TLT - Lisa's Challenge - Going Dotty!

Another Tuesday another TLT! But before I get to the nitty gritty, thank you to everyone who left comments last week for our blog hop. We all had a blast and I think you did too. The winners have been chosen so make sure you 'hop' on over to the Challenge Blog to see if you're one of them :-D

Today's challenge has been chosen from the irreplaceable Lisa (though don't tell her cuz it'll just go to her head!) and her theme is Going Dotty. I don't know about you but I love dots...all shapes and sizes. Did you just read that and think 'I didn't know dots came in shapes'? LOL...I did as I typed it but hey ho, why not!

I made my card AGES ago because I needed to be organised as I'm going home tomorrow for two weeks...Yippee!!! It will be 2 1/2 long years since I was there for my mom's 70th birthday and although I only saw my sister's in January at CHA it's going to be flabulous to get everyone together again. Already my calendar is getting full...Shelly's a hairdresser and first thing Thursday morning she's cutting and colouring my hair. I CANNOT wait but it gets better...on Saturday she's giving me a Brazillian Blowdry (I can't tell you how much trouble I got into with Tams when I was telling her about that and then of course she had to tell the rest of the Ladybugs hmph lol!) For those of you that don't know what a BB is, think no more straighteners (flat irons)...well for about 4 months anyway!! I'll be able to wash my hair and let it air dry and it will be straight...blowdry it and it will be straight. I will no longer be a slave to my straighteners .. just wash and go!

Hang on...back to the card and I'll fill you in on other stuff at the end :-D

Going dotty....no problem as I've got loads of dotty paper. I grabbed Gossip Nikki and inked her up with my Momento inkpad and coloured her in with my Copics.

It doesn't look like it from the picture but the turquoise ruffle edged ribbon does go with the cs. I punched out a border with my MS punch and the Best Friends sentiment with my SU! Word Window Punch. I made the matching brad with my Imaginesce i-top brad maker.

Of course Nikki's friend had to have a dotty sweater...this was easily done with my white gel pen. A bit of sparkle for Nikki's top with GD and a swarovski crystal earring, sleeve button and bracelet finished her off.

I'm  pleased with how their hair turned out. I tried really hard to get highlights and with a lot of practice and watching Suzanne Deans tutorial video's on loop I think I did an ok job :-D Hope you like it.

Apart from my hair appointments I'm going to see a few friends from school, visit with extended family and my cousin Kerrie I met for the first time last year. Also my mom, sister's and I are going to do our usual trip to the States. We set off EARLY and drive to Seattle just in time for some lunch at PF Changs...they make the BEST lettuce wraps ever! Then we make our way home stopping at the outlets along the way. This is always one of the highlights of my trips home and this time we've got an extra passenger, Celine, to keep us company. So excited just thinking about it!

I'll have cards pre-scheduled throughout my 2 week absence plus I might pop in just to say hi. I'm a bit worried about my Ladybugs...I told them last night I was going away and I think a party is being organised while I'm gone! I wonder if they're trying to tell me something???  Think Pinky might regret her invitation lol.

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Catch ya later x