...the missing one.....

ok...so I have to confess there was another picture in the tutorial photo's that I didn't include in my last post and one of my gorgeous friends noticed it right away....!! so it was this one above...all I can say is ladies....NEVER trust your husband to take tutorial photos because that guy is just gonna focus on on something else altogether.......  

oh and while I am on this track.....this is what happened last night....

..that moment when your 8 yr old shouts you and tells you to come quick because he has found clues...

.....OMG...are they?......

...sigh......yep they are!!!

so I hope you are all smiling right now because these guys are what I live with each day......!! but I wouldn't swap them for a thing!!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Are you organised?!!!!

 Hi everyone!

I hope you are all having a wonderful wednesday! I have had a wonderfully busy morning with my mummy!! we have started back at Weight Watchers and then popped in to a couple of charity shops for a womble ( love them, mum got me a pair of next boyfriend style jeans for £3!! bargain!!!!)

So today I wanted to share something a little different that I made with the yummy new Boys will be Boys download. Its a desk organiser for Mo. When I was little we used to make these all the time!!!!!

The pictures explain it all really so I wont waffle on too much for you!!! only to say a wet glue is best so you don't get bubbles in the paper and most importantly....have fun!!!!

and after all that icky sticky gluey fun you should end up with one of these.......

Thank you for popping in! huge hugs Lou xxx

Passion for promarkers challenge 219...Snow is falling...

stamp-Merry Christmas penguins from LOTV.

Papers- Bildmalarna Green christmas.

Morning peeps!!

Its time for another challenge over on the passion for promarkers challenge blog and today our challenge was set by Eileen and she chose...

Snow is Falling

and we are sponsored by the ever so swoonalicious Lili of the Valley...

So my uber cute little penguin dudes were coloured up using warm grey 3, 4, and 5. There little beaks and feet are sunflower and pastel yellow and their little cheeks are blush, sunkissed pink and coral. The sign is ivory pastel beige and khaki.

I made them some fluffy wuffy snow with my woodware fluffy stuff. I have had the same little bottle for 3 years now and it just last and lasts!! Then I decided I needed some tim holtz fir tattered fir cone in there too!!!!!! and I added a little bow in between the 2 cones.

I am going to pop this little band of cute guys over in the challenge on the LOTV ideas to inspire blog. Its anything goes this month so a little festive cheer will fit in there nicely!!

Right, I have been at work all night and it would be fair to say that I am utterly pooped out and very much looking forward to a day of sleep!! I am going to get Mo and his little budette Sophia off to school, have a little walk with my furball princess and then hit the hay!!!

Have an awesome day everyone!
huge hugs Lou xxxxx

Smile....

Stamp- CC Designs Drozy Darlings A letter for you.

Papers- MME playdate.

Dies- Die Namics 3x4 Notebook paper.

Afternoon peeps!

I am so late popping in here today but I have been poorly all morning :( I didn't even get out of bed until 10:40am which is not like me at all, I am a up and ready by 6am kinda chick so it sucks :(  I am at work tonight so I need to try and get myself better really.

I wanted to join in with the Daring Cardmakers 7 year birthday party challenges. Their picture inspiration for the first challenge of a month of fun is this gorgeous piccy here...

.....so I chose some gorgeous rainbow multi coloured papers from the stunning MME Playdate 6x6 paper pad. The little banners, flower  and 'smile' also come from the pad so I couldn't resist snipping them out and using them too!!

I stamped her onto a piece of cardstock that I had cut out with my Die namics notebook paper die, I LOVE this die!! there's another one in the shop with the edge down the shorter side too, that ones of my neeeeeeeed list!!!

She has some sparkle on her shoes and dress but I didn't get that in the photo too good. 

Right I am going to get me a cup of tea and a bit more rest so have a super rest of your sunday everyone!!

Thank you for popping in!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Sweater socks fairy winter notepad styley!!

Image-Sweater Socks fairy.

Memory Box Frostyville Frame.

Tim Holtz Tattered florals.

Hi everyone!! i'm back again as its my posty day over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog and its that Sweater Socks Fairy again but oooooooooooh she is just too cute not to play with!!!

I had this notebook put by for something else to post another day but I was just so excited about her I had to share her today!! I know, I suck!!!! lol!!! I have been sitting on my hands trying not to share her but she's soooo cute!!!!

She is coloured up with promarkers and then I had some awesome die cutting fun with my new frostyville frame! the flowers are tim holtz tattered florals.

Thank you for peeking in!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Shaky A..everyday magic...

Image- Magic Everyday from Shaky A.

papers- Bildmalarna Happy Day.

Dies- Die-Namics blueprints 6.

Memory Box butterfly delights.

Memory Box Grapevine Wreath.

Morning everyone!!!!

I hope you are all waking up to super Saturdays!!! we are! We are taking Mo to my brothers cinema in town to watch The Neverending Story, its a complete classic and was one of my favs when I was a little girl so I am excited to go see it!! yes we have it on DVD at home but its just awesome to watch the classics on a big screen!!!

So today I have a make with one of my gorgeous friends, Alby, new digi stamp range. I absolutely adore them, they are just gorgeous and I really loved playing with this one. 

I have been a bit unwell the last few days so this card took longer coming together than I wanted it to but I finally got it finished!!!! I wanted some dimension with my wreaths so I cut a few (..on my new Ebosser...eeeep...its AMAZING!!!) and then layered them up with some silicone glue. I added my teeny little butteflies because I wanted it to look whimsical like the image.

I cut the bits for the base of the card using my Die namics Blueprints 6 die set. I was still in a dimension kinda mood so I only adhered each end of the border strip to my card and let the middle pop out. It is so hard to take a piccy of how neat it looks because I suck at taking piccy's but it looks so sweet!!!

Right, got to go, time for the cinema!!!

huge Saturday hugs

Lou xxxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 119...Anything Goes!!

Stamp-Fluttering by to say Hi clear stamp set.

Papers- Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu.

Dies- Die- Namics Rolled Daisy.

Die -Namics mini royal roses.

Morning peeps!!!

its time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and this time its my favourite kinda challenge EVER!! its.....

Anything Goes.

whoot whoot!!! ooooh I love an Anything Goes because that always means me time!!!! I got out the last few sheets of stroke only Pink Paislee paper my fav dies and I just looked at all my tiddly stamps and chose one with my eyes shut!! he he he!!!

I coloured up her skin, shoes and hair and wings and then paper pieced her dress!! she is just adorable.

I am popping her over in the Wings and things challenge over on the creative romance challenge blog too.

I have a little guy at home with me today!! his school is shut for the strikes so we got extra mummy and Mo time! wohooo!! this morning I have physio (urgh...so not my favourite activity :( I always feel so embarrassed and dumb there!!!) 

Thank you for popping in on me

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Mom's Heels!!

Stamp-CC Designs - Drozy's Darlings Mom's Heels

Papers- Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu.

Dies- Die- Namics Rolled Daisy.

Die -Namics mini royal roses.

Charm- Fairy charm.

Morning peeps!! 

****If you are looking for my FUNKY Hand blog hop post it is HERE *****

Its a fairy kinda share from me next today!! from boys to girls!! he he he he!!! but oh my she is just so sweet!!!

Its my day to post over on the Dies to Die for blog and I loved making this little cutie. I got so relaxed sitting rolling flowers and I very much needed some relaxing time!!! lol!

She is coloured up with promarkers and a little bit of sparkle added with stickles star dust!!

Right, that really is me for today because I have been at work last night and I am shattered and not actually sure my words are even typing right!! lol!!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Funky Hand Boys will be Boys blog hop!!

Papers- Boys will be Boys from Funky Hand.

Stamp- Bot- Fire Away from Funky Hand.

Hello Peeps!!!! 

Welcome to our New Boys will be Boys release blog hop!!

Our Design Team is so excited about this awesome new download that we decided to have a good old hop to showcase our makes with it and get you all inspired!!

There are fabulous new papers and a amazing new Digi stamp character,Bot,to meet along the way. The papers and Bot are available to buy in the shop from 9am today  BUT we wanted to invite you on a little hop around to see what the gorgeous Funkettes have been busy making with them and give one lucky person the chance to win the new Boys will be Boys download set and a Bot stamp!!

The hop will be starting over on Anice's Funky Hand Thoughts blog and is open from

 Monday 30th September at 5:00am GMT until 12 midnight GMT Tuesday 1st October. 

The winnner will be announced at 8am on Wednesday 2nd October.

All you need to do is pop in on all the girls blogs and leave a comment for the chance to win the download yourself!! 

Here's the hop order so if you get lost along the way pop back here for the links!!

Anice.

Allison.

Debbie.

Kathy.

Lou....You are here!!!!

Ruth.

Sam.

Tabbatha.

Get Funky inspiration blog.

For my make I grabbed a wodge of freshly printed off Boys will Be boys goodness and a Bot digi stamp and got to work making Mo a little altered notepad! and he LOVED it too!! what little guy wouldn't? these papers just rock!!!

Have fun hopping, see you soon!!!!

Just for you, a hug in a mug!!!!

Papers- Paper Blossom.

Digi stamp- A hug in a mug.

Morning everyone!!

Its my turn to post over on the Get Funky and Craft blog this morning sharing one of Funky Hand's one of golden oldies teamed up with one of the newer digi stamps!!!

I absolutely adore the greens and pinks in this downloads and the patterns are some of my favorites too so a little bit of die cutting and punching later and I had all the layers I needed to make a quick card!! by layering up I managed to use a few of my favs from the collection!!! and oooooooooh my new Ebosser cuts dies so gorgeously!! one slip through the Ebosser and my little Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die popped all its intricate bits out as soon as it popped out the die ( normally I sit pricking the bits out for ages afterwards with my pokey tool!!!)

I inked the edges of each piece with vintage photo distress ink just to make sure each layer didn't melt into the one before. I love inking edges,it just finishes things off!!

I printed out the mug and then paper pieced it a bit so that the sentiment and hearts didn't get lost in the pattern, then I popped it out on some foam. I really do love these mugs, they are just perfect for quick cards.

So we are planning a lazy day today!! I need to pootle away with some crafty bits and Little Mo is a little off colour today so hopefully the magic powders are kicking in and moving things along for him (...which he will probably like because he is a little fed up with not hitting 'sausage' shape on the poo chart!!!)

Thank you for popping in on me!!

huge hugs Lou xxx