Tiddly Inks challenge #222....ATC Fun!!

Image- Queen of Hearts.

Morning Peeps!!

It's been such a long time since we had a super fun challenge and this month we decided to get our ATC thang on again!! It's been so long since we last did one but boy oh boy did you rock them in 2010 and 2014 so let's have that fun again!!!!

This months challenge is....

ATC Fun!!

yes! It's time for creating ATC cards (some call them ACEOs).

 These little works of art are 2.5 x 3.5 inches so get your cardstock cut and play away!!

 (**remember...you MUST use a Tiddly Inks stamp or image **)

And don't forget about the amazing colouring books Christy made. They are perfect for resizing for this challenge!! you can find them HERE.

I used the gorgeous Queen of Hearts for my make.. The red cardstock takes the size of the ATC so you can imagine how much smaller my Queen is but I do adore an ATC make. They are so easy and its such a joy to just colour now and again instead of making the whole card! plus, lets be honest, how easy would it be to make a cardbase at a later date to pop this cutie on??

Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx

Easter Greetings...

Image- Easter Greetings.

Papers- Echo Park Celebrate Easter.

Dies- Dienamics Blueprints 3.

Morning everyone!!

I'm in for you today with an Egg-stra cute little make using the new Easter Greetings.

I have an uber soft spot for anything bunny so I just could not leave this super cute one sat on my desk any longer and had some fun colouring it up and making a little card yesterday.

Seriously, just how cute is that bunny???

It's soooo fluffy!!!! lol!!!

Well as much as I would love to hide out here in blog land and not do my Tabata workout this morning, I must get off my blubber butt and do it!!! To be fair, as much as I dread starting them every other day, I feel pretty epic once my workout is done. It kinda sets me up for the day and gives my daft little Lou self a pretty good boost to start the day on!!  Mondays always feel a little mehhhhhhh after gorgeous weekend time with my gorgeous hubby and son so today I am determined to keep busy. I have an appointment with ironing mountain, laundry valley and hoover grounds today too!!! lol!!!

Thank you so much for popping in, huge hugs Lou xx

Bath Tub Tilda....

Magnolia stamps Let's Go- Vintage room door.

Magnolia stamps Let's Go 3 piece cutting die Lobby Accessories.

Magnolia stamps Let's go Maid Tilda and perfume.

Magnolia stamps Let's Go Bath Tub Tilda.

Maja Designs Christmas Seasons 6x6 pad.

Morning Everyone,

I'm in with my Swedish House Crafts post for you today. I decided to have a play with the newly released Let's Go collection. I really loved making little Epsom salt and lavender gift bag using one of the bags my Magnolia Advent Calendar came in!! well, one has to save and re-use lovely things!!!

Bath Tub Tilda is just the sweetest little image and I decided to stamp her, mask her up and then use the stunning Vintage room door behind her as the bathroom door.

I added a little glossy accents to her bubbles to give them that lovely floaty bubble kind of look, so pretty. I stamped out 2 of the little perfume bottle stamps and cut around them to decorate the bottom right corner of my gift bag.

They look so sweet. For the top of the bag, I used a Magnolia Lace DooHickey die from my stash and the die cut the gorgeous little crossed keys from the Lobby Accessories die set. I cut them twice, once in kraft card and then once in my design paper so I could use the little negative cut hearts from the tops of the keys to sit on the centre where the keys cross over.

The Maja Designs Christmas Seasons 6x6 pad had to be used again!! I absolutely adore it and it's always worth remembering that sometimes Christmas papers are not just for Christmas use!! they are just so beautiful.

And here is a side view of my little gift bag. I so wish you all had scratch and sniff screens so you could smell the lavender, its gorgeous. This would be such a lovely gift for someone who is moving into a new home and will need a good soak for their muscles after all the moving of boxes!!!!

Right, time for me to get off here and get a wriggle on. Monday mornings always feel a bit slow and then kapow...they've caught up with me and I'm a hot mess!!! he he he!!!! Have a magical day everyone.
Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxxx

Feed The Birds...

