Tiddly Inks challenge #204.....Autumn Glow

 Stamp- DeerHeart clear stamp set.

Papers- Crate Paper Oh Darling.

Dies- MFT BluePrints 5.

It's time for another fun challenge over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and it's time for some relaxing colour inspiration!!! the Tiddly Inkers want you to think.....

Autumn Glow!

 So below is a colour chart for you follow with some super sweet autumn colours.
( huge thanks to designseeds)

 (**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 just could not resist inking up my gorgeous new DeerHeart clear stamp set for this challenge. There is just something way too cute about her not to ink her up!! 

I opted for stamping her and her little deer up in Rich Cocoa memento ink. It's juat a gentler line than the black and it used the 'browny' part of that fabulous colour palette just perfectly.Then it was down to my Crate Paper Oh Darling 6x6 pad to do the rest for me and oooooh it delivered just perfectly with some fun and gentle layers of patterns.

I used my DieNamics Blueprints 5 to cut the layers out. I've heard a little rumour it's been retired now but ooooh this set is one of my absolute faves. The little tab part is just perfect for sentiments and I stamped the little 'my' right next to the 'deer heart' sentiment so it just touched and I do love how it came out.

Right, I'm off to get some laundry in the washing machine and have a quick hoover before Mo finishes reading! Poppy is malting something chronic and I have black furry girl tumbleweeds floating around my living room!!!!

Thank you for popping in on me, huge hugs Lou xxx

Space Walk.......

Image- Space Walk.
Papers- Bo Bunny Blast Off.
Dies- Magnolia Doohickey Starlight Lace.

Morning everyone!

I'm waffling on today about my make using the super sweet Space Walk. 

Do you all ever have a crafty day where you just want to make something for no reason at all other than it makes you smile? well,that was this make for me!! I have no idea what it's for or who it is for but boy oh boy did I enjoy making it!! Mo was busy on RoBlox and Scott was watching the Grand Prix which left little ole me to do something I fancied and Mo suggested a bit of crafting (...that boy knows his mamma so well!!!!!).

The helmets are all glossy but it's tricky to see from the photo!! I can never get things to show up right in photo's but it's sooo cute IRL. I think when Mo finds it he will add it to his stash of mamma made cards that he thinks I don't know he pinches and puts in his desk drawer!! cheeky monkey!!

I'm not really sure what we'll get up to today. Scott is getting ready to pootle off to work and Mo is busy reading in bed so I'm just having a quiet cup of tea and a bloggy womble before we start the day properly.

Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xx

Garden Wedding........

Image- Garden Wedding from Tiddly Inks.

Morning everyone!!

We are on a bit of a go slow in our house today!! well, it is sunday!! I've managed a shower, made breakfast and had a quick sort out and now I've got as far as turning my pooter on I thought I'd blog my wedding card I needed to make for a garden wedding theme.

Luckily, I have the awesome Christy from Tiddly Inks who drew me this stunning image to help me massively with the style of the bride's dress. I really love to try and match things in as best as I can when I am asked to make a card, it just makes it so much more personal. The bride was having a knee length dress with no veil so I begged.....asked Christy to draw me one!!

So, she drew me 'Garden Wedding'....

Isn't it just perfect? I absolutely squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed when she sent me a message showing me the image.

So then it was just a case of trying to match in the garden theme with butterflies, dragonflies and a few more bits off my lovely list from my BF's mum!! ( it was a long list......and I lost it...arghhhhhhhhhhh!!! then gorgeous hubby came to the rescue finishing it a few days before where it had slipped down the side of my bed!!

The inside is really lovely too as I did a group photo with all the bridesmaids, the couple and their pets but I didn't colour that so it's no sharing a piccy I'm afraid! he he!

Right, I am off into town now with Scott and Mo to see if I can find something for my head for my cousins wedding next weekend. I am so excited about it so I want to try and look nice!! 

Huge hugs Lou xxxxx

Foxi Sprite..

Images- Foxi Sprite.

Whimsy Toadstools.

Chipboard- Hello brush script word.

Morning everyone!

I was so airheady yesterday I totally forgot to pop into my own blog and share the make I did using the super sweet little Foxi Sprite from Make it Crafty, she’s such a little cutie pie and I just knew which background I had to try with her! The Whimsy Toadstools of course!! I merged her on so she was just balancing on a couple of the smaller toadstools. I added some glossy accents to the little toadstool tops but it’s so hard to get it to show in a photograph!

 Then it was time to choose a chippie to use….oh my…now that is a day job in itself trying to choose!!! but I decided to go with the little Hello brush script word and colour it up in a pink ombre effect. I added a little sparkle pen to the top before splodging on some glossy accents to make it shine.

