Just Cute Bears & Friends#38 Sketch.

Good morning girls and time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. First of all I should tell you that we have changed the format (and the name) and we are now Just Cute Bears and Friends. This means that as well as bears we are happy to see any cute animals on your cards and projects.

Thanks to everyone who joined us this last fortnight for our baby card challenge. I enjoyed seeing all your lovely baby cards. This week we have a lovely sketch to follow from our talented teamie Helen.

This is my take on Helen's sketch.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- Dovecraft and Craftwork Cards.

Stickles, Martha Steward punch & ribbon.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Since I've use the lovely James bear from LOTV I'm going to enter their challenge this week which is Winter Fun. Other challenges I'm entering are :-
Teddy Stampers :- Anything Goes.
Charmed Cards and Crafts :- A Christmas card.

Another Christmas card but I think I still have a long way to go lol! So if you want to take the chance to make a Christmas card too, or any other card of course, using Helen's great sketch why don't you join us. Remember you can now use any cute animal as well as bears and you have two weeks to enter.

Looking forward to seeing your take on our sketch this week. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thanks for looking and if you like to leave me a comment I'll come and visit you too.

Just Cute Bears # 37 Baby Card with Gingham.

Good morning everyone and this week at Just Cute Bears we have a new challenge for you. Thanks to everyone who joined our last challenge and you can find out who the winner is over at the challenge blog if you have not been there already. This week we would like you to make a baby card and the added option is gingham, either DP or ribbon.

Here is my card and as you can see I've chosen to use gingham DP. It's always handy to have a spare baby card so why don't you join us this week. It makes a change from Christmas cards which is what I've been doing recently.

I've used :-

Image :- Forever Friends.

DP :- Craft Creations.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Flowers :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Sentiment :- Craftwrok Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Leaf punch, ribbon.

I'm going to enter some challenges with this card :-

Pollycraft :- Anything Goes.

Crafty Creations :- Sketch plus use ribbon or lace.

That's it then girls I hope you'll join us this time. You have two weeks to enter. I enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing your cards with all the bling and swirls and I'm looking forward to seeing your baby cards.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend. After a week of full time work I'm looking forward to working fewer hours this week. At the end of the week we have 2 days of babysitting so I'm really looking forward to that.


Just Cute Bears#36 Swirls and Bling.

Good morning everyone and I hope you're having a nice weekend in spite of the weather! At least the weather here hasn't been very nice here in the Aberdeenshire. After 2 horrendous days I was very surprised to come home from a crop yesterday afternoon and find two of our neighbours combining barley. It must have been pretty wet so the drying costs will be horrendous. I suppose they must be getting desperate now. I know what it's like as we used to have a farm until my husband eventually saw sense  and sold the farm six years ago. He works just as hard now but at least it's not for the bank!!

But enough waffling. This week at Just Cute Bears we would like to see swirls and bling as well as a bear on your creations. We are sponsored by Paula at Pollycraft this week so I'm sure the winner will have a treat in store.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week. I enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing how you interpreted our "Punch it" challenge. I'm hoping many of you will join us again this week. I'm still firmly in Christmas card mode and I thought the theme of swirls and bling was perfect for another Christmas card. So here it is.

I used :-

Image :- Forever Friends.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Swirl and snowflake :- Sizzix.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon, gems, button, string and Stickles.



I followed the sketch over at Friday Sketchers so I'll be entering this card in their challenge. I'd also like to enter the challenge at Charisma Cardz where the challenge is Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking and hope you like. If you have time to leave a comment I'd be really pleased. Please pop over to Just Cute Bears if you haven't already done so and see what my talented teamies have made this week. I'm sure they'd be pleased if you left them a comment too.

Oops I forgot to say that our challenge is moving to fortnightly so you have until 9th of  October to enter and our next challenge will be on the 10th of October.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Just Cute Bears #35 Punch It.

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge from Just Cute Bears. This week our theme is "Punch It", we'd like you to use a punch or punches on your card or layout. This week we are sponsored by Wild Rose Studio who are giving 2 stamps to the lucky winner.

