I would like to wish all my friends, followers and people who have commented on my blog this past year a

Very Merry Christmas and Good health to you and your family for the New Year ahead.

Love Vicky xxx

OMG I have managed to do a challenge - Dutchdare - Charms

I cannot believe it I have actually managed a challenge and apart from Henry teething we are all ok. I just hope that this was the end of the bugs for this year. Well this is the start of my thank you cards, I did not send many Christmas cards in the end and the thought of doing them now makes me feel bad. All the images and papers I plan to keep with my everyday stash and do one now and again so I don't have the dread of them all next year.

This cute image was sent to me by Racheal sorry I don't know what it is called. I have coloured it with my promarkers as I am finding them very quick to use, even though I cannot shade with them for the life of me so colour is blocked.

The papers are all basic grey from the LilyKate pad which I adore, will have to reorder this eventually (Paul has brought me 9 pads of basic grey as stocking fillers as they are half price on the glitterpot at the moment, so I think it will be a long way off unfortunately). I have cut the ovals with my friskars as I am still awaiting delievery of my Nesties my Nan brought me for Christmas and I am impatient and want to use them now!

The charm is stash from ages ago when ABC did C is for Charms and was from Hobbycraft the best I could find at the time and seen much nicer since but need to use these up. The beads are part of the blog candy package I received from Nessy.

The flower is one of the old making memories hydranger package. I have 2 packs of the new prima's and they are so lush, but have been confiscated for Christmas day or I would have used them.

I think the unusual layout works and will use this again, but will faux stitch the papers as they look abit plan to me. Hope you like it.

I have won an award

Wow I have won an award - thank you Allison.

The rules are -

to give it to five others, who shall give it to five others..

• You shall link the one you got it from, and also the ones you give it to:) And let them know.

And there is more... You have to write down five things you are addicted to....

Well here goes here are my 5 addictions...

1. Hazelnut coffee, but it has to be made with 2 sugars and coffeemate and if I have got it cinnemen sprinkles - and I wonder why I am plump!
2. My papers and stamps I just adore them and will sit there looking at them.
3. Glitterpot - eek, I will just go on there for hours just looking at what is available.
4. Hugs and kisses off my boys and sitting there watching them sleep when they are all lovely and angelic.
5. My chinese takeaway on a saturday night - I adore chilli salt chicken and always have it as a side dish - yummy!

Well who to pass this on to -

1. Firstly it has to be Jane who has made me cry this morning with a wonderful gift that she has sent me and I feel so bad as I am still waiting for her present to be delievered so that I can send it on to her. So I have ordered her something else and I hope that she should have it soon, so look out for a parcel from Cuddly Buddly in the next few days Jane.
2. Lynsey is another wonderful friend that I have made on here, I decided to give her the award and now spot that she has already received it, but I am going to still give it to her anyway. I received a beautiful card off her and her family for Christmas and will be sending out New Year Cards soon as I am so far behind, I have made New Year Cards instead.
3. Has to be Nessy, who also sent me a fabulous card and is another wonderful blogging friend.
4. Is one of the first blogging friends I made when I won her faboulous blog candy early in the year, Heidi. Her blog is so wonderful and I adore her cards, she always has something lovely to say about other people and is so kind and generous.
5. Is the very first blogging friend I made on line Jacqui. I expect alot of people will have already given her the award, but her cards have gone from strength to strength this year and her blog is one of the most outstanding and inspirational on her. Her distressed ink creations are mindblowing and her attention to detail is superb.

I am just sorry that I cannot pass it on to all the other wonderful blogs I visit and the friends that I have made. I have managed to visit a few blogs and I have looked at cards even if I have not managed to be able to comment.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and good health for the New Year to come.

Love

Vicky and her boys xxx

New Challenge Blog

A New Challenge blog is starting in the begining of January for all your Sugar Nellie projects. I will be bookmarking this and following as soon as it will let me.

This is so bad

.... I was not able to do the DT for my own challenge site. My husband and I have been so ill with this flu that my father had to come over and give us a hand with the boys. I have not done any crafting for over a week. Luckily I am now on the mend and can function on Lemsip max. I have the winners blogcandy ready to post which will go out friday when I can get to the post office. I am so sorry everyone, I have done nothing, visited no blogs at all, I feel so rotten about it.
I promise to catch up over Xmas when DH is at home.

Hugs to all

Vicky x

The boys have a go at some of the challenges

Well my two little boys have had a go at some of the challenges that have been set recently. I am putting them all on one post so not to let them overtake my blog. If you could leave a comment they would love it.

Edward entered for Cute Card Thursday - Heart and Dutchdare - scallops

Henry entered for Dutchdare - scallops

Henry entered for Spoonful of Sugar - Thank you (for Aunty Cathy)

Edward made for Aunty Cathy

ABC T is for Threes

Sorry I am a bit late uploading this as I am suffering from flu, I seem to be picking up one illness after another at the moment. This is the card that I made for ABC T is for Threes. The idea is apart from the image, everything must be in threes.

