Christmas Cuties

 Good Morning my lovely blog chums.....hope you've had an enjoyable weekend. It was my birthday on Friday, I had to go to work during the day but in the evening I went out for a lovely meal with my family, which was a great evening - delicious meal, lots of laughter, a few glasses of white zinfandel, and even had the waitresses singing "happy birthday " to me as they brought the cake to our table! 

Anyway, its new challenge day at 

CHRISTMAS WITH THE CUTIES

and its a very, very simple theme for us this time.....

Christmas Cuties 

We hope that you will share cutest Christmas cards with us

Our lovely sponsors are 

Who have a great selection of adorable images to treat yourself to, in their online store. 

They also very generously provided some gorgeous images for the team to work with and I am using this sweet lil girlie with poinsettia. I am using Promarkers to colour. The circular sentiment is from LOTV. The gingham paper is a Nitwit download and I paired it with a neutral toned paper from my scrap box.

I must confess, I had a few difficulties making my card, as I recently "lost" my varifocals, when I was out shopping, so I kept things simple and I think we got there in the end, lol

Anyway, if you haven't started your Christmas cards yet, maybe this is just the opportunity for you, I do hope that you will hop on over and join us 

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THE BEAR ESSENTIALS, with The Cuties

 Hello there my lovely blog chums! Standard me, running late again...since I went back to work I just don't know where the time goes. Anyways I am here now, and I'd love you to join me at The Cutie Pie Challenge, our current theme is 

THE BEAR ESSENTIALS 

Our fabulous sponsors are 

Who have a fabulous prize up for grabs,and also very kindly provided some completely adorable images for the team to work with....how cute is this lil' bear!

I have using Promarkers to colour. Both papers  were a recent magazine freebie, I love the two colours together.  The sentiment tag is from LOTV. I used a scalloped circle die,and also a scalloped border die and then my favourite embellishments - enamel dots, to complete.

There is still time to play along so I do hope you will join us.

I would also like to enter these challenges please 

ABC CHALLENGE F for Furry  Friends 

CRAFT ROCKET #82 Birthdays 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS #408 Birthday 

SWEET STAMPIN' I spy something Beginning with B (bear, birthday,  brown and border)

Keeping it Slim, with PASSION FOR MARKERS

 Hello there my lovely blog chums......

So at PASSION FOR MARKERS each teamie takes a turn of choosing the theme, and this time round -  its me. I am loving seeing so many DL sized cards around, that seem really popular at the moment, so my theme is 

KEEP IT SLIM 

 Our sponsors are 

Who have a great prize for our lucky winner and also provided this team with some fantastic images to work with, I am using Over the rainbow.  It reminded me of me, hubby and Harvey (one of our westies) and I thought it would make a great anniversary card for the hubby, himself. I am using Promarkers to colour, the sentiment is my own creation. The rainbow paper was a magazine freebie. I added a ribbon and bow.

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

Masculine with PASSION FOR MARKERS

Hello there my lovely blog chums.....Its been a crazy busy week for me, aside from being back at work, we are also having some work done in the garden at home too.  I've barely had two minutes to myself...but....now I am enjoying a few days away and a much needed rest. We had hoped to get up to Yorkshire this weekend to visit family, but concerns about this latest variant led us down to the South Coast instead, and we are having a weekend near Hayling Island.

Anyway, I am here to share a DT card and invite you to play along with us at 

PASSION FOR MARKERS 

If you are making Father's Day cards, this weekend then this will be the challenge for you as our theme is

MASCULINE 

Our lovely sponsors are 

For my own DT card I am using a digi from LITTLE MISS MUFFET,  he is coloured with Promarkers. The dp is an oldie that I rooted out of the scraps box. I cut a label die in half to add a little detail, and used wooden sticky dots to finish. The sentiment is my own creation.

I do hope that you will play along with us.....

I would like to enter these challenges please 

Try it on Tuesday for the man in your life

Crafty Gals #220 one for the boys

Ribbon or Lace, with PASSION for MARKERS

 Good Morning my lovely blog chums .....are you having a good week so far? We decided to go out for our dinner last night.....this was after one of those "what are we having for dinner tonight.....I don't know what do you fancy.......uhhmmm,  I don't really know, what was you planning on doing" kinda conversations between hubby and I.....we went to a lovely Marston's pub (The Poppy Fields, Maidstone) and ended up taking our daughter and her boyfriend too. It felt sooo good to be able to do this again, after all we've been through this year.

