A Christmas Carol" mounted on a gold card the flowers are cut with a Marianne creatables die as are the open work leaves

I should like to enter this in Wild Orchid Challenge " Traditional Christmas Colours" see my challenge side panel
and The Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge " Red and Gold" see my challenge side bar

Winter flowers

I have made this card for a lovely sister in law ( well she would be my s-i-l if she would agree to marry my brother, they have been together for over 20 years, and are the most "married" couple I know) the frosted rose is just so her. She has a shell that cracks open at the first sign of anyone needing a hug.

I have used cardstock frome my stash and Hougie board to quilt. the stunning flower was part of a beautiful stash swap and all the swirls are nestie diecuts

I should like to enter this in the Pocket full of flowers " Winter Bouquet" challenge see my challenge side bar

and The 2 Sisters Challenge "Birthday" see my challenge side bar

Thanks for looking :)