The big guy golfs by the sea!!!!!!

Image- Mo Manning's Big Guy Golfing.

Magnolia port hole stamp ( cant remember its name!!)

Morning peeps!!!

How many of you love making cards and then get that order ( from your dad...) and say, " Yes of course I can do that Dad" when he gives you your little list of needs for it ( which was... name: kipper. Likes:golf, spent a lot of time at sea and he is retiring from being a DHL truck driver...)

Well, beads of sweat formed on my top lip for around an hour ovwer this one...and then it just all plopped together onto a card and I was quite pleased with myself!!!

I think I remembered everything for it!! I made the sentiment myself in word and googled 'kipper' to get the little kipper picture on it. I did try writing the name kipper but the fish was way more fun so I chse him!!

Lots of distress inking on the background ( ...very theraputic when you are not exactly sure where you are going with the making of the card...!!) I masked the magnolia stamp up before distressing away!!

The big guy is coloured up and popped out with some silicone on top.

And here is inside the card.....

I just had to get the lorry in there somewhere!!!!

The pages on the right are actually 10 pages and I had to sew them in as Dad needed 100 people to be able to sign it!!!!! phew!!!!

Promarkers used-

pastel blue, powder blue and denim blue- shirt and sky
sandstone,caramel and cocoa- trousers, shoes,socks,hat,boat,porthole.
pear green and olive green- jumper and grass.
cocoa,cooly grey 3 and 4- golfclub.
pastel biege- ball
ivory- clouds.
Challenges I would love to enter with this card are....
Totally papercrafts- one for the boys challenge.
I love promarkers- Anything goes challenge.
Allsorts- Free and Easy challenge.

Its such a fun card. Right I had better get my butyt into gear and get dressed. Little mo is actually more organised than me this morning and is dressed already!!
Have a great day peeps!!
Hugs Lou xxx

Basic Grey challenge 49- sketch.

Basic Grey papers- Two Scoops.

Gorjuss girl- Bear Hugs from Funky Kits.

Hello again peeps!!

( this is my second post of the day so if you are looking for my Tiddly tuesday post, its HERE.)

Well, we were all set to take the boys to Twin Lakes today. They love it there and have been excited since yesterday!! we set off, picnic in car and singing along to the stereo then.......

BANG

One exploded down the side completely back box on our exhaust :( pants. " very dissapointed boys later we were on our way home in a drag sounding car ( no joke, I thought my ears were going to explode too it was so loud!)

Scott went off to the garage after dropping us off at home to get it fixed and I walked to the tradtional sweetie shop in our village to cheer the boys up with a bag of sweets each, they were even too sad to want to stop off at the park to play on the way home, poor chaps.

Nannie and grandad to the rescue with tea out at the pub and they were their normal cheery selfs when they went to bed tonight, one at 6pm and the other 20 mins ago ( mahoosive thanks go to nannie and grandad at this point!!!)

And so onto my challenge card!!!

whilst Ryan took himself off to mooch woth friends and little mo relived the car bang story several times to his little friend Elliot I got chance to make my card for the Basic grey Challenge blogs sketch challenge. The sketch is very pretty and super to work with, and the Totally Gorgeous challenge blogs Punch or Die challenge.

I inked up my 'bought then sat in the draw for a while' Bear Hugs gorjuss girl I bought from Funky Kits a while ago,ooooh she is too cute!!!! love her.

She got a cheery old colouring with some bright and happy colours and then nestified!!!

The papers are from my very stroke only Basic Grey two scoops 6x6 pad ( the green on the fronds is from my equally stroke only Sugared pad!!!). I popped the panels through my cuttlebug for the distressed stripes look and sanded them off a bit to whitewash look them!! (...yes, I could of inked them with white but it felt good distressing stuff after the car incident!!!)

I made the flowers with my SU boho flowers punch and the scraps left from my card base,( jules will be most proud of me using up scrappy bits again!!) a few seedy beads, lots of fun, love how they came out.

Anywhoo, thats me done with posting for today I am off for a cuppa and an early night now, sooo sleepy!!

Might have to investigate the Funky Kits shop a bit more with my cuppa though as the gorjuss's are a bit reduced I notice.....   :)  ( ...not that I would want to lead anybody astray and enable you at all....lol!!)