Here's my card and I hope you like it. You can also find more inspiration over at Just Cute Bears where you can see what my talented teamies have made this week.

I used :-

Image :- Wild Rose Studio.

DP :- Cosmo Cricket.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Edges inked with Distress Ink in Antique Linen.

Punched snowflakes, Stickles, Ribbon, jewels.

I'd like to enter the following challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and I've had the DP in my stash since last year.

ABC :- D for Distressing.

Secret Crafter :- Anything Goes.
Sir Stampalot :- All distressed.
Crafty Creations :- Music and/or dance. Does this music paper qualify?

Hope you like it. Please feel free to leave me a comment if you have a minute to spare. My teamies would also love to hear what you think of their work too. They've all worked really hard and made gorgeous cards to inspire you this week.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Just Cute Bears#34 Photo Inspiration.

Good morning girls. This week at Just Cute Bears our challenge is "Photo Inspiration," and this is the photo. Very kindly chosen by Cathy's daughter Beth. Thanks Beth it's a lovely photo.

I've been inspired by the beautiful colour of the peacock's body and the "eyes" on it's feathers.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- MME.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Ribbon and stickles.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our "Dotty" challenge. I enjoyed seeing your interpretations of our challenge. I hope you can join us this week and I'm looking forward to visiting you and seeing how you interpret our challenge. Perhaps you'll be inspired by the main colour as I was or maybe you'll decide to go dotty again. Whatever you decide I hope you'll pop over to the challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT have come up with. You won't be disappointed.

I've followed the sketch at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge so I'll be entering my card over there. And I think it might be dotty enough for the challenge at Totally Papercrafts :- Let's go Dotty.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Just Cute Bears #33 Let's go Dotty.

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I am! Yesterday my friend and I went to an event day at Simply Create at Alford. Not our nearest craft shop but only an hour's drive away so close enough as it's a fabby shop. Jacqui was trying to raise money for Save the Children and had a "sales table" for them. Kath was doing make and takes and had some lovely "scraplings" for us to make. So now I feel quite inspired lol! To complete my happiness Monday is a local holiday here so I have a day off work. I'm trying not to think that it's the last public holiday before Christmas though. But since I take my holidays in 1, 2 or 3 days at a time I still have some days left to break the monotony of work!!

But on to our challenge over at Just Cute Bears. This week we are "going dotty" so we'd like to see lots of dots and spots on your cards. As you can see I'm still firmly in Christmas mode and I've made another Christmas card.

I used :-

Image and DP :- Forever Friends.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Versacolor ink pad for edges.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Nesties, Martha Stewart corner punch, Stickles and ribbon from stash.

My teamies have made some lovely cards and we'd all love to hear what you think. Thanks to everyone who joined us last week and I hope we can inspire you to "Go dotty" this week.

Oops I nearly forgot I used the lovely sketch over at A Spoon Full of Sugar so I'd like to enter their challenge this week. Passion for Promarkers would like to see a teddy image this week so I think this card fits there too. And thanks to Lols for pointing out that my card would fit the challenge at Papertake Weekly where the challenge is Just the One. I have 1 image, 1 colour and 1 ribbon so I guess my card does qualify.

Enjoy your day.

Just Cute Bears # 32 Embossing.

Good morning everyone and it's time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. This week we'd like to see some embossing on your card. You could do heat embossing or dry embossing, either with embossing folders or a light box. It's up to you, whatever you prefer. I have to admit to loving my embossing folders.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our colour challenge. I love pink and brown together and you seemed to like that colour combo too. There were some beautiful cards.

This week I was in Christmas mode so I thought I'd make a Christmas card for Just Cute Bears too. Don't you just love the new Christmas images from Lili of the Valley?

I used :-

Image :- LOTV diecut.

DP :- Memory Box - Mistletoe.

Card Candy and Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch

Card candy and edges of snowflakes coloured with Promarker.

Swiss dots embossing folder.

Stickles, Sakura glitter gel pen and Ice White Pearl Pen.

