Sugar bowl challenge 88- summertime and a sketch!

 Stamp- Spread Your Wings from Funky Kits

papers- A portfolio of papers in Ochre from Cuddly Buddly

Evening Peeps!!!
I am popping in with a late share tonight!! I have had an awesome day today. I dropped off a box of cards to my mum on sunday morning for her and dad to take out to the pub with them (...my craft room was getting over run with lou makes!!!) and she rang first thing this morning to say they had all gone and could I send some more please!!!!
I was so so excited because things have been tighter then my size 14 jeans this week penny wise and our fridge and cupboards were close to the state of old mother hubbards cupboards!! he he he!! so Mo and I went out to get some shopping and met scott for lunch then home for more playing!! a perfect day really!!
Now I just need my cards on ebay to sell so I can buy a new kettle! mine died yesterday but its not been too bad as its been so hot today that I only wanted my morning cuppa so I resorted to the saucepan of water on the hob idea. Mo stood watching what I was doing for a few minutes and then said..


"wow mummy,its just like when you were little in the olden days boiling your water in the pan"....


I had to laugh at him! he's so cute!!! so anyway tonight I decided to get out some stamps and have a go at the gorgeous sketch over on the Sugar Bowl challenge blog...

It was such a yummy sketch I couldn't resist so the card at the top was made for the summertime theme but I loved the sketch sooo much I had to make another one!! he he he!!! and I was in a distress ink kinda mood so there's not much colouring on it really, more a mono kinda feel to it.....

Stamp- Luv A Latte from Funky Kits

sentiment- Digital sentiments one from Barbara Anne Williams

Papers-Sugar and spice vintage impressions from cuddly Buddly

I also want to say a huge thank you to the 3 peeps who emailed me yesterday to say my comments box wasn't playing for them, I have changed it back to a pop up box now so hopefully it will play nicely now!!!! :)


Thank you so much for popping back in on me! twice on one day again!! 
huge hugs Lou xxxx

Squeeeee...Tiddly Inks new digital releases.....

Image- Magda and Sparkles

Morning Peeps!!!

Now I am quite aware that over the last couple of weeks I have been doing a lot of 'squeeeeing' but there is another large 'squeeee' from me today!!!! :) Anyone who knows me will know that I completely adore anything fantasy and my fav films include Labyrinth,Legend and Krull. I just love anything magical!!! and its an awesome Tiddly tuesday because its the release day for the absolutely gorgeous new 'Fantasy Friends' from Christy...

 ..... and oh my gosh will you love them!! I have been absolutely desperate to show you some sneaky peeks of them!!! I was going to do one card a day like I did for the new clear stamps last week but I was way too excited so you get a few today...then i can make some more for later in the week!!!  :)

for my Magda and sparkles card at the top I used one of Christy's awesome papers called Rainbow Forest. I use this paper all the time! its so bright and cheery. Sparkles got a good old coat of ...well....sparkles!!! magda got funky hair and I even made some flowers from blue organza ribbon!! can you tell how much I love these images yet :)

Next we have Mystria....

 Image- Mystria

I merged her onto Brave paper. I loved the blue of the bottles so she got mysterious blue hair. This was my first real play with pleats in dresses too. I have this gorgeous friend Alyce who is wizard with pleating on images (...actually she is wizard with any form of colouring, she's awesome so please pop into her blog and swoooooon along with me :) The scroll is my magnolia scroll and the little 'drink me' sentiment is made with the alpha set on the 'Steam funk' download from Funky Hand.

Then we have Magda.....

Image- Magda

papers- Funky Seasons from Funky Hand

sentiment-  Digital sentiments one from Barbara Anne Williams

I just adore her little fairy friend!!!! Actually I just absolutely love them all! 

Today Mo and I are meeting Daddy for lunch. We have Mo's little breakfast buddy coming in a couple of minutes and we are going to walk her to nursery, we are taking Holly too so she has had a nice walk before it gets too warm, and then we are going to have a bit of a play before we leave...Lego is on the cards this morning and Mo has already made 2 rather fabulous rocket ships for us to make a space base with!!!

This is a good idea for me as yesterday I thought it would be a good idea to clean out my cupboards in the kitchen while Mo was still busy with soldiers and potions in the paddling pool....I managed to break on of my ornaments from the top of the cupboards where I display them and almost miss Mo's hair appointment...there proof that cleaning is bad for you :) :) mwah ha ha ha!!!!!!

Thank you so much for popping in on me!...now go see what the other Tiddly Gals have been making for the release over on Christy's blog!!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

FAS challenge 29.

