Tiddly Inks Challenge 34- Just Be Me.

Morning peeps!!! Its Tiddly Tuesday again!!!! That means its time for another Tiddly challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog.

The challenge this week is........

 'Just Be Me'.

So get out your fav Tiddly Inks images and make a card that celebrates you. Don't forget to link your creations using the super cute inlinkz froggy guy over on the challenge blog before 10pm CST on Monday 24th January.

So onto my little offering this week!! Now I am a an extremely lucky chick because I have some extremely special friends, some of them I met in cyberspace, some of them IRL bt they are all such a part of me and who I am. They all know and understand me and know when I am struggling and need a blooming good shove to sort myself out!!!!

I made this card with one of them in particular who needs some extra Lou huggles at the moment.

I like to try and cheer people up by making them cards because that is ME!!! I make and enjoy making thinking I am going to put even a teensy smile on someone's face and that someone will know I made their card with just them in mind.

I chose to put my cute Donna image into use this week, I love her to bits and she went perfectly with a qoute from the very awesome Dolly Parton I wanted to use!! yey!! 2 of my favourites on one card ( .....though I can't get the song Jolene out of my head now...yep...thats the one...now I know y'all are singing along with me now!!!!! romfl!!!!!)

I teamed Donna up with some Funky Hand papers that reminded me of big juicy rain splotting down, I love watching the rain. I think she turned out so cute (its just a shame that its pitch black and I couldn't get a better piccy in my crafty garage!!!!)

Donna card recipe!!

Image- Donna from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Colour Me Happy and Dreams Come True

Papercraft factory from Funky Hand.

Promarkers- skin- vanilla and pastel pink.

Coat, wellies and umbrella- berry red and holly red.

Clothes- pastel blue.

Hair- errrr..primrose and buttercup i think!!!

Froggies- leaf green.

Antique Linen distress inks.

White gel pens dots all over.

Blue organza ribbon.

Heart charm.

Border stamps from Kelly Pannicci.

I have had a lovely day today as the postman finally bought the parcel I was waiting for and all I can say about that is whoop whoop wooohoooooo!!!! its fab!! yey!!!!

So I had better get myself moving and have a few cups of tea to wake myself up then I will be ready to face the day!!!

Thankyou for popping in on me!!!

Hugs

Lou xxxx

Hanging us up on the wall !!!!

Hello peeps!!!

How is everybody this fine monday? good I hope.

I have woken up feeling much better after working on this slushy wall hanging of me and Scott. Anybody who knows mw knows I have the most awesome husband and i love this photo from our wedding day. I don't do having my photo taken so this is a rare find!!!!

Our wedding day was absolutely amazing and I loved every minute so with feeling not quite myself at the weekend I needed something to pull me back and cheer me up.

I was inspired completely with Allison's theme over on the Get Funky challenge blog which is 'Going round in circles'  .

So I got out my Colour Me Happy papercraft factory (....yup, I use it a lot!!!) and printed a couple of romantic looking pinks and browns off the contented coffee colourway.

A bit of martha branch treatment, some cricut cut flowers and a bit of bling and hey presto it was done!!!!!

I printed the gorgeous verse I found on scrapbook.com a while ago around the edges of the circle using word.

Here's a little close up of the little fronds,flowers and bling!!!

Well, I must dash and pick the little man up from school, he wasn't enthused on the idea of school at all today so I am hoping he has had a nice day after worrying bless him.

Hugs

Lou xxx

Betty And Scott's yummy cake!

 Hello peeps!!!
Hope you are all having a super sunday!! its quite lovely here today, the sun is shining and its fairly warm too so we have had a morning of pootling around getting shopping and bits and now the boys have gone off to do boy stuff  on the field with daddy ( they left the house with a football, a cricket bat and a ball!) so mummy is getting some blog time in!!!

So onto my cake!!! now I have to confess I am not a great 'big'cake baker. Cupcakes and breads are more my thing but I treated myself to a huge cupcake shaped cake mould before christmas and yesterday on wimpy Lou day Scott asked for a cake.
This is what he got!!!!!
Now as I was icing it, I could here a little Mo scrabbling around in my crafty box that I had left on the table. He ws looking at my shrinkied Betty that I had been laying with earlier , he quite likes her!! and that gave me an idea!!! ( now excuse the hole in her heart, she is destined for my mobile phone on a little charm string, hence the hole!!!!) so on top (.....of yummy choccy fudge icing with a huge white chocolate chip in case she gets hungry :) !!) of the cake went Betty!!

 errrrrrrrr......... and this is what the cake looked like after lunch today when 3 hungry boys had attacked it!!!! bless her, Betty is holding fast on the edge of the hole that can be filled by other yummy stuff (......but I didn't have time to do that!!!! lol!!!!)

Betty Cup cake creation recipe!

Image-  Love 'n' that Betty stamp set from Funky Hand.

white shrinkies.

staz-on jet black ink.

watercolour pencils.

10 egg sponge cake mix!!

black ribbon from my stash.

3 hungry boys to demolish what you have baked!!!!

