Get Funky - Fabulous funky florals!!!

Morning everyone!!!!
I am so excited this morning because it is the first time I have made a challenge card for the Get Funky challenge blog being on the Funky hand DT!!!!!

Its Kathy's challenge this month and she set us the fabulous task of............

Fabulous Funky Floral Fantasy

The catch is that Kath wants to see lots of dimension in the way you use the flowers, so just a flower patterned paper, or a flat flowery image just won't do at all!!!!

When creating you flowery masterpieces, please remember your project will only be eligible for the prize if you use at least one Funky Hand product - Click HERE for a quick link to the Funky Hand, you will be spoilt for choice and if you were lucky enough to hit Anice's funky sale over last weekend its a perfect time to get exploring those cd's or downloads!!!!

So for my card I used the colour me happy cd. I wanted some flowers that would match the gorgeous funky flowery paper on the cd so I went for pleated flowers. They were so relaxing to make (especially after a little bit of help from my scorpal ,lol!!!). For the centres I made myself a couple of funky faux brads with a bit of scrap paper left over from the card base.

For the card base itself I printed straight onto my card blank with the flowery paper and then added the plain piece of linen looking paper to the bottom. I also made la little pleated paper ribbon to go across the centre of my card!

A quickly stamped sentiment and a few martha branches for leaves and the job was done!!!

The little pleated flowers are so much fun to make, I had a few more funky scraps left on my desk from a few other bits I had been making so I used some to make a funky little memo holder for my fridge!!!

....and here it is in action holding another one of my fav funkyhand cd's!!!!
Mo has been for his back to school haircut this morning. Please excuse the grimace on his face!! its a bit bright out there today and the sun got in his eyes!!! We went for 7:30am to daddy's hairdresser as he wanted his hair like daddy's!! He looks so cute!!!! he was most impressed when the man asked if he wanted gel on it and jumped at the chance!!!

I am off out into my craft room now to have a bit of a play while Mo is busy with his lego, its gorgeous here today so I have plomped him outside with his car mat on the decking and a bowl of water for putting his boats made out of lego in!! happy days!!!

Thank you for popping in and don't forget to pop over to get funky and take a peek at the dt's fabulous creations, they are all so pretty.

Hugs Lou xxx

My wedding cake- for Chris!!!!!!

Hello peeps!!!

Well I have had a fabulous day today, I was driven to Sir Stampalot by my very amazing hubby to watch Chris demoing. For anyone who hasn't seen the Sir Stamaplot girls in action, you definately need to, they are all awesome!!!

Chris had whipped through 5 totally gorgeous cards by the time I had to leave ( due to a very sleepy Mo who had been biking with daddy at ferry meadows!!) and had bought along a load of super stunners with her too. Go to her blog and keep checking back until she posts her advent calendar, OMG its was adorable!!!!

Just before I left, Lou and Fleur arrived, and a lot of other Sir Stampalottie Hotties!!!! for me it was a bit like being in a room full of famous people!! I pop in on people's blogs and love reading their posts and seeing their creations!! I am a bit shy in the real world so sorry if I don't say hello properly girls! I will get there in the end!!!!

So, while Chris was demoing we were chatting to Louise about what she had been up to on holiday and she had been to see shrek 4. Now my house are big shrek lovers, scott and I are probably the biggest shrek lovers on our house, this picture is our wedding cake!!!!! I am posting it for Chris and the other ladies!!! The lady who made it was awesome. We told her we wanted 3 layers, a stone path, dragon, donkey and shrek and fiona on top!! it had 2 choccy cake layers and the bottom was fruit cake. We kept our cake totally secret until the big day.

Right my head is buzzing with ideas after such a fab day and I have to go on my daily blog womble!!!

Thank you for popping in!!!

Hugs Lou xxxxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 18- Gear up for school!!

Hello!! I'm back!!!!!

I have been busy finishing up my challenge card for the tiddly inks challenge blog!! This week they it is time to gear up for school, which was perfect with my youngest niece fast approaching her first day at 'big girl school'.

