Pop's inspired pen storage and Mo surfing!!!

Morning Peeps!!
Its a quicky dash in for me this morning as Little Mo and I are waiting for his friend Sophia to arrive for breakfast!!!

I just had to share with you the new promarker pen holder Scott made me last night. My old one was absolutely gorgeous but totally full so I had lots of pens in a tub underneath so when my gorgeous friend Pop's shared a picture her new promarker storage box she had made with a fish egg filtery tray (...I bought 2 trays so I can make a little movey box too!!) the little cogs in my head started whurring as to how fab it would be to use one in my crafty room too to replace the overflowing one.

Poor Scott, we had such a busy day yesterday but he is just the most awesome person and it was done in 30 mins!!!!! we cut the tray in half using a hack saw blade (...woodcutter style with me holding one end and Scott holding the other!!!!), then he popped one piece straight onto the wall and then attached a thick strip of wood over the top. Then he attached the next piece over the top but up a little so that the pens slide in and have support so they don't wibble out whenever I pull a colour out!!

Please excuse the disasterous mess underneath...I will tidy that today.....:)

I am so pleased and mega,mega thanks go to Pop's for sharing her awesome box. Today I will be popping my gel pens and a the few copics I have in the bottom rows that are stuffed in a box under my craft desk, it will be so lovely to have them all out so I don't have to dig through the box!

Wowzers was yesterday a beautiful day!! it was so summery here that we bundled off to the beach! Mo wanted to do some surfing, which he got busy with as soon as we got there!!! he stripped off to his swimmers faster than lightening and was off in the waves before we got half way down the beach!! he loved it!!
Here he is waiting for the wave....:)

 There were hundreds of starfish washed up on the beach, due to the full moon and low tide. It was just so exciting for Mo! he loved looking at them all, though there were plenty of "eeeeuuuuuuw"s when there were huge ones!! he definitely prefred the little ones!! anywhoo, this is a piccy of our favourite one. Mo spent ages looking at this one because

"it's got too many starry bits"

LOL!!! when we got home and I popped the picture on my computer Mo jumped on my knee, hid his head and said....

"arggggghh, Mummy, theres an eye looking at us from the sand"

he he he he :) He was right to because a 2 shells with a poor starfish leg over them do look like an eye up there on the top right!!!

Well, its time for a cuppa and a play for us now as Sophia has just arrived so I will catch up with my bloggy dashboard later!!

Huge hugs and thank you's for popping in on little ole me :)

Lou xxxx

Flying High and Getting Funky!!!!

Paper- Freebie from Funky Hand

Morning Peeps!!

Its my turn to give you all some umpf to get your wings on and join in with Allison's Flying High Challenge.

Now I seriously loved this challenge!! its such a fun one and the Free Paper Anice designed is just awesome, who wouldn't fall head over heels in love with a cloudy sky paper??!! the piccy is linked to its home in the shop but be quick because once the challenge is up on the 14th March this little cutie will go!!

I have a friend who will is making the big journey of moving in with his partner and due to the move is getting a new job :( I will miss him but what an exciting time for him too so a cheery little card using Funky Hand paper cheered me up a bit!! )

I cut the Aeroplane on my cricut, added a little banner sentiment from Craft The Year Away.

The little alpha's I used to make my 'New Job' sentiment bubbles are from the awesome Steam Funk download. I punched them out with a little circle punch then embossed them, adding foam pads underneath to keep the poppy upness :)

So, what do you need to do to join in with us? ....

The rules on Get Funky are super easy... 

use at least one Funky Hand product on your entry! 

simples!! and you have until the 14th of March to play along so quick, go grab the freebie and get busy!!! I would love to see so more entries because I get so inspired by what you guys create.

Right, its off to the beach for us this morning! Mo has got his trunks on already and his surfboard is at the door waiting so I had better get a move on!!!

huge hugs and thank you's for popping in on me.

Lou xxx

Books and Bedhead.....

Image- Books and Bedhead -Krista Smith Saturated Canary Digi's

Evening Peeps!!

I thought I would have another go with a doily tonight and this is the result of my playing!!! :) I just couldn't resist printing out the stunning Books and Bedhead from Krista, I think she is completely adorable...and just incase you haven't played along yet, don't forget our challenge over on the Saturated Canary blog is 'Doilies'.

I have to say I am getting oodles of help in how to use these cool paper cakey things on a card from all the gorgeous entries we have had so far!!....I still have a long way to go though me thinks.

She is coloured up with promarkers and then I masked her to stamp the words on, I love this texty stamp, its awesome!! I distress inked the edges (...of everything :) !!!) with some teadye distress ink and added a little stitchy stamp to the edges of the pink paper.

