Just Cute Bears # 20 Father's Day.

Good morning everyone and I hope you are having a lovely weekend. As I write this on Saturday afternoon we have had a lovely day. Then there was a touch of rain but it seems to be fine again now. A customer on Saturday morning said it would rain later and be even worse on Sunday. I'm hoping he was wrong. I have a holiday on Monday unlike most other people who had the Bank Holiday last week. This is just a local holiday but hey I'm not proud a holiday is a holiday!

But on to our challenge at Just Cute Bears. This week we would like you to make something for Father's Day.

This is the lovely stamp you could win this week from our sponsor Kim at Cuddly Buddly. Isn't this a sweet image and just right for this time of year. I've just heard from Ali that Kim has a sale on just now so her web shop is definitely worth a visit!

As usual I struggled with doing a male card lol! Funny cos I have a husband, son, son-in-law and grandson and I was brought up with 2 brothers. I spent ages looking for this stamp which I KNEW I had but couldn't find. Then I realised that I'd tidied up my LOTV stamps into a folder lol!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

DP :- Prima.

Buttons, string and ribbon from stash.

Nesties.

I'm also meaning to enter a couple of challenges with this card.

Simon Says Stamp :- Male card.

Lili of the Valley :- Sketch.

I hope you can find a minute to tell me what you think of my card. I'm always encouraged by your lovely comments. Self doubt always seems to follow me and your comments always give me a boost. My talented teamies have made some gorgeous cards as usual and they would love to hear what you think too. You can find links to their blogs in my sidebar. And this month we are joined by the very talented Cherie as GDT. Cherie has made a beautiful card and her blog is well worth a visit.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears #10 - Easter.

Hello everyone and I hope you like our challenge this week at Just Cute Bears. I can't believe that we're at week 10 already. This week we have this lovely stamp as a prize from Cuddly Buddly. Now I'm sure you would all like to win this stamp so all you have to do is make an Easter card with a bear as the main image. Easy, isn't it?



This is the card I made for the challenge. I have to admit I was struggling as I didn't think I had such a thing as an Easter themed stamp with a bear. But after a bit of raking among my stamps I found a little packet with 4 bear stamps! Amazing what you can find in the bottom of a drawer. I also found some anonymous DPs which seemed to go together OK. I think they may be DCWV but don't quote me! I coloured the image with Promarkers added some card candy, coloured to match and some little jewels. I was also struggling with the sentiment. The only Happy Easter I have was too big so this is a computer generated one cut out with a nestie and edged with Promarker to match.



I wasn't sure if I liked this card but I think it's growing on me. I was at a crop on Saturday afternoon after work and started it then. I have also been making a hanger with his name on it for Oliver. I'm struggling with what else to put on it. It's easy enough for a girl because you can add little flowers and jewels but what do you put on for a boy?I'll have to think about that lol!

Later on I hope to be able to show you Oliver's Easter card. I won some stamps on the Creative Card Crew challenge recently which were donated by Nikki at Bunny Zoe Crafts. They are 'High Hopes' Tulip Bunny and Bloom and I think the bunny will be perfect for a card for my favourite baby boy lol!

Hope you can join us this week at Just Cute Bears. And do please have a look at my talented teamies blogs and see how they've made their gorgeous cards. And of course if you can leave us a comment we'd love to hear what you think of our "beary" cards.

Looking forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your lovely Easter cards. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx

Lilac Maggie.

Hi girls, I'm a bit late with this card for the Sugar Bowl challenge. I have been later than this though. I don't know why I'm always at the last minute because I've had two weeks to get it done! I decided tonight that I couldn't miss making a card with Judy's lovely sketch. So this is just a quick card. I thought I had left lilac behind but obviously not lol! I nearly decided to use the gorgeous papers I used yesterday and go for pink again but decided to use lilac again. I think Maggie suits lilac! Well that's my excuse.

Image :- Birthday Maggie from Sugar Nellies.

DP :- Cuddly Buddly patchwork papers.

Colouring :- Promarkers plus Sakura glitter gel pen and clear gel pen.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Martha Stewart punch, star punch and pearls from stash.

That's the lot then. Tomorrow I have a day off and I need to get my DT cards done. Next week I am going to have to do better as we are hoping to visit my daughter and family. Really looking forward to that. Since Catriona got her new phone she's discovered that she can email photos free instead of sending them as a multimedia text so all I need to do is get round to printing them lol!!

See you tomorrow,

Kat xx

More Lilac!

Just a quick post to show you a couple of card I made very quickly on Tuesday morning to send to the winners of my blog candy. I still seem to be in lilac mode! And I found some little pieces of some of my favourite patchwork papers from Cuddly Buddly and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards. I inked the Hero Arts stamp with two shades of Memento Ink and edged the cards with the darker shade. A piece of ribbon and some jewels and that's it.

Hope Annelies and Lisa like them. I realised after I had made them that there are a couple of challenge this week for monochrome cards.

Stampin for the weekend :-Monochrome.

Pile it on :- One colour plus neutral.

I should be back soon with another card that I've made for a challenge and also for a WRI competition.

Kat xx

Cute House Mouse!

Good evening girls, I think I'm on a bit of a roll today. Three posts.....and no ironing. Oh dear I need to at least iron my trousers for work tomorrow!