I have used one of my new pink tilda's and coloured her in using three different techniques, promarkers, twinkling H20's and glitter glue. The three papers are basic grey Eva pack and the sentiment is 3 words cut out using a cuttlebug diecut. There are 6 small prima got flower deux's and 6 gems added. The whole card has been fauxed stitched in silver. I really like this layout and will be using it again soon.

image - Tilda with rose

papers - basic grey Eva

flowers - prima

gems - stash

sentiment - cuttlebug

Whiff of Joy Advent calender

OMG how wonderful is this the best sort of Candy, I cannot believe how generous Katharina is being. Please check out the advent calender draw on her site. She is opening a door aday and a visitor to her blog will receive a WOJ stamp. I cannot believe it. Fingers crossed I am lucky enough to get the helping guardian angel melinda otherwise I hope you are reading this Santa, I have been good honest x

Dutchdare - a hole in the card

Firstly a big thank you to those that have left me messages, the boys are alot better today, even though Edward fell of his bike at nursery and has scrapped the whole side of his face which "hurts Mummy" as he keeps telling me. My back is still painful but I think that will be a long haul as I trapped a nerve there in the spring and I think it is now hurting as it is so cold. Snow forcast tonight, so it is going to be cold. Thanks to Jamie for the Candy, I didn't even know I had won as I have hardly been on here of late.





Well onto my card. I decided to do this challenge as one of my best friends Cathy is on the DT. I have used one of my birthday stamps from Sugar Nellie and coloured her in using pro makers which I am still learning how to use - can't do shading at all with them though if anyone knows of a good tutorial please let me know the link. The papers are dovecraft winter blue and the white strip is basic card stack which has been run through my cuttlebug using the snowflake folder (I love this machine). The ribbon came of some chocolates I think and the charm is off a papermania topper which I didn't think was made particularily well so I dismantaled it! The swirls are cut using the cuttlebug too and I have used silver glitz it to hightlight. The hole was cut with my friskars. I hope you like it.

image - sugar nellie - partridge in a pear tree

papers - dovecraft winter blue

cuttlebug - snowflakes folder, antique corners

ribbon - stash

charm - papermania

Apology

Sorry not around much the boys have been ill - yet again and i have hurt my back floorwalking with the youngest and bending over a toddler bed with the other hope to be back commenting and blogging soon x

An Award

Gosh I have received this award from 3 different people, Ali, Michele and Paula. I am so late passing it on, that I fear most people have already received it so I would like to pass it on to all followers of my blog - hugs xxx

ABC S is for Snow

I am so sorry I have not been around lately, both boys have been ill, then Henry cut 4 teeth in a week and I have been floorwalking every night with him and not crafted in ages. I hope to get some cards done this week, fingers crossed but I can't promise. Sorry I have not visited anyones blogs I have not had chance at all.

This little image is one of the Sugar Nellie Elizabeth Bell's that my sister brought me for my birthday. He has been coloured in using promarkers (as they are quicker than watercolouring as I have very limited time) and details have been picked out using gloss marker and glitter glue. The snwflakes have been cut using my cuttlebug and the sequins have been added from Cartwrights. The backing papers are dovecraft and the white circle has been put from the cuttlebug using the snowflakes folder. I hope you like my poor attempt at a DT card this week.

image - sugar nellie - decorating the tree

papers - dovecraft blue winter

cuttlebug - snowflake die cut and snowflake embossing folder

sequins - cartwrights

Blog Candy Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered but the random generator ie Edward choose Amanda to receive the Candy. Not to be out done Henry choose Charlie to receive some stamped images. Could you both please email me your addresses and I will get the prizes out to you next week.

Blog Candy - Yes mine!

Hello everyone. It is my birthday on the 18th November and to celebrate this and that I have nearly reached 5,000 hits I have put together the following blog candy.

It contains -

• 35 6x6 sheets of paper


• 14 4.5x6.5 sheets of paper


• 10 prima flowers


• 4 sheets of peel offs


• 3 silver leather flowers


• 12 lengths of ribbon


• 3 lengths of lace


• 4 packs of 4 Christmas Toppers


• and a handful of gems, and a bundle of images not shown.

To be in a chance of winning please leave your name in the comments section and if you would like to add my blog to your list of favourites or follow this blog, then I would be honoured. Please can you also mention this post on your blog. Anyone whom enters the ABC Challenge on the 19th November will also go in the draw twice.

This post will stay on top until my eldest son picks a winner a week after my birthday, good luck everyone x

ABC R is for Ribbon

I will be honest this is not one of my better cards but after nights of floor walking while Henry cut 4 top teeth have taken its toll. The image is a WOJ given to me by Ellie, and I have watercoloured her in as per usual. I have crossed two ribbons, a thick pink and a think white to create half a frame for the image. The papers are from the Basic Grey Eva pack which I had yesterday for my birthday. I have cut the circles using my friskars and have distressed all the papers used using my papermania earth tones pad.

I hope you like. Please bare with me on my blog hopping as I have very limited time at the moment to craft and I am unable to get round to all my followers and people who leave comments on a daily basis. I am hoping to be able to set a side a few hours this weekend and plan to do alot of back tracking, so look out for posts on old cards as i try and catch up.

image - WOJ Melinda with Umberella

papers - Basic Grey - Eva

ribbons - stash

gems - stash