With this momentous day almost here I decided a going to school kit was needed!!!! I made an easel card and then made up a little box with a window to go onto the bottom part of it.

I covered a small notebook, ruler and trusty ikea pencil with the blackboard paper and then found a little pair of red plastic scissors to complete the kit!! a little red ribbon taped to the notebook is holding the pencil nice and snug and was perfect to slip the scissors into.

I coloured up my schoolgirl with my promarkers and made a cute and made a cute little sentiment in word.

I did harriet's name with my yummy white fabric thickers and glittered up the edges a bit to match my colour scheme.

Now, I take a squillion photo's of my little mo in the hope that one day I will manage to do more than one scrapbook page a year. Mo has had a bit of a traumatic week this week with his 'best best bestest friend' moving away. This photo is of their hug on wednesday morning when we went to wave them off, you can just see mo's prized 'little red flying machine' that his best buddy bought him as a leaving present. I am still at the stage where this photo makes me all weepy and daft so I wanted to share it with you all.

....and just to prove he is doing ok, here is my little man after dressing himself completely independently for a party this afternoon, check out the tie!!!! he had a lovely time and that is fab as he is so funny about going to parties and will normally say no to going or chicken out and the last moment and want to stay home! it was my next door neighbours little girls 2nd birthday and he thinks she is 'so cute and small'!!!!!

This creation used:

school girl digi stamp- Tiddly Inks.

Blackboard paper- Tiddly Inks.

white hessian cardstock.

Charcoal chalk pad.

promarkers- tan, buttercup,sandstone-hair. vanilla,pastel pink-skin. pastel beige-socks.

copics-R35,R37-shirt and bow. B95,B97- skirt.

White fabric Thickers.

Red satin ribbon.

Computer generated sentiment- Baabookhmkbold

Bit of doodling- black sukura glaze pen.

I also want to send out a huge hug to Fleur and Vicky who made my week this week by sending me lovely awards, I will get them sorted out and posted tomorrow girlies but just wanted to let you know how much they meant to me, thank you so much xxxxxxxx

Right, cuppa calling me!!!

Big hugs Lou xxxxx

Fabulous and funky sale!!!!

Morning peeps!!!

I have been so busy over the past couple of days I havent hd chane to do too mch to show you today but I wanted to share the funkyhand bank holiday sale with you all so you can all grab yourself a bargain over the bank holiday weekend!!!

We have had a busy morning buying mo's new school shoes and plimsolls....not an easy job!!!!! took us 4 shops to find some plimsolls and then another shop to get the shoes but we are all kitted out and ready for the new term now!!

off to have some tomato sopu for lunch then mo has a party but I will be back tonight with a card...maybe 2 if i can get myself sorted enough!!!!!!!

so bye for now and don't forget to pop over to funkyhand!!!

Hugs Lou xxxxx

Fun with favour boxes!!

Morning everyone!!
when Scott and I got married I made all our wedding favour boxes myself using some flat pack cream coloured favour boxes I bought off good old ebay!!! I bought way too many but they were cheap so I still have a few left!!
I decided to experiment with one a couple of weeks ago when getting some little bits together for Anice and this is the result!! I think it is gorgeous!!
Because they were flat it was really easy to just stick them to a piece of paper with removable tape runner and then pop them into my printer!!
I used my Dreams come true cd from funkyahnd for this one and then added a little 'mr and mrs' sentiment from my computer using my oval punch set.
I love how the pattern on the paper turned it into something so sweet and elegant with just the click of a button on my laptop!!!
The yummy heart choccy ( which may still be in there depending on how hungry Anice and Corrina were when the Lou box of bits arrived......LOL!!!) is just a little choccy heart left from a huge box of thorntons choccies I got from one of the parents at work, what a yummy pressie!! I declare that all pressies should be edible!!!!! romfl!!!!
This Lou creation used:
Dreams Come True cd rom- Funkyhand.
A flat pack favour box from e-bay.
Stampin Up scalloped oval punch.
Stampin Up oval punch.
Sentiment- Computer generated- Bradleyhand font.
Black satin ribbon (thin)
A little bit of soft cream net from dunlem mill to line the box with.
Yummy choccy heart from Thorntons!!!