Need to be quick then lol!! I wanted to make a card for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge as I've been doing their blog hop and to have a chance of winning the prize you need to enter the challenge. This week they want 3 different types of embellishments, 2 patterned papers and 1 image. The DT were using House Mouse images so I decided that I would use one of mine too. Isn't Monica with Blankey really sweet. I love House Mouse they are all so cute! I'm still using my Cuddly Buddly papers. the stripey one is from the patchwork collection and the floral one is a freebie that I had almost forgotten I had. I used an MS punch for the scalloped edges and embossed some more of the lilac card in my Cuttlebug. I found this gorgeous flower in my stash. My three embellishments are ribbon, jewels and the flower. The sketch I used is from Mojo Monday and it's a great one, really easy to use.


I think that's all from me. I'm off to iron.....lucky me. Tomorrow I need to get commenting on the Totally Gorjuss challenge entries, so far we have got an encouraging number this week. I should be out tomorrow night but that depends on the weather as the speaker might not fancy coming out in the current weather conditions.

My blog candy is still on offer if anyone fancies a shot. I've found some flowers to add and I'm trying to be brave and have a look at my ribbons lol!

Kat xx

Blue for a Boy!

Good afternoon everyone. I hope the weather is not too bad where you are. Here it is very cold but it has been a beautiful sunny day. Would be even better if the ground was not covered with snow and ice lol!

This week I need to make male cards for my hubbby and son-in-law. I made a very quick one for my son-in-law this afternoon as Ineed to post it tomorrow for Wednesday. At least it would have been quick but when I picked it up to take a photo of it I realised I had stuck the gingham panel - and of course the image and sentiment - in the wrong places. So I had to make it into an easel card. Oh well at least it's finished now, nothing else to do. The doggy, which came from an Inkadinkado clear set of stamps, reminded me of their daft Labrador Missy. The paws are from the same set. I've been dying to use the ticket stamp from Hero Arts so this was the perfect chance. This lovely DP is from the blue patchwork set from Cuddly Buddly. I love these papers, I used the purple set already this weekend and I also have pink! As I am keeping this card nice and plain and simple, I don't think men appreciate bows and flowers and jewels, I finished by adding some card candy coloured with Promarker from Craftwork Cards.


Not much else to say girls except I hope he likes it. I'm feeling quite creative today so maybe I can get something else planned before I need to make tea. Just the two of us tonight as daughter is working till 10pm so we can eat quite early and I can have an evening of crafting! Well apart of having to iron and go online and find a birthday present for my son-in-law!

I think I can enter a few challenges with this card too:-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and I used some lovely new stamps.
Totally Papercrafts :- Lots of spots.
Papertake Weekly :- Checks/gingham.
Allsorts :- Tag, ticket or label.
Cupcake :- Keep it simple.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Kat xx

PS don't forget to enter my candy. I'm going to see what else I can find when I get a few minutes to spare.

Just Cute Bears #4 Jane's Sketch.

Good morning everyone. It's week 4 at Just Cute Bears and this week we have a great sketch from the very talented Jane. I loved working with this sketch, it was really easy to use and you can always add extra bits an pieces if you want to jazz it up. And of course you can turn it round to suit yourself, as long as we can still see the basic sketch.

We are sponsored again this week by Kim at Cuddly Buddly. You really must check out Kim's online shop, I love her own stamps and papers but she also has lots of other goodies.



This is the prize, isn't it gorgeous?

I hope you can join us again this week, I've really enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing your lovely creations. As usual the closing time for this challenge is Saturday 20th February at 6pm (GMT).

For this card I've used the lovely Annie's Heart stamp from Cuddly Buddly and I coloured it with Promarkers. I also edged the flowers, the image and the sentiment with Promarker and added some Spica glitter gel pen to the middle of her bow. The lovely DP is from K&Co, the flowers are from Hero Arts and I finished with some brads and jewels from my stash.

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears #1 One for the Girls.

Here we are then girls our first challenge at Just Cute Bears. And it's a great challenge, this week we would like you to make "One for the Girls." How easy is that? I'm sure lots of you have teddy bear stamps of some kind. It would be really nice if you could manage to join in and support us in our first challenge.

This week we are being sponsored by the very talented Kim MacFarlane of Cuddly Buddly Crafts. I'm sure many of you will know about Cuddly Buddly Crafts. They sell rubber stamps, digi images and papers, and lots and lots of other crafting goodies as well.

Here is what Kim is offering for the lucky winner this week. Wish I could enter, I would love this stamp lol!

Here is the card I made for the challenge. I coloured this lovely Popcorn Bear image with Promarkers. I love Popcorn, he is so sweet. Believe it or not this is the first Popcorn Bear I have ever coloured. I have lots of different bears but I think he looks quite special! In honour of our first challenge I've used some of my favourite MME Laundry Line DP. This paper is so gorgeous, it is thick and glittery and beautiful colours. I have layered it on some lovely blue "Gemstones" pearlescent paper. I did a little faux stitching and finished off with some white Prima flowers edged with pink Promarker and card candy from Craftwork Cards coloured with blue Promarker to match.

You can find links in my sidebar for each of my talented teamies so please pop over to their blogs and see their beautiful work. We would all really appreciate it if you have a minute to tell us what you think of our work and the challenge.

So there it is girls a nice easy challenge to start. I'm sure most people have at least one teddy stamp or digi image. I can't wait to see what you make, I know there are a lot of very talented crafters out there. Almost forgot...all entries to be in by 10pm (GMT) on Saturday 30th January.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

Kat xx