I quite like this card so when I was at a crop at my local craft shop yesterday I made another 5. All slightly different. I also coloured in 6 images so at least I'm making a start on my Christmas cards. We had a lovely time at the crop. We've been meeting about every 4 weeks since last September and we always have fun. Everyone took something - sweet, savoury, paper plates sweets and crisps. We had sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls etc; trifle, cake, meringues plus traybakes and tablet. Yummy. I took carrot cake and rocky road. It's a surprise we got any work done with all the eating and chatting.

I'm also entering the following challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :-Sketch and new stash - DP.

Stampin for the Weekend :- Anything goes.

The Secret Crafter :- Make a Start on Christmas.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and if you have a holiday tomorrow hope the weather is fine.

Just Cute Bears #31 Pink & Brown

It's Sunday already girls and normally I would be wondering how it could be Sunday already and I'd have to go to work tomorrow. But this week I'm having Monday and Tuesday off as my daughter and 2 gorgeous grandchildren are coming to stay tomorrow for a few days. My son-in-law has to go away for a few days for work so it'll just be the 3 of them. I'm so looking forward to them coming! I'm also taking the day off next Saturday as we're having a special crop to celebrate the first birthday of the craft shop. We're all going to take along something to eat. I'm taking carrot cake and rocky road traybake. Maybe Poppy will help me with my baking!

But I'm sure you'd rather hear about our challenge at Just Cute Bears! This week we are being sponsored by Wild Rose Studio and we'd like you to use the colours pink and brown on your project. Unfortunately I don't have any of their lovely stamps but I do have some of their gorgeous papers so I've used them.

I used :-

Image :- Die cut from LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Butterflies and bow on image covered with Sakura glitter gel pen.

Corners cut with EK Success punch.

Nesties, pearls and ribbon.

I'd like to enter the Lili of the Valley challenge as I used their sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Ribbon and Sparkles.

Craft Your Days Away :- Things with Wings.

Crafty Creations :- Butterflies.

Creative Card Crew :- Sparkles and Shine.

If you've got time do please tell me what you think of my little card and I'm sure my talented teamies would like to hear from you too.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Just Cute Bears #30 Buttons and Blooms.

Well girls, where does the weekend go. How did it get to Sunday so quickly? Time for another challenge at Just Cute Bears. This week our challenge is very simple.....we'd like to see buttons and blooms on your card or layout.

This week we are sponsored by Lili of the Valley. This gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of their gorgeous bear stamps. Isn't that a sweet image. I just hope I've done it justice lol!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Papermania Rose Garden.

Colouring :- Promarkers andSakura clear glitter gel pen.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Buttons :- MME.

Ribbon from stash and Martha Stewart punch.

I'd like to enter some challenges too :-

Mojo Monday :- Sketch.

One Stitch at a Time :- Use a punch or punches.

Craft Your Days Away :- Favourite things - I love this Martha Stewart edge punch, those lovely pearls and Promarkers.

Just Cute Bears 29 Bear and Me.

Hello everyone, today is a very special day for me. It's my elder daughter's birthday today. I won't say what age she is because that would make me look bad lol!!

It's also time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. This week our theme is "Bear and Me." We'd like to see someone else as well as a bear. We are lucky to be sponsored by Whiff of Joy. and the prize this week is Bruno with Cupcake. Isn't he cute?

And here's my card. I've had this stamp for ages and I've been dying to use it. Usually the bear is the main focus of our challenge so I've never used it for our challenges but I thought it would be perfect for this week's theme.

I used :-

Image :- Beary Big Hugs from Belles 'n Whistles.

DP :- Basic Grey and Craft Creations.

Doily from Joanna Sheen.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Flowers :- EK Success punches.

Colouring:- Promarkers and Distress Ink.

I'm also hoping to enter a few challenges :-

Teddy Stampers :- Use different shapes.

Cute Card Thursday :- Whateva.

Sketch Saturday :- Sketch.

Die Cut Dreams :- Use gingham.

That's it then girls. Thanks to everyone who joined us last week and I enjoyed visiting your blogs and looking at your lovely projects. I hope you can join us again this week, I'm looking forward to popping over to your blogs to see your new cards.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Just Cute Bears #27 "Bear Necessities."

