Thanks....

Image- Thanks from Mo's digital pencil.

Papers- Animal Antics.

fence die- La La Land Heart Fence.

martha stewart butterflies,twine

coloured with promarkers.

Morning Peeps!!

I hope you are all having a totally wonderful saturday! I am!! I woke up this morning and scott and I had breakfast together....alone......!! Mo was fast asleep snoring so we got up and had 35 precious minutes together before little guy footsteps plodded down the stairs announcing  in a little voice 

" morning parents! I am awakened!!"

He is so funny!! I am not quite sure where he gets his words from but they make us smile so much!!

Anywhoo, I turned on my facebook and there in my news feed was a gorgeous 24 hour ' Thanks' freebie from Mo Manning, awwwwww! this baby is just so gorgeous and was totally perfect for a special thank you card I needed to make. (...Quick go get it before it runs out then come back to read more Lou wafflies!!!)
I am popping him over in the papertake weekly anything goes challenge.

I needed a special card because after 6 years of nursery nursing I finished my job yesterday. I have been so totally lucky to work in such a wonderful place but with Mum being poorly my ability to commit to paperwork (...which might I add I am totally pants at!!) was just not up to what I felt was needed and I decided to give my mummy priority for a while since she has given me 35 wonderful years of love.I want to give her some back and help her to adjust to the things she just cannot manage to do anymore. It is so very hard to see your mum like this and although I am very sad to leave my nursery nursing I feel totally at peace with my choice. I am so thankful to the girls too because they know I don't do fuss and being the centre of attention so Gabby gave me my gifts on our nice quiet lunchtime break.

The girls at work got me the most awesome present. (My fave is the stunning box which I am going to keep in my craft room and fill with yummy bits and bobs).....

I adore my stunning Humphrey's corner card book made by my friend Hayley,its just gorgeous and full of lovely messages. I didn't quite make it home from work last night before blubbering away like a noodle in the car!!! I will miss my gorgeous little peeps so much.

Right, enough waffling! I am off to make myself a cuppa and have it in quiet as Mo has gone to Grandad's with Daddy to fix the car. So its a cuppa and some of these yummy presents from my little peeps ti nibble on while they are out....

Huge hugs Lou xxxxx

Saturated Canary challenge 43- Emerald picture inspiration.

Image- Joey from Saturated Canary.

Dies- Die-namics Grassy Edges, Die-namics Blue prints 1,

Joy crafts Labels and tags.

Afternoon Peeps!!!

Before I waffley on about the new SC challenge any more I just want to say a sad farewell to our teamie, Mindy. She is such a talented lady and is off to explore new creative avenues and has just gotten a new job too so she is giving herself some time to settle into it all!!

So our Jane set us this awesome challenge this time and ooooooh I love this picture! There is so much range for creativity in this one and I just had to go with the gorgeous new Joey for it, he's such a little sweetheart!! so here's the gorgeous picture...

And the challenge rules are super easy too so please remember to follow them...

You must use either a:

Saturated Canary Digi, 

Saturated Canary rubber stamp, 

or Simply Sassy rubber stamp 

and follow the theme of the challenge.

and please remember you can only enter once.

And most importantly....

Have lots and lots of fun!!!

And please turn off your word verification and turn on comment moderation, you

just need to  need to go to 'Customise' , then choose 'Settings' then choose Comments Scroll down to where it says comment moderation and select always (it won't stop anybody commenting but they won't show on your blog till you approve them). Then you scroll down to show word verification for comments? and select No 

Our DT don't want to miss any entries but word verification is becoming

increasingly hard and we have a whole lot of gorgeous makes we don't want to

miss out on leaving the love for :)

I am at work right now so I will be back in on you all later.
Huge hugs Lou xxxx

A special little man's first birthday card!

