Kellie's On A Cupcake Sugar High!!!

If you're looking for some AMAZING blog candy go and check out what Kellie has on offer over at the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog - over 50 - yes I said FIFTY images in a mix of rubber and digi will go to one lucky follower CHECK IT OUT HERE
I think she's been munching on one too many birthday cupcakes - LOL

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Nicole's Little Hop of Horrors

Woohooooo - it's time for Nicole's Little Hop of Horrors and I'm soo excited to have been asked along for the ride. The hop all starts at the wickedly spooky Barb's Blog  - so head on over there if you want to get your ghoul on. There are over 20 blogs joining in the fun so there will be some AMAZINGLY spooktacular eye candy on display - followed up by the chance to win some FABULOUS prizes ... SO LET'S HOP!

 If you're already hopping you should have arrived here from Cheri's Blog.

For my card I've used one of the Punky Teens from Simply Betty Stamps - this is Angelica. I also found a fabulous background DP from Memory Box and highlighted the crow by framing him with a frame I cut using my craft robo and giving him an evil red eye. Some letters cut using a cuttlebug alphabet make up the sentiment and my MS Drippy Goo punch gets another work-out too.

For a little blog candy I'm offering one of my commenters a $10 gift voucher from Tickled Pink Stamps - my first store DT and it's our 1st birthday this month - so one of YOU gets a gift from me!

Your next stop on the hop is Eulanda's Blog - but before you hop off to check our her awesome eye candy check out the sponsors Nicole has lined up for the hop......and note that the give aways will be drawn from Nicole's blog after the hop.

Simply Betty Stamps - Set of 5 Halloween Digi’s
Tickled Pink Stamps - Lil Lolita Halloween Digi’s
Tiddly Inks - $10 Gift Voucher
Scrappy Moms Stamps - Haunting we will Go stamp set
My Pink Stamper - Stamp Set
The Greeting Farm - 2 Halloween Digis
Scrap Hut - October 31st Cricut Cartridge (North America Only)

I'm also entering this into Copic Oz challenge - Halloween - I was just about done with my Halloween cards when this challenge came up - LOL.

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Let The Party Begin at Tickled Pink Stamps

I can't believe it's been a year since Kellie invited me to join her on her new adventure - opening her own store! Kellie and the rest of the Pink Ladies have become such important people in my life - their inspirational work and friendly chat behind the scenes has made this more of a family than a DT - and we chat about EVERYTHING - LOL - so thanx to ALL the gorgeous Pink Ladies for your friendship - past, present AND future!

To kick off our 1st Birthday Party over at Tickled Pink Stamps we are previewing a FABULOUS new sentiment and image set by the ever talented Heather Rolin - it's called "Tickled Pink Birthday" and will only be available in digi form. For my card I've used three elements from the set - the sentiment, birthday cake and banner.

The rest of the DT will also be previewing this marvellous set today and tomorrow, and from the sneak peeks I've had you'll be truly AMAZED at how versatile these images are - you can check out ALL the birthday fun, prizes and previews at our blog HERE! This marvellous set will be available for purchase tomorrow at midnight AEST over at the Tickled Pink Stamps Store!!!

And this is just the BEGINNING of our Birthday fun so pop on your party hats and grab a party bag!

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Mo's Sadie Meets Sketch Saturday #122

I just LOVED this image from Mo Manning when I saw her - she called 'Sadie with Apples' and is available from Mo's store HERE. I could almost smell the freshly picked apples she's carrying and imagine the juice dripping down my arm as I bit into one. I used this week's Sketch Saturday sketch to help me with the layout - I was having a bad day with my crafting and it's amazing how a good sketch can get you right back on track! I'm really pleased with how Sadie turned out after the initial frustrations. I'm also hoping to make the deadline over at Mo's Challenges for this week which is Bling, bing, bling

The DP and sentiment are from K&Company, while the flowers were made with my MS hydrangea punch. The leaves are from my SU bird and leaf punch - I love these leaves for my floral arrangements and one day will use the bird too - LOL. The corner was cut using a cuttlebug die.

Now For Something a Little Special

We will be celebrating 1 year as the Dream Team for Mo on 21st October in our Blog Hop and we would dearly love it if you could join in. The theme that were are working on is ...

Frogs and snails and puppy- dogs tails, that's what little boys are made of.

So If you would like to join in by making a card we will add an Inlinks on Mo's Dream Team Blog on October 21st so that you can add your link to it and then your card will be on display. We think with so many of you following Mo and loving her designs we could end up with a feast for the eyes of wonderful projects but we need you to make it happen. Hope you can join us!

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All About Betty Blog Hop

The lovely Eulanda came up with the idea for all of the gals from The Burtonesque Dolls, Simply Betty Stamps and Simply Betty Challenges blogs to put together a surprise blog hop of our very own to honour our wonderful Boss Lady SIMPLY BETTY.

Eulanda is kicking off the hop for you but if you're already on the hop you should have arrived here from the amazing Nicole's blog.

This hop is ALLLLLLLLLLLLL about Betty and since October is Betty's favorite month and there are sooooo many exciting things happening, we decided to be a step ahead of the game and do it just before?!! This way we can get things warmed up for the whole October and Halloween theme - in case you haven't gotten into the mood yet - LOL. We also decided to only use the Emo Betty images from Simply Betty Stamps to make sure the spotlight was all on BETTY.