Image-Little Winter Fairy 

papers from Craft the Year Away 

Helllooooo!! I'm back again!!! 

so its time for a new challenge over on the Fetch a Sketch challenge blog, but before I go any further I just want to thank you all for your lovely comments and entries on my first  sketch. I was so nervous and you all made my day with your kind words and stunning creations ,mwah, mwah xxxxx

So, this time our gorgeously gorgeous Jenny has designed the sketch for us and here it is...

Remember that you can flip the sketch, rotate the sketch, resize it and make any type of project you like with it - as long as we can see the original sketch in your creation we'll be happy!
We have two sponsors for this challenge - A Day For Daisies is offering a $12 gift certificate to one lucky winner to spend in the store!

And Funky Hand is offering a download of the winners choice from the store!

I used the little winter fairy for my card. I distressed up my card base a lot...it was white and far too perfick so I distressed it with some tattered rose and tea dye distress inks and  also gave it a good old rub with my fine ball embosser, a bit of squigglying and squishing into my foam mat and it was much better!!! then when I cut my little butterfly memory box border die I inked around them too. I added some of the yummy Funky Hand paper to the inside too so that it shows through the butterflies when the card is shut but  it was tricky to get a piccy of it doing that so I hope you can see through the butterflies ok!!!

Right, back to making potions for little soldiers in the paddling pool now.....:)

huge hugs Lou xxx

Number Pig :)

Papers- Funky Freebie number paper.

Morning Peeps!!
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend because its been gorgeous weather here and I have had such a lovely weekend. Its school hols now so no school run! wohooooooo!! Mo and I have just walked sophia to nursery with the dog so we are going to spend the rest of the day playing. Mo has lots of little soldiers lined up ready to go in the paddling pool and I am going to sit on the decking and watch him play. I treasure this little guy sooo much so today I am soaking up the mo time!!

Its also my turn to poston the Get Funky challenge blog with my make for our Jackie's 'Just A Number' challenge for this month. Now this challenge was super fun and I decided I felt the need for something a little different!!! he he he!! Paper isn't just for cards and scrap booking you know :) ......so meet Number Pig!! 

I printed out this months awesome freebie....

onto some thin paper and then ripped it all up into little pieces. Then out came my little paper mache piggy and the decopatch glue and lots of sticky gluey fun later number pig was finished! I added a little bit of green polka dot ribbon to his neck too! I LOVE him...however someone small loved it more and he was quickly stolen by a cheeky little Mo!!

So please pop in on us and join in the fun! The only rule we have is that you use at least one Funky Hand product on your creations so if you don't have anything funky yet click on the freebie picture above and get yourself the freebie to play along with us!!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

I got you something....

Image- 'I got you something' from Lilyboo Designs

Sentiment- Digital sentiments one from Barbara Anne Williams

Papers- Funky Seasons from Funky Hand

Afternoon Peeps!!

Its been a really beautiful day here today, sunshiney and warm, so we have made the most of it and had a big play outside (..mo is still out there with his little buddies in the paddling pool!!) and had a yummy mini BBQ (....poundshop disposable BBQ's rock!!!). There's nothing quite like sitting outside with your family in the sun and having fun (...and the hum in the air of everybody mowing their lawn before it rains again!!!!) and I have even had time to get a bit of a make in!!!

I thought I would share my cuddly buddly DT make for the week today!! I used the little 'I got something for you' elfy guy for the first make and I had a play with the little Dancing Fairy and Full Moon background earlier in the week too!! here she is....

The papers on this one are from Hearts and Flowers download from Funky Hand.

And I couldn't end my bloggy post without sharing this beautiful picture that Mo brought home with him in his 'bundle a la end of term' . I know I am a daft mummy but this is just so cute!! Mo informs us " I did this a long long time ago in May"....well time just does go so fast!!! he he he he!!! it is, in Mo's words..." a truly awesome magical fish surrounded by magical weeds and he has airbubbles too" (....also whilst reading the description please picture a little mo swiping his hand in the air in a rainbow motion whilst saying 'truly awesome' a bit slower than the rest of the sentence!!!!!)

so here it is.....

cuuuuute!!!

it even comes complete with selotape on the middle of it where I was told...

"mmmm... I didn't quite concentrate on that bit mummy and when I looked down he was in half but Mrs. Neal used her powers to put him back together" 

ahhhh, fabby TA!!! Mo will miss both his teacher and his TA greatly next year, he has loved them to bits this year.