The papers are some HOTP freebie ones from a crafty mag but ooooh I so need them, they are just my kinda papers!

I decided to add some little roses and fronds too, not sure why but they were sitting on my desk left over from another make and kinda spoke to me in a use me kinda voice.....:)

Right I must get my dopey little self to bed, I am so sleepy my eyes feel scratchy!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Little Mo's daffodils.

 Daffodils- ©Little Mo! 

Evening Peeps!!!

So I wanted to share with you Little Mo's Daffodils. I have to tell you that Scott and I are so very,very proud of this little guy. He struggles with his nerves sooo much and last nights parents evening was just so lovely for us.

Mo decided this morning that he wanted to make my mum a get well card using his Daffodils writing so when I picked him up tonight and his normal teacher wasn't there he was a little worried he couldn't use it, so I asked the classroom TA and she was so lovely, she said yes right away and we sat on the bench in the sun waiting for her to finish her jobs. Mo was so excited. More proud mummy moments were to come when Mo's headteacher came to bring Mo's writing as it was still in her office from when he went to see her this afternoon to receive his Head Teachers Award and merit stickers (oh my, you should of seen his little beaming face when he came out the doors to me tonight with all his special stickers, magic!) She thought his Daffodils writing was very special.

Mo's class TA did us a few copies which was so very kind. We are so blessed and very lucky to have Mo going to such a beautiful and caring school team each day.

When we got home Mo got busy on his card for nannie, trimming, inking edges and best of all, using mummy's ATG gun!!! He put his little bit of writing on first, then he drew his daffodil stems in a green glaze pen. he made his little daffodils with my SU boho flowers punch and I  have to be honest and say I will be totally nabbing this idea!! they are very cute!!!!! I love the way his little mind chugs things through like 

"they can't be flat like squished dry ones mumma, they have to be standy uppy ones"

as he shaped the centres around my rubber tipped paper picker!!! CUTE!!!!

 So for those of you who are looking at it and wondering what some of it says, I will translate for you!!

'Daffodils dancing like ballerina's

twisting all day long nice

to see as yellow as the bright

sun heads like stars.

Daffodils swing around in the

nice breeze.

The daffodil stem is as green as 

a leaf'

Ok, so I am teary!! I am a very daft mummy but I am so super happy and blessed. And of course. Mo wanted me to take a piccy of the special stickers on his school tank top, the card and him for you all to see!!

Thank you so much for bearing with me and sharing in my joy of this special little guy. I love his smile so much.
huge hugs Lou xxxx

Lotv Football Crazy...another manly effort!!!

Stamp- LOTV Football Crazy

Papers- Nitwits Kickin it

Promarkers...

skin- blush, sunkissed pink,coral

top-ruby,crimson

shorts-satin,ruby 

hair- vanilla, sandstone,caramel

boot-cool grey 2,3 and 4

Morning Peeps!!

How are you all today? I am a very proud mummy today. Last night was Little Mo's parents evening and I was so nervous about it! we sat down in the hall to wait for our appointment and Mo's head teacher came to see us to say hello and how well Mo is doing this year!! that was lovely and then we went in to see his teacher and she said he is doing really really well too!! I cannot tell you how relieved I am as he still gets so nervous about going to school and change but I love knowing he is happy once he gets there. The only thing he needs to work on is his fine motor control when he is writing, he is left handed so his hand covers up what he has written and he struggles with that.
She showed us an absolutely beautiful poem Mo had written yesterday about daffodils. I am going to ask for a copy of it today so I can show you it because she was so very proud of it.

It was just such a special proud beaming mummy and daddy moment. We had gotten him a new scooter in the sales put away for easter (..mo isn't keen on easter eggs!) so we decided to give him that as a reward. He loves to be outside and he was so excited he was out as soon as he had opened it last night trying it out!!

Any whoo!! enough mummy waffles!! onto my cute card!! a friend at work asked me if I could make her a birthday card to give to her boyfriend (...I know!! get me!!another manly one!!!!!!) 
I loved kathy's new sketch over on the sketch file  and here it is, isn't it awesome? I love the layers...though I turned mine into hearts!! If you click on the piccy it will take you straight to the sketch file blog :)

I have 2 favourite parts on this card!! of course one of them has to be that cute, cute, cute little footballer and the other one is the little green field heart with the centre spot on it!! I love my new Big shot!!!! I had so much fun cutting the little hearts out!!
I dug out some 'manly' brown and white checked ribbon and tied a dinky little bow to snuggle the heart!! and a few doodled kisses in some of the hearts too.....:)

Challenges I am entering with this gorgeous little guy are......
I ♥ promarkers-Ribbons and bows
Kathy's sketch file- Tumbling sketch
Creative craft challenges- boys will be boys

Right, time for a cuppa and a Mo snuggle!
thank you for popping in on me!
huge hugs Lou xxx

Wryn- Eggcellent News... Tiddly Inks new release :)

Image- Wryn Eggcellent News from Tiddly Inks.

