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Apr 21

Sugar Bowl ~58~ plus more Cupcakes..

Hello and happy Thursday to you all

Time for a brand spanking new challenge by the Sugar Bowl
and this time it is a sketch my Moi.
I chose the optional theme of ‘Buttons’..
Up to you if you like to use this option

For my card I had to use the beautiful Melissa,
one of the 3 new Adorable Digi’s by Sugar Nellie..
I just fell in love with them as soon as I seen them!

The prize this fortnight is another beauty.. not to be missed

Hero Arts ‘Find Joy’ stamp set & Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2…

.. a big WOW, right?

You gotta have a play with us
to be in with a chance to get your hands on this fabby prize..
so please visit the SB blog for all the details
and as always get all the inspiration you need from my fellow sweeties!

.oOo.

I still haven’t got ‘Cupcakes’ out of my system
and last weekend I played around with a calorie free cupcake pattern
that I got from the Hobby House stand at the last NEC show

With the kids naggin’ me to go here, there and everywhere
while they are on their Easter break I just didn’t have time to put up a post with it..
..and.. don’t know about you..
but it takes me longer to get a post up than actually making anything!! lol

This delicious creation is made up from
paper, ribbon, flowers and twine,
the tag at the top can be pushed in and out of the top to reveal a message.

A total guilt free treat

Tomorrow,
Cherise and I are on a mission to make our Easter Choc Cups,
and I’ll be sure to post about that

Have a fabulous day everyone,

Hugs, Marlene x

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Feb 10

Sugarbowl ~53~ My sketch

Hello and welcome to another challenge from the Sugar Bowl

The sketch this time has been provided by myself,
it is totally up to you if you want to make a circle card
or use this sketch as a whole onto a square card.

I have used the fundraiser stamp ‘Pure of Heart‘ by Diane Duda,
where all the proceeds go to the ‘Its a girl thing’ fundraiser.

The optional theme I have chosen is a colour combo
with the following pic for inspiration

.oOo.

Once again Sugar Nellie have a fabulous prize up for grabs,
your choice of 6 stamps for not 1 but TWO lucky winners!

As always, pop over to the SB challenge blog
for all the info and gorgeous inspiration from the DT sweeties.

.oOo.

I’m also entering my card in the following challenges:

Flutter by Wednesday: At least 3 hearts
Fab n Funky: Tempting Texture

Have a wonderful thursday all,

Hugs,

Marlena

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Jan 27

Sugar Bowl ~52~ Love

Good morning and welcome to a brand spanking new challenge from the
SUGAR BOWL.

Maria Therese has provided the lovely sketch for you all to use
and the optional theme is ‘Love’

Once again there is a fabulous prize up for grabs,
a pic & mix of 6 Sugar Nellie stamps of your choice..
and what with some fabby new ones in stock you’ll be spoilt for choice!!
But .. wait for it!
There are going to be 2 winners this fortnight, 6 stamps each!!

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On to my card:
I finally got around to inking up this yummie stamp ‘Worried‘
and stamped him in brown onto water colour paper.
Took a waterbrush and smudged some of the lines of the image.
I then scored vertical lines all over the image,
and inked the edges with distress inks.

The other background papers I also made myself
by using the embossed white papers by SU!,
sponged distress inks all over,
this really makes the embossed patterns stand out.

Huge silk bow threaded through the image finishes off the card a treat.

As always.. please visit the blog for all the details
and gain lots of inspiration from my DT Sweeties

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On another note..

I’ve decided to alter my ATG yesterday.
I took the tape wheels off and covered up the bit’s I didn’t want painting with masking tape.

Then sprayed on the first layer with plastic compatible paint.. looking gooood!
I wanted to do 3 coats and had to wait an hour between each one..
Then 24 hrs for the last coat to totally set.
Talk about watching paint dry!

When the 3rd coat was on,
I quickly nipped out to take Lolly to brownies and when I got back hubby only decided to have a clean up and chucked the whole caboodle to one side ready to be skipped!!

Needless to say all the tacky paint was scoffed & scratched..
tell you, I was about to kill him!

Will have to wait till this evening,
sand down as much as I can and start again..
with hopefully no interfering hubby’s about!

