Saturated Canary new releases...:)

 Morning Peeps!!!

oh my gosh! hold onto your hats because theres going to be a new release of Krista Smith's awesome Saturated Canary images today!! so I got busy with them all to give ya'll a little sneaky peek tease...and believe me you will all be sitting waiting for 4pm EST now!!! because oh my gosh... they are alll sooooooooo dreamy!!!

So, at the top there we have 'Cerridwen'. Next is a card you will of seen before, it was a special digi for Tiets club, but she is up for release to everyone today! yey!! 'cos I know a tonne of you have been waiting for her!!! This is 'Springtime'....

 Then we have 'Wendy', I loveWendy because it was my dearest Nana's name...

 ...and here's another piccy of Wendy with her blingyness on ...:) I went a bit crazy with my spica's!!!

And this one here just has to be my absolute fav. Meet 'Muliti tasking Mamma', squeee isn't she fabulous?!! I had to SMASH her as soon as I got up this morning!!

So its off to work for me today, its really grim weather wise here today so I am hoping it brightens up a bit so I can get the little peeps out in the garden!!

Thank you so much for popping in on me, I cannot tell you how much each and every comment means to me so thank you so much for that xxx

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Saturated Canary challenge 16- Birthday Theme!!

Image- Scratch from Krista Smith's Saturated Canary Digi's

Papers- Feeling Silly by Andrea from here a scrap there a scrap

 Afternoon Peeps!!

Its time for a fabby new challenge over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog today and oooooh is it a good one!!!! this week we want to see a ....

Birthday Theme

oooh easy peasy!! and sooo much fun too!!!

I was in a boy kinda mood so I headed straight for printing out 'Scratch',isn't he just the cutest ever little injun you ever saw?!!!!! 

So I decided to make him a little dream-catcher. I have never made one before and have probably done it totally wrong but I used my nesties and had lots of fun making it all the same!!! I added some little feathers out of Mo's crafty box and made some dangly threads with teeny tassels.I stamped out a little LOTV verse too, it was just perfect for this card.

I doodled some little arrows on my orange mat and then splodged down a load of layers of the papers. I have had this set for ages and I absolutely love it. Its so bright and awesome for boy cards!! more feathers, a birthday sentiment and a bit of raffia and it was done!!

And here's a pile of pens that I used.....

he he he!! its actually quite a teeny pile!! romfl!!! 

Ooooh and super exciting...there are new Saturated Canary digi's ......TOMMOROW :) :) :)

so don't forget to pop in on my awesomely talented teamies over on the challenge blog and I will see you all when I get home from work tonight!!! :)

Thank you for popping in on me, 

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Special Tiddly Guests!!

Image-Wryn and Emmy from Tiddly Inks

Morning Peeps!
Its our last week of special guests for our 2 year Tiddly Inks birthday celebrations and they have all been awesome!! this week we have this gorgeous selection of ladies for you to go drool over their makes....I say this because I know I did when I saw them all!!! I have done a little linky list a bit further down this post for you!!


For my cutie best budettes card today I used Wryn and Emmy. I love this cute little pair so much!! and some more of my rapidly depleting HOTP freebie papers..:)
There's a scalloped circle nestie, circle nestie, tim holtz vintage lace border and tim holtz chip block alpha die usage on this one!! 
I stapled the lace onto the strip of border matting and then tucked that under the nestied circle of Wryn and her cute buddy, Emmy. (...now little Mo asked me which one was Wryn and which one was Emmy....lol!! I said I wasn't sure and he replied " oh, its ok mumma because they are both cute chickadee's whoever they are"!!! romfl!!! where does he pick up these little sentences?! he has me giggling for ages afterwards with them!!!)
Here's my little promarkers used piccy.....

I'll be back this afternoon with my post for the new Saturated Canary challenge so don't forget to pop back in on me, I love company!! :)


and here's the all important little list of magical linkies for you to ping and be pootled off to ....
Asa
Faye
Emily
Lori
Jane
Kendra
Kate

Happy Birthday Jane :)

Image- Simply Sassy Amelia from Funky Kits

Morning Peeps!!!

