When the Cuties were the Birthday Girls!

 Hello there my lovely blog chums.....I hope you had a great weekend!

I was up super early on Saturday morning to pick up my son and his friends, returning from their holiday in Turkey, so the rest of the day was pretty restful. Yesterday was such a wet, miserable day here so I popped the doggies in the car and went out for a drive through the countryside....we were lucky enough to have a pause in the rain, just as we'd got to a particularly cute little village, so we managed a little walk before heading home and settling down for the evening with a few episodes of Bridgerton on Netflix. 

Anyway its new challenge day at 

The Cutie Pie Challenge 

Today is a very special occasion for us, as its our birthday 

So very fittingly, our theme is 

Birthday Girls 

We want to see your cutest, girliest birthday cards.

As its our birthday, we have a fabulous prize bundle up for grabs too

We hope you will hop on over and play along 

For my own DT card I am using an older digi from 'A random fan", which I have coloured with Promarkers. I added two stamped Sentiments. I purchased the dusky pink polkadot cardstock at an NEC event back in February, but can't remember the supplier. 

I would like to enter these challenges please 

Dragonfly Dreams - September Happy Birthday 

Cardz 4 Galz hip to be square 

Four Legged Friends with The Cuties

 Good Morning my lovely blog chums.....I can't quite believe that I haven't blogged since April!!! It has been a special time for our family,  but super busy too. 

I am actually posting today, about the latest Cutie Pie Challenge, so I'll come back to that. So what's been happening in the last couple of months, well I had a lovely holiday to the Isle of Wight with mum, work has been super busy, I have been dabbling with my Cricut machine on numerous vinyl projects, I have had opportunities to go to the theatre a few times and even two concerts; Taylor Swift, ERA'S Tour at Wembley and The Killers at the O2 - both of which were sensational, btw. But probably the most significant event has been the arrival of my new baby Grandson. 

This is Caleb Obi 

Born on 15th July, in the back of an ambulance! 

Caleb with his beautiful mummy, my daughter Megan and myself  aka Nanny Lisa

Caleb at 1 month

Caleb with my son Cameron 

He is the most gorgeous little person, and needless to say, I am completely smitten! 

Right, back on task now.....

The Cutie Pie Challenge 

Our theme this month is 

FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS 

For my own DT card I am using this super Cutie from Lee Holland (available from his Etsy store), which I coloured with Promarkers, and added a die cut frame. I think this yummy plaid paper is from DCWV.  I also added die cut, and coloured balloons to add to the birthday vibe!

I do hope that you will hop on over and play along 

A little bit of DT work

 Good Morning my lovely blog chums, I hope that this finds you keeping well! 

My mind has been a bit elsewhere for the last couple of weeks and I've fallen behind with my DT cards, anyway, better late than not, so here we go......

First up, we still have time to join us for our current 

CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE

The theme is 

SIMPLY CUTIES 

I made a card for a friend who is a bit of a barbecue supremo! This is an older LOTV digi, which I coloured with Promarkers. I added a stamped sentiment and enamel dots to finish. 

I would like to enter these challenges please.....

Cardz 4 Guyz clean and simple 

Simply Clean & Simple cas with optional weather 

Next up, and its new challenge week at

Christmas with the Cuties

The theme is 

Sentiment based on a Carol /Song 

Coincidentally, another LOTV image, but precoloured this time. I raided the scrap box for my papers and once again added a stamped sentiment and enamel dots. 

I would like to enter these challenges please.....

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge anything CHRISTMAS goes 

My Time to Craft Christmas nontraditional colours 

Christmas Craft Creations nontraditional colours

That's me, for now.....have a great day all x

Easter/Mums with the Cuties

 Hello there my lovely blog chums, hope all is well with you. 

So, we are keeping it seasonal with the Cuties,  this month, as our challenge theme is Easter/Mothers Day. Obviously, Sunday just gone was Mothers Day, here in the UK, and I do hope everyone had a lovely day and was able to spend time with family. 