Thank you for popping in on me, a little visit is always most cheering!!

Hugs Lou xxxxx

Tiddly Inks Challenge 59- Tag or Ticket me!!!

Image- Come in cuteness from Tiddly Inks.

Morning peeps!!

Its Tiddly Tuesday again which means its time for another fun challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and this week it is a super fun one, its....

Tag or Ticket me!!!

All you need to do is grab your fav Tiddly Inks images and incorporate them onto a creation using a Tag or Ticket, easy peesy!!!....and might I note very addicting too!!!! :)

I made 2 (....Lou adds...so far as there are 2 more in production at the moment!!!!) I bought some tags from The Works on monday, they were so nice and jumbo size and just slipped into my shopping basket......:)

I embossed, distress inked and crafty notions sprayed my little Come in cuteness one and for the red one below, I just added my pre-coloured Heart Home and ripped around the edges of the image and the tag. I stuck it on and then covered the whole tag in crackle glaze (...note to self...crackle glaze does not like having its picture taken and no matter how much you scream at it, it still won't show up well in the picture.....)

Here is my Happy New Home tag......



Image- Heart Home from Tiddly Inks Bargain Basement.

The Happy New Home sentiment I made in my Funky Hand Craft The Year Away papercraft factory with one of the fonts in the writer part, isn't it fab???!!

I stamped over the crackle glaze with my magnolia swirl and some jet black staz-on.

Oh oh!!! look...another one just crept in on me....

Image- Lilli Lolita from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Down to my bones mega pack from Tiddly Inks.

Told you I was getting addicted!!!! romfl!!!!

So thats me in a nutshell for today! Pop over to the challenge blog and see what my other fantabulous teamies have been creating this week and join in the fun yourselves!!!! and also don't forget to pop into the Tiddly Inks shop and see what yumminess Christy has been creating away at in the form of new images!!!!!

Happy Tiddly Tuesday hugs

Lou xxxx

Cuddly Buddly challenge 4- Add a charm.

 Hello Peeps!!! I'm back again with another post!!! 2 in one day! wahooooo!!!

thats good going for the school holidays!!! so this time I am back with my entry for Cuddly Buddly's challenge blog's Add A Charm challenge.

Ok, before I waffle much more here is some enabling info...... :)

Papers- Freebie from Cuddly Buddly.

Image- Snowman Corner from Lilyboo designs.

Box-Peek-boo case from AR Designs.

I cut my super cute peek- a - boo case and inked the edges with some forest moss distress ink, then I cut some of the gorgeous holly paper up to cover the little box in. It is the cutest paper isn't it? love it.

I cut a little cirle window in the paper with my nesties and attached some acetate to the back of it before sticking the paper on.

I used the snowman corner from Lilyboo designs and coloured it up with some glitter chalks and the forest moss distress ink again. I added the sentiment to it in paintshop.

Some martha stewart fronds and some red card candy were definately needed to keep the holly theme going so I shaped them around the window after sticking on my snowman corner.

I decorated the drawer the same and filled it with some natural rafia and whats inside the drawer......

 ......Snowman Soup of course!!!!!!! mmmmmm. don't tell my boys I stole their last spoonfuls of drinking choccy to make this though, they might get me at bedtime!!!! I used some mini marshmallows and white choclate stars for yumminess!!!

And just in case you couldn't see it, my little christmas tree charm is sitting there on the handle of the case. This one I got in a pack of 6 from The Works last year. I love them. I tied it on with a bit of thin red organza ribbon.

So, how easy is an add a charm challenge? super easy so please go and join in with the Cuddly Buddly DT. If you don't have any Cuddly Buddly products to include on your make there are a whole stack of FREEBIES HERE you can go and use to join in,I know they would love to have you!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!!
Hugs Lou xxxx

Fetch a sketch challenge 3.

Image- Sleep Tight from Tiddly Inks Bargain basement.

Sketch followed- Fetch A Sketch challenge 3.

Morning peeps!!

Ok so the Fetch A Sketch challenge blogs new challenge is up!! wooohooooo ! I have had an hour to have a play and this little cutie is what I came up with for my first play with the yummy new sketch.
If you click on the piccy of the sketch below it will take you straight to this weeks fabby challenge.

