Ellie says Bye bookmark......

 Stamps- Ellie says bye clear stamp set.

Hi everyone!

Its Fab Friday over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and this time I decided to go with a make just for me. Its sooo good to get some me time into your makes so you don't forget your passion and why you began crafting in the very first place.

For my make today I used the gorgeous Ellie says bye clear stamp set. I absolutely adore this set and its little quote stamp. I paper pieced up her balloon after distress ink back grounding my bookmark and adding a silhouette corner stamp.I wanted her to look like she was floating over a wonderful meadow.

Then it was time for some fussy cutting fun to get Ellie cut out and stuck onto my bookmark. I also added some little threads and fibre in colours to co ordinate the balloon.

And hey presto, me time for me finished!! now I just need a good book to fill my days a bit. Little Mo is busying himself through his second day of school and I am at a loss!! the house is too quiet and I miss my little man hanging around my craft desk stealing stuff!! 

Thank you so much for popping in on me

Hugs Lou xx

DP2 Challenge #267.

Images- It's all About the Candy (girl).

Pumpkin Witch.

Card fold tutorial- Peek a Boo card.

Morning everyone!!

It's that time of the month again where a fab new challenge pops up on the DP2 challenge blog. And, as always, its time to explore your Mo's Digital Pencil images in your own way!! its.....

 Anything Goes with a Mo Image

                             Winners prize: a $5.00 voucher for Mo's online store.

Remember to follow Mo's Challenge Rules ...
use at least one Mo Manning image...
NEW creations only! (No back linking)...
And, please, only ONE entry per person!

I was sooo excited about this card fold I saw this tutorial from the amazing Norma that I just had to give it a go with some of Mo's new  halloweeny images!! Perfect for when you can't make a choice of which one to use!! he he!!! There's a video below of how this awesome card does it's stuff.

Thank you so much Norma, I adore this fold! it's so much fun and your tutorial was so easy to follow xx 

And here is the card in action!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!! it's too cute!!!!

Right. I have got to go. It's the little guy's first day at big school and I am not at all ashamed to say I have had to schedule this post up to go because I am in bits already about it. I hope he has the most wonderful day but while he does, Scott and I will be a bag of nerves waiting for hometime! and I also don't mind admitting that I will miss his little face and giggles and snuggles all day. He is just such a little ray of light in my days and I have adored the holidays so much.

Huge hugs and love for you all

Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge #189....Back to School.

Stamp- Ricky hanging around clear stamp set.

Papers- Bazzill Basics School days.

Sentiments made by me on my pooter!!

It's time for another fun challenge over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and all around the world those mini peeps of ours, be it our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or mini peeps friends are getting ready to go....

Back To School!!

 So bear those little peeps you know in mind and make them something special to get them back to school with a smile!!

 (**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 **)

I went for a different route and did Back to School theme for my gorgeous cousin who is a teacher and will be going back to work later this week to get her classroom ready for her new class of mini peeps. I couldn't resist adding 2 of the little birds to the branch with Ricky because I love them so much and what teacher and little peeps do not feel a bit upside down when they go back to school after the holidays?!!!!!

The sentiments I did on my pooter because I needed them to fit just for Blaze. I am so blooming proud of her for being a teacher, it takes a will of steel and a heart of absolute gold to teach nowadays and I hope she knows just how proud of her we are.

Right, got to dash! Mo and I are having a makeshift Mandy coffee and card in our little crafty garage today because our gorgeous Mandy is on her holibobs! I only hope I can come up to scratch on the chocolate milkshake for Mo!!! he he!!

Huge hugs and Love, 

Lou xxx

It's all about the candy..........

Image- It's all about the candy (boy).

Hi everyone!

Did you all see the new releases over the weekend? I did and I couldn't resist popping this little  It's all about the candy (boy) into my basket for some colouring fun!

He is just too sweet for words and he comes with that awesome little sentiment too!!

Thank you for popping in,

Lou xx

Mo dream team blog hop....................

Image- Skating.

Hi everyone!!

Its that exciting time of the month again for a Mo's Dream Team blog hop and this time its a Winter in August theme picked by our lovely Gretha.

Here's the Blog Hop run in case you lost on the way......

 Gretha, Julie, Gaynor, Debby, Daria, Oleysa,

 Lou, Erin,Hellen, Anneke, Kaly,

Don't forget there are two $5 gift vouchers to spend in Mo's shop to be drawn from the participating Dream Team Designers comments so... make sure you pop in and comment on everyone's post for the blog hop to be in with the chance to win!!!

I was sooo stuck at which gorgeous wintery images of Maurie's to use that I cheated and asked my gorgeous friend Pat to choose for me (...I know it's totally cheating but seriously...could you choose just one?????!!!!!!!) and she said she loved Skating. And I love Pat, so thats the image I went for and oh my am I pleased I did. I adore it!! just look at Bronte in her little skates clinging on for dear life!!! how cute is she?!!!

Don't forget to hop in on every team member and drool over their makes!! oh my they are just amazing.

Huge hugs and thank you's for popping by, Lou xxx

Molly's cup of Love......

Image- Molly's cup of Love from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Basic Grey Lucille.

Hi everyone,

I tried my very best to sit on this card until tomorrow but lets face it, the new Molly's from Tiddly Inks are just way too cute to not colour up and share right away!! he he!!!!