Today it is my lovely SC teamie and gorgeous friend Jane's 40th birthday!! wohhoooo!! Happy Birthday Jane, mwah, Have a fabulous day hunny xxxxxx

I am sooo hoping this card got to her in time and that she has opened it before popping into bloggy land today!!! lol !!! (I always sit on the edge of my seat with royal mail after my 2 years in a row chrimble cards going missing..grrrrrr)

She should recognise the stampy too...;) and I absolutely love this stamp. This card is a happy birthday and super duper thank you all in one!! I am now the proud owner of 3 of these beautiful Simply Sassy stamps and omgosh I LOVE them!! this one is by far my fav as she has been on my wish list so long so she just had to be used and I knew what I wanted to do with a sentiment too...I was feeling creative :) and here it is....

he he he he!! LOVE IT!!!!! yup, I cut all the letters a la tim holtz chip block strip and then glossy accented them onto a thread for the butterfly to fly them out of the envelope (...I so hope that is still working and not completely squished when Jane opens it...)
The envelope is just a lunch money envelope but I love the secret little hidey hole. It was so hard to take a piccy of but I do so love that element of surprise.


I so wanted to match the colouring of her to the papers and I think I just about got it!!  and I am totally sorry I forgot to take a piccy as I was rushing about trying to get a piccy and get it posted so it got there on time!!!! argghhhh!!! but I do remember some of them! yey!!!
There was... 
blush, sunkissed pink,coral- skin
pastel green, soft green and mint green- dress
pastel pink and coral- boots,socks and cuff
cool grey 1 on the clouds.


I also want to rush a quick happy birthday in for my gorgeous friend Heather too, mwah huge birthday hugglies xxxxxxxx


The grungey stamps are from LOTV and are the Grunge Corners, I love those too!!! I did a bit of handstitching with the greaseproof paper magnolia border, the butterfly is from my martha stewart punch. I actually have a soft spot for this card as it is my first Simply Sassy stamp!! 


I am popping this little card in for a couple of challenges too...
Passion for promarkers- Cut it out
Fussy and Fancy- Punches and dies

Right off to get myself a cuppa before Mo's little breakfast buddy arrives. they danced their socks off yesterday morning so I wonder what they will fancy doing this morning?!


Thank you so much for popping in on me
Huge hugs Lou xxxx

SMASH-ing Ladies!!

 Evening Peeps!!
I am just popping in quick with a SMASH post before my little head hits the pillow and I hopefully zonk out to sleep!!!


I am sure peeps who pop in on me regularly know I am on 3 awesome DT's. They are all down my sidebar over there-------->
and I am so very proud and honoured to be a part of their teams. The gorgeous ladies are of course from left to right.... Krista ( saturated canary digis), Christy (Tiddly Inks) and Anice ( Funky Hand) and I am so very thankful to them all because every day when I get up I am so inspired by how awesomely talented they all are and in awe of how they do it.


I live my creative dream daily because of you 3 so this page is just for you,mwah xxxxx

Papers are my raspberry road freebie, I used my tim holtz distressed doily die and the little tabs are from Sweetly Scrapped.


Nighty night all!!!
thank you for popping in on me
huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 85- Saying Thanks

Image- Wryn Picture perfect from Tiddly Inks

Morning Peeps!!!

:) yey!!! its that Tiddly Inking time of the week again and of course there are a couple of new releases too from our gorgeous Christy!!

So first, this weeks new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog is a fabulous one, its all about ...

Saying Thanks

so get your fav  Tiddly Inks ----be that an image from the shop,cut file from My Scrap Chick or a Stamping Bella rubber stamp...

and get creating a Saying Thanks something!! :)

For my cardI used Wryn Picture Perfect. I merged her onto the sky paper that was the freebie last month over on the Get Funky challenge blog and then cut her out. I put a thin line of glue over the hanging wire and then added some blue thread to it. I also added a good old splodge of glossy accents to the roses around the frame.

