Tiddly Inks Challenge 59- Tag or Ticket me!!!

Image- Come in cuteness from Tiddly Inks.

Morning peeps!!

Its Tiddly Tuesday again which means its time for another fun challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and this week it is a super fun one, its....

Tag or Ticket me!!!

All you need to do is grab your fav Tiddly Inks images and incorporate them onto a creation using a Tag or Ticket, easy peesy!!!....and might I note very addicting too!!!! :)

I made 2 (....Lou adds...so far as there are 2 more in production at the moment!!!!) I bought some tags from The Works on monday, they were so nice and jumbo size and just slipped into my shopping basket......:)

I embossed, distress inked and crafty notions sprayed my little Come in cuteness one and for the red one below, I just added my pre-coloured Heart Home and ripped around the edges of the image and the tag. I stuck it on and then covered the whole tag in crackle glaze (...note to self...crackle glaze does not like having its picture taken and no matter how much you scream at it, it still won't show up well in the picture.....)

Here is my Happy New Home tag......



Image- Heart Home from Tiddly Inks Bargain Basement.

The Happy New Home sentiment I made in my Funky Hand Craft The Year Away papercraft factory with one of the fonts in the writer part, isn't it fab???!!

I stamped over the crackle glaze with my magnolia swirl and some jet black staz-on.

Oh oh!!! look...another one just crept in on me....

Image- Lilli Lolita from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Down to my bones mega pack from Tiddly Inks.

Told you I was getting addicted!!!! romfl!!!!

So thats me in a nutshell for today! Pop over to the challenge blog and see what my other fantabulous teamies have been creating this week and join in the fun yourselves!!!! and also don't forget to pop into the Tiddly Inks shop and see what yumminess Christy has been creating away at in the form of new images!!!!!

Happy Tiddly Tuesday hugs

Lou xxxx

Cuddly Buddly challenge 4- Add a charm.

 Hello Peeps!!! I'm back again with another post!!! 2 in one day! wahooooo!!!

thats good going for the school holidays!!! so this time I am back with my entry for Cuddly Buddly's challenge blog's Add A Charm challenge.

Ok, before I waffle much more here is some enabling info...... :)

Papers- Freebie from Cuddly Buddly.

Image- Snowman Corner from Lilyboo designs.

Box-Peek-boo case from AR Designs.

I cut my super cute peek- a - boo case and inked the edges with some forest moss distress ink, then I cut some of the gorgeous holly paper up to cover the little box in. It is the cutest paper isn't it? love it.

I cut a little cirle window in the paper with my nesties and attached some acetate to the back of it before sticking the paper on.

I used the snowman corner from Lilyboo designs and coloured it up with some glitter chalks and the forest moss distress ink again. I added the sentiment to it in paintshop.

Some martha stewart fronds and some red card candy were definately needed to keep the holly theme going so I shaped them around the window after sticking on my snowman corner.

I decorated the drawer the same and filled it with some natural rafia and whats inside the drawer......

 ......Snowman Soup of course!!!!!!! mmmmmm. don't tell my boys I stole their last spoonfuls of drinking choccy to make this though, they might get me at bedtime!!!! I used some mini marshmallows and white choclate stars for yumminess!!!

And just in case you couldn't see it, my little christmas tree charm is sitting there on the handle of the case. This one I got in a pack of 6 from The Works last year. I love them. I tied it on with a bit of thin red organza ribbon.

So, how easy is an add a charm challenge? super easy so please go and join in with the Cuddly Buddly DT. If you don't have any Cuddly Buddly products to include on your make there are a whole stack of FREEBIES HERE you can go and use to join in,I know they would love to have you!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!!
Hugs Lou xxxx

Fetch a sketch challenge 3.

Image- Sleep Tight from Tiddly Inks Bargain basement.

Sketch followed- Fetch A Sketch challenge 3.

Morning peeps!!

Ok so the Fetch A Sketch challenge blogs new challenge is up!! wooohooooo ! I have had an hour to have a play and this little cutie is what I came up with for my first play with the yummy new sketch.
If you click on the piccy of the sketch below it will take you straight to this weeks fabby challenge.

OOhhhh lurvely sketch again thank you girls xxxx

I don't know if you can see it too well in the piccy but I spritzed my backing paper with water after sticking it onto my card to make it look all pillowy and bumpy like real night sky.

 It looks really lovely IRL!!!! and it all has a little sparkle to it too. The edges are heat embossed with some sparkly embossing powder and the little tag was made with my SU tiny tags stamp set and tag punch. Cute!!

Right off to get doing some more crafting while Mo and Daddy have popped into work quick. Ryan is up in his bedroom resting after a couple fo fun filled and busy days!!

Don't forget to pop oveer to Fetch A Sketch and join in with the challenge.
Hugs Lou xxxx

LOTV challenge- one from Little Mo and one from mummy!!

Stamp- Love Grows from LOTV.

Image frame-Floral Square Frame from Lilyboo designs at Cuddly Buddly.

Morning Peeps!!

Its a gorgeous sunny day here in little ole Lincoln today which is great. Its my last day with my little lady at work and we are going to have lots of fun playing in the garden at work with bubbles.