Morning peeps!

ok so I know i posted a similar card last week but this one was uber special!! this one was for Cole, my friend Gabby's gorgeous little man. He has had a bit of a tough year with his health bless him so I wanted to make something super special and LOTV's are always my special treat stamp to choose!!

I absolutely loved pootling along making this on saturday afternoon, it was so relaxing and I love it when a card just flows.

Yesterday we had an awesome morning at the zoo. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was so lovely to see the zoo full of people. We have had annual passes for Twycross for 3 years on the trot now and seeing the awesome changes and developments there are making is just wonderful.

here's a couple of piccies of me and little mo....

Scott took this one above, he is so good with his camera.

 and I took this one with my pants phone camera! but its kinda cute!!

When scott went out to get our picnic the queue to get in was all the way back to our car!! super busy!!!

Right, got to go as Mo and I are just going to take poppy for a little walk to see if we can find a lost dog called Ted before school, it makes me so sad to think of him lost so we thought we would try a little furball princess to see if she can work her magic!! its just down the road from our house so a little walk is no problem at all.

have a great day peeps

huge hugs Lou xxx 

Bunny with cake....

Stamp- Wild rose Studios Bunny with cake.

Papers- Teresa collins He sad She said.

Dies- Die Namics rounded banner stax.

Pens- Promarkers.

( Ivory, sandstone, caramel and burnt sienna)

Trim- Sparkle edge trim.

Morning peeps!!

awwww don't you just love this super cute little bunny?!!! I do!! I was so excited when he was sitting in my yummy new DT package that I had to inky him up and play straight away!!

I decided to go with a mono colouring play and stuck with some browns and a little creamy ivory for the lightest parts.

The cherry and his cute little nosey have some glossy accents on to make them pop!!

The little bunny stamp, papers and banner stax are all in the little bank Holiday discount sale so go snap them up quick before it ends :)

Today we are off to the zoo. We have had our brekkie of soft boiled egg and soldiers and now we are just waiting until we need to jump in the car and go!! yesterday we had a super huge clean out of our shed, cut the grass and washed the car so all the boring jobs were out of the way!  I also got a little colouring and making time in in the afternoon to make a little 1st birthday card. 

Teatime was wonderful as we treated ourselves to a chinese takeaway and our gorgeous little Mo sat telling us the story of Cain and Abel. I absolutely love the way he sucks his bible stories up like a sponge, he loves them and that is very important to us. We finished off our day by snuggling up together to watch Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat. We have seen this show sooooo many times but lets be honest, Donny Osmond in not many clothes is actually rather nice to watch!!!

Have an awesome monday everyone

huge hugs Lou xxx

SOG 30 day challenge make it furry..

Image- Boys Best friend Tobie from Some odd Girl.

Morning peeps!!
so I am still plodding along the little 30 day thang that those gorgeous SOG girlies have set up and this make was for the 'make it furry' day!!

I coloured my little cute image in with my promarkers ( in little Mo and Poppy colours of course!!) and when it came to the little pup I coloured her using all dots with my cool grey promarkers and then gently dabbed my blender pen on the top to make her go all furry. I tried to smoooshy fur out the edges of her too by running it along the edges.

Oh and I almost forgot! I masked off these cuties and stamped my magnolia text love heart over the top to get the love words behind them!!

Its so cute. Its actually an album front that I am going to make into a little album for Mo with lots of piccies in but that might take me a while!! he he he!!

Now, I've got to go now and treat myself to a couple of SOG fairies before Scott wakes up and see's me shopping for digi's!!! romfl!!

Have an awesome sunday everyone

huge hugs Lou xxx

baby boys first birthday..

Stamp- LOTV Baby Boy.

Morning peeps!!
well I have to admit mum's surgery and other bits if life took a big whack of my little Lou crafty mojo this week but I had a gorgeous birthday card to finish and enter into the new LOTV monthly challenge so when I got home from work last night I got it done ( then crashed out in bed at 7pm and didn't get up until 5am this morning.....!!!)

