Sugar Nellie ~ Duda Daze Release ~ Blog Hop!

The day has finally arrived for the Sugar Nellie ~ Duda Daze stamp release blog hop!!

Sugar Nellie are today releasing a new set of stamps by designer Diane Duda and I was lucky enough to win one to create an entry for this blog hop.

I made a photo scrapbook album and here it is. Just click on the photos to get a closer look!

Isn't she just darling! I had so much fun with this stamp. This design is called Frog Prince and you will be able to find her for sale here along with the rest of the Duda Daze collection.

For the album I made a front and back cover shaped like a crown to match the crown on the Princess's head. This is her castle! All patterned papers used are from the K & Co ~ Dollhouse collection.

I created a doorway for the princess to stand in. It looks like she's already found her prince! I coloured her with my copics. She was a real pleasure to colour. I can't wait to create with the other stamps in this series.

I had a piece of chipboard which had already been inked up and crackle painted, left over from a previous project. To add a little dimension, I stamped her crown onto the painted chipboard and cut it out.

I made a little 'Love' sign to hang from the top of the door. I again used a piece of the painted chipboard and glued on a Heidi Grace acetate. I painted the edges and made some holes to hang the sign.

I created a door for the castle by inking up a piece of chipboard with Tim Holtz ~ Distress Inks and then covering it with Crackle Paint. When it was dry I cut the chipboard into strips and created the door. The hinges are Grungeboard shapes which I just inked up and glued to the door. Once the door was assembled, I added a layer of Crackle Accents.

I glued a Maya Road acetate clock to a piece of crackle painted chipboard, painted the edges and added a pink brad to hold the clock hands.

The double layered zig zag border above the doorway and running across the top of the castle was made with my Martha Stewart ~ Zig Zag Embossed border punch. I then machine stitched a strip of wide ric rac ribbon to it using a zig zag stitch.

The little flowers dotted around on the castle walls were made using my Martha Stewart ~ 3-in-1 Hydrangea punch. I added tiny mini brads to the centre. The 'Little Princess' and 'Once Upon a Time' titles were cut from the K&Co papers and glued to chipboard before painting the edges.

Here is the back cover. I decorated it using a similar layout to the front but without the embellishments.

I bound the spine with my Bind-It-All and added some ribbons.

Phew!

Well now you need to hop along to see Penni at Lazy Cats Cards to see the next creation in the blog hop! She creates some fabulous work so I can't wait to see what she has come up with. Don't forget to follow the hop through and leave some nice comments! I'm off to have a look at all the other lovely creations now.

Thank you for looking.

kat - keeley

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