Justbefore I go and get ready though I wanted to share Little Mo and mummy's entries for the LOTV challenge this week which is Fun and Games.

For my card I had to go with all the fun Mo and I have in the garden, he loves gardening and has his own little 'bench garden' on our front lawn. It is blooming beautifully at the moment.

 I printed outthe Frame from Lilyboo designs and then masked it up with my frisket, then I stamped my super cute little LOTV stamp inside the frame!! oooh I loved it, that was definately fun. Coloured up with my promarkers it looks as if the whole lot came together as one stamp!!!!

Now on to my crafty little chap, I am so proud of him for this one. It has taken him a couple of weeks to do.

It is Little Mo's super special teachers last day today, she is retiring and Little Mo is very sad about it

 :( but he did make her this super special clock.

He chose the stamp himself from the LOTV shop, the clock mechanism is from everycraftsapound and the little clockface he cut on my cricut. He made this all by himself and had lots of fun doing it, I have taken a few piccies so if I get round to it later I will adfd them in. Mo would like to enter this in the LOTV challenge as he said " I had fun making it mummy, does that count as fun and games?" awwwwwww, he's cute!!!

So here is Little Mo's clock...

 and here's his card with the piccies of him making his clock...

and here's a close up of his LOTV schoolboy stamp......

He used his watercolour pencils and a paintbrush "to squidge all the colours together".

Sorry for the picture overdose, I am just so so very proud of him for making such a lovely gift for his teacher and the best bit is, he wouldn't let me help at all! The only thing he let me do was push the clock mechanism through and put the clock hands on.

Right, I had better get myself ready for work as we haven't even got dressed yet with just 20 mins to go before we leave!!!!!

Huge hugs and thank you for popping in on me and mo!!!

Lou xxxx

Cuddly Buddly challenge 3- bright colours and butterflies.

Image- Flowers Frame from Lilyboo designs at Cuddly buddly.

Morning peeps.
Its a bit of a grey and gloomy one here so I thought I would post my entry for the Cuddly Buddly challenge this week which is Bright colours and butterflies.

If you haven't popped in for a look at their new challenges you should, and don't worry if you don't own any Cuddly Buddly images as there is a whole stack of freebies you can use to get your creation made HERE.

For mine I was inspired by a beautiful picture sent to me for Mo to look at by my friend Shirley, you can look at the pictures here on Shirley's blog. I used one of Lilyboo's images from the shop called Flowers Frame. Isn't it gorgeous. The big flowers on the left hand side reminded me of the sunflowers in Shirley's pictures, Mo is always excited to see sunflowers, he thinks they are happy flowers and the shine like the sun!! oh to be 6 again!!!! :)

I coloured the frame up with some yummy bright promarkers and then added some purple bling to the little flowers along the bottom. It is popped out from the card base on a bit of silicone, not sure the photo shows it!!!

 I decided to stick with a nice bright white card base to keep my card CAS and added a little yellow and blue chalk ink around the edge to match my frame colours. I also added a bit of loopy martha in a light blue card and some bright yellow organza ribbon.

The butterfly is my little magnolia butterfly. I stamped her onto to vellum with some staz-on and then coloured her in some yummy bright colours using my at you copic spicas. I hope the piccy shows how blingy she looks IRL !!

The sentiment is from my penny black wonderful day transparent set, I think the text on it is so pretty.

So thats me for today!!! Please pop over and join in the fun with the Cuddly Buddly challenges, they are just getting started and I know how exciting it is to see people entering when you are just starting up.

Off for a cup of coffee now, I just can't get myself awake this morning!!!!!

Hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 58- Nature movie!

Image- Bunny Boo from the Bunny Boo Adventures set

from Tiddly Inks Bargain Basement.

Mornig peeps!!

Wooohoooo!! its Tiddly Tuesday again and time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog!! Still in our movie month mode this week our theme is...

Nature..

and the Tiddly Inkers were given the task of making a 'something' based on a nature movie.

Strangely I knew what I wanted to do staright away for a change!! I even shocked myself!! One of my favourite nature movies from being small (....and Mo's too as he is still small!!!) is Watership Down.

I took the inspiration for my card from this picture of the book...

I masked over my little Bunny Boo and punched out a circle with some frisket and then played with my distress inks to get the autumny sunset type horizon. I used antique linen, scattered straw, vintage photo,frayed burlap and walnut stain (...yeah, i just like getting messy!!!!!) The grass was shabby shutters and forest moss. The moon has a touch of tattered rose in it for sunset.

Once I was done getting messy I took the frisket off and coloured my little Boo in promarkers- sandstone,caramel and cocoa. I went around the outside of him with buttercup to make him 'pop' off the hill.

I stamped on my card base with my gorgeous magnolia swirls and some whisper white SU ink then distressed that a bit too!!! :)

I added a little bit of satin ribbon and another yummy ribbon my mum bought me a while ago, its a bit like plastic but edged in fabric, I love it!!!

So pleeeeease pop on over to the Tiddly Inks challenge blog, armed with your fav Tiddly Inks image and a nature movie in mind!! If you need some inspiration go and see what the Tiddly Inks DT gals have come up with, they are rocking it as always!!!!!

That me for this morning, got to get myself ready for work and attempt to get Mo into school mood, he is presently sat next to me snuggling on my shoulder. He is just so ready for staying home now, 4 days to go bless him. In all fairness he just looks so tired, huge snugglies needed I think.
have a fabby day peeps!!
Hugs Lou xxxx

Stars and boys!!!

Morning Peeps!!!

Not much occured in the crafty life of Lou yesterday!! I just felt like vegging out a bit but this morning I havehad time to make a card for a recent order and yey for me I saw a few challenges on my google reader that I can pop it in for!!!!

I used my oldie but extremely goodie Magnolia Edwin celebrates stamp. I really do love this stamp, he comes in for so many things and today he is a 21st birthday party boy!!
I made the sentiment in word and gave the beer bottle a good splodge of glossy accents (...its just about dry now...!!!)

 so heres the challenges I am going to enter with him in his party mood....

Cupcake craft challenge blogs wish upon a star challenge
Sentimental sundays challenge blogs Men in your life challenge
Sweet Stampin challenge blogs One for the boys challenge

Right, off to have a cuppa and make pack ups for school/work. Mo slept in again this morning, he is so tired bless him, I think he is just ready for the school hols that start on friday. Today we are going to visit his class as they are having an open afternoon at school so I am really looking forward to seeing what they have all been up to this term.

Have a fab monday peeps and thank you for popping in on me
Hugs Lou xxxx

Cute birthday!!

Image-Pure Innocence 004 from Heather Ellis.

Papers from my MME stash.

SU tiny tags punch.

Computer printed sentiment ( i can't write that small!!!)

Morning Peeps!!!

well last nights camping in the lounge went well and Little Mo woke up a very happy little chap!! today we are just being a bit lazy around the house. Mo wants to finish off his present for his teacher and I want  to get a couple of cards finished for one of the girls at work who has asked for a few cards.

I made this little cutie for Scott's sister's birthday, she is so sweet I just had to pop her on my blog!!!

She is one of Heather Ellis's digi's and if you click on the link under the piccy there are sooo many other total cutie pies on there.

I am going to pop her in for a few challenges this morning as I am feeling organised!!!

Totally Papercrafts Girly Girls challenge.

Simon say stamp- anything goes.

Allsorts challenge - free and easy.

Thank you for popping in on me and have a super sunday!! hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks - Tanker Fairy Flies.

Image- Tanker Fairy Flies.

papers from my stash.

Hello peeps!!

Thank crunchie its friday!!! I have had a really nice day today though, great morning at work followed by a lovely couple of hours with my BF before picking a very tired little Mo up from school!!!

I have had lots of fun creating with the new releases in the Tiddly Inks store. This one I made a few weeks ago now when Christy first sent the images to us to play with with. I love Tanker, she is fabulous. I coloured her up in blues and browns,its one of my fav combo's!!

The little clock is on a lot of my cards at the moment, I love it! Its from the awesomely talented Penny Duncan's blog and I cut it using MTC and my cricut. The card design is from her blog too, ahhh she spoils us so with yumminess!!! Thanks Penny!!!

The little coggy hearts and sentiment are a Technique Tuesdays stamp set and the little postcards are LOTV.

I really am super enjoying these new images so watch out for more popping up on my blog over the next couple of weeks!!!

Off to enjoy our friday night treat tea, its chippy night!! yey!!!!!

thank you for popping in on me, huge hugs Lou xxxx

woooohooooo! Tiddly Inks/Make It Crafty steampunk release and I Spy game!

 OOOOMMMMGosh!!! I am super excited because today I get to share with you a few of the things I have made with the new images that Christy ( Tiddly Inks) and Zoe (Make It Crafty) have been super busy preparing for a good few months now and oh my, aren't they just so awesome?!!!!

I have been totally in love with these since they made their way into my inbox!!! and I have been soooooo desperate to show you all!!! and I also have to confess that before I got all these to work with I had never ever done any form of steampunk card!!!!! I have to admit to having a big gulp when I knew they were coming and thinking oh oh, I won't be able to do it right!

Now for oodles more info,sneak peeks and and a chance to win some awesome prizes playing the I Spy game made especially for the release, please go to the release page here. 

I have had so much fun with them and I know loads of you will fall in love with them too!!

PLUS 15% OFF NEW RELEASE IMAGES FOR A WEEK!!Start Mix n’ Matching with Tiddly Inks and Make it Crafty straight away as you grab the super bargain of 15% OFF!!
Just enter the coupon code MIXNMATCH at checkout.

Now, this last one using the gorgeous mermaid and marine house is actually another of my little scene boxes and it was sooo hard to get a good picture of this one but in IRL it is so cute!!



Well, thats me for today!! now quick go to the digital stamping page and get a looksey at all of the awesome new images available and what the awesome DT's have come up with, I can't wait to see what everybody has been making with them.

Right off to work for me!!

huge hugs Lou xxx