Good morning girls and it's time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. This week our challenge is "Bear Necessities" in other words we would like to see your clean and simple cards.


This week we are sponsored by the lovely Paula from Pollycraft who is offering two prizes this week.

Here are the prizes from her latest Cuthbert and Kiki range. Aren't they lovely? So we'll have two lucky winners this week.

So here's my clean and simple card. Feels funny not to add flowers or buttons or ribbon but clean and simple it is!

I used:-

Image :- Forever Friends.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Cuttlebug embossing folder and die.

When I made this card I didn't know of any challenges it fitted but I've found some now!

Charisma Cardz :- Anything but a square.

Everybody Art :- Blue and white.

Allsorts :- Baby/child.

Creative Inspirations :- Anything goes.

Stampavie and more :- Anything goes.

I think that's all that I can say about this card. It's pretty plain but quite effective I think. I hope you can pop over to see what my talented teamies have made this week, you won't be disappointed.

I'm looking forward to popping over to your blogs during the week to see how you've interpreted our challenge. I always enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Just Cute Bears #26 Christmas in July.

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend wherever you are and whatever the weather has been like! It has been a bit mixed here. Saturday was fine, but.......there were some little showers. Quite a fine evening here as I write on Saturday evening. A bit windy but at least I am indoors not trying to play golf like the guys taking part in the Open golf at St Andrews!!

Thanks to everyone who took part in our last challenge over at Just Cute Bears, as usual there were some gorgeous cards. This week our challenge is "Christmas in July." This should give you a wee start with your Christmas cards, unless of course you have been very good and been making one every week. No I haven't either! I made two at a crop yesterday but they're not for me to keep unfortunately. Anyway here's my card and I hope you like it. My talented teamies have made some gorgeous cards and they'd be delighted if you popped over to their blogs and left them a comment.

I used :-

DP :- Bo Bunny.

Image :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Viva Decor gloss pen for snowflakes, Stickles, jewels and ribbon.

I'm also going to enter a few challenges with this card :-

Lili of the Valley :- Sketch and image.

Cute Card Thursday :- Get a head start - Christmas card.

Passion for Promarkers :- Animals.

Pollycraft :- Bold and bright.

Teddy Stampers :- Whatever you like plus 2 of something (or multiplesof 2) - 2 presents, 4 card candies, 2 DPs.

Magical Crafts :- Christmas in July.

I think that's it then girls. I hope our challenge helps you to start your Christmas cards and I'm looking forward to seeing what you've made. There are so many talented people in blogland and it's a privilege to visit your blogs.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Just Cute Bears #25 Helen's Sketch.

This week at Just Cute Bears we have a lovely sketch from our talented teamie Helen. I love this sketch, thanks Helen.


This week we are sponsored by MELJEN'S DESIGNS and the lucky winner will get 3 lovely bear images. Hope you cand find time to enter!

I was a bit last minute making my card yesterday evening as we had to go out and buy a new dishwasher. I checked out all the usual places.......Argos, Comet, Tesco direct and John Lewis. The idea of going into Aberdeen, where there are lots of road works and delays, was not attractive. So I said to my husband maybe we could phone a local store and see what they had. They had 3 integrated models so we set off for a look. The last one of the one I really wanted had just been sold so I took another one rather than wait. And the best of it was that it was £20 cheaper than exactly the same one in Argos. So much for Argos being cheap! And the best of it was that about 5 minutes after we had paid for it it was in the back of our car. Wonderful what you can get in a Golf lol!

But I'm rambling!! Here is my interpretation of Helen's sketch. This was so easy and quick to put together. And you can dress it up with flowers or jewels or ribbon or bows or all three like me or leave it quite plain for a male card. Either way you can make a great card in no time at all. Hope you like what I've made and if you can find time to leave me a quick comment I'd be really happy.

I used :-

Image :- Forever Friends.

DP :- MME quite contrary (free in a magazine last week.)

Sentiment & card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Flowers, jewels andribbon from stash.

