DUSTIN PIKE RELEASE DAY! MOJO MONDAY

Happy Thursday folks!
Well we are almost at the weekend again!! Are you all ready for a nice relaxing rest or are you going to get busy with your crafting? Not sure what I'm going to do yet, I guess it depends on whether I finish all the laundry by tomorrow!!!
Today over at Dustin's place he has a cute bunch of bears and penguin's release....called "buddies", I still need to finish one more, so perhaps I'll post again later or tomorrow if I don't get the photos taken in good light! I had so much fun creating this card, I just love the little bear and penguin duo! This one I made using the Mojo Monday sketch....yes, I know it's late but I liked the simple sketch so figured I'd give it a shot. I colored the image in prismacolored pencils and markers, popped the little penguin gift out on pop dots, used my spellbinders circles and added a little glitter glue to give a little sparkle. The little Christmas tree was cut from lace cardstock by KI Memories, and I added a snowflake brad to the top of the tree. That's it!

DUSTIN'S IMAGES RETIRING!!! GET THEM WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!
Please read what Dustin has to say about this......

"I am currently working on a line of rubber stamps (don't worry I will still do Digi's) BUT some of the rubber designs will be similar to some of my past digi's. So I am retiring pages 1 thru 5 from my site. http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/ I am selling all images for $25.00. It is good until midnight Sept. 25th. I will not offer these again until Jan/Feb 2010, and at that point will have to see what was made into rubber and what wasn't and if there is a design conflict some of them might not return.... I cannot tell you who this company is just yet, they do a lot of outside the U.S. sales, which will be good for those Doodle Dragon fans living around the world...http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/justincase.htmlSpread the word, this wil be the last time Boo Boo Dragon, CupeCake Monkey and a few other favorites will be around..."

****Please don't miss out on this awesome chance to get these digi's...it is such an awesome deal!

Let me know what you think....and don't forget to slide on over to Dustin's place!!
Hugs,
Charlotte

DUSTIN PIKE FREEBIE DAY!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Well today is the day over at Dustin's place for the freebie and as you can see it's a cute scarecrow! I had fun making this card, a little rushed but I got it done! I actually made this for 3 challenges, all new for me so I'm not sure whether they "fit" the challenges perfectly, but at least I gave them a shot. The first one is for Stamp Something where we were to use our favorite embellishment (mine being ribbons), the second challenge was for OCC which was to make something for Fall, and the third challenge was Stamp with Fun that had a sketch ( I had to tweak it a little as the image was large, so you can't see all the ribbons too easily).

Anyway, hopefully tomorrow I will be back with Dustin's cute releases which I am sure you will all love!

On my card I colored the image in prismacolored pencils and markers then popped out the little birds to give dimension. The dp is from core'dinations, organdy ribbon from Michael's, gems are by studio18, rafia from my stash, and pumpkin button from Joann's.

I'd love to hear what you think!

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC19)

Happy Tuesday everyone!
Well I hope you all enjoyed a great weekend and are back into the crafting mood! Our weekend was good and relaxing, on Sunday my little one wanted a pyjama day, so that's what we did...playing games and hanging out in our pj's! It's good sometimes to kick back and relax!!Lots of exciting things happening over at the Midnight Madness site, so please check out all the details over there. We have some fun things planned for the rest of the year too so stay tuned with us.

This weeks MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE AWARD goes to

VICKI (BASEMENT STAMPER)....whoo hooo Vicki, you so deserve this award. CONGRATULATIONS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MIDNIGHT MADNESS REMARKABLES FOR THIS WEEK! THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK WEEK AFTER WEEK WITH SUCH BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS
#36 MICHELLE

#45 SANDEE

#54 STEPHANNE

To all the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge entries, thank you so much for playing along withus week after week, it really makes the DT happy to visit your blogs and see those fabulous creations.

Our sponsor for this month is DRS Designs......thanks for your sponsorship! We have really enjoyed using your wonderful stamps and creating with them.
Our weekly sponsor......many thanks for this sponsorship!

If you have not checked these sites out, please take some time to do it, they both have some really terrific things for your crafting needs.

