I've been so busy just enjoying some colouring time this week that I have totally forgotten to blog some makes!! lol!! but Donut worry!!!! Molly's Donut and I have a share all delicious and ready this morning!! he he!!
Before I forget also, I have some super duper exciting news!! My mammogram came back NED ( no evidence of disease)!! wahoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! I feel soooo good about that!! just 5 more Herceptin injections to go and I will be done with ongoing treatment!! I am just waiting for my CT scan results for my lungs now but I'm super sure they will be tickety-boo too!!
Anywhoo! back to Molly's Donut! she's just so cute and I couldn't resist adding some real cake sprinkles to her donut whilst the glossy accents was wet!! I love how she turned out!
Right, the school run awaits me!!! oooooooh!! I lead an exciting life me!!
I'm soooooo excitedly typing in with my first Swedish Housecrafts DT post today and I went with using the stunning Pion Design- Images from the past- Your Handsheet for my make. It has so many beautiful and romantic versions of the hands but I could not resist this one with it's stunning rose heart.
I teamed it up with some older Pion papers from my stash, Vintage Wedding. I love to layer up papers and make them pop by distressing the edges using one of my scissor blades and running it along the edge of the paper to 'fluff' it up like this.....
And tucked in just behind the hands is a gorgeous Sweet Cosy Love- So Wrapped Lovely Doo Hickey die cut. This die is just so beautiful and super for just adding a little more detail to your card. I love to add some twine to it and then pull the fibres apart so it looks all pretty and floofy woofy....
And to finish off the the little corners that looked a little lonely without embellishments I added 3 little adhesive pearls. It just lifts the plain-ness a little!!
So thats my uber excited Lou first swedish housecrafts post done!! oh my gosh I've been sitting on my hands for so long with this news!!! I'm going to crack on with the day now and get a cuppa before I drop off the mini man to school. Have a wonderful day everyone! huge hugs Lou xxxx
I'm in with my Dream Team post for you today and my oh my!! did I have the best fun making this card!!!
She is new to the shop, she arrived at the weekend and I couldn't resist playing with her right away.Well, it would have been rude not to as Scott was super busy putting in some new sockets on our bedside tables so I can have a little lamp for reading at night. The sockets also have 2 doody USB port's in them so I can charge my phone when it goes flat because I can't sleep and I'm playing on something!!!(...he's rather fabulous you know!!) anywhoooo, back to Tia....
And how does she spin you ask??? Between the 2 layers, you sandwich a little sewing thread and then when you've cut your aperture out, you adhere the thread with some good strong tape, or sew it through and give it a good knot.
Then with your card open give her a good few spins around. Hold her still whilst you close the card and then when your recipient opens it she will spin around for them! I LOVE it!!!
Here's how she spins....
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! too cute!!! My first week of Slimming World went rather fabulously too!! on my weigh in on Saturday morning lost a whopping 4lb and I am so excited about that because I was thinking I would lose 2lb at the very most!! I don't expect to lose that every week, slowly slowly catchy monkey is best I think but a good chunk off to start made my week!! Right, I need to get a wriggle on and get a cuppa!! I have my hospital check up with my surgeon today (...gulp! haven't seen him in a long time!!!) I'm not actually sure what I have to go for today so I am hoping he will have the results of my mammogram from last week and maybe some news about when I can be less like The Hunchtit of Notre Dame and more like a Barbie doll...lol!! ( seriously though...those dolls have no nipples so I strive to be like one of them boobwise!! romfl!!!!).
I've had a hectic kind of morning having my CT scan (...whoot whoot though! totally escaped needing a cannula for contrast which I was worried about!!!) and I am only just getting to turning on my big pooter for blogging and general friday noseying around the internet!! he he!! but I have been so excited for my MIC Gal posty day to come around so I could share this super fun make with you....
squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! I LOVE it!! especially since when I saw our next Make It Crafty Colouring challenge- Skin- was going to be skin I could not think of what the floof to do for the challenge!!
Then Zoe sent us the fabulous new Sweet Teens images . I was sat at my pooter listening to my Spotify playlist and on pinged A-Ha with 'Take on Me'........Oh!!!! Mind Blown!! I had a whoot whoot Bingo!!! moment and knew exactly what I wanted to do with Grooving Jake.
I printed Jake out twice, once on my normal colouring cardstock and once onto some Printable Acetate ( I get mine from Swedish Housecrafts so I linked it in for you all).Then it was just a case of using my scrumptious Magic Colour Slider dies to cut evrthing out tickety boo.
I coloured Jake up using all my Promarker Warm Greys to get that super cool 'cartoon character' effect and then once he was all ready to go I had super fun popping him into the little slider to make it look like a cartoon 'cell'
Now, I'll not waffle on any longer as y'all are probably having to click on your own tracklists to play the song some more....(........swoooooooooon....Morten Harket still does it for me!!! bwah ha ha ha!!!!) Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx
It's time for another fun challenge over on theTiddly Inks Challenge Blogand it's the first challenge of the Tiddly Inkers want you to channel your Tiddly!!...
Anything Tiddly Inks Goes!!
So put on your Tiddly mojo and go with the flow!!
(**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 was still feeling the superhero vibe when I made my DT make and let's face it, with Wonderwoman bears this cute who could resist????!!!!! I printed out some of my scrummy superhero papers and I also made myself a little quote sentiment using Antiope's words. Right, I need to scoot. Mo and I are off out for a little play with my BF's children because they are back to school tomorrow..yuck! Luckily I get Mo for an extra day...thought I have to be honest and say I would rather keep him at home a bit longer than even Thursday. Holiday times are just too short. I think the children should have longer off each time, you are only small but once. Huge hugs and Thank you's for popping in, Lou xxxx
I'm in for you today and I am sharing my Dream Team make using the amazing Lovebirdz.
There is a reason I absolutely adore this little image. When my wonderful Nana died she said to my Aunty that she would come back as a Robin to let us know she was ok. My Grandad loved Robins and nursed one back to health when I was little, that Robin visited Nana and Grandad every single day so I think that's why Nana chose a Robin to come back as.
When my Grandad died in October my Aunty saw the biggest, fattest Robin she had ever seen and it just makes me smile to think about it when I am having terrible missing Grandad days so I just had to use this image for my make today.
I merged them onto some of my favourite Nitwits collections papers...that's the absolute joy of .pngs files. I couldn't resist giving them some super loved up rosy cheeks thinking of them being my Nana and Grandad together again after so many years apart.
I have started slimming world. I'm so excited. I've decided to go it the group way ( I need the shame of weigh in to keep me focused!!!) I joined on saturday and have found it fabulous so far. For brekkie today I have made myself overnight oats with blueberries and raspberries and a splodge of Total 0% youghurt. I am super determined to shift some Lou blubber this year!!! there's plenty of me to loose so I know I can do it!!!!!
Well, my cuppa and oats are calling me! Have a wonderful day everyone! Thank you for popping in, hugs Lou xxxx
I hope you've all had a wonderful Boxing Day. We've had another chill it out and just have fun day here in the Daubney House!!
I've tidied my craft room a bit so I can see big parts of my work surface now!! lol!! and I also had some fun making another lollipop/wand card (...I'm not sure what they call them but either way, they are a tonne of fun to make!!!).
Here's a closer look at the cuteness that is Taffy Lea, I think she's so sweet. I think since I found super cute paper straws in Lidl I have developed an obsession for having a go at these 'cards'....I have 3 boxes of the straws so I've got plenty more to play with!! lol!!!!
Well, it's time for me to let my head hit the pillow. I'm so sleepy tonight. I swear the less you do in your day, the more tired you get?!!!!! Thank you for popping in,
I hope you've all been having magical days. I know I have....and that's why I am uber late in posting my Dream Team make this week...but hey...them Big Man in the Red Coat comes first!! he he!! He arrived at our house at 4:15am this morning (......which was actually good going for Little Mo! he's normally found that Santa's sneaked in earlier than that!!!!) and we have had a wonderful day of playing with gifts, relaxing, yummy food and snuggles as well as Mo getting time to have a play online with his BF and me mount the stamps from my Magnolia Calendar kit! go family!!!!
I had so much fun making this little lollipop greeting using the super sweet Christmas Surfer Tot (PRECOLORED). I love these little pre-colours Maurie is starting to add to the store. I know this week I have been rushed off my feet with one thing and another so the ease of just printing out ready to go was a dream.
So, let's talk printing settings for these pre-colour images...I use Diamond White card and I print using a 'glossy paper' setting and the print quality on 'High'. I can use high quality because I won't be adding any promarker pens colour to the image.
Let's take a closer look at how this cutie came out............
The little sentiment came from the image, Warmest Wishes. I just love the font on that sentiment so much.
I added some super fun ruffle ribbon (...I LOVE this ribbon!! it's perfect for making lollipop greetings) and some twine with some teeny weeny bells sewn onto it! ooooooooooooooooh the cuteness!!!!
Oh, I do so hope your days have been magical everyone. I am going to go and get a lovely hot bath and pop my pj's on for the rest of the night. Mo has asked if he can stay up late...his exact words were ..."Can I stay up a little late tonight Mummy?" , to which I replied "Yes of course poppet" and his little reply was "Cool!! I've always wanted to stay up until 7pm"....sigh...yes people....my 13 year old little guy wants to stay up late....until 7pm????? bwah ha ha ha ha!!! but it is so super sweet I didn't have the heart to tell him it wasn't a very late night!!!!
Afternoon peeps!....though I'm not sure how it got to afternoon already?!!!!!
I thought I'd share my little christmas tree decoration with you all before I pootle off on the school run. I am so pleased it's the end of term because Mo is extremely ready for a break. He's exhausted and has really had enough this term!!
I've been chilling his morning and making this little decoration because that Super Elephant is just too cute not to play with!!
I added a few little adhesive gems in 'super'colours around the edge and popped a little circular mat of superhero paper on there too...jut because I love that kind of stuff!! he he!! there really is just something so cute about superhero makes, I just love them!!!
Right, I need to go and get a little snack before I go on the school run and start holiday time! Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx
I'm in today with my Dream Team posteroo using the world's cutest little Stocking Elf.
For this make I went for a wonderful mix of colouring, paper piecing,die cutting and distress inking!! but my oh my do I love how it all came together!!! the snowflakes inked in the background just look so pretty..............and there's nothing quite like a play with everything going kinda crafternoon right?!!!
I also made a little tag for Scott's tag-vent! I just couldn't resist the sweetness of him so printed him out super teeny and paper pieced him with the scraps leftover from my card version!! wahoooooooooooooooo! more crafty fun!!!!
