Moving Along With A New Baby!

Hello folks, no don't panic I'm not expecting! It's just  a post title lol Though I have to say I love babies and I wish my kids would hurry up and have some!! I'm desperate to be a Granny, I know I know I'm far too young lol (I wish)

Well I'm back from my holiday in the sun and burnt to a crisp too, a lovely shade of peeling, red and brown with the odd bit of sun bleached hair thrown in for good measure!!  The temperatures were sky high and peaked at 42 degrees on the Saturday. It was really good to get away but I don't think I've managed to resolve my problems and I kind of wish I was still there!

I had this card all made ready and scheduled as today we have a brand new challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and the lovley Marita is hosting her 

first challenge with us and has chosen

Babies

Here is what I came up with

Using the image First Steps from our Sponsor this week

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

Don't you just love gingham on baby cards? To me they go hand in hand but then I like gingham! I did a bit of cutting with my nesties to create the frame and though it doesn't look like it in this picture, the ribbon does match! The sentiment is a rub on that I have had forever!

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of the challenge, the prize and some gorgeous inspiration from my teammies this week.

That's all from me, thank you for stopping by. I will get myself all sorted out and unpacked and holiday washing done then I'll be around to visit you all

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges
Here Come The Boys - Little Boy Blue

Moving Along With The B Team

Good Morning everyone, I hope you are all safe and warm and that any snow is not disrupting your life, we have had quite a bit here at the time of me writing this (but that was a few days ago as I'm trying to be organised and schedule at least a week ahead!)

It's time for a new challenge for the newly revised DT at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week it's Team B's turn to play along with the theme

Birthdays

How's that for nice and easy!!

We have some new DT members debuting today so please pop along to their blogs and show them some love.

We were each given an image to play with from this weeks sponsor

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

I chose Birthday Girl, she really made me chuckle!! The papers have been in my stash forever - I don't even know where they are from! Pop along to the main challenge blog for all the details of this challenge and some fabulous inspiration from my teammies!!

Don't forget to enter my 2nd birthday candy - 

I've been shopping and it's gonna make for one happy follower!!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card
Creative Inspirations - For The Girls
Stampavie and More - Spots And Stripes
Inky Chicks - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Pile It On - Happy Funny Birthday
Dream Valley - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Dies nad Punches
Totally Gorjuss - Spotty

Going Dotty @ MAWTT

Good morning guys, another scheduled post from me as I'm back off to Leicester today to visit my Mum. I seem to have been flying around everywhere this last week! I'm only going for the day as Friday is my wedding anniversary and I think my husband has something planned! LOL no doubt I'll be disappointed. 29 years, I can hardly believe it.

My trip to London and the Royal Variety Show was amazing!! I never thought of myself as an opera fan but Andreas Bochelli (if that's how you spell it!) was spine tingling!! Robbie Williams and Rod Stewart were pretty fab too! My seat was above the Royal box and I was hanging over the rail all night to get a glimpse of me 'Auntie Liz'! LOL

Anyway back to the matter in hand

it's time for a new challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and the lovely Claire is sending us all

'Dotty'

Not difficult, over at MAWTT we already are!!

Not that you can tell by this dull and dismal picture (it didn't stop raining yesterday to get a decent pic) but the whole reindeer is covered in glamour dust and it sparkles beautifully IRL!

The little deer in question is 'Doodledeer' from this weeks sponsor

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details and some gorgeous dotty inspiration.  We now also have a full DT call on as MAWTT is really MAWTT lol and splitting into 2 teams in the new year. We'd love some new playmates to join us!!

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by to visit

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'll link this up when I get back!

Anything But A Card @ MAWTT

Hello again I hope you all enjoyed the Jubilee and have fully recovered from any parties you may have had to celebrate! I've been working non-stop over ther weekend but managed to get this made a couple of weeks ago in preparation!
Its time for a new challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week my lovely Lisa is cracking the whip and has given us the challenge of

Anything But A Card

Now Lisa knows this theme throws me into total panic normally but as I'm going through a 'finally use my equipment that's collecting dust' phase I got to use my Zutter binder it all for the first time and I must have bought it at least 3 years ago!!

