Spookie Dooky from funky hand!!

I have had the best day today! It was cricut club here in little old Lincoln, organized by the wonderful Fi and there is nothing more magical than a room full of crafters and that lovely beeping sound going round the room as we all turn on, followed by the low buzzing of busy cutting machines!! I love it!!

And even more exciting, I had the new Spookie Dooky halloween download from Funky hand to play with too!!!

Anyone who knows me will know that I lurve halloween!! and I squealed with delight when Anice told us she was doing a halloween download and oh my goodness how awesome is it?!! It has 20 backing papers, 4 alphabits collections and spooky halloween toppers.

The funky hand girlies have all been busy with it and I got my chance to play today!!

First up was my little BOO! card. I loved making this card!

I cut one of the little bats out of a scrap of my orange batty paper and added him to the moon for an extra bit of spookiness!!

Then I had a scrap page kind of feeling!!! I have had this cute little piccy of Mo and Ryan since Mo's first halloween when we dressed him up as a little spider!! He looked so cute!! Mo being Mo slept the entire time we were trick or treating but he did get a lot of comments about being cute!!!

I added some extra pumpkins (with googley eyes!!) , fence and spooky webs from the paper doll dress up cart

(and my awesome friends had to help me a little with web placement!!! i just couldn't make up my mind at all, see that tells how often i manage to scrap!!!)

I just love funky halloween papers and Anice did an awesome job on this set getting the funky into halloween!!!! so get on over to funky hand to get your copy of the download and see what the rest of the DT have been creating with it.

This creation used....

Spookie Dooky download from funky hand.

Paper doll dress up cricut cart.

Tin Holtz frayed burlap distress ink.

Sakura pen ( can't remember the colour, sorry xx)

Off out to play a bit more now!! hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Hugs

Lou xxxxxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 24- Create an ATC or ACEO!

Tiddly Inks challenge 24?! already?! wow!! but they are just so much fun you can't resist them really!!!!

So this week was so much fun because Christy gave the DT a little ATC (or ACEO) challenge. I can tell you these little guys are just so addictive!! you make one then you get an idea for another and another......lol!!!! so I have 5 in total but I am sharing these 2 today and saving the rest for later in the week (....by which time they may of sat in my craft room and had more added to them!!!! lol!!!) so here's a few more details about the challenge this week...

We are creating ATC cards (some call them ACEOs). These little works of art are 2.5 x 3.5 inches and soooo cute. :)You have until next Monday night at 10 PM CST to link your ATC over on the challenge blog.

Here's a couple of closer piccies of my little cuties!!!

For this one I used Higglety. I think she is just way too cute!! I had a little play with her broom and a bit of rafia to give her some real sticks in her broom!!!! The backing paper on this one is Gossmere Paper, also from Tiddly Inks!! Higglety's little pet spider is all glossy , with a bit of martha's drippy goo to finish off in the backgound.

For this one I used the squishably cute Franko Boto ( now Franko Boto is actually Mo's Tiddly from one of his Tiddly Tuesdays shopping so don't tell him I borrowed him!!!) His little green heart is lovely and spica glitter green but its hard to see!! I love his little sentiment, I found them on a womble one day from the very talented Amanda. (check out her blog as she has the most awesome stuff on there.) I cuttlebugged his green paper and martha'd it with drippy goo again ( yup, i love the drippy goo punch!!). I added a bit of fine green glitter around the edge of this one sent to me by a very special friend ( you know who you are!! xxxxxxxxxxx)

The Tiddly Inkers have made the most awesome little ATC's so go over to the challenge blog and check them out.

And over on the Tiddly Inks PCP group Christy has put this week's freebie stamp , Ellie, on. She is so cute and all ready to go off trick or treating so go join the group and check her out!!!

These cutie creations used....

Higglety from Tiddly Inks.

Gossmere Paper from Tiddly Inks.

Franko Boto from Tiddly Inks.

