Arctic Friends.....

Image- Arctic Friends from Saturated Canary.

Hi everyone!!!

I hope you've all had fabby days, I've had a busy one!! I've been sorting out a few bits in the kitchen and having a good old autumn chuck out!! 3 bags of " I'm not sure why I bought this" later and I have got some kitchen side left after the throwing out of the actual kitchen cupboards last weekend!! 

..so you can see why I needed a good old crafty afternoon (...well...1 hour anyway but I still enjoyed it fully!!!).

I coloured up the gorgeous new Arctic Friends from Krista. It is the most awesome image to play with. It was a full on stickles snow kinda thing too and they took aaaaaaages to dry! thats how I know the colder times are on their way! my stickles takes forever to dry!! lol! it left me wishing I had stickled after I placed her on the card!!!

I distressed and tore and embellied and just had the best time!

I have an inkling that little Mo is not feeling too great tonight :( he had fun playing outside when we got home for 15 minutes and then he came in saying he didn't feel so good :( he's a bit of a funny colour and has a sore throat so we are snuggled up watching the Harry Hill Movie! its funny so its cheering him up some!! hopefully he will feel a bit better after a good sleep. 

Thank you for popping in on me

Huge HugsLou xxx

Waiting on baby Brennan.........

Image- Sleep Tight Baby.

Morning peeps!!!

We are here to celebrate a super happy occasion! Our friend and Tiddly Inker, Melissa, is expecting a baby boy Brennan any day now, so we wanted to share her joy!

So, to try and contain some of our excitement and stop us asking Melissa every 5 minutes if he is here yet we decided to make a card just to celebrate the Andrew family and welcome Brennan and have a little blog hop. We have a linky up there for you to play along too and a random winner will be chosen from the entries!!

Here is the hop list, the girls have all made the most beautiful cards, you won't want to miss any of them so please click on each name to be magically pinged to their blogs!

ALYCE of Kit and Clowder

BRIANNA of Happy Scrapper

CHERYL of Ink Up

DAWN of Dawn Lewis

DELPHINE   of Delphine's Place

FAYE of StampinFluffnStuff

JAN of  Huh! So this is a blog

JEN of HayStacks Cards

JOANN of JoBoogie Stamping

KAREN  of Scrappy Canuck

LISA  of Lisa'sLifeLines

LOU of Loopy Lou's Thoughts

NANCY of Will Work for Buttons

TABBATHA of ZadisProject.

I just had to go with one of my first ever Tiddly Inks buys!! Sleep Tight Baby. I have adored this digi since I first started out on my tiddly journey a few years ago. All I needed to do then was add some 'Lou Froo' to the card!! this is a lovely 7.5x7.5" card so plenty of space to play around with and make a bit special like our Melissa is to us.

Thank you for hopping in,

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Good friends never go out of style....

Stamp- Stylish Friends by Tiddly Inks.

Papers- My Mind's Eye - Necessities - Reds. 

Dies- Cheery lynn Hearts n Gears.

Die Namics Blueprints 9.

Die Namics 3x4 notebook paper.

Memory Box Rounded Fence.

Morning everyone!

I am loving making little tags at the minute using my Die Namics Blueprints 9 set. Its just perfect for adding a normal sized stamped image too with room left to play!!

I went for a fairly quiet 2 colour combo for this one with a little  brown inked edge to match her brown hair using my Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap distress inks.

When I stamped my sentiment I added one of the extra little hats to the tippy top of the d on good and f in friends, I love it! it looks so cute!!

I hope you like it!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Divas by Design challenge ....spooky!!!

Image- Spooky Pup from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Sugar and Spice paper set from Tiddly Inks.

(spider web paper pastTiddly Inks freebie)

Morning peeps!!

Its time for a new challenge over on the Divas by Design challenge blog and this week its....

Spooky Creations!!

And its a little surprise prize this week too!! I love those! its like ooooh happy mail in your letterbox!!!

