Cutie Pie Challenge – 3’s Company and a Birthday Celebration!

Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday to the Cuties! Happy birthday to us!

Yes the Cuties are 3 years old! I know we don’t look it but its true! So to celebrate our new challenge is all about the 3’s!  So use 3 of anything on your CUTE project!  

For our birthday challenge this fortnight we have 3 sponsors! Check out the blog for details!

One of our sponsors, Just Some Lines

is offering one lucky winner the choice of 4 images from their store!

I have used an image from Just Some Lines, and as Christmas is a-comin’  I chose to use the adorable Christmas Bear – Present Haul an image that just happens to have 3 characters in it! Look closely you'll see the mouse in the bear’s hat blowing a raspberry at the bird! How rude!!!

Ingredients:

Stamps: Christmas Bear – Present Haul , ‘Let it Snow’ sentiment from Personal Impressions

Dies: Joy! Crafts snowflakes – Tonic Nesting Oval

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Centura Pearl - American Crafts

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: X-Cut embossing folder – Silky Crush navy ribbon - crystal button – pearls – gems - chalk dusters (snowballs) – liquid pearls – blue and lilac Stickles

So party on down to the Cutie Pies blog to see all the wonderful projects created by the amazing team.

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

ABC CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE – S for Something Festive

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #32: Anything Goes or No Design Paper

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #52: Anything Goes/Use 3 Layers

WAGS ‘N WHISKERS – Challenge #138: With Our Furry Friends

ARTBYMIRAN – Challenge #15: Anything Goes

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #178: Anything Goes

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY – Oh How Cute

CHRISTMAS SWEET STAMPIN’ – September Challenge: Christmas Critters

CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – September Challenge: Anything Goes and Include a Handmade Bow

FAB N FUNKY – Challenge #230: Christmas

WINTER WONDERLAND - Layer it Up

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Cute and Cuddly!

Good morning, how’s it going? Hope everything is good with you.

So it’s Thursday again and that means we have a new challenge at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Cute and Cuddly!  Sort of self-explanatory really!! J

We are sponsored by

who are offering a terrific prize of a $10 store cert!

I chose to use the ‘so-cute-I-can't-stand-it’ Jubbly Dragon for my make this time.  

Now this was the simplest design to put together! The backing card is from Hunkydory’s ‘Pearl Elegance’ kit and is a complete scene of a castle sat amongst pink hills (?) under a cloudy sky! I have had this card forever and did wonder how I was ever going to use it!  Then along came Jubbly Dragon and the card had purpose!!

So here is my dragon family! I printed off Jubbly Dragon 4 times in decreasing sizes to make a mum, a dad and 2 little ‘uns! I gave dad a bow tie, mum some pearl jewellery and the little girl a flower in her hair! The little boy didn't want any adornment. Cos he’s like totally too old for that stuff alright!!!

Don't look too closely at the perspective!  The kids on the ramparts of the castle would be massively bigger than their parents but work with me here!! Artistic license and all that!!J

Ingredients:

Image: Jubbly Dragon

Sentiment: New Home Circular Sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Inverted Scalloped Circles’

Punches: Tonic small daisy

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Hunkydory Pearl Elegance ‘Castle Scene’

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils

Others: Pearls

So feel all warm and fuzzy and get yourself over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the wonderful inspiration created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop to ooh and awwww over Wendy’s wonderful cute and cuddly images!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

TUESDAY THROWDOWN – Challenge #214: New Home

SCRIBBLE AND SCARP – Challenge #27: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #19: Anything Goes

INKY CHICKS – Challenge #38: Anything Goes

ARTBYMIRAN – Challenge #15: Anything Goes

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY – Oh How Cute

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #52: Anything Goes/Use 3 Layers

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #32: Anything Goes or No Design Paper

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #178: Anything Goes

SPARKLES MONTHLY – Challenge #60: Things with Wings

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards – Dogs & Cats!

Hello, how are things? Good I hope!