Now onto my card! I would have loved to make this an oval as the sketch was drawn but as I don't have an oval nestie, I had to settle on a circle one!!! This pretty image is one from DRS Designs and of course being English and loving tea, I just had to have this stamp!!! I colored it in prismacolored pencils then layered it with pop dots and glazed it over with paper glaze to give it that ceramic feel. Paper is from K & Co. called Gyspy Baby, ribbons are from Anna Griffin, flowers and teapot button are from Joann's, and gems are from my stash. I really like the colors on this one and I hope you like them too!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and leave me comments, they are so appreciated!

Enjoy your day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

CRAFTING LIFE'S PIECES FIRST CHALLENGE!

Hello Everyone.......TGIF!!!

I can't believe how fast this week has flown by and we are almost at the weekend already!! I hope you all enjoyed your week and have something exciting planned for your days off.

Last night we went computer researching!! Oh what fun that was! I think it's finally time to give this one a rest and invest in a laptop that will at least cooperate with us. We'd love the apple computer but the funds aren't there right now....so we will settle for something a little less expensive! As long as the computer doesn't give me any hassle...I will be fine!!

OK, now on to my card....this one was made for the very talented and sweet Chelsea Dang for her first challenge on her blog "Crafting Life's Pieces". If you haven't checked her blog out yet.....what are you waiting for?? Chelsea makes the most beautiful scrapbook/memory book pages and cards too, her details are absolutely amazing and what I love about her is that some of her cards and layouts are made for charity....something I would like to get into.

This beautiful image is by the very talented Inger Harding from Norway, whom I just discovered a couple of days ago. Please take some time to check out her gorgeous creations too. I just loved this image and wanted to keep it as close to original as possible, so colored it very delicately with prismacolored pencils just to give a little color. I added some sparkly mod Podge on the edges, window and dress to give a little sparkle. The paper is from DCWV - the Rustic stack, flowers are from Prima - fabric fancies and nursery tales, ribbon from my stash, pearl gems from Recollections.

Let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Charlotte

DUSTIN PIKE RELEASE!

It's me again!!!!

Here is my late card for the Dustin Pike Release for today! These adorable Halloween images are just a few from his Halloween collection which I colored in copics and prisma markers. I made this card for two challenges, The Pink Elephant Challenge which has a color combo of Red, white, black and yellow, and for Mojo Monday which had the sketch.

Dustin has some exciting news to share so you may want to check out his blog for what he is working on! This will be fantastic for him and I can't wait for the details......you might want to stop reading and go and check it out!!!

Thank you to all you wonderful peeps that have stopped by to leave me a message and have stuck with me during my computer issues.....I so appreciate your lovely words. Extra big hugs to you for that!

Have a fun rest of the day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

I made the top 5!!

Happy Thursday everyone,
I'm a day late with Dustin's card for his release today....sorry Dustin! All those computer problems have my brain in a fuzz!!! Anyway, hopefully I will be able to get the card posted here later on but for now I wanted to share with you all, that this little snowman by Dustin Pike made the top 5 over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog, so now I get to proudly display the cute elephant badge on my blog! Thank you ladies over at TPE, this means so much to me.
I hope your week has been a good one!
Hugs,
Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC18)

Happy Wednesday Folks,

Sorry I'm only showing you my card today but poor hubby has had to reinstall everything on the computer two days in a row...major problems. Not sure how long it will last today, so I will keep this short!

Hope you are all having a lovely day!

Hugs,
Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE AWARD
Each week we are awarding a special Badge Award to one person for their outstanding sketch submission. If you would like to be considered for this award, please make sure your card link is posted to Mr. Linky by Sunday of each week. This is our way of letting you know how wonderfully talented you are and how much we appreciate you sharing your craft with us. This week we are proud to say the“MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE” Gold Star Award goes to

Melody

The Midnight Madness Team has created a very special award called The “Midnight Madness Remarkables” Award !! We would like to acknowledge those entries that are just exceptionally Remarkable!! During our voting each week, due to the caliber of the cards entered in our challenges, we end up with so many ties and close votes, so this Fairy logo is for those recipients to display proudly. If you would each like to take our fairy logo for your side bar, she would love to come stay with you.

