Cute & Cuddly @ MAWTT

Good morning my lovely blog friends, I am still around just tied up with work for a couple of weeks and made even busier by the lovely weather! All will return to normal in a week or so and I will be back to visit your gorgeous blogs!

 It's time for a brand new challenge today at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week the uber talented and very gorgeous Debs is in charge and she would like us all to be

CUTE AND CUDDLY!

Thank goodness I got ahead with my DT cards else I'd have to be sitting a couple out now! I made this a few weeks ago and I finally used a Teddy Bo image - something else that has been waiting patiently on my desk! The papers are MME, the flowers WOC and a Doo Hickey die cut border. I love pink and brown so this is now one of my favourite cards!
 
 and a little bit of the inside too

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this weeks challenge and for the details of the prize up for grabs from this weeks sponsor

http://disdigidownloads.blogspot.co.uk/

Don't forget to check out some fabulous inspiration from my lovely teammies while your there, you are in for a treat this week as every card is beyond beautiful!

That's all from me, I'm off to work now

Thank you for visiting me and for the lovely comments

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges

Teddy Bo - Easter

Dream Valley - Easter

Crafty Sentiments - Easter

Pollycraft - Choklit!

Anything Goes - Easter

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Spring with Ribbon

Scrapbook Sisters - Easter

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Easter

Fab 'n' Funky - Easter

Spots & Stripes & the Ladybugs

Good morning all you lovely people I have to start by saying I'm so sorry I've not been around - it's the time of year when work takes over my life again and even more so with the lovely weather. It should all settle down again after Easter though I do hope I can get around to visiting you all before then!

 It's not just any Tuesday today its TLT and that means time for a new challenge at

LADYBUGS CRAFT INK

and this week the very lovely Diane is hosting her first challenge since joining the team and she would like to see

SPOTS and STRIPES

one of my favourite challenges!

as you can see this was made for a special person! As time is very short for a while I've had to combine a few events and this was made for my lovely blogging buddy Sue who has just turned 50!

I love this image from the recently released Floral Delights and the lush ribbon is also from LCI. My paper is Echo Park and the watering can is wooden and I painted it white.

Inside

Please head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge and don't forget to check out if you are amongst the many winners of the last challenge new release event!
While you're there have a peek at the fabulous inspiration from the Ladybugs.

Remember you don't have to use an LCI image to enter - but we love it when you do!

I'm off to the dentist today, thank you for visiting me I will find some time this week to visit you all
Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion - Monochromatic
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Spots & Stripes
Scrappy Frogs - Seeing Spots
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Easter Wishes @ MAWTT

Hello everyone, I'm back with my third post in a row this week and this time its for

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and my bestest blog buddy Lisa is hosting and has given us a very topical theme

EASTER WISHES

 

Well you didn't expect me to make and post 3 cards this week without one of them being a mini card! I'm lovin' the bright colours and the paper is Magnolia. I've used a MS fence punch and the little letters are stickers from my stash.

The super cute image is Holly Ears from 

http://digimyworld.com/shop/ 

who are sponsoring this week, and all the details of the prize can be found on the main challenge blog, along with some more fabulous creations from my super teammies!

Don't forget to check out if you made the top 3 or better still won last weeks challenge while you are there.

That's all from me today, I'm off to the cinema with my friends tonight to see 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' I've heard its really good.

Thanks for stopping by

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop - Lets Get Digital (2nd entry)

Sweet Stamps - Easter (2nd entry)

Anything Goes - Easter

Cupcake - Going Round In Circles

Distressing Times @ Diva's

Hello again, it's my 3 in a row week and I'm back today with a DT project for

DIVA'S BY DESIGN

and I'm super excited about this one as I've been dying to colour up my Saturated Canary images for so long and I finally got the chance!

Team A are on duty today and this week we have had permission to get

DISTRESSED

Not that I need telling, in my everyday life it's a regular occurrence!

So here she is my very first SC image.... Hippielove

oooh those eyes....doncha just love them! 

Coloured with Copics and a touch of brown Prisma Pencil on her hair tips, the papers are Echo Park, the flowers WOC, the die cuts Magnolia and the ribbon is from Ladybugs Craft Ink.

I have to say distressing does not come easy to me, I think I have a touch of OCD as I like everything to be straight and precise lol.

We have a fabulous sponsor this week

http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/catalog/

All the details of this weeks challenge, the prize and some fabulous inspiration from the Diva's can be found on the main challenge page HERE

Thank you for popping by,

 I'll be back tomorrow with my MAWTT DT project

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Use Twine
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Gems, Die Cuts & Flowers)
Bunny Zoe's - Shabby Chic/Vintage
Love To Create - Anything Goes
Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
The Prairie Fairy - Distress It
Cute Card Thursday - Happy Birthday
My Mums Craft Shop - Let's Get Digital
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Lilac Bunnies for Oldie But A Goodie

A very good morning to all my lovely friends out there in blog land, we've just had a very soggy weekend and I hope it's dried up a bit for you, wherever you may be.

