Hello there my lovely blog chums....hope all is well with you.
So we have a fabulous new challenge, this week, with
And our theme is
FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS
Hello there my lovely blog chums....hope all is well with you.
So we have a fabulous new challenge, this week, with
And our theme is
FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS
Hello there my lovely blog chums......hope all is well with you today.
It's time for a new challenge with PASSION FOR MARKERS and Kitty has set the theme of
AUTUMN COLOURS
Hello again my lovely blog chums.....so its now November, and its getting dark earlier, how are your Christmas cards coming along? We have a fabulous challenge, this month at
The Crafty Friends Challenge
Our theme is
CHRISTMAS
so whether you've been feeling festive for a while now, or this is the first time you've thought about it, this year.....this is the Challenge for you
Hello there my lovely blog chums....hope you've had a lovely weekend and this week has started well for you.
It's challenge day at PASSION FOR MARKERS
Karen has certainly taken me out of my comfort zone, with her chosen theme.....
"ADD SOME DOODLES"
Hi there my lovely blog chums, hope all is fine and well with you today. It's been a busier day here, dog sitting whilst my daughter and her partner go to IKEA, and then taking our old doggo to the vets for a bit of a once over, He is 15, and has some bother with arthritis in his back legs, poor wee boy
Anyway, We have a super fun new challenge, this week, at
Our theme is
ANYTHING CUTE AND CHRISTMAS
Optional Theme: "Oh bring us some figgy pudding" (feature any Christmas related foods/drinks)
Hello there my lovely blog chums.....I do hope that you're having a good week so far. We had a short trip to Yorkshire, last weekend to take the opportunity to visit my S.I.L and her husband. We made a point of going out for dinner on Sunday and having a Roast Turkey Dinner, so I guess for me, Christmas has already started, lol!
But for now, back to October and our new
Our theme this time is always poignant at this time of year as we
THINK PINK
Hello there my lovely blog chums......I hope that this finds you keeping well.
We have a fabulous new challenge at
Hello there my lovely blog chums, well, what a few days it has been. Such a sad loss to our country, of our much beloved Queen Elizabeth.
I am here with a new Cutie Pie Challenge, which I will tell you about in a moment. I did wonder if it would be more respectful to postpone this challenge, but on reflection I decided to press on for a couple of reasons. Firstly, on a personal note, one of my first memories of both her Majesty and partaking in craft activities, was "helping" my mother make my costume for our Silver Jubilee Street Party in 1977( I say helping, but I think there was a little bit of helping myself to the fruit gum sweeties that I was supposed to glue on to my beautiful crown.) Also, I know I'm not alone in feeling an unexpected sadness at this time, but there is always comfort and solace at our craft desks and amongst friends, in fact, I can imagine in times long ago, groups of women would have gathered to console each other, so there we go......
Anyway, our new challenge has the theme of
BIRTHDAY BEARS
Hello there my lovely blog chums.....I hope that you are having a great week so far.
So we have a fabulous new challenge at
Hello there my lovely blog chums, so I hope September has got itself off to a good start for you. We have been enjoying a few days away in the caravan, staying just outside Eastbourne. We have been spending some time with family who came down from Yorkshire, and have had lovely weather, lots of laughter and a copious amount of pink gin!
We have a fabulous new challenge at
Hello again, my lovely blog chums, I hope you're enjoying the weekend. I have been having a huge problem with my laptop - stupid thing doesn't even want to switch on now, grrrrrr! It had been playing up when I was preparing this post, which hasn't appeared to have actually gone live, so I'm trying again on my tablet.
Anyway, we have a fabulous theme at
We want to see your cutest Creations using
RIBBONS AND RUBBER STAMPS
Hello there my lovely blog chums.....hope that this finds you well. Doesn't seem possible that we are now in August,how this year is flying by!
And as its the first of the month, its time for a new challenge with
our theme for August is
SUMMER COLOURS
Hello there my lovely blog chums, hope you're having a good day.
So, it's time for a new challenge with
our teamie, Elaine has set the theme of
LET'S HAVE SOME PINK
Hello there my lovely blog chums.......I hope this week has started well for you. We are home now from our caravanning weekend. We were so fortunate with the weather, having enjoyed warm sunshine with a gentle sea breeze but today was overcast and cooler.
Anyway, onto more festive matters, and its time for a new challenge at
So we would like to see your cutest Christmas cards, featuring Christmas Creatures.....dogs, cats, donkey's, Robins - you name it!
Hello there my lovely blog chums......I do hope that you are keeping well.
So work and family life has occupied an awful lot of my time recently and I have struggled a bit to keep on top of making my cards AND blogging about them. Subsequently I am super late with my DT card for the current CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE . However, we are having a quiet weekend away in our little caravan and I have a wee bit of time to hand now.......
So anyway, our July challenge has the theme of
LITTLE CUTIES
we want to see cards for children featuring oodles of Cuteness
Hello there my lovely blog chums.....hope this you well. So I am a day or so late in posting this as it really has been an eventful few days! At the weekend I celebrated my 50th birthday, Saturday, had been a fairly quiet day, my daughter and her boyfriend came to visit in the morning and then my Mother came over later in the afternoon and then the three of us just went out for dinner in the evening. On Sunday morning I was wanting to get on and pack for our holiday, the next day, but hubby was most insistent that we go out to get dog food, then stop off for a Costa - when we did eventually get home I was met with balloons, banners and confetti canons, and all of the family! We shared a fabulous afternoon together with a lovely bbq, a dip in the hot tub, great music to sing a long and dance too, even a water pistol battle which my 3 yr old grandsons found to be an absolute hoot!!!
