Christmas Elf

Good Afternoon Peeps

Hope you are all keeping well.  Very dull, drizzley and misty here today, but the bright part of the day is our new challenge at Christmas With the Cuties, it’s our last challenge of the year and our theme is:

‘‘Twas the Last Challenge Before Christmas “

(We would like you to revisit any challenge from this year to make your project)

For my card I chose to go back to the February challenge of:

Gnomes, Elves or Fairies.

Image - Whimsy Stamp

Colouring medium - Copics

Papers - Lawn Fawn

Tree die -  My Favourite Things

Sentiment - Catherine Pooler

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge with your last minute Christmas projects.

Enjoy your day.

Christmas Tree

Good Morning Peeps,

Bit grey and wet here this morning, but at least it’s warmer than the snowy weekend we had.  I haven’t been out for days but I am hoping to get out this morning to get a few more Christmas presents now we are into December.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab’n’Funky it’s our last challenge for this year so hope you will all be able to join in with us.  Our lovely Chris is the host for this challenge which is: 

CHRISTMAS 

For my card I used a Chocolate Baroque tree stamp and embossed in gold, the backing paper is snowflake embossed with some gold glitter card behind and I added some snowflakes and a sentiment.

Have a good day!

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope this Monday finds you all well after having a good weekend, it was quite cold here but we had some lovely sunshine too.  Today is quite frosty but beautiful blue skies and sunshine and I am going out for lunch today with a friend.

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

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

(make a card for someone special)

Our sponsor for this month is the lovely:

POLKADOODLES

For my card I used this lovely Holly Hedgehog image kindly supplied by Polkadoodles, coloured here with Copics, the papers are by Lawn Fawn and MFT, I used a Creative Expressions edging die and the image was cut out with a Sentimentally Yours die, the snowflake die is by Hunkydory to which I added a sentiment from LOTV. Merry Everthing is by MFT and I added some glitter.

We hope you will be able to join in with us this month with your lovely Christmas creations.

Have a good day.

Check it Out

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where from this week our challenges will now be every TWO weeks so hope you will all still join in with us.

It's my turn to host this week and for this challenge I have chosen the theme of:

CHECK IT OUT

(let's see all your lovely Checks/Plaids/Tartan etc)

The paper I used is by MFT, the image I found in my stash and don't know where it is from, I coloured it with Copics, cut it out with a stitched circle die and layered onto a distressed circle die and I added a sentiment.

Have a good day.

Christmas Time

Good Morning Peeps,

Well I hope you haven’t been washed away with all this rain, some of our roads around here were like rivers on Monday and the river through our village is very high though it was a little brighter and drier yesterday.

Today sees a new challenge over on Fab’n’Funky where Buffy is hosting our monthly Christmas Challenge.  Time to get on with those Christmas cards so we hope to see you joining in with us.

 I made a batch of six simple cards using a stamp by Creative Expressions Fabiola Giardinaro, the frame is a die by Phill Martin and the papers are by Lawn Fawn, very sparkly IRL ,  I coloured the image with Copics and added a little glitter and a sentiment.

Have a good and hopefully dry day.

Christmas Dance

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well and keeping warm now it has changed to very Autumnal weather (here at least).  I haven’t been around much over the last few weeks as I decided to step down from some of my DT challenges, just needed some time to please myself what I did.

Today though I have a card for you for Christmas with the Cuties, where for this month our challenge is:

In the Pink at Christmas 

(Nice easy one we just need to see your pink creations, but don’t forget they MUST be Cute and Christmas)

We have two great sponsors this month:

Crafty Ribbons

and

Di’s Digi’s

 

For my card I used a LOTV stamp and coloured with Copics, the paper is by My Favourite Things, the scalloped circle die is by Pretty Pink Posh, the star die is by Memory Box and I added glitter, some woven ribbon and greeting tags by LOTV.

Not long to go to Christmas now so hope to see you joining in with us with your Christmas creations

Have a good day.

