Going Dotty @ Moving Along With The Times

Mornings all! 

Thursdays always bring a thrill around here! 

As it is brings a new challenge at ....

Moving Along With The Times

I also have some news to share with you today :(
It has been a really busy last few months for me,
and I have an even busier new year planned with
returning to work full-time, so after much thought, tossing and turning,
 I have decided to step down from the team :(

I love the cabbage patch of nutters over there so I will still be playing along with them whenever I get the opportunity too!  They are a fantastic bunch of girls to work with and I thank them and Hazel for inviting me onto the team!  I have had a blast and made some great friends that I will never forget and hope to visit and drop in on often!

Talking about Dream Teams to work with! 
Moving Along With The Times  
is also holding a DT call! 
You can check out all the dets HERE!
Go on ... check it out!  You will not find a better patch of folks to work with! 
I'm seriously tempted right now to delete my post and take back my resignation! Cause these girls ARE that nice!  

 You are also here for a challenge!
So ... This week Claire is challenging the team to ...
Let's go Dotty!
 We wanna see spots / dots!

This is an easy challenge!  So I am sure you are all up for it and will play along! 

Now ... I warn you, with my card this week ... 
You may need a paper bag as you are likely to hyperventilate! 
I have gone ... 
Clean and Simple this week!   
 

 Yeah baby!  That is ONE layer! 
OMG!  I struggle to breath now just looking at this! :)

 See! I can shock you all every-now and then lol 
 And hey!  After all!  It is nice to go out with a BANG! 
 
I do love Clean and Simple, specially when everyone else does C&S.  I myself just can not do C&S!  I always end up adding on more and more and more!  But I do love this card and it was a really nice challenge for myself that I think I am going to have to really challenge myself like this more often! 

The gorgeous image and sentiment is Snow Mom from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps, I have colored her with Spectrum Noirs (another thing I am challenging myself with in this card) and I do love how she colored up!  For her snow pom pom I have used clear stickles and for the fluff on her hat and coat some white 3d fabric paint.   For some dotty-ness I printed out with the image the dotted border and have also added some snowflakes with liquid pearls. 

 Stitchy Bears Digital Stamps 
are also sponsoring our challenge this week! 
And there is a fabulous prize up for grabs! 

   
 And the Moving Along With The Times girls
 have gone a little spotty too this week 
so be sure to pop on over and see the girls!  
They would love if you called past! 

 
With a heavy heart I bid you all a farewell! :( 

And thank you greatly and muchly for calling past to see me today :)

Recipe -

Paper(s) -  Copic X-Press Blending card
Stamps - Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps - Snow Mom
Coloring Medium - Spectrum Noir pens - Crafters Companion

Embellishment(s) -  Stash - Liquid Pearls

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Can You Digi It - Clean & Simple Tues
Incy Wincy - Square Cards Mon 
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi Mon # after name
Totally Gorjuss - Plain & Simple Sat
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GDT with {Cupcake Inspirations}

Woo Hoo! It's Sunday!

I have been busting for today to come all week!
Why ? You ask?

Well this lucky chicky is very fortunate to be a Guest Designer
crafting along with the totally talented girls from ....
{Cupcake Inspirations}

*Happy Dance* is inserted here!

I also could not of wished for a more lush-a-licious inspiration pic to play along with either!  Just have a look at this!

Wowzers! Isn't that the prettiest picture!
All those spotty textures and the swirls on the leaves and those way to cute little lady bugs just jumped right out at me when I saw this!
Maybe that is why I craftingly went like this ...

That gorgeous pink ladybug DP and way to cute image is from this weeks sponsor,

 Amber Ink!

Thank you ever so muchly for letting me have a play with these!

I had way too much fun!

For playing along with {Cupcake Inspirations} this week, she has ever so kindly donated to one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate to her store!  Thank you!

 The sentiment is home made on my computer and I added the white brads to follow the textured spots in the pic - they were originally a tacky purple from my stash that I changed with some heat embossing. The ribbon I had to have to carry through the spots and the swirls on the leaves, well... I just could not resist.  I even threw in a ladybug embellishment that I picked up the other day from a bargain bin (didn't think I would be using them this soon! Woo Hoo! ) and I could not help but add the faux stitching and all the doodling as doodling is what ladybugs do!

I hope you will all find something that catches your eye and inspires you to play along with {Cupcake Inspirations} this week. If you need a little more inspiration, pop by the {Cupcake Inspirations} blog and I am sure the work from the DT will more than get those creative juices flowing!

Thank you for dropping in on me,
And thank you to the girls at {Cupcake Inspirations} for having me!