So I went for a super cute spookable!! the new Spooky Pup image from Tiddly Inks was way too cute to leave in my files so a little makey was in order!! I went for a good old trick or treat bag...and yes....Mo has stolen it already!!! sigh!!

These amazing papers are from the Tiddly Inks store too, the spider web one is a past freebie, but I adore them, I love Christy's papers because they go sooo perfectly with the images she draws.

Right, I am off to make some waffles for Mo for breakfast....ok...so when I say make I mean open the packet of ready made ones and pop them in the toaster....!! he he he!!!

Thank you for popping in

huge hugs Lou xxx

Passion for Promarkers challenge 267....Make it feminine...

Images- Bride Mae and Kody with flowers from Some Odd Girl.

Promarkers..

Skin- blush,sunkissed pink and coral

Hair Mae- Vanilla,putty and caramel

Kody- Burnt Sienna, caramel and sandstone

Mae's dress- sandstone and ivory

Warm greys 1-5

I'm back!!!!

Its a new challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog which has been set by our gorgeous Nic and she has chosen

'Make it Feminine'

 Don’t forget you can make anything you want, it doesn't have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor for this week is Bugaboo and they are generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 7 digis. 

I had a wedding card to make for 2 special ladies who are getting married. I love weddings, weddings and new babies are my favourite cards to make and I LOVED making this one. Kody and Mae were just perfect because they look exactly like the 2 brides! (..though they are not cartoony they are just like these 2 cuties!!) so Kody was changed into a girl for this one and merged with Mae.

Then it was time to add some floof Lou style!!!

Right, time to get myself into gear! there is a cup of tea with my name on and I rather need it since we got up at 4:25am...sigh!! lol!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 142...Make it Sparkle....

Stamp- Happy Bee Day clear stamp set.

Background- Memory box Honey Comb stencil.

Morning peeps!! Its Tiddly Tuesday and y'all know what that means!!! new images popping into the shop and its time for another fun challenge here on the Tiddly inks challenge blog , and this time we want to see you get your Fairy thing going!! so the next challenge is...

Make it Sparkle!

so grab your favourite Tiddly Inks stamp or digital image and get your bling on!!
Think glitter, gems, and sparkles!!

(**remember...We love to see any new creation, a card, 3D project, journal page etc 

but you must use a Tiddly Inks stamp or image to be eligible for the prize**)

There are some swoony makes from our gorgeous Tiddly Inkers, so don't forget to pop in on the challenge blog to have a swoon at them!!!

So I just had to use Bee because I really wanted to use my new Honey Comb stencil!!! he he he! its the first time I have ever used a stencil and I can see an uber addiction coming on!! it was fabulous and sooo easy to ink up with my scattered straw and tea dye distress inks and then gave it a good old spray with some crafters companion spray and sparkle......which...I could not get to show up in the piccy?!!! arrrgghhhhhhh!!! Bee has some sparklies too in the form of little dots of clear star gel pen! she looks sooooo cute!! I love her!!!

Right, enough waffleage from me!! I will be back in a couple of hours with my Passion for promarkers DT post. 

Huuuuuuuuge hugs and thank you's for popping in on me
Lou xxxx

Krafty Monkey....

Stamp- CC Designs Latte Monkey.

Papers- My Mind's Eye - Necessities - Reds. 

Bazzill Basics Kraft.

Dies- Die Namics Tag Builder 1.

Hi everyone!! Happy Monday!!! its my turn to post over on the Dies to Die For inspiration blog today.

I just had to schnaffle up CC Designs Latte Monkey, in the sale! at £3 he was an uber cute bargain and couldn't be missed!! he he he!!! and he was just perfect for a bit of Kraft and MME paper piecing fun!!! I stamped away with my memento Tuxedo black like a little production line of monkey cuteness!!

And to compliment the cuteness, I needed to break out my Die Namics Tag Builder 1. Its seriously soooo much fun! I made 3 different combos before finding the one perfect for this little guy and they were all equally gorgeous!!! I really love the little 4U.