 

Get Well Soon

 Good Morning Peeps,

Well we are definitely into Autumn here now, much darker, cooler and wetter this week, but I suppose that means it's time for more crafting.

We have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft, for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Get Well Soon

For my card I have used a Gnome digi from Polkadoodles and coloured with Copics, the paper is from Honey Bee Stamps, die cut flower MFT stitched flowers and I added a doily, sentiment and a little glitter.

Have a good day!

Reindeer

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope everyone has had a good weekend.  We have had a lovely time we went away for a few days to the Midland Hotel in Morecambe to celebrate our 50th Wedding Anniversary and all the family joined us on Sunday for lunch.  It is such a lovely Art Deco hotel situated right on the sea front and we love to go as Morecambe is where Alan was born and brought up.

Now back to the present and it’s time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties.  Our challenge for this month is:

Rudolph and Friends

(Please use a reindeer on your project)

Our challenge is also Just for Fun this month, no sponsor.

For my card I used a Bugaboo digi, coloured with Copics, paper is by First Edition and I added a die cut Tree.

Hope to see you joining in with us this month.

Enjoy your day!

Christmas Critters

 Good Morning Peeps

Hope everyone is having a good week.

We have a new challenge starting today on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Christmas Critters

I have used this lovely Christmas Mouse digi by Stitchy Bear, he is just so cute, coloured him with Copics, used some digi paper I had already printed and can’t remember where it was from, added some kraftcard, die cut snowflakes, ribbon, glitter and a sentiment.

Time to get Christmas crafting so hope to see you joining in with us this week.

Enjoy your day.

Pastel Flowers

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week.  We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Embossing (heat or dry)

I made this card for my eldest granddaughter Zoe whose birthday was this week.  I used a Sentimentally Yours embossing folder for the background, the flowers were all cut with Lisa Horton dies and the Happy cut with a Sue Wilson die.

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week.

Enjoy your day!

Christmas Stocking

 Good Morning Peeps,

 

We have a new challenge starting today on My Time to Craft Christmas where this week we have an inspirational picture for you:

 

 

 

I used a Whimsy gnome stamp and die, coloured with Copics, some glitter, trees cut with a Sue Wilson die and added a sentiment.

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

Have a good day!

 

My Christmas Tree

Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well, I haven’t been around for a few weeks, we have had a holiday in Norfolk and other things going on so I decided to take a few weeks off and now slowly get back into crafting and blogging.

We have a new challenge starting today at Christmas with the Cuties where our challenge is:

Anything Cute and Christmassy,

with the option of Oh Christmas Tree

We have two sponsors with great prizes this month

Di’s Digi Stamps

and

Crafty Ribbons

Image - Whimsy Stamp

Colouring Medium - Copics and pencil

Papers - Hunkydory 

Die cut snowflakes

Ribbon, Sentiment, Glitter

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this month.

Have a good day.

Little Reindeer

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you have all been enjoying the lovely hot weather but I am glad that it has now cooled down a bit.  We did have a nice day out last week in Southport, we took our eldest granddaughter Zoe out for the day to celebate her getting a 2:1 degree in Maths from Nottingham University.

Back to today where we have a new challenge starting at Christmas with the Cuties and for this month our challenge is:

Clean and Simple

We have a new sponsor this month:

JUST ME DIGI STAMPS

With a great prize for the winner

I seem to be doing quite a few of these clean and simple cards recently for this one I used a My Favourite Things stamp reindeer and snowflake, coloured with Copics and the sentiment is by Totally Besotted.

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

Have a lovely day!

Merry and Bright

Good Morning Peeps, 

Hope you are all having a good week.

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab’n’Funky where Buffy is our host for the week with her choice of:

Clean and Simple

 I decided to make a slimline card, using a Whimsy gnome and sentiment stamp, coloured with Copics, added a little Cosmic Shimmer glitter and stamped three snowflakes.