Morning peeps!!

Ooooooh I am so egg-cited because its Tiddly Tuesday and there is a super scrummy yummy new Wryn in the Tiddly Inks store, squeeeeeee she is just adorable and OMGosh I love her sooooo much!!!!

When Christy sent these through I leapt off my chair, I think I may need to start a W.A. group (Wryn's Anonymous........) because I am seriously addicted to Wryn, she is just soooo cute!!! So, as always I will help you to keep you pennies inside your purses by adding a little piccy linked to where Christy's gorgeous new Wryn is on the shop...........(mwah ha ha ha ha!!! :)..small evil laugh from Lou.....)

I have had a 'new leaf' paper pad in my cupboard that I have been using very sparingly recently but I just had to break out a piece of the glittery paper for this card. I haven't been so sparing in using my lurvely new Big Shot though!! its fab!!! and I used a whole tonne of punches on this one!! :) ahhh, theres nothing like the old fashioned way of crafting :)

I printed Wryn and coloured her up then cut her out with a circle nestie and stamped some little flowery fronds from my SU teeny tags set all around the edge of the circle.

I nestied a lacey circle and also cut out some Lord Timmie tattered flowers, the smallest one on the die, for the orange part of the flower, the kraft coloured middle is my SU Boho flowers punch and the teeny centre of the flower is my papermania mini!!! flower power or what!!! they just all go so awesome together!!

I know you have probably all dissapeared over to the shop now to get this gorgeous new little Wryn haven't you :) if you haven't and you are still reading ....why are you still here...go quick go!!!!! romfl!!!!!!

Challenges I am entering with her cuteness...
CES challenge blogs- Flower Frenzy.
Throwback thursdays- cricutless challenge
Craft your passion challenge blogs- anything goes 100th post celebration!

Huge hugs and thank you's for popping in on me

Lou xxxx

Little Mo's first card swap!!

Morning peeps!!


This mornings post is a bit more about the cute little guy than me!! its all about his first card swap, organised by Krista from Saturated Canary, over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog.


It was all so super exciting for Mo. He got to swap with Krista's son, Philly. I snapped a whole bunch of photo's of Mo making his card ( which he did all by himself and I love him sooo much for that! he was so proud of himself making a card for his buddy!) and pictures from last night when he recieved his parcel from Philly and I put them in a slide show for you all to see. I hope you enjoy it because it has all been so exciting for Mo!! ....hope it works as it took me all morning to upload!! :)


You need to click on Mo or  the "Little Mo's first card swap" title below the piccy for it to work (...and yup...I did notice after we took the piccies that Mo had put his tennis kit on inside out.....!!!) 

Little Mo's first card swap!

Gardener Guy.

 Image- Gardener Guy from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Morning Peeps!!
I am flying in by the seat of my pants to post before I go to work this morning!! :)
I have been working on a 70th birthday card for one of my friends to give to her Dad next month, he loves gardening so I called upon the gorgeously talented Mo Manning for help!!  oooh get me with another man card?!! 2 in one week....(mmmm, must rectify this by getting all girly again this weekend....!!!)


I used her Gardener Guy and the Potters Bench for inside the card.


There were 2 challenges I wanted to enter this week...
Mo's digital pencil challenge blogs- Anything Goes with a Mo image
Paper Take weekly challenge blogs - sketch ( who can resist a bit of a dawny p sketch?!!)


Here is a piccy of the inside with one of my favourite Dad poems ever, I love it, and |I love how the bench carries on the gardening theme inside the card, too cute!!

Right then, I had better get a wriggly on!! hi ho hi ho, its off to work I go :) :)
Thank you for popping in on me, I love a bit of company :)
Huge hugs Lou xxxxx

Saturated Canary challenge 12- Doilies...

 

Image- Secrets, ragamuffin friends by Krista Smith saturated canary digis.

Afternoon Peeps!!

Its time for a new challenge over on the Saturated Canary Challenge blog and this time its all about those .....

Doilies!!!

