Just keep swimming!!

Image- Wryn Just keep swimming.

Sentiment- Floating By clear stamp set.

Papers- Bildmalarna An Ocean with Strawberries.

Lace- Velvet centre lace.

Morning peeps!!

Its a lovely sunny day here today so I am going t share this super summery new release from Tiddly Inks! she's so cute!! I went all out bubbly for this one and even added a few little liquid pearl bubbles to come out from her snorkel!! the little sentiment that goes with her so well is from the Floating By clear stamp set.

So I am really excited and proud today too. After a couple of weeks deciding on his charity for this year, Little Mo has decided to help our local RSPCA branch out. I love this little guy!! He has his own little donations page over on just giving, called Little Mo's Big Bike Ride. He has been so excited about the donations he has so far bless him! 

He is going to bike all the way to school ( which is 9.2 miles away!!)  Here's his map. He has printed it out so he can stick it on his handle bars!!

And there is a rather large hill he is a bit worried about but Scott has bought him a little bike computer so he can focus on breaking his speed record instead of panicking (....errr...hopefully!!) If you get a little minute please pop in on his page and read his little story, its so Mo, he wrote it himself!!

right, I had better get on with getting ready for school. Scott is having something picked up today so I will be stuck on parcel collection watch, the time slot they gave is poo!!!!!

Thank you for popping in

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Passion for Promarkers... Easel does it!!!

Stamp-Tiddly Inks Be my sunshine.

Papers- First Edition New Leaf.

Easel- 3D gift box with easel from Lori Whitlock.

Promarkers- burnt orange, coral, sunkissed pink and blush.

Mustard and Tulip Yellow.

Burnt Sienna, Caramel and Sandstone.

Midnight blue, Denim Blue and Pastel Blue.

I'm back!! lol!!

Its my turn to host away over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog today and I have chosen “easel does it”.  So..I want you to make an easel card!!  They are so easy to make and a whole tonne of fun, I love that pop and ooooh factor with them .

There are many ways to make an easel card but in case you’re new to making them here is a link to a tutorial on You tube that you may find useful. For mine, I used a cutfile bought from the SIL store and had some fun with it.

As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

We have 2 very generous sponsors this week – firstly we have Michele R Designs and Michele is offering one lucky winner a €10.00 voucher to spend in her amazing store.  There are so many beautiful papers to choose from you will be spoilt for choice.  

 

Our second sponsor is Letraset who is offering one lucky winner a Promarker Collectors set (neutrals) which has my all time favourite cool grey colours in it.  A very handy set to have!

ooooooh such fabby prizes!! and here's a piccy of how it looks with the easel down, its the cutest little box, its meant for a gift card but I like to fill mine with sweets or other little treats!!!

ok, I think that is me done for the day! don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog and see what my team 1 teamies have made because they are stunners.

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge #156...So Sweet!!!

Stamp- Tiddly Inks Dandy as Candy clear stamp set.

Papers- Carta Bella All Hallows Eve.

Morning all!!

Oh my! this is one exciting Tiddly Tuesday!! there are a whopping 11 new images in the store ( they are all just amazing!) and the DT girls have rocked them! each image has its own little gallery so come swoon with me!!

And it's time for a new challenge!!...this time we thought we would go with something totally fun, you know..the sweet treats and yummy stuff!! the next challenge is...

So Sweet!

Grab your favourite Tiddly Inks stamp or digital image and think along the lines of..

Images/stamps with sweet treats in, chocolate/cakes/sweets/baking, 
sweet themed papers/ embellies!

(**remember...We love to see any new creation, a card, 3D project, journal page etc 

but you must use a Tiddly Inks stamp or image to be eligible for the prize**)

So, I just had to get out one of the sweetest sweet tooth clear stamps!! I love them! the little sentiments go with them sooooo sweetly! and it looks so cool all stamped up in white onto the black circle! and that cute little sweet into a smaller circle just finished it all off.