If you can find time to visit my talented teamies and tell them what you think of their cards they will all be really pleased too. As usual I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do with our challenge this week.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend. I know you girls down south have been having really warm weather recently. Too warm for some of you I know. We've not been so lucky up here in north east Scotland. Today in particular has been really miserable and wet and drizzly and rainy and just yucky. Hope it improves again soon because we've had quite a lot of nice warm days!

Just Cute Bears #24 Decoupage.

Hi everyone and over at Just Cute Bears we have another challenge for you. This week we would like to see some decoupage on your card. I have to say that this is something I don't do very often and when I was in the middle of this card I remembered why lol!! I was going to do Popcorn Bear with golf clubs and give it to my uncle who will be 90 next Sunday. He's amazing, he's always liked his golf and the last I heard he was still playing! He is my lovely Dad's little brother and he's a lovely, lovely man. His sister will be 94 in September and she's quite a character. My dear Dad died of a heart attack when he was 74 or he would have been 98.

I think I will still do Popcorn for my Uncle Bill but probably not 3d him. I can't think of anything else I have that would do.

But on to my card for Just Cute Bears. I used this lovely image of bears in their bath from the Gruffies "Beary Good Times" decoupage set from Joanna Sheen. I love the designs but I don't really like putting them together as there are sometimes some very skinny pieces and I was using sticky pads. Have you ever tried to cut one of the teeny weeny pads in half. It's a lot of fun I can assure you! It's also quite difficult to photograph without showing the sticky pads. I should really use glue not sticky pads but it's done now. I'll remember next time!

So here's my card and I hope you like it.

I used :-

Image & sentiment :- Gruffies Beary Good Times decoupage from Joanna Sheen.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Card candy :- Craftwork Cards coloured with Promarker to match.

Stickles for bubble bath.

I've kept this very simple as it's such a big image.

I'd also like to enter some challenges with this card :-

ABC :- X for extra dimension.

Simon Says Stamp :- Check it out - use gingham or checks.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Animal Crackers.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge :- Water, water.

I hope you'll manage to find time to check out Just Cute Bears to see what my talented teamies have made this week. We also have a GDT this month. The very talentedRebecca is joining us every week in July. Please pop over to her blog if you have time, you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for looking and it would be lovely if you have time to tell me what you think and of course I could visit your blog too.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears 23.

Hello everyone is it Sunday already? Why does the weekend seem to go so quickly? Time for another challenge at Just Cute Bears. This week we have an open theme so you can make any kind of card for any occasion just as long as the main image is a bear.

Do you ever find that the card you make is not the one you thought you would make? Or is it just me? I was sure I had some paper with strawberries on it as there are one or two strawberries and cream challenges around. Well I was right and as you can see I found it. Somehow I had visualised a redder card if you see what I mean but this is what I ended up with lol!

I used :-

Image :- Hobby Art bear from a clear set - birthday set.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Card candy and sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Flowers, charm and shimmer dots from stash.

Base card cream pearlescent from local paper mill.

Distress Inks round all edges - scattered straw and worn lipstick.

I'm hoping to enter some challenges with this card :-

Truly Scrumptious :- Sketch and strawberries and cream.

Cupcake :- Strawberries and cream.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge Strawberries and cream.

I think that's all now. I hope you can find time to check out what my talented teamies have made this week and hope they inspire you to look out your teddy stamps and make any card you like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make this week.

I might be back later with some exciting news!

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears #22 Monochrome.

It's week 22 at Just Cute Bears and this week we'd like to see a monochrome card or layout. I sometimes struggle a bit with monochrome so this time I decided to keep it really simple and make a baby card.

I used :-

Image :- Forever Friends.

DP :- Craft Creations.

Colouring :- Distress Inks.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls and ribbon from stash.

Nesties, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

American Crafts precision pen for faux stitching.

I'm also entering some challenges with this card :-

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog :- Monochrome.

Truly Scrumptious :- Sketch plus gingham or checks.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge :- For the boys.

Crafty Creations :- It's a stitch up.

Crafty Cardmakers :- Male card - maybe I'm pushing my luck here!

