Good Morning!

Are you ready for a color challenge? Over at Doodle Dragon Studios that's what we have for you today, to create something with one of Dustin's images using the colors Red, Yellow and Orange. For my card I used one of Dustin's new images from his Blogiversary set which you can find HERE! I chose this image for my son, his 2nd grade year is almost over and it has literally zoomed by so fast that this was the most perfect image to use. He has done such an incredible job with his grades, been on the honor roll the entire year and so far has perfect attendance! So I wanted to congratulate him on having a great year! 

I colored Dudley in copics, sponged the sky area then added some glaze to the race car and goggles. The dp is from DCWV Grade School stack, ribbon from Michael's.

I hope you join us this week for the color challenge, come along and have some fun!

Have a great day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS CHALLENGE - OUTDOORS

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!

Happy Earth Day today too!

Over at Dustin's place we are having a challenge - "Outdoors". See what you can come up with using one of Dustin's images with an outdoor theme. For my contribution I chose one of Dustin's new images, this cute frog hanging out on his hammock. Kind of where I'd like to be right now, over the water in a hammock doing nothing at all! Not that I'll have the chance to do that but it's worth dreaming about!

As Dustin is also celebrating his 3rd Anniversary this week you might want to check out his site if you haven't already. He's got some awesome offerings, including this 77 images for a mere $10.00

Click HERE and go get it before it's too late.....Today is the last day to grab this deal! 

Soooo, whatc'ha waiting for? Hop on over and get these fabby images. 

Have a great day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS CHALLENGE - MAKE US SMILE

Happy Easter!

I'm sure most of you are enjoying your Easter celebrations and making the most of this special day. Over at Pike's Playground we are having another challenge and we want you to -Make us smile! Use any of Dustin's images and produce a project that would put a smile on someone's face. I used this fabby dragon image with his tail in flames coz as soon as I saw it it made me laugh! I can't take credit for the sentiment, I'd seen it somewhere on the internet and figured it fit my card for this challenge.  

I picked the cupcake dp and chocolate colors to go along with it as it's Easter weekend and the thought of chocolate covered dragons sounded pretty good....or would you rather chocolate bunnies instead? In England we have such great Easter eggs, hollow chocolate with delicious goodies inside but I've not been able to find them over here and if anyone was to send one over from the UK, customs would have a field day with them!

Anyway, enough chocolate talk, I'm getting hungry! Hope you'll join us this week for this fun challenge and don't forget to check out my DT sisters creations.  

Have a great week!

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC137)

It's April already!

You know I wanted to start this post by telling you something naughty about Midnight Madness not doing sketch challenges anymore, just as an April fools, but then with April fool's being just for one day I figured I'd behave and tell you it's time for another sketch challenge instead!

This weeks sketch is a good one and for anyone who loves tags then this is a perfect sketch for you! 

You are more than welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the whole month of April.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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The MMSC136 Gold Star Awards goes to...
 18. MsPlum  

 Our Remarkables Awards for MMSC136 go to the following...
 7. An  

 8. laila aka koneko  

   11. Nana Vic 

  29. Kathy Curry 

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC136 Bonus Winner is ...
 5. Croms   

Please contact me with your info to claim your Prizes!!! :) 

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Our MMSC137 sponsor is....

http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/ 
$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the"priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!! 

 

GC redeemable for digis only

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I have a very special image on my card which was drawn by my son's art teacher, Lori Nadaskay! If you like her images you can check her etsy site out HERE. She has some really pretty flowers, contemporary artwork and some lovely, cute little critters too! Lori has a special going on right now that if you purchase one digi, then email her the photo of what you create with it, she'll give you another digi image for equal or lesser value for free! That's a great deal if you ask me! You can also check her out on facebook too! 

My project was actually made from a paper bag which I folded half way up and made into a pocket which holds the tag and could also fit a gift card for a special someone. The image is colored with copics, decorated edge and butterfly were done with Martha Stewart punches, flourishes completed using ink and a stencil from Layers of Color, flowers and lace were from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to stop on over at Midnight Madness and join in with the sketch  challenge this month...just remember you have the entire month to play!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS CHALLENGE - IT'S A DUDLEY KINDA DAY

Good morning fellow crafters.. how's your weekend going so far? Are you ready to join the Doodle Dragon Studios team with our next challenge? Sure hope so coz today we are asking you to make something using one of Dustin's Dudley images! Yep that's right, today "it's a Dudley Kinda Day" challenge. So pick out your favorite Dudley and go create something with it. 

My creation was made for some special firefighters here in Miami (Station 3), who were so wonderful with my son's class. We went on a field trip to the fire station and the tour they gave us was so awesome, the children all had such a great time and learned so much. This was a special unit with some members having been in New York to help with the 9/11 rescue mission, and that's why I chose to go there over all the other stations. Sometimes we take for granted what these firefighters and paramedics do, but when you see first hand what their job entails, you find a new appreciation for them. These are our true heroes for sure, so for all of you who know a firefighter, go give them a hug and thank them for what they do for us. Putting their lives at stake in order to keep us safe!  