So now hubby and I are away on a "coast & country" holiday. We are staying in the New Forest, and have some beautiful, scenic and woodland areas around us to walk with the dogs but within a short distance to the East Dorset/Hampshire coast, so that I can get my fix of sea air too.
Anyway, my birthday always serves as a reminder that it is six months to go till Christmas, so a very apt time for our next Christmas with the Cuties challenge
Our optional theme this time is
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #119 anything CHRISTMAS goes
Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #18 inspired by the mood board
Hello there my lovely blog chums......so, I hope that this finds you well. My dogs are off to the groomer this morning for a much needed tidy up, which I'm sure they will feel glad of as the weather seems to be getting warmer this week.
Anyway, its time for a new challenge with
our theme is
ADD A TAG
Good Morning my lovely blog chums.....so today is actually my day off, and whilst my alarm was switched off, I must have failed to mention this to Harvey as I was woken by him barking at the back door, to be let out at HALF FIVE this morning!!!!! I tried to ignore him for a while but then I was awake and needing the loo, so that was that.....but I was rewarded with glorious sunshine flooding into my back garden so I guess, I can excuse his barking.
Anyway, I now have a cup of tea beside me and the pleasure of telling you all about our new challenge with CRAFTY FRIENDS
OUR THEME IS
Hello there my lovely blog chums, I do hope that this week has got off to a good start. Do you have anything special planned to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee this weekend? We have several events we are hoping to get to, including a beacon lighting, a river pageant and a quiz with afternoon tea!
Anyway, for now its time for a new challenge with
Kitty has set the theme of
3 or More Layers
Hello there my lovely blog chums.....hope that this week has started well for you. Tuesdays are usually my day off, but my shifts have been changed a little and I've had to go in today....it did feel a bit odd but I guess I'll get used to it and it does give Fridays off instead, so that's the nice bit!!!
Anyway, enough rambling...its time for a new challenge at
and it's a very special one as we are celebrating our 13th Anniversary
Our theme is
SPOTS AND/OR STRIPES
We have oodles of fabulous sponsors, so why not click the link and pay us a visit. We also have some amazing cards from all of the design team to share with you.
For my own DT card I am using "Wallpaper Paste" from LOTV, he was an absolute treat to colour and I can't wait to print this out again. I used an Lotv tag and added a Cameron to it,and an eyelet. The Cameron is my son, who I can't believe will be 22 in September!!!. I added a dotty button and twine to embellish. The stripey paper is my own creation......I enjoy playing around with shapes and stuff on Serif, and I basically drew the shape, coloured it, then replicated to create a pattern.....if I get chance at the weekend I will put together a tutorial, it's fun to do and I was delighted with the result.I decided to add a little curl up to the bottom corner.....I'm sure I'm not the only one with a little bit of wallpaper doing the same thing!!!!
I would also like to enter these challenges please:
MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES #142 May - birthdaye
Hello again, my lovely blog chums. I hope that this this week has got off to a good start. Hubby and I decided to go out for a little run yesterday and took the dogs, and some sandwiches off to the coast. It was a little breezy, but one of my favourite things is to watch and listen to waves lapping the shore, and any time spent doing this is worth a nip in the air!
Anyway, we have a great new challenge with
PASSION FOR MARKERS
Our theme has been set by Karen and it will be
For The Men/Boys
We are delighted to ge sponsored by
On my DT card. I am using the trusty Promarkers to colour. I raided my scrap box for these papers and was chuffed to find this wood effect paper, which I used to die cut the fence. This die is Magnolia Doohicky "lovely fence". The sentiment is my own creation usually Zipty Doo font, and I do think that in any uphill challenge in life, it is important to pause and reflect on what we has been achieved.
I do hope that you will hop on over and play along with us, we have some fabulous inspiration from the design team to share with you too.
I would also like to enter these challenges please:
Incy Wincy Designs May Challenge - use a die cut or punch
Bizzy Becs May - anything goes
Creatalicious Challenge May - anything goes
Happy Little Stampers anything goes, with Dies
Tailor-made cards 4 u - May Challenge, masculine
The Male Room Challenge Sport (hope this fits the bill!)
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me......enjoy the rest of your day xx
Hello there my lovely blog chums......hope you had a great weekend. Despite the lovely sunshine, its still felt quite fresh out here. Have had a quiet couple of days catching up on a bit of housework.
So, it's time for a new Cutie Pie Challenge today
And our theme is
DIES AND DIGI'S
Hello there my lovely blog chums.....I do hope that you are having a great week so far.
I am a couple of days late posting this as hubby and I went away for the weekend. It was our wedding anniversary last week (22 years) and we Celebrated with a trip to The Cotswolds. It was a first trip for me to this area, and we had a great time. It is such a picturesque place.
Anyway, we have a wonderful new challenge with
and our theme this time is
Spring Colours