So my 'anything but a card' is a birthday book!

I know I know it's still square but give a girl a break!
All my flowers are from WOC, I totally love that shop! I can't remember where I got my butterfly! it was from somewhere that Rebekah told me! The ribbon is American Crafts and has been collecting dust for years too lol and the image was given to me to play with by this weeks sponsor

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

 You can find all the details at the MAWTT challenge blog along with some fabulous idea's from my lovely team mates.

I have another update from China to share too. Raegan went to see the Panda's and said they were amazing, you can have your photograph taken with them but at £130 she declined! (trust me that is not like her) She wasn't allowed through the path she originally chose, apparently sometimes Westeners aren't, so she backtracked to Kunming after going to the Face Changing Opera in Chengdu. This is a quote from her email
" I think I walked round the whole of Chengdu yesterday. I didn't want to go to bed and waste a day when time is running out so dragged myself to a monastery here then just walked around. I saw the bugs on sticks waiting to be ate...I just couldn't bring myself to do it! There's a massive statue of chairman Mao here so I walked to that as well and actually came across an Irish pub! So thought why not! Ha! Not very Chinese I know! Oh I ate Yak momo's in Shangri-la. Which is yak dumplings...they were good! They served them with this chili sauce and because my chopstick skills  are a little weak I kept dropping them in eating more chilli sauce than I would have liked!"
It goes on quite a bit more but I don't want to bore you all! She is now on her way to Xi'an (pronounced Sang I'm told)

That's all from me for today folks, thank you for coming by
Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
MMCS - Bingo (flowers, pearls & die cuts)
Truly Scrumptious - Flower Power
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Flowers In Bloom
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
RR Ribbons- Flowers and Ribbon
TIOT - Anything Goes

Special Ladies @ MAWTT

Good Morning blog land I hope all is well in your corner of the world.

Thursday already !! and time for a new challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and this week my lovely friend Pam is hostess with the mostest and she has chosen

'Special Ladies'

If you haven't yet made your Mothers Day card, now's a good time or if you have then as long as your card is for a 'Special' Lady we want to see it!

 I can't keep away from these little round cards lol, my excuse is I made an awful lot of square ones first! I've used Floppy Latte Designs Floral Frame from this weeks sponsor

Stitchy Stamps

I thought the frame was screaming "cut me out" but I think it was saying "only an idiot would spend so long cutting me out"

 It took me ages! 

But....I do like it so maybe it was worth the effort lol

The marble paper was a gift from a Teammie and I painted some chipboard letters with my paint dabbers. The little butterflies are a punch.

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details of this weeks challenge, the prize details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT. The new DT are debuting today so make sure you show them some extra special lurrrve! I'm a little sad as Sandra has decided to step down from the DT for a while, but hopefully she will come back one day soon!

I hope all you ladies out there get totally ruined on Mother's Day - I will be at work as usual!
Thanks for stopping by today, I'll be back tomorrow with my LCI new release reveal!!!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafts & Me - Circles
Creative Inspirations - Something For Mum
My Mums Craft Shop - Mums The Word
Papertake Weekly - For The Girls or Mum
Love To Create - About The Ladies
Dream Valley - Mothers Day
Craft Your Days Away - Mothers Day
Crafty Catz - Mothers Day or Special Lady
Crafts For Eternity - Special Mum
Allsorts - Say It With Flowers

Bee Mine @ MAWTT

Well I'm here with my DT post and to be honest I didn't think I was going to make this challenge! Never has a challenge given me as much trouble as this one (except for my next LCI card) I was already to throw in the towel and call it a day forever!.
Then I was visiting our GDT Leesa the other day she had made a mini card (check it out HERE) and I knew that was the answer to my problem! So off I zoomed to the Mistress of The Mini Makes, Mary J for a little more inspiration and I was saved!! Hallelujah!!

Without further ado its time for another challenge at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

and my dear friend Debs is the hostess and she wants us to 

HAVE A HEART

So lets see some love in your creations

My very first mini card and I can assure you it will not be my last! 