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week.

Enjoy your day!

Yellow Wellies

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is well, we have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft where our challenge is to use a Ribbon or a Bow.

Image - Catherine Pooler 

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Honey Bee

Die - Sentimentally Yours

Sentiment - Sheena Douglas stamp

Enjoy your day!

Sliding By

 Good Morning Peeps,

There's a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Clean and Simple

Image & Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps

Colouring Medium - Copics

Diamond Frost Glitter

Have a good day!

Christmas Crackers

 Good Morning Peeps,

Time for another challenge at Fab’n’Funky where our lovely Buffy is the host this week for our challenge of:

CHRISTMAS but NO CARDS

I made some Christmas crackers with paper from my stash using a tonic die and added some silver balls and a snowflake.

Enjoy your day!

A Christmas Carol

 Good Morning Peeps,

A new challenge starting today over on Christmas with the Cuties where this month our challenge is:

Christmas Cuties

We have a great new sponsor this month:

 

Image - Hetty Clare

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Anna Marie Designs

Diamond Frost Glitter, Sentiment

Have a good day!

Life's a Beach

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

All Things Beachy

I have used a digi from Polkadoodles coloured with Copics, papers are free from Making Cards magazine and a sentiment.

Have a good day!

A Mouse Tale

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Your Favourite Christmas Stamp and Why

I have chosen the first House Mouse stamp I bought some 12 years ago, I think it is really cute and I have used this many times.  I have coloured with Copics, added a sentiment by Creative Expressions some tartan paper and three snowflakes cut with an MFT die.

Some lovely creations on the blog by the Design Team and we would love to see more people joining in with our Challenge.

Have a nice day!

For a Child

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week.

Time for a new challenge at Fab’n’Funky where for this week I am the host with my choice of:

For a Child

Image - Polkadoodles 

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers -  My Favourite Things

Stamped balloons, sentiment, peel off #5

Have a good day.

Flying High

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you have all had a good week,  time for a new challenge over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Things in the Sky

I have used a Polkadoodles stamp, coloured with Copics. papers are by Catherine Pooler and I added a stamped sentiment.

Have a good day!

Santa Claus

 Good Morning Peeps,

A beautiful warm, sunny Friday morning so time for a new challenge at My Time To Craft Christmas, for the next two weeks our challenge is:

SANTA CLAUS

My image is from Di’s Digis coloured with Copics, papers are from stash, sentiment is LOTV and I added some Diamond Frost glitter.

Please take a look at the challenge blog to see the great inspiration from the Design Team and maybe get out those Santa stamps and join in with us.

Have a good day!

Flapper Girl

 Good Morning Peeps

I hope you all had a great Bank Holiday weekend, we really enjoyed ours, we saw all the family on separate days and we have a visitor for the week, our eldest son’s cocker spaniel Naiver.

 Back to today where we have a new challenge over on Fab’n’Funky, our lovely Buffy is the host with her challenge of:

“GIRLY”

I decided to use this Kenny K digi coloured her with Copics added some paper by Whimsy used a scallop die by Phill Martin and added a bow, pearls and sentiment.

Have a good day in the sunshine!

Teddy and Flowers

 Good Morning Peeps,

Lovely sunny day here yesterday so we had a drive out into Yorkshire where we did a little shopping, it was just so nice to be out after a rather cold and wet week.

There’s a new challenge today over on My Time to Craft, our challenge for the next two weeks is FLORAL,  not just on the backing papers but in the main image.

Image - Polkadoodles

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Whimsy

Flower Die - MFT

Sentiment, Sakura Glitter Pen

Have a lovely day whatever you have planned.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts Challenge - Happy, Bright & Sunny (28-5-21)

Moving Along with the Times - Bouquet of Flowers (1-6-21)

Little Red Wagon #603 - Say it with Flowers (2-6-21)

Make My Monday #149 - Floral Birthday (7-6-21)

Holly Mouse

 Good Morning Peeps

I do hope everyone has had a good weekend.  It’s been very cold here so it was lucky we could meet inside as it was our granddaughter Emma’s 16th birthday on Saturday and I had my first hug with a granddaughter on her birthday in almost 18 months.  

