DUSTIN PIKE BLOG CANDY FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

My second post today!
Please hop on over to Dustin's site to get all the details of his blog candy!
Here's a brief synopsis, as per Dustin of what you need to do:
"Donate 5 or 6 Cards, does not have to be Christmas, some others might be good so that people can use them for the rest of the year as well. Send them to myself or the hospital once I get the address I will let you all know. Cards can be the same, can be different, they are asking..."It is helpful if the donor includes the cost of materials for each item. Our goal is to price items at market value. The quality of work, the cost of materials, and the colors influence the price.Just for playing along I will send each person a download link for 30 images once I receive the cards. And one lucky random winner will receive a hand sculpted Doodle Christmas Dragon ornament... (photo coming soon) IF you live out of the US and you are the chosen random winner I will still send the ornament to you. Don't worry about postage, this is open to everyone...Questions, comments, concerns...dustin_pike@yahoo.com"

This blog candy is to donate money to a local Primary Children's Medical Center in Utah. Please check out the rest of the details over at Dustin's.

I know there are going to be many places to donate during the upcoming holidays, so let's make a difference and use our creativity to help others in need!

Hugs, Charlotte

WEEKEND PHOTOS....STILTSVILLE!

MIAMI VICE ANYONE?

THESE PHOTOS ARE OF STILTSVILLE IN BISCAYNE BAY (USED ON MIAMI VICE)

SUNSET ON THE WEST AND THE MOON RISING ON THE EAST!

Good Monday Morning to you my fellow crafters!

I hope you were all able to participate with the World Card Makers Day on Saturday and had fun with whatever you chose to do! I need to check out some of the blogs later to see what you all made! As I was out on the ocean the whole weekend I don't have a card to show today, but I figured I'd share a couple of photos instead. These were taken over the weekend and although not everthing went as planned (generator didn't cooperate so it was a sleepless, hot night on Saturday), we still made the most of the beautiful weather. There were lots of boats out at Elliot Key and many of them stayed the night as we did. It was lovely to be able to look out over the West side of the boat to see the sunset then turn around and look over at the East where the moon was rising! Arjan said that it was the full moon that made things not cooperate with us.....ok honey.....keep thinking that!!! LOL

Yesterday after swimming with the fish for a couple of hours, having a lazy day and a barbecue we set off for a ride on the open ocean to see what we could find. We ended up at Stiltsville to see what was left of it. Back in the 1920's to 1930's apparently there were as many as 27 houses out in Biscayne Bay, now there are only 7 remaining. Most of them were destroyed by hurricanes and the fate of the last ones is still uncertain. There are historians who want to preserve stiltsville but the National Park wants to tear them down, so who knows what will happen to them. It's a little bit of Miami's history, one that was famous for several episodes of Miami Vice and also Bad Boys II.

OK History lesson over for today!!! LOL

Enjoy the rest of your Monday, tomorrow don't forget to check back for Midnight Madness!!

Hugs,

Charlotte

CLP4 (Inger Harding image)

Happy Friday Everyone!
Hopefully you are all getting ready for a fun weekend and looking forward to tomorrow being World Card Making Day!! Do you have any special plans for this? I'd love to hear about them!
I'm actually not going to be able to participate in anything as we are off for a weekend on our boat....it's been a while since we went out so are looking forward to getting off our property and being out on the ocean! Just hope the weather will cooperate!

OK., onto today's card. This one I made for CLP4 over at Chelsea's blog. I used another image from the talented Inger Harding, colored in prismacolored pencils and OMS then chalked the edges. I stitched the edges of the card using red metallic thread, added several different ribbons, popped the image out using foam squares and added the flowers and leaves to the corners (this wasn't on the sketch, but I liked the look). The Prima embossed flowers are from one of my DT sisters Sue McMahon's store....please see my side bar for McMahon Five Designs store. The leaves and edging were made using Martha Stewart punches, ribbons and gems are from Michael's and JoAnn's.
I would love to hear what you think!
Hugs for a lovely weekend!
Charlotte
XXX

DUSTIN PIKE RELEASE DAY!

