Bee Mine @ MAWTT

Well I'm here with my DT post and to be honest I didn't think I was going to make this challenge! Never has a challenge given me as much trouble as this one (except for my next LCI card) I was already to throw in the towel and call it a day forever!.
Then I was visiting our GDT Leesa the other day she had made a mini card (check it out HERE) and I knew that was the answer to my problem! So off I zoomed to the Mistress of The Mini Makes, Mary J for a little more inspiration and I was saved!! Hallelujah!!

Without further ado its time for another challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and my dear friend Debs is the hostess and she wants us to 

HAVE A HEART

So lets see some love in your creations

My very first mini card and I can assure you it will not be my last! 

I love Mini cards now! It even has an inside

This was so quick to make (if you don't count the 2 hours I was looking for the yellow spotty paper!) The little bee was kindly given to us to use by this weeks sponsor

 http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

and the flowers are a MFT die with yellow brads in the centres.

Head over to the main MAWTT blog to check out all the details of this weeks challenge, last weeks winners, what you can win this week and some fabulous inspiration from my gorgeous Teammies.

Thanks for stopping by today

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

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

Truly Scrumptious - Love & Hearts

Fab 'n' Funky - Use A Digi Image

Crafts & Me - Brighten Up Your Day

Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics

My Mums Craft Shop - Fab 'n' Funky

Crafty Sentiments - Punches & Dies (2nd entry)

Sweet Stamps - Shaped Cards

Crafty Catz - Things With Wings

Sweet Stampin' - Animals

Delightful Challenge - Punches & Dies

Paper Play - Get In Shape

Now I'm a Real Diva! & Candy Winners

Yeahh I'm officially a real Diva now lol my family have been calling me one for years but today I get to post my very first card for the

DIVA'S BY DESIGN

The gorgeous Rebekah has taken me on her team and I'm sooooo pleased to be here amongst such talented teammies!

Team C are kicking off the weekly challenges and even though it's not my teams week I couldn't resist playing along. To get you all into the party mood Rebekah has thrown caution to the wind and given you all the fabulous favourite theme of

ANYTHING GOES!

 

We were lucky enough to given some fabulous images to play with 

from one of this weeks 2 sponsors!

And

I've used Lil Little Lolita Willow  from Tickled Pink Stamps, coloured with copics, some gorgeous Maja Designs paper and the Prima blooms are a mix of some that have been in my stash since the beginning of time and a gift from my Secret Santa! The pearl brads and sticky gems are also from my stash.

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this weeks challenge, what you can win and some gorgeous inspiration 

from the Diva's!

Now it's time to reveal the winners of my Blogaversary Candies

Before I do I just want to say once again, a great big thank you to everyone who has helped me, inspired me, visited me and left me a comment over this last year - you are all really special!

These are chosen at random to each candy
It's a bit of an international event lol

The Valentines Candy is going all the way to New Zealand to
http://chrissyscardland.blogspot.com/

The Pink and Girly Candy to
http://cheryl-cherylscreativeatcscards.blogspot.com/

The Favourite Papers to
http://dropletsinarustybucket.blogspot.com/

and the last but not least

The Alphabet Candy to (I think Norway?)
http://creaastrid.blogspot.com/

Congratulation to you all ladies, a couple of you I know a little,
if you email me HERE with Candy Winner in the subject bar
with your postal addresses I will get that sent out to ASAP

I hope those that joined recently will stay around for a while, I'll try my hardest to keep it interesting!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter my card above into the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - Punches & Dies
Creative Craft - Bingo (Gems, Brads & Flowers)
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes (2nd Entry)
Craft Your Days Away - Distressing
Stamptacular Sunday - Diamonds or Pearls
Tickled Pink Stamps - Bright & Cheerful

Candy Reminder

 THIS IS A STICKY AND WILL STAY UNTIL MY CANDY CLOSES

Just a quick reminder to all my followers you have 7 days left to enter my 

4 BLOGAVERSARY CANDIES

To enter click HERE and follow the usual rules

Laurie xx

Feel The Love @ Ladybugs

Good morning to all my lovely blog friends out there, I hope all is well in your corner of the world. Can you believe it's the last day of January already?! Oh my I hope the rest of the year slows down a bit!!

It's not just any Tuesday today it's Totally Ladybug Tuesday and that means time for a new challenge at

LADYBUGS CRAFT INK

and I have some news to share with you all too! Exciting things are going on (trust me there's never a dull moment on that DT!) and next challenge we have a NEW RELEASE and a BLOG HOP to celebrate! More on that later first lets get on to this weeks challenge and the very sweet and lovely Julie has chosen

HE LOVES ME - HE LOVES ME NOT

so Love and Valentine inspired makes please

This is Guilty Jack available HERE and he is my favourite LCI character (along with Magnum and Nikki of course!) Today is your last chance to buy LCI stamps at half price so make sure you get your orders in before midnight tonight.
The papers I've used are MME and I've kept my embellies to a minimum with some rolled roses, tiny tag and a die cut swirl. Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge and some GORGEOUS inspiration from the Ladybugs!
Now for all the latest news!
Well to start with our 3 gorgeous GDT, Diane, Sally and Catherine are all staying FOREVER! Kerry took away their L plates and gave them their own set of wings, it's great to have them officially on board.
Kerry has been super busy (her little ladybug wings are all worn out) and next challenge we have a super new release and that means a fantastic blog hop with cracking prizes!