I absolutely adore this stamp. I got it a while ago and have only just gotten round to giving him some inkies!!! but seriously awwwwwww!! and just right for that special first birthday milestone too!!!

The papers are from my papermania set Portabella road. It is just gorgeous and being as freddie was born in jubilee year I thought they would be super to use. He is coloured up with promarkers with a few little gel pen dotties here and there!!

And while I am here!! My mum was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon! Now I have to admit I am both pleased and terrified that she has been let home. Pleased because I know she was struggling to sleep and misses home terribly but terrified because it took them a long time to get her off oxygen and she really wasn't with it. I spoke to her at 6pm last night and she was just getting some fresh pj's on ready for bed so hopefully she has had a restful night. Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers for her, I know they carried her safely.

Right got to go, need to go to the post office and pick up a parcel I missed yesterday while I was at work!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

No lines........

Image- Puppy Tobie from Some Odd Girl.

Hiyah peeps!!

ok, so mums surgery seemed to go ok and I spoke to her last nigt just as she got back and she seemed ok but this morning we got a message to say there had a been a little complication and there has been some damage to the dura :( this is one of the risks of the operation and mum will experience some pretty violent headaches and she has to stay in  the hospital longer then we expected but at least she is where she needs to be. It completely upskittled me this morning and I just could not settle at all.

I walked with Poppy and tidied up some and then this afternoon I spotted this on my gorgeous friend Leah's facebook wall and thought hey that looks fun....

so I popped off to join the SOG world and with some help from the fabulous Kristy I got my tobie digi printed out all no lines-y!!

Oh man...this colouring technique is kinda hard! my first one looked pants!! but luckily I only did the face so I just started again (lou printed out 4 incase of pantsness!!!) but I am kinda pleased with my first attempt and after Mo and I got home from school I knocked up a little card so I could pop it on my blog for ya'll to judge!! he he he he!!!

Right, time to make some tea for a little squidge!! huge hugs Lou xxxx

Passion for promarkers challenge 196- To Die For!!

Stamp- sitting angel from WOJ.

Flexmarkers- Antique white, champagne, Nutmeg and Auburn.

Dies- Die Namics Blue prints 2.

Papers- Huge Funky Love word book from Funky Hand.

Hello peeps! I am back! a bit later than I thought as I have been for my bloods and then popped to see Scott for some cheering up the Lou brekkie!! I had to fast for one of my bloods ( I had to have bloods done for 13 different things.....that I can't even remember!!) and with mum going in today my tummy is doing somersaults so a bit of Lou and Scott time was most appreciated!!

Its challenge day over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog and this week’s challenge which has been set by Nic from Team 1 and she has chosen

 “to die for”

  Nic would like to see at least one die cut or punched item on your cards this week – simples!  Don’t forget you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our generous sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 1 stamp of their choice (must be in stock) from their online store. 

I was in a sepia kinda mood so stamped up my gorgeous stamp with some Memento rich brown ink and got to work with my fav 4 colours of flex marker!

The dies part was super easy! I just used a whole lot from my Die-Namics Blueprints 2 set!!! I cut the oval, masked off the bottom and stamped just the head of my little angel on there. I coloured her up and added a little clear star sakura pen to her and then rubbed it all over her whilst it was still wet to give her a little angel-ly sparkle!!

Now, this stamp, OMG I love it!! the reason it lives with me now is kinda funny!! I spent 5 weeks looking for this very same stamp for my gorgeous best friend and was so happy when I found one on ebay for her that I almost pee'd my pants, Mo jumped up and down squeeling and we bought it and sent her it for a surprise. Then lo and behold someone put one up for sale once pops had gotten hers and I just had to buy her for myself, she is just so gorgeous! so Thank you to pops for my sitting angel obsession!! he he he he!!

The papers are my fav Funky Hand ones, they are from a wordbook download that has the A4 sheeets of the paper included too and then I just teamed that up with some kraft card and cream marbled paper.

