Cute and Christmassy

 Good Afternoon Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend and didn't get blown away in this week’s storm.

We have our last challenge of the year starting over on Christmas with the Cuties and the theme this time is quite simply.

Cute and Christmassy

 

For my card I used an image from Di's Digi's and coloured with Copics, the backing paper is by Hunkdory, I add some stamped snowflakes, glitter and a sentiment by Woodware.

We hope to see you joining in with our last challenge of the year.

Have a good day!

Snowmen Fun

 Good Morning Peeps,

Well I hope you all had a good weekend and didn't get washed away with all the rain, it's been so miserable here, rain, mist and no daylight to speak of we had to have the lights on in the house most of the time.  Let's hope this week is a better one.

Today we have a new challenge starting over on Christmas with the Cuties where this month our challenge is:

Sparkle and Shine

(or Anything Goes as long as it's cute and Christmas)

For my card I used a very old Bugaboo digi stamp coloured with Copics and a Happy Christmas die from Sue Wilson, I added a couple of snowflakes and plenty of glitter.

Only one more challenge after this one before Christmas so hope to see you joining in with your cute Christmas cards.

Enjoy your day!

Christmas Pink

Good Morning Peeps,

 

I hope you have all had a good weekend, it was really nice and sunny here for most of the weekend.

 

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge will be:

 

Christmas Pinks or Anything Goes

(as long as it is Christmas and Cute)

 

There will only be two more challenges before Christmas after this one so if you haven't started on your Christmas cards yet maybe this is the time.

 

 For my card I used as LOTV stamp that I have had for years, coloured her with Copics, the bp is from my stash and I added a circle cut with a Tonic die, snowflakes and a sentiment cut with a Spellbinders die.

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this month.

Enjoy your day!

Christmas Parcel

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you have all had a good week, it's been the best week of weather here for a long time unfortunately it has now ended and we are back to the grey days of rain,.

Back to the subject of today we have a new challenge for you over on Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge will be:

Feature a Creature

(or Anything Goes as long as its Cute and Christmassy)

For my card I used this cute Hetty Clare image, coloured him with Copics, I used a scalloped circle die from Sue Wilson, an embossing folder, die cut snowflake and sentiment from my stash.

Time is flying by less than 100 days to Christmas so we would love to see you joining in with your Christmas cards.

Enjoy your day!

Skating Gnomes

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is having a great Bank Holiday weekend.

We have a new challenge for you today over on Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge will be:

Cute and Christmassy

with the option of

Elves/Gnomes or Fairies

I chose to use the option of Gnomes and used a Mo's Digital image, coloured with Copics, papers are from Crafters Companion and I added some ribon, die cut snowflakes and some glitter.

Have a great Bank Holiday Monday!

Simple Christmas

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all well.  I've had a couple of busy weeks so not been around much but Christmas with the Cuties has a new challenge today so here I am.

The challenge is:

Clean and Simple

(but it must be cute and Christmassy too)

For my card I used an old LOTV stamp and coloured her with Copics, I added a sentiment and some glitter - clean and simple.

We would love to see you joining in our challenge this month and you can find some lovely inspiration from the Design Team on the challenge blog.

Have a lovely day!

Christmas Presents

 Good Morning Peeps,

Well I think summer has started at last but today we are thinking of Christmas with our new challenge over on Christmas with the Cuties where for this month our challenge is:

Festive Bears and Other B's

For my card I used this sweet James Bear image from LOTV, I coloured him with Copics, the papers are by Lawn Fawn and I used the snowflake square die from Phill Martin.  I added a stamped Whimsy sentiment and a bow cut with a IO die.

Hope to see you joining in this month.

Enjoy your day!

White and Blue

Good Morning Peeps,

 

Well here we are on a Bank Holiday Monday, hope it's a good one for you whatever you have planned, it’s absolutely lashing down rain here at the moment so we won’t be going out anywhere, I think some crafting is called for today.