I love Mini cards now! It even has an inside

This was so quick to make (if you don't count the 2 hours I was looking for the yellow spotty paper!) The little bee was kindly given to us to use by this weeks sponsor

 http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

and the flowers are a MFT die with yellow brads in the centres.

Head over to the main MAWTT blog to check out all the details of this weeks challenge, last weeks winners, what you can win this week and some fabulous inspiration from my gorgeous Teammies.

Thanks for stopping by today

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious - Love & Hearts

Fab 'n' Funky - Use A Digi Image

Crafts & Me - Brighten Up Your Day

Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics

My Mums Craft Shop - Fab 'n' Funky

Crafty Sentiments - Punches & Dies (2nd entry)

Sweet Stamps - Shaped Cards

Crafty Catz - Things With Wings

Sweet Stampin' - Animals

Delightful Challenge - Punches & Dies

Paper Play - Get In Shape

Moving Along - Quickly!

A very good frosty morning to you all my lovely blog friends. Still no sign of snow here, looks like those up north don't want to share!!
Thursday morning can only mean one thing in my crafting calendar.......a new challenge at

Moving Along With The Times 

Thanks to those that entered Hazel's sketch last week, pop over to the main challenge blog to see if you made the top 3 or better still - won!
This week the Lovely Lisa is on duty, and she has given us the challenge of

Last Minute Christmas

So its quick makes all round, and Lisa you would be so proud of me I didn't 'faff' once in the making of this! From start to finish in 45 minutes! And I wish I'd made this weeks ago so I could have made 120 more, I love it so much, instead I bought them from M&S!

I have made cards for all my crafty friends though - I daren't buy cards for you lot!!! I took the image into Photoshop and gave it a brown overlay, so not even any colouring involved this week. Matted and layered it up on 3 different colours. Stamped directly onto my card (my is that nerve wracking!) with a Stampin Up sentiment, stuck on some gorgeous gingham from WOC, tied a bow, whacked it on and blinged up a Magnolia snowflake, layered it up a la Julie and that's it!

We have our regular sponsor this week, the fabulous

 

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

Pop over to the challenge blog for all the details and while you're there check out some fabulous inspiration from the DT. The lovely Val has decided to step down from the DT, I wish you well in your pastures new Val be sure to visit us @ MAWTT.  Our sweet Pam is taking a short break, personally I think she's been kidnapped by the elves or she IS Santa's little helper!

That's it from me today, thank you all for taking the time to visit me and to those that do...thank you for your comments
Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally PaperCrafts - Let It Snow

Sweet Stampin - It's Snowing (2nd entry)

Lollipop Crafts - Colour Challenge

The Pink Elephant - Snowflakes & Sparkle

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Simon says Stamp - Photo Inspiration
Bling It On - It's Christmas

Moving Along With the Boys

Good Morning blog lovers I hope you are all well wherever you are and whatever you're doing! It's DT time again for me as Thursday means a new challenge at

Moving Along With The Times

Before I go into that I'd like to thank everyone for the fabulous entries into last weeks challenge, my you all love a bit of vintage! I also want to thank you all for supporting out fabulous blog, its really great to see it grow and grow.

Now on to this week, super Shell is hosting and she says

'No Girls Allowed!'

I used this opportunity to make a card for one of my favourite nephews Isaac

As soon as I saw this fabby paper I knew I had to use it with my new stamp from LCI.

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous

 StitchyBear Stamps and this super prize is up for grabs.

We were all given either images or Digi papers to use and I chose 

doobleboys bluedkbrown doodle paper.

Head over to the main challenge blog for all the details and some great inspiration from the DT.

Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

Moving Along With A Sparkle

A very Good Morning to you all, I need to start my post with a little message

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAMI

I'm a little excited as tomorrow I get to meet Pami for the first time, both her and Lisa, my two fantastic teammies, are coming over to Sunny Hunny and we are all off on a blog girls day together on Saturday. Lisa and I have met before and hit it off really well. If anyone is around this area on Sunday maybe you'd like to join us for lunch?