Haunted Halloween labels from Amanda's blog.

Martha stewart fine glitter.

Martha stwart drippy goo punch.

Rafia.

Promarkers: skin on Higglety- vanilla and pastel pink. Dress and Patches- honeycomb.Hat/cloak- cool grey 2 and 3. Patches-grass. shoes- cool grey 4.

Frank boto-Skin- leaf green .Top/stripes- Amethyst. Stripes -honeycomb.

black sakura glaze pen for Higglety's polka dot dress and patches.

glossy accents for spidey!!!

I have a bunny rabbit to move now to make some space for the cavity wall insulating workmen today ( oh I am so pleased I have 4 hours at work to escape the noise today!!!!) so I had better get a move on!!

Thank you so much for popping in on me, I love visitors and comments. They really cheer up my day.

Hugs Lou xxxx

World cardmaking day!

Morning peeps!! I might have a few posts today!! I am treating myself to trying to make some cards today.

This one is for my gorgeous hubby Scott. Its a wordbbok kind of card featuring some old christmas photo's of my gorgeous little guys (....yup they have one of those mum's that dress them up and take piccies, poor boys they will be scarred for life!!! romfl!!!) but they do look sooooo cute!!! I love the one of Mo on his first christmas, he was 9 days old and everytime we picked him up his trousers fell off and his jumper went past his skinny knees!! awwww!!!

I used the fabulous All I want for christmas wordbook download from funkyhand for this one, I love it because it co-ordinates all the papers for me without me stressing for half a day if I used the right colours!!! lol!!!

I'll leave you with a few more piccies of the pages!!!

Ok, off out in the rain to walk to my little craft room now!! I will emerge later with some more cards!! what else could I possibly do on world cardmaking day?!!!

hugs Lou xxxxx

Cards from Clare's class.

Hello peeps!! Happy Saturday!!!
On thursday night I was extremely lucky and had a girly night with some of my bestest crafting buddies!! we had a little road trip out to Clare's lovely craft shop, Cloud9, in Horncastle for a class on using acetate in your card making.
Oh my, we had so much fun!!! there was only us 4 and Clare ( which is great because my nerves had kicked in nicely!!) lots of giggling involved and everyone made the most beautiful cards.
I loved both of the designs. Clare had kindly slaved for hours cutting all the little bits we needed to make our cards so really all I did was colour in an assemble using Clare's ready made cards of gorgeousness as a guide!!!!
I really enjoyed doing this Tilda mermaid one as I have these stamps and had never thought of using them in this way, Thank you Clare!!! Next week we are doing 'autumnal and earthy' so I can't wait for that.
You can find Fi's gorgeous take's on the same design here, Fi is much more cleverer than me when it comes to glitter so you can see on Fi's how the weeds were actually supposed to look!!!!
We haven't managed to get Pauline and Margaret to start a blog yet but we do try, Fi and I!!!! They both make the most beautiful cards. And if you fancy noseying in on Clare's blog, it is here.

We have spent most of the day listening to the motorbikes playing on RAF Waddington today, they are having a Help for Heroes fundraising day and racing big ducatti's around the base!! its very noisy!!!! brings back my childhood memories of spending days at Cadwell when my Aunty Patty and Uncle Charlie owned it. So much fun!!!
Well, sweet and sour chicken needs to be made for tea and mo is getting awful sleepy after a lovely bike ride whilst we walked the dog so I must get a wriggle on!!!
Huge hugs and big thanks to Clare, Fi, Margaret and Pauline for such a fabulous time on thursday night.
Lou xxxxxx

Get Funky- Take 5!!!

Good morning everybody!!!!!!

I cannot believe it is the first of october already!!! omgosh where did the month of september go? but on a much more positve note, its the 1st october today which means its time to Get Funky!!

Lythan set us the challenge of......