I used my fav freebie HOTP papers and the little sentiment banner was in the set too. I am so going to have to buy these papers..... one day.....:) a little bit of blue lace stapled on and she was done!!! 

And now exciting new images!! I love new release day!!! and this time Wryn is either off to college, off on holiday or moving into a new home. I love the possibilities with this little cutie!!! and the house...ooooh I want to live there!!!

Here they are..

Wryn Joy Ride...                                      and                 Home Sweet Home          

          

Squeeee!! I love them!! and of course in true helpful Lou style I have linkied the piccies to their home in the Tiddly Inks store....:) :) :) Here's a quick make with them and the Happy Day Background.

And before I forget, here are the pens I used to colour up my little Wryn Picture Perfect card for todays challenge...

and here's the pens I used on my Happy Day card....

So pop in on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and see what those gorgeous Tiddly Inking buddies of mine have been making to get ya'll going!!

thankyou for popping in on me

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

   

Golfing anniversary...

Hello  Peeps!!


How are you all this gorgeous monday? I am good. I have just got back from taking my mum to physio and having a jacket potato at the garden centre,yummo!!!


Now I promised I would be back with my Mum's card for my Dad for their anniversary and here it is!! The file for this card was a freebie from the wonderful Kris. All I needed to do was golf-erise it for my Dad's golf obsession. The piccies aren't that great as I took them in a rush on my way out the door to Mum but I hope you like it anyway!!


I have to say, I am extremely proud of the sentiment I made up in my own daft little head for this one!! please feel free to pinch it peeps if you have a golf obsessed hubby or wife because the smile on my Mum's face when I gave her this card for Dad this morning was priceless so if I can share that with at least one other card maker I will be so very happy.
I embossed the heart and the sentiment for inside with my tiny bubbles embossing folder to make them look like golf balls! cute!!!


And here's the inside of the card.......

I love it!!!!!! can't wait to hear what Dad thought of it!!!!
Anywhoo, I have pots to put away, lounge to hoover, dog to plod and all before I fetch the little Mo man from school!! oh and a staff meeting to go to tonight too ....
Thank you for popping in on me!
huge hugs Lou xxxx

Sugarbowl challenge!!

 Image- Sitting Sugar Nellie gorgeous girl from Funky Kits.

Papers- Raspberry Road freebie from a crafty mag

Evening peeps!!!

Well I have had a fabulous sunday. We woke up to icky rain but then had a break in it which was fab as we all got wellied up and plodded the Holly over to the recreation ground in our village to get a good play and run around in. Now, despite being a yellow lab and supposed water dog...Holly does not do rain...to the point where if she even see's it dripping down the patio door she runs back to her bed!!! so a good walk in the break from the rain was much adored by the fluffy princess today!!

Once we had done that(...and Mo had tested out his new sisal rope bought by my mum by tying me up to the garden gate.....) I wanted to get started on making a card for the Sugarbowl challenge this week. It is a yummy sketch and I really felt like having a good old stamp and ink stampy session!!! (...plus its my mum and dad's wedding anniversary this week and they have both forgotten so before they send me frantic texts on monday night to tell me they need a card I thought I would be ahead of the game!!...yeah I could tell them they have both forgotten but its more fun this way!! romfl!!!!!)

So, this is mums card from my dad! I inked up one of my fav gorjuss/gorgeous girls, Sitting. I know there are new ones but I still love the originals from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits. I decided I wanted some nice soft edges so I stamped her in memento rich cocoa. I love how it comes out.

She then got a good old nestie treatment and tim holtz tea dye and antique linen distressing before getting coloured up with these pens below.....:)

Get me...all organised!!! :)


The papers were a delicious freebie from one of my crafty mags and they are Raspberry Road 'Summer Goodness'. They have a kinda glossy feel to them so they were a treat to play with!!! the swooshy swirls are a sizzix die that I got with my big shot and the little flower is..... of course, from Tim Holtz's tattered floral die :) and the little teeny butterfly's are my martha stewart punch.