I layered up some deliciously dark papers from the Carta Bella All Hallows Eve paper pad. I decided I needed to get a dark twist on the sweet!! he he he!!!

Right, I'll be back in a little while with my Passion For Promarkers post!!....it's a bit of a Tiddly Tuesday for me as thats a tiddly stamp too!! lol!!!

Thank you for popping in 

Hugs Lou xxx

Especially for you Petunia...

Stamp- Especially for you Petunia.

Papers- MME Nostalgia.

Latte cherry blossoms.

Dies- Joy crafts swirl no 2.

Die Namics Rustic hearts.

By DIEzyne double circles.

Morning all!!

I'm popping in today with one of the stunning new Stamping Bella Woodsies range. Oh they are just amazing and just what I needed to bump me out of the doldrums on sunday!!!

Coloured up with my trusty promarkers and some Lou -froo added on for good measure, she is all ready to go live in my box of cards!! (...ok...so thats a fib, the box is actually full to overflowing and she is sat on the side with roughly 25 more makes a la Lou but hey!! that's me!!!!)

When this posts I still have another hour left to work before I will be coming home for a shower and the school run and then a lovely sleep before picking up Mo at the end of the school day! its all go!!!!

Thank you for popping in

hugs Lou xx

Wynken, Blyken and Nod...

Image- Wynken, Blyken and Nod..
Papers- Studio Calico Atlantic.
Dies- Memory Box Precious stars.

Hi everyone!

Its my turn to post a make over on the Mo's Clubhouse blog and I wanted to share my make in celebration of the gorgeous little Filippo our Franz had a couple of weeks ago.I just had to use Wynken, Blyken and Nod... for my make. It so reminded me of Franz' gorgeous little 3 children, Milla, Niki and Filippo, that I just had to colour it up with 2 boys and a girl in their magical little shoe!! The net is actually beautifully sparkley but as always, getting that photo of sparkle eluded me and after 7 goes I thought 'hey, peeps will know Lou blinged it out!!!!' lol!!

I have had that little starry ribbon in my stash for soo long and I was so pleased to use it for this card.Its so pretty I might need to try and find more of it now!! 

Right, enough boring Lou waffle!! I bet y'all are asleep now!!

Thank you for popping in on me today.
huge hugs Lou xxx

Baby and Bunny...

Image- Baby and Bunny.

Morning everyone!!

Happy Saturday!!! we are going to have some family bubble time today. I love saturdays, we always make time just to be on a saturday and its the best feeling.

I am popping my card for my gorgeous friend Franz today. Its currently winging its way to her and her family in the mail but I can't wait to share it any longer!! he he he!!

I absolutely loved getting the texture into his soft little blanket, I do it by colouring in just dots and it looks soooo pretty once its done. All I needed to do then was add the personal deets, which I did using word and a little tag from one of my magnolia doo hickey club die sets!

I am also daftly proud of his chubby little cheeks (... the ones on his face  he he he!!!) because I actually managed to get that full little baby cheek look in them!!

Right, I had best pootle on! bubble time is calling me and I have a couple of things to get done first!!

Thank you for popping in

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Bunny Love!!!

Stamp- YNS Love and Smiles.

Die- Poppystamps Hearts and stars banner.

YNS Love and Smiles die set.

Papers- Teresa Collins Summer Stories.

Afternoon all!!

I thought I would pop in with a make I did a couple of weeks ago. It was for a something and our gorgeous Linda used the same poppy stamps die too so I booted my little bunny card out of the something so you guys get to see it instead!!!... the something of course is the Die Cut Essentials magazine, due out on May 21st. I am spoilt because I have seen the makes from the girls and oooooooooooooh they are delicious!!

I love this banner die but found it a tricky one for a Lou's brain to put into use! lol! so I added some strips of my paper and a couple of the sentiment sheet 'posters' to layer it out with before popping my bunny out on some hot glue over the whole lot!!

