Cutie Pie DT Card - Dies and Digis

We have a new challenge for you at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Dies and Digis" and we're sponsored by Little Miss Muffet, who very kindly gave the DT some super cute digis to play with.  I chose to use Larry's Daffodil, colouring the image with my Promarkers.
Also, if you play along, don't forget to make your project as cute as you can!

 I created a background for my springtime scene using coloured paper and a variety of dies.  The grass die is by Craft Emotions, the cloud dies are by Joy, the sentiment and flower dies are by Dovecraft, and the plant pot die is by First Edition.  I added some Flower Soft soil and a little bit of inking to bring the scene to life.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Sweet Stampin' - Anything But Birthday
Aud Sentiments - #175 - Easter or Spring Sentiment
CRAFT - #406 - Easter / Spring
Craft Rocket - #34 - No Patterned Paper
Little Miss Muffet - #158 - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie DT Card - Simply Love

We have a new challenge for you today at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Simply Love", and we're sponsored by Sasayaki Glitter, who very kindly gave the DT some super cute image to play with.  I chose to use Love Mice, colouring them with my Promarkers.

 The papers are from a Lili of the Valley pad called Heartfelt, I inked all the edges with a Memento ink called Love Letters for definition.  I used the same ink to stamp the LOVE sentiment with a Hobby Craft stamp, I then cut it out with a Spellbinders die, glittered the heart with red Stickles, and, once dry, glazed it with Glossy Accents.  The verse was stamped with a Lili of the Valley stamp.
To embellish, I added blobs of Nuvo Drops in red, pearl, pink and clear, along with Star Dust Stickles, gems and die cut and punched hearts to give the effect of tumbling confetti.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - #381 - I Heart You
Come and Get It - Love is in The Air
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #226 - Love is in The Air
Pile It On - #126 - Hearts On Fire
Allsorts - #402 - Hearts and/or Flowers
Crafty Calendar - Love is in The Air
Simply Create Too - #124 - Love
Aud Sentiments - #173 - Valentine / Love + a Sentiment
Craft Rocket - #32 - It's a Love Thing
Through the Purple Haze - #118 - Valentine / Love

Cutie Pie DT Card - Winter Warmers

We're back with a new challenge at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Winter Warmers", and we're sponsored by Crafty Sentiments and Bugaboo.  Both of our sponsors kindly gave the DT some images to play with, I chose to use this sweet bear from Bugaboo, called BUGXMASBEAR, colouring him with my Promarkers and adding Glamour Dust glitter to the fur trim.

 The background was created with a Sue Wilson die, the die cuts into the card leaving a beautiful, filigree snowflake background behind.  I used white pearl card, leaving more space at the bottom of the panel so that I could stamp a sentiment, which I did with a Papermania stamp.
The mittens were made with a Memory Box die, I also embellished the fur trim with Glamour Dust, to match the bear.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Loose Glitter etc - I used Glamour Dust
Sparkles Christmas - #72 - Lots of Glitter
Creative Corner - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas - B is for Something Beginning with B - Bear
Passion for Promarkers - #376 - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - #234 - Winter Critters

Cutie Pie DT Card - A Day in the Snow

It's challenge time once again at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "A Day in the Snow", and we're sponsored by Bunny Zoe's, Bugaboo, and Paper Nest Dolls.  Paper Nest Dolls very kindly gave the DT some images to play with, I chose to use Snow Family, which I coloured with my Promarkers.
Oh, and don't forget to make your entry as cute as you can!