So today I am finishing off another little bit of something in my craft room once I have finished this post. I am feeling a little more myself today and had a lovely lie in this morning while Scott,Mo and Ryan came down to play. We still have our huge pile of games down from christmas as they are enjoying them so much, Frustration is the favourite this week!!
Have a fabulous day everybody!!
Huge Hugs
Lou xxx

Get Funky Funky 15th and oooooh Betty!!!

Morning peeps!!!

Well its the 15th of January and I am super excited for 2 reasons today!! 

1. today is the day when the Funkette's get their funk back on over on the Get Funky challenge blog!!!  Allison has set the challenge this month with a theme of 'Going round in circles' and because we are all so funky we are doing it a bit differently this month. Allison is starting us off today with her gorgeous circles theme ad has her awesome creation on the blog already, then every 3 days another DT member will add their bit of fabulousness ( i know this because i have peeked a few and they are delicious so you won't want to miss them!)
All you need to do is make your circle theme project, be it circle shaped or paper with circles in the design.
The only thing we ask is that you please include at least one funky hand product in your entry.
Now, don't fear if you don't have any Funky Hand papers because you will find a gorgeous freebie here in the Funky Hand store.

now for reason number 2 of excitedness...........
Betty is here!!!! wooohoooo!!! i have tentively been spending a couple of hours a day this week watching the Betty release countdown over on the shop!!! romfl!!! and I am so excited because it means I can share a bit of Betty on my blog now!!!! and here she is in all her Betty-ness!!!

I coloured her up with my promarkers and popped her on this cute little easel card. The little button holding up the easel is actually the 'love' heart' shaped stamp from the set with a little shrinkie treatment!!!!

There are 4 collections of Betty and I have to tell you she stamps like a dream, I have had so much fun with her and I love her to bits. I got the Love 'n' that set to play with and its so versatile. Along with Betty there are oodles of yummy little bits and sentiments too so they really are great sets. I am so excited about them. Please check out the little slide shows under the stamp collections over on the Funky Hand site as the Funkette's have been making some gorgeous bits with her.

OOOh Betty recipe!!

Image- Betty Love 'n' That stamp set from Funky Hand.

Sentiment from the same set.

Papers- Heart paper from Now Thats Funky from Funky Hand.

Black ribbed cardstock from my stash!!

Promarkers- skin- vanilla and pastel pink.

Hair-sandstone, pastel biege and copic ciaoW7

Dress- cool grey 3 and 4.

Choccy box- berry red and crimson.

Pink copic spica pan on flowers and ribbon.

white shrinkies.

A bit of inking and a bit of bling!!

Well, I have had a daft attack of my Lou nerves this morning, I get quite fed up with myself when I am having days like this. Instead I will be staring out of my living room window stalking the postman (....who in true Lincolnshire postie fashion has not bought me a package I really really want....!!!!)
Don't forget to get yourself over to the Get Funky challenge blog and check out Allison's gorgeous card ( she used Betty!!)
Have a fabby saturday peeps
Huge hugs Lou xxxxx

A quick little LOTV post!

Morning peeps!!!

I thought I would quickly share this little Rosie with presents card that I made for a lovely friend at work, I forgot to take it so she had it in time for her birthday yesterday but she will get it today!!! lol!!!!

I am so pleased it is friday!! this week I have felt so dopey!! I have craft club to look forward to tomorrow while the boys have a good old daddy day.

Must dash as I need much more tea and waking up before I go to work. Mo is busy creating a playmobil village in his bedroom and all I can here is lots of different little voices for the characters wafting down the stairs! its so cute it makes me giggle!!!

A rosie recipe!!!

Image- Rosie with presents from lili of the valley.

Promarkers- skin- vanilla and soft peach.

Dress- berry red and crimson.

Cloak and shoes- cool grey 3,4 and 5!!

Hair- sandstone and tan.

Pressies- sandstone, berry red and crimson.

Polka dots- sakura black glaze pen.

Highlights- white gel pen.

Papers from craftwork cards.

Martha stewart lace punch.

Red organza ribbon from the stash of Lou!

Have a fabulous friday peeps!!!
huge hugs
Lou xxxx

Swit Swoo!!!

 Morning peeps!!!

He, he,he!!! what a way to be greeted on my blog !!!!! by a nice pair!!! romfl!!!!

I made this cheeky card with an SVG shared by connie, please take a peek at her blog. Thank you Connie, its a really fun cut.

 I have made these bra and panties cards before but with having my new MTC I wanted to have a go at cutting one with that!!!! I get so excited about using it!!!!

I embossed the  bra panties with divine swirls to give them a lacey look and tied some black satin ribbons on the sides of the panties for a bit more swit swoo-ness!!!!! I added a little heart 'tattoo' with a little heart gem I had in my bitsand bobs box!!!

I added a little ribbon and a heart charm I bought a while ago from Clare's fabby shop, cloud 9, in horncastle. I added a bit of bling to the bra too!! couldn't resist!!! lol!!!

This card is for a friend to give to her boyfriend who is going away for a few weeks for valentines day! hope he likes it!!!