So thats me for today peeps!! I promise just 2 posts for today!!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 109...Inspired by a movie/book!!

                                                    Cavy Love -for you from Tiddly Inks
                                                     (inspired by G-Force)

Morning Peeps!!!
Its tiddly tuesday which means its time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog!

Create a project using a Movie and/or Book theme!   We can't wait to see what you create and make sure to tell us which book or movie inspired you!!!

Mo was a little lifesaver for me for this challenge as I just didn't know what movie to use until he sat watching G force on saturday morning and I snuggled up with him! after the movie I thought, hey thats a cute one and printed out the super cute little cavy!! (Here in the UK he would be a guinea pig).

The papers are all from my scraps folder! yey go me!!! and cut with my Blueprints 1 die set.

So I am not that with it this morning as I write. My mum is on her way to hospital right now to have her operation :( I love my mum so much and it is fair to say I am petrified. She is having a combined anterior disectomy and fusion and a posterior fusion all in one go, which means rough;y 4 and a half hours of surgery and a huge amount of recovery. Her lovely surgeon sent her a youtube computer video of the op and we watched it together a couple of weeks ago so in Lou language my mum will be drilled, screwed and pinned all in her spine :( if you have a little space in your prayers today please keep mum cosy in them.

I will be back in a little while with my PFP challenge card.

Huge hugs Lou xxx

SC Valentines petals.....

Stamp- Valentine Petals and sentiments.

Papers- First edition Blank Canvas.

Dies- Die-Namics Blueprints 1.

Coloured with promarkers.

Morning peeps!!

Its monday again so here I am with my DTDF DT make for the week, a super cute Saturated Canary make!! well, just look at her, she is way too cute not to ink up and...shhhh...she's on offer in the shop too so quick go get her before anyone else reads this post!! he he he!!!

I got out the last sheet of the stroke only and sniff occasionally Blank Canvas paper and popped it through my big shot with my Die-Namics Blueprints 1 die set.

I just had to squeeze one of her sentiments in too so I squooshed it onto the stitched circle die that comes in the blueprints 1 set!! (I know it has a squeensy bit missing but that yummy vintage photo ink around the edge does a fab job of moulding it in....right?!!!! lol!!!) they are just my fav cardmaking die set ever at the moment and they make it so easy. I masked off a little border at the bottom when I stamped her so that she sat in the rectangle nicely!! 

So I have to get a wriggle on really. Mo's little brekkie buddy will be here soon and I need a cuppa!! but first I must tel you off little Mo's meltdown yesterday!! poor chap!!

So we went to a carboot sale at his school yesterday morning and Mo bought a telescope, the lady he bought it off gave him an old chemistry set too which was very kind of her but it was really old so I let Mo have the stand and test tubes but I threw away the chemicals ( I had the same Tommy Boyd set when I was little so that makes it at least 25 years old!!romfl) 

However...super sneaky small one took said thrown away chemistry chemicals and decided to do some mad scientistying in his bedroom without mummy and daddy knowing....sigh....then popped out to play suddenly......sigh...so mummy and daddy knew something was up and popped up to said bedroom...kinda hurridly....and found a big black splodge on the carpet...which mummy rubbed and it made a huuuuuuuuge black splodge on the carpet whilst daddy called in small scientist from playing duties...who came in all sad...... Dopey mummy told him how dangerous chemicals were to which he started crying and decided he was going to die because he had black fingers from it ( oh yesss, they were black....!!!!) and he kept the panic up for an hour! I popped him in the bath, gave him a good scrub and calmed him down somewhat whilst daddy drove to my big sisters house and got the carpet cleaner hoover!!!.....2 hours later and all was calm again!! very funny now but oh boy did we panic as he had decided to mix 3 of the tubes of stuff together and when scott checked them with goggle the black one came up with oodles of warnings!!! oh the joys of boys!!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx