Happy Halloween!!!!!

Happy Halloween everybody!!!!!!

I thought I would share a piccy (....or 2) of the front of our little house and my little mo potter!!!!! oh and not forgetting the hound of hell ( our dog Zaky!!!)

Mo is so excited as he has some little friends coming over this evening to go trick or treating with him, he actually got up at 5am this morning and announced that he was ready to go!!!

Inside our living room we have lots of webs and spiders and a couple of wall pictures that mo likes. We all dress up and go out trick or treating, only calling on houses with pumpkins outside though. I have taught both my boys that if people don't have a pumpkin outside they probably don't want little people on their doorsteps and it is a little message that they have both taken on board really nicely. I am sure in my small little way people who don't do halloween like I do appreciate a little bit of peace from such a simple lesson from me to my little monsters!!!

Right on with the roast sunday lunch for me!! my clocks say clock change day but my tummy says "feed me,its been hours already!!!!" so I am off to finish off my gravy whilst the veggies cook and then we are going to have a lovely roast chicken dinner.

My mum and dad are making hot dogs for the little people tonight to warm them up before they go out spooking!!!!

Hugs Lou xxxx

A funky christmas!!

Hello peeps!!!!

So did you all catch Anice on create and craft tv this morning? I hope so because the funky hand DT girls completely rocked with their christmas cards this morning, they are all awesome.
Here is my little card that was sat neatly near the front ish during the show this morning! I was so xcited to see it there and even more daftly excited when Leonie picked up my little bag and rubbed it!!! he,he,he,he!! see it doesn't take much to get me all daft and excitable!!!
For this funky little christmas card I hand drew the heart and its shadow and the sentiment is computer generated. A bit of doodling and a cricut cut holly leaves with a little red holly berry button and it was done!! I really liked this one!!!

And this is my gorgeous little man watching Anice this morning!!!! in this piccy he is waving to her (...which he does everytime she is on bless him!!!).

Well, I am off to have a cuppa and catch up on everybodies blogs! hope you have been busy to give me lots to look at!!!!!

Hugs Lou xxxx

Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps!

Hello peeps!!!!!!

I have been so excited about this!!! Its finally here!!! The Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Trick or Treating bog hop!!!!

If you are already hopping along you should of popped over from Lisa's blog.
soooooo, here's some details you need to know to play along with us all!!

How to Participate: Post your creation on your personal blog today between 12:00 PM CST (noon) and 5:55 PM CST. The title of your post should be "Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps."
Once your blog post is completed, visit the Simply Betty Stamps blog and link your blog hop post in the Inlinkz list at the bottom of the Blog Hop post in order to be qualified for the prizes. There is no need to sign up in advance, but the Inlinkz list will close at 6:00 PM.
Then we hop, Halloween style, from the Simply Betty Stamps blog; Now here is the twist... for your blog hop project please create a Trick (demonstrate a favorite technique) or a Treat (just a project to share) using a Tiddly Inks or Simply Betty image.
Prizes: Two random blogger participant winners will be announced November 5 and highlighted on the hosting blogs, Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps. Each will receive a $10 gift voucher from Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps will be giving away digital images of the winner's choice.

And here's my little entry into the fun!!!!

I used Simply Betty's super cute Skeleton Peter . Isn't he fabulous?!!!! I printed peter and the word art out onto a circle nestie, added a little colour and some distress ink and he was done!!
and now for my treat...............

A little round text 'TRICK OR TREAT' circle!!!!
Here is a download link trick or treat circle.doc to the little trick or treat word art circle I used for my little skeleton peter to stand in on my card. This one measures 7.99cmx7.99cm but once you have downloaded it you can re-size it however you like, all you need to do is clck on the word art once you have opened it and the choose the little icon that looks like a paint brush in a pot and choose size, just remember to keep it in a perfect circle shape you need to keep the height and the width exactly the same size!! I hope you like it. I used gore font for mine from Dafont.com
Now you need to hop on over to Lysa's blog and see what she if she has a Trick or Treat for you!!!
Have fun creating everyone!!!!

Funky Hand sale time!!!

Hello peeps!!!!!

I just wanted to pop into my blog quick and let you know some exciting news!!!!
Tomorrow Anice will be gracing our tv screens as she will be on the Create and Craft TV channel (Sky 671, Freeview 36 & Freesat 813) on Saturday 30th October at 11am.

Mo and I are all set up with our popcorn and he will be waving frantically at "the funky lady" as he always does!!!!!!!!

And it gets even better!!!!! Funky Hand are also having a fantastic sale weekend!! Here are some details, quoted straight from our lovely Anice's blog!!!!