So a new challenge starts today over at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards  and our theme this fortnight is Dogs & Cats! So pull out those doggy and kitty images and make us a card!

There is a fab prize on offer for the winner so check out the blog!

In light of the fact that I am a huge animal lover (I am mad enough to have 3 boisterous dogs) it seems odd that I have very few dog or cat images in my vast stamp collection! But there you go!  After extensive searching I had to stretch the theme a bit and use a recent purchase of mine Mara from Mo’s Digital Pencil!  I love, love, love her!

 It is a bit ‘spot the dog’ I know but you have got to love that little mutt, she has such a great expression. To me she’s saying, ‘Is that a cat? I’m sure that’s a cat?  I’m off after that cat in a minute!” My dogs often have that expression!

The quote is one I found on the Internet which is just soooooo true! Although I don’t own any diamonds so it’s going to HAVE to be the dog!! J

Ingredients:

Stamps: Mara

Sentiment: Computer generated

Dies: None (shock horror!!)

Paper/Card: Neenah Desert Storm – others from stash

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir pencils & blending solution

Others:  Gems

Hopeless Hand drawings: Dodgy Doodling and paw prints, which are obviously from a variety of pooches as they are all so different!!! J  J

So pick up that lead and walk Fido over to see what my clever teamies have done for this challenge and play along!

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy your day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE – Challenge #9: Make a Card

SCRIBBLE AND SCARP – Challenge #27: Anything Goes

SWEET STAMPS – Challenge #187: Anything Goes

A SONG IN YOUR ART – Challenge #16: I’ve Got a Dog

KRAFTIN KIMMIE STAMPS – Wonderful Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

PPINKYDOLLS – Challenge #2: Anything Goes

WAGS ‘N WHISKERS – Challenge #138: With Our Furry Friends

ARTBYMIRAN – Challenge #15: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #19: Anything Goes

INKY CHICKS – Challenge #38: Anything Goes

Delightful Challenge Thursday – All Fall Down!

Hello, how are you? Hope you and yours are keeping well!

Thursday has crept up on me again so we have a new challenge at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is All Fall Down!  So we would like to all those gorgeous autumnal colours on your creations please!

We are sponsored by

who are offering a terrific prize!

I chose to use the sweeter than sweet Flower Power Sunflower for my card.    

I actually have a very similar trellis planter to this in my garden, bigger of course, and there isn't a little girl sitting in it but you get the idea!! 

Ingredients:

Image: Flower Power Sunflower

Sentiment: Birthday Sentiment Set

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Fancy Lattice’ – Heartfelt Creations ‘Delicate Asters’ – Tonic ‘Nesting Rectangles’ – Die’sire ‘Icicles’ (grass) – Tattered Lace (various foliage)

Punches: Tonic small daisy – X-Cut tiny flower and tiny butterfly

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Kraft – Kanban ‘wall’ card

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils – ‘Vintage Photo’ DI

Others: Gems – string - Flowersoft

So ‘Fall’ over yourself to get to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the wonderful inspiration created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop for the sweetest digis around!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CUTTLEBUG MANIA – Anything Die-Cut!

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #31: Anything Goes/Make Your Own Flowers

OLDIE BUT GOODIE – Autumn (The Delicate Asters and Lattice dies are over a year old and the flower punches are almost as old as I am!!)

BLOOM GIRLS – September Challenge: Colour Inspiration!

MEMA’S CRAFTS – September Challenge: Fall Theme or Colours

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS – Autumn Colours

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #51: Anything Goes/Fall Colours

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASON – Challenge #86: Colours of Autumn

GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #102: Use a Punch

CORROSIVE – Challenge #208: Autumn/Fall

SCRIBBLE AND SCARP – Challenge #27: Anything Goes

Cutie Pie Challenge – Shades of Autumn!

Hello, how are you keeping?

We have a brand new challenge at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog  today and our theme this fortnight is Shades of Autumn!