Anyway, its time for another challenge today, at 

PASSION FOR MARKERS 

Kitty has set the theme of.......RIBBONS AND/OR LACE

Our lovely sponsors are 

The Paper Shelter  

who have a great prize for our lucky winner of 3 digi stamps....they also provided this gorgeous digi for the team to work with......isn't she lovely, oh, to be that "sassy"! I am using Promarkers to colour, but you are now able to enter the challenge using any markers of your own preference. This swirly design paper was a magazine freebie and I have paired it with a mini dotty paper from Doodlebug. The all important ribbon came from my local haberdashery store. The sentiment is also a magazine freebie, and I thought it would match the image nicely. I added enamel dots,  also from Doodlebug to complete.

We have some stunning DT cards to share, so I do hope that you will hop on over and join us. 

I would like to enter these challenges please:

Crafters Cafe #266, 15th May Feminine 

Creatalicious #211 atg, with optional for a woman 

Feathers and Fur, at Christmas with the Cuties

 Good Morning my lovely blog chums.....I do hope that you've had a lovely weekend, maybe you've been able to get out and about! The rain held off for long enough, yesterday, for me to be able to get the mower out.....and I attacked the back garden, it had been getting so long that poor Nippy, with his little legs, almost disappeared down there, but today I feel all sorts of achey. Much more chilled day, today, methinks!

Anyway,  if you are a super organised type and are already working on your Christmas cards, then we would LOVE you to play along with us at Christmas with the Cuties 

Our fabulous new challenge starts today, with the theme of 

FEATHERS AND/OR FUR

Simply, we want to see your cutest Christmas cards featuring animals and/or birds

No sponsors this time, we are playing just for fun and the satisfying feeling of having another Christmas card "in the box"

I could not resist these sweet little mousies from LOTV, I am using Promarkers to colour. The dotty paper is from a Doodlebug pad, to which I added a section of self adhesive paper lace trim, a wee tag with a festive sentiment and some sticky pearls.

We have some fantastic cards from the team to check out too, so I hope you will hop on over. 

I would like to enter these challenges please:

52CCT May, perfect pearls 

Crafty Catz #552 as cute as you like 

Spots, Stripes and Celebrations.....with PASSION FOR MARKERS

 Hello there my lovely blog chums......I hope this finds you keeping well. 

Lots going on here, I've been and had my second vaccination - all OK, just another v. sore arm for a couple of days, then hubby and I took my mother and the dogs away for a long weekend break. We hired a caravan just outside Hastings, and despite the weather being a bit rainy, it was a smashing break....so lovely to be away from home.  And today, I'm started back at work....having been on furlough and "leave" to look after Alistair following his surgery in January. It was an odd feeling, being back, I felt like the newbie all over again.....but there was an expectation on me to pretty much get on with things as if I'd never been away. I did feel a wee bit stressed by the time I'd finished my shift but hopefully tomorrow will feel better.

Anyway, we have a fabulous new challenge at 

PASSION FOR MARKERS

Where we are celebrating a fantastic 12 years of challenges, now, I've only been on the team for a few months, but it is such a wonderful challenge, it really is no surprise that its been running for such a long time. Ooooh, we do have a theme as well, which is

SPOTS & STRIPES

For my DT card, I am using the sweetest, Pure Innocence, image.....I have been a huge fan of Heather Ellis, for ages....these little characters put me in mind of the Dick Bruno "Miffy" books that I loved as a child. I am using Promarkers to colour, the papers are from a Dovecraft stack....I love these yummy colours. 

As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual.  Here we go....

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Bugaboo Stamps are offering a $12.00 voucher

Crafty Sentiments Designs are offering 3 digi images

Dr Digi’s House of Stamps are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images

JMC Designs are offering one lucky winner 1 digital collection

Leann’s World 101 are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images

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Wow we told you there were amazing prizes didn’t we?  Definitely lots of reasons to join in the fun, I do hope you will click the link at the top, and hop on over to join us...

I would like to enter these challenges please: