THINK PINK

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  I'm back today with a post for the start of a new challenge over at the Cutie Pie challenge where the theme is "Think Pink", but also must be cute too.

I have used a cute image kindly supplied by the sponsors, Polkadoodles, and it can be purchased here.  I have coloured with copics and added two strips of paper, the sentiment which is in silver metallic and is from Simon Says Stamp.  

I hope you will be able to join us and there will be a voucher from Polkadoodles for the luck winner.

I would like to enter:

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Creations in Pink - Anything goes in Mainly pink

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Gem of a Craft - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I will be back on Thursday with another DT card.  In the meantime, I hope you have a good week.

Lynne x

LITTLE CHEERLEADER

 Morning Everyone,

It is time for the start of a new challenge over at the Cutie Pies and the theme is Little Cuties (card for a child).

I have coloured up this cute little cheerleader from LOTV with copics.  It was for my niece who is 7 and goes to cheerleading classes.  I have used my large alphabet dies from Stampin Up and cut them with snippets of paper to match the image.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a prize for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles  wk 28 - Anything Goes

Hero Arts Stay Crafty July - Birthdays

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a good day.

Lynne x

CHRISTMAS ANIMALS

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are all keeping well.  It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is Christmas Animals, so all we need is cute, Christmas and animals :).

For my DT card I have used an image from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez, coloured with copics.  I have added a die cut tree from Dee's Distinctively and a scrap of patterned paper cut with a stitched rectangle.  The mat is copper coloured soft sheen card and I have heat embossed the sentiment in copper too.

We are sponsored by:

with a prize for the lucky winner

I hope you will be able to join in this month and make a start on your cards.

I would like to enter this into:

July Rudolph Day's Challenge - Anything Christmas

Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas Characters

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Christmas in July wk 4

I am about to make my first trip to the supermarket today.  We have used click and collect throughout lockdown and I never thought I would say this, but I have actually missed having a browse round as it used to be a job I didn't like doing.  I will have to see how it goes.

Have a good week,

Lynne x

2 OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

Good Morning Everyone,

It looks as though we are going to be having a warm week here in the UK, probably a bit too warm to be doing much, but shouldn't complain about the sunshine!

It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and we would like to see your cute Christmas projects using two or more patterned papers.

I found my stamped image half coloured in a drawer so decided to finish it off.  I had done a bit of masking to get the tree in the background and finished colouring it with copics.  My papers are from a Bo Bunny christmas pad and I've added a memory box star and LOTV sentiment.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us this time and make a start on your Christmas cards.

I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything with a critter
ABC Christmas challenge - M for Movies (A Christmas Carol)
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Christmas
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

I would like to say thank you to Rachelle for becoming my latest follower and I hope you enjoy seeing my makes.

Have a good week all.

Lynne x

ANYTHING GOES AT CHRISTMAS CUTIES

Good Morning All,

I hope you have had a good weekend, really windy here in my part of the UK for the last couple of days, but I think today will be the best day, sunny and warm.

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and it is Anything Cute and Christmas Goes with the optional Ribbons and Bows.

For my DT card I have used the cute Stamping Bella gnome stamp called "One Sip Too Many".  I've coloured him with copics and used a MFT background stamp on the red backing paper, heat embossed in white.  The sentiment is computer generated.

We hope you can join us this month and there will be a prize from the sponsors who are:

I would like to enter:

May Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Designs - Include a Sentiment
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Have a lovely day whatever you may be doing.

Lynne x

RED AND GREEN

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "Red and Green" as well as cute.  The sponsor, My Besties, has kindly provided the DT with images, one of which is on my card below.

I have used this cutie called I Heart Hot Cocoa and coloured her with copics and used a freebie sentiment from Desert Diva.  The poinsettia is made with a Spellbinders die and a Tattered Lace die has been used for the white mat.

I have used snippets for the red and white mats and also for the poinsettia so will be entering this into Pixie's Snippets Playground.

I would also like to enter:

April Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas
Pixie's Snippet Playground - Use snippets
C.R.A.F.T - Christmas
CCC Designs - Add a flower

I hope you will be able to join us this month and get ahead with your Christmas cards.

Thank you for visiting and stay safe and keep well.

Lynne x

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are keeping safe and well in these uncertain times.

It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "White Christmas".

For my card I have used "Snowman and Friends" from our lovely sponsors, Polkadoodles.  I have coloured the image with copics and added snow by way of a stencil and texture paste.  The sentiment has been heat embossed in silver and is from a Creative Expressions sentiment set.

I hope you can join us and make a start on your Christmas cards.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Allsorts -  Anything in the Animal Kingdom
Creative Moments 187 - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Christmas
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Whatever the Weather

The weather seems as though it may improve slightly this week so I am planning on doing some gardening.  I'm just pleased I have a few hobbies to keep me going whilst having to stay at home more.

Thank you for visiting and have a good week.


Lynne x

CWTC DT - ANYTHING GOES/CAS

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for the first challenge of the year over at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is Anything Goes with the option of Clean and Simple.

I have gone for the CAS option and used part of the Christmas Trio Block kindly supplied by the sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps.  I have coloured 2 of the squares with copics and fussy cut them out.  I die cut a piece of hammered card with a stitched rectangle to fit a small A6 card and adhered the two squares to it.  The sentiment is a scrap of ribbon which came as a free sample from a ribbon order so I didn't need to do anything with it apart from attach it with double sided tape.  As I said, a simple card and quite clean for me too.

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge and there's a voucher for the lucky winner from the sponsors:

I would like to enter:

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Add a Sentiment

Dream Valley - Hand coloured image

Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, it is much appreciated.

Have a good week,

Lynne x

CHRISTMAS CUTIES

Good Morning All,

Today is the start of a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "Christmas Cuties" so a very easy one.

I've been very short of crafting time just lately with Christmas preparations so have made a really quick and tiny DT card.  It measures just 4.5 inches and has a pre-coloured image from LOTV when they used to sell them on A4 sheets in different sizes.  I've used one piece of patterned paper in grey, blue and white from The Works and added pale blue mats to the image and the main layer.  Two snowflakes, glittery ribbon and glitter for the snow were added for the added sparkle.

I would like to enter:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Pale blue mats and snowflakes were snippets used
Rudolph Days Extra Challenge
Aud Sentiments - Christmas/Winter + a sentiment
Di's Digi Design - Winter/Holidays
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs December - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I will be back on Thursday.

Lynne x

SHOW US YOUR SANTA HATS

Good Morning Everyone,

A little late with my post for the new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties.  This month we would like you to show us your Santa hats, but it must be cute too.

For my DT card I've used these cute Gerda Steiner kittens from the Carol Kitten clear stamp set, I just love their expressions.  For the background I used 3 Distress Oxides  and a Lawn Fawn Forest border die.  I've coloured the kittens with copics and fussy cut them out.   Glitter has been added to their hats, a memory box star and a Lawn Fawn sentiment embossed in silver finish it off.

We are sponsored by 

with a prize for the lucky winner.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Penny Black & More - Christmas

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday - Christmas

Penny's Paper Crafty 457 - Anything Goes

GSD stamps - Share your Designs November

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Starry Starry Night

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a good week.

Lynne x

PERSONALISE IT

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  It's time for a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "Personalise It" and it must be a cute Christmas project.

For my card I've used a Santa from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with copics, and used paper from an old LOTV pad.  I've used two snippets for the banners and for the red mats. Glitter, has been added and I also made  a little pom pom with fun flock.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I hope you can join us and the sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

October Rudolph Days

Dream Valley - Add a Sentiment

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use snippets

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I do love to read your comments, it is much appreciated.

Lynne x

RIBBONS AND BOWS

Good Morning Everyone,

Time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "Ribbons & Bows" so we would love you to join us with a cute Christmas project following this theme.

For my DT card I have used a LOTV image, coloured the little cuties with copics and cut them out with a Spellbinders die.  The paper is a freebie from a magazine and I've added fun flock to their little bobbles and glitter to the snow. The red spotty ribbon and bow finish it off.

The sponsor for the challenge is Crafty Ribbons with a voucher for the lucky winner.

If you'd like to pop over and the the inspiration from the DT you can do so here.

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - S&T for Sparkle and Texture
Allys Angels - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar #293 - Anything Goes
CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper  - September
Creatalicious #171 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, have a lovely week all and I will be back on Thursday.

Lynne x

Let's Build a Snowman

Good Morning Everyone,

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and this time the theme is "Let's Build a Snowman" so we would love to see your cute snowmen/women.

I have used Candy Cane Snowman kindly provided by the sponsors:

I have coloured him with copics and used LOTV kraft Christmas paper and 2 Joanna Sheen edger dies to finish it off.  Ribbon, stickles for the snow, liquid pearls and a few red and white pearls are the embellishments.

I hope you will be able to join in and hop over to the Challenge here to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

I would like to enter:

August Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers #191 - Anything Goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes/Snowpeople

I hope all those in the UK enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday.  The weather is certainly glorious.  We will be going people watching at a Steampunk Festival held here every year, some of the costumes you see are amazing, and then out for lunch with friends at a tapas bar.

Lynne x

GOING GREEN

Good Morning All,

It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "Going Green".

The lovely sponsor, Polkadoodles, has provided the team with images and this is my card using Rudolph. I have coloured him with copics and framed him with papers from Lili of the Valley.  The sentiment has been heat embossed in silver and is from a Wild Rose Studio set.  I've added glossy accents to his nose, but it's not very clear on photo.

If you'd like to join in the challenge please make it to go along with the theme and, of course, cute and a Christmas project.  There will be a prize for the winner from Polkadoodles.

We are also having a DT call so if you like making Christmas projects and cute images you can pop over here to see the details.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Cute n Crafty - Christmas in July
CCC Digi Creations - Christmas in July
Polkadoodles wk 29 - Anything Goes
Di's Digi challenge - Christmas in July
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas
Crafty Gals Corner  #196 - Christmas in July

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely week.

Lynne x

SPOTS AND DOTS

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  

It is time for a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties and this time we would like to see "Spots and Dots",  as long as it's cute and Christmassy.

There is no sponsor for this challenge so I have chosen to use the cute Penguin Holiday Squares stamp set from Whimsy to use for my card.  There are 3 in the set, but I've only used 2, together with the sentiment which is also from the set.  I have coloured the little cuties with copics, heat embossed the sentiment in silver and added three of my favourite mini snowflakes in silver glitter card.  I've also hand stitched around the edge of the dotty paper for a bit more interest and added silver twine.

I hope you will be able to join in this month as we're half way through the year and we need to make a start on those Christmas cards.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Christmas Kickstart challenge - Glitter, Sparkle and Shine
Allys Angels - Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes
The Sketchy Challenges - Ribbon, Lace or Twine


Thank you for visiting and have a good week,

Lynne x

CWTCUTIES DT - TAG IT

Good Morning All,

I hope you are having a lovely Bank Holiday weekend those of you in the UK.

It is time for a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme this time is Tag It, so there must be a tag somewhere on your cute Christmas project please.

I have used one of my favourite Mama Elephant reindeers from Reindeer Games stamp set, coloured him with copics,  and attached him to a white stitched tag with foam tape.  This card is only 5" square and I have used papers from a small Wild Rose freebie paper pad, which must have come with a magazine. The merry die is from Concorde & 9th from Seven Hills Crafts and I have layered it with gold mirri card and heat  embossed the little Christmas word in gold.  Two pieces of red ribbon and three little pearls finish it off.

I would like to enter:

Rudolph Days May challenge
Pixie's Snippets Playground  #353 - all the gold mirri pieces and the red sentiments were snippets
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers 185 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs -  Feature a Creature

Thank you for visiting and I hope you can join in this month's challenge where the sponsor is Crafty Ribbons with a lovely prize for the winner.

Lynne x

FEATURE A CREATURE

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are all having a lovely Easter weekend in this gorgeous weather we're having at the moment.

It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and this month we would like you to "Feature a Creature " on your projects.

We are sponsored by 

with a great prize for the winner

For my card I have used the cute Christmas Teddy with 2 Ornaments kindly provided by the sponsor. I have coloured him with copics, fussy cut him out and layered onto snippets of paper from a Milton & Co Christmas paper pad.

I hope you can join in with us this month and you can see the lovely inspiration from the rest of the DT here.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Dream Valley - All about Bears
Pixie's Snippets Playground #350 - snippets used were the dp and sentiment
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper April Challenge
ABC Christmas challenge - H for Hang It Up (baubles)
A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty 426 - Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge

Thank you for taking the time to visit and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

CWTCUTIES - WHITE ON WHITE

Good Morning All,

It's time for a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is White on White.

For my card I've used an image from our sponsors, Crafty Sentiments Designs.  I must admit it's quite difficult to have a totally white on white card when you have an image to colour, but I've tried to keep the colours as pale as possible and used light teal and grey copics.  I've added white glitter to the band on his earmuffs and extra snowflakes too. A Creative Expressions sentiment,  Joy Crafts snowflake border and three little pearls finish it off. The sentiment has had sparkle pen added, but as usual you can't see this on the photo.

I hope you can join in and make a start on those christmas cards following the theme of cute christmas and white on white.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

March Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #213 - Anything Goes
Pixies Snippets Playground - Snippets used are the sentiment, snowflake border and bottom layer of white card (it's in 2 pieces)
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I do appreciate it when you leave a comment, thank you.

Lynne x

CWTCUTIES - BEGINNING WITH B

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you had a good weekend and managed to do something you enjoy. I omitted to say thank you to Brenda last time I posted for becoming my latest follower, so thank you and I hope you enjoy seeing my makes.

It's time for our first challenge of the year over at Christmas with the Cuties and for this month we would like to see anything beginning with the letter B.

I've failed a bit in that I've only achieved two B's, Birds on a Branch (although I could say bobbles I suppose), but it was a stamp that I hadn't inked up before and wanted to use it.  It's a Wild Rose Studio stamp coloured with copics and I've added a few little glittery details in the two top corners with some die cut snowflakes and branches.  The papers are from LOTV.  I wasn't too keen on the bottom paper being plain so I've embossed a few clear snowflakes to add a bit of interest.  The sentiment, I think,  is from Digistamp Boutique.

Kraft card was used for the mats and these are the snippets I've used for this card.  I often cut the middles out of my kraft layers as the card gets a bit bulky otherwise, so I end up with quite a few snippets.

Our sponsor this month is:

with a prize for the lucky winner

I hope you can join us this month to get you started with those Christmas cards.  

I would like to enter these challenges:

February Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas

Pixies Snippets Playground - snippets used are the kraft pieces, sentiment, snowflakes and white branch.

Aud Sentiments - Bingo and a Sentiment (embossing, Stamp, Faux Stitching)

Papercraft Challenges - All the Critters

Stamping Sensations - All things Bright and Beautiful

Thank you for visiting and all your lovely comments. I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

CAROLS AND SONGS AT CWT CUTIES

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is Carols and Songs so we would like to see something cute and Christmassy along those lines.

Now I must admit this wasn't my intended card for the challenge, but time has been so short with Christmas preparations, meals out etc., I didn't have time to finish it, but luckily I had this card in my drafts waiting to be used.

When I saw these Gerda Steiner Carol Kittens, I just loved the expressions on their faces so had to buy them from Dies to Die For when they became available.  I've coloured them with copics, fussy cut them out and used a wall embossing folder for the background and a Sizzix street lamp die.  I had a little holly stamp so used that on the wreath and added glossy accents to the bow.  The paper for the pavement is from my scraps folder and the sentiment is embossed onto the wall and comes with the kitten stamp set. I've also added glitter to the kittens' hats.

The sponsor for the challenge this month is:

with a lovely prize for the winner

I would like to enter these challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground  #341 - snippets used are the pavement strip, the street lamp, wreath and little kittens.

Gerda Steiner Share Your Designs - December challenge

Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas Time

Cute Card Thursday - Embossing

Card Mania - Christmas

Southern Girls - Glitter

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Christmas

I hope you will be able to join us for this final challenge of the year. Thank you for visiting and I will be back later in the week,

Lynne x