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps

and one lucky winner will win this wonderful prize!

Bugaboo very generously allowed the team to choose some images for this challenge and I chose to use Halloween Brat Pumpkin

So I went all spooky (well ish) and created a side stepper Halloween scene! I don’t have a pumpkin die so I made one from 3 oval die-cuts and drew a scary face on it that bears more than a passing resemblance to my boss!!! J I brayered my sky and dripped water on it to give the impression of a starry night but then realised I hadn't masked off my moon!! Doh!! So I cut one out instead and drew some bats on it! Necessity is the mother of invention!! J

I printed her off in grey as the ink kept running when I started to colour! Hate that!!

Ingredients:

Stamps: Halloween Brat Pumpkin

Dies: Tattered Lace ‘Cabin’, ‘Mini Blooms’ (leaves) & ‘Beautiful Blooms (leaves) – Tonic ‘Nesting Ovals’ & ‘Nesting Circles’- Die’sire ‘Icicles’ (grass) – Spellbinders ‘Garden Gate’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – American Crafts

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Big ‘n’ Juicy ‘Foliage’ ink pad to create the sky – peel offs

Hopeless Hand Drawing & Paltry Paper Piecing:  Bats – door - pumpkin

Creep on over to the Cutie Pies blog to see all the wonderful projects created by the amazing team.

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

MY MUM’S CRAFT SHOP – Challenge #21: Dies or Punches

DIVAS BY DESIGN – Anything Goes

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #31: Anything Goes

4 CRAFTY CHICKS – Challenge #21: Fancy Folds

LITTLE MISS MUFFET – Challenge #94: Anything Goes With a Bugaboo Image

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #51: Anything Goes/Fall Colours

CORROSIVE CHALLENGES – Challenge #208: Autumn/Fall

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Simple Times!

Hello, how are you? Hope all is well with you and yours!

Blimey it’s Thursday already so that means we have a new challenge at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Simple Times!  So we would like to see CAS creations please!

We are sponsored by

who are offering a fab prize of a $15 store cert!

I chose to use the fabulous Flower Pot Faces Set for my card.  These flowers have such sweet faces and this is a great value set as it contains three sentiments and three different potted flowers.  

Ingredients:

Image & Sentiment: Flower Pot Faces Set

Dies: Tonic ‘Nesting Ovals

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir pencils – SN BG2 marker to outline

Others: Gems

Hopeless Hand drawings: Dodgy Doodling!!!

So embrace the simple life and stroll over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the wonderful inspiration created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop for all your cuter than cute digi needs!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

OOH-LA-LA CREATIONS – Challenge #164: Clean and Simple

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE – Challenge #9: Make a Card

CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK – September Challenge: Anything Goes

GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #101: Use a Digi

DIVAS BY DESIGN – Anything Goes

CAS-OLOGY – Week 112: Three

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards – Vintage!

Hello, how are things? Me again!

I’m here to let you know that a new challenge starts today over on the Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge Blog and our theme this fortnight is Vintage!

We are sponsored by the incredible 

Who are offering a fabby prize!

Now I don’t really know how to ‘do’ vintage!  But as soon as I saw the gorgeous Lady Hat Bow I had an idea to do a vintage ‘scene’ so I think that counts!

 I decided to make a dressing table and stool using SB Labels 1.  I cut a few of differing sizes and hacked them to bits to make up the various components including the legs! Once I had inked all the edges, added the ‘mirror’ ovals and stuck it together it would only fit onto and 8x8” card blank! The whole thing turned into a bit of a monster!!

Ingredients:

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Labels 1’ & ‘Floral Ovals’ – Tattered Lace ‘Ornate Leaves’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – LOTV ‘Country Lady’ & ‘Timeless Victorian ‘- Kraft

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils

Others: See-D stamps (mirror, brush, scent bottle, gloves, vase and folded scarf) – Martha Stewart paper clay and frame mould - pearls

Paltry Paper Piecing: Dressing table and stool

Look what my clever teamies have done on the blog and play along!

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy your day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

AUD SENTIMENTS – Challenge #114: Any Sentiment Other Than Birthday    

FAN-TASTIC TUESDAY – Challenge #51: Anything Goes

MY MUM’S CRAFT SHOP – Challenge #21: Dies or Punches

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #26: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #18: Anything Goes

MELONHEADZ FRIENDS – 2 or More Dies

CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK – September Challenge: Anything Goes

JUST INSPIRATIONAL – Team B Challenge: Vintage

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE – Challenge #9: Make a Card

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Don’t Be Square!

Hello how is everyone? Well I hope!

Today we have a new challenge that coincides with a brand new release over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Don't Be Square!  So no square cards please!

We are sponsored by

who are offering this terrific prize!

Wendy has created some fabulously spooky (but cutie) designs for the new release all of which can be found here.

I got to play with Hellius on Wheels, a speed crazy ‘daredevil’ who I envisaged jumping through a ring of fire! Not only that but instead of cars I thought he should jump over spiders watched by an appreciative group of pumpkin spectators!!  

Yes...... it was probable unwise to stop taking the tablets!!!! J J

So I treated myself (I am so kind!!) to a Silhouette Portrait!! I know!! J J  Have to say I love it and so surprised how easy it is to use, even for a technophobe like me.  You may be pleased to hear that this COULD (only COULD mind you) be the end of Hopeless Hand drawings! Wipe away that tear right now!!

 Ingredients:

Image: Hellius on Wheels

Sentiment: Wicked Sentiment Set

Dies: Tonic ‘Nesting Circles’ – La-La Land ‘Flag Banner’

Silhouette Cuts: Pumpkin spectators - spiders

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – American Crafts – random oddments from stash

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Acetate - Gems

Rev up and speed over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop for all your ‘too cute to spook’ digi needs!

Thanks so much for looking, always leaving such lovely comments, and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

MELONHEADZ FRIENDS – 2 or More Dies

CORROSIVE – Challenge #207: Let’s Hear It For The Boys

MY MUM’S CRAFT SHOP – Challenge #21: Dies or Punches

CRAFTY CALENDAR – August Challenge: Anything Goes

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #30: Anything Goes

CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK – September Challenge: Anything Goes

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS – Challenge #85: Wheels and/or Cogs

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #26: Always Anything Goes

AUD SENTIMENTS – Challenge #114: Any Sentiment Other Than Birthday    

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES – Shape Up!

Cutie Pie Challenge – 2’s Company!

Hello, how are things?

We have a brand new challenge at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog  today and our theme this fortnight is 2’s Company! So we want to see you use 2 stamps, or an image with 2 characters!

This time we are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments

and one lucky winner will win a fabulous prize!

So to follow the theme this week I made a disco……… as you do! J 

Personally I blame The Bee Gees!! They are my ultimate Mojo Motivator and I listen to them A LOT!!

I used 2 Crafty Sentiments ladies Annabel – Let’s Dance .......

and Spring Breeze .......

which are available in rubber in the store but I got mine from a Creative Crafting World CD-Rom that I have had for ages!

Ingredients:

Dies: Tonic ‘Nesting Circles’

Punches: X-Cut Mini Star

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Paper free with a mag (I think!)

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Disco Queen background from Katy Sue Designs – Holographic card (the nearest I could get to a glitter ball) – handbag rub-ons - acetate

Boogie on over to the Cutie Pies blog to see all the wonderful projects created by the amazing team.

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

BROWN SUGAR – Challenge #109: Anything Goes

CREATIVE FINGERS – Challenge #46: Anything Goes

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #174: Anything Goes

CRAFTERS CAFÉ - Challenge #79: Use Your Punches & Dies

CRAFTY CALENDAR – August Challenge: Anything Goes

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #30: Anything Goes

GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #100: Show Us Some Sass

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #26: Always Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #18: Anything Goes