 I went as snowy as I could with my card, using a sheet of Trimcraft paper, from a pack called Santa's Workshop, along with a die cut border, done with my Memory Box Frostyville Border die, using some mint green satin board.  I also added some snowflakes made with a Nellie Snellen punch set, I topped them with crystal gems for some festive sparkle.  The sentiment was stamped with a Papermania stamp, I matted it onto red card to pick out the red in the image.  The final touch was to add some blobs of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Seashell.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Come and Get It - Christmas
Pile It On - #123 - Any Holiday / Celebration
Di's Digis - Traditional Christmas Colours
Brown Sugar - #228 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Here Come the Holidays
Passion for Promarkers - #375 - Dies / Punches
The Paper Nest Dolls - #12 - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie DT Card - No Patterned Paper

It's time for a new challenge at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "No Patterned Paper" and we're sponsored by 2 Cute Ink, who kindly gave the DT some some adorable image to play with.  I chose to use Winter Cardinal, colouring him with Promarkers and highlighting the image with Glamour Dust and Snow Balls from Anna Marie Designs.  I also added a couple of tiny seed beads for the bird's eyes, and a few sequins to bring a bit of extra sparkle to the background.  As usual, the red colouring hasn't photographed well, the shading looks much more three dimensional in reality.

 I decided to go for traditional Christmas colours for this card, using two shades of green card and some bright red card for matting, from The Art of Craft, along with a sentiment from Craftwork Cards, the edges of which I inked with red ink.
I used a lovely Sue Wilson die to create the holly border at the top of the card, to which I added some red gems as berries.
To further embellish, I added some pretty gingham ribbon with a matching double bow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Come and Get It - Ribbon or Twine
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #214 - Anything Goes
Allsorts - #389 - Feature a Creature
Winter Wonderland - Add Ribbon or Lace
CRAFT - #389 - Winter
Crafty Gals Corner - #97 - Use a Sentiment
The Paper Shelter - #272 - Christmas is Coming
Passion for Promarkers - #371 - Cute Animals
Crafty Boots - Things with Wings

Cutie Pie DT Card - Five of a Kind

Oh dear, I'm late with my post, I meant to schedule it yesterday and forgot, oh well, better late than never!
We have a new challenge for you at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Five of a Kind", and we're sponsored by All Dressed Up, who very kindly gave the DT some super cute digis to play with.  I chose to use one of the girls from Three Little Autumn Girls, which I coloured with my Promarkers to make a Christmas card.
Cutie Pie is about to have a companion challenge blog - Christmas With The Cuties, which will start in November.  There are still a few DT places available, check out the blog for details.

 The patterned papers are from Crafter's Companion; a new release for this Christmas, I love the contemporary colour palette of this pad.
To embellish, I added a foiled sentiment from Craftwork Cards, that reads "Christmas Wishes", the foiling never photographs well, satin ribbon with a double bow, iridescent and lilac gems, and my five of a kind element, five die cut snowflakes, made with Sweet Dixie dies.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

The Merry Christmas Challenge - #2 - Add a Sentiment 

Simply Papercraft - #38 - Anything Goes 

Craft Rocket - #25 - Ribbon and/or Lace 

ABC Christmas - T is for Two - Two Patterned Papers 

Creative Moments - #103 - Two Patterned Papers 

All Dressed Up - #61 - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie DT Card - Birthday Party

It's our 5th birthday at Cutie Pie, and to celebrate, our challenge theme this month is "Birthday Party".

We have lots of prizes up for grabs this month as we have FIVE fabulous sponsors - Crafty Ribbons, Di's Digi Downloads, Crafty Sentiments Designs, Robyn's Fetish, and Bugaboo.
I've used a Bugaboo image from my own collection to create my DT card, colouring the digi with my beloved Promarkers.  I added a little Old Paper Distress Ink to the edges of the topper for definition.

The background was embossed with a bunting design using an Embossalicious folder and the topper and frame were cut with Spellbinders Grand dies.  the bunting was made with a Joy die and the birthday cake embellishment was made with dies from my Xcut Birthday Party set.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Sweet Stampin' - Cute and Cuddly
Brown Sugar - #215 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - #36 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - #315 - Birthday
Seize the Birthday - Birthday + Frames
The Paper Shelter - #263 - Embossing
Artistic Inspirations - #163 - Anything Goes
Ooh La La - #213 - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie DT Card - Work, Rest or Play

It's time for a new challenge at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Work, Rest or Play", and we're sponsored by Pink Gem, who very kindly gave the DT an image each of our choice to work with.  I chose to use the very sweet, and playful Angelica with Snowman, colouring the image with Promarkers and highlighting it with Star Dust Stickles.  I used a Spellbinders Curved Rectangle to cut the image out.