So today my gorgeous husband has gone back to work. I took this photo just after he left. It looks just like an empty spot but it's where my truly amazing husband has been working from home since February so he could look after me. He's taken conference calls with dogs woofing away,planned jobs one second and changed my dressings the next second, checked my temp and rushed me up to the hospital when things have gone wrong. He's been at every hospital/Doctors and nurse appointment with me and dropped me off/ picked me up from chemo.He's been my absolute rock and yup, I had a few silly Lou tears as he left to get back to normal routine today.....and I'll probably have a few more every time I walk past this spot on the breakfast bar but they won't be sad tears, they'll be tears in celebration of how wonderful he is.

Thank you for popping in, hugs Lou xx

Molly color my world.....

Image- Molly Color my world from Tiddly Inks.

Sentiment-Ellie says Happy birthday clear stamp set from Tiddly Inks.

Dies- Lawn Fawn Magic color slider.

Papers- American Crafts My Girl.

Morning everyone!!

It's another one of my little Lou Tiddly Tuesdays!! and I had super fun making this card! I even made a teeny little paintbrush and used some of the little pieces of paper from my paper stack to make little 'canvases' that Molly has painted to scatter around the card! too cute!! The little sentiment on her painting is from the Ellie says Happy birthday clear stamp set . I did it in green to match the colour I did on her little brush (...I'm not the only one who colours then matches everything to it right?!!! pmsl!!!!) I even gave her a few lil splotches of paint spill onto her apron.....art is messy right?! ooooh I did so enjoy making this card.

I also used my fabulous Lawn Fawn Magic color slider die set to add a little surprise colour pop in there too. It just makes a fun little interactive part to the card. Here it is with that part open, I love the happy stripes that pop out from under the slider part.

Yesterday I had my radiotherapy CT scan and little tattoo's added so they can line me up in the right place when I start my radiotherapy. It wasn't too bad at all really....they had me in fits of giggles attaching the little markers because I am so ticklish! I have to admit though that afterwards when they added the tattoo's to me the needle into my chest one blooming hurt!!!! but they are all done and just look like teeny little blackheads on my body now (....Lou makes a note that they may need promarker-ing brown after my treatment has finished so they look like freckles instead of acne!!!!!).

See, they really are teeny!! I have one on my chest and one on each side of me.

Right, time to scoot! I need to help Scott move our bunnies back onto our decking now he has finished levelling and turning the boards over after the new turf went down. It looks soooo pretty, he is so clever. Thank you for popping in on me,

huge hugs Lou xxx

Snowflakes.......

Images- Snowflakes.

Morning all!

I'm in with a post for you today and I just couldn't resist getting my winter cards makes going (...see...I didn't mention the festive name...bwah ha ha ha ha!!!!) by using the stunning image, Snowflakes.

Isn't she just magical? I absolutely love the victorian style images Maurie draws, they are just so beautiful and such a dream to colour up.I have an absolute weakness for any Victorian period drama's so to be able to colour some of this era in for fun too is win win in a Lou world!!

So today in Lou world I am going for my CT Planning Scan on my mini boob and to get my little black tattoo's put on for my radiotherapy to begin in a couple of weeks. They do this to check out where my little tumour was snuggled in its bed so they can blitz the bafoonie out of it!! I am hoping they can see it super easy but have to admit I am not looking forward to the little black dots on my mini boob...I kinda love it how it is and am not ready for Jack Sparrow style Black spots yet! Davey Jones is not getting me yet!! bwah ha ha ha ha!!! but in all seriousness, anything that shows the way to those cancer critters being blitzed is good with me!

Right, my hungry bear tummy is groaning 'feed me' so I'm off to nibble my overnight oats I made myself last night before I went to bed. They are so yummy and cooling on a sore mouth!

Thank you for popping in, Hugs Lou xx

Summer flower Tilda....

Stamp- Mini Summer Flower Tilda.

Dies- Doo Hickey Dream Tag.

Doo Hickey Edwin Lace.

Doo Hickey Little Daffodil.

Doo Hickey Bon Voyage Flowers.

Sentiment- Stempelgede Magic.

Double Gatefold tutorial by Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.

Morning everyone!!

Scott is working, Little Mo is busy playing with his matchbox cars, loo rolls for tunnels, old vinyl cut offs for motoway races and many zooming sounds and winning car celebrations on the landing hall so I thought I would schmoozy into my craft room and make another one of these Double Gatefold cards I am so in love with at the minute!!

I had this scrumptious Inkido Springtime Butterflies in the sky paper that I have been itching to use since last week. I got it in a 12x12 bundle offer box from Dies to Die For. I don't know if they still do them but if they do, they are soooo worth the pennies because there's not one piece I don't love in my box and they are mostly papers I would never normally think to choose!

Anywhos' a bit of cutting, folding,die cutting and general Lou splodge stuff on-ness and the cardbase was done!! then it was on to using some Magnolia Doo Hickey goodness on it.....well...If you are having a Lou indulgent crafty moment you go for your Magnolia stash right?

As it happened, I decided to go for my Doo Hickey Dream Tag and my Mini Summer Flower Tilda. I have an uber thing for the Magnolia min's and luckily Suha at Swedish House Crafts has a wonderful bargain section of mini Magnolia cuteness for you to choose from! you can find them HERE...swooooon!!!

Here's inside....

My amazing friend, Jenny, sent me this Stempelgade Magic sentiment stamp in a HUUUUUUUUUUGE box of love she sent me not long ago and I decided today that it was just perfect for going with fairy cuteness!! and it is such a beautiful stamp too. It says out of stock when I tried to link it up there but hopefully they will get some more. For the very inside of the card I just decided to go with the little stamp and a little die cut border to sit with it.

and of course... a little video to show it's cuteness in action is always nice!!...

Right, I need to scout out ingredients from the depths of my cupboards to provide lunch for the men of the house...now this will be crafting a miracle today as school holidays have come well into effect in our house and I haven't food shopped properly all week!! he he!!! wish me luck!!!

Thank you for popping in, Hugs Lou xx

Look Ma!................

Image- Look Ma from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Morning everyone!!

Today Mo's Dream Team are having a special blog hop because in a couple of days time our awesome Boss Lady, Maurie, will be having her birthday. 

To celebrate, we chose one of her favorite images for us to all showcase in our own way. I LOVE doing this! there's nothing more inspiring than seeing all your teamie's takes on the same image! 

Don't forget there are THREE $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!!!

So if you are hopping you should of come to me from Debby's blog, now it's time to pop on over to our Julie to see what she has for you to drool over !! and if you get lost along the way, here is the full hop order....

Debby,  

Lou.....That's me!!!

Julie, 

Rosette, 

Kaly, 

Elin, 

Olesya, 

Gaynor, 

Nela, 

Anneke, 

Daria, 

Gretha, 

Franz, 

Pat.

Happy Hopping everyone!!!!!

Whisper Princess Petal Sprite....

Image- Whisper Princess Petal Sprite from MIC.

Sentiment- Make A Wish from MIC.

Morning everyone!!

oooh I hope you all slept better than me last night! It was a super tough one for me so this morning I just knew I had to share m latest MIC Special Guest post here on my blog to cheer me up!! after all, what's better than some shaker card cuteness? 

And I adore Whisper Princess Petal Sprite , she has the most wonderful hair for playing around with. It's actually all sparkly but could I get a good piccy of that through the acetate shaker....errrrrr...nope!!! and that little Make A Wish sentiment is just perfect for all sort of occasions so I totally needed it for this card.

Today Scott has the day off to take up our decking ready to get our back garden all levelled out and turfed by a turf company this week. I am so excited because our back garden has been butt ugly for a couple of years now and it's driving me crackers!! 

It will only be green grass with the decking level, Mo's trampoline and a wonderful new bunningham palace for the bunnies but it will be so pretty to look at. I need to re paint the fence too but I might need to wait until I am a bit better to do that as I get pooped out so quickly at the minute. I love my fence a lovely creamy white colour so it makes my little postage stamp of a garden look bigger! he he!!

Right, I need to crack on with making Scott a cuppa and generally be quite useless while he is super busy! He had help yesterday when removing our block paving paths from Little Mo but the decking is just a Daddy job!

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

Flower Fairy For You......

Image- Flower Fairy For You from Tiddly Inks.

Dies- Lal La Land Heart doily.

Papers- American Crafts My Girl.

Morning all!!!

I am feeling a little more human this morning I think! well, I have managed to have a little Lou's Tiddly Tuesday fun in my upstairs crafty room Scott made me so the Lou critters inside of me must be winning over the chemo critters a bit more today!!! Go Lou critters!!! he he!! my hands and fingers are super sore and my nails feel like they may actually ping off any minute but nothing is going to stop me having a little craft this morning while Mo is having an imaginary nerf gun battle! he's so funny!!

I absolutely adore the new Flower Fairy For You image from Tiddly Inks. You get 2 images when you purchase her, one with the lil fairy dog and one without but having 2 pawsy peeps myself I fell in love with the with pawsy peep version!! 

       

Isn't she the cutest?!!

I also made a teensy little shaker heart with the inside cut of my heart doily die and the little hearts that come out of it! of I love it!! I cut the heart in my cardstock and then the little heart centre in acetate.  I popped some hot glue around the edge of the cardstock heart and then stuffed some of the little hearts in from the bigger heart and then adhered the acetate heart over the top. It looks so cute! then I just stuck a few of the little hearts I had left around the other heart centre and a few on top of the acetate heart for some more umpf! 

I think I can say I well and truly Lou'd this morning! Mo and I are going for a little walk with my BF now to get some fresh air! Have a wonderful day everyone!

huge hugs Lou xxx