Take 5.

so you can make whatever you like, be it a scrap page, card, wall hanging or anything you feel inspired to make as long as you use 5 different funkyhand papers on it. The DT have come up with some absolute corkers again so please pop over to the challenge blog for more details and have a peek at what they have been making.

So here is a full picture of my Take 5 creation!!!

I decided to use some of the gorgeous papers from the All I Want For Christmas download to make little Mo some crackers for our christmas tree.

I made the pattern for these little cuties in my cricut design studio. They are just big enough to fit in a mini little kinder bar, (which is about the only chocolate Mo will eat apart from choccy buttons!!).

I wrapped a little bit of tinsel thread around the edges to sparkle them up. I just know Mo will have so much fun popping these on the tree, plus they don't bang (which is good as he doesn't like the noise of cracker snaps!!!)

So get on with making some funky creations peeps and remember to leave a comment linking them over on the Get Funky challenge blog, I can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Hugs Lou xxxx

Feeling a little bit christmassy!!!!

Morning peeps!!!

I wanted to share my edwin snow card with you all this morning. I made it with my cricut DS and a bit of cuttlebugging.I got my edwin from a stamp swap and I am so sorry I don't know what he is called but isn't he cute?!

I am so excited today because I am pootling off tonight with my BF Fi and 2 other very lovely ladies for a card making class. We will be exploring using acetate on our cards and I can't wait. I love learning about new things and its even nicer when I can go with friends as I am such a wuss at going out of the house!!!!!!

Last night I went to watch Eat, Love, Pray and it was absolutely fabulous, I loved it!!

Well, finally a sunny morning here too!! yey!!!!

This creation used....

promarkers- Skin-vanilla and pastel pink. Top and lantern- sandstone. Trousers- denim blue. Hair- sandstone and buttercup.

Cricut DS.

White linen card.

Swiss dots cuttlebug folder.

Blue chalk.

Vellum for snowy ground.

Antique linen Tim Holtz distress ink.

Got to dash....again!!! Thankyou for popping in on me!

Hugs Lou xxx

Baby sleeptight!!!

Morning everybody!!!

I was asked to make a baby card and this one is just too cute not to share!!! I used the cute little baby sleeptight, awwwwww!! you can just about see the little bit of sparkle on her face and on her stars under the glossy accents.

Here's the finished card!!!!

The paper on the inside mathces the outside but I forgot to take a piccy of the inside!!! lol!!!

Its dull, dreary and raining here again, yuk!!!!! I hope it clears up a bit for the weekend. I am soooo ready for the weekend already!!!!!

This creation used....

Sleeptight baby inks from Tiddly Inks.

Nitwits FBQ bear necessities download.

Tattered rose distress ink.

Promarkers: skin- vanilla and pastel pink. Babygrow- coral. Blanket- pastel pink. Moon- pastel biege and satin. Stars- pastel pink. Shading- cool grey 1.

A litte sparkle from my clear copic at you spica pen.

Glossy accents on the stars.

Martha stewart doily hearts punch.

Right in a rush for work as usual so must dash!!!

Hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 23- Crackle/ diamond glaze finishes!

Morning everyone!! Well, its Tiddly Tuesday again and as you can see I had super fun this week with my guest DT project!!
Over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog we have been having oodles of fun making cards and projects with crackle finishes and diamond glazes this week, and the DT have rocked again producing some fabulous inspiration for you all . The papers are from Funkyhand and go together perfectly with my little Frank Boto, he's so darn cute!!!!

I absolutely love halloween and take Mo trick or treating with my friends and family. We all go together, normally around 5:30pm and just womble for an hour enjoying every bodies decorations.

So for this weeks challenge......

All you need to do is pick your favorite Tiddly Inks image and create using diamond glaze or a crackle finish (Christy has added a yummy freebie crackle design paper in our PCP group this week) and link your card over on the challenge blog by next Monday night at 10 PM CST.

This creation used:

Tiddly Inks Frank Boto digi stamp.