We had a lovely lie in this morning, Little Mo didn't wake up until 6am but poor Scott has woken up feeling really yukky. It has taken him an hour to get out of the bed but the daft bat has taken himself off to work now, I do wish he would of just stayed home today and rested a bit. I think he might have vertigo and he feels all icky and dizzy whenever he is not laying down.

The kettle is calling me to get another cuppa before I go to work so I will see you all later!!

Thank you for popping in!!

Huge thursday hugs

Lou xxxx

Passion for promarkers - Baby theme.

Morning peeps!!

I have been a busy bunny this week and have had a few card requests. This little cutie is for a friend at work who is waiting for the arrival of her little nephew!!!

I used one of my favourite ever Tiddly Inks images which is Baby Sleeptight. I love the way he is snoozing away tucked up on the moon.

I coloured him up with my promarkers and his little blanket is all fluffy with white flock.

I was quite pleased when I turned on my blogger dashboard this morning and the challenge on Passion for promarkers blog this week is a baby theme.

So I would like to enter this little cutie in their challenge.

Baby Sleeptight card recipe.

Image- Baby Sleeptight from Tiddly Inks.

Promarkers- skin vanilla and soft peach.

Moon-pastel biege. Babygro- pastel blue and denim blue.

Stars- gold, (highlighted with yellow copic spica.)

Shading- cool grey 1.

Sentiment- Fiskars baby clear stamp set.

Papers- DCWV Nana's Nursery (boy)

Lacey circles nestie.

Plain circle nestie.

Ribbon from stash and a bit of bling!

Well, I had better get ready to get on with my day as much as I would just love to sit here all day!!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!

Have a fabby day peeps, hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 33- Refresh me!!

Morning peeps!!

Over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog our first challenge of 2011! We all had a holiday time and are all so pleased to be back to creating with our tiddlies!!!  This weeks challenge is "Refresh Me".

So, what do you need to do you ask?!!!  Create an all white card using one of your Tiddly Inks images as you image .You are allowed to color your image but the rest of your card, embellishments, etc must be white! Create your project and then link it using the fab linky tool over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog. Please have your cards uploaded by next Tuesday, January 18th by 10pm EST.

I decided to with a new start theme for mine as my neighbours got married 3 days before christmas and I used the gothic cute Happy Couple for my project. Aren't they just great?!

I used lots of yummy blingy glitter on this creation! can you tell!! :)

So go get busy with your Tiddly Inks and join in with our first challenge of the year!!!

Happy Couple recipe.

Image- Tiddly Inks Happy Couple.

Promarkers- skin- vanilla and soft peach,

clothes- sandstone and pastel beige.

Flowers- from my stash. blinged up with glitter

and large flake snow glitter centres.

Martha Stewart branch punch.

Martha Stewart Doily Hearts punch.

Tiny hearts cuttlebug embsossing folder.

white satin ribbon.

Right then! a cup of tea and then work for me and school for little Mo!!!

Have a great day everyone!

Hugs Lou xxxx

Yaarrrggghhhh!!!

Hello peeps!!

Ok, so I couldn't resist another post today of this gorgeous little new pirate from Tiddly Inks. He is the greatest little guy and I had so much fun playing around with him.

His name is Dread Pirate Dylan and I love him to bits. The paper is from Tiddly Inks too and I can see me getting seriously addicted to little pirate cards!!!!

Needless to say Little Mo was very impressed with Christy's Dread Pirate Dylan and has now requested a crew ( .....sorry Christy :) !!!!)

Heres a bit of a closer view of total yarrrrrggghhhh-ness!!!

Isn't he fab!!!! Right, that is definitely me done for today. Here's some card waffle!!!

 Yarrrghhhh !! recipe.

Image- Dread Pirate Dylan from Tiddly Inks.

Paper- Treasure Map colored from Tiddly inks.

Promarkers- skin vanilla and soft peach.

Clothes,boots and sword-cool grey 3 and 4. 

T-shirt and headscarf berry red.

Skull- pastel beige.

Lacey circles nestability.

Circle nestability.

My minds eye paper ( brown spotty!)

Thank you for popping back in!!!

Hugs Lou xxxx

LOTV New hat again!! I love this stamp!!

Morning peeps!!! Happy Monday!!!!

I am just getting myself all ready for work and school for Mo and I had a quick 5 mins to spare so thought I would share this little cutie with you all!

I love LOTV's New Hat stamp, it is one of my favourites! she just looks so sweet doesn't she?!!

Its so frosty here this morning! I am hoping for lots of lovely sunshine to brighten things up a bit today. We took a lovely walk in the sunshine yesterday at our local nature park but everything was still slippy and frozen, even the lake!! there were some very disgruntled dogs stood at the side of the lake with their balls i their mouths thinking "urgh?"!!! Zaky dog was most surprised when off he tootled to the edge for a quick drink and instead tried out ice skating!! bless him!!

New Hat recipe.

Stamp- LOTV's New Hat.

Promarkers- Skin -vanilla and pastel pink.

Clothes- Coral and Pear green. Her dress is paper pieced!

Papers- my minds eye.

Rafia.

Kelly Panicci border stamp set.

Must dash, the school run is calling me!!!
Hugs Lou xxxx