Cute,cute,cute birthday box!!!

 Papers- Craft The Year Away from Funky Hand.

Box from my stash!

Flower and leaf punch from papermania

(clare, don't tell Mo I pinched his punches!!)

Anita's gems.

Pear Green promarker.

Tag from 'the work's shop.

Pink thread.

Morning peeps!!!!!

I had a lovely treat of a drive out to the lovely Clare's craft shop yesterday. We had a yummy breakfast in the little coffee shop literally across the door way from Clare's shop (sob, sob..by the time we had finished nomming our yummy scrambled eggs and Mo was extremely excited to find 3 huge marshmallows floating in his hot chocolate,Clare was just about to start a class so I couldn't have a proper catch up...oh well.... will have to go again for a good old natter!!!!)

Now, a teeny confession....the flower and leaf punch are not mine!!! they are actually part of Little Mo's crafty buys from Clare's but I am sure he won't mind me borrowing them!!!!

I have a little birthday party to go to today for my very special little lady (...or not so little now but I am happily in denial that she is growing up as all good nanny's who are feeling old when their charges grow up would!!!!) We are going to have some crafty fun and decorate some cakes, make some door hangers a la funky hand!! I will take my camera for piccies in case I get chance to take some!!

Claudia is growing up now so for her present I wanted to give her some pennies for her to go and choose whatever she fancies and I wanted a nice little box for them to go in.
She loves pink so I knew I could trust my awesome Craft The Year Away cd for some yummilicious pink paper.
I made up my box and added some splodges of pink ink around the edges. Trimmed up some funky pink paper to layer the box up with and splodged some ink on the edges of that too.

Then made myself some gorgeous little leafs by colouring a piece of white card with my pear green promarker and punching them out (..that punch is soooooo cute and very addictive...have more leafs then I need.....!!) then I ran my embossing tool down the middle of it to make it look more leafy!!!!
I punched the flowers out of my scrappy bits of paper, cream and funky pink, inked the edges and embossed them too. The cream flower was glued on first, then the leaves just gently pushed into the glue underneath, then the pink flower went inside the cream flower to gently layer it and a gorgeous pink gem for the centre of the flower.

Here's a little piccy of the punches and other bits and bobs I used in case you need to see the punches.

The glue isn't even dry in the flowers in my top piccy as I was just so excited to share it!!!!!!! daft me!!

The tag is one from a packet of price tags I bought from 'The Works' shop in town. I love these little tags. I took out the white string and then glued it onto a piece of paper, typed Claudia in word and then printed it out. Then I re-threaded the tag with some yummy pink thread to match the colour scheme on the box.

It really is a squishably cute box!!!
Right, better get me dressed...not got that far yet!! crafting in my pj's is so me on a sunday morning!!!

Have a fabby sunday everyone!! hugs Lou xxxxxx

busy butterflies!!!!

 Hiyah peeps!!!!

I have been super busy for the past couple of nights creating some bits that one of the girls at work has asked for for her wedding which is coming up soon.

My first job was the guest book and the scheme is black and fuschia pink and butterflies.

I headed for my stack of yummy bloom and grow minds eye papers becuase I knew this delicious paisley print pinky one was in there!!! oooh I love it.

The butterflies are from my cricut storybook cart and cut in black cardstock, which I then popped through my creatopia and covered with some pink flocking stuff..oooh they are so soft to rub!!! I cut the fluttery flight path off one so I could rest it on my nestied oval.

I added a couple of little gems on them and then popped them up on some silicone.

the little flowers are from my SU boho flowers punch and off course some martha branch!!!!!

I wanted the adult bridesmaids cards to match the guest book so I almost copied the layout of the guest book and I am so pleased with how they turned out. 

I popped a little verse inside the bridesmaids cards too.

I took them to work today and it was lovely to see that Gabby liked them, I am always a little bit worried when I make things people have asked for!!!! daft me!!!!

Anyway, I am off to have a quick cuppa now and recharge my batteries before I finish off a wedding book for us girls at work to sign for another lady at work who is getting married!!! its all go in our nursery this year!!!!

Thankyou for popping in on me, your comments mean so much to me and always cheer me up.
Hugs Lou xxxx

My big boy is 11 today!!

In August 2002 when Scott and I got together, I was also blessed with my step son, Ryan. And today he is 11 years old, I cannot believe how quickly time has zoomed by!!!