It's time for a new challenge at

Oldie But A Goodie

but before I go into the details, I'd like to thank everyone who joined us for the last challenge, the winner and top 3 can be found on the main challenge blog page.

This week our blog leader, the very talented Francesca is hosting, 

and she would like to see some

Easter Wishes

Here is what I came up with

I've used a LOTV image that was stamped and sent to me last year in a RAK from my good friend Lisa, lol I can't believe how long it's taken me to use it! Once again I've used MFT die cut flowers, I love these as much as my mini round cards lately!  The border and swirl are Doo Hickey dies. I dusted off the brads and ribbon from my stash. Image is coloured with Copics and Nesties used for the shapes.

A little peek inside again

Another obsession is decorating the inside, I'm hoping it will help use up the mountain of paper which I can't stop buying!

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge, the prize you can win and some inspiration from my lovely teammies.

Remember the new rules state you can use a digital image but don't forget to tell us what is old that you have used on your card.

I'm away at my Mums for a couple of days, so I apologise if I haven't been around much, what with work and getting ready for the start of our summer season there isn't enough hours in the day!

Thank for visiting

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Anything Goes - Get Ready For Easter

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Spring With Ribbon
Sweet Stamps - Easter
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring Clean (Image & Brads)

Stamping Scrapping Central - Spring Pastels
Dream Valley - Easter
Totally Gorjuss - Spring
Simply Create Too - It's Spring

LCI Daily New Release & Prizes

A very good Friday morning to you, not my usual Ladybug day but nothing is normal this week with a new release daily and fabulous images up for grabs everyday!

Head over to the main LCI Challenge Blog and leave a comment on today's post and you could be the owner of one of the images I've used today!

Those of you that have been following the new release daily will notice that both of these images from the soon to be released TEENAGERS have already been previewed this week, but today its my turn to show you what I have done with them.

First up is TEXTING JESS I really love this little lady - she reminds me of my daughter!

I've used Making Memories papers and ribbon and the flower die is MFT. The sentiment is a rub on that I thought fitted this perfectly!

Inside to compliment the front

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dutch Dare - Dots & Stripes

Papertake Weekly - Girls or Mum

Love To Create - About The Ladies

 Pink Gem - Perfect Pastels

My second image is GRAFFITI JOSH 

I've kept this fairly simple, coloured with Copics, used Kraft, a MS border punch, twine, 2 buttons and another rub on sentiment. Quite a cool dude me thinks!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Shelter - For The Boys

Anything Goes - Boys To Men

The Crazy Challenge - No Designer Papers

Gorjuss - Anything With A Button

Polka Doodles - Lets Hear It For The Boys

So don't forget to pop over to the Challenge blog and leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning one of these fabulous new images.  If you leave a comment every day then you could win a fabulous £15 voucher to spend in the shop.

Also I nearly forgot!! This weeks challenge at the Ladybugs is

ANYTHING GOES

You can enter Here

Thanks for looking and I hope you all have a great weekend

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

Special Ladies @ MAWTT

Good Morning blog land I hope all is well in your corner of the world.

Thursday already !! and time for a new challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week my lovely friend Pam is hostess with the mostest and she has chosen

'Special Ladies'

If you haven't yet made your Mothers Day card, now's a good time or if you have then as long as your card is for a 'Special' Lady we want to see it!

 I can't keep away from these little round cards lol, my excuse is I made an awful lot of square ones first! I've used Floppy Latte Designs Floral Frame from this weeks sponsor

Stitchy Stamps

I thought the frame was screaming "cut me out" but I think it was saying "only an idiot would spend so long cutting me out"

 It took me ages! 

But....I do like it so maybe it was worth the effort lol

The marble paper was a gift from a Teammie and I painted some chipboard letters with my paint dabbers. The little butterflies are a punch.

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this weeks challenge, the prize details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT. The new DT are debuting today so make sure you show them some extra special lurrrve! I'm a little sad as Sandra has decided to step down from the DT for a while, but hopefully she will come back one day soon!

I hope all you ladies out there get totally ruined on Mother's Day - I will be at work as usual!
Thanks for stopping by today, I'll be back tomorrow with my LCI new release reveal!!!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafts & Me - Circles
Creative Inspirations - Something For Mum
My Mums Craft Shop - Mums The Word
Papertake Weekly - For The Girls or Mum
Love To Create - About The Ladies
Dream Valley - Mothers Day
Craft Your Days Away - Mothers Day
Crafty Catz - Mothers Day or Special Lady
Crafts For Eternity - Special Mum
Allsorts - Say It With Flowers

Swingin' The Blues

Hello lovely people I'm back with another little card to share with you today that I made a few weeks ago and didn't get around to posting.

But before I show you I have to tell you the exciting goings on at
LADYBUGS CRAFT INK

  Its a new release but with a fabulous twist!

Kerry has been working her little socks off to come up with two brand new characters and everyday a different member of the DT will be showcasing different images - so thats a new release everyday with prizes up for grabs everyday too!
That's right, the two images released each day will be won one by one lucky commenter EVERY DAY! for 2 weeks!
To keep up with the events check in at the LCI challenge blog each day, there you will find all the details and all the winners!
My turn is a little later in the week so keep checking back, here's a sneaky peak of whats in store from me!

