funky birthday!!

This is my second post today!!! I wishI could say I made 2 cards today but I haven't!! I made this one a couple of weeks ago ready to send off to Anice with some other funky bits!!!

I love the paper on this card, its from my funkyhand dreams come true cd along with its little digi stamp flowers that are in the extras part of the cd. I love the funky and modern papers and stamps on the cd, they are just so much fun to use!!

The scalloped cardbase is a craftwork cards one, distressed a bit around the edges with antique linen distress ink.

I cut the digi with an oval nestie and added a bit of green bling to the flowers and stamped on a little happy birthday sentiment.

I used a tiny bit of lace and ribbon across the middle to break it up.

For an extra bit of yumminess I folded back one of the corners and turned a scrap of my patterned paper to differ the direction of the stripes through the pattern to match the inside of the card and added a little brad to hold the rolled corner back.

That really is it for today!! the bike ride from yesterday has caught up with me and I have got all sleepy!!!! so off for a cuppa and a fig roll to wake me up enough for a monday night womble around everybodies blogs!!!

Hugs Lou xx

glitter and glitz challenge!!

Wow, a mega migraine knocked me back yesterday and for a bit of this morning but then scott took me to tesco's to get some migraine tablets, took 2 and I am feeling quite good at the minute!!!!

I have even managed to make 2 cards in as many hours ( lou thinks these could be great tablets and she will have a migraine more often!!! romfl!!!).

My first card is my entry for the 'Glitter and glitz' challenge over on penny black at allsorts.

I have had this penny black t is for transparent critters party stamp set in my stamp stash for 2 years or so!!! I have made one card using it but I got it out this morning, dusted it off and stamped away to make this gorgeous card for scott's mum's birthday next week. ( i am posting this in the hope that they have left for the caravan and she doesn't have a sneaky peek at my blog before she goes......!!!!!!)

I coloured it up with my promarkers and added lots of versamark brilliance dazzle, and a bit of at you spica glitter pen dazzle to the cake and candle. I glazed icing and the candle flame for good measure too!! The little acetate butterflies have got glitter on the back of them too that just sparkles through the acetate beautifully.

I made the mum bit with my bargain find thickers from tkmaxx. I put a bit of versamark brilliance on the letters and the roses to glitter them up a bit and the little fronds are one of my yummy marthas!!

The dark green card base is pearlescent cardstock and the gorgeous linen texture looking paper is from my funkyhand deams come true cd, the faux stitching on them is my gorgeous new kelly panacci stamp set ( enabled by the lovely Lou and Fleur xxxxxxxx).

Now onto my second card of the day!!! this card is for my lovely sister in law, verity. I love her to bits but haven't seen her much this year :(. The 2 gorgeous little people on the front are my niece and nephew. My very amazing hubby took this picture of them a few weeks ago when we had a play day at our local nature park, it has a gorgeous park.

I have used my gorgeous funkyhand paper again ( one piece of A4 for 2 card is fab!!). After seeing kathy's fantastic holey cards I just had to do another one with a big window and went for a circle to go with the tunnel they were playing in whe this photo was taken. There was a little girl behind rufus but the magic that is my husband edited her out for me so I could have just rufus and harriet in the piccy.

The swirls are my magnolia swirly stamp ( yup, enabled by Lou again!!!) stamped with frayed burlap distress ink. Inside te card the paper is one of my free my minds eye papers from a mag and a bit more swirly stamp and ink. I cut around the photo where harriet's foot was to make thm pop out a bit.I love how this turned out.

Apologies for if my writing and sentences are a bit waffley, these tablets make me feel a little squiffy!!!! Right off for a womble with mo and the dog, think the fresh air will do me good and it looks terribly like rain again so I had better sneak out while I can!!

Thank you so much for popping in on me,

Big hugs Lou xxxxxxxx

A funky little book !!

Morning peeps!!! I tried to get this post on lat night but our internet wasn't playing due to a fried wireless hub!!!! so Mr.D has swapped the hub for our home hub so I can get on the internet, oooh he's fab!!!

Firstly and most importantly!!!.....

Anice will be demoing live Create and Craft TV show TODAY!!!!! Friday the 13th of August at 9am!!

You will the find Create and Craft on TV channels Sky Channel 671, Freeview 36 & Freesat 813 so please the in and take a good look at the fab colour me happy and dreams come true cd's in use ,they are absolutely super.

I used it to create this gorgeous little memo book and matching pencil!!! ( using the old faithful beer mats and ikea pencils of course!!!). This little book uses the awesome big dotty paper on delighted laughter colourway. Its just delicious!!

I made the pages using some gorgeous recycled index cards from the poundshop, I love recycled card!!!

I made a couple of gorgeous little pockets with paper matching the cover of the book, a bit of chalk pad around the edges and a little help from my loopy martha to pretty it up even more!!

I made a little vellum pocket with a tag in for a special message and a little holder for the pencil so it doesn't go floating away around the handbag of the receiver!!! lol!!!!!


A few funky faux brads, a little bit of gorgeous green ribbon and a punched circle with 'memo's' written on it and I was finished!!! I edged my punched circle with some more loopy martha to tie it in with the pocket pages inside the book.

Right, must dash as I need to get a cuppa ad claim my place on the settee to watch the funkyhand papercrafting on create and craft and mo wants to get ready to wave to funkylady!!! please don't forget to tune in and see what the DT have been making as they are all awesome, I have a long way to go to catch up!!!!

Big hugs

Lou xxxx