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Delicious Doodles - Things that flutter (1/3) 
Fairy Knoll - Sparkle - I have gems and the ladybug image is glittered
Just Some Lines - Spotty Dotty (-)
Simple Create - Things with wings  (-)
C.R.A.F.T. - Stitching (1/5)
Digi Doodles Shop's Best - Stitching (-)
Crafts And Me - Bling (-)
My Mum's Craft Shop - Spots  (1/3)
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Things With Wings (-)
Creative Card Crew - Ribbon and bards (-)
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Circle and A Happy Easter with TCP

Before I get to this weeks challenge with The Crafty Pad

I would like to wish all my followers and my blogger friends ... 

A Happy and Safe Easter

I would also love it if you could come along and play with use this week!

This week the crafty girls have been going round in 

CIRCLES!

We would love to see circles! be it one or two or more!

I got up to making a 6 pack chocolate treat pack with matching card for my brother 

using the adorable Bunny 3 digi stamp from The Crafty Pad Designs.

This week The Crafty Pad has an awesome prize up for grabs too!

Our sponsor is the wonderful Letraset who have kindly donated a prize!

A quick recap on the rules for you all.

You have till Saturday evening 8pm GMT to get your entries in 

& you can enter as many times as you like.

You do not have to use a TCP image to enter, but we love to see them if you have them.

And your card or creation must be in theme to this weeks challenge of 

CIRCLES!

Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

4 Crafty Chicks - #34 Easter

Aud Sentiments - #26 Anything goes (6/-)
Crafty Sentiments - Easter (1/1)
PaperPlay Challenges - #16 Easter (1/2)
Rainbow Lady's - #149 Sweet treats for Easter (1/2)
Shelly's Images - Show us what you got (2/-)
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter (3/3)

Digital Tuesday - #107 Pretty punches

Going Grey With Scrap Creations - Digital Image (1/2)

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Easter @ The Crafty Pad

Wow it is only 1 more week till Easter all ready!

It only feels like yesterday that we were celebrating Christmas

and I was busy making cards & gifts to send out.

Where does the time go?

This week at The Crafty Pad
we are challenging you to EASTER!

We want to see those bunnies hopping, chicks hatching, eggs 

breaking open and what is Easter without some CHOC???

Let your creativity flow and why not get started on some of 

those Easter gifts & treats if you are way behind on!.

Wondering what I got up too?

I made an adorable acetate gift box & matching card for hubby.

Don't you just love Gum Balls! 

I could not resist buying these a few weeks back when I saw 

them in Woolworths & instantly thought of this creation!

All those gum balls with the bubble DP just looks so yummy!

lol I hope it gets mailed before I get to tempted to have a sample try myself :$

This week I had a fun play with The Crafty Pad Bunny image 

and my copics.  She's a cutie of a bunny with that 

adorable huge bow and you can purchase it HERE.

Need another reason to come & play with us this week?

Well ... 

How about this fantasic prize of a £10 Gift voucher

from Joanna Sheen.

Remember you do not need to use a Crafty Pad image 

to play along with us or to be in the draw to win the random 

prize, so why not join us this week?  We would love to see your 

creations and of course we would love to see a 

Crafty Pad image if you have one.

Be seeing you soon I hope ;)

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
 AiFactory - #76 Party Animal (1/1)

Aud Sentiments - #26 Anything Goes (3/-)
C.R.A.F.T. - #98 Easter (1/?)
Dutch Dare - #108 Fancy fold (1/2)
Moving Along With The Times - #94 Chocolate (3/3)
 Crafts and Me - #30 Ribbon (3/-)
Little Red Wagon - Easter (1/-)
Penny' Paper-Crafty - #51 Easter (1/-)
Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter (2/2w) (1/3)

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Got The Blues with Gingerloft Challenges

Wow! Time is going by so quick that I almost forgot today is a new fortnightly challenge at 

Gingerloft Challenges!

Where does the time go?

This week ... We have...

GOT THE BLUES!

Again this week I have used Gingerlofts- Freebie Butterfly Flight - What can I say, I am in love with this verse and it's FREE!!! You can have it too by clicking HERE!

And this is where I went with feeling BLUE!

 

The papers are from my stash of favorites at the moment and I have lots of lace too as I have been raiding my sewing stash that is overflowing!  The 3 flowers on the sentiment with the blue pearl centers are cut from a ribbon lace and I have added a small white scallop lace around the sentiment, and the blue flower boarder along the bottom is also a lace trim as well!   The blue butterfly I rescued from the packaging from some blue raffia I brought ages ago and I have 'blinged' it up with some clear and black jewels and given it a blue pearl following tail.  I have also given the card a soft distressed look by lightly distressing all the layers edges.  Yummy yummy lace and pearls!