Don't forget to visit LCI for todays release from the head Ladybug herself, Kerry. 

Now for my card. I made this a few weeks ago and never got around to posting it, and as I didn't have a card to post today I thought it was a good opportunity to put this up! Ideally I would have liked to post an LCI card but unfortunately I wasn't organised enough!

The image is of course LOTV and now I've actually used it 3 times! Shock horror it will be worn out at this rate! I've used my lovely favourite rolled roses die and the papers are Stampin' Up,  the ribbon, lace and butterfly were all from my stash. I'm trying to be much better at actually using my stash and not saving things!

Thank you for checking in with me today, I have Lisa (My Makes 'n' Me) and her partner Michael coming for supper tonight and I hope we'll sneak a bit of crafting in!

I've been busy at work this week getting ready for the start of a new summer season but I promise I'll find some time to visit everyone later this week

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies - Ribbon and Lace

Totally Papercrafts - My Favourite Things

Charisma Cardz - Ribbon

C.R.A.F.T. - Inspired By A Song ( S( w) inging The Blues)

Allsorts - Say It With Flowers

Cute As A Button @ MAWTT

A very good morning my lovely blog friends. It's Thursday (already) and that means it's time for a new challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week it's Moi hosting and I would like your creations to be

AS CUTE AS A BUTTON!

So that means I'd like to see a button on your work somewhere please and keep it cute!

I don't think it gets much cuter than this gorgeous little Baby Peapod from this weeks sponsor

http://www.stampfairy.com/

Yes it's another mini round card but I can't help it! The fabby star buttons have been in my stash for years and I'm making this big effort to use stuff that I keep hoarding (I'll regret it when I can't replace it) lol The letters were cut out with a Quickutz die

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge and don't forget to check out the fabby cute  makes from the rest of the DT.
If you would like to join us at MAWTT you still have time to apply to the DT call.

That's all from me today, thank you to everyone who visits

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations - Stripes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - New Life
Sweet Stamps - Monochromatic
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Love To Create - Monochromatic
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft - Button It!

Mum's The Word @ Oldie But Goodie!

Good Morning lovely bloggers, or should I say not so good as the weather has gone mad again here! Surely all this rain should help with the drought they were talking about last week!

It's time for a brand new challenge today at 

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

and it's little old me that's hosting this week!

I decided to be organised (for the first time in my life) and make sure my card was ready for that Special Lady in my life in plenty of time! So this week...

Mum's The Word

I'm thinking Mothers Day but there's no reason you can't use a birthday card for your Mum too.

Now my Mother has a good sense of humour (she had to after having me!) so this Stella from sponsor Bugaboo was an ideal choice, and I added my own sentiment to the inside

Sorry about the grey picture of the inside, even Photoshop couldn't brighten this up yesterday! I'm lovin' these spots and stripes 6x6 pads from Echo Park, regular visitors will be fed up with them I'm sure!
I have to use them at least once a week lol

About 18 months ago I had to make lots of menu's and place cards for a function using red roses and as usual for me I bought far too many and these are left over from then.  

We have a fabulous sponsor

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

They are giving the winner

 I was lucky enough to win a challenge sponsored by Bugaboo the other week and I could have chosen a hundred stamps - they are all so much fun!

Head over to the main challenge blog for some more inspiration from the DT.

Remember the new rules state you can use a digital image but don't forget to tell us what is old that you have used on your card.

Thanks for lookingLove 'n' Hugs
Laurie xx


I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday - Text Me!
Dream Valley - Mothers Day
Pile It On - Spots and Stripes
CES - Flower Frenzy
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Old & New (Old Flowers, New Image)
Craft Your Days Away - Mothers Day
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Crafts For Eternity - Digital Delights
Polka Doodles - Spots and Stripes
C.R.A.F.T. - Mothers Day
Creative Card Crew - Humour

              

Hazel's Sketch @ MAWTT

A very good morning to all my lovely blog friends. Can you believe it's March already! 

I'm back with my 3rd day in a row post! Its DT time again today at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week the big boss lady Hazel is in charge and she has given us this lovely little sketch to work with.

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Now I liked this one as its quite simple and you can have a lot of fun with it adding your own take on all the deets!

I've been dying to use this little piggy 'Pickles' since I first saw him on my friend Jill's blog and I finally got around to him! He is by FairyDoodler at Teddy Bo and available HERE.
Coloured with my beloved Copics, the papers are new from DCWV, and I'm obsessed with these MFT flower dies at the minute!

I'm obsessed with decorating the inside too!

Not that you can tell from these pictures but I assure you the inside and outside ARE the same colours!

I hope you noticed - not a mini round card all week!

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous

http://www.craftyemmasstore.co.uk/

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this weeks prize and some fabulous inspiration from the DT.

Thank you for stopping by and to those that do, for commenting. I love reading them!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Little Darlings - Pearls
Die-ing For A Challenge - Anything Goes