A stack of books

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our lovely teamie Neva has chosen the theme of:

Add Gems or Pearls

I made a side opening gatefold card, the papers are by MFT and the image is by AALL & Create, coloured with Copics, sentiment by Whimsy Stamps and I added some small gems.

Hope to see you joining in with our challenge.

Have a good 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!

Gardening Mouse

 Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday and our summer break is over so we have a new challenge for you over on Fab'n'Funky where this week is our 600th Challenge and to celebrate this we have a great prize for one lucky winner:

 

 

2 stamp sets with matching dies

1 stamp set and one die

The challenge for the next two weeks is:

Birthday or Anniversary

My card is one I made for my granddaughter Abbie whose birthday was in August.

 

 The image and sentiment are stamps from Pink Ink and I coloured with Copics, the background paper is by Catherine Pooler and I added a picket fence die cut by Spellbinders, flower dies by MFT and a Sue Wilson circle die.

We do hope to see you joining in with our Birthday Celebration Challenge and Good Luck in the prize draw.

Have a great 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!

Lovely in Lilac

 Good Afternoon Peeps,

 

I haven't blogged in a few weeks as I haven't had many DT cards to make so thought I would have a little summer break though I have made a few birthday cards.  

 

So I thought I would get back into the swing of things with this card I made for my DIL's birthday a couple of weeks ago.

I used another of the AALL stamps I bought a couple of months ago, I coloured with Copics used some old papers from my stash and added a sentiment.

 

Have a good day!

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!

Seaside

Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope everyone is well and been enjoying some sunshine (I think that was summer), we had some hot weather for a few days but since the weekend it's been quite cool and rainy.

We have a new challenge starting todayover on Fab'n'Funky,  this will be our last challenge until September while we take our summer break.

Our lovely teamie Pat K has chosen the challenge which is:

SEASIDE

(Boats, Beaches, Bikini's etc)

I used this cute bear on a deck chair from LOTV, coloured with Copics, I used a stencil to make the sun rays, backing paper is by My Favourite Things and added a ticket sentiment.   There is plenty of inspiration from the Design Team on the challenge blog and we hope to see you joining in.

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!

Christmas Polar Bear

 Good Morning Peeps,

I have been busy making a few Christmas cards this week so thought I would share one with you today.

I used a Whimsy Stamp and coloured with Copics, the background paper is from my stash, I added a sentiment, some glitter, small snowflakes and some snow with a white pen.

Enjoy your day!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

MerryLittleChristmasChallenge - #56 Anything Christmas

12 MonthsofChristmas - #111 Anything Christmas Goes 

PeaceonEarthChallenge - #65 Anything Christmas

MovingAlongwiththeTimes - #167 Early Christmas 

GirlzCreativeChristmassChasllenge - #76 Polar Bears

Roses

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you all had a good weekend.  I had a sporty weekend (not partaking just watching), on Saturday watched the Rugby League Final and Sunday French Open Tennis final.  I also had a couple of hours at the garden centre with Lorna and Emma.

I also found time to make a card with one of the new AALL & Create stanps I ordered which came on Friday.

I made a background with some Distress Inks and stamped the image called "This Much is True" and coloured with Copics the background paper is from my stash and I added a sentiment, some ribbon and lace and a bow.

Have a good day!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - #784 Flowers Galore

Beautiful Blossoms - #17 Anything Floral

Incy Wincy Designs - Winter Snow or Summer Flowers 

Papercraft Chasllenges - #106 Flower Power 

 

Circles

 Good Morning Peeps,

It’s Wednesday and we have a new challenge for you over on Fab’n’Funky Challenges where I am the host for the next two weeks with my theme choice of:

CIRCLES

For my card I used an image from Pink Ink and coloured with Copics, I framed it with a scallop circle die by Pretty Pink Posh.  The flower and leaves are cut with a Lisa Horton die, paper is a magazine freebie and I added a sentiment.

Please take a look at the lovely inspiration by the Design Team on the blog and maybe join in with us this fortnight.

Have a good 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!

Birthday Card

Good Morning Peeps,

 

Hope everyone is well and been enjoying some sunshine.

 

We have a new challenge for you today over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Chris has challenged us to:

 

Make it Square

 

I made this card for my daughter's birthday a couple of weeks ago.  The image is by Sizix - 49 and Market which included the stamp and die, I coloured with Copics, the papers are by MFT and Catherine Pooler.  I used a deckle edge square die by Honey Bee to cut the squares out and added a sentiment.

Nice easy challenge for you this fortnight so let's see all your square creations.  There is some great inspiration on the challenge blog for you so please take a look.

 

Have a good day! 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms - #17 Anything Floral

Creations in Pink - #70 AG Mainly in Pink

Allsorts - #781 Anything Goes

Di's Digi Designs - Flower Frenzy

CraftyCatz - Spots or Stripes

Cut it Up Challenge - Send me Flowers

Snowman

Afternoon Peeps,

 

The sun is shining it's a beautiful day so I thought I would treat you to something cooling - a Christmas card!

 

 I used a Penny Black image, coloured with Copics and added spots with a white Sakura pen, circle snowflake die by Phill Martin and bp by Catherine Pooler, sentiment by C.C.Designs.

Have a lovely suny day!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

The Holly & Ivy Challenge - #163 Anything Christmas

 

For a Child

 Good Morning Peeps

 

I do hope everyone enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend and had some sunshine.

 

We have a new challenge starting today on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Chris has given us the challenge of:

 

FOR A CHILD

 

 

I used this cute little elephant digi from Polkadoodles and coloured her with Copics, the backing paper is by Catherine Pooler, I cut the balloons with a free magazine die and stamped the sentiment with a very old stamp set with no brand name on attached a foam number 5 which I coloured with Copivs and drew some strings from the balloons.

I hope we might see you joining in our challenge at Fab'n'Funky which lasts for the next 2 weeks.

Have a good day!

 

 

Just for You

Good Morning Peeps,

 

I have a card today for the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge, I was in their Top Picks and asked to be a Guest Designer for this week. The challenge for this week is:

RECYCLING/ANYTHING GOES

Sponsors for this week are:

All Dressed Up 

with a prize of 2 digis for the winner

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS

(Star of Month Sponsor)

I was given this beautiful image from Sheepski Designs to use on my card, I coloured with Copics, papers are by My Favourite Things and LOTV and for recycling I used a sentiment cut from an old birthday card and the small bow from another card.

Please take a look at the beautiful inspiration by the Design Team on the challenge blog and maybe get recycling and join in with the challenge.

Have a good day!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Craft Crew - #567 - Floral ((1-5)

Cupcake Challenge - #592 Flowers (27-04)

Dream Valley Challenges - #314 Make it Female (27-04)

Sweet Stampin - EarthDay/Recycled (27-04)

A Bunch of Flowers

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope everyone is having a good week. 

We have a new challenge today on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our challenge host is our lovely Neva with her choice of:

EMBOSSING (wet or dry)

I used this lovely cute image from LOTV and coloured her with Copics, I cut the image out with a Lisa Horton deckle edge circle die.  The background is an Altenew embossing folder and the sentiment is by LOTV.

Please take a look at the challenge blog to see some wonderful inspiration by the Design Team.

Enjoy your day!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

DigiChoosday - Wk 16 Anything Goes (13-05)

PammiesInkyPinkies - Anything Goes PIP 2416 (29-04)

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!

Pink and Blue Christmas

 Good Afternoon,

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.  Very dismal, grey and rainy here so I thought I would make a card, I looked through my images and found this one from Mo's Digital which I haven't coloured in a while.

I coloured her with Copics, rhe papers I used are from Crafters Companion and my stash, sentiment is a stamp from C.C. Designs and I added some glitter and some snowflakes.

 

Have a good weekend!

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Challenge - #160 Anything Christmas Goes (16-4)

Krafty Chicks Challenge - #711 Christmas (17-04)

MyTime toCraftChristmas - #84 Non-trad Christmas Colours (26-04)

ChristmasCraftCreations -Non-trad Colours April (14-05)

Birthday Balloons

 Good Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone is OK and not been blown away by the latest storm.  It's been very wet here for the past week and we have been looking after our youngest son's two dogs while they are away in Florida so it's been muddy paws every day.  

 

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our challenge is brought to you by our lovely Pat K with her choice of:

ADD A SENTIMENT

I made this card for my granddaughter Heidi's 17th birthday a few weeks ago:

 

The image is by Sheepski Designs and I coloured with Copics, the backing paper is from my stash and I added a silver metal corner, die cut flower and a sentiment.

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week and do take a look at the great inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a good day!

Sleepy Mouse

 Good Morning Peeps,

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks our lovely Chris has challenged us with:

FANTASY

For my card I used this cute little mouse with wings by Pink Ink, I coloured with Copics with some dots of Sakura white jelly roll pen, papers are by Catherine Pooler and from my stash, sentiment is a whimsy stamp and I added a couple of die cut circles.

