New Year, New Challenge!

Hello folks, a very Happy New Year to you all, I'm just hoping that this one will be better than last year lol, it wasn't my greatest!!

I've been a bit slap dash with my creating and blogging of late and I'm afraid that will continue for a a couple of weeks more then I hope to settle into normal services and some peace and quiet.

Today I've rushed around to make something for the new challenge at

HECK OF A CHALLENGE

and it is just that with a 

'NEW'

theme to kick start the 'new' year!

It can be new baby, new job, new home or even new stash if you had some for Christmas, if that's the case don't forget to tell us what it was you used,

Here's my card for a new baby

A Teddy Bo image I've been meaning to use for ages and some gorgeous Echo Park papers which I can't resist buying when I know I've more paper than I could ever use in 10 lifetimes!!

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details and some inspiration from my few remaining teammies!! I think there may well be a DT call soon if you'd like to join me!

I'm off on a little holiday on Sunday and I'm not sure if I'll have wifi but I'll be along to visit when I get back if not. Thanks for stopping by

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges.....
Crafts 4 Eternity - Something New
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - New Beginnings
Sweet Stamps - Something New
Simon Says Stamp - Something New

Wedding Bells @ OBAG

Good Morning Guys, hope you all had a fabulous Bank Holiday break yesterday, hopefully I was really busy as this should be one of the busiest weeks of our season. As you have probably gathered this is a scheduled post!!

It's time for a new challenge over at

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

and this time Francesca has chosen the theme of

Weddings

Here is my little offering!

This is a card I was commissioned to make a while back

Another lovely Teddy Bo image from my winnings and Pion Papers that you can't really see very well as I covered them up with cheesecloth!

We have a super sponsor this week

http://prettylittleribbonshop.co.uk/

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details and some fab inspiration from my teammies. Remember to be in with a chance of winning the prize you must use something on your creation that is at least 6 month old an be sure to tell us what it is in your post.

That's all from me today

Catch you all later

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges

April Showers @ OBAG

Morning Guys, is it just me feeling the cold as I'm back from my holiday or has it gone cold again? Roll on summer or at least some warmer weather!!

I'm here today to tell you about a new challenge at

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

and this week my lovely teammie Claire has chosen

April Showers

If it stays this cold the showers will be snow showers!!

Here is what I made (mostly before I went away)

Once again I have used the fabulous papers from Stampin Up (Zoe is in my sidebar) I do really love these papers that's twice I've used them in a month!! Amazing for me!!

The image is a super cute Teddy Bo I won last year and until now had never had time to play with.

Pop over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge, some gorgeous inspiration from my teammies and the fab prize that you can win.

Remember to be in with a chance of winning the prize you must use something on your creation that is at least 6 months old and be sure to tell us what it is in your post.

I have a bit going on at home and I've been a dreadful blogger lately, all I can say is sorry and I will try and visit all my lovely friends out there and I will try and enter some challenges - I haven't linked up for ages!!!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I would like to enter the following challenges
Crafty Creations - Pink + 1
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Cupcake - All At Sea
Crafty Sentiments - 'B' Blue, Bear, Boat, Blooms
Crafty Card Makers - April Showers bring May Flowers
Pile It On - April Showers bring May Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Can't Stop The Rain

Happy Easter @ OBAG

Hello again folks you can tell it's almost time for another Bank Holiday as the weather has got cold!! I've been a bit absent as I've been working for a change, not got back in that routine yet!

Today it's time for a new challenge at

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

Francesca is hosting with the theme

Happy Easter

My card is a real Oldie but goodie as I actually coloured this image in last Easter to use, but when I went to match it to my papers - it didn't! lol Not one to throw anything away I put it to one side and low and behold I just happened to buy papers that were a perfect match during the course of the year lol !!

 I love this cute Teddy Bo image, I can remember the card I made with it last year! This time I decided to roll out the rolled roses again, it's ages since I made any (no doubt you will be seeing them regularly again for a while now as I enter another phase!) I made them with Stampin' Up card and they really hold together nicely. The Swirls are Cheery Lynn and the papers MME that I bought sometime during the last year.

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details plus news on the prize and some fabulous inspiration from the girls. Francesca has given it a fab new makeover and we have a couple of new members to our little DT family.

Remember to use something on your card that is at least 6 months old to be eligible for the prize and don't forget to tell us what it is in your post.

That's all from me, thank you so much for your lovely comments and support and hopefully I will have a bit more time to blog this next week.

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Deep Ocean - Cute & Cuddly
Teddy Bo - Spring
The Paper Shelter - Easter
Stampavie - Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Easter
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
Allsorts - 123
Pink Gem - Easter/Spring
Totally Gorjuss - Something Old
Pile It On - Circles and or Squares
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - Easter/Spring Colours
Love 2 Create - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Easter
Cutie Pies - Easter

Phew that's a lot of challenges for me!!!

Happy Birthday Mum

Good Morning Blogland, I just got back from my Mum's as it was her 83rd birthday yesterday and I took her out to lunch and the bingo! (Some people really know how to live it up!) That was her choice by the way, not mine!

I managed to get a card made for her at the expense of my DT work, I'm now behind but hopefully I'll get something made when I get home from work tonight!

My Mother is having a knitting phase at the minute and churning out the most funky hats you have ever seen (I'll take some pictures and post them for you, I've got them in my surf shop for sale), so I thought this Teddy Bea knitting was the ideal image!

This was one of the images I won at the Teddy Bo challenge, it was a fabulous prize - 10 images! The paper is Fancy Pants and I'm having a serious Stampin' Up phase too, I love this lush ribbon and matching card. I'm thinking of becoming a Stampin' Up seller soon. (if that's what they are called lol)

The fabulous flowers are from my massive WOC stash (talk about addiction!) and the buttons are from my stash too.

I hope you all have a great weekend, with no rain!

Love 'n' Hugs

Laurie xx

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

Teddy Bo - Button Up

Fab 'n' Funky - Buttons & Bows

Deep Ocean - Wonderful Women

Love To Create - Mom/Special Lady

Lollipop Crafts - Mama Mia

Pink Elephant - All About Mom

DYSU - Use A Flower
Simply Create Too - Mother or Feminine

Ready Teddy Go - Bingo (ribbon, buttons, die cuts)

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