DOODLE DRAGON CHALLENGE #23

Good Afternoon Folks, I hope you've all enjoyed your weekend so far and are having a nice, relaxing Sunday! Here at Doodle Dragon Studios it's time for another challenge...and it's a great one for this time of year!! We want to see your Thanksgiving or Thankful projects and if you haven't seen Dustin's adorable turkeys yet, you have a peek here and you really should go over and check them out.  

I chose to use the turkey with the whisk for my Thanksgiving table setting and I love how it turned out! This image was already colored by Dustin and all I had to do was re-size and print them out. I also decided to laminate two of the turkey's, the one which will be used as a coaster and the one for the name tag on the fan. 

I used some orange cardstock and folded it to make it look like a fan so it will stand up on the table.  

For the napkin holder I used some yellow dp edged with a Martha Stewart punch and placed the turkey on the front. I hope to use these once I make a few more for our Thanksgiving table at the end of November. If you love these turkey's you really should go and check the others out on Dustin's blog, they are too funny and now you have the choice to print them colored or in black and white so you can color them yourself.

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to check out my DT's creations too!

Before I forget, we have a new DT member - Ted, so Welcome Ted it's great to have you onboard! Please check out his blog too as he has some fabulous creations!

If that's not exciting enough.....there's more........

 Dustin also has an AMAZING sale going on for three days, so mark your calenders peeps....

Dustin says "Starting Thursday Thanksgiving Day. I will be selling over 700 digi's, pretty much everything I have done since I started this whole thing for $30, yes that is right Thursday only $30. The only ones NOT included are the October and November Month Membership digi's. PLEASE do not email me and ask where they are, They AREN'T included. Friday it goes up to $40 and Saturday the last day of this sale it's $50. This includes all of the digi's on the following page..."

                                         http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/BlackFriday.html

You do not want to miss this incredible offer and remember that many of these images will not be available later, so if you love, love, love Dustin's images, as all the DT do, this is truly one amazing offer! Well, what you waiting for????? Go mark your calenders so you don't miss out on this!!

Have a great afternoon!

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC79)

Happy Tuesday folks!

It's time for another Midnight Madness sketch....are you all ready? We had another great turn out last week with some really lovely entries, can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

Our Masterpiece Award goes to

#50 Linda S

Our Remarkables Awards go to

#59 Rita M

#62 Nancy Brown

#75 Chris Olsen

Our weekly sponsor is PaperTemptress

Our Monthly sponsors are PaperTemptress

and Priscillastyles store

My card this week was made using some adorable images from Dustin Pike and delicious papers from PaperTemptress. I used Rosso Incandescent for the background dp and Sparkle Emeraude which is the sparkly green dp. Hopefully you can see the sparkle and shine from my pictures.

Take a look at the green dp, isn't it fabulous! That is exactly how it looks, there is nothing added to it, it really is this sparkly! If you haven't tried these papers before you should give them a try because they truly are the best!

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you take the time to visit the rest of the DT and see their beautiful creations.

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC78)

Happy November folks!

November 2nd is a special day for me as 8 years ago today I married the love of my life and best friend, Arjan. We've actually been together for 15 years so it kind of feels like we've been married much longer than the 8 years...but that's a good thing!!

Over at Midnight Madness it's time for another sketch...are you all ready?

Congratulations to all our winners this week

Our Masterpiece Award goes to

Our Remarkables Awards go to

We have some great sponsors with fabulous prizes this week

Our weekly sponsor is DRS Designs

Our Monthly sponsor is Paper Temptress 

Priscillastyles store is also sponsoring this week!

For my cards this week I used something from both sponsors. My first card is using this beautiful candle stamp from DRS Designs which I colored in copics and popped up on foam dots. The background dp is from my stash from last year, gems were from Michael's and the silver strands are left over Christmas strings. I will definately be using this stamp again as I just love how it turned out and see many possibilities with it.

My second card is made using these gorgeous papers from Paper Temptress. Let me tell you, when you see these papers in real life they are so fabulous, you kind of don't want to use them all at once!

