Sugar Nellie - Golden Oldies & Angel Crafts DT

I've really been enjoying the journey over on the Sugar Nellie blog, where they took us back to how SN started and what has happened since. I didn't discover Sugar Nellie until January 2009, when I found the gorgeous and timeless Daisy - and I've been a huge fan ever since, with an ever growing collection of sugar.

Karen has challenged us to dig out our golden oldie Sugar Nellies and ink them up again. And I was sorely tempted to fish out my ever faithful Daisy, but decided just for a change to choose another of Elisabeth Bell's gorgeous images - Reflective. I also used the sketch from The Sugar Bowl, but missed the deadline

Image: Reflective from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers

The polka dot and Flocked stripe papers are from the new Kaisercraft La-Di-Da paper pad from Angel Crafts

The pink card stock is core'dinations (I used an MS border punch on that and the green polka dot paper)

The pink and lime ribbons, and the flowers are all from the Spring Stroll ribbon kit at Angel Crafts

Card candy and greeting are from Craftwork Cards

Here's her close-up

Angel Crafts DT - Spring Stroll

Have you seen this month's ribbon kit at Angel Crafts - it's full of fab zingy summer colours, plenty to cheer you up after all the weird and wonderful weather we've been having. Up here in Aberdeenshire we had all 4 seasons yesterday - snow, hail, rain, sun and gale force winds.

The kit also includes this fab Nikki stamp..

Image: Dancing Nikki from Angel Crafts, coloured with promarkers (check out the fab bulk deals and sets at Angel Crafts)

All ribbons, bling and flower are from the Spring Stroll ribbon kit from Angel Crafts

cardstock is core'dinations whitewash, embossed and sanded and the greeting is craftwork cards.

My next card also uses ribbon and bling from the Spring Stroll kit, but I used a Sassy Studio image that I bought ages ago and haven't used before.

Image: School Day Dayna from Sassy Studio Designs, coloured with promarkers

Papers are all Wild Rose Studios, ribbons and bling from the Spring Stroll ribbon kit, the greeting stamp was a freebie from a magazine

I still have loads of ribbon, bling and flowers left so I'll see what else I can come up with soon.

Passion for Promarkers #48 - In the Garden

That's been a really quick week again, where is the time flying to? Well it's Tuesday morning so that means it's another new challenge at Passion for Promarkers, this week the lovely Maria chose the theme "In the Garden" and you can use any colours of promarkers. Maria has also done a fabulous tutorial for the Weekend Workshop featuring a very clever way to use your blender pen, so if you pop over there for a nosey - remember to leave a comment there for a chance to win some fab digital images from Digistamp Boutique.

So this week, for a wee change, I decided to dig out my AquaPromarkers and have a go at colouring with them. I haven't really done any watercolouring since I did my Higher exam at school, which was more than 20 years ago (argh, how did that happen) so I'm a wee bit rusty. And of course you have to forget everything you know about using Promarkers, as the AquaPromarkers require a completely different technique. I also decided to go for bright cheery colours - I don't know about you, but "watercolour" always makes me think "wishy-washy", and I wanted to prove otherwise.

Of course, the good thing about AquaPromarkers is that you don't need so many colours, as you can dilute each of them to a shade that suits you.

Image: Bloom & Grow from Sugar Nellie, coloured with AquaPromarkers: for her skin I mixed some Sepia and Rose Carmine on my glass cutting board with the Aqua Blender, for her hair I used Naples Yellow and Gold Ochre, for her clothing I used Rose Carmine and Gold Ochre, The grass and leaves were Sap Green and Permanent Green and the watering can was Lamp Black.

Papers: the butterfly paper was a freebie from SC&P magazine, and the pink polka dot and pink stripe papers are Doodlebug, the yellow, pink and mint cardstock is all core'dinations.

The greeting is Daisy & Dandelion and ribbon is from Angel Crafts

Here's her wee close-up...

Remember to pop over and see all the other fabulous designs from the DT (links on my sidebar) and I'm looking forward to seeing all your entries again this week. The prize this week is a £10 voucher for the Fabulous Joanna Sheen

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Spoonful of Sugar - Birthday
Just Us Girls - Colour Collection and Birthday
Stamp Something - Layered
Fab n Funky - Use a neglected stamp (have had this stamp for months and never inked it up)
Creative Card Crew - Happy Birthday
Creative Belli - Die Cut Shapes
Pile It On - Is Spring Finally Here
Penny's challenges - Anything Goes