Happy Thursday Everyone!

You know what that means.....release day over at DUSTIN PIKE'S...and what cute images he has this week. I wish I'd had more energy to make more cards because I just loved playing around with these. The one's I've created are just the beginning so go check all of them out on Dustin's site, and please check out the other DT's cute creations too! I played around with the dragons and window for a while and then thought well, I think I like the idea for an Anniversary card....The little blue dragon is looking for his mate and she wants nothing to do with him!!! A little cheeky don't you think!!!

After I made the cloud castle image, I thought to myself....could've done that one as a pretty pink castle for a little girl card.....oh well! Next time!

I'm struggling today coz I haven't had much sleep over the past few days. Thijs has 3 wobbly teeth and I think he is concerned about them consciously and unconsciously, so he wakes up two or three times in the night and comes to me. I find myself walking him back to bed with my eyes closed....so I'm beat!

Card recipes:

Images - Dustin Pike digis

dp - core'dinations from JoAnn's

Ribbon - Basic Narrows (Black) and Martha Stewart Both from Micheal's

Gems - Martha Stewart

Edge trimmer - Martha Stewart

I hope you have a creative day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC21)

Happy Tuesday everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed a great weekend and had the time to do something fun and exciting! Talk about exciting......the MM DT is in the midst of planning the upcoming blog hop.....believe me, you will not want to miss it. Mark your calendars for Oct. 16th!!! There will be lots of creativity and prizes!!!! And, if you haven't checked out Priscilla's blog this week....shoot on over coz you do not want to miss the giveaway she is advertising. If you are in need of a state of the art storage place for all things crafty......trust me, you need to get over there and get in on the action.
Now for the awards for MMSC20.....this decision gets harder each week I tell you, but the Gold Star Award for the Masterpiece this week for her gorgeous card goes to........

#3 Kathrin Kruemel

The Remarkables Award goes to the following ladies for their beautiful creations:

#40 Sassy

#41 Melody

#53 Juut

#28 Rosette

Congratulations to all the award winners and to those lovely peeps who continue to play along with us at MMSC each week, and to those new players too, who take the time to play along and keep all the DT members inspired. You peeps are the best!

The Midnight Madness Team is just thrilled with out sponsor this month. Chelsea from Gurlee Girl Design was VERY GENEROUS to our entire team. You will be getting a big treat, because we get to share some of her wonderful images on our sketch samples this month. Chelsea is a very talented artist and I just love her work, as I'm sure you will too.

Our weekly sponsor is Belles n Whistles!! They have some really fabulous stamps by the very talented Artist Elisabeth Bell. Summer from over at Belles ‘n Whistles is giving away two adorable stamps for the Bonus winner of this weeks Sketch challenge (MMSC21)

My card this week has one of Chelsea's adorable stamps, and is colored in prismacolor pencils and OMS. I stitched the black background, then layered the orange, dry embossed paper on pop dots. Added some black gems and the flower, complete with pin and that's it! I had so much fun making this one!

Card recipe: dp by core'dinations, embossing - cuttlebug birds and florishes, flowers - Prima, gems and ribbon from JoAnn's.

Hope your Tuesday is a good one.

Hugs, Charlotte

Two Challenges!

Happy Thursday folks!
Sorry this post is late in the day but I've been trying to catch up with things today!
First I would like to Welcome Midnight Madness' Guest Diva for October, Linda Lucas. Please stop by the MM blog to read a little about Linda, and help us welcome her. Also, check out all the things going on over there and don't forget to mark your calendars. Hopefully you will all join us for our first Blog Hop on October 16th!!
Next, onto my card.....This one was made using a beautiful image from Inger Harding which I colored in prismacolor pencils and OMS. I made this for two challenges, the first being The Pink Elephant Challenge which provided a sketch and the second one was for Stamp With Fun which wanted Autumn cards.
Card recipe
Image - Inger Harding digi stamp
DP - DCWV Rustic
Ribbon embellishement - Prima Nursery Tales Boy
Gems - Studio18 from Micheal's
Sentiment stamp - StudioG clear stamp from JoAnn's

Hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs, Charlotte

Four Challenges!