Now I have to admit to letting out a small whimper of help when I saw this one! lol !!! I don't have any doily dies ( ..but would love some!!) so I had a small panic! then I remembered about the goodness that is the poundshop and popped in to get a pack of cake doilies!!! yey go me!!! I think I got 30 for £1 so bargain!!! I chose the middle sized doily, this is a big 8x8 card.

I printed out and coloured up the awesome Secrets image from Krista's shop. I love, love , love this cute pair. It actually reminds me of me and my big sis (...I of course would be the crazy excited one on the right!!!) and I used a circle nestie to cut it out. 

I distress inked my bargain doily with some Frayed burlap DI and then stuck it onto my card base. The papers on my card base were some free HOTP papers and I absoloutely love them (...so will have to get them!!!) The brown velvet adhesive ribbon is MME and I just stiched some pink thread onto it.

I used a little SU sentiment and my lurvely big shot to make a flower for it to hang off. I added a button to the flower centre because I love buttons!!! :)

Here's my little chicks having a good old natter!!!

I am popping this card in for the Circles challenge over on the paper sundaes challenge blog.

Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers for my mum. her spinal surgery actually took 3 hours instead of the 2 they thought it would take and last night she was in so much pain that she was on an hourly morphine syringe dose. I am at work today but will be waiting for updates from my dad as he will be with her later this morning. The hospital she is in is 34 miles away so he came home last night and will be driving back this morning. Its crazy they don't do spinal surgery in our hospital here in Lincoln :(


Right, then I had better go and see what my other awesomely talented teamies have been making for their doily creations for the challenge...come peek with me...come on lets go, HERE  :)


Thank you for popping in on me
Huge hugs Lou xxx

A man card.......arghhhhhh :) :) :)

 Papers- Happy Happy Birthday- Funky Hand.

(just for men colourway)

Morning peeps!!!

How are you all today? Great I hope. I am thinking of my mum today, as I type she will be in spinal surgery having 4 discs removed from her back as she has a tumour that has wrapped itself deep into 3 of then and has attached itself to the 4th. Thankfully they do not think the tumour is cancer but if it is left there it will strangle mum's spinal chord :( so if you have a little space in your prayers today could you please pop my mum in them.

And so on with card Lou!!! ok, so who loves making cards for people and then you get the man card orders and you say " yeah, sure I can whip something up" ...then go into a cold sweat and panic because it is.....de de dehhhhh... A MAN CARD... I do!!!!!! :) I got an order last week for a 6oth birthday card for a dad.

So in order to help me I printed off some of my fav birthday papers from the Happy Happy birthday cd rom. I am determined after drooling over Pops beautiful rectangle cards recently to make more rectangle cards myself, I have loads! they just sit in my cupboard and I kinda shake everytime I pick one up because my dopey head just can't seem to work around them!!!

I decided to make a manly shirt card. I made the shirt and then thought for  a bit of extra fun I would put the 60 inside the shirt on a bit of acetate so it pops up when the shirt is opened (....be warned...when you do something fun like that you will sit and pop it open for no reason then giggle each time.......!!!)

I adhered the shirt to a big tag that I had popped a punched bit of kraft card onto and a bit of ric rac ribbon. I popped some crochet tool around the layers and threaded a kraft paper heart through it, I love that bit, it looks cute!

I cut the word Dad on my cricut in shadow and normal, then layered it up and glossy accented it to make it look shiny.

Here's a piccy of the pop up 60!! too fun!!!

So thats my make for today! Challenges I am entering with this one are...


Dream valley challenges- Just for men
Allsorts- its your choice


I had an awesome night at church last night! the kitchen was all dusty and broken so we had chippy shop chips and mushy peas and the lessons last night were so uplifting. I left church feeling on top of the world.

To get to the village I live in from town you have to go up a long steep hill. As I drove home I noticed an elderly man walking slowly at the bottom of it with 3 heavy looking bags, in my rear view mirror I saw him put one down and rub his hands so I knew they were heavy. I turned my car right around and went and picked him up and man I am so pleased I did because when I helped him take off his back pack it was so heavy. 

He had come all the way from California to visit his daughter who lives in my village!! he had come into the train station ( which is quite a way from where I saw him) and our village bus service is so hit and miss. I dropped him off where he asked me to and I am just so pleased I could help him, he was lovely. 

He had been travelling for ages,from california to florida, and then onto england, I think there were even a couple more places as he ssaid he had flown in with the navy because he was ex navy. I just feel so happy knowing I helped. I hope he has a lovely visit with his daughter.

Right, I am off to make Mo's lunch for school !

thank you for popping inon me!

huge hugs Lou xxx