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

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC 73)

Happy Tuesday Folks,

How are things going with you all? Did you all have a great weekend and get some crafting done? I sure hope so! My weekend didn't work out the way I had hoped. I was looking forward to my DH having the whole weekend off but that didn't happen :( He worked 11 days straight with no time off as his parents were on vacation, but he ended up working on Sunday too! So much for family time together!!!  

OK enough complaining, onto more exciting things....Midnight Madness to be precise!

Congratulations to all our winners this week

Our Sponsors this week are Paper Works Co.

Our Monthly Sponsor is Sunshine and Giggles

My card this week is made with an adorable turtle stamp called Tommy the Turtle from Paper Works Co.  the Aqua Amigos set. Isn't he cute! I colored him in copics then added some paper glaze to his shell to give it a little shine. DP is DCWV, flowers are from Prima and butterfly is from a Martha Stewart punch. Copper plate is from Michael's. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed seeing my little turtle!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC72)

Happy Tuesday Folks!

It's time for another Midnight Madness....are you ready? I had fun with this weeks sketch and the image too, and today it almost felt a little bit like the Fall here, even though it was in the 80's, there was definately less humidity than the last few weeks! Unfortunately it's not supposed to last so until the end of October I guess I'll have to endure the heat....boo hoo! Just so you all know I've had some computer issues lately, not sure what's going on but my Yahoo account was messed up, couldn't get into it even after changing the password two different times. So if anyone gets something from "me" that seems off the wall, please ignore it as I'm not sure if the account was hacked into!

OK now before we get to this weeks winners I have to say what AMAZING cards you all made this week, so many beautiful creations......I think everyone loved the big flower thing!!!!

Last but by no means least....a Huge Welcome back to Priscilla and Carol....hope you ladies had a fabulous cruise...we missed you both!

Congratulations everyone

Our Masterpiece Award goes to....

#33 Mona Eidhammer

Our Remarkable Awards go to....

#15 Benzi

#69 Gudrun/Artesia

#71 Paola

Our Sponsors this week are Stamp and Create

Our Monthly sponsor is Sunshine and Giggles

For my card this week I used "The Good Witch" from Sunshine and Giggles, isn't she cute! I love the way she's sitting on her carved pumpkin with the little cat behind her. I had so much fun creating with this one, I tell you! I will definately use her again.

I colored her in copics, layered the image on foam dots and chalked the circle edges. The yellow circle is embossed using a Swiss dots folder. Background dp is from DCWV Autumn Splendor stack. I punched the edges of the green dp using one of Martha Stewarts punches, well it actually belongs to me but you know what I mean!!! LOL Flowers are from Prima, black gems from Micheal's and ribbon from my stash.

Here's a closeup of that adorable little witch again!!

Thanks for stopping by, oh and don't forget to check out my other DT sisters blogs!!

Hugs for a great week,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC71)

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Did you all have a good weekend? We did! We went to an environmental center by our house and walked through short trails looking at all the fauna and flora around then fed the turtles and fish in the lake over there. It's amazing how sometimes the simple, free things in life are what make a little one enjoy his day! We came away with lots of pretty photos and a new tree!

So are you ready for another Midnight Madness sketch? I enjoyed this one, probably because I was excited about using one of Priscilla's images especially this beautiful sunflower.

Congratulations to our winners this week

Our Masterpiece Award goes to

Our Remarkables Awards go to

Our Sponsor this week is Gurlee Girl Designs

Our Monthly Sponsor is Sunshine and Giggles

My card this week was using Priscilla's sunflower and I love the way it turned out. I colored the image in prismacolored pencils then cut a few leaves out and popped them up on dots to give a little dimension. I added some brown stickles to the center of the flower and covered the whole flower with glaze to give it some shine.

The dp I used is from DCWV Autumn Splendor stack. Ribbon is from Michael's and gems and flowers too. The label was made using sizzix Tags, scallop combo #2.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Don't forget to stop by my DT sisters blogs

Hugs,

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC70)

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Hope you all did something fun, for those of you who celebrated Labor Day here in the USA, I sure hope the weather was good to you for those BBQ's and celebrations. My little one was off school Friday and Monday so it was a four day weekend for us! Now I'm trying to figure out what day it is!!! LOL

Here at Midnight Madness two of our lovely ladies will be sailing the high seas this week, so let's wish Priscilla and Carol a really fantastic time over in the Bahamas! Also any of the MM fans who will be setting sail with them I hope you all have a blast! It's been years since I've been to the Bahamas so I'm sure much has changed over there, but I loved it when I went so I'm positive they will have a great time.

OK, now down to business, Congratulations to all our winners...

Our Masterpiece Award goes to

Gudrun/Artesania #52
Our Remarkables go to

Lena #36

Annika #46

Mona Eidhammer #51

Our Sponsors this week are McMahon Five Designs

Our Monthly sponsor is Sunshine and Giggles

My card this week is a little unusual for me as I don't think I've done many bird images before, but I've had this stamp for a while now and figured perhaps I should ink it up and create something with it! I was actually nervous about coloring it all wrong so I went to a web site to try to find photos of birds to help me out! I'm sure you will all let me know if my coloring of the image is really off!!! LOL

The dp I used is from a wonderful stack of old world, vintage style paper from K & Co. called Life's Journey and I love all the patterns they have there. The bird image is one of 4 from Martha Stewart called Clear Bird stamps. Pearls are from Michael's and the stickles I added for extra sparkle are Cotton Candy. Flowers also from Michael's by Prima.

I colored my image in prismacolored pencils and copics, chalked the edges of all dp to give a little vintage feel to the whole card.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to stop by my DT sister's blogs to check out their gorgeous creations.

Have a lovely day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON CHALLENGE #18

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

I hope whatever you are up to this weekend that you have fun and stay safe. We are laying low and not going anywhere other than to my in-laws to hang out by the pool as the weather is a wonderful 84 degrees and sunny! Yesterday we went to a car show where DH was able to hang out in his 1964 Chevy Nova and display it proudly! Unfortunately the evening was cut short due to rain and when you are driving a car with no wipers and slick tires, well it's time to leave before the heavy rains come down! LOL We had fun though!

Over at Doodle Dragon Studios this week there is a fun challenge Fancy Folds, and if you stop by the blog you will see that all the DT had fun with this challenge! I didn't upload my card in time as I am so off with my days lately, I thought today was Saturday and I still had time to get mine into the site before it went live!! Oh well, next time I will make sure that I actually get it in on time! The card was finished early in the week too!

I chose to do a cross over card and had fun with it.

I chose one of Dustin's adorable little dragons in the bathtub and colored it with copics. Of course I took photos before the gloss was put on all the water and bubbles...my brains not cooperating with me at all this week....I'll blame it on my cold and headache! Anywhoo, I hope you like my little creation as I had a good time putting it together. Don't forget to stop by the DDS blog to check out my DT sisters creations and to stop by Dustin's blog to see what he's been up to lately, and on CDAC as Dustin is over there too!

Have a wonderful Labor day!

Hugs,
Charlotte