 

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our optional challenge theme will be:

 

WHITE AND/OR BLUE

(and don't forget it MUST be cute and Christmassy) 

I used a Whimsy Stamps snowman image and coloured him with Copics.  I cut a sentiment with a Sue Wilson die and put this onto a circle which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, the background paper is from my stash and I asdded some die cut snowflakes and a little Nuvo Drops.

We hope you ccan find time this month to join in our challenge and get started on those Christmas cards.

Have a good Bank Holiday!

A Christmas Carol

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties and for this month our challenge is, as always:

CUTE AND CHRISTMAS

with the option of:

SENTIMENT  BASED ON A CAROL OR SONG

 

 

For my card I used a LOTV digi image and coloured with Copics, the papers are from my stash and I added some die cut snowflakes, Nuvo Drops and a sentiment.

Have a good day!

Holly Mouse

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all keeping well, I haven't been around much as we went away for a few days for hubby's birthday, it was nice to have a break though the weather was a bit too wet.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties where for this month our challenge is:

Use Two Or More Papers

(but remember it must be cute and Christmas)

 

 

I used this cute LOTV dig and coloured with Copics, the papers are by Lawn Fawn and My Favourite Things, I added a sentiment, some die -cut snowflakes, a die-cut bow and some glitter.

 

We hope to see you joining in with our challenge this month.

 

Have a good day!

 

 

Santa with his Reindeer

 Good Morning Peeps,

It's Monday and time for the first challenge of the year at Christmas with the Cuties,  I have to say I had a senior moment last week and posted my card a week early and when I realised I had to change the wording on my post and make another card for this week!

Our first challenge is as always Christmas and it must be CUTE with the option of:

SANTA and/or SNOWMAN

Image and sentiment are by Whimsy and coloured with Copics, I fussy cut Santa and stood him on the sentiment.  I used a snowflake embossed background and  a Tonic Scribbled Frame Ring die and added some kraft card snowflakes and glitter.

 

We would love to see you joining in our challenge this month and please take a look at the great inspiration from the Design Team on the blog.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

Stamps & Fun - Cute #448 

 Patties Creations - Anything Goes #215

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas #709

Addicted to Stamps & More - Christmas #462

Holly & Ivy Christmas Chasllenge - Anything Christmas #156

 

Snowman with Balloons

 Good Morning Peeps

Monday morning hope everyone has had a good weekend.  I have a Christmas card for you today.

 

 

For my card I used a Whimsy stamp and coloured with Copics, the papers are by My Favourite Things and Catherine Pooler and I added a sentiment and some pearls.

 

Have a good day!

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #709 - Christmas 

Let's Craft & Create - Polka dots and/or stripes (29-02)

Four Seasons Challenge - AG - Winter 901-03)

 

 

Cute Elf

Good Morning Peeps

 

Hope you are all well and have had a good weekend, it's been very wet and dark here all weekend, but while writing this I have just seen the Santa Express steam train go through the village from my window, full of lots of excited children.

 

It's our last challenge of 2023 at Christmas with the Cuties and for this challenge the theme is simply:

 

Cute and Christmassy

 

 

For my card I have chosen this cute little elf stamp from Whimsy, I coloured her with Copics and used a snowflake circle die by Phill Martin, backing paper by Lawn Fawn and a sentiment from MFT and added a few snowflakes.

 

We would love to see you joining in with this challenge with your cute Christmas cards.

 

Have a good day!

 

Christmas Bear

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend, been rather cold and frosty here but it’s that time of the year.

We have a new challenge for you today over on Christmas With the Cuties, where our challenge is as always:  

 Cute and Christmassy 

with the option of 

Something with Die Cuts

For my card I used a LOTV stamp, coloured with Copics, the background paper is by Crafters Companion.  I cut the image out with a Phill Martin snowflake die and added some more snowflakes, a sentiment and some glitter.

