Happy Birthday "A Spoon Full of Sugar"!

Woooo Hooooo!!! Today is A Spoon Full of Sugar's Birthday.. Yes, our challenge is 1 years old!!!

We want you all to join in the fun this week so our challenge is a nice easy one. We would like you to create a card for a Celebration..... any celebration will do... Birthday, Anniversary, Baby Announcement.... anything goes! As you can see I have created a graduation card which would be a great reason to celebrate. This cute little guy is a new release from Hanna Stamps and is Riley Graduation Moose. There is also a new Graduation Hanna clear set too. I'll be showing you a card with this set very soon ;-) Check out the SCS Gallery for lots of inspiration from the wonderful Hanna DT team.

We have lots of fabulous prizes this week! Our very generous sponsors this week are: Whiff of Joy, Whimsy Stamps, Roses on Paper, Nutcrafters and Silly Monkey Crafts. Yes that's right 5 lucky people can win a prize this week!

We have a Fabulous prize from Whiff of Joy! The winner will receive the below stamps: Melinda with Muffin Basket and Muffin Basket. Thank you so much Katharina for this gorgeous prize.

We have this adorable prize of Mother Goose and Babies kindly donated by Denise from Whimsy Stamps. Thank you so much Denise!

Summer from Roses on Paper has very kind donated the below beautiful prize which includes: Magnolia's "Tilda", Basic Grey's 6 x 6 Porcelain Paper Pad, Basic Grey's Porcelain Glazed Brads

and Prima Hydrangeas.

Katie and Colette from Nutcrafters have very kindly donated two stamps from their cute new Nutshells stamp range - Cycling Hazel and Mac. If that wasn't enough they have also offered the lucky winner Imaginisce Flowers too.

We have the below cute "The Greeting Farm Stamp" which has been kindly donated by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts. Thank you Bryony! Bryony was our first sponsor at Spoon Full and we are so grateful for your support.

Our special Guest Designers this week are Deb and Marlou. We are all thrilled that they could both return to join us for our birthday challenge!

Debbie and I are so happy with the success of our challenge blog so heres to another fun year!

Before I go I want to thank Diana for the above award. Thank you Diana...you are the sweetest and it is such an honor to receive this from you!

Hugs,

Come on you guys!

We have a fabulous sketch over at the Scrapmagasinet DT blog for our latest challenge.. and no entrants! You mean no one wants to win $250 NOK stamps from the Scrapmagasinet Online Store? Are you crazy?

Hugs,

High Hopes Challenge - Can ya doodle?

This week over at the High Hopes blog our super talented Guest Karen is asking us "Can ya doodle"? I'm afraid my doodles are a very poor show... hands up... no I can't doodle! This is just one area I have never felt comfortable and I get annoyed with myself as some of you girls make it look so easy. I have used a Sakura Souffle pen to doodle a little pattern on my SU punched photo corners. Yeah.. pathetic I know! I am sure my wonderful DT buddies will show you lots more inspiration!

The adorable little bee image is from the recent High Hopes release. The cute papers are Imaginisce Twitterpatted. I used some pale pink Jute ribbon for a little added texture. You can find this in lots of gorgeous colours in my Etsy store. The "For you" embellishment I picked up in Tesco. My image is coloured with Prismacolor papers with Sansodor and paper stumps for blending. I finished by adding lots of stickles to her wings.

A picture of kitty today.. yeah, she sure does looks impressed, lol! I'm naming this photo Kitty deathlock! I'm sure Bella really looks forward to her two hours rest on weekdays when Danni is at Nursery. She just doesn't give poor Bella a moments peace!

Have a wonderful Sunday and see you for a big celebration on Tuesday when A Spoon Full of Sugar will be celebrating our first birthday!

Big Hugs,

Hanna Stamps Friday SCS Challenge

The challenge today set by Candice over at the Hanna Stamps Forum on SCS is to make a one layer card. I must confess this challenge scared the life out of me! I have never made a one layer card before.

On my card is the very beautiful Hanna preparing for her wedding day. This image is from the Bridal set. I have kept the card very simple. Hanna is coloured with a mixture of copic sketch markers and prismacolor pencils. I have added a little stickles to her roses and lots of pearls to her dress. To add a little more texture I had the idea to add some netting to her veil. To finish adding a sheer ribbon and mini roses. The punched edge is my favourite Martha Stewart punch Doily Lace.

Update: Sandra has an awesome birthday blog candy which ends on 27th May. Wow, check out these goodies! Be sure to check out her gorgeous creations while your visiting.. you would never guess she has only been stamping for just over a year!

Wishing all my visitors a great weekend and see you Sunday for the next High Hopes Challenge.

Hugs,

Thank you!

I received a couple of awards over the last few days. The first cute bear was awarded by Jodi and Shirley. Shirley also awarded me with the below beautiful award. Thank you both so much!


Thank you to dear Kristine for the above gorgeous award. As Kristine wrote on her blog this isn't an award to say how creative you are.. this is an award that says "Thank You for your support" ... for taking the time to leave sweet comments on my work. Also for your support in my personal life too. I know lots of you have asked recently but Gary is still out of work. We are positive though as it's still early days and he has been put forward for a few positions over the last few days so keeping our fingers crossed for an interview soon.

Ok I pass this to: Moni, Kim Piggott, Sandra's Scrap Chronicles, Stacey, Linda - Linanna Designs, Karin, Sue, Silli, Shirley - Nannieflash, Danielle, 6 Wacky Women, Clare - Thread-bare, Cindy Haffner, Crissy Armstrong, Riet, Heidi, Debbie - Crafting Fairy, Rach, Alex, Kelly Schelske, Karen, Jodi, Beth, Tracie, Crafty C, Pink Lilac,Joy, Tracey - Tray's Spot, Claudette - Islander Girl, Renata, Ruby, Shazza, Jeanette, Gunilla, Georgia, Jacqueline's Weblog, Debbie - Passion for Crafts, Ila, Tab, Sharon Caudle, Rhonda, Chris Olsen, Christelle, Maria, Danni, Joey, Natalie, Agnes, Judy's Crafty Moments, Valerie, Bev, Donalda, Moni - Nixe07, Coni - Conibaer, Lilian, Debby4000 , Ella Bella, Sandra MacLean, Teri, Andrea, Anja, Heather Hev, Marlene, Jill's Scrappy Daze, Jacqui - Cats Whiskers, Marcea, Bea - Megastamper, Jakki, Vicki - Summerthyme Studio, Lacey, Tammi, Mina, Steph, Bubbles, Christine Riley, Monique, Mel, Tara, Carole - Stardust, DawnMarieG, Cathy - My Creative Space, Kathy - Distressed Stamper, Stephanie, Anki, Daisy, Marlou, PatR, Heike, Michele, Poppet, Suzanne, Ying Pang, Marja Sch, Lis Sis, Shary, All Pink Girl, Erna - Eba, Janna & Heather. Wow.. that was a long list and I hope I didn't miss anyone! Also sorry for not linking to your blogs but I would probably still be sitting here tomorrow night ;-)

Night, Night and I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the new Hanna Stamps SCS challenge.

Big Hugs,