So keep yourself tuned into LCI over the next coupe of weeks for sneak peeks!

That's all from me today, thank you for visiting, I'll be back tomorrow with my first DT card for the Diva's and the results of my Candies

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges;
Wags 'n' Whiskers - Valentine/Love
Simply Create Too - Love Is In The Air (2nd entry)
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Favourite Things (Rolled Roses)
Incy Wincy - Flower Frenzy
The Crazy Challenge - Flowers

Button Moon

Happy Sunday everyone, the sun is shining but the sky is grey here if that makes sense! Thought I'd sneak a little card in that has been coloured up for a while and last night I gave up on 2 DT cards I've been struggling with and made this instead!

I've been wanting to play at Lili's Little Fairies but not found the time until now

Yes as usual I've had this LOTV image since its release day last year and this is its first outing! The stars are a Memory Box die. And as its significant a little peak at the inside

Now he is 'Gorgeous' literally as that's his name! He was a freebie from Pollycraft.

I'm overwhelmed that my followers has just gone over 300! 

I hope that not everyone is only here for the candy and will stick around for a while, I love having you over!

Well that's about it from me today,

enjoy the rest of your weekend

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie

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

Lili's Little Fairies - Oh Boy (Masculine Cards)

Phindy's Place - Just Kidding (Kids Card)

Blooming Marvellous @ MAWTT

A very good morning to all my blog friends out there, I hope today finds you all well and happy! I want to shout from the rooftops -

I ACTUALLY FEEL BETTER! YEAH at last!

And I had a fabulous day yesterday I got 2 top 3 spots in one day, Creative Inspirations and My Mums Craft Shop it really made my day it did! lol

Thursday can only mean one thing....

It's time for another challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week my bestest blogging buddy Lisa is the hostess with the mostest and she has given us a fabulous theme

'Bloomin Marvellous'

 I saw this design in a magazine (I'm sorry I don't know which one because I ripped the page out to keep) and I had to have a go myself. The image is a fabulicious Stampin' Bella I think this one is called Babycarriageabella. The shapes were all cut with nesties (some of them grand) the flowers are a mix of Prima and punched, lots of brads and ribbon from my stash and little alphabet stickers.

I'm quite happy with this - blooming in every sense with that image!

We have yet another fabulous new sponsor this year and for this challenge we welcome - the fantastic

Bunny Zoe's who are offering this prize to the winner

Nikki has some fantastic new stock just arrived in store, follow this link

to check it out - you won't be disappointed!

 http://bunnyzoescrafts.com/index.php?main_page=products_new

Make sure you check out the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge, the amazing inspiration from the DT and to see if you were amongst the lucky winners last week. And this week our DT has the 3 winners of the GD spots joining us, I hope you can find time to visit them to show them some MAWTT love!

Thank you all for your visits and comments

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

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

The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration

Creative Card Crew - Seeing Red

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Welcome

My Mums Craft Shop - Flowers

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (2nd Entry)

Phindy's Place - Shaped Cards

Little Darlings - Polka Dots

Lil' Dude

Well it's not such a good morning in my part of the world today folks! It's really grey and miserable but I suppose we have more to be grateful for than a lot!

I'm here to sneak in a quick card between DT's. Since I've had this flu thingy my mojo has gone missing and try as I might I just can't make a DT card! So I thought I'd try something different and I've had little Lewis all stamped out waiting to be coloured.

I love Prairie Fairy images and Gillian made an appearance here a week or so ago, this is 'Lewis At The Beach' how cute is that little face? and I hate 'crocs' with a vengeance but his are just adorable! The papers I've had forever! Brown chipboard letters for 'Dude' and a die cut wave is about it on this one.

I can share some news today as it's finally been announced on the blog, I've been bursting to tell - I have been chosen to join the fabulous 

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

They are going weekly and the fantabulous Rebekah was looking to expand their DT, my official start date is Feb 8th but I couldn't wait that long and will I will be joining in from next week. At last I will be a real Diva! my family have been telling me that for years!

Thank you to everyone who drops by and reads my drivel and to everyone who leaves a comment - it never ceases to amaze me how excited you can get by that! Hello to all my followers, old and new.

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie

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

Prairie Fairy Friday - California Dreaming

Creative Craft - Blue

Totally Stampalicious - For The Men

Stamps R U - Just Kidding

Addicted To Stamps - Summer in Winter
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Stampavie And More - Blue & White