His card had to be a squidge more grown up this year so he got a LOTV Football crazy on his card and a LOTV circle stamp too!!

I stamped him and then heat embossed him with some clear embossing powder to make him look yummy. He got a good old Man Utd colouring with my promarkers. If you look really close on his little trainer you can see Ryan written on it. I did that because his fabby new trainers from his mum sarah and dad jim have his name on them and I wanted the little footballer to mirror that.
The punched border is martha stewart and is a very special punch as a dear friend sent me it.A few little card candies on the edges and I sneaked in some kisses in the corners of my little footballer and on the top edge of the punched border. The sun was just going down when I took this piccy and Little Mo and his big brother Ryan were playing rounders in the garden, it was so lovely and a super treat for Mo to see Ryan after school. We don't normally see Ryan in the week as he is with Sarah during the week so Mo was very excited.

Then onto the cake!!!!  for his 11th birthday I thought I had better go for a big boy cake!!!!!! and made this yummy looking little football shape using one of my pyrex pudding basins and iced it ( lots of icing!!). Then I decided that I needed a goal net too so I made one to sit the cake on and a little Man Utd logo stuck into it on a good old McDonalds coffee stirrer!!!!

I know I am not much of a cake maker but I am very proud of this one!! you can just about make out the green icing writing and number 11 on the black icing!!

Right I am off to veg out for a little bit now before I start thinking about some cards I need to make, cuppa here I come!!!

Thank you for popping in on me
Hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 43- Picture Me!!!

Image- Fairy House and

Fairy Fae Dreams from Tiddly Inks.

Promarkers- pear green, terracotta,pastel biege,

cool grey 1,2 and 3,antique pink,cocktail pink,

amethyst,orchid,almond(...phew i think thats it...!)

clear star gelly roll sakura pen

glossy accents

Morning peeps!!

Its that Tiddly time of week again!!! Its time for yummy new images in the shop (...and oooooh they are so fab this week!!!) and a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and this week we have a gorgeous photo to follow for colour inspiration and your card will need to be shaped too but....with out the use of a cricut or other cutting machine.
(....Lou hears all her friends gasp as they know there isn't much that I don't cut out without the use of my cricut!!!!!!!!)
Here is the gorgeous photo.......

I just love those colours and the ruffley flowers!! oh and don't worry because our very talented Tiddly Inker Lysa has set you all up with a tutorial to give you some ideas!!! and our very lovely Christy has made you all a freebie template so pop over to her blog for more details!!!

So you have until next monday at 10pm CST to get our your favourite Tiddly Inks images and join in with the tiddly inking fun!!!! I can't wait to see what everybody creates, I love a good bloggy womble!!

I used the superb little Fairy House to make my shaped card base, I printed it out making sure the cute little mushrrom house was at the bottom of the page and then folded it in half and cut around the shape of it (...yes that took a little while but oh sooooo cute it looks!!!!) Here's a few piccies I took whilst I was snipping!!!

...and here's the coloured fairy house!!!....and promarkers galore!!!!

.....and then sat one very sweet Fairy Fae Dreams on top of it. She looks like she is just sat watching the world go by on a lovely summery day.

I always have so much fun creating different looking cards. I love this one and she has already been snaffled by little mo who wants this to be his cousin Lily's birthday card.

I am also entering this card in the magical mondays challenge blog shaped cards challenge this week.

Starting on the mothers day creating!!

Morning peeps!!
Its a bright and sunny morning here now which is lovely. Mo had a pants night last night so I am hoping for him to get better today, he has eaten breakfast and a doughnut mum bought him yesterday so I think he is going the right way to feeling better !!! :)

My little share of the day today is my start on my mothers day cards. The papers are from my TK Maxx bargain find of memory makers papers and the stamp is the super cute little rosie from lili of the valley. I love her to bits and use her oodles!!!
The flowers are punched out with my SU Boho punch and the little ovals with my sentiment are SU's oval punches, and not forgetting the most needed martha branches!!!!
A little splish of lace and some yummy beads and she is all ready to go!!!!!!

Off to tesco for milk now!!!

have a fabby sunday everyone, I will be back for a bloggy womble later!!
Hugs Lou xxx

Fabulously Inky Friday!!

Image and sentiment- Harmony at home from Tiddly Inks.

Hello peeps!! how are you all this fabby sunny friday afternoon?