I haven't used some of my oldest nestabilities in such a long time and they are still some of my favourite dies so I broke them out and did a little doodling and inking while Molly was still sitting freshly cut from the machine!! then once I had finished playing I popped her out of the die and the lovely white edge around her just makes it pop.

A bit of layering and Lou froo and she was done....and I managed to get my 10,000 steps done with my fitbit too so I felt pretty epic yesterday!! lol!!!! well, little things please little minds!!!!

Right, time to go. I have a small boy wanting to craft and I can't get enough time in with him at the minute as the holidays are flying by.

Huge hugs and squeezes,

Lou xxx

It's mice to give a tiny Hello.......

Stamps- TGF Let's Mingle.

Dies- TGF Lets Mingle die set.

Mama Elephant Polaroid Fun.

Papers- Basic Grey Lucille.

Morning all!!

I'm in for you today with my Dies To Die For DT make and today it's with the super cute new TGF Let's Mingle. I wasn't feeling the christmas feeling this morning so I went for a good old Hello kinda card using the sweet little It's mice to give a tiny hello sentiment from the set.

I also wanted to give the Mama Elephant Polaroid Fun die set a whirl. It has been pulling me into the shop to look at it for a few weeks now and I folded and got it...well....needs must and all that................!!!!

So Scott got me a fitbit Alta from the very catalog and last night he set it up for me. Today I am giving it a whirl...this mostly involves wearing my trainers and the fitbit alta to make myself feel fit...there have been a couple of lunge sessions to music whilst going from my craft desk to my ebosser..well a girl has to try right??? oh and I musn't forget I did do some side steps whilst eating my cheese straw....I will get better at it though! I am currently at (....small pause while Lou double taps alta tracker to see....sod that...goes to phone to see instead...) oh 4,097 steps and 983 calories!! There we have it crafty peeps, proof that we excersise while crafting!! Get in!!!!!!!!

Right, off to step all the way to the kettle...bwah ha ha ha!! y'all can see this is going to be successful for me right now don't you?!!!!!

Thank you for popping in

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Lou....

Image- Lou.

Morning everyone!!

I'm in for you today with my Mo's Dream Team make and it would be rude not to use an image named right after me wouldn't it?!!! he he!!! Try as I might, I just couldn't resist the pull of a Mo's Digital Pencil baby this week and I had to go for Lou.

I made my own little sentiment using my alphabet stamps (....yup...placed every one of those letters...thank the lord for Misti stamping tools!!!!!). Seriously though, I actually do not know how I stamped without it!!! I even made myself keep it CAS so that cute little Lou made sentiment didn't get lost in Lou froo!! go me!!!!

We have had an uber full on weekend!! the little guy raised a whopping £47 on his little charity stall for our local RSPCA branch. He was so excited when we handed it over at the end of the day and he had such an excellent day bless him. Here he is with his little stall...

Right, I need to scoot! there is a cup of tea with my name all over it and a hungry little guy needs toast!!! we don't have a toaster and I am not keen on him using the grill so mamma is needed for this job!! Have a wonderful day everyone

Huge hugs 

Lou xxx

Sweet Sailor Girl.......

Image- Sweet sailor Girl from Saturated Canary.

Sentiment- Guy Greetings from Stampin Up.

Papers-  Bildmalarna An Ocean of Strawberries.

Hi everyone!

I am sneaking in late with a make because I got a little crafting done while my little Mo was making his DT make for his Dies To Die For post tomorrow!! He made his little tag for daddy and I got to play with the gorgeous  Sweet sailor Girl from Saturated Canary.

Isn't she just gorgeous? and my lovely friend Mandy gave me a gorgeous stamp set on tuesday because I gave her a lovely stash of diamond white cardstock to practice her promarker colouring on. Its called Guy Greetings from Stampin Up and it had the most perfect stamp in for my sentiment.

We've had an uber busy day getting ready for Little Mo's table at the RSPCA funday tomorrow, he has got a lovely tombola selection and Scott has made him a 'Splat the rat' game!! its so cool!! here is Little Mo at the ready with it this afternoon when he tested it out after mummy's painting efforts had dried!!

He is as pleased as punch with it!! He went to bed all excited and nervous bless him!! He has set himself a target of raising £100 tomorrow so fingers crossed he will get somewhere near that. Scott and I folded 500 tombola tickets for his little tombola so we are keeping everything crossed for him, though he is the most grounded little fella and is not worried about not making his target, he says everything helps a paws in some way. He is the actual cutest!!!

Right, got to go. I need a cuppa and some sleep!! I am beat tonight!!

Huge hugs and love for you all

Lou xxx

Magical Dragons........

Stamps- MFT Magical Dragons.

Papers- MFT Itsy Bitsy polkadots.

Dies- Your next stamp Heart Banner.

Die Namics Jumbo stitched fishtail banner stax.

Hi everyone,

Lou in for you today with dragons cuteness. Oh how I love these little cute stamps!

It's hard to see in the photo but I clear heat embossed the little dragons before colouring them and the raised edges look just gorgeous.

Then it was tie for some super cute die cutting around them and and then a gorgeous little heart banner die....yeah....just everything cutey today!! he he!!! 

Thank you for popping in

Huge hugs Lou xxx