On the inside I have added a tea bag pocket and again used the blue flower lace with pearl centers and softly distressed the layers.  I have left the message side blank at the moment as I am not sure if I am sending this to my step mother in law or if I should send it to my other grandma for Mothers' Day.   Oh decisions decisions lol

So ... have I given you the blues too???

I sure do hope so!

We really would love you to play along with us at

Gingerloft Challenges.

You have two weeks to have your entries in,

And you may enter as many times as you like. 

You are not required to use a Gingerloft image to play, 

though we do love to see them and the site has many 

FREEBIES including THIS ONE!

 

Challenges I am entering with gracious help from the girls from Feline Playful.

Card Ideas - Spotty Dotty  (#1/-)

One Stop Crafts - #125 Spots and Dots (#1/-)

Secret Crafter - #128 Butterflies (#1/-)

Catch The Bug - April Anything goes (1/3)

Digi's With Attitude - #20 Anything goes (#1/-)

Frosted Designs - Use Bling (#1/-)

Prairie Fairy Fridays - #49 Spring (#1/-)

Simply Create - #40 Do it yourself (#1/-)

Stamp Something - April Digi Day - Use something digital (#1/-)

Wags 'n' Whiskers - #51 Ribbons & Pearls (#1/-)

Dutch Dare - #106 Distressing (1/2)

Paper Romance - # 44 Bling (#1/-)

Pixie Dust - #68 Fluttering Wings (#1/-)

Shelly's Images - Getting punchy (#1/-)

Cooking It Up With Kate - #55 Sparkle, Shine & Shimmer (#1/-)

Gingersnap Creations - Pick a fav past challenge - GC 12 Journeys 2nd June 2009

Paper Pretties -  PWC #147 Bring on the bling (#1/-)

Scrapbook Sisters - #29 Mothers Day or Special lady (#1/-)

Top Tip Tuesday - #27 Nature Inspired (#1/3)

Tuesday Throwdown - #42 Floral (#1/-)
My Grafico - April Anything goes (#1)
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It's Mother Day! @ The Crafty Pad

Yahoo! It's another week gone and time for a new Challenge with .... 

The Crafty Pad! 

This week the girls have all done an amazing job to inspire you all to play along with us. 

And this week .... we wanna see ...

Mothers Day!

This can be in a gift, card, tag or whatever you can think of that relates to Mothers Day!

Here is my interpretation on this weeks challenge - 

I made an adorable tea light holder box with a tag insert for my mum.

 

 

 Today I have also used a digital image from The Crafty Pad  colored with the usual watercolor pencils and it is called Gift For Mum and you can purchase it from HERE.  And again I have been playing with the Basic Grey Papers (So in love with them!) and I really love this ribbon, it is one of my favs!

So ... Wanna know what you could win if you play along with us this week?

3 Digital Images of your choice from Crafty Sentiments!

This site has some stunning images so worth having a peak at!

 Lucky for you the DT can not enter or I would be crafting aplenty this week to be in the draw :P

A quick recap on the rules for you all ... 

You have till Saturday 8pm GMT to get your entries in and you can play along as many times as you like so long as it fits with the challenge theme! 

And don't forget to check back at The Crafty Pad this Wednesday - I heard there is going to be a tutorial on handmade flowers.

(hint hint *just like the ones I use on my cards*)

 

Challenges I am entering with huge thanks to the girls at Feline Playful for making it all so easy!

 A Gem Of A Challenge - #17 Anything but Square

 Allsorts Challenge - #96 For a special lady

Basic Grey - Something Recycled - the tea-light candles are recycled from a glass gift set I received that Miss Chloe broke :(

Craft Your Days Away - #16 For Mum or a special lady

Crafty Emma - CES Challenge - #29 Die Cut Crazy 

Easy Craft Projects - #34 For mum 

Wee Memories - #49 Anything Goes

Card Makin Mamas - #17 Animals

Crafts 4 Eternity - R#12 Add something Hidden to your creation (1 of 3)

Frosted Designs - Reuse or re-purpose things around the house - The tea light candles

Fairy Tale - #11 Pink & Green

Phindy's Place - #49 All about animals

Simply Create - #40 Do it yourself

Art Impressions Stamps - #9 Water coloring (*)

Digi Doodle Shops Best - #52 Ribbon & bows

Dutch Dare - #105 Celebrations & a HOP

Sassy Studio - #65 Bloomin' Beautiful

Craft and Me - #27 Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed - #4o 2 or more embellishments
Scrapbook Sisters - #28 Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Mothers Day/Girlie
Bearly Mine - #6 Mothers Day (1 of 1)
Karen Doodles - #55 More than 1 fold
Papertake Weekly - It's a mom thing
Tuesday Throwdown - #41 Anything but a card***EDIT*** Made TOP 3!
My Grafico - March Anything goes

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