Image- Feed The Birds.

Morning all! 

I'm popping in today to share my latest Dream Team creation and this week it's one just for me.

This beautiful little Feed The Birds image made me think of my Grandad. He absolutely loved robins. So I made this just for me to add to my Memorydex. And that little sentiment is such a perfect reminder for us all.

Who could resist this cuteness??? ...

Right, I need to get a wriggle on. I have an appointment with a workout DVD and torture before I can get on with my day!! lol!! but, there's only one person who can sort out and tone my ass and that's me so it's time to suck it up and get on with it!!!

Thank you for popping in, hugs Lou xx

Sleeping baby cuteness....

Stamp- Sleeping Baby Tilda.
Papers-Maja Designs Christmas Seasons 6x6 pad.
Wiper Card tutorial- HERE.

Morning everyone.

I'm in with my Swedish House Crafts DT make today and I couldn't help but use that golden oldie by Magnolia Stamps, Sleeping Baby Tilda. I had a new baby card I needed to get busy on since I got lost in all the Christmas festivities and hadn't got it made.I really did lose all track of time over November-December and christmas cards for family and special things that happened in the run up just didn't get cards made for them :(  but I'm trying to make up for it all now Mo is back at school and I feel at quite a loss during the day!

The Maja Designs Christmas Seasons 6x6 pad had some stunning little blue papers in it that were just perfect for what I had in mind, and I couldn't help myself but paper piece with the little scraps I had left from decorating the card base itself.

This type of card is called a Wiper Card. You can find the tutorial I always follow to make them HERE. I've been making them for years since my friend Mich and I used to set each other a Happy Mail card making challenge each month! we had such fun!!

I love them because that little pop up element is such fun when you take the card out of the envelope and it pops up! It was also the perfect size for me to get that super sweet little Gummiapan Button Heart die that I love so much in there too!!

The beautiful tag and lace dies are both Magnolia stamps too. I think they are my some of my favourite Doo Hickeys! Magnolia's dies never get old do they?

Right, I need to vamoose my caboose!!! there is a cuppa with my name on it calling me from the side!! Thank you so much for popping in on me today.

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Love Cupcake...

Image- Love Cupcake.

Papers- MME 'Charmed' Record It.

Morning everyone! I'm in with a Dream Team post for you again and today I've used some of my pencils practising again on the absolutely delicious, Love Cupcake. She even comes with the cutest sentiment, just look at her!! awwww!! and I've even linked the picture below right to her home in the shop so if you neeeeeed her as much as I did, all you need to do is click on her picture!! wahooooo!!!!

The scrummy papers are some MME ones from a very stroke only pad of 6x6 Record it ranges, this one was called Charmed. I so love my little 6x6 MME pads but they are definitely beginning to dwindle in volume now!!!

Now, I'm not going to lie. Today I will mostly be moping around my house making little whimpering sighs at the quiet and lonely feel. Mo is back to school and Scott is back to work and I know already it's going to be far too quiet. I am one of those super daft mummy's that totally misses their people.

So my only plans for today are that dreaded school first school run of the year. I'm going to take a walk with the dogs and try and get myself reset into that term time feel....urgh!!!! and then see if I can't get myself cheered up some!!! 

Thank you for popping in, hugs Lou xxx

Queen of Love Notes, Tiddly Inks challenge #221- Anything Tiddly Goes!!

Image- Queen of Love Notes from Tiddly Inks.

Morning Peeps!!

Happy New year!! and to get it really started, it's time to get those Tiddly fingers crafting again over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog. And to ease you in gently, we are doing our normal easy first challenge of the year!!

Anything Tiddly Goes!!

so, create something with any choice of Tiddly Inks image/stamp in a way you love! 

 (**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 **)

I just had to use my gorgeous new little Queen of Love Notes. Oh my gosh, she is too cute! she is one of 3 new little images Christy put out over the Christmas break and my oh my did I have a hard time choosing who to use, I mean....who would you choose from these cuties??? It's sooo hard!!!!