OOhhhh lurvely sketch again thank you girls xxxx

I don't know if you can see it too well in the piccy but I spritzed my backing paper with water after sticking it onto my card to make it look all pillowy and bumpy like real night sky.

 It looks really lovely IRL!!!! and it all has a little sparkle to it too. The edges are heat embossed with some sparkly embossing powder and the little tag was made with my SU tiny tags stamp set and tag punch. Cute!!

Right off to get doing some more crafting while Mo and Daddy have popped into work quick. Ryan is up in his bedroom resting after a couple fo fun filled and busy days!!

Don't forget to pop oveer to Fetch A Sketch and join in with the challenge.
Hugs Lou xxxx

LOTV challenge- one from Little Mo and one from mummy!!

Stamp- Love Grows from LOTV.

Image frame-Floral Square Frame from Lilyboo designs at Cuddly Buddly.

Morning Peeps!!

Its a gorgeous sunny day here in little ole Lincoln today which is great. Its my last day with my little lady at work and we are going to have lots of fun playing in the garden at work with bubbles.

Justbefore I go and get ready though I wanted to share Little Mo and mummy's entries for the LOTV challenge this week which is Fun and Games.

For my card I had to go with all the fun Mo and I have in the garden, he loves gardening and has his own little 'bench garden' on our front lawn. It is blooming beautifully at the moment.

 I printed outthe Frame from Lilyboo designs and then masked it up with my frisket, then I stamped my super cute little LOTV stamp inside the frame!! oooh I loved it, that was definately fun. Coloured up with my promarkers it looks as if the whole lot came together as one stamp!!!!

Now on to my crafty little chap, I am so proud of him for this one. It has taken him a couple of weeks to do.

It is Little Mo's super special teachers last day today, she is retiring and Little Mo is very sad about it

 :( but he did make her this super special clock.

He chose the stamp himself from the LOTV shop, the clock mechanism is from everycraftsapound and the little clockface he cut on my cricut. He made this all by himself and had lots of fun doing it, I have taken a few piccies so if I get round to it later I will adfd them in. Mo would like to enter this in the LOTV challenge as he said " I had fun making it mummy, does that count as fun and games?" awwwwwww, he's cute!!!

So here is Little Mo's clock...

 and here's his card with the piccies of him making his clock...

and here's a close up of his LOTV schoolboy stamp......

He used his watercolour pencils and a paintbrush "to squidge all the colours together".

Sorry for the picture overdose, I am just so so very proud of him for making such a lovely gift for his teacher and the best bit is, he wouldn't let me help at all! The only thing he let me do was push the clock mechanism through and put the clock hands on.

Right, I had better get myself ready for work as we haven't even got dressed yet with just 20 mins to go before we leave!!!!!

Huge hugs and thank you for popping in on me and mo!!!

Lou xxxx

Cuddly Buddly challenge 3- bright colours and butterflies.

Image- Flowers Frame from Lilyboo designs at Cuddly buddly.

Morning peeps.
Its a bit of a grey and gloomy one here so I thought I would post my entry for the Cuddly Buddly challenge this week which is Bright colours and butterflies.

If you haven't popped in for a look at their new challenges you should, and don't worry if you don't own any Cuddly Buddly images as there is a whole stack of freebies you can use to get your creation made HERE.

For mine I was inspired by a beautiful picture sent to me for Mo to look at by my friend Shirley, you can look at the pictures here on Shirley's blog. I used one of Lilyboo's images from the shop called Flowers Frame. Isn't it gorgeous. The big flowers on the left hand side reminded me of the sunflowers in Shirley's pictures, Mo is always excited to see sunflowers, he thinks they are happy flowers and the shine like the sun!! oh to be 6 again!!!! :)

I coloured the frame up with some yummy bright promarkers and then added some purple bling to the little flowers along the bottom. It is popped out from the card base on a bit of silicone, not sure the photo shows it!!!

 I decided to stick with a nice bright white card base to keep my card CAS and added a little yellow and blue chalk ink around the edge to match my frame colours. I also added a bit of loopy martha in a light blue card and some bright yellow organza ribbon.

The butterfly is my little magnolia butterfly. I stamped her onto to vellum with some staz-on and then coloured her in some yummy bright colours using my at you copic spicas. I hope the piccy shows how blingy she looks IRL !!