Happy Wednesday everyone!
I hope you checked out all the things going on over at the Midnight Madness site yesterday.....don't forget to mark your calendars for Oct. 16th when we have our BLOG HOP!!!
Today I have made a card for a few challenges. The first is CLP challenge, number 3, where Chelsea made a fabulous sketch! If you haven't checked out this challenge, you should do because Chelsea's sketches are fun to create with. The second challenge was OCC which was the color combo, pink, white, chocolate and hot pink. The third one was for Stamp Something which called for a creation using your favorite colors or dp......I used both!! I've just realised I can also add this to the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge as they are asking to create something with a flower and butterfly or fairy!! I thought about adding Stamp with fun to the challenges but not convinced that this really fits....they asked for something for Autumn! I don't think I'll enter it into that one.

I used a WOJ image and colored her in prismacolored pencils and OMS. dp is from S.E.I (brown butterfly paper) and K&Co., (pink & white floral paper), flowers are by prima, lace from JoAnn's, butterfly from Michael's.

Let me know what you think!
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Hugs,
Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC20)

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Sorry I didn't post anything yesterday but I had my little one home as his school had no electricity. The principal decided to send all the children home because of the heat! Anyway, I'm back today for Midnight Madness week 20!! Hopefully you have all checked out the MM blog and read about all the things that are happening over there....but stay tuned too because there is more to come!!

This weeks MM Masterpiece Award goes to

Rosette

Congratulations on such a beautiful creation!

The MM Remarkables this week go to

Julie

Kathrin

Linda

Sandee

Congratulations ladies....wear this badge proudly!

Our September sponsors DRS Designs provided the team with some beautiful stamps this month and we have all had fun creating with them.....A huge Thank You to this wonderful company!!!
Our weekly sponsor is Michelle’s Scrapbooking & More which carries everything a stamper would need, including all the latest Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Copic Markers, Flowersoft and stamps from such great companies as Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Alota Rubber Stamps, Stampavie, CC Designs, House Mouse and more. They recently introduced The Pixie Cottage stamps to the paper crafting community. If you haven’t seen these adorable stamps stop by and take a look. The first batch is arriving in our store in mid September, with more to soon follow!

I hope you take the time to visit the rest of the MM DT and see their beautiful creations.

Enjoy your day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

CRAFTING LIFE'S PIECES (CLP2)

Happy Saturday!

I hope you are all enjoying the beginning of the weekend!

Well I was really late this week for Crafting Life's Pieces sketch challenge, but I made it so I'm happy about that...I guess better late than never! If you haven't tried out this challenge site yet, you should go check it out because the sketches that Chelsea makes are really pretty ones and when you see her samples you will be amazed!!
Well, I was busy with three blog hops over the last couple of days and really enjoyed each of them. The first one was Belles n Whistles, showcasing all of Elisabeth Bell's new images, (which of course are one of my favorites!), the second one was Squigglefly that had super cute images and today I completed the third one from Stampers United. They have some very talented ladies participating including our very own Priscilla, hostess of Midnight Madness!!
Although the first two blog hops are over already, they are still worth a look to get some inspiration from.

Ok, onto my card.....I used a stamp from WOJ, guardian angel collection, which I have used once before and I just love this little girl! I colored her in prismacolored pencils and copics, then chalked lightly around the edges. The dp is from core'dinations, ribbons and flowers are from Prima, brushed silver book plate is Craft Essentials from Joann's, edge punch is from Martha Stewart and I used the Sizzix die Flower and Vine #2 to make the florish. The little silver heart charm is from my stash.
Let me know what you think!

Have a super weekend....

Hugs, Charlotte

DUSTIN PIKE - 2ND POST TODAY!

It's me again!!!

Just wanted to attach my second card from the Dustin Pike release today!! Please check my first post of today for all the information regarding Dustin's retiring images!

Hugs,

Charlotte