Betty is a super generous lady who I have gotten to know through my computer - we've shared laughs, frustrations and deadlines together. When I actually got to spend the afternoon with Betty a few weeks ago in California it was one of the highlights of my trip - she's just as much fun IRL as she is on the other side of my keyboard.

For my card I decided to go with a lighter and brighter feel - to match Betty's bubbly nature. I know she loves Halloween but I just wanted to make this card a little more upbeat!

I know the rest of Betty's DTs feel the same affection for our leader as I do - which is why I know there will be some AMAZING Betty creations along the hop. But please note because this is an appreciation blog hop there are no prizes - it's just a little bit of fun and to let Betty know how we feel about her.

So LET'S KEEP HOPPING!! Your next stop is the lovely Patricia's blog.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #20 - Edward Scissorhands, Cutting Edge Design

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we have a fabulous sketch for you - created by our very own past Doll PaperAddict Catherine. Since the film we are channeling is Edward Scissorhands I knew exactly which image I wanted to use - Freddy Kruger Boy from Simply Betty Stamps Punky Teens collection. I used some K&Company DPs and embellishments to amp up the funky feel and make it look like Freddy was busy carving up pumpkins for Halloween. A computer generated sentiment finishes it off.

Hope you can play along with us this week - after all - everyone LOVES a good sketch don't they?!?!?!

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A Bit of Chocolatey Fun

Apart from my family and my crafting one of my other passions is cooking - a passion which my kids share with me! I bought  a fabulous Brownie cookbook and some funky chocolate moulds home from my trip and yesterday my son and I spent some quality time together in the kitchen cooking up some delicious brownies! If only he'd enjoy making salads I may be able to spend time with him AND not gain weight - LOL.

And this is the result of putting my 2 purchases together - how fun is THAT - LOL. And not only did they look good but they were delicious - the brownies were all soft and gooey on the middle - YUM.

Now if you're looking for some fat-free eye candy this is my second post for the day - I have a card using a Just INKlined image just below.....

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A Wishing Well to Wish You Well

Over at Just INKlined there are some fabulous images that can be used for all sorts of occasions - this is the Wishing Well and it can be found instore HERE. There's something very appealing about wishing wells - you can't help but want to throw a few coins in and make a wish. At least most of the ones around these days have the money collected going to some worthy cause - so at least someone's wish may be granted - LOL.

Sorry this is a short post - have spent the morning shopping for a dress for my daughter to wear to the Spring Racing Carnival - am exhausted - LOL.

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Magnolia Down Under Challenge #65 - Lace and Flowers

This week over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we have a challenge after my own heart - lace and flowers - two of my favourite embellishments! I decided to take the opportunity to get another Christmas card made and I used some of the DPs I bought in America - but they weren't in a pad and I threw the packet away without writing down the manufacturer - will blame jet lag for THAT stupid mistake!!!!

I've used one of my favourite Tilda's from the 2009 Christmas release and also managed to play with my new Magnolia Doily DooHickey Die that just arrived from Tickled Pink Stamps. I know there has been some frustration that it's only half a die but it made me think that it could look great as a partial doily - even though Magnolia have put out a tutorial on cutting a full doily - which you can find HERE. I loved being able to cut my own doily out of DP. I did back this with a white piece offset slightly as it needed to stand out a little more.

I hope you can come along and play this week at MDUC - we have some amazing new DT members on board so the rest of us have had to crank up our own work and the inspiration from the girls is truly GORGEOUS! Check it out at our blog HERE.

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Mo Helps Me Say Thank You To Someone Special

I made this card to take away on my trip for my special blogging friend Lisa Hjulberg from The Craft's Meow. Lisa was one of my very first cyber buddies and it's been a friendship that has lasted the test of time and distance. I was lucky enough to be able to stop over in Los Angeles for a few days on my way to Washington DC - and Lisa and her family were just wonderful to me during my stay. For a couple of gals who'd never met IRL before it was like we'd always been friends - Lisa's poor husband Paul found it hard to get a word in once we started chatting, and that took all of 2 seconds - LOL.

While I was in LA I also managed to meet Betty from Simply Betty Stamps - one of my U.S "bosses" and Alicia Garcia - one of my fellow SBS DT gals who took time away from wedding preparations and a new job to have lunch with me - she was married 3 days later and had family and friends arriving in town too! It was soooo great to meet these gorgeous ladies. Lisa, Betty and I went and did a little craft shopping together after our lunch - here's a pic of the 3 of us in front of the Halloween display! (from left to right - Me, Betty, Lisa). This is Lisa, Betty and Alicia's local scrapbook store.

I used Mo Manning's mermaid Melia on my card for a very special reason. A few months ago Lisa and I were suffering similar work stress issues and I sent THIS card to her as a "pick-me-up" - but unfortunately it never got there. I know Lisa was upset when I told her I'd sent it and it hadn't arrived so I decided my Thank-You card had to have the image I'd used before. I wanted card to have a different layout though - so some swirly "waves" were just the right touch.

If you love Melia too you can find her over at Mo's store HERE. You can't tell from the picture but Melia is quite sparkly with mini rhinestones and glitter - one day we'll be able to photograph it properly!

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