The sentiment is from my penny black wonderful day transparent set, I think the text on it is so pretty.

So thats me for today!!! Please pop over and join in the fun with the Cuddly Buddly challenges, they are just getting started and I know how exciting it is to see people entering when you are just starting up.

Off for a cup of coffee now, I just can't get myself awake this morning!!!!!

Hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 58- Nature movie!

Image- Bunny Boo from the Bunny Boo Adventures set

from Tiddly Inks Bargain Basement.

Mornig peeps!!

Wooohoooo!! its Tiddly Tuesday again and time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog!! Still in our movie month mode this week our theme is...

Nature..

and the Tiddly Inkers were given the task of making a 'something' based on a nature movie.

Strangely I knew what I wanted to do staright away for a change!! I even shocked myself!! One of my favourite nature movies from being small (....and Mo's too as he is still small!!!) is Watership Down.

I took the inspiration for my card from this picture of the book...

I masked over my little Bunny Boo and punched out a circle with some frisket and then played with my distress inks to get the autumny sunset type horizon. I used antique linen, scattered straw, vintage photo,frayed burlap and walnut stain (...yeah, i just like getting messy!!!!!) The grass was shabby shutters and forest moss. The moon has a touch of tattered rose in it for sunset.

Once I was done getting messy I took the frisket off and coloured my little Boo in promarkers- sandstone,caramel and cocoa. I went around the outside of him with buttercup to make him 'pop' off the hill.

I stamped on my card base with my gorgeous magnolia swirls and some whisper white SU ink then distressed that a bit too!!! :)

I added a little bit of satin ribbon and another yummy ribbon my mum bought me a while ago, its a bit like plastic but edged in fabric, I love it!!!

So pleeeeease pop on over to the Tiddly Inks challenge blog, armed with your fav Tiddly Inks image and a nature movie in mind!! If you need some inspiration go and see what the Tiddly Inks DT gals have come up with, they are rocking it as always!!!!!

That me for this morning, got to get myself ready for work and attempt to get Mo into school mood, he is presently sat next to me snuggling on my shoulder. He is just so ready for staying home now, 4 days to go bless him. In all fairness he just looks so tired, huge snugglies needed I think.
have a fabby day peeps!!
Hugs Lou xxxx

Stars and boys!!!

Morning Peeps!!!

Not much occured in the crafty life of Lou yesterday!! I just felt like vegging out a bit but this morning I havehad time to make a card for a recent order and yey for me I saw a few challenges on my google reader that I can pop it in for!!!!

I used my oldie but extremely goodie Magnolia Edwin celebrates stamp. I really do love this stamp, he comes in for so many things and today he is a 21st birthday party boy!!
I made the sentiment in word and gave the beer bottle a good splodge of glossy accents (...its just about dry now...!!!)

 so heres the challenges I am going to enter with him in his party mood....

Cupcake craft challenge blogs wish upon a star challenge
Sentimental sundays challenge blogs Men in your life challenge
Sweet Stampin challenge blogs One for the boys challenge

Right, off to have a cuppa and make pack ups for school/work. Mo slept in again this morning, he is so tired bless him, I think he is just ready for the school hols that start on friday. Today we are going to visit his class as they are having an open afternoon at school so I am really looking forward to seeing what they have all been up to this term.

Have a fab monday peeps and thank you for popping in on me
Hugs Lou xxxx

Cute birthday!!

Image-Pure Innocence 004 from Heather Ellis.

Papers from my MME stash.

SU tiny tags punch.

Computer printed sentiment ( i can't write that small!!!)

Morning Peeps!!!

well last nights camping in the lounge went well and Little Mo woke up a very happy little chap!! today we are just being a bit lazy around the house. Mo wants to finish off his present for his teacher and I want  to get a couple of cards finished for one of the girls at work who has asked for a few cards.

I made this little cutie for Scott's sister's birthday, she is so sweet I just had to pop her on my blog!!!

She is one of Heather Ellis's digi's and if you click on the link under the piccy there are sooo many other total cutie pies on there.

I am going to pop her in for a few challenges this morning as I am feeling organised!!!

Totally Papercrafts Girly Girls challenge.

Simon say stamp- anything goes.

Allsorts challenge - free and easy.

Thank you for popping in on me and have a super sunday!! hugs Lou xxxx