Its Fabulously Inky Friday today over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog which means its time to announce the winners of lasst weeks Kraft with me challenge and take a peek at what peeps have been creating with their tiddlies!!!

I have been having a bit of a sort out in my craft room. I have lots of pictures of family and sentimental bits hanging above my craft desk and wanted to make myself a hanging for in there too and this is what I came up with.
I printed straight onto my Krafty coloured file folder, trimmed it down and added a bit of metallic ink to the edges. Then I added a bit of black cardstock to the back and few holes to add my raffia to hang it.
Its very simple but I absolutely love it and the sentiment is perfect for me as I am always listening to music while I am out there. I love music and have a huge list of favourites!!! all varied types too from classical which I love right down to classics like the Rolling Stones!!

Mo was quite poorly in the night with his asthma as he has a cold, I think we got a total of 3 hrs sleep but he was raring to go to school and join in with the comic relief fun today as he knew he could go as Robin Hood!!! here he is ( ...yup, they are black bags under his eyes from no sleepies bless him!!)

...all ready to go and get the sheriff of nottingham!!!!! then we had to pick him up at 2:30pm when school rang to say he had gone to the office to say he needed his mummy, awwwwww. So we have a sick little boy on the settee now, all bunged up and red, awwwwwwww.

Right off to get a cup of tea and eat my super yummy coffee cupcake cooked by Hayley's mum for our cake sale at nursery for comic relief,mmmmm yummo!!!

hugs Lou xxxx

Funky Fifteenth- Zing Into Spring!!

Good Morning Peeps!!!
Well, I can't believe it but we are into March already and the Funky Fifteenth is upon us already!!! Its my turn to choose the theme over on Get Funky. Don't forget to check Jules's post  to see if you are  the funky winner for feb!!!!

Now onto this months Funky Fifteenth challenge which is........

Zing Into Spring.

I love spring and I would love to see your creations using funky spring colours of greens, yellows and lilacs.

BUT REMEMBER .. ..

somewhere on your creation you must use a

Funky Hand paper on your entry.

And Anice has been busy creating a deliciously springy freebie HERE for any of you that are worried you can't play along with us if you don't have any springy coloured Funky Hand papers.

Our very own little Betty is having her tv debut with Anice and the fabulous Craft The Year Away papercraft factory today over on the Ideal World Create & Craft channel at 10am and 2pm today so I thought I would get her all springy for you!!

My Betty is from the Love 'N' That stamp set. I carefully snipped away her gorgeous box of choccies
(she didn't mind when I told her I was going to swap it for a huge choccy easter egg all wrapped up!)

I printed straight onto my card base using my Craft The Year Away cd and inked the edges with some yummy purple chalk ink. I also printed out some of the super cute little chick stamps from the cd,cut
them out and 'fluffed'them up by embossing them!!

 Then using the fabby new Rainbow Polka Dots papers, I made myself some yummy looking easter eggs. I ripped a teeny hole in the one Betty is holding and squeezed a little chick in....hope she takes him out before she eats the egg...!!!!

I made the sentiment by popping the rainbow dots printed paper back into my printer and using the angelina font in the workspace to write 'Zing into spring'.
The yummy ribbon and buttons come from the Funky stash and they are both from the September song sets.

....Phew...she didn't eat him!!!!!


Don't forget to check back on Get Funky on the 17th to see what Anice has to share with you for her zingy springiness!!! and don't forget to tune into Create&Craft to see some funky demo's with Anice today at 10am & 2pm.
So, go get funky and have fun!! can't wait to see what you all come up with.

(Oh,this is my 2nd post for today so if you are looking for my Tiddly Tuesday its under this one!!!)

Hugs Lou xx

Tiddly Inks challenge 42- Lucky Me!!

Image- Froggie Thoughts from tiddly Inks.

Promarkers- Pear Green, gold and honeycomb.

Papers- Craft The Year Away cd -rom from Funky Hand.

Shamrock- A Childs Year cricut cart.

Martha Stewart cherich punch.

SU tiny tags punch and stamp set.

Its Tiddly Tuesday again and that means a fun new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog.

This week, Challenge 42, is all about GREEN!!

