Welcome to Christmas with the Cuties #1 ANYTHING GOES

Well, I'm not sure that I could be anymore excited......today is the day, for the very first challenge from

Christmas with the Cuties

we are starting off with a really simple theme of Anything Goes, and as I'm sure that you are all now super busy with your cards, I do hope to see lots of you joining in with us and getting behind this new adventure......don't forget that your card MUST feature a Cute image though.

I thought long and hard about what to make, for our very first challenge.....obviously looking for the cutest and most adorable image, but I wanted to highlight what Christmas is really all about -  I think this absolute beaut from Digi Stamp boutique fits the bill perfectly!

My DT card features

• Cute Nativity Girl and Boy
• coloured with promarkers
• Spellbinders fancy edge oval die
• Plaid DP from Nitwit at LOTV
• embossed Kraft using  embossing folder
• The Ribbon Girl gingham ribbon
• lace from The Works
• sentiment uses Baby Lexi font
• wooden stars from stash with acylic dome stickers

I would like to enter:

digistamp boutique - November customer competition

aud sentiments - anything goes

moving along with the times - anything goes with Christmas

christmas at sweet stampin - anything (Christmas) goes

christmas card challenges - anything goes
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge - use a sentiment

Thank you for visiting me today, I really do hope to see you over at Christmas with the Cuties,,,,,feeling a bit like a nervous parent, when their child goes off to nursery for the first time today, lol

No DP's but a whole lotta cutie-ness!

Good Morning....hope you had a lovely weekend!

So, we're now in week 2 of the latest Cutie Pie challenge, so that means it's time for 

A Little Extra Cutie-ness

and my own little DT card,

As I mentioned last week, the theme for this challenge is NO DESIGNER PAPERS

and our lovely sponsor is 

who are offering TWO of their adorable digi stamps as a prize for our winner.

My DT card features:

• Little Reindeer - from 2Cuteink
• coloured with promarkers
• mini sentiment from LC designs
• acrylic dome stickers
• kraft card stock
• Spellbinders die 

If you haven't joined in yet, there is still plenty of time to hop on over and join in with the fun!

Catch Up Monday!

Hello there, lovely blog friends, hope you had a great weekend!

Over the last few weeks I have been a busy bee getting ready for a craft fair last weekend, and also with lots of "behind the scenes" stuff for our new Christmas with the Cuties challenge which starts very soon......before that though we have a brand new Cutie Pie challenge today and our theme is

No Designer Papers

my own DT card will pop up here next Monday, but our amazing DT have once again worked their magic with some amazing inspiration, so hop on over for a wee visit, 

So, I somehow found myself with a little bit of time on my hands this afternoon, so I couldn't resist getting inky......

....and this inkiness came in the form of this cute lil bear who was a very old magazine freebie!

Today's card features:

• Magazine freebie stamp
• coloured with promarkers
• Frosted Lace stickles added to furry areas
• Raspberry Road papers
• Joanna Sheen snowflake die
• docraft christmas stamp, used X cut scalloped edge square die
• gingham ribbon and sticky gems from stash

I would like to enter these challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - lime green and real red

di's digi designs - hand coloured images

Winter Wonderland - add ribbon/lace

christmas at sweet stampin challenge - anything goes

As I mentioned earlier in the post, the weekend before last I did a craft fair at my Mum's church, so just wanted to share a couple of photo's of my table

I was quite pleased with the way my Reindeer food turned out this year, after I found some really cute little jars in Aldi a few weeks ago (they did have Ardennes type pate' inside them, which my poor hubby got fed up with after a few jars!!!)

Anyway thanks again for stopping by today, cheerio for now xx

Someone Special....with the Crafty Friends

Hello there, and thank you for visiting me today, I hope you're having a lovely weekend. I know quite a  few folks are doing Craft Fairs today, myself included, so I wish you all success and Happy Selling today. We all put such a lot of time and effort into preparing for these events, so I hope they go well.

It is also time for a new challenge with

Crafty Friends

and our theme of the fortnight is

Someone Special

I thought this was a lovely theme and it provided me with the opportunity to make my hubby's birthday card.

our sponsors this time are:

and 

and also

so there is lots to play for and some fantastic DT cards to inspire, so hop on over and join in the fun!

My DT card features:

• Poppy and Henry from Crafty Sentiments (if Henry was just a bit taller, they'd look just like Alistair and I)
• coloured with promakers
• Krafty card stock and a very old papermania dp that hasn't seen the light of day for many-a-year, but I thought was a lovely match for Poppy's frock
• sentiment features Unkempt font
• ribbon from The Ribbon Girl
• twine from Homebase
• wooden heart 

I would like to enter this into:

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes

As You Like it Challenge - Teddies or Fairies - Teddies, all day long - did you ever try to cuddle a fairy? Nuff said!!! and if we're talking images, trying to get a shimmery looking wing, is beyond impossible.....

thank you again for stopping by, cheerio for now xx

Feeling Colourful!

Hello there my lovely blog friends, hope your week is going well. Feeling much better in myself now, as I mentioned earlier in the week, I went back to work on Monday - only to be sent home again as I was told by our HR lady that I needed a further letter from my Dr to confirm that I was well enough to return (as I was going back prior to my sick note expiring). It took several phone calls on Monday and Tuesday to confirm that this is actually no longer the case, so I actually went back this morning - I must admit, I did indulge in a bit of crafting time yesterday afternoon.

To be fair, this was actually prompted by seeing the latest Passion for Promarkers challenge theme pop up in my news feed, and when I noticed that the colour theme was a perfect match for delicious Bo Bunny paper in my stash, it seemed rude not to play along! As it was a Welly related theme image too - what better image could I use then this fabby Pink Gem image.

Today's card features:

• Hedgy from Pink Gem
• coloured with Promarkers
• Papers from Bo Bunny
• flower die was a magazine freebie
• acrylic dots and sentiment stamp from stash

I would like to enter
Passion for Promarkers - #369 inspiration challenge

A Gem of a Challenge - #180 Autumn colours

Anyway, this isn't getting my lunch washing up done, so will love you and leave you now xx

Pink, Cute and Sketchy!

Thank you for taking the time to pop in today.......so is there anything more annoying than making a card for a specific challenge, then leaving too late to enter when you get round to blogging it....grrrrr, already done that once this week, so not going to miss out again! ( have less than 8 hours to go, till the Sweet Sketch challenge closes, so better get a wiggle on)

Today's card features:

• Image - origin unknown - found it in my scrapbox (any ideas folks?)
• coloured with promarkers
• papers from a stack from The Range
• ribbon from Wilko's
• heart button and pearls from stash
• used Memory Box Precious Mitten dies
• based on Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch 100

I would like to enter:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - #100

crafty boots challenges - pink
In The Pink challenge - ribbons/bows

visiting a few old friends

Hello there....hope you've had a smashing weekend, maybe even enjoyed a little autumn sunshine! I've been feeling a lot better, thank you for your Get Well wishes, and am back to work this morning - but not before I share a little card with you.......

I will be having a table at an Autumn fair at my Mum's church in a few weeks time, so I thought I'd better make sure I have a good variety of cards in my box, so for this card I put the cute images and promarkers to one side, and dusted off a few old favourites.....

Today's card features:

• Cuttlebug flower embossing folder
• LC designs mini sentiment
• sticky pearls
• gingham ribbon from The Ribbon Girl
• paper from a Papermania stack that I got, possibly a good ten years ago, when I first started card making. At the time I couldn't quite believe that I'd spent that much on a stack of paper - little did I know then!!!!

I would like to enter this into:

tuesday morning sketches 

374

brown sugar challenge - anything goes

crafty ribbons - ribbon or lace

hope the week gets off to a great start.....bye for now xx