All Creatures Great & Small at the Cutie Pie's...

Hiya...

I'm sharing my card for the inspiration post over at the Cutie Pie Challenge where our theme is....

All Creatures Great & Small

So we would like to see any Animal image, but please remember it has to be CUTE!

I have used Di's coloured version of Ellies Strawberry Cupcake available from Di's Digi Stamps HERE...I know I have just used this image before but it's so adorable and thought it fitted the theme All Creatures Great and Small just perfectly :)

Items used:
Di's Digi Stamps: Ellies Strawberry Cupcake Col
LOTV Sentiment Tags
LOTV Paper pad: Pastel Dreams (discontinued)
MFT Die-namics: Pretty Posies
Open Scalloped Edge
Pierced Rectangle Stax & Rectangle Stax 1
Tonic Studio Square Layering Die Set
Button & Thread from stash 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sweet Stampers Challenge #8 ~ Dies and/or Punches
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #333 ~ Quick & Easy (2nd entry)
Creative Fingers Challenge #132 ~ Anything Goes (2nd entry)

We are lucky to have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge, both offering digi stamps to our winners :)
Huge Thanks to....

and

Do hope you will join us!... pop over to TCPC blog to see all my teamies gorgeous makes for lots of fab inspiration.

Hugs

Di's Digi Designs Challenge ~ Summer Days...

Hello...

It's time for a great new challenge over at Di's Digi Designs Challenge and this fortnights theme is....

Summer Days

When I saw this challenge theme of Summer Days, the first thing that came into my mind was strawberry's, love them :) I have use Di's coloured version of Strawberry Mice available HERE  and the gorgeous strawberry die was a freebie from Simpy Cards & Papercraft issue 163, added flowers with pearls using a memory box die.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges #158 ~ Square Cards only
Crafting from the Heart #163 ~ Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #43 Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #277 ~ Our Furry/Feathered Friends
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #333 ~ Quick and Easy
Little Miss Muffet Stamps #165 ~ Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #132 ~ Anything Goes

 Our Amazing Sponsor this time is THE CUTTING CAFE and prize is 3 items of choice from their shop!  (Winner pays shipping if any).

Do hope you will play along too this fortnight...If you use an image from Di's Digi Stamps  or any CandiBean Stamp you have a chance to win 2 images from Di's Digi Stamps in addition to the sponsor prize :)

Thanks for stopping by

Enjoy your weekend

Hugs

Di's Digi Designs Challenge ~ Birthdays....

Hello...

It's time for a great new challenge over at Di's Digi Designs Challenge and this fortnights theme is....

Birthdays

I have used Di's coloured image of Ellies Strawberry Cupcake...So cute!

Items used:
Di's Digi Stamps: Ellies Strawberry Cupcake coloured
Lil of the Valley paper pad: Country Meadow (now discontinued )
LOTV Set 30~ Vintage Sentiments Occasions
L.D.R.S Creative Basics Fancy Rectangles & Layers & Background Builders 1
Tonic Studio Square Layering Die Set
Pearls from stash


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations #276 ~ Your favourite things
Penny's Paper-Crafty  Challenge #331 ~ Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter #296 ~ Make it digital
Crafting From The Heart #61 ~ Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Creative Fingers Challenge #131 ~ Anything Goes

 Our Amazing Sponsor this time is DiesRUs, who is offering a $10 gift certificate to their shop! (Winner Pays Shipping if Any)

Do hope you will play along too this fortnight...If you use an image from Di's Digi Stamps  or any CandiBean Stamp you have a chance to win 2 images from Di's Digi Stamps in addition to the sponsor prize :)

Thanks for stopping by

Enjoy your weekend

Hugs

Fab'n'Funky DT Card #353 ~ Christmas...

Hello all....hope your week is going well!

It's time for a great new challenge over at Fab'n'Funky 

As it is the last Wednesday in the month it's our usual theme of....

Christmas 

Our fabulous sponsor is...

Bugaboo Stamps

I have used Christmas Bear, so adorable!... coloured with my Promarkers & Flexmarkers. Not sure if this little cutie is now discontinued  as just gone to link up and can't find it, sorry I usually check this before making a DT card. There are loads more adorable bears on site, check them out here and fabulous Christmas/Winter images here

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Christmas with the Cuties #6 ~ Snuggly Bears
Winter Wonderland ~ Hats and/or Scarves
Christmas cards all year round ~ May Precipitation
Sweet Stampin Christmas ~ May Anything Christmas
Crafting from the Heart #161 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Catz #372 ~ Anything Goes with optional twist  of make your own flowers
Creative Fingers Challenge #131 ~ Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #58 ~ Anything Goes

Do hope you will play along with us... pop over to Fab'n'Funky to see my teamies gorgeous creations for lots of great inspiration.