Hope you can join us this week. And it would be great if you could find time to pop over to my talented teamies blogs to see what they've been making this week. You can find links to their blogs in my sidebar.

Looking forward to seeing all your lovely entries this week.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Kat xx

Here Comes Summer!

Only one day of the weekend left now and I hope you have all had a nice one. I had a lovely time yesterday at a demo at Simply Create at Alford. The one and only Kath was demoing Hero Arts stamps and Distress Inks. I'm full of enthusiasm now and hope I can catch up with DT work and have a play. But I digress!!

This week at Just Cute Bears our challenge is Here comes Summer. Now you might be thinking "what Summer?" Well if it's not too good where you are you might just have to use your imagination!

I think this cute Penny Black bear just says "Summer." Look at him, doesn't he look as if he's enjoying himself? Lying in the sunshine in his hammock with a lovely cold drink lol!

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black - kickin'

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Roses :- Wild Orchid Crafts sprayed with Glimmer Mist.

MS punch.

Jewels, Sakura clear glitter gel pen and clear gel pen, ribbon from stash.

I'm going to enter some challenges with this card :-

Totally Papercrafts :- Animal Magic.

Papertake Weekly :- Sketch plus lemon and lilac.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Floral.

Pollycraft :- Ribbon and Bling.

I hope I've got this right now! That's the trouble with scheduling a post, you're never sure you've done everything properly until it's actually posted.

This is a nice easy challenge so I hope a lot of you want to take part. As usual you're welcome to combine it with as many other challenges as you like.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Kat xx

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 # 19 Thank You.

Good morning everyone and hopefully this is my second scheduled post this weekend. At this moment I should be in Crieff visiting my Daughter and her lovely family.

This week we would like to see "thank you" on your card or layout. I've just made a small, simple card this week as I think that's all you need for this type of card.

I used :-

Image :- Hobby Arts.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Distress Ink and Sakura glitter gel pen.

Flower :- Prima.

Rhinestones :- Hobby House.

Card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon from stash.

Cuttlebug embossing folder :- Goochie script , embossed straight onto front of card.

Nesties.

I think that's it girls. We are sponsored by Kim at Cuddly Buddly. I don't have a photo of the prize stamp at the moment but I'll post it as soon as I can.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I hope you can join us this week, we're always encouraged by how many of you enter our challenge every week. Please pop over to my teamies blogs too and see what lovely cards they have made this week.

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears # Bev's Sketch

Good morning everyone. I hope you are enjoying a lovely weekend. We have had a great week in Aberdeenshire except......it poured yesterday while I was at work! When I came home I had to empty the water out of my basket to put the washing in it. Then I had to re-spin it before I could tumble dry it. But hey bad things happen sometimes and at least we didn't have the thunder and lightning they had west of Aberdeen.

I went to a crop after work today and had this card all organised but....there's always a but isn't there? I'd forgotten to take an edge punch with me. I did get the image coloured and everything ready to stick together. So all I had to do was stick it together and add some pearls, a sentiment and my new ribbon. But could I get it uploaded to the DT blog? No not easily! I'm not sure if it was Mr Smart Alec Blogger or my broadband. When I did get it uploaded I then messed up shifting it from the beginning of the post to the end of the DT pics. I hope I got it sorted eventually without messing up the rest of the post!!

But enough of my fun with uploading. Here is the little cutie you can win this week. Kindly supplied by the ever generous Kim at Cuddly Buddly.


Our very talented GDT Bev has given us a great sketch to follow this week. We don't mind if you turn it round as long as we can see the original sketch that's fine.

I used:-

Image :- LOTV - Deckchair Dreaming.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- MME laundry line.

Colouring :- Promarkers. Chalk for sky (if you can see it!)

Pearls :- the Hobby House.

Nesties, Stampin' Up! punch, ribbon from stash.

Hope you can find time to pop over to Just Cute Bears to check out what my talented teamies have done with Bev's sketch. The other girls have made some beautiful cards this week and we'd all be really pleased if you could leave us a comment to let us know how we're doing.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look at my card and for any kind comments you may leave. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx