Saturday Shenanigans!

Happy Saturday everyone!

All we all enjoying our Leanne Ellis ‘Featurette’?

Haven’t our FABULOUS DT done a wonderful job of showcasing Leanne’s gorgeous stamps?

Oh, and just wait until you see what the other girls have to show you next week...

The lovely Leanne is also a crafter who makes the most stunning jewellery items!

I have been hooked since I first saw them…

Today, I am sharing some of my own collection of Leanne’s jewellery….YES, they’re ALL MINE!!!

Leanne sells these very occasionally in her Etsy store.

I am a very lucky girl!

These are ‘talking points’ whenever they’re worn, they’re very individual, and every one is a tiny little work of art made by Leanne’s fair hands!

The combination of her artwork and the vintage findings are just a perfect combination for me.

I eagerly await her making some more, you know, when she’s not busy being an artist of course!

Now, if you fancy a Leanne Ellis stamp fix…hop on over to Funky Kits where you’ll find the full range….

Will you perhaps, make a card and join us in our challenges over on Facebook and in The Sugar Bowl?

There are some super sweet sugary prizes to be won!

Enjoy your weekend!

Luv’n’Hugs

Gayle x

Spotlight on Leanne Ellis - Stitch

Hello everyone :o)  Lisa here, with my card for our Spotlight on Leanne Ellis.

I've used the very cute and quirky Stitch stamp for my card...

Isn't she sweet?... Lots of fun to embellish too!

Hope you're enjoying our Leanne Ellis spotlight - there are more gorgeous cards still to come from the rest of the DT.

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

Lisa x

Eye Candy ♥

Good Morning Sugar Addicts.

There's just under a week left to get your entry in to the Sugar Bowl challenge and be in with a chance of winning some yummy Sweet Sugar Nellie rubber. 

Just create whatever you like, but remember that you must use a Sugar Nellie image.

And so, this weeks Eye Candy badge goes to...

An.

A stunning card - which is also very apt this week, with our DT showcasing Leanne Ellis images.

I love all the layers, the different textures and the various little embellishments...so much detail on one little card! A very striking card indeed, using the stamp Choose.

Please take our badge An :)

Thanks for looking

Love Elaine xx

Spotlight on Leanne Ellis - Patience

Hello Everyone! Jane here today and I have another card using a gorgeous Leanne Ellis stamp as part of our Spotlight on Leanne Ellis.

The image I have used on my card is called Patience and is available here from Funky Kits. I used some very old My Mind's Eye papers to create my card and added my usual stitching around the edges of all the layers.

I coloured my image using Promarkers and then cut it out and mounted it on a scalloped rectangle frame. I set an eyelet into the card and added a little apple charm. The sentiment is a rub on.

I finished the card with some flowers from my stash and some buttons and added some pretty little pink pearls to pick out some of the colours from my image. Make sure you join us for more of our Spotlight on Leanne Ellis throughout the week. Have a lovely Wednesday!

Jane

x

Pick Me...

Good morning everyone I hope your having a fantastic week...how amazing was Pat's card yesterday for the start of the Leanne Ellis spotlight week...they always leave me in awe

I got to use this stunning haunting Leanne Ellis stamp for mine...this is the beautiful Pick Me and I coloured her with my distress inks and paper pieced her pretty little dress...I finished my image with some Pumice Stone distress ink to give a faded look to her...all the details are on my blog as always...don't forget to come back all week to see more stunning Leanne Ellis stamps and some amazing makes...have a great day

Mina xxx

A Special "Leanne Ellis" Journey...

Happy Monday, my sweet "Sugar" lovers!! Pat Frank here once again with another Sugar Nellie DT project to share with you! But first, I have to tell you that you are in for a visual treat these next two weeks! That's right...we're kicking off two weeks of cards and projects featuring the Leanne Ellis collection of Sugar Nellie stamps!!!

And here's my contribution to the Leanne Ellis "spotlight" fun . . .

OK...so today's card features an image called "Journey"! Definitely a "quirky" one, right? "Journey" is available HERE at Funky Kits! Oh, and...check it out...Sugar Nellie has a whole fabulous range of Leanne Ellis stamps HERE at Funky Kits. They're such fun and soooooo unique!!

 Here's a close-up of  "Journey"...

And sort of an "artsy" view...

I hope you had fun looking at my latest Sugar Nellie project!! If you'd like more info on this card plus a look at more pics, please visit my blog HERE!!

Now...don't forget to check back tomorrow...and the next tomorrow...and then a few more tomorrows after that to see more fabulous Leanne Ellis creations by my very talented Sugar Nellie DT sisters!! Hugs....

SOS - Patterns

Good morning Sugar Addicts, how has your week been?

It's been an easy week in the sugar mines, not much going on, a lot of tiding up and emptying boxes to see what exactly we have in stock. A good few lines in Funkykits near sell out but I don't think we will restock.

{waiting for a pallet of clearance deals to arrive, watch this space}

 I am finding more and more orders for digital, it might be that our sugar addict are spread all over the world and its so hard waiting for a packet to arrive when you are a crafter. It might be the storage issue all crafter have, where to hide supplies. It could be the easy of printing perfect against smudging the ink or just the way that you can re size an image to what ever you need.

All these point are why digital stamps are out selling real rubber. As the rubber sells out I will hunt for the original art and see if it can be made into a digital file. It's not always possible due to quality of artwork and the licence we hold for different artist. After all there was no such thing as digital stamps four years ago.

I also see a trend for crafters to put down their trimmer and pick up a ball of wool.

Knitting and crochet along with sewing has been building up momentum

and usually crafters are flexible and willing to try out anything new,

most have been born crafters before finding papercrafting and

 usually those blue peter kids can turn their hands to anything.

I am still lusting after Tabby's crochet word that Gayle highlighted last week.

 I even took out a hook and watched a youtube clip about 6 times before I found myself beyond the start up row. I did a good few rows on the round but my tension and stitches were erratic at best. I was happy with my first try but it ain't going to be made in to any thing.

Now if you can knit I have a great pattern for you. If you start now you can have a warren of them done by Christmas and they make the sweetest gifts.

I have admired Julies work for many years and I even have an original, only the one which she kindly sent me a long time ago but its still very much loved and lonely.

If you have not guessed, it's a LITTLE COTTON RABBIT...

Julies BLOG

link to patterns from Julie direct   or you can find  patterns on ETSY

why not put Little Cotton Rabbits into Pinterest search box, adorable work.

and if you do plan on making these a much loved gifts,

remember a hand made card and gift tag would complete

the package, find your LCR stamps here.

Stocks are low, but if you buy the family kits we will give you a FREE foxy LCR stamp too.

I myself will be packing orders this week so just remember that

Foxy will be in your order too!

Before I go, its been birthday month in the House of Sugar

Happy late Birthday wishes to Fiona Robertson who runs the facebook group.

Happy early Birthday wishes to Erika Gunter, sweetie and local Personal Impressions demonstrator.

But today belongs to our very own

Sugar Mama Gayle Payton

 who you all know and love for her work here on the blog

and with our DT and Sugar Bowl Sweeties.

Happy Birthday Gayle!

best wishes to you all today and every day

Karen