I colored fire fighter Dudley in copics and used dp from DCWV All About Boys. The ribbon was from my stash.  

Here's the inside of my card. I wanted to keep it simple as it was for a bunch of guys. LOL 

So here's another big Thank You to Station 3 in Miami...you are the best! 

Don't forget to stop by Pike's Playground to come check out the DT's Dudley creations. 

Have a great day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

CARDS FOR EMILY BLOG HOP!

Welcome to the second Cards for Emily Blog Hop!

  

 You can read all about Emily HERE

If you have come from ****suzanne **** then you are in the right place, if not then please start back at the beginning at Michelle's blog HERE.

 This time around we have a very special person joining us along with some of his very own design team who made an entire set of digi's especially for Emily! 

Who is this amazing person??

 Dustin Pike!

 He is giving this set to anyone who wants it.. But the catch is you have to use one on a card for Emily and then you get the rest of the set as a Thank You! How awesome is that!? All you have to do is email him at Dustin_pike@... with your choice of image and then link it up HERE to get your full set! Please also link it up back here on Michelle's blog so we can all see it too! Then mail them to

 Emily Ziemathis

5134 Berger Dr. SE

 Lacey, WA 98513

 Here is Dustin's digi set if you choose to use them:

(You can definitely make her a card using any other image or cuts if you want!)

  

 *****Here's my card for Emily

and here's the inside

I hope she likes it!*****

Thank you so much for hopping with us and I hope you make a card and bring a smile to Emily!

I can't wait to see all your cards this time around, she has loved all the cards so far!

 Your next stop is ****Michele****

Here is the lineup in case you get lost!

 Michelle - http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com/

Amanda - http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/

 Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

 Charlotte - http://designsfromwithin.blogspot.com

 Michele - http://fishmememoriesandmore.blogspot.com/

 Teresa - http://scrappintplace.blogspot.com/

 Ginni - http://my5bratzcreations.blogspot.com

 Elizabeth - http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

 Judy - http://craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com

 Kimberly - http://leokc34.blogspot.com/

 Kerri - http://bigsmilesfromkbear.blogspot.com

 Dustin Pike - http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/

 If any of these links are broken or if there is no project up yet please come back and go to the next person until they get their post up or the link is fixed, thank you!

 HAPPY HOPPING!

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS CHALLENGE - MY LIFE IS A ZOO

Howdy folks! 

Are you ready for another Pike's Playground challenge? This one should be a fun one as we are asking you to make something with a Dustin image with the challenge "My life is a zoo!" Let's see how creative you can get with this one! I decided to use Dustin's cupcake monkey which I've had printed up for a while already and as many people make the New Year's resolution to lose weight I thought this would be a fun card with those perfect images. Te he! 

I've made another card with this Z-fold design which you can find at Beccy's Place and I have to say I love how it turned out. 

This is the first cupcake monkey image, you see the cupcake complete and the monkey seems so excited to see it. 

The second image shows little monkey with fat cheeks after munching on the cupcake! 

and finally little monkey feeling awfully full after finishing off a good portion of the cupcake! I'm sure we've all felt like that at some point of time, right! 

I colored the images with copics, used some paper glaze to give shine to the icing on the top. The dp is from Making Memories Simply Fabulous Maddi Narrow Stripe and Maddi Paisley. Ribbon is from Micheal's and little gems from JoAnn's Fabrics.

I hope you'll come along and play with us this challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC136)

Good Morning and Happy March to you all! I can't believe we're already starting the 3rd month of the year, where did Jan. and Feb. disappear to? Over at Midnight Madness we have another sketch for you and this one is good for the whole month, so you've got plenty of time to play along with us. For my project this time I decided to alter a little notebook that I've had for a while. It wasn't very exciting to look at and needed a little tlc! I love how it turned out and this is definately one of my favorite images from Priscilla.

You are welcome to submit up to four projects using the sketches provided as a guide. We may add some fun twists with themes too. The themes are merely for inspirations and not required to play our sketch challenges. We will continue to award the Gold Star and Remarkable awards each month as well as a prize each month. We hope you will have fun working with our sketches and will be inspired by the fabulous Midnight Madness Design Teams Work. This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

You are more than welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the whole month of MARCH.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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The MMSC135 Gold Star Awards goes to...

8. sassy

Our Remarkables Awards for MMSC135 go to the following...

9. An

12. Kathy Curry

14. *Vicki*

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC135 Bonus Winner is ...

35. CG

Our MMSC135 sponsor is....

http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/

$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store

Stop by and check out all the new images!!