My own DT card is actually the card I made for my Mum. Now, I did happen to treat myself at Christmas to a Cricut Explore 3, whilst I'd wanted a Cricut for absolutely aaaages,  and Alistair had said, just get one,  each time I'd replied that I didn't think I'd use it enough to warrant the cost....anyway....I now have one, I blummin' love it, and I've used it on my card, here, to create the "MUM" wording.

The wee flowers were also cut with the Cricut, to which I added enamel dots. The gorgeous lace came from my local haberdashery store. I stamped, fussy cut and coloured this super cute Penny Black hedgie, and my mother loved the way its sitting on the wording. 

I do hope that you will hop on over and play along with us.....Click Here

I would also like to enter these challenges please......

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ATG, with optional Easter theme

Thank you so much for your visit today xx

Seeing Red with The Cuties

 Hello there my lovely blog chums.....I hope you're having a lovely weekend. Its a grey and rain,  here today, so I've decided to hibernate for the day....I'm thinking about giving my craft desk a bit of a tidy later, I am off to the Creative Craft Show at the NEC next month, so I may need to make space for any goodies that come back with me. 

Before I tackle the chaos, I've wanted to invite you to come and join us at the 

Cutie Pie Challenge

Our February challenge is all about 

Seeing Red

Whilst we are likely to see plenty of Valentines cards for this theme, for my own DT card I am sharing a birthday card for a  Golfing lad!

This adorable image is from Pink Gem, from their Etsy store. I used this with faux stitched circular dies. I thought this plaid paper, which I think is from Raspberry Road, would be a good match. The sentiment is my own creation using Piece by Piece font. A couple of fishtail pennants and enamel dots as finishing touches.

I would also like to enter these challenges please:

A Gem of a challenge week 3 anything goes 

Sweet Stampin Always look on the bright side of life (feature bright colours)

Thank you so much for your visit today x

Still feeling Sentimental with The Cuties

 Hello there my lovely blog chums.....I do hope January has started well for you. 

If you haven't had the opportunity to play along with us at The Cutie Pie Challenge, and our January, Feeling Sentimental Challenge, don't worry,  there is still time and I am sharing a second DT card

Kept things nice and simple here, this gorgeous sentiment die is from Lawn Fawn and is fabulous to use. I have paired this with an old Cutie from Bugaboo which I coloured with Promarkers. The polkadot cardstock is from Limetree Crafts. I added an enamel dot to complete. 

If you want to play along, you can find us Here.

I would also like to play along with these challenges:

Crafty Animals #79 anything goes 

Allsorts #764 January Blues 

Alphabet Challenge U for Underneath Something (balloon tucked Underneath the sentiment)

My Time To Craft #525 something new in your stash (sentiment die was a Christmas gift)

This also applies to 

Moving Along With The Times Use a new Crafty item

I 🖤 Promarkers #550 Animals 

Thank you for taking the time to visit me today, have a great day whatever you're up to.....I'll be taking my Mother food shopping today, hoping to squeeze in a little bit of time for some colouring too

Feeling Sentimental with the Cuties

 Happy New Year to you all, my lovely blog chums! 

I hope you had a very happy festive season. My Christmas turned out to be lovely time, mostly spent with my daughter and her family. I did find New Year's Eve more difficult, but, its done now and it's time to look to the year ahead. 

We have our first Cutie Pie Challenge of the year starting today, and our theme is

FEELING SENTIMENTAL 

As always we want to see a super cute image, but on this occasion we'd like the sentiment to be the star.

For my own DT card I made a birthday card for a family member that who is  a keen gardener.

I am using Happy Birthday Pots digi set from LOTV, which you can find by clicking on the link. I used my trusty Promarkers to colour, matching my colours to my cardstock. I kept my design flat, for easy postage, however did add a few enamel dots as a finishing touch.

I do hope you will hop on over and play along with us.....

I would also like to enter these challenges 

Crafty Calendar January, anything goes 

Simply Clean & Simple January challenge 

Cardz 4 Galz DL card with flowers 

Crafty Addicts #9 Anything Goes