Now on to the rest of my post, its Thursday and that means new challenge at

Moving Along With The Times

and this week I get to host and I would like to see your cards

SPARKLE

So go mad with the glitter, glamour dust to your hearts content and let us see those cards shine so much we need sunglasses! Don't forget to check out the main MAWTT challenge blog for all the details of this challenge, to see if you were the lucky winner of our fabulous Hazel's sketch challenge last week and to see what my lovely team makes have made sparkle just for you.

 

Not that you can tell from this photo, but trust me this is a very sparkly card!! I printed out the super Stitchy image after I'd re-coloured it in Photoshop, then used a glue pen to go all around the outline and glamour dusted the lot!! Fab WOC flowers and the lush paper is Kaiser Craft.

We are sponsored this week by the faberooni
StitchyBear Stamps
and this super prize is on offer to the lucky winner

I hope that you all get a chance to join us this week, I look forward to being dazzled by your creations in every way!

Thank you for stopping by today for your visit and to those that do, for the lovely comments

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

Don't Be Square at Moving Along With The Times

Oh boy am I late!!! I'm so sorry to my lovely teamies, with all the glorious hot weather we have had it's been really busy at the seaside and work has gone a bit mental, I've had no time to craft or blog so I'm very sorry not to have visited you all again this week!! It's raining as I type so I've managed to sneak home and make this little tag to share with you for this weeks challenge at

Moving Along With The Times

It's my lovely friend and teamie,  Debs first time hosting since she joined us and she has set a theme of 

'Don't Be Square'

Now I know many of you will love this idea but it sends me into panic lol, I only know how to make square cards, I see all these gorgeous round and shaped cards and I'd love to be able to make them, and as soon as I get time I will adventure into them! I decided that I would make a gift tag.

I apologise for the picture its blurred but as I'm already 7 hours late posting this I didn't have time to retake it! The tag, the swirl and the leaf are all Magnolia Doo Hickey Dies and all have been distressed with TH, a mix of Walnut Stain and Spun Sugar. The ribbon, flower and rub on were all from my stash. The dress is an image I was given to play with by this weeks sponsor

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

who are offering this fabulous prize to the lucky winner

Please head over to the main challenge blog for all the details and to see what my fabulous friends have made for your inspiration, unlike me they were on time!!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie xx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Free and Easy

Totally Papercrafts - Bling It Up

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything But A Card

Crafts And Me - Anything Goes
Aa Spoon Full Of Sugar  - Tags

Moving Along With Christmas

Good Morning to my lovely blogging friends, I don't know about you, but where I live we have had such a mix of weather this week!

I have to say I'm very sorry, I've been a dreadful blogger this past week. I've had a manic week at work and not got around to visiting anyone, I will try harder this week.

Thursday again means it challenge time again over at

Moving Along With The Times

Thank you to everyone who entered Lisa's challenge last week, don't forget to visit the main blog to see if you were the lucky winner or one of the top 3

This week it's Shell who is hosting, and she has chosen

 'Christmas In July'

Just the kick up the backside I needed to start my Christmas cards!

 

We are sponsored this week by

Stitchy Bear Stamps

and they are offering the winner this fabulous prize

Some of us were given images to use and I chose this cuddly little snowman. The papers are DCWV and the snowflakes were die cut from Sizzlets and dipped in Twinklets Diamond Dust. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Don't forget to visit MAWTT to check out what the lovely DT have made using Stitchy's images and to get all the details of this weeks challenge

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie

I would like to enter thisinto the following challenges

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Stamp Something - Digi Day

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Stitching (on my paper)

Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas In July
Sweet Stamps - Christmas In July
Our Creative Corner - Christmas In July
Lil Red Wagon  - Christmas In July

Diva's By Design - Die Cuts or Punches

Moving Along With a Great New Challenge

Good Morning Blogland, Thursday again - my these weeks go quick! It's challenge time again over at 

Moving Along With The Times

and this week we have a brilliant sketch for you to follow by the lovely Hazel

We are Sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear and this fabulous prize is up for grabs

Some of us were given images to play with and I chose 

Floppy Lattes Fairy Moon

 I had a little play around with this image in Photoshop and changed it to brown and printed it out onto the fabulous Olivia paper from Basic Grey finished it off with a gorgeous silk bow with ribbon from Ribbon Girl, added some flat back pearls, a rub on sentiment on two tiny tags and that was that!