We have a new challenge for you today at Christmas with the Cuties where this month our challenge is:

Festive Furries and Feathers

We have no sponsor for this month so this will be a Just for Fun challenge.

Image - Digi Doodle Studios

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Favourite Things

Sentiment, Diamond Dust, Holly embellishment

Please take a look art the challenge blog to see the great inspiration by the Design Team and maybe join in with us.

Have a good day and keep warm!

Fairy Lights

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is keeping well and warm, it’s been like winter again here, wet and windy.  

We have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Fairy Lights

Image Whimsy stamps

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition and Catherine Pooler

Sentiment, Diamond Frost, die cut stars

Have a good day!

Wedding

Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you are all having a good week.  As it’s Wednesday we have a new challenge starting over on Fab’n’Funky where this week our challenge is:

Wedding

 Image - LOTV

Lace doily die - Tattered Lace

Flower die - MFT

Sentiment

Have a good day!

Inchies

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

 

Inchies

Images - Lavinia Stamps

Paper - Hunkydory

Sentiment

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

Have a good day!

Skiing Bunnies

 Good Morning Peeps,

It’s a little cloudy here this morning but at least better than yesterday when we woke to a layering of snow on the cars and gardens.

A new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Slimline Christmas

Images - Catherine Pooler

Colouring medium - Copics 

Paper - Stash

Slimline die - Catherine Pooler 

Diamond Frost glitter

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

Enjoy your day!

Sunshine Gnome

Good Morning Peeps,

Time for a new challenge over on Fab’n’Funky where I am the host for this week and I have chosen the theme of:

Sunshine Colours

(Let’s see all your bright sunny colours)

Image - Polkadoodles 

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Sunny Studios and Honey Bee Stamps

Scalloped Die - Sentimentally Yours

Button Hearts Dies - Sentimentally Yours

Ticket Sentiment

Please take a look at the projects created by the Design Team on the challenge blog.

Have a good day.

 

Happy Birthday

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Sentimental

(Your sentiment must be the main focal point)

Happy Birthday Die - Sue Wilson

Scroll die -  Memory Box

Wine glass die - unknown

Paper - My Favourite Things

I cut the sentiment out twice to give it a dropped shadow look.

Do take a look at the challenge blog for some great inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a good day!

Christmas Stocking

Good Morning Peeps,

Start of a new week and I do hope you have all had a good weekend.  

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

Stocking Fillers

(Let’s see Christmas stockings as your main image)

Our sponsor for this month is:

Sherry Baldy

With a great prize for our winner

Image - Sherry Baldy

Colouring medium - Copics

Papers - MFT

Sentiment, Glamour Dust

Have a great day!

 

Baubles

Good Morning Peeps,

Beautiful clear blue sky here this morning and what a lovely week this has been, lots of sunshine and time to sit outside and enjoy it whilst reading. We also ventured out for a drive and some grocery shopping.

Onto our challenge for the next two weeks at My Time to Craft Christmas where our challenge is:

Baubles

The image is a very old Kanban topper from my stash, I added some Nuvo drops to the berries, some glitter and a stamped sentiment then layered onto some holly paper.

Hope to see you playing along with us this week.

Enjoy your day!

 

New Home

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope you are all having a good week with plenty of sunshine.

Our new challenge starts today over on Fab’n’Funky where our host this week is our lovely Buffy with her choice of:

New

(new home, job, baby etc.)

Image - JOFY stamp

Colouring medium - Copics

Papers - Whimsy 

Sentiment

Do take a look at the challenge blog for some great inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a good day!