So I think thats me for today!!! tonight I am just going to veg out a bit and catch up with my 'Castle's I have taped. I need to make mum's card for dad but I know what I am doing for it so it won't take me long and I have even been super creative and made up my own sentiment for it, go me!!!! might get it done and post it for you tomorrow!!


Thank you so much for popping in on me :) this new blogger set up has had me confuzled so I am quite impressed I even managed to post this !!!!!
huge hugs Lou xxx

What can you do with a Tiddly Inks wedding cake freebie.......:)

Morning Peeps!!

Phew its been a busy week and I have to admit I will be very happy when it is 5:30pm tonight and my weekend begins!!!

I have been busy both at work and at home this week!! and the home busy-ness has been full of wedding!!! I have been working on some wedding bits for a few weeks now and these are what I have been busy making!!

I knew just where to head when Natasha asked for a funky wedding cake and sent a begging email to the gorgeous Christy for help!!! :) and omgosh I loved the little cake she sent me! and whats even more exciting is that ya'll can have it too!!! for FREEEEEEEEE!!! if you click on the piccy it will take your straight to the post on Christy's blog. She is just so awesome!! thank you Christy,mwah xxxxxx

Now the date on the book in this piccy is actually the wrong date....derrrrr Lou!!! but I forgot to photograph it once I had sorted the date out!!! derrrr Lou again!!! 

Inside view! there is extra raffia in the bow as Natasha wants to add photographs to the pages so it needed to be able to pumf out a bit!!

bit of a side view!

Here is the table number. There are 6 of them and they do look so cute IRL. Pearlescent card and paper just do not like being photographed by me!! I can never get it right!!!! it makes the images look all bobbly but they are actually all blingyish! 

...and of course a cute little matching card too!!!...with the right date on this time!!:)
I merged the super cute little Wedding Huggabuggs onto the cake (..they are on sale price too :) over in the Tiddly inks bargain basement)

Phew!! that was a mammoth lots of piccies post!!!!!
Thought his cake would be completely awesome for a baking mamma for mothers day too, its just so pretty.


Challenges I am popping this little wedding bundle into are...
Paper Sundaes- Anything Goes
Incy Wincy- Digi's only!
Crafty Sentiments- Use a digi
Well, I had better get my butt into gear and get ready to go to work...I am still in my pj's so best get dressed too!!!
Huge Hugs Lou xxxxx

Birthday Princess!!

Morning Peeps!!

How are you all this morning? I am off to work today so am just sat eating my tropical fruits granola and having a cuppa to wake myself up. I thought I would quickly get this little 'Its my party'  LOTV princess blogged and entered into a couple of challenges before I go!! I had a 3rd birthday card to make so she just had to be used!!!

She got some nestie treatment and then a bit of tattered pink DI around her. I mounted her onto a lacey circle nesty too.

The challenges I am playing along in are....

Passion for promarkers - Pink, pearls and lace

craft your passion- dies cuts/punches

Totally papercrafts- Things with wings

I coloured up my gorgeous stroppy birthday princess in these colours...

I just had to use my fabulous magnolia lace die for the lace. I had no pink lace and I knew that would be perfect. It comes out so pretty. 

Now for a little tip with those magnolia doo hickey dies!!...they can be a little tricky to pickle out so all I do is put some greaseproof paper over the die, then add my cardstock I want to cut over the top of that and then run it through my big shot. The cut piece pops out easliy then, it works great for the Tim Holtz border dies/on the edge dies too :) hope that helps someone!!

A little bit of pink twine tied into a bow,3 punched butterflies and the I had some fun with my waco pearl pen to add the pearls!! The lineny type paper is from funky Hand's craft the year away. Then I stamped an LOTV verse for the sentiment. that verse is just right for a little 3 year old.

I must admit to thinking this card is soooooo cute!! I just love her little stroppy face and those boots!!! she is so me!!! :)

Right, got to plod the dog and get my lunch ready!!

Have a fabulous day everyone and thank you for popping in on me this morning!

huge hugs Lou xxxxx