I do hope you can find the time to join in with our challenge as not long left to get all those Christmas cards ready.

Have a good day!

A Shiny Card

 Good Morning Peeps,

Well here we are at the start of the last week in September and have you started making your Christmas cards yet, if not here’s your chance to get started,  we have a new challenge today over on Christmas with the Cuties where this month our challenge is as always Cute and Christmassy with the option this month of  SOMETHING SHINY.

For my card I used another snowman from the Winter Snow set by CCDesigns and coloured with Copics, the sentiment is also from the same set, the background is embossed the outer circle is a Tonic die and I added some die cut snowflakes to it (both cut out in silver paper).  Hope to see you joining in our challenge this month.

Have a good day!

Snowy Christmas

 Good Morning Peeps,

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to a good Bank Holiday, some sunshine would be nice after a really wet weekend.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties, where as always your project must be CUTE AND CHRISMASSY with this month's option of SOMETHING SNOWY..

 

 

For my card I used a CC Designs stamp which I coloured with Copics and fussy cut, the background is a snowy embossing folder the centre cut with a Phill Martin Snowflake circle and the insert is a piece cut from a Hunkydory paper pad, sentiment is a Sue Wilson die.

I hope you can find some time to join in with our challenge this month as Christmas is coming up fast and it's never to early to get those cards made.

Have a good Bank Holiday, whatever you have planned!

Something Simple

 Good Morning Peeps,

What a lovely weekend it has been, lots of sunshine and warm days, looks like summer has arrived!

Now is the time to forget about summer and concentrate on Christmas as today is the start of a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge is:

Anything Cute and Christmassy with the option of:

"Something Simple"

For my card I chose an MFT elf stamp and sentiment, I coloured with Copics added some glitter and a pen doodle around the edge.

We would love you to join in this month and look forward to seeing your creations.

Enjoy your day!

A Christmas Carol

 'Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope you have all had a good weekend, today we have a new challenge starting over on Christms with the Cuties where our challenge for this month is:

 

Cute and Christmassy with the option of a 

Hand Coloured Image

 

 

For my card I used a LOTV image and coloured with Copics, the papers are from Crafters Companion and stash, the sentiment is by LOTV and I added some die cut snowflakes and glitter.

 

We would love to see you joining in our challenge this month.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Santa's on His Way

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you have all had a good weekend.  Lorna and I went to the Sincerely Yours Craft Show in Leigh yesterday, first show I have been to since covid began, it was nice for a change but there were not as many stands as there used to be.

Well here is the first Christmas card for this year posted for the start of challenges at Christmas with the Cuties where as always your project must be Cute and Christmassy but with the option of Something with a Sentiment.

For my card I used a Whimsy stamp coloured with Copics and paper pieced the sleigh, I fussy cut the image out and put it onto some embossed card, I used some kraft card to cut out the sentiment with a Sue Wilson die and also cut some snowflakes with a Crafter's Companion die and added some white Nuvo drops and some Diamond Frost glitter.

I do hope you are in the mood to start making some Christmas cards and look forward to you joining in our challenge.  There is some great inspiration on the challenge blog from the Design Team so do take a look.

Enjoy your day!

Festive Food

Good Morning Peeps,

 

I do hope you have all had a good week, I've not been too good I have had a really bad cough and cold, (hubby had it first and generously passed it on to me), I have to admit it really wiped me out haven't been able to do a thing I was so tired but I am feeling much better now just need to get rid of the remains of the cough and hopefully get some energy back this week.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties where for the next month our challenge will be:

CUTE & CHRISTMAS

(with the option of Festive Food)

 

 For my card I used a cute image and backing paper from Lili of the Valley, coloured the image with Copics and added some snowflakes, a sentiment and come glitter.

 

Time is moving on so let's see you get making some Christmas cards and entering our challenge.  Please take a look at the lovely inspiration from the rest of the Design Team on the Challenge Blog.

 

Have a good day!