There are some beautiful samples for your inspiration over on the challenge blog made by the Design Team.

Hope to see you joining in with your lovely fantasy projects.

Have a good day!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Challenge - Anything Goes

DigiChooseday Challenge #12 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams March - Circles

 

 

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!

 

 

Spring

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope you are all having a good week,  today sees the start of a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where our host for the next two weeks is our lovely teamie Buffy with her choice of:

SPRING

For my card I used this beautiful image of daffodils by Jan Mayhew which I coloured with Copics, the background paper is by My Mind's Eye asnd I asdded some ribbon and a sentiment.

 

Hope you can find the time to join in with our challenge and show us your lovely Spring projects.

 

Have a good day!

 

 

Favourite Colours

Good Morning Peeps,

 

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab &  Funky where our lovely Neva is host with her choice of:

Use Your Favourite Colours

 

I decided to use Pink and Grey as my favourite colours.  

The image is by Polkadoodles coloured with Copics, the papers are from my stash and I added a die cut flower and a sentiment.

Please have a look at the challenge blog to see some great inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a good day!

Challenge Entered:

DigiChooseday - Anything Goes Wk 8 (11-3)

Paper Shelter - Pink and/or Pearls #585 (5-3)

 

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)

 

 

Happy Birthday

 Good Morning Peeps,

It’s Wednesday so time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where for the next two weeks I am the host with my choice of one of my favourites:

PAPER PIECING

I used this beautiful digi from Sheepski, coloured with Copics and paper pieced her dress with some very old Hot Off the Press paper from my stash and added a couple of gems on her belt, the background paper is by Catherine Pooler, the flowers are cut with a Lisa Horton die with some Nuvo Drops in the centre and I added a Happy Birthday sentiment.

We have some lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge blog and would love to see your Paper Piecing creations in our entries.

Have a good day!

Be My Valentine

 Good Morning Peeps

I hope you are all having a good weekend.   I have done  a little crafting and decided to make a Valentine card, I don't usually make Valentine cards but I just wanted to use this cute LOTV digi that I have only used once before quite a few years ago and it's such a sweet image.

 

Image LOTV coloured with Copics, papers are by Catherine Pooler and I added a sentiment and some die cut hearts.

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

CR.A.F.T Challenge - #708 Love/Valentine

 Allsorts Challenge - #767 Hearts

Sweet Stampin - Valentines

CraftyCatz - Valentines

 Paper Shelter -#582 Hearts

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Fun Snowman

 Good Afternoon Peeps

Hope you have all had a good weekend, today is grey, drizzle and miserable here so I thought I would put a card on that I made this weekend.

I used a fun snowman and sentiment by Whimsy, coloured with Copics, paper by Crafter's Companion and I added some die cut snowflakes and gems.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges:

Bingo Challenge - Column I - gemstones, stamped image, square)

Bastel-Traum - Snowman - Abt challenge 128 (15-03-24)

C.R.A.F.T.Challenge - Winter

 

Have a good day!

 

 

New Beginnings

 Good Morning Peeps,

I do hope everyone is keeping well and warm.

We have a new challenge starting today over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Sue is the host with her choice of theme of:

New Beginnings

(New home, job, baby etc.)

For my card I have made a New Home card.

I used a JOFY stamp coloured with Copics, the sentiment stamp was a magazine freebie and the paper from my stash.

We would love to see you joining in with our challenge this week and there is plenty of inspiration from the Design Team on the blog.

Have a good day!

Fairy Mouse

 Good Morning and a Happy 2024

I've not been around since before Christmas, been a bit under the weather and this cold spell hasn't helped, my arthritis has been bad in my knees and I have been having to use crutches to get about, so as it was quiet I decided to have a break from blogging and a good rest.

I am back today as we have our first challenge of 2024 over on Fab'n'Funky where our lovely Chris is hosting with her challenge of:

 

Stamp It

(please include some stamping on your project - 'real' stamping or digital)

 

My card is one I have made for my friend's granddaughter who will be four next week.  (sorry about the quality of the photo, the papers are very pale and the light hasn't been very good for taking photo's)

 

 The image is a Pink Ink stamp, coloured with Copics and I added a little glitter to her wings.  Papers are from my stash, sentiment is a Whimsy stamp, flower is a Lisa Horton die and I added a number 4.

Have a good day!