The papers I used are called Vintage Silver Lustre and Stardreams AZ in Azalea. The shine on both these papers is just beautiful and I tried to capture it here in the photo, although in real life you really see the difference. The sweet little angel image called Little Guardian Angel is from Sunshine and Giggles. Isn't she just the sweetest little thing! I colored her in prismacolored pencils and copics then sprinkled some ice stickles on her wings.

Well looking at all these fantastic prizes this week I think we will have a lot of entries for MMSC78! What do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for those of you who so kindly leave comments for me, they are so appreciated! I'm hoping that I will get the chance to visit some blogs this week as my computer has not been so nice lately! Now I have a new connector, let's hope it will work a little better! 

Until next time! 

Have a great week

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC77)

It's Tuesday and you know what that means.....time for another Midnight Madness sketch challenge! Fall is here and it's great to be making cards with images that remind me of cooler days...well in other parts of the world maybe!!! LOL Not here in Miami where it's still in the mid 80's!!!!

Congrats to all our winners this week! Boy did we have a lot of entries too! Fantastic response.

Our Masterpiece Award goes to

#3 Betty Wright

Our Remarkables Awards go to

#23 Rita

#25 Brenda K

#40 Sandee

#54 Artesania/Gudrun

This week our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish digital stamps and more

Our monthly sponsor is D'Amour Allure

Well I have to admit, I kind of screwed up the sketch this week by printing the image so big that I almost had no space around it to make the sketch properly! I was pushed for time so wasn't able to get another image printed and colored so you will just have to look and pretend you see the actual sketch in this one! This cute image is from Robyn's Fetish digital stamps and more. They have some adorable images over there so you might want to stop by and check their store out!

I colored the image with copics, stitched around the edge and embellished with some ribbon and rafia. Added some foam sunflowers and Fall leaf from Michael's and a little pin with glass beads. That's it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC76)

Happy Tuesday folks!

I want to begin today's post by letting you all know that my computer was hacked into so I've spent a good day or two trying to correct this situation. I'm hoping that no one else has been affected, especially those of you whom I've left comments for!

Now I need to introduce yet another fabulous lady who is our newest Guest Designer Denise Pettingil. We are excited to have you with us and I know you will blow us away with your beautiful creations!

"Hi, I’m Denise. I’m a Maine girl now living in North Attleboro, Massachusetts with my significant other of eleven years. He is most supportive of my “addiction” and my biggest fan. We have a four year old Golden Retriever named Kaden who is the love of our lives. I‘ve always had short lived hobbies but since discovering card making, I knew I was hooked for life. I am so excited and honored for this opportunity to be part of Priscilla’s Midnight Madness Design Team. I look forward to working with this extremely talented group of ladies. “ Thanks Priscilla! I truly am honored!"  Denise

Congratulations to our winners this week, there were so many really gorgeous cards entered and each week it gets more and more difficult to choose winners! Thank you for gracing the DT with all your talent!

Our Masterpiece Award goes to

#81 Michelle Pierson

Our Remarkables go to

#13 Brenda K

#28 Sarah Louise

#61 2Tibetans

#77 Julie Glasgow

Our weekly sponsors are DRS Designs

Our monthly sponsor is D'Amour Allure

Today's sketch was a fun one again and I loved making my Christmas card with this fabulous fireplace from DRS Designs! Doesn't it just remind you of hanging out on Christmas morning by the fireplace to stay warm!Not that we have that pleasure too often in Miami!!! LOL

I guess it's that time of year when we will be seeing more and more Christmas cards showing up on the blogs!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON TURKEY DAY!

It's Friday Folks and time for some new releases over at Dustin's place! I can't believe we are into Thanksgiving images already! But who wouldn't love these cuties! Not only are they adorable but Dustin has so kindly made them available fully colored! I was in a bit of a hurry to get these done and believe me, I was so happy that they were already colored and ready to go. There is a whole set of them so fly on over and check out the others, you'll be so glad you did.

Here is Dustin's complete set!

DUSTIN'S FREEBIE AND SINCERE REQUEST FOR HELP!

If you would like the freebie images from Wednesday, Dustin's is asking for a small donation of $1.00 to help raise money for a family in desperate need. The story is heartwrenching, so if anyone would like to participate, please stop by and show some love to this family. The more we can spread the word, the more money we can help raise. Please see Dustin's site for all the details. Here is the link to the story over at Summertime Designs

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you will take the time to donate the $ for this family!