 I gave my patterned papers the day off and used plain blue, and white pearl flecked cardstock along with my Memory Box Frostyville Border die to create a background.  A liberal application of more Star Dust Stickles and some blue gems to the border pumps up the sparkle factor, well it is a Christmas card!
To further embellish, I added some layered ribbon with a matching button topped bow, a pair of mittens made with a Memory Box die and a sentiment stamped with a Papermania stamp.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafty Friends - #37 - Favourite Embellishments - Layered ribbon and die cuts
Aud Sentiments - #161 - For a Child + a Sentiment
Crafty Ribbons - #163 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Star Stampz - Add a Sentiment
Inspiration Destination - #97 - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - #357 - My Favourite Things - Layered Ribbon with a matching bow, handmade embellishments, and an image coloured with Promarkers
Artistic Inspirations - #162 - Anything Goes
Ooh La La - #210 - Ribbons and Bows

Cutie Pie DT Card - Polka Dots and Pastels

We're at the halfway point of our "Polka Dots and Pastels" challenge at Cutie Pie, this month we're sponsored by Little Blue Button, who very kindly gave the DT some pretty digis to play with.  I chose to use Dream Charlie, colouring her with my Promarkers.

 The paper are mix of Kanban, Cambridge and Lili of the Valley, Shabby Shack, I chose these because they were in pastel colours and had dots on!  I added a doily into the layering for a pretty, girly look.
I used a Spellbinders die to cut the fancy blue circle and Sizzix dies for the flowers and foliage, I added colour to the small flowers with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and added yellow gems to their centres.
The sentiment and banner were stamped with stamps from a Papermania Folk Floral set, and I finished my card with some layered ribbon with a matching bow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Artistic Inspirations - #161 - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - #121 - Anything Goes
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #197 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - #36 - Use Your Dies
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - #113 - Fancy and Use Pink
Crafting With Friends - #25 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - #33 - Anything Goes
As You Like It - Your Trademark Style and Why - My style does vary, I like to experiment, but this is my fail-safe style, image coloured with Promarkers, ribbon with a matching bow and handmade flowers, along with pretty paper, I'm not sure why, I guess it's just my comfort zone!

Cutie Pie Dt Card - Splish, Splash, Splosh

It's time for a new challenge at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Splish, Splash, Splosh", so basically anything water themed, and of course cute; and we're sponsored by Crafty Sentiments and Bunny Zoe's.
I used a cute as can be Lili of the Valley stamp for my DT card, colouring it with Promarkers, adding a background with Spectrum Noir pencils, and some watery highlights with Fran-tage chunky white and glitter embossing powders.  I also added a touch of Glossy accents and Star Dust Stickles to the image.  The sentiment was stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp.

 I decided on a glittery white on white card to create a fresh, sea foam look, in contrast to the pop of colour from the image.  I created a a stamped border for the mat using a See-Ds border stamp with a sort of bubbly effect, and heat embossed with the embossing powders mentioned above.
To embellish my simple card I added some shell trim from Hobby Craft and a few white pearls.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Come and Get It - Weird / Whimsical - I went for whimsical
Pile It On - #110 - Old, New, Blue - Old Stamps, New Shell Trim, Blue Promarkers and Pencils
Crafty Friends - #33 - Based on a Book - The Little Mermaid
Morgan's Art World - #12 - Happy Birthday
Brown Sugar - #202 - Photo Inspiration
Aud Sentiments - #157 - Under the Sea + a Sentiment
CRAFT - #367 - Inspired by a Film - Splash
Addicted to Stamps and More - #197 - Make Your Mark
Crafty Gals Corner - #75 - Pop of Colour
Unicorn Challenge - #10 - Inspired by a Fairytale - The Little Mermaid

Cutie Pie DT Card - Escape to the Country

It's the second Monday of the month so it must be time for a new challenge at Cutie Pie!  This month our theme is "Escape to the Country", meaning we'd like to see your farm or garden projects, and don't forget, they must be CUTE.  We're sponsored this time by 2 Cute Ink, who kindly provided the DT with some super sweet images to play with, I certainly enjoyed colouring my farm mouse with my Promarkers.