"We are having a sale on the website www.funkyhand.com with 25% discount off all the craft download collections on the site from this afternoon (Friday 29th) until Midnight Sunday 31st. That's a weekend of download savings like Paper Blossom backing paper Download Collection normally £3.49 only £2.62 'Tis the Season Word Book Download Collection normally £4.89 for this weekend only £3.67..I think you will be getting the picture now!! So this weekend grab yourself a bargain by buying the papercraft factory multibuy special on Create and Craft and get even more bargains with a download sale on our website."

So quick crafty peeps! get yourself over there for some bargains and don't forget to catch Anice over on Create & Craft in the morning or set your sky boxes to record!!!

Hugs Lou xxx

mummy and mo pumpkin fun!!!

Hello peeps!!!!
I have had such a fun day with my little man today.
First we made a couple of pumpkins, Mo chose jack from 'the nightmare before christmas' for his and I decided I needed a spider ( not sure why because I am petrified of the real thing!!!!).


Then we went to the cinema to watch 'cats and dogs 2'. Mo loved it!!

Then home for a quick play with Callum (and another pumpkin for callum, he designed it himself and I cut it but I forgot to take a piccy of his, it was really sweet!) and I finished off my castle doom pumpkin,then off to my mum's for a yummy fish finger and mushy peas tea.

Mo and I are picking up a bit now from our fluey bug though Mo is still waking at 4:30am all snuffled up!!

I am really looking forward to tomorrow as I have my gorgeous niece and nephew for the day. Mo has been excited about it for a few weeks now so we are going to have oodles of halloweeny fun! we have choccy apples to make, more pumpkins to carve and some birthday cards to make for my big sis whose birthday is on saturday.

Right, I am off for a cuppa and to try and nibble a little of Scott's massive pizza!!!!

hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 27- Spin Me Around!!!!

Hello everyone!!

This week Christy set all of us Tiddly Inkers into a spin!!!!
Our challenge this week is a spinner card, I had lots of fun making this one so I know you will all love finding your fav Tiddly Inks and putting them into a spin with us!!!
There are lots of variations on a spinner card, so feel free to google some tutorials (there is one on Meredith's blog and one on Christy's blog today) or get inspired by the very cool DT cards over on the challenge blog.
Link a spinner card below by next Monday at 10 PM (and please use a Tiddly Inks image). Christy has lots of freebies in the shop here or in the PCP group if you are a member.

Here's my card in its spin cycle!!

I used the gorgeous All my heart Lilly Bean for my card. Here is a close up of her awesome cuteness!!!

I coloured her up twice so I could use the second set to layer Lilly Bean up over the heart.

I fancied a different medium for y cute Lilly Bean so I went for some acetate sitting in my stash to make card base with, adding a couple of strips of doily hearts punched martha in there too!!

(note to self.......acetate is not easy to photograph...... :) lol!!)

Mo and I are still sick, a total lack of energy in our house and Scott has come down with it now too, urgh!!!! so today we are popping over to Callum for a short play then coming home to rest up a bit more!

Mo and I are going to the cinema tomorrow for a bit of Mo and Mummy time so I hope we are felling much better tomorrow!!!

thank you for popping in on me!!

huge hugs

Lou xxx

A neat way to keep track of my Funky Hand papers!!

Hello peeps!!!

No card today so I just thought I would share how I keep track of my Funky Hand papers!!!!

Anyone who pops in on me a lot will know tat I lurve my Funky Hand downloads and cd's. There are a zillion gorgeous papers and I have yet to find one I don't love.

However, having so many I occasionally forget which one came from which cd/download!!!!

So this is what I came up with to keep track of them all using a split ring to pop them onto so I can flick through them. Its like having my own little Funky Hand sample swatches!!!

The one I have popped on here today is my All I want for xmas download.

All I have done is print out the papers in a wallet size print (3.5" x 2.5"). I get 9 on one A4 piece of paper. Then I cut them all out, make a small hole with my crop-o-dile in the corner and pop my split ring through. Once I have done the ring back up again I have a little row of stick on wall hooks that I pop them on so I can have a quick flick through. I love them.

I have had a wonderful day today catching up with my friend and watching mo play with his bestest friend in the world! he has missed him so much. I have one very sleepy little mo sat next to me now eating a bit of pasta before he goes in the bath!! he got quite upset when Callum left as he thought he was going back to Gloucester tonight but now he has calmed down and realised we are off out for the day together tomorrow he is ok again!!!!

