Tiddly Inks Challenge #215....Anything Tiddly Inks Goes!!!

Stamp- Pawfect Day clear stamp set.

Morning all!!

It's time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and it's one of my favourite Tiddly challenges ever!! I look forward to this every time it comes around! it is, of course, 

Anything Tiddly Goes!

let your inner Tiddly 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 just had to use the little bit of distress ink colouring practice I gave myself a couple of weeks ago for my make. I am so proud of the colouring because learning a new medium for me is no mean feat!! I love to stick with the safety net of my promarkers and a quick 10-minute colour up but this one took me 30 mins and it was just pure pleasure! I cannot even put into words how much I enjoyed this!!

I stamped the Wryn out first and then tried to line the little kitten stamp up so it looks like he is just playing with that little end of wryn's ponytail! soooo cute!!

Yesterday I saw my Little Mo off to Dorset at 6am in the morning. I swear there is actually nothing harder than waving off your little guy but I know he will have the best time and he is such a brave little guy for going. All last night and before he went this morning his nerves and anxiety were so high but as other children started arriving his magic little smile started to creep in and he was 100% fine by the time he had got on the coach with his best friend. I was so relieved and super proud. He's away now until Wednesday but I'm sure it will zoom by.

Look at that smile! I love it!

Right, time for me to go and get a cuppa and just kinda chill out with no school run to do!! Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx

Hoping..............

Image- Hoping.

Evening everyone,

I cannot settle tonight at all. Little Mo is going to Dorset on a school trip in the morning and my Mamma Bear heart is beating so hard and fast that it's making my stomach pit too! but don't worry, I'm being that 'awesomely excited for you but wanting to snuggle you up and keep you home in silence' kinda mummy! so you are getting some Lou waffle!!

I needed a thank you card for an extremely special lady this week, my slimming world consultant, Sarah. She is such a very special lady and has looked after me losing weight so very well since the last Saturday in December 2017. I am desperately sad to see her go but utterly happy she is following her heart and doing what she needs. 

I wish she realised just how much she has helped me. Since my first operation for breast cancer last year, I have been waiting ever so patiently to have the other boobie made smaller to match. I noticed that in December that one of the Breast Cancer groups I am on had a couple of ladies who also needed a reduction and they were refused until they had lost some weight. I utterly panicked because I knew I had staked on the weight with ops, chemo and rads and just general poopy eating habits. I was so terrified that when my appointment came round for my surgeon to talk to me about reduction I would also be refused due to needing to loose weight so I got on the job, pushed my going out into the big world and joining a group anxieties to the back of my head and joined Sarah's group. Now, I may be biased, but it is seriously the best group...EVER! I seriously joined the most supportive and caring group of people I have ever met...and all at 8:30am on a Saturday morning when most people would be enjoying a lie in or grumpily looking into a full coffee cup trying to wake up!!  

A few weeks ago I achieved my mini target of 2st off by June, and do you know what? when I went for my wound review on Wednesday my BCN told me she absolutely thinks I did a fantastic thing losing my weight and it will definitely of helped me in both being allowed to have my op and my recovery from it. How magic is that?? 

I am working on getting my 3st off target got to now. I have 7lb to go and I'm happily just pootling down to it at my own Lou pace but I really have started to notice a difference in clothing and umphness recently, it does feel rather blooming brilliant! so, a very special card was needed for my last group with Sarah yesterday.

I was so absolutely excited to find Hoping in the store! she is just absolutely perfect!!!

I cannot believe she was just sitting there quietly in the store hoping away when there are so many of us that can use this super sweet image. I think I printed her out faster than I have printed anything out in a while is sheer excitement at the perfectness of her!!! lol!!!

She was coloured up. splodge on the card and Lou froo'd in no time, ready to be given on Saturday when I got to group. oooooh, I can't tell you how much I will miss Sarah as a group leader but we are super lucky that she forced...encouraged...an amazing member from our group to train up to slimming world standards to take over our Saturday morning huddle. It's such a relief to know the person who is going to take over in helping me and the rest of my amazing group to our targets...he 'Will' (he he!! see what I did there? his name is actually Will!!!) of course, be broke because we will all be target members in no time but hey...we can start a Saturday morning coffee club instead!! bwah ha ha ha ha!!!

Right, this mamma bear needs to try and rest some and get some shut eye as we need to be at school for 5:45am at the latest in the morning...not a problem for us as we are normally up and on the go by then but just watch us all be zonked out for once! wouldn't that be a funny one?!!....errrr...No!! lol! alarm is set already for 4:30am to allow smooth moving for an easily unsettled Mo and lots of mummy cuddles!! he he!!

Thanks so much for popping in, Huge hugs Lou xxx

Loving wedding couple....

Hello everyone, I'm in with my Swedish Housecrafts DT for you today and I've been having super fun playing with a criss cross card fold.

I love this fold because of the beautiful ways you can decorate the 'card' you pull out of the criss cross pocket and the fun you can have decorating the outside of it. For this one, I used some simple lace from my stash and die cut the Gummiapan- Integrated Hearts die. Then I carefully cut away some of the hearts to leave me with the big heart and 2 smaller ones for decorating the centre.

Once I'd done that, I cut the Roxstamps special - Congrats die to pop on top of it. I cut it twice, once in my white cardstock and once in the kraft cardstock. I offset the kraft layer underneath when I glued them together to make a 'shadow'. Then I pressed the congrats into my Tsukineko Emboss Ink pad and covered them in ultra thick embossing powder. It looks so lovely IRL, I hope you can see from the photo.

For my Magnolia Stamps Wedding Collection- Loving Bridal Couple I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try some Distress ink colouring. I really enjoyed it. I need more practice but that's the whole fun of trying new things!!

Once I had coloured Tilda and Edwin and they were fully dry, I used my Tsukineko Emboss Ink pad with the Gummiapan- Worn Hearts stamp and randomly stamped them around the sides up to where I knew they would be hidden by the criss cross fold. Then I went over them with 2 different shades of gold perfect pearls dust. It is so shimmery but I cannot get that to show in the photo!!!

Then I popped my piece through my Bigshot using the beautiful Roxstamps- Curlicue Edge Decor die. I repeated that with a Kraft cardstock too and then slightly offset them at the top to make the 'shadow' again. I also tied a tiny little twine bow and glued it to the centre.

I decorated my Criss Cross card fold with some of the stunning papers in the Pion Designs- Summer falls into autumn 6x6 collection. They are so pretty I almost didn't want to cut them!!!

Right, time for me to scoot! I don't know what I'm going to do today yet but I can feel that crafty feeling so I'll go with it!!

Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx

Cupcake Hamster...

  Image- Cupcake Hamster.

 Morning everyone!

I'm popping in with my Dream Team make for Mo's Digital Pencil today. I have decided that I can no longer wait until my Dream Team blog posting day because sitting here scheduling my blog post for over there is too tempting to just post on mine today!! hehe!!! And this little Hamster!!! oh my gosh!!! It's just so cute I want to squish his little full cheeks!! awwwwwww, It's too cute!!!!

Let's take a closer look at the yummy cuteness!!! to get that 'furry' kind of texture on him I just coloured a little bit of cotton gauze with my blender pen and then squished it onto him once he was all coloured up. I love how it looks.

And then there's that yummy, scrummy pink frosting!!! eeeeeeep!! I love it!!! it looks delicious!! I just coloured it up and then splodged on some glossy accents and added a few real cupcake sprinkles to the places where the little drawn ones were!

I even felt umphy enough to turn the handle on my bigshot and cut out the letters for my niece's name!! go me!!!

Now...did my niece get her card on time even though it was made and ready....errrrrrrr...no she did not!!!! I feel so awful about it but then I think my niece would actually be more shocked if her card arrived on time!!! Luckily thanks to the cleverness of PayPal, she had her birthday pennies for her girls weekend away with my big sister so it's not all bad!!!!!

I have been pootling along quite nicely with recovery. I am doing good on not many painkillers at all ( I had 4 paracetamol yesterday and none yet today!! wahoooooo!!!!) and I've managed to get a fake kebab made (...Scott had to get the food processor out of the back of the cupboard for me but other than that, I've managed everything ok!!).

Right, I must pootle off and chop up some salad to go with this fake kebab, it's got 20 mins or so left in the oven and then it will be ready for nomming...which is good because we are all starving here!! lol!!

I hope you've all had gorgeous Sundays, thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx

You Rock.....

Stamp set- Dino-Mite clear stamp set (retired)...But don't worry!!

Image- Dino-Mite from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Bazzill Basics Dino-Mite.

Card layout Sketch from the gorgeous Dawny.

Good Morning all!!

It's Fab Friday over on the Tiddly Inks blog so I couldn't resist a little Dino-Mite . I really felt like a nice little bit of fun crafting time while I recover from my Booby reduction on the good side so I am no longer The Hunchtit from Notre Dame...!! I had my operation on Wednesday.

Of course, the stockings of doom have had to be re-applied for the next 2 weeks..

 My amazing surgeon practised his geometric graffiti skills...!!!!

I was given a new type of anaesthetic that is done by an infusion pump and you have a brain activity monitor popped on your head! very exciting but with my feather veins,getting the cannula was a struggle for them and then when the infusion started, it incredibly painful going in but my theatre nurses and anaesthetist were so lovely and caring and gave me pain meds to try and combat it. An hour and half later and I was in recovery, apparently having a wonderful chat with my Nana and Grandad!! The nurse thought it was hilarious but I can only remember waving goodbye to them as they walked back to their caravan?!! lol!!

 I was well enough to go home by 4pm which was wonderful. I cannot thank my surgeon, theatre staff and the gorgeous nurses on Branston Ward enough. They are always so wonderful when I am in the hospital.

 And now...well now I look a bit like this!! Oh, how I laughed on dressing investigation when I got home and saw this!! Firstly I thought my surgeon must have an S&M fetish going on but then sense told me it's so they can keep an eye on my nipple!!!! bwah ha ha ha ha!!!

So there we go!! the tale of Lou's week!!! he he!! 2 days later I am feeling pretty good really. I'm sore but not to the point of tears and am managing my painkillers really well with good breaks of 5-6 hours between them. 

Today I am going to try a weaker dose of 2 paracodol as I have been having 2 paracetamol and 30mg of codeine but it makes me feel quite nauseous so being as I am doing ok pain wise, I'm going to knock it down a little. I went from 3:30pm yesterday to right now, at 6:34am, once I have finished my breakfast before needing anything else so I'm on the right track!

Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxx

4 Dad...

Image- 4 Dad Boy S.

Papers- Crate Paper 'Boys Rule'.

Hello everyone!!

I know...it's a day early again but because it's Fathers Day, I wanted to share my Fathers Day make using 4 Dad Boy S.

Isn't he so cute?! I 'out of the box' nestied him to get him to fit in that cute little position. If you need help learning how to do that technique, please check out this fabulous tutorial HERE. 

Let's take a closer look at his cuteness!!.... awwwww!!!! I love him!!

I coloured him up so that his little picture of Dad has the colouring out of the lines some like a little dude would colour, sooooo sweet!!! My marvellous Little Mo liked this image and technique so much that he used it for his Grandad Prickly's birthday card but I didn't get chance to take a photo of it because he was so excited to get it written and in the envelope ready for today!! I absolutely adore that he makes cards for people like me, it's so special to know I've passed on a little thoughtfulness to him.

We've had a gorgeous day out at Yorkshire Wildlife Park today with Scott's mum and Dad. It was so special to spend Fathers Day with Scott's Dad and we had such a lovely time and now we are all pooped out and thinking zzzzzz's!!! It's such a gorgeous 'zoo' to go around though and the enclosures for the animals are just amazing. Mo's favourites are still the Polar Bears, closely followed by the Meerkats and the Giant Otters.

Right, I'm going to relax with a lovely liquorice tea and then I'm going to have a bath.I'm taking extra time on them this week ready for not being able to lie down in the bath for a little while after my op on Wednesday!! lol!!  Needs must and all that!!!

Thank you for popping in, Hugs Lou xx

Fixer Upper Edwin....

Stamp- Fixer Upper Edwin.

Dies-Fixer Upper Painting brush, Hardware & Hammer.

Papers- MME Boy Crazy.

Morning peeps!! 

I'm in for you today with my Swedish Housecrafts DT make and I think it's just perfect for Father's Day which is fast approaching us now.

Fixer Upper Edwin is just the sweetest little stamp to help you along with those slightly harder to make for males! and I ADORE him. I thought a little notebook for Dads' to jot down bits and bobs would make a really lovely father's day gift so using a little mini notepad bought from the shop, I got to work. You just need to gently remove the front cover and replace it with a piece of kraft cardstock. I allow 1/2cm for the "spine" of the notebook width and then a good 1.5cm to go down the back of the notebook so the front is secure. Once that's done, you are ready to decorate it!

I stamped Edwin out on some normal colouring cardstock and then onto some papers from my paper scrap box (the little pieces I find in there from my stash of used bits were just perfect for a little notebook altering!). Then it was time to colour up and have some fun paper piecing his hat and shirt to match! so cute!!

And how fabulous are the little screws and bolts in the Fixer Upper Painting brush, Hardware & Hammer dies set? I think they are just magic. They would be just perfect for a shaker card too you know! Just imagine those little screws and bolts floating around!!

Right, I need to get my butt into gear! I have my pre op appointment today...ooooh there's nothing quite like swabs around your nose and crotch area to check for MRSA!! I tell you, there's always something to look forward to in Lou world!!! romfl!!!

Have a magical monday peeps! Thank you for popping in, Hugs Lou xxx

March Hare...

Image- March Hare from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Sentiment- WMS Afternoon Tea stamp set.

Dies- Magnolia Doo Hickey 14.

Papers- Maja Designs Coffee in the Arbour.

Hellooooooooo everyone!!

I am sat here giggling because regular visitors to my little Lou corner of the blogging world will know that posts later on a Sunday afternoon from me mean I could not sit on my hands at all with my Mo's Digital Pencil DT make and I just had to blog it right away but seriously people...March Hare and tea...what's not to post???!!!!

We have had a really gorgeous weekend again in the little Daubney Trio. Yesterday we just pottered around and today we pootled off to the local downhill challenge. It was super to watch (...right up until Little Mo had a funny turn and did that thing where he goes pale white with blue lips...except today he added going face first into the wall he was leaning on and sliding down it much to the alarm of the poor lady in the food tent!! poor lady! I did explain to her that it happens!!). He was 100% again after a bit of a sit-down and a drink and a nibble on his beefburger so it was an easy fix but he just doesn't do too well in heat or places it's a bit crowdy.

This afternoon he and Daddy fixed up the remote control car and had some fun with it, then we snuggled up to watch Diary of a wimpy kid The long haul movie, then they went back out to play with the car so I grabbed some playtime of my own!!

I LOVE this March Hare from Mo's Digital Pencil. I always get my Little Mo to pick my image to use and he really liked this one because it reminded him of our Marvin bunny.

I had a lovely play with some of my Magnolia Doo Hickey 14 dies on this one too. They are the most gorgeous little tea themed bits. And that wonderful sentiment is from my Waltzing Mouse stamps 'Afternoon Tea' set my beautiful friend Jenny sent me last year. It is the most wonderful set and has some cracking tea sentiments on it. They have closed now but if you can find it anywhere it really is a good one to buy.

Right then, time for me to pootle off. I have real bunnies that want their munchy Excel nuggets for tea and their hay tube filling back up for nighttime munchability!!!

Thank you for popping in, huge hugs Lou xx

Tiddly Inks Challenge #214...Colour Inspiration.

 Image- Sloth's Life.

Papers- Crate Paper Earth Love.

Card base- Lori Whitlock Diagonal Fold Pop Up card.

Morning everyone!! 

It's time for another fun challenge over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and we felt it was time for some inspiration from the wonderful Seeds colour swatches...swoooon!! they really do rock a colour swatch selection over at Seeds.

'Colour Inspiration'

 So grab your images and colours from this palette and create away!!

 (**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 used the super sweet Sloth's Life image for my make and a super duper cut file by Lori Whitlock, all linked above!!

But oh the cuteness of that sloth! he has the softest look around his eyes, I adore him! Teamed up with those gorgeous Carte Paper papers which were so easy to merge him onto with him being a .PNG file that this card was just the most fun to make! 

And this is how he looks all tucked up in his little card ready to pop out and surprise someone!! 

Right, the school morning awaits me...urgh...roll on the end of term! I much prefer my Little Mo at home! it's too quiet without him!

Thank you for popping in and huge hugs, Lou xxxx

Here.......

Image- Here.

Papers- Echo Park- A perfect summer.

Hiyah everyone!

Well, I couldn't wait for Monday morning to come to post this little cutie so I just had to do it now!!

She is my super sweet make using Here. She so reminded me of my BF's icecream loving little lady that I knew she had to be the one for her birthday card....and I have to confess...I am super duper late in making all of my BF's little people their cards. I am a bad Lou. I have 6 more to go until I am caught up (... so I should have covered their birthdays by the time I need to get their Christmas cards made...!!!)

I glossy accented her little ice cream, welly boots and eyes to make them pop a bit too. She looks so super cute I could squish her!!!

Plus tomorrow I will be nursing the back to school mummy blues and going to my appointment at the Breast Clinic so I worried I might forget to share her cute little self here on my blog if I didn't do it now!!

I have had the most gorgeous half term holibobs time with my little guy. Scott managed to get most of the week off only working for 2 days so we have had some really lovely family time. My birthday was just lovely. We met Mo's best buddy from primary school and his gorgeous mummy and sister for a catch up day which was so needed as poor Sharon has been quite poorly with a nasty flu bug that turned even nastier and she ended up with a hospital stay so I haven't been able to see her for a long time now. 

Then on Saturday, I had the most amazing crafty day with Lou at Sir Stampalot and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it. I have already booked myself in for the October Christmas makes class! you can find the linky to book your place HERE. We did 3 amazing makes on Saturday so I can't wait to see what the Christmas makes hold!!

Right, it's time for me to get these achey bones to bed!!.and of course, snuggle the mini man before he nods off...though he's got his head in a Harry Potter book and would stay that way all night if I didn't prise it from his hands!!!!!

Thank you for popping in, hugs Lou xx