Copic Colour Challenge #37!

Trying so hard to find my mojo and start getting organised but the going is rather slow I am afraid! It's a catch 22 situation, I have a week off work...but have my two little (well not so little) monsters at home!LOL

Anyhow, I did actually manage to get a card made for the Copic Colour Challenge this week!

The colours are;

and here's what I came up with.

So grab your Copics and head on over to check out the challenge!

Dottie's World- Child's Play!

It was Lou's turn to set the challenge over on Dottie's World this week;

"Well Hellooooo!!!!!!! Louise here with your challenge for this week.
I have been busy working on a new download collection, it's a boy themed set....but it's not quite ready yet. I have a sneaky preview for you on my example card but that will have to do for now....sorry ♥
Anyway, in keeping with the child theme.... "This week on Dottie's World I want to see you setting free the child in you. Make a card or something else for a child (using a Charmed Download please) . Let your imagination run wild!"

You MUST pop over and have a look because if the first sneak peak is anything to go by, it's going to be an absolutely fab collection.

Anyway, I struggled with this but eventually came up with a card (sorry it's late girls!) I am not at all happy with it, I think the colours don't help at all, not my usual "safe" colours!

Copic Colour Challenge #36

This week it was my turn to chose the colours over at the Copic Colour Challenge so I went for something seasonal and with Halloween in mind, I came up with these!

This is what I came up with;

Image is by InStyle Stamps who are sponsoring is this week, pop over to join in the fun!

Dottie goes Autumnal!

Still finding it really really hard to find my mojo, but in general life is becoming a little bit "smoother!" Mum is improving bit by bit although the anti-rejection meds are having a few side effects her progress is steady.

Amelia seems to have settled into her new school better than we could ever have expected, her reading has made an amazing improvement and her confidence and attitude to learning has made a fantastic turn!

Jack sat his 11+ yesterday so we aren't trying to cram practice papers and extra work into out agenda now......so fingers crossed, I will soon find my mojo lurking beneath the mess on my craft desk!

I have made a mojo-less card for this week's Dottie World challenge. LOVED working with these colours, although the warm Autumnal colours are some of my favs in general I rarely work with them. Hope you play along too!

Going Round in Circles with Dottie's World!

It was my turn to set the challenge over at Dottie's World this week and still suffering with a complete lack of energy and mojo this is what I came up with;

Hi everyone it's Adele here! My life is all over the place at the moment, rushing around but not really achieving anything. When I realised it was my turn to set the challenge, this was the first thing that came into my poor little head!

Going round in circles!

Use this for inspiration in any way you like, circles on you papers, card shape, apertures, whatever takes your fancy but make sure you include a Charmed Download!

Copic Colour Challenge

Well life is calmer....for now. Things have thankfully settled down a bit fir the run up to Jack's 11+, which is two weeks today. I am hopeful that he will spend a bit of time with me going through a few maths and verbal reasoning questions...but HOPEFUL is the key word there. Jack seems to think that 2 weeks is a lifetime away!LOL

Anyway,I have had a card on my desk all week waiting to be completed, so today in between washing and tidying and sorting loads of flash cards for Amelia's speech & language work...I actually finished it and took a couple of piccies!

This card was made for this week's challenge over on the Copic Colour Challenge Blog.

This weeks colours are;

Not a comfortable combination for me I will happily admit, but still trying to find my mojo really doesn't help matters. Fingers crossed, things will continue to calm down a bit and my mojo will come flooding back...just in time for the Christmas rush...EEEK.

A charming Sunday!

Well things are not really calming down much in the Dingle house, although we are not really ill, we aren't 100% and I am trying to keep sore throats and sniffles to a minimum with vitamins and good ol' Calpol....(for the kiddies!)

My mum seems to be doing marvellously and came out of hospital on Wednesday. She is having to travel up to King's College Hospital in London three times a week to keep a close check on the new kidney, it's a rotten journey but at least it's not quite as bad as having to travel to Guy's.It's frustrating for me as I still haven't really spent any time with her, with cold and flu bugs lurking I have had to send my love from a distance but really just want a big hug with my mum.

The children are really grumpy, especially Amelia and I am worried it's the change of school and missing her friends as well as not feeling 100% well. Lots of cuddles and time as a family I think but somehow it just never all goes to plan!

I increased my hours at work and I am struggling to keep going with just no energy or motivation at the moment. I think a good de-clutter in the house and my life is called for but I need to find the time and energy to actually make a start with it.

Anyway, I'll quickly show yow the card I made for this week's challenge over at Dottie's World...then I'll pop the kettle on and try to find my mojo underneath the clutter on my desk.

This week June set the challenge:

Well since I'm new on the Dotties World design team, and buy my digi downloads from Charmed Cards and Crafts, it just seemed right to have a charm incorporated into the card....soooooo, this week's challenge is "Charmed I'm sure", and I would love to see a charm, or charms incorporated into your card. Of course you need to use a charmed digi dowload, and if you enter for the next four weeks you may just win something nice!!... go on have a play, I can't wait to see all of your dangly bits!!!

Scruff is from the Animal Magic download collection.

Don't forget play along with us at Dottie's World with the next FOUR challenges and be in with the chance of some super, scrummy, Pixie Chicks CANDY!!!!!

SEE HERE FOR DETAILS!!!!!

A few DewDrop Images!