I am looking forward to having some crafty time in my crafty garage tonight. I have a few DT bits and bobs to get finished off that I am looking forward too and a card for my big sis's birthday this week.

Thank you for popping in on me,

hugs Lou xxx

Boo to you!!

Good morning peeps!!! (errrrr, well sort off anyway!! it is now we have sorted our leak, taken up the kitchen floor, mopped up the water and stopped the leak, dried all the laminate flooring with a towel and put it in ryans room flat to see if we can save it!!! oh and all before 9:30am this morning to!!! lol!!!)

I made this cute little halloween card last week but just haven't got round to blogging it!! I was playing with my super duper Spooky Dookie download from Funky Hand. I had a few papers left from other bits I had made and they are just way too cute not to use them. If you haven't got them you definitely need them as they are so much fun, there are some gorgeous plain ones in there too like this fun bright orange one-reminds me of brickwork! that can be used for non halloweeny cards too. I have declared it a must!!! LOL!!!

As is the very cute Candy Avenger from Tiddly Inks!!

I made the sentiment myself using my american crafts alphabet stamps (bought a while ago from tkmaxx!!) and of course no halloween card should really be without a bit of martha stewart drippy goo!!!!

I have a roast dinner in the oven, yummo!!! and then this afternoon Little mo and I are just going to veg out and rest up. I have a stonker of a sore throat but Mo has picked up a bit today and is not quite so wheezy, just tired. Callum is coming tomorrow so we both want to be rested up good and ready for playing. Mo has missed him so much, they haven't seen each other in the flesh for a whole 7 weeks ( ...though they skype each other at least twice a week!!!!) They have big plans for building a rabbit home from real wood, digging for dinosaur bones and using the boxes I have been saving for a couple of weeks for junk modelling!!!! busy boys they will be me thinks!!!!
Well, I must go put my gravy on!!!
Hugs Lou xxxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 26- Treat bags/boxes!!!

Hello peeps!!!
Well, I can't believe it but Tiddly Inks has been open for almost 6 months now! Time flies when you are having fun!!! and to celebrate we are having a TREAT bag or box challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog. The DT have rocked again with some awesome inspiration so go take a peek!!!
So get colouring in those Tiddly Inks and join in with the spooky fun by posting your Tiddly Inks-featuring treat or gift box/bag this week by next Monday night at 10 PM CST using the super easy little linky gadget on the challenge blog!!

I had so much fun making this one!! I coloured up my Spooky Birthday witch digi ( i think she's fab!!!) Here's a bit of a close up of her spooky cuteness!!! LOL !!!



To make my treat box I cut out the crayon box from my TBBM cricut cart at 8 3/4 ".
I used the window function so I could pop a little cuttlebugged acetate window in there, you can just about see it in the photo!! lol!!
I added the haunted house embossing folder too to give my witch somewhere to go party!!!
I can't wait to fill this up with some yummy treats!!

So I thought I might enter a few halloweeny / spooky challenges with this one!! ooooh how organised am I?!! so I will be sharing it over on The cuttlebug spot for their Totally Frightful challenge and the Magical mondays challenge which is Halloween.

I have a very nervous little boy sat with me as I post this morning. He is going to the cinema with school today and though he is excited about it he is very worried too. When I picked him up yesterday from school he asked me if I could go and tell his teachers he needed to sit with a grown up because he felt all wobbly in his tummy about it!! awwwww. I hope he does ok with it.

Right off for my morning cuppa. I feel great this morning as I had an early night last night. It was much needed after a stressful couple of days!!! LOL!!!
Thank you for popping in on me, visitors always cheer me up oodles.
Huge hugs
Lou xxxx

Cards for my mum!

Hello peeps!!!
I have had a busy weekend this weekend!! I am just slowing down now and managing to get a quick blog post in!
Yesterday was my mum's birthday and I made a couple of cards, one for me and scott-that is the tilda one and one for my dad to give her too- that is the Chi one!!!
The light was fading fast when I took my piccies and tilda's piccy looks a little gloomy but hope you can just about see how pretty she is!!!! i got her in a stamp swap a while ago and have been saving her for someone special.
This one below has Chi from Tiddly Inks on it. My mum collects the sweetest oriental girl ornaments and russian dolls so ryan and i covered the oriental side with our cards and mo did russian dolls on his but I totally forgot to ake piccies of the boys cards and they were soooooo cute (.... lou considers stealing them from mum's on wednesday night when me and mo go for tea.....)

I am off for a bloggy womble and a cuppa now might see you soon!!!
hugs
Lou xxxx