Papers from Funkyhand's Colour Me happy Cd.

Promarkers- Honeycomb, Amethyst and leaf green.

Sentiment- computer generated with Gore font from dafont.

Crackle accents- on letters.

Glossy accents- on Frank boto.

( wanted to use both!!! lol!!!)

Martha Stewart Drippy goo punch.

Ribbons and fibres from my stash.

I need to finish this little book of with a few piccies from our halloween's past ( I'll post some piccies of it when its done!)and then it will be all fit for keeping for Mo in one of Anice's fabulous new wordbook envelopes. They are awesome and at the minute they come in packs of 10, 5 white and 5 ivory and I think they are just an excellent idea!! no more teasing 12x12 paper into a envelope shape!!!

Right, off to make a cuppa and have some snuggles with Mo before school!!! He has crafty club after school today while Scott and I have his parents evening!

Have a super day everyone!!

Hugs Lou xxx

Allsorts- plain and simple!

Morning everyone!!!!

We have been fora quick womble around the car boot, nothing interesting there today. I think the cold, damp weather has kept everyone at home today! so I thought I would pop a card on my blog.

This card is for a lovely friend whose birthday was yesterday ( I still have her card as I will be seeing her on thursday night!!) I chose to do a plain and simple card ( as I did want to post it!!) which is fabulous as the challenge over on Allsorts is plain and simple this week!! so this card is going in for that!!!!

And here's a little close up of my gorgeous little stampy!!! there's a little bit of glitter and gloss on the flower heads and they look really pretty.

This creation used:

My minds eye bloom and grow papers.

Lili of the valley- Rosie Posy.

Memento Rich cocoa ink.

Promarkers- skin- vanilla and pastel pink. Hair- sandstone and buttercup yellow. Clothes- pastel pink, pastel green and buttercup for the shoes. Bouquet- pastel pink and soft green for the flowers, pastel beige and buttercup for the paper. Shading - cool grey 1.

Kelly Pannici stitched borders stamp set.

Right must dash as I have a funkyhand creation on the go and Mo is eager to get on with it!!!Thank you so much for popping in on me.

Hugs Lou xxxx

funky noel with bells on!!!!

Good afternoon!!!!
hope you all have lovely weather like we do today. Scott and I droppped Mo off at school, treated ourselves to a lovely breakfast and then came home and set to work tidying up the garden. It looks nice at the moment....all ready for little Mo to come home and fill it back up with lego models and cars!!!!
So on my bloggy today we have a most funky and gorgeous wordbook using one of Anice's fabulous new wordbook downloads,This one used the traditional wordbook download which you can find here.
Its hard to see in the piccy but I printed it out on linen card and it looks so pretty with the texture in real life!!!!
Now to make you laugh a bit!!!
I finished the wordbook yesterday and pootled off to fetch Mo from school. I came home and took a couple of piccies, popped the memory card into my computer, looked at the piccies and thought ( like we all do.....) there naff, I'll take a better piccy when little mo goes to bed.
So I get mo settled off after a story and pootle back down to take a coupe more piccies........yup naff again so I resort to my lovely light box photo thingy.....more naff piccies. By this point I am getting a little stressed with my lovely purple canon ixus and deciding it must be going flat. I put it on charge and treat myself to watching the great british bake off,( mmmmm yummo food in the final, well deserved win Ed!!!)
Go back to take another picture, its poo too so I scream at camera and threaten to squish it into the floor and do a ceremonial camera squishing dance on it!!!!!! romfl!!!!
I take one picture today ( yep, just one!!) telling camera as I am taking it that if its a poo picture I will swap her for scott's 'all singing all dancing god I don't know which button to press' camera
.......and whoop whoop little purple camera does me proud today!!!!!! phew!!! the glitter on my letters still isn't as sparkly as it is in real life but it came out ok!!
so thats me for today!!!
huge hugs
Lou xxxx