With mum still in hospital and having a few problems, probably caused by her medication but not 100% sure yet! Chris, Jack, Amelia and myself all trying to fight off coughs, colds and high temperatures...it's been a very long week. Had to have the day off yesterday as Jack really wasn't well enough to go to school and I am going around feeling constantly shattered.

Still trying to play catch up with everything but feel I am fighting a losing battle. Promised myself I would keep the childrens records for work up to date weekly and already we are on week 3 and I am falling behind. Better bump it up a bit on my to do list!

I have promised Nikki that I would colour a few of her new images.....better late than never honey...sorry! I really had fun with these and I hope you like them, thought they'd make great cards for teenage girls!

I used Rori 1 available HERE!

Catch up crafting!

This time last week I was sitting nervously with my mum in Guy's hospital waiting impatiently to know exactly what was happening about her kidney transplant...my godness...it's been a long hard week! But the fabby news is that there is talk of my mum coming home tomorrow! We are all on the verge of colds so I cannot see her but to know she is only across the road will be fantastic!

Amelia seems to have settled quite nicely in her new school, Jack has been elected as House Captain...but we still have the runb up to his 11+ to consider.

With all this in mind I took to a bit of crafting late last night...please don't fall off your seats!

Here is the card I made for this week's Dottie's World Challenge.

Apologies to everyone for not being a very good blogger recently, I have a huge list of blogs to visit and comments to make and I don't know that I will ever catch up!

XXX

Never a dull moment!!!!!

So who said life would settle down!!!LOL

Jack went off to the Isle of Wight on Friday as planned, we took Amelia to Speech & Language on Saturday morning then dropped her off at my MIL/FIL and arranged that we would pick her up on Sunday afternoon.

Chris and me then drove back and decided to have a little wander around the shops at Dockside, then onto a late pub lunch. I actually wanted to buy some new shoes but ended up buying a few clothes and bits and bobs for the kitchen- new oven gloves, cheese grater, garlic press and a teapot. We only ever use a teapot on holiday but have often said about getting one for home so Chris and me can have a civilised pot of tea out in the conservatory over the weekend!LOL

Anyway, the chances of us having a childfree weekend and not having a drink or two on Saturday night are very slim but for some reason it just didn't happen. I couldn't really get myself settled and had a half complete card made for the Dottie DT blog I HAD to make and blog Sunday morning. I am always a ditherer but things have been so unsettle since we got back from holiday the children back at school. My motivation has vanished along with my crafty mojo.

Anyway, there we were nearly 1am Sunday morning and Chris and me had warm milk and biccies and we playing a few games on facebook. Then the phone rang....it was almost as if we had stayed up waiting for the call!

It was my dad, mum was having to rush up to Guy's in London as a kidney had become available for a transplant! The emotions we all went through are beyond explanation and after a mad rush to London we waited hours and hours until finally after many tests mum went down to surgery at 4pm Sunday afternoon. The operation didn't go too smoothly and it wasn't until the very early hours of Monday morning that she was back up on the ward. Fingers crossed it all went OK and the kidney is functioning.

Was it luck or fate that it was this weekend I had no children to care for and was able to go up to LOndon with her? Was it luck or fate that we had not had any alcolhol Saturday night? And did someone, somewhere know that I would be able to share a pot of tea with my mum and not worry about her fluid restriction any more?

It's early days yet but every day she makes a little more progress....and as for me and my missing mojo........hmmmm.

Busy, busy, busy!

Goodness, life is all over the place at the moment. Back from our hols on Saturday, Amelia started her new school Monday and seems to have settled really well although she is desperately missing her friends. Jack started back, now in Year 6 and the 11+ is looming for him, he got the position of House Captain at school and today he has gone away for the weekend down to the Isle of Wight. First time he has been away from us really unless you count a few nights at Nanny & Grandad's house!

I have started back at work and have now increased my hours so I seem to be either working or pacing up and down nervously waiting for the children to arrive home. Routine is completely out of the window and I cannot believe they have already had a week at school.

Will life ever be organised, calm and relaxed?........I don't think so!

Right, a snippet of crafting and it is very much a little snippet! Here's a card I made this week...the ONLY card I have made for a few weeks actually! It fits in well with this week's challenge over on Cute Card Thursday which is to use pink and green!

Dottie Holidays!

Quite appropriate for the challenge that Lou set over on Dottie's World this week as "sunny" Norfolk here we come! Fingers crossed please! LOL.

Anyway Lou wanted us to use the Holiday theme as inspiration this week so I decided to get ahead for Christmas and make another Chrimbo card!

I used Holly Pixie from Pixie Chicks #1.

Pop over and join in the fun and I'll see you when we get back! XXX

Gorjuss Copic Colour Challenge #28

Oh my....I had forgotten how little I seem to achieve in the school holidays. Keeping my sanity intact, or at least what little I have left, is a full time mission in itself. The only crafting I am managing is the odd DT card and even then they seem to sit on my desk for ages as I manage to grab a few minutes without interruptions. LOL...as I am sitting here typing Amelia wants me to build a camp, play schools, go in the garden, play this, do that......I am feeling rather drained tro say the least!

Anyway, eventually I managed to make a card for this week's Copic Colour Challenge which is sponsored by the Craft Barn this week...make sure you play along to be in with a chance of a £15 voucher.

This week the colours are;

Don't forget, you don't need to have the exact coplours or use all three, just the closest Copics that you have. Here is what I came up with.

Charm and spacer by Quixotic Paperie...love these butterflies, must get some more but when I get there I spend so much time dithering over all the choices! Go and check them out.