I made my little bunny look all textured by dotting on him with my blender pen after he was coloured up! soo cute!!

Thank you for popping in

huge hugs Lou xx

My room...

Stamp- LDRS My Room.

Papers- MME Lost and Found 2 Rosy.

Dies- Little Darlings Dewdrop circle die set.
Little Darlings Dewdrop border die.

Hi everyone!

Ihave soaked up some me time this morning, you know, that lovely make whatever I fancy with no reason other than to just play kinda time? I loved it! for me its very much a case of splodge on the stamp, grab the nearest dies, colour and splodge on some flowers but I love how this cutie came out!!

I masked off the bottom of my Dewdrop circle so I could just get the head-ish bit of this stamp. I love how thoughtful she looks just sitting there.

So thats me for today!! not many Lou waffles because my tummy is doing that feeeeeed me growl!! lol! soup here I come!!!

Huge hugs and thank you's for popping in

Lou xxx

Wryn the Mermaid...

Image- Wryn the Mermaid from Tiddly Inks.

Sentiment stamp- Floating By clear stamp set from Tiddly Inks.

Papers - FBQ Aye Aye Captain from Nitwits.

Evening peeps!

well I can't resist sharing this cutie anymore! I was reeeeally trying to sit on my hands until friday to post it but I have folded!!!lol!!

I love this little 'birthday fishes' sentiment too. Its from the Floating by clear stamp set, also from Tiddly Inks and I had a hard time choosing from the 2 fabulous sentiment circles in the set, in the end I totally cheated and let Mo choose! he he he!!

Isn't she just gorgeous! I had to make her real mermaid looking of course with some  green hair and magical scaley skin!! here's a better picture of how she looks!

Right, time to chill, we took Mo to the fair tonight with his little friend and my friend and he loved it!! Scott got totally squished by Mo and I on the Jimeney cricket ride! it makes me laugh the whole way through! its bouncy and sooo much fun!!! and so many other rides were just £1 tonight! fabulous fun, we left nibbling freshly made donuts and sweets! perfect!!!! here's mo on one of the inflatable slides, it was sooo funny, my camera took the photo just as his hair floofed up and looked like Wolverine!!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

You are Dinomite!

Morning peeps!

Phewsh! what a morning! little Mo woke up late....at 6:20am!! the lie in was wonderful but its funny how much that extra couple of hours makes my day seem sooo much shorter!! lol!!

Anywhoo! its my turn to share another make for Funky Daze month over on the Get Funky and craft blog using the Funky Daze original CD ROM. This CD is actually one of my first ever buys from Funky Hand all those years ago! 

I went for a boy make with the Tuesday colourway, its perfect for those little boys and men in your life!! and of course, having a Dino obsessed one in my life I just had to go for a dinosaur make!! I used a couple of my SIL Store files for this one, the little dino and the sentiment come from 2 different sets.

From the cool blues and greens of Monday Morning to the vibrant pink and black of Saturday shopping you are sure to find a collection of backing papers that will be perfect for your next craft project, papers and wordbooks all ready for you to print and go!!!

please pop in to the Funky Daze CD ROM page in the shop and check out the gallery of makes the DT have in there already.

Also, all the original CD ROM's are available on the Funky Hand website for just £1.00 each.  You can't go wrong with them really!

Right, its time for a cuppa and a chill out for me now! the dogs are laying in the sun on the decking and I am going to get my craft on!!!

Huge hugs and thanks for popping in
Lou xxx

Baby Fairy with Ladybug....

Image- Baby Fairy with Ladybug from

3 Baby Fairies set.
Paper- First Edition New Leaf.
Dies- Little Darlings Dewdrop circle die set.
Little Darlings Dewdrop border die.

Afternoon peeps!

Its my turn to post over on the Mo's Clubhouse blog today in with a magical baby fairy make to cheer up your weekend! This 3 Baby Fairies set is one of my absolute favorites from the shop, its so sweet.

I coloured this little cutie pie up a few weeks ago and have only just gotten round to attaching him to somethings! it felt soooo good to take a break from the tiling of the bathroom and make a bit of something!

I made a little sentiment on my computer and cut it with a label die and just tucked it in over on the top right. This little cutie really didn't need much more than that.

Right...back to the tiling! just a little bit left to do and then grouting! 

Thank you for popping in

hugs Lou xx

Hello..

Hi everyone!! 

I have another make to share another make for Funky Daze month using the Funky Daze original CD ROM. This CD is actually one of my first ever buys from Funky Hand all those years ago! 

I went for a super simple die cut 'hello' for my card with the Monday's Child colourway.

From the cool blues and greens of Monday Morning to the vibrant pink and black of Saturday shopping you are sure to find a collection of backing papers that will be perfect for your next craft project, papers and wordbooks all ready for you to print and go!!!

please pop in to the Funky Daze CD ROM page in the shop and check out the gallery of makes the DT have in there already.

Also, all the original CD ROM's are available on the Funky Hand website for just £1.00 each.  You can't go wrong with them really!

Right, woofers to walk and bathroom to tile!!
hugs Lou xxx

Tag you're it! pfp challenge...

Stamp- Love and smiles by YNS.

Papers- Glitz designs Love you madly.

Dies- Blue Prints 9.

Heart word balloon.

Promarkers- warm grey 1-5.

burnt orange, coral, sunkissed pink, blush.

I'm back!!! lol! promise its the last time for today!!!

It's time for a new challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog and this week its a super fun theme chosen by our Lisa of ..

Tag, you're it!!

so include a tag on your projects or alternatively decorate a tag or make a tag shaped card.  Don’t forget you can make anything you want, it doesn’t have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is and they are offering the winner 2  digi images.

I went with making my own tag using some of the dies from my Blue prints die set and this uber duber awwwwalicious cute panda from the YNS Love and smiles stamp set.

he is sooo cute! coloured up in just my warm grey he is the perfect addition to my love themed card! I added little white gel pen dots to the white parts of him to give him a little fluffness!!

Well, the quiet really has kicked in now, hoovering done, washer on, dishwasher on and dogs walked so I might just sneak up to bed and catch up on the sleep I missed after work yesterday.

Thank you for peeking in for the 3rd time today! sorry for so much Lou waffle in one day!

Huge hugs Lou xx

Awareness..New release at Tiddly Inks

Image- Awareness from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- ''stars'Past freebie from Tiddly Inks.

Doodlebug Designs Hip Hip Hooray.

ok, so these little guys needed a post all of their own. I am so so so excited about the new release over in the Tiddly Inks store today because for me and my little Mo it is such a very, very special one.

Many of you will know already that Little Mo was diagnosed with autism just over a year ago after receiving the best support ever from his new school at the age of 9.

We have had a huge journey since then, sometimes overwhelming with the news of a genetic change that still has Mo as the only child in the world with a large gain on his chromosome 10 where there would normally be a loss in autistic children. We are taking part in a trial to help people learn more about autism. We've all had various blood tests and other genetic tests, Dr's visits, hospital visits etc but its all been very helpful and the most special and important part is that the school where Mo has been for the past 17 months has been so supportive and so amazing for Mo that it really has changed our lives.

Mo will always struggle with the world that is outside of our house doors, some of it amazing..like the zoo or american sweetie aisles in the shop!! and some of it scary depending on how brave he is feeling,especially school..but with acceptance and support it has all been so much more positive for him. Going out in ear defenders or clear plastic goggles in the norm in our house!!!

So enough Lou waffle, a mamma can never put autism into words! there are so many twists and turns in it!! you just want to see the new images and makes right?!!! so here's another one!!! ...

and here is what you get....linkied right to where you can get it in the store!!!! wohooo! quick! go get 'em! I love that Christy included a girl, it is often forgotten that girls suffer with autism too.

Right, off to get my gorgeous lil guy ready for school. I'll be back again later with my passion for promarkers challenge post.

hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 155...Springs in!!

Stamp- Chloe Darkwing clear stamp set.

Papers- Doodlebug Springtime.

Dies- Die-Namics jumbo fishtail stax.

its tuesday so that means its time for a new challenge with the fabulous Tiddly Inkers over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog! ...this time we are hoping for that season change to kick in!!  the next challenge is...

Springs In!

Grab your favourite Tiddly Inks stamp or digital image and think along the lines of..

Spring themes, spring colours or maybe 
the use of a spring for the steam punkers out there!! 

(**remember...We love to see any new creation, a card, 3D project, journal page etc 

but you must use a Tiddly Inks stamp or image to be eligible for the prize**)

I had so much fun making my card, this set has the most gorgeous sentiments and little extras in it, just look at that cute hearts jar!! and I love her little dandelion! 

I'll be back in a few with a couple more bits! so excited because the new release from Tiddly inks today is AMAZING!!!!

huge hugs Lou xx

Feed the birds!!

Hi everyone!! 

Its time for me to share another make for Funky Daze month using the Funky Daze original CD ROM. This CD is actually one of my first ever buys from Funky Hand all those years ago! 

I used a Silhouette store box cutfile with the Monday's Child colourway. I am still in the super spring celebration mood and these colours were just perfect for the job!! I made a little birdy treats box. This is actually one of my dad's 60th birthday pressies, he LOVES feeding the birds so I thought it was the perfect way to present the seed.

So, whats on the CD you ask?? From the cool blues and greens of Monday Morning to the vibrant pink and black of Saturday shopping you are sure to find a collection of backing papers that will be perfect for your next craft project, papers and wordbooks all ready for you to print and go!!!

please pop in to the Funky Daze CD ROM page in the shop and check out the gallery of makes the DT have in there already.

Also, all the original CD ROM's are available on the Funky Hand website for just £1.00 each.  You can't go wrong with them really!

Soldier Boy 60th.....

Image- Soldier Boy.

Afternoon Peeps!!

Its my turn to post over on the Mo's Clubhouse blog and it was a super lucky thing too as I used this super duper little Soldier Boy image because today is my fabulous Dad's 60th birthday!!

He was a SGT Major in the British army and Mo is always amazed  by that so when we were sat picking DT images for this month this lil guy came top of my list! (....well...along with like 30 more!! romfl!!!!!!) 

I had such fun camouflaging his little jacket up. I used 4 pens and just smooshed them together in little patches! it turned out so cool! I Love it!!

The papers are from one of my oldest stacks, Making Memories Just Chillin' 6x6 pad, I will actually cry real tears when this pad runs out!! lol!!

Right, got to go, I am still feeling a bit ack today but the icky temp I had last night has pootled off...taking all my energy with it!! Scott is busy killing re-modelling Mo's bathroom and Mo is busy with a pile of lego's so I am just going to read and chill on the bed and chat away to them!!

huge hugs and thank you for popping in

Lou xxx

Chloe and her peeps!!

Stamp- Chloe and her peeps clear stamp set.

Papers- 12x12 Random mixed papers box.
Flower- Cherry blossom purple.
Divine twine purple.
Divine twine yellow.

Morning peeps!!!

I have a super fun and zingy card to share this morning and its a good job too because my little blog has been a bit quiet this week with half term fun with little Mo to be had!!! but I did take me some fun time to colour up this little cutie.

I am still very much in cute little chicks and animals mood! I can't help it! I just love spring!! all those new beginnings and fabulous colours just need to be brought in to my cardmaking!!

Here's a little 'done with the flash shot' so you can see the actual blingyness on Chloe's hair. I coloured her up all to do with nature, so she has woodsie colour scheme!!

Right, I must dash! we have the rest of our new windows coming today so I need to clear windowsills and sideboards!!!

Thank you for popping in

huge hugs Lou xx