Thank You for popping in

huge hugs Lou xx

A creative romance challenge..In the Garden....

Stamp- Time Flies from LOTV.

ok, I'm back!!! 2nd post of the day but oh my am I excited about this one!!!...and a huge bit nervous too!!

I am very extremely uber proud to say that Jen and Becky from A creative Romance asked me to join their DT!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeep!!!!!!! I have been sooo sitting on my hands and collal gluing my tongue in not to spill the beans with you all fro a few weeks now!! I feel so on top of the world to be asked to join all the deliciously talented people on the team (..well, you always need a bit of a pants person on your DT right?!!! lol!!!!) so I am now an Elegant Artisan.....not too sure about the elegant bit....he he he!!!!

So onto our challenge.....which is...

In the garden

This challenge we are sponsored by Nikki from Bunnyzoes Crafts.

The girls are looking to start having regular Guest Designer Spots, so if you would like to have a go just pop GDT after your name in the linky over on the challenge blog.

For my make it just had to be an LOTV!!! and this little fairy is the cutest!! I even made my own little dandelion embellie a la cocktail stick and bead with thread!!! lol!! but it does look really cute tucked in all those flowers!!

So today is full of fun for us, first off we have the school harvest festival assembly...Mo has been practising the songs all week so I think we know most of assembly now!! lol!! then this afternoon its the schools Macmillan coffee afternoon. I am quite excited about this one, cakes, tea and time with Mo!! I cannot tell you how cool it is to be part of a little village school with true family values, its just wonderful. And here is my effort....I will probably go down in the schools history as ' that mamma that made the gross cake' but its the thought that counts right?!!!!!!!

Have a great day everyone and thank you for popping in on my uber exciting news :) I am so honored to join the girls.

Huge hugs Lou xx

Forgotten Funkies ...Spooky Dookie....

Papers and sentiment- Spooky Dookie from Funky Hand.

Dies- Die Namics Blue prints 9.

Good Morning everyone!!!

Its the time of month again when the Funkette's do their thang over on this months  'Forgotten Funkies showcase!!! we love to have a good old dig in the Funky Hand shop and play with those older downloads!!!

Today's showcase is centred all around the gorgeously funky and zingy 'Spooky Dookie' download. Just look at this craft backing paper collection packed with ghosts, bats and 'things that go bump in the night!' Full of eye catching bright green, purple, orange, black, white and toppers to go with them all included. So they are most definitely too good to be forgotten!!! and just in time for your halloween makes!! 

As usual the girls totally rocked this download so please pop into our DT inspiration blog and have a nosey! I love halloween!

I went for making my little Mo- nster a little treat bag....it was supposed to be for halloween....but....he found it........

10 out of 10 though for his cheeky recycling of the BOO into a badge!! lol!! little spook!!!

Right, I'll be back in a bit with something I have been so excited to share with you all....and a huge bit nervous too!! lol!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Autumnal Alva Music.....

Stamp- Alva Music by Bildmalarna.

Papers- Bildmalarna bulk box.

Dies- Memory Box Grapevine wreath.

Die Namics rolled daisy.

Die Namics Blueprints 6.

Flowers- Prima Camille songbird.

sentiment made up by me in word!!

Hi everyone!

Lou in with a squidge of an autumnal make today!! we have had a busy weekend after a water leak in our downstairs loo and I needed to escape into fantasy land after all the painting, new floor, new skirting and hum drumness of repair were done!!

I dove into my Bildmalarna bulk paper pack like an excited child into their christmas stocking when it arrived, its wonderful, all 12x12 and all very stroke only but I broke into one sheet to make this card!! ....and I still have a 6x12 bit left to make another day!!!

The sentiment I made up myself and printed off in word on my computer and then cut it out with the stitched circle die from Blueprints 18 set.

Thank you for peeking in

huge hugs Lou xxx