Manga Xmas

The Sugar Bowl gave us a gorgeous sketch to work with. I've been commissioned to make a couple of Christmas cards for teenagers and the ideas I got from this sketch was perfect.

I have used Manga Girl #2 and coloured her black and red to match the rest of the card. She is matted on black textured card which is matted on silver mirri board. I used white glitter for her hair instead of colouring it in. It's a pity I couldn't get the lighting right to show the sparkle.

Lacie Blue

The Sugar Bowl gave us a lovely sketch to work from this week. We had to use a Sugar Nellie stamp and lace.

The purple and blue background papers where created by using distress inks on white card and then embossing. I have also used some black ribbon for the detailing at the top of the card along with a couple of gems. The stamp is called "Just a girl" and is one of my current favourites.

Sorry the picture is so blurry.

Swirly Goth

This card was created using the sketch from Friday Sketchers. I have rotated the sketch to accommodate the nesties that I wanted to use.

This is the second card that I have made this week using my Sugar Nellie stamp. For some reason she keeps making me think Goth.

I' loving my cuttlebug embossing folders at the moment, especially since I learned how to ink them so that the embossing shows up more. I'm loving the brushed metal effect that I am getting with the metallic inks, so you will probably see a few more from me like it for a while.

I like the challenge sketch that I used for this one because of its simplicity. There is just so much that you can do with it.

Purple Sugar

I bought my first Sugar Nellie stamp - Just a Girl - (this one) a couple of months ago and this is the first time that I have used it. Today I found out that there is a challenge for Sugar Nellie stamps (The Sugar Bowl) so I just had to get her out of the drawer.

My favourite colours to work with are purple and black and she just needed a goth look to go with. I love manga style stamps and art so the choice of colours was easy.

We were given a sketch to follow and we had to use buttons. I've used purple star shaped buttons and tied them on with 3mm black ribbon. The background paper is a rich distressed looking purple, but it doesn't show too well in this picture. (My birthdays is coming up, so I am treating myself to a new camera).

The Sugar Bowl are offering 8 Christmas Mange stamps as a prize to the lucky winner.