Hugs, Marlene x

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Sep 09

SugarBowl ~43~ Judy's sketch

Hello again,
As promised I’m back this morning with my card for the next challenge at the
SUGAR BOWL

Judy has provided the gorgeous sketch and as option chosen ‘Buttons’

For my card I’ve gone the ‘Romantic’ option with gorgeous BG papers
and Cherub Fundraiser stamp [Leanne Ellis]

The prize, as always is fabulous..
The 4 new xmas mangas, or the 4 new xmas country cousins, winners choice..
Plus two sets of Personal impressions word stamps,
Papermania Black and White embellishments from the capsule collection,
including bling, buttons glitter and bows.

Also another mention of the Sweetie Search..
If you would like to try, please head on over to the
SUGARBOWL
where you can find all the info

Have a gorgeous day,

Marlene x

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Aug 12

Sugar Bowl ~41~

Hellooo everyone,

Back from our little break in Spain and boy..
it’s hard to adjust to these chilling UK temperatures!!!
It sure does nothing for my tan!! lol

Today I’d like to show you my card for the new
SUGARBOWL challenge with one of my own sketches.
The theme is ‘something old, something new’
where you can use either your latest purchase
or dig deep in your crafting storage and use something you’ve had for ages.

The prize for joining us is totally awesome!
The winner will receive the 4 new Christmas Manga stamps from
SUGAR NELLIE
and to top it off a set of Nestabilitie dies of their choice!

I hope you will be able to join us in the challenge,
as always please visit the SUGAR BOWL Blog for all the details
and inspiration from all the DT

Have a gorgeous day,

Hugs,

Marlene x

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Jul 29

Sugar Bowl 40

Hello everybody..

Gosh, it’s been absolutely ages since I’ve updated my blog..
but I’ve got plenty of excuses and will tell all after I’ve given all the details of this weeks challenge over at the
SUGAR BOWL

This week the theme is very much ‘Do It Yourself’
where you are able to choose the sketch from plenty we have supplied in the past
and really go to town on it.

The price for joining this time again is super fabulous and generously supplied by
SUGAR NELLIE and FUNKY KITS..

You get the choice of a 6 stamp Sugar Nellie pick’n'mix & a set of Letraset promarkers (rubberstamping set 1) or the set of 12 aquamarkers
…whichever takes your fancy… WOW or what?

I do hope you will be able to join in
and as always please check the SUGAR BOWL blog for more information and lots more inspiration.

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Right, on to personal stuff in my life

The kids have finally started their summer holidays last friday and as ever the run up to this has been so busy what with sports days, special essemblies, fetes and even a carnival thrown in..
now it just feels like heaven with plenty of time on our hands and no rushing about for a special few weeks.

As my Facebook friends already know,
I have also made the decision to move my craftroom to the ‘shed’ in the garden.
I blame my sister Nancy for all this hard work as it was her ideas that tipped me over the edge!!!!
The original idea of the kids using it as their play house just wasn’t being utilised to it’s full potential
and we could really be doing with an extra guestroom in our house
what with both mine & hubbies family living abroad
we could much easily put them up when they come over to visit.

Here are some piccies of the progress so far..

We have come quite a bit further this week and its looking different to those pics already
Hope to show more updates soon..

But all that will have to wait as we’ll be enjoying a much needed break abroad next week,
so it’s a perfect time to wish you all a fabulous summer break and catch you all soon!

Hugs,

Marlene x

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Jul 15

Sugar Bowl ~39~

Good Morning!!

It’s time for another fabulous SUGAR BOWL challenge, don’t time just fly?

Before I go into the details of the challenge I have a bit of sad news to share..
The lovely Tiets has decided to take a break from her DT post here at the Sugar Bowl,
I’m so going to miss you & your gorgeous work sweetie..
but hope you are able to re-join again real soon!

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The challenge:

As usual the SUGAR BOWL has provided a great sketch for you to follow
with a optional ‘theme’ of the colour BLUE.

The prize for this challenge is 4 new ‘fun & fairytales’ Mangas..
which are due for release next weekend,
and a set of 12 new Letraset Aquamarkers,
thanks to SUGARNELLIE & FUNKYKITS

I couldn’t resist using the sweet Claudia from the sweet ebony collection,
still one of my favorites

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I hope you all have a gorgeous day and that the weather is millions better than it is here..
[rainy, grey and miserable!]