GC redeemable for digis only

Here is this months fancy sketch and for an added twists we would like to challenge you to "make it Green". Break out all your Green craft supplies and get busy :) Themes are merely for inspiration and not a requirement to play...Looking forward to seeing all the entries this month..

Here are some closeups of my altered book

Making each moment count! I sure hope you are

The final touch!

 Thanks for stopping by today!
Hope to see you over at Midnight Madness in this months challenge!
Have a beautiful day~!
Hugs,
Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS CHALLENGE - BLING IT UP

Hi everyone! 

I hope you're all enjoying a lovely weekend and doing some fun, crafty stuff! I had a whole day crafting yesterday so I've been trying to get ahead with my creations! Whoo hoo....that doesn't happen often in my house! Over at Pike's Playground we are up for another challenge and this time we'd like to see you "Bling it Up". Yes that's right, go add lots of bling to your creations and show us what you make with Dustin's images. 

It's been a while since I made this card, I almost forgot I needed to post it! Yikes....not again! As you can see it's a Valentine's easel card made with those two cute monkey's of Dustin's. I colored these in pencils and added the little shiny hearts to give it some bling. Above you can see the little purple heart tag slips out to write your sweet sentiment to your loved one.  

The heart shaped doiley came in the shiny gold color so I thought it fit well with the Bling It Up challenge. Now you can see the little gems shine up too! 

The heart dp was leftover from my stash, flowers are from prima, lace and gems from Micheal's. 

I hope you'll join us again this week over at Pike's Playground, and if you do don't forget to include a Dustin Pike image! 

Have a sweetheart of a day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS - CHALLENGE AND SHOW AND TELL

Hello there! 

Well, aren't I the terrible DT member this week! I totally forgot to post this on Saturday morning for the new challenge over at Pike's Playground....ooops! Must have been all that Monster Jam excitement with the cub scouts that had my mind elsewhere! Anyhoo, I'm sure if you're a Dustin fan you'll have already seen the latest challenge posted on his blog...if not, check it out HERE This week we are asking you to do a color challenge using any of these colors RED, PURPLE, BLACK, BROWN AND PINK! There, it's that easy...but don't forget to use a Dustin Pike image in order to enter! I'll keep this short as I have another post to make for later on!

Have a fabulous day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS CHALLENGE - SKETCH

Hello fellow doodle dragon peeps! 

If you're looking for a sketch challenge this week, look no further! Over at Pike's Playground we have a lovely sketch just for you. Click HERE and go check it out. 

For my card this week I chose to color Dudley and his hot dogs, as we've been having a few BBQ's lately in our house, and I found this fabby quote and couldn't have put it with a more perfect image!! Te he!

My interpretation of the sketch is a little different but I think if you look closely enough you can see it! 

Well I'm actually off to another BBQ this afternoon, so I'll leave you all with some encouragement to fly over to Dustin's place and play along with us! 

Have a fun day!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS - JANUARY MEMBERSHIP

Hiya again!

Another post with a Doodle Dragon image! It's Yeddie from Dustin's January Membership which you can find HERE. The DT thought it would be a fun idea to share some of our creations and I have to say I love Yeddie! There's going to be many more cards with him for sure, in fact I have another in the works as I'm writing this. I hope you'll stop by and check out the rest of the DT's creations and grab a hold of the membership too while you're there! 

I've entered Yeddie into the following challenge

The Paper makeup stamp blog - Winter Blues

Crazy 4 Challenges - Child's Birthday card

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON RELEASE - DRAGONS AND CASTLES

Hi there!

Doodle Dragon Studios has a new and exciting release going on - Dragons and Castles! This is such an awesome set and the DT have made some incredible samples you might want to check out.

 Here's what Dustin is offering as far as the dragons

and here are the castles...totally cool!

If you order the dragons before Friday night, February 27th you'll get the castles for FREE!!! That's right, Dustin has this fabulous offer for you and don't forget the images come in both color and B&W!! All these images for just $5.00....you can find them HERE!

Don't forget to stop by and check out the rest of the DT's samples.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs,
Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS - BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE

Good Morning and Happy Sunday to you all!

It's time for another challenge over at Dustin's place and this is a really special one as it's DUSTIN'S BIRTHDAY!!!! We are asking you to make a birthday project using one of Dustin's cute images and enter the challenge HERE  and as we know Dustin will always be a kid at heart let's see how creative you can get! I chose one of his images from the December Members set. So if you want this cutie pie then you'll need to get the 2012 membership which you can find HERE It works out at just $6.60 for 40 images a month! 

For my card I colored the image in pencil crayons for a change, it's been a while since I've used them. 

Here's the inside as Dustin has such a great sense of humor he won't mind my comment about the brownie points!

 The dp and ribbon are from my stash, leaves and doily from Michael's and the die is from Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope to see you over at the challenge with something fun for a special Birthday! 

Don't forget to check out my DT sisters fabulous creations too and stop by to wish Dustin a Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Boss! 

Hugs, 

Charlotte