Flower Bunny

 Good Morning Peeps,  

It’s been a beautiful week here, chilly but warmer in the lovely sunshine, I hope it’s been good with you and that you have been having a good week and haven’t spent too much out shopping this week!!!

Back to today where we have a new challenge for you over on My Time to Craft and for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Stationery

(Use paper clips, staples etc)

Image - Polkadoodles

Colouring medium - Copics

Papers -  My Favourite Things, Honey Bee Stamps

Sentiment

Paper clip and staples

Have a good day and enjoy your weekend!

Snow People

 Good Morning Peeps

 

Hope you are all having a good week, I am going for my second jab this morning.

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Snow People

Image - Polkadoodles

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - My Favourite Things

Stasr die - Sentimentally Yours

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps

Have a good day!

Two Little Ducks

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you have all had a good Easter break, we had some lovely time with the family over the past week.  On Tuesday we had a BBQ with our eldest son the weather was lovely and warm, Tuesday this week it was snowing also on Monday and it has been bitterly cold.

We have a new challenge for you today on Fab’n’Funky where our lovely Judith has chose EASTER for our theme.

My card is similar to the one I posted on Friday using papers from Digi Doodle Studio with an image from Whimsy Stamps coloured with Copics.

Hope to see you joining in with us this week with your Easter creations.

Easter Bunny

 Good Morning Peeps,

It’s another beautiful sunny morning here though it’s also very cold after a few days of nice warm weather.  Here's hoping you all have a lovely Easter maybe meeting up with family or friends but staying safe and well.  

We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft where surprisingly our theme for the next two weeks is:

EASTER

Image - LOTV

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Digi Doodle Studio

Letters Die - Magazine Freebie

Flower Die - Sue Wilson

Ric Rac die - MFT

The Design Team have some lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge blog so do please take a look.

Enjoy your Easter weekend!

Winter Wonderland

 Good Morning All,

 

 Over on My Time to Craft Christmas we have a new challenge starting today and for the next two weeks our theme is:

Winter Wonderland

Die - Crafters Companion

Sentiment - Whimsy

Nuvo drops, Stickles

Please visit the website to see the great inspiration from the design team.

Have a good day!

Poppies

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab’n’Funky where our lovely Monika is the host this week with her choice of:

Flowers

Image - Polkadoodles

Colouring Medium - Copics

Ric Rac die - MFT

Papers - Catherine Pooler

Other dies - MFT

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this week.

Enjoy your day!

Dancing Penguin

 Good Morning Peeps,

 

Monday morning and we have our new monthly challenge over on Christmas with the Cuties starting, our challenge for this month is:

Spots and Snowflakes

(but don't forget it must be cute and Christmas!)

 

We have a fabulous new sponsor this month:

 

The Design Team were so lucky to have images provided by our new sponsor and I chose to use Dancing Penguin available here

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - Catherine Pooler and stash

Ric Rac Die - MFT

Snowflakes die - MFT

Sentiment - Whimsy

Glamour Dust

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge this month.

Have a good day!

Merry Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope you are all well and having a good week.  We have a new challenge starting today over on My Time to Craft Christmas where for the next two weeks our challenge is:

Die Cuts Only

For my card I used a Crafters Companion Merry Christmas die and Mini Snowflakes die by My Favourite Things cut out in low shed glitter card and put them onto a piece of snowflake embossed card.

 

Please take a look at the great inspiration by the Design Team on the challenge blog.

Have a good day!

Spots and Stripes

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you are all having a good week, we have three granddaughters back at school this week and they are all happy to be back (let’s hope the feeling lasts!!!!).  Seriously though it’s lovely to see all the children heading off to school.

We have a new challenge today over on Fab’n’Funky where I am the host this week with my chosen theme of:

Spots and Stripes

I made this card for my granddaughter Heidi’s 14th birthday

Image - LOTV

Colouring medium - Copics

Papers - My Favourite Things

Doily, Sentiment, Die-cut hearts

We would love to see you joining in this week.

Enjoy your day!