Right I am off out to stalk the icecream man now,recently due to all the poopey rain, I think he has given up the idea of selling them as he hasn't been for weeks!!!!

thank you so much for popping in on me today!! I hope you have all had awesome saturday's too.

huge hugs Lou xxx

Isabella...another Saturated Canary sneak peek!!!

Stamp- Isabella from Saturated Canary.

Morning Peeps!

wohhoooooooo! its friday!!!! and I have another little sneak peek of Saturated Canary in rubber!!!

This is Isabella and isn't she just awesome? I LOVE her. 

My friend Kat sent me an amazing Hero Arts background stamp for my birthday and it was totally perfect for Isabella.

I masked up Isabella and stamped over her with the Hero Arts stamp then got nice and messy with my spiced marmalade and fired brick distress inks.

I coloured her dress up with my cool grey promarkers 1-5 !! and then her skin is blush,sunkissed pink and coral. Her hair is cinammon,cocoa and burnt sienna.

I gave her some little flowers and swooshes to nestle into and a really dark shadow around her with some added sparkle too, I decided she was dancing in her window waiting for Antonio Banderas to come rescue her!! swoooon!!! :)

I am playing along in a few challenges with this little beauty...

Divas by Design- Anything Goes.

Simon Says Stamp and Show-No Rules (2nd Entry)

Papertake Weekly- All Things Girlie (2nd Entry)

Well, I had better get myself moving! its the first day of the summer holidays for Mo but I still have work to get to! Mo will be having a fabulous Daddy day ( I am so jealous! I would so rather be at home with my boys!!!) 

Thank you so much for popping in on me this morning and for all your lovely comments this week, you are all just so awesome 

huge hugs Lou xxx

Saturated Canary Challenge 22- Black,white and one other..

 Image- Chasing Butterflies from Saturated Canary...soon:)

Afternoon Peeps!!!

Its time for a new challenge over on the Saturated Canary Challenge blog and this week its a super fun one its .......

Black, white and one other

I just had to SMASH and I felt the need for a squidge of pink too!!!! :) I found a yummy pink page in my equally yummy pink SMASH!!! and then I got to playing with the image that will be released real soon :) 'Chasing Butterflies'.

She's just beautiful isn't she and she was just perfect for some of the thoughts that I had written in my prayer journal a couple of weeks ago.

My friend Kerry bought me a little journal for writing my prayers in whilst I was doing my ALPHA course so I can look back on them from time to time. I love it and it helps me to focus when I am struggling with prayer too (...I am hoping that I am not the only person who worries that their prayers seem to womble to the wrong track of thoughts sometimes...) I actually knew this image was totally perfect for these words and my thoughts.

Here's a bit of a closer piccy of the floaty butterflies...floaty like my thoughts :)

and here's a little bit closer in on the super cute chick!!! she has a gentle bit of bling in her funky hair and on her skirt!!

The ribbon I used on this page is the ribbon that my gorgeous pink smash came tied up with when it arrived as a beautiful surprise from my beautiful friend :)

I must say sorry though for my photographs of this page, I suck at taking photo's of my smash pages!!

Right I am at work right now...LOVE scheduled posting :) so while I am at work please go drool over my awesome canary teamies creations over on the challenge blog...they put me to shame every challenge!!! they are just awesome!!

Thank you for popping in on me!  see you all when I get home :)

Huge hugglies Lou xxxx

Sneak peeks day 3...and a gorgeous Mo make too :)

Stamp- Free Hugs from Saturated Canary.

Morning Peeps!!

as you know, 2 of my fav ladies in the whole wide world are rocking out this week with their new stamps and I am just over the moon excited for both of them and I know they will both do awesome as they are the most awesome stamps! and I have to say I feel so super duper honoured to be on the DT of each of them, I am so blessed to have such awesomely talented crafty girl peeps as treasured friends :)

This first make is from Krista's new Saturated Canary stamps, they are all awesome and if you need a catalogue to go peeky at to see more there is one right here from over on the Little Darlings site, squeeeeee there are some of my cards in it!! squeeeeee!!! and if you are here in the UK like me...don't worry! I have heard they will be winging their way to stockists here too..so form an orderly line and no pushing....mwah ha ha ha!!!!!!!

and a new Tiddly Stamp too of course!!! this make is from this 'Cute as a Bug' set!! love it!!

toooo cute!!!

 Isn't she just awesome zooming off in her bug? I love the hearts smoke and the sentiment is just too cute! I cannot tell you how much fun it is to stamp a Tiddly!!!