Have a great weekend!

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC75)

Happy Tuesday folks!

It's time for Midnight Madness again...are you ready for another fun sketch? This is going to be a quick post as I'm not feeling too good today, I think I'm coming down with what my son had!

Before I get to this weeks stuff, I want to say goodbye to our guest designer Holly who has been such a creative team member with her absolutely fabulous designs! We all hope that she will be back with us again in the not too distant future! 

 

Congrats to all our winners this week!

Our Masterpiece Award winner and

Ann C #2

Our Remarkables Award winners!

Hannah Butcher #29

Sarah T #41

Annika #46

Chris Olsen #80

Our sponsors for this sketch are One Stop Card Crafts

Our monthly sponsor is D'Amour Allure

My card this week is made using one of D'Amour Allure's sweet images called Annebelle. I had fun making this card and coloring Annebelle in copics and prismacolored pencils. For the background dp I used this light green and brown vintage paper from DCWV Be Mine Stack. Flowers are from Prima, corner embellishment and swirls were made using Sizzix dies and the little mouse clear dome shaped embellishment is from Michael's.

I so appreciate you stopping by today and hope you will stop by my DT sisters blogs too!

Have a lovely week!

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC 74)

It's time for Midnight Madness again and I feel like I am getting more disorganized than ever! Is it me or are you feeling the same way? Maybe it's the time of year, too many things to do and not enough time to take care of them!! I've had Thijs home since yesterday with a pretty high fever, so I haven't had much sleep over the last couple of nights and it's beginning to catch up with me! Somehow the extra coffee isn't working either! Needless to say, this will be a pretty short post today!

Congrats to all our winners this week!

Our sponsors are the lovely Shawne from Studio313

who has her gorgeous images over at McMahon Five Designs

Our Monthly sponsor is D'Amour Allure

My card this week is made with Shawne's "bird on a frail branch" image which I have used before and will definately use again. I just love this quote so much!  Behind the quote is another of Shawne's images called "Breezy Blue Bird background" which has the same birds and swirls on it!

DP is from Tim Holtz, lace from my stash, metal buckles from JoAnn Fabrics, pearls from Micheal's.

I hope you take the time to check out my DT sisters blogs and also McMahon Five Designs where you can find both of our sponsors digi's and lots more fun stuff to create with!

DOODLE DRAGON CHALLENGE #20

Hello everyone!

Just a quick post to let you know that today is Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge #20. This week we would like to see masculine projects, and it doesn't have to be a card, it can be anything you like. I chose to make a Birthday card for my FIL's upcoming birthday!  I used an older image from Dustin which I've had colored for a while already. I love this bug and it was fun to use. I colored it in copics then popped the eyes and wings up with foam dots to really make them stand out...the photo doesn't show it too well.

On the inside I used another Dustin image, the cheeky monkey who I also colored in copics and couldn't help but put a few captions inside the card. I may end up eating those captions though as my FIL doesn't always take my jokes in the way they are intended! It's probably the "let your hair down" one that won't be appreciated!!! He doesn't have much hair! LOL

So are you all ready to join in the fun this week? If you have a masculine card to make why not join in with our challenge with one of Dustin's adorable images.

Don't forget to stop by my DT sister's blogs as they have some fabulous cards this week.

Hugs,

Charlotte

GUEST DESIGNER OVER AT CRAFTING LIFES PIECES!

Today I'm so excited....a while ago I was asked by the Mega talented Chelsea to be a guest designer over for October over at Crafting Life's Pieces!! Whoo hoo! I hope that I have done justice to CLP's fabulously talented team and to Chelsea's beautiful sketch!  

I had a special card to make for a lovely English couple who are celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary so I decided to make a card using this adorable Magnolia couple. I colored it in copics and added some stitching to the image. There's lots of lace and pretty flowers on it with the addition of a silver heart charm. 

DP is from Tim Holtz, flowers from Prima, pearls from Michael's, lace from JoAnn fabrics.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and Thank you to Chelsea and the gang for inviting me to be apart of the CLP team....if only for a little while :)

Have a fantastic day!

Hugs,

Charlotte