Head over to the main MAWTT challenge blog for all the details and to check out the fabulous DT makes for your inspiration.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sir Stampalot - Magical Worlds

Charisma Cardz - Birthdays in Pink
Creative Belli   - Something Beginning With S - Silhouette
Stamps R Us  - Going Digital

Thank you for stopping by today and to those that do for commenting.

I'm away again on Monday (Lucky Me!) to a friends wedding in Crete and when I get back hopefully things will return to normal and I'll get around to visiting you all again!

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie x x

Moving Along With Some Mint Choc Chip

Good morning all and thank you for stopping by my little blog this morning. I have been a bad blogger this past week and I will try much harder this next week to get more done. I have a couple of new followers who I would like to thank for joining me, welcome Ladies.
I did have a meeting with the fabulous Lisa from Mess2Magic last weekend she is an amazing lady who is so much fun, I didn't want her to go home!! As I was working Lisa was helping me and we had her making Candy Floss in no time!

Thursday already this week means its DT time for me over at Moving Along With The Times and this week is really special for me as the gorgeous girls over there have let me set the theme for this weeks challenge. As its Easter and I've been dieting for the last month I've been fantasizing about 

'Chocolate' 

so that's the theme for my very first challenge. I'm going to get my chocolate fix from your cards!

We are sponsored this week by Stichy Bear Stamps who are offering the winner a whopping $10 voucher to spend in their store

We also have 4 new members to welcome into our little Design Team Family, Debs, Kitty, Sylvia and Val please check out their individual blogs when you get chance and head over to the MAWTT main blog for inspiration from our uber talented DT team.

We were given some images to play with this week and Lisa named my card Mint Choc Chip!

I followed an old sketch from Friday Sketchers I couldn't find a name on it sorry. The gorgeous papers are from the Prima Madeline 6x6 paper pad. The lush brown double ruffle ribbon is from Ladybug Crafts Ink, the mint spotty ribbon is from American Crafts and the flowers are also Prima, I used the Magnolia lace border die and some sticky pearls. The image is raised with sticky foam pads.
I hope that you all join me this week on my first challenge, I can't wait to see what you create!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Sundae  - Childhood Memories (the Easter Bunny)
Ooh-La-La - Easter
Pink Elephant - Easter
Papertake Weekly - Truly Dimensional
Stampin For The Weekend - Easter
Creative Inspirations  - Easter
Little Red Wagon  - Easter
Scrappy Frogs  - Easter

Thanks for looking and to those that do, for commenting

Love 'n' Hugs Laurie x

Almost forgot!! I was given this lovely award by my beautiful blogging friend Jill we started out together and I visit her lovely blog often to see her amazing talent. I have to give it to 5 blogs who have less than 100 followers so I would like to give it to:

Sue
Maria
Kelli
Pami
CJ

Moving Along With A Stitchy Bear

Good mornings bloggers, hopefully I'm still tucked up in bed and this post has managed to find its way here via a schedule!
It's DT time again over at Moving Along With The Times and this week we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

Hazel is our host this week and she has chosen the theme of  'Anniversarys' Don't forget to head over to MAWTT to check out what the amazing Design Team of Hazel,  Brenda, Lisa Jane and Pami have created for your inspiration.

For my card I have used a fabulous Stitchy Bear with a sparkler image (isn't he just so cute?)

I have glittered his little sparkler with Art Institute iridescent glitter (I've taken another pic which shows it up better)

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the wire and crystal flowers are from e crafts a store I heard about from the lovely Rebekah (I ordered them one day and they were delivered the next morning!)
I have used Magnolia's doo hickey lace border die and swirl, a cuttlebug embossing folder and my nesties. Sentiment is a rub on and everything was from my stash.
Papertake Weekly  have a theme of 'Anything Goes' this week so I'm entering this there.

Thank you for looking and I'll see you all over at MAWTT
Love 'n' Hugs Laurie x