So now on to my little guy and more totally proud mummy moments!!! 


I love this little guy, he rocks so much because he always loves to make a gift rather than buy one and he always knows just what he wants to make! and he is nifty with copy and paste on the pooter too!!(...yeah...he scored a good score on his report for ICT!! he got excellent with a level of 3!!)  this little guy made his own awesome backing paper for his make!! too cute!! here he is all busy...

Huge thanks to Bev too for telling me about collal multipurpose glue, its fabulous!! Mo used it for all of his project! I was lucky enough to find some in my local garden centre when I took mum out for lunch on tuesday. And this is what he made....

Squeeeee its sooo adorable. He scrunched up his paper and inked it, then splodged it on the canvas, rubbed round the edge (...with mummy's nail file...gulp!!!) stuck the blue flowers on the heart shape ( blue is his favourite colour) and mummy bought an easel for it!! I think little peep made gifts are the bestest ones in the whole wide world! I always take piccies of him making his gifts because I print the picture out small and attach it to the back of what he has made. His little photo is nestled into the back of this mini canvas.


Ok, I'll be back with a scheduled post later this afternoon because its challenge time again over on the Saturated Canary Challenge blog!!! off for a cuppa and snuggle time with mo before we have to get ready for school and work.
See ya'll later!!!
Huge hugs Lou xxxx

More sneaky peekys of stamps from my fav 2 artists!!

Stamps- Suspenders and Wall flower from Saturated Canary.

Morning Peeps!!

its time for another sneaky peeky of the awesome new Saturated Canary rubber stamps that Angie and Krista and the rest of the Little darlings team are showcasing over at CHA...along with some more totally awesome Little Darlings stamps!! its so exciting for them all and to top all that off, yesterday Angie won 'Best New Exhibitor'...

Way to go Angie!!!

Though I have to admit that I am not surprised because the booth looks awesome,its bright and so very very pretty and stuffed full of gorgeous DT makes.

I used Suspenders and Wallflower for my sneak peek today, I love them both because they are so versatile, they go together so cute and are fab for prom,weddings,engagements and   more!!!! squeeeeeeeee!!!

The papers are Raspberry Road and the die cut at the bottom is a memory box one, its so cute with these 2!! the little tag is SU tiny tags punched with the jewellery tag punch.

Right, now for another sneak peek for the brand new Tiddly Inks Clear Stamps!!! oooh this week is so exciting for me with 2 of my fav ladies taking awesome new steps in their creative journeys!!! I LOVE IT!!!

This is Hang In There..

Love this set soooo much!!!

and here is my make with her little set!!

I used the little leaves in the set to stamp all around the edge of my nestied circle!! this is just such a cute girlie card!!! I love love love the little birdies on the branch!!! and most exciting of all because they are clear stamps I was able to bend th sentiment around the edge of my circle, I LOVE that!!! the papers are MME.

I am popping this little Hang in there chick over in the challenge on Papertake weekly which is All things Girlie, Everybody Art challenge which is Summer, and the Simon Says Stamp and show blogs No rules challenge.

Thank you so much for popping in on little ole excited me!!!!

huge hugs Lou xxxxx

CHA CHA CHA!! Saturated Canary in rubber with Little Darlings Stamps

Stamp- Summer from Saturated Canary STAMPS :)

Its me again!! 

(if you are peeking in for my Tiddly Inks challenge and clear stamps release post its HERE.)

Now I am just a bit excited bundle of happy today because 2 of my fav ladies in the world are releasing stamps!!! I think I may be saying 'squeeeeeee' an awful lot today :) :) :)

Krista, gorgeous lady and owner of Saturated Canary digi's is stepping out in style over at CHA today with Angie from Little Darlings Stamps and showcasing the new Saturated Canary RUBBER STAMPS!!!!! squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Huge hugglies to you both today girls, I know you will have a totally awesome day though :)

So the Saturated Canary DT teamed up with the Little Darlings DT to make you all some gorgeous sneak peeks to look at whilst you are waiting for the stamps to be released!! and I know that the stamps will be winging their way to a few UK shops too so its all go!!! its so exciting!!!!

This little cutie above is called 'Summer' and I think she is just adorable!!! she is the first of a few samples I have made to share with you over the week so I will be back tomorrow with another stamp to show you!!!

The papers on this one are Raspberry Road papers I got free on a crafty mag! they are just delicious.

Thank you for popping back in on me again today!!

Huge squishy hugs Lou xxxx