You can get all 3 in one pack or just buy them separately. I adore them all!!!! and I've been practising with those Prismacolors again. I am loving them so far.

The papers are from my 6x6 stash pile that I have actually put on my craft desktop so I work through it before touching any pads this year!! it's about 10" high and full of random papers this pile but I know I'll chug through it quickly!!

I keep meaning to have a go with them on some kraft card but the cold of doom has come back to get me for another round so I don't feel in a crafty mood today...more of a drink hot drinks and whimper occasionally mood!!! romfl!!!!!!

Huge hugs and thank you for popping in, Lou xxxxx

Peace, Love, Hope...

Image- Peace, Love, Hope.

Morning all!!

I'm in for you today with my Dream Team post and a little something out of my Lou cosy slippers comfort zone!! Prismacolor pencil colouring!! oh my!! but let's be honest..this little cutie is just the perfect image to make those new colouring medium nerves evaporate...Just look at it...

awwwww! the cuteness!!

I really am enjoying trying out these pencils though. I bought them secondhand from my lovely friend Sue who was having a bit of a crafty declutter again. I've been looking at them for quite some time but one of my BFF's Lucy showed me Sue's post and I just felt it was the right time to give them a go. It's definitely a learning curve and I am very much riding off youtube tutorials for colour blends but its sooo good to try something new.

We have has the most beautiful Christmas break so far. Lots of family time, visiting my gorgeous big sister, Christmas day in our trio bubble, Scott's family on boxing day which we always love, walking, a visit to mo's favourite place, Yorkshire Wildlife Park, and some lovely chilling times at home too, we just seem to of got the mix so perfectly this year. Today we need to do a little shopping, we are all out of loo rolls and fresh veggies!! but that's all we have planned. I've even managed to keep right on top of my workout DVD schedule!!

Have a magical new year everyone.Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx

Fruitcake....

Image- Fruitcake.

Morning everyone!

I'm in for you today with a super cute make featuring Fruitcake. 

I've nowhere near made enough christmas cards this year but this little cutie sat on my desk spurred me on to getting on with the job!!

And if you click on the piccy of her below, you'll be festively pinged to her home in the store so you can get making with her too!! she's just too cute not to buy!!

We had a gorgeous day yesterday celebrating our Little Mo's 14th birthday....I cannot believe he is 14 already!!! but I'll go with it because he is still squishably cute!!!

Right, I really do need to scoot, I've been on my treadmill for 3K so I am an actual sweaty beast who needs a shower right now!!! all in the name of attempting to keep fit....not much fun with a streaming runny nose and sore throat but well worth the pain if I can keep myself healthy!!! lol!!!

Huge Hugs Lou xxx

Tilda tracks Santa....

Morning peeps!!

I'm in with a post for you today. I have been excitedly opening the days of my Magnolia stamps and Dies- Christmas Calendar 2018 and I couldn't wait to ink up my Day 1 Tilda with the little map!!

My little Mo and I always follow NORAD tracks Santa and I decided to do a little Tilda Tracks Santa kind of christmassy card!!! And of course, I needed a few of my older Magnolia stamps to help me along, the fir trees ( though I cut the little one off the right side and just kept the 2 that nestle together and then masked my Tilda stamp so they went behind her), and the little Santa is coming to town sentiment circle. I love how Magnolia stamps are just timeless and go together no matter which releases they are from!!

I paper pieced her trousers and bow using the scraps from my delicious Maja Designs Christmas Season 6x6 papers. And of course, the little oval behind her and the papers on the card are the Maja Designs Christmas Season 6x6 papers too. They are just too pretty not to use!!

Just look how pretty the little early bird die was that came with the Magnolia stamps and Dies- Christmas Calendar 2018. I inked the edges a little and added a little fluffy snow to the top.

And that's me for today!!!! We are off to pick up our new car today. It's not brand new but it's new to us!! I can't wait. I've wanted a volvo for so long and now....well...I have one!!! wahooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Thank you for popping in, Huge hugs Lou xxx