Huggies Lou xxxxxx

Lili of the valley for my grandad.

Morning everybody!!!!

It is my grandad's birthday today ad this is the card I made for him. It is quite simple and was a joy to make, I love it when cards happen like that!!!!!

The sun is shining at the moment which is nice as we had torrential rain here last night... didn't mind that either as it made the rowdy teenagers a few doors down having a bit of a get together quieten down a treat!!!!

I used watercolour paper again and I must say it comes out rather fabulous, the promarkers work a treat with it and don't bleed much at all and it leaves a lovely textured look and feel to the image.

I am attempting to be much more organised with my blog now after seeing my friends cool little lists at the botoom of what they used in their creation. I love this, it stops me thinking 'where is that from?' or 'what did they use there?'. A little enabling goes a long way!!! romfl!!!!!! so from now on my posts will have the little this creation used waffle like below!!!! with helpful little linkies!!! ( for enabling of course!!!!)

We are going for a womble over to the park again today for rock wall climbing and skateboarding!! Mo had great fun trying them out yesterday, sitting on his bottom on the skateboard and zooming down ramps!!

We are trying to squeeze in as much play with his little best friend as we can before he moves on wednesday, Mo is still rather upset about it all but the mummy's have been making plans for meeting up half way between our houses already!!! so he should be ok. There have been lots of tears and I am not at all sure how he will take the first day back at school without Callum there but I am sure he will be ok.....!!! I hope anyway!!! so.....

This creation used:

Stamp- Lili of the valley- Busy bears-pride and joy.

Papers- Funkyhand- Colour me happy.

Promarkers- sandstone,tan,leaf green,pear green, pastel blue, honeycomb,gold,pastel beige, henna and cool grey 1 and 2.

Paper- The Langton watercolour paper ( not cold pressed) as advised by the fabby laila from lotv!!!

Computer generated sentiment- Harrington font.

Hope this helps a little peeps!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!!

Huggies Lou xxxxxx

My funky bits that were on the TV!!!

Ok, so if you pop in on me often you will know I have just got my little DT position on the Funkyhand team.

I am so immensely proud and happy to be on the funkyhand DT, if I am honest I still can't quite believe it!!! I keep seeing my name on the sidebar on everyones blogs and still have to pinch myself!!

If any of you managed to get tuned in, Anice was on C&C on the 13th august demonstrating what the superb cd's, Colour me Happy and Dreams come true can do.

And there on the display of all the gorgeous and fabulous yummy creations from the amazing funky DT were 2 of my little creations, there was my cute little memo book and this DIY dad card. I squealed even more when Leone picked up my new baby elephant card out of the box near the end!! It is just so funny seeing your cards on the TV!!!!!

Needless to say we taped it and Mo has been showing every relation that visits us 'the funky lady', never mind mummy's cards!! he even knows where to find her on the sky planner!! its quite cute!!!

I love the Colour me happy Cd as it has some great 'manly' images on it!!! I picked out this DIY one, I just love all the little tools. They got a little bit of promarker treatment and a squeeze of glossy accents to make them look even cuter!!!!

The gorgeous browny red paper is from the delighted laughter colourway and I used a good old bit of garden string to go around the edges. I added some funky little faux brads made with scraps of my paper, a bit more twine across an ek dotted wave punched piece of paper and a cute little hammer charm. The 'dad' I cut on my cricut using a scrap of the paper I had left!! A bit of glossy accents on that too to make it stand out and job done!!

For this super cute little new baby card I stuck with the delighted laughter colours again, I printed my paper out and then popped it back into the printer to get my 'new baby' words using the digi alphabet on colour me happy, I love how you can choose the colours you want your alphabet to be and resize it to your needs, just fab!!!

I also printed the sweet little elephant out onto the patterned yellow.The little buttony strip behind him is a cuttlebug border.

Right I have 3 very gorgeous little people to feed now!!! toasties are on the menu today (....again!!! i think i have started a trend for them with these little peeps!!!!)

Thank you for popping in on me.

Hugs Lou xxx

Hello!!!
I have had a fabulous day today. A house full of little people and busying myself around them!! we decorated cakes, made ice lollies and I introduced them into the world of shrinkies!!!! oh they loved it!!! so a quick little post from me tonight.
I made this card a couple of weeks ago at craft club but I just haven't got round to blogging it yet!!!
I got this gorgeous edwin in a stamp swap and i love him!!! The little shells are from my magnolia stamp club treats and the cute little tags are SU. The paper is from my little 6x6 memory makers pad.
I added a little towel made out of kitchen roll to my cool dude surfer edwin!!!!! I just thought it made him look a bit cooler!!!! romfl!!!!
There are some whispy little clouds in the background i made by rubbing my antique linen distress inks over a little cloudy shaped piece of paper!!!!
Thankyou for popping in on me and taking a peek.
Hugs Lou xxxx

funky birthday!!

This is my second post today!!! I wishI could say I made 2 cards today but I haven't!! I made this one a couple of weeks ago ready to send off to Anice with some other funky bits!!!

I love the paper on this card, its from my funkyhand dreams come true cd along with its little digi stamp flowers that are in the extras part of the cd. I love the funky and modern papers and stamps on the cd, they are just so much fun to use!!

The scalloped cardbase is a craftwork cards one, distressed a bit around the edges with antique linen distress ink.

I cut the digi with an oval nestie and added a bit of green bling to the flowers and stamped on a little happy birthday sentiment.

I used a tiny bit of lace and ribbon across the middle to break it up.

For an extra bit of yumminess I folded back one of the corners and turned a scrap of my patterned paper to differ the direction of the stripes through the pattern to match the inside of the card and added a little brad to hold the rolled corner back.

That really is it for today!! the bike ride from yesterday has caught up with me and I have got all sleepy!!!! so off for a cuppa and a fig roll to wake me up enough for a monday night womble around everybodies blogs!!!

Hugs Lou xx

Tiddly Inks challenge 16-windows.

Hello peeps!!!

I had an absolutely wonderful day yesterday. We went to Grimsthorpe Castle with some special friends ( including mo's "best best best best best friend"!!!). We cycled for 9.4 miles, most of the ride was on lovely ground but there was some very definate off roading over bumpy grass that left my thighs a burning!!!! romfl! we had a gorgeous relaxed picnic lunch and then onto exploring the gardens and veggy patch and of course the adventure playground. All 3 boys adored going in with the deers and sheep and Mo was amazed by the male deers with huge antlers!

Today Mo and I have been watching the combine again! He is always memorised by this huge piece of machinery!! he absolutely loves them.

So enough Lou waffle and onto my card!!!!

The challenge over on Tiddly Inks challenge blog this week is windows. Now I have to admit my firs attempt I just couldn't warm to so I decided to go for clean and simple with this one. I have had this cute little girl, called watcha doing? for a while and not used her and she just lended herself to the window with her little peeking face and hands that fitted wonderfully over the window ledge.

And how awesome is the gothic window?!!! I love it.It comes with the gorgeous scattered brickwork around it too. I printed it out onto some linen cardstock to get a sort of rough stone look and coloured it all with my chalks.I really like the stoney chalky effect. You can just about see the gorgeous trees and grass through the window

I coloured my little girl with my promarkers and embossed her so she stands out through the window.

I went for an easel fold because they are sweet cards and used the sentiment that comes with the little girl to hold the easel up.

I am actually quite chuffed with a simple little card for today!!! will be making some more cards tonight as I have 4 birthdays coming this week!!! busy me!!!

Thank you for popping in!!!

Hugs Lou xxxxxx