 To make my card, I covered a 5x7 card with red pearl cardstock, then added a mat of kraft, inked with Ground Espresso Distress Ink.  The gingham papers and sentiment tag are from Papermania's Country Life range, and were all inked with the same ink as before for a rustic look.
To embellish, I added a brown doily, a white picket fence, made with a Marianne die, and a flower, to match the one the mouse is holding, made with a Woodware punch with Flower Soft in the centre, the leaves were cut with Marianne dies.  The final touch was a trio of brown pearls.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Pile It On - #107 - Garden Creatures
Challenge Up Your Life - #40 - Critters
Crafty Friends - #31 - In The Garden
Aud Sentiments - #154 - Animals + a Sentiment
Crafting For All Seasons - #125 - Add A Banner
Artistic Inspirations - #156 - Use a Die Cut
Crafting From The Heart - #111 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - #311 - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - #163 - Pearls or Gems

Cute Pie DT Card - Woodland Friends

It's challenge time again at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Cute Woodland Friends", and we're sponsored by Pink Gem, who very kindly gave the DT an image each to play with.  I'm a huge fan of Pink Gem digis, I'm on their DT, so I was delighted to use Cupcake Bluebell, one of Janet's cute bunny images on my card, colouring her with Promarkers, then adding micro beads and glitter for the sprinkles on the cupcake.

 The papers are from a bargain 12x12 pad that I bought in The Works, it's their own brand and surprisingly good quality, the paper is a really heavy weight.  I added some nice buttery cream pearl card from Anna Marie Designs for matting.
I used a Spellbinders Floral Ovals die to cut out the frame for the topper, the ombre paper is from the same Works paper pad mentioned before, the bunny was fussy cut and added to the topper with foam pads to create a bit of height.  The dies used to make the the roses and foliage are from an Xcut set that I don't use nearly enough, I always seem to overlook it in favour of more dimensional flowers.
To further embellish, I added some layered ribbon, a matching button topped bow, a sentiment stamped with a Lili of the Valley stamp, and some pink and lemon gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Addicted to Stamps - #124 - Pastel Colours
Through the Purple Haze - #99 - Layers
Seize the Birthday - Birthday
Robyn's Fetish - #311 - Add a Sentiment
Cupcake Inspirations - #355 - Patterns - I used the same patterned paper but in two sizes of print

Cutie Pie DT Card - So Fairy Cute

It's challenge time again at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "So Fairy Cute" and we're sponsored by All Dressed Up, who gave the DT a couple of super cute image to play with.  I coloured mine with my usual Promarkers and added a touch if fairy sparkle with some Star Dust Stickles.

 I made the shaped card from a 7x7 blank, cut with a Spellbinders Grand die, which I then covered with pale pink cardstock.  The pretty paper is Papermania Bellissima, the frame and butterflies were fussy cut from a sheet from a sheet of paper from the same pack and highlighted with Star Dust Stickles.  I used a Papermania stamp to stamp the sentiment inside the frame, using grey ink for a soft look.  I used a Papermania glitter letter stickers to add the "MUM" sentiment to my Mother's Day card, and finished off with some paper flowers, made with Spellbinders Rose Creations dies and a Nellie Snellen punch for the stamens.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafty Calendar - Mum's Day / Special Female
My Time to Craft - #317 - Flowers
QKR Stampede - #182 - Add Some Sparkle
In The Pink - #89 - For a Special Lady
Through the Purple Haze - #97 - Add Some Warm Colours
All Dressed Up - #50 - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - #121 - Add Some Sparkle
The Paper Shelter - #239 - Away With The Fairies
Crafty Gals Corner - #62 - All About the Girls
The Crazy Challenge - #218 - Flowers