To give you some ideas for green theres St. Patrick's Day coming up and spring knocking at our door. So grab your favourite Tiddly Inks image and get going on a creation that either encompass a St. Patrick's Day theme  OR run with the environmental theme of Save The Earth!
Just pop over to the challenge blog to get some inspiration from the Dt who have rocked the challenge as always, they are awesome gals xxx

I went for a bit of St Patrick and luck for my card. I just had to use the frog prince from the froggie thoughts set for my image. He needs some luck finding that princess to kiss him doesn't he?!!
The sentiment is from my scrap'n'fonts newsletter freebie set, its so sweet.

My papers are all from my Craft The Year Away cd, I love the green spotty one behind my froggie!!! its so cool and I love how all the greens mush together so fab, Anice rocks at that colour co-ordinating thing  (...which is totally fabulous as I don't do co-ordinating that well and normally cheat with double sided paper packs!!!!!)

I am entering this little guy in the Luck of the irish challenge over on the Allsorts challenge blog too as he will fit just nicely in that with that....who knows he might find an irish princess over there!!! :)

In a couple of hours I will be posting again with the new Funky Fifteenth challenge for Get Funky so please pop back and see me again!!
Hugs Lou xxx

Choo choo!! a little train birthday card!!

Papers- Craft The Year Away and

Dreams Come True from Funky Hand.

Cricut carts- New Arrival-Train

Doodle charms- present

Doodletype- text.

SU Tiny Tag punch.

SU 'right on track' roll around wheel

Chocolate chip roll around ink.

Hello!!!

I have been having a little play in my crafty garage and just had to come in, take a piccy and share this little cutie with you. I had most of it made on friday but it had a little giraffe in the truck that was niggling me, he just didn't look quite right bless him so he had to come out and then I spent most of the weekend pondering what to pop in instead and tonight I decided on a little pressie with a tag.

I also couldn't work out what I wanted my little train to sit on (....needed to work that out quick and stick it down on the card today as little mo's eyes lit up when he saw it...!!)

I have had my little train track roll around wheel for at least 2 years and it has just been sitting on my craft stuff shelf but today it got its first outing and it is so fab (....definite obsession going to happen with those rolly wheels me thinks.....).

The teeny weeny sentiment on the tag I printed on my computer and then punched it out with my SU Tiny tags punch.
Here's a little close up of the train!!

I absolutely adore the paper on the top half of the card, its from Funky Hand's Dreams Come True papercraft factory cd-rom and looks just like a puffy cloudy sky on a sunny day, so sweet. The grassy coloured splattered paper is one of my fav's from the new Craft The Year Away papercraft factory.

And just a quicky reminder that Anice from Funky Hand will be on the Ideal world channel/create & craft tv tomorrow at 10 am and 2 pm so get your recorders set or seat on the settee booked!!! :)

I hope you have all had a fab monday, I have got the awful girlie monthlies so I feel a bit foggy today but still cheery me!! :)
Thank you for popping in on me
Hugs Lou xxxx

Birdie birthday card!!

All images and papers from Craft The Year Away by Funky Hand.

Ribbon- September song set from Funky Hand.

7x5 blank card base.

Good morning peeps!!!

urgh well the sun didn't last and this morning we have awoken to drizzle :( I am hoping it will brighten up again later as I have some more washing that would love to dry on the line!!

I was having a little play on my Craft The Year Away again on friday and this is the cutie I created!!! now just incase you haven't got it already here is what my lovely little pooter screen looked like whilst I was working away making my matting for my card within the programme itself.
(I absolutely love this feature as it saves on oodles of layers that the postie loves to charge me a squillion pennies for a large letter due to its width if it is going to be mailed!!)

The only bit you can't see on this screenshot is the darker pink that I printed straight onto my card base and the little bird in his tree.
To make sure my little birdie and his tree were the tight size I printed out all my yummy paper selection and then once that was done I added the tree to the little card front mat I made and resized it and then did the same with the bird and just printed them out on their own.

I love my september song ribbon pack too so I used my last scraps on the thin green one to make a yummy sash and bow.

And what is little mo up to today you ask? well, after mummy and daddy watching him busy creating for 20 mins ( thinking something along the lines of whatever is he doing.....) he had some up with this magnetic racetrack for paper people!!!!! oh I love how his little mind works!!!!!

We have giggled so much racing those little paper people up and down with the magnets!!! got to love McDonald's coffee stirrers!!!! :) mummy and daddy had to take it in turns to race mo!!

Well I am off to make a start on some mothers day cards now so I might be back later!!

Huge hugs

Lou xxx