Thanks for popping by today xx

Hugs

Garden makeover....

Hello! Happy Bank Holiday weekend :) 

Just wanted to share some photos of our garden makeover, which has kept us busy over the pass few months, now nearly complete :)

We felt it was time to clear out all the over sized shrubs and start garden all over again, with a few changes along the way...So love gardening & seeing beautiful flowers, but sadly it's been deleted over the last few years with my Dad very ill & then passing away.

Anyway here goes..sorry picture heavy! 

Before...June 16

Aug 16..Conifer hedge at bottom of garden coming out.  Over grown shrubs,  perennials & bird bath lost in there . also after this removed old dead tree and more from behind railway fence, did ask permission from British railway first.

March 17 ..4ft fence going up, so much lighter & seems to extend garden...feels so much bigger :) and gained about 4/5 ft for walled garden..Yay! more plants :)

May 17..Nearly complete,! Bench around corner and grass to sort out next..Lot's of new young plants to take care of now and once they are bit more established will look super :)

Changed patio shape with existing slabs from around garden to make more room on left hand side for table & chairs...love the new sleeper edge, again opening up the garden to feel bigger. Used the bricks that was there from wall  to add height to bottom of the garden wall.

Now one big border from top pergola/decking area right down to meet patio area, filled with Roses and perennials :) on trellis, honey suckle, climbing Rose & Clematis. New path/edge, so plants can trail over edge, no more Lady Mantle killing grass edge....lol  Bench still needs to be painted grey.

Pergola/decking now much more open,  with out hedge & fence there. Wall has been extended to go all way across bottom of garden now and great idea of Hubby's to add a bit of left over sleeper to make a sit :)

Hope you likely!

Enjoy your weekend, hopefully the sun will come back out again.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge ~ Tic Tac Toe...

Hello...and Happy Weekend :)

It's time for a great new challenge over at Di's Digi Designs Challenge and this fortnights theme is....

Tic Tac Toe

This little cutie is Gardening Hedgies , Di's coloured version available HERE
I used two of the Tic, Tac, Toe rows... 2 or more patterned papers, Digi Image, Add a Sentiment and Gem's/Pearls, Digi Image, 1 or more Die Cut

Items used:
Di's Digi Stamps: Gardening Hedgies col
LOTV ~ Greetings Postmarks
Basic Grey P[apers: Mint Julep
MFT Die-namics: Flower Border
Flower from Blueprints 3
Pierced Square Stax & Square Stax 1
Tonic Studio Square Layering  Die Set
Pearls from stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations #275  ~ Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #329 ~ Anything Goes
The Crafters Cafe #173 ~ Birthday
Crafting from the Heart #159 ~ Anything Goes (2nd entry)
A Gem of a Challenge #194 ~ Spring Fever (2nd entry)

 Our Amazing Sponsor this time is SVG ATTIC - prize will be a gift voucher to their shop! (Winner Pays Shipping if Any). You will love all the amazing cutting files they have available.

Do hope you will play along too this fortnight...If you use an image from Di's Digi Stamps  or any CandiBean Stamp you have a chance to win 2 images from Di's Digi Stamps in addition to the sponsor prize :)

Thanks for stopping by

Enjoy your weekend

Hugs

Fab'n'Funky DT card #351 ~ Background...

Hello all....hope your week is going well!

It's time for a great new challenge over at Fab'n'Funky and this week our lovely Troppostella ....has chosen a great theme...

Background
( Use a background stamp/create a background )

Our fabulous sponsor is...

Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Who are providing a gift certificate for our winner this week :)

This little cutie is Kiki Bloom, so adorable! coloured as usual with my promarkers/brushmarkers and  got inky creating clouds for my background...more practice needed there..lol

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Little Miss Muffet Challenges #162 ~ Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge #194 ~ Spring Fever
Paper Creator ~ May - Bright & Bold
Sweet Stampers Challenge #7 ~ Dots and/or Stripes
Crafting From The Heart #157 ~ Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft #44 ~ Anything Goes
Little red wagon #394 # You Are My Sunshine!
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #57 ~ Anything Goes  (2nd entry)
Creative Fingers Challenge #130 ~ Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Do hope you will play along with us... pop over to Fab'n'Funky to see my teamies gorgeous creations for lots of great inspiration.

Thanks for popping by today xx

Hugs