Thank you all for playing and please help me in congratulating our “Midnight Madness Remarkables” award winners…..
29. Jacque

34. Lorilie Kim

61. Michelle

67. Mary Lou

77. Stephanie Hester

78. Lisa Cook

Our Sponsor for the month of September is

They offer high quality, wood mounted rubber stamps as well as unmounted rubber depending on your preference. They have a 10 person design team and a blog that is updated daily by each member of the team. Every two weeks on a Monday, they host a blog challenge and have invited you to join them. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with their awesome images this week.

Our MMSC18 Weekly Sponsor is.....

This week's sponsor is one of our very own Midnight Madness players. Penny is generously offering up a wonderful set of her digis and a really cool stamp set from “Close to my Heart” Be sure to stop by her BLOG and check out all that she has going on.

Hugs,
Charlotte

Dustin Pike - Pink Elephant Challenge

Happy Wednesday evening folks!
Hope you all had a good creative day today. Sorry this post is late but I didn't get a chance to do this earlier. This little snowman is a Dustin Pike digi from his Christmas images and I had him colored a while ago. The image is colored with copics then popped up with pop dots, glazed with paper glaze and Modge Podge to give a little sparkle and shine. I made him for the Pink Elephant Challenge which called for one ribbon, two squares and something that sparkles! Well I ended up with more than one thing that sparkles.......got a little carried away I think!! Anyway, it was so much fun to make, not your usual Christmas colors but I like him!
Card recipe
Image - Dustin Pike
DP - DCWV Christmas stack and Old World Stack
Ribbon - Micheal's
Gems - Martha Stewart
Flower - Prisma
Let me know what you think!
Hugs,
Charlotte

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MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC17)

Happy Tuesday Folks!

OK Let's see if I can get everything in this post that needs to be mentioned here!!! First of all I'd like to say a HUGE WELCOME to our new Guest Designing Diva......Carol Hurlock...who is already proving to be a valuable asset for the month of September. Carol you are doing great already....thanks for all your help. Thank you again to Melissa Bova who was our August Designing Diva...who also did a tremendous job of helping out!

So many things are happening over at the Midnight Madness DT that we are keeping ourselves very busy....or should I say Priscilla is keeping us very busy!!! Oh the fun just keeps getting better....can't say too much though...I don't want to spoil the fun!!! LOL

Congratulations this week for the Midnight Madness Masterpiece Award goes to.....

Stephanne Entry #72 What a gorgeous creation!

As I've said many, many times before, each week the DT has more and more difficulty to choose just one Masterpiece winner, so we decided to give 5 extra awards out because you are all so well deserving!

Congratulations to five other players who win the Midnight Madness Remarkables Award....

Michelle entry #51
Cabio entry #52
Connie M entry #54
Teri entry #23
Brises entry #38

To all the fabulous entrants we have week after week....we thank you from the bottom of our hearts...for your continued support and dedication to the Midnight Madness sketch challenge and for inspiring us with all those beautiful creations!

Now onto my card.....this weeks cute little image is from DRS Designs who have a fantastic variety of rubber stamps available, plus other fabby stuff too! They are our sponsors for the month of September, so be on the look out for more cards this month using their wonderful images.

I colored this cute little sick pig in copics, popped him up on pop dots to give him a little dimension, then glossed over the ice pack, flower and vase using paper glaze. This weeks sketch was an interesting one with the overturned corners and I decided to keep mine open using foam squares then adding the flower buttons on the corners. On the inside of the card it says "when you feel better I will help you find them....get well soon". I would have added more photos except I knew this would be a long post and didn't want to make it even longer!! I made a corresponding envelope with another little pig inside the flap too! Dp is from DCWV Sweet stack, ribbon and flowers buttons from Jo-Anns, pearl gems from Michael's.

Midnight Madness also has another fabulous sponsor for this week, which I know most of you already are familiar with and that is 7kidscollegefund! Whoo hoo...please go check out their site because they have some truly great stuff at great prices!!

Thank You to all the Midnight Madness sponsors who have been so very generous!

OK, now it's time to sign off from this very long post. Hope you all take the time to check out all the DT's wonderful creations and keep playing along with the MM team!

Have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Charlotte

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