My Funky Fifteenth Spots and Stripes make!!!!

Hello peeps!!
Well this is a little later than planned due to Mr. Blogger eating up my scheduled post with its problems over the last day or so but better late than never here is my spots and stripes make for our Deb's Funky Fifteenth Spots and Stripes challenge this month.
There is still a day to go on it so get your Funky Hand papers out and get something made to join in for the chance to win a download from the shop.
A quick reminder that this months gorgeous rainbow stripey Get Funky! Freebie Download backing paper is still available on the funky hand website but you had best be quick as the freebie will only be available until the 14th of May as a new challenge will start on the 15th and there will be a new freebie download paper there then.

I used the extremely gorgeous January Blues colourway from the Craft The Year Away cd for my card, incorporating some of the super sweet digi stamps from the workspace on the inside too.

How fab is the workspace on the Craft The Year Away cd? and the fab news is that when you buy that one it upgrades the Dreams Come True and Colour Me Happy software too!!! Yey!!! 3 workspacesfor the price of one!!!!!

Well I had better get off now as I need to re-post my card for the the Daring cardmakers and  totally gorjuss

challenges as lovely Mr. Blogger has deleted it and my lovely comments from you all too, sob sob :(

Hugs Lou xxx

Papertake weekly Punch it out challenge.

Image- Did You Hear? from Tiddly Inks.

Punch- Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edge.

sentiment- Pink Petticoat freebie stamp set.

embossing- cuttlebug birds and swirls folder.

HA friendship defintion digi kit.

Hiyah peeps!!

I got some crafty time in over the last couple of days and this card is one I made for Papertake Weekly's challenge this week which is Fancy A Punch! 

I just loved the title of the challenge so I had to give it a go!!! and armed with my totally gorgeous new 'Did You Hear' image I got busy!! I still love the fact that I prefer to make a challenge card just for one challenge, then I can just really enjoy making it and not trying to think of plonking stuff on it just to match another challenge too- that would tax my teeny crafty brain too much!! lol ! I am such a slow crafter!!!

I felt like getting a bit messy too so I printed out my firendship defintion paper and distress inked it antique linen, then I screwed it up good and tight!! once I had opened it all up again  gave it a quick rub over with frayed burlap and I love how it came out. I teamed a bit of rafia in to match the colors up and made a couple of mats with some card that matched her boots and top.
I distressed the all the edges of my paper and my punched edge too.

Promarkers I used were....... Skin- blush and soft peach.Hair- sandstone, caramel and cocoa. Overalls and bird- denim blue, powder blue and pastel blue.

Oh and while I remember,  I printed out my image, coloured it in and stuck it on my challenge card....then Christy emailed to say she had changed the thumb on Lilli claire's right hand so if you do love her oodles and go to buy her, she has had a little cosmetic surgery and looks even more gorgeous than this one on my card now!!!

Right got to get me to work. I am feeling a little off colour today :(  so another cuppa is required in Lou land me thinks!!

Have a fabulous hump day peeps!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks Challenge 49- Anything Goes and Puzzler Adventure blog hop.

Image- Be Mine from Tiddly inks.

Morning (.....or evening) peeps!!!!

Tiddly Tuesday is upon us once more and what a corker it is this week,  have been excited since last week about the new images in the shop, they are just the sweetest little girls ever!! I love them and had to get to work on them right away!!!!!

Our challenge for you this week is simples!!! it is ...

Anything Goes!

so as long as you can create any project you like, with any theme, as long as you use a Tiddly Inks image!

And this week we have some fun planned from Christy too!!! Tiddly Inks is also hosting a little puzzle adventure today. If you came from Tracy's blog, then you are on the right track to solving the puzzle.

My puzzle piece is shown below!!

 

 The next puzzle piece is on Melissa 's blog. Once you have solved the puzzles and found the names in the "What's New" section, please email Christy at ccart87@gmail.com.com to get entered for her prizes. If you want more inspiration, stop by Christy's blog and check out her little blog hop. It is open until May 12."

I cxan't wait to go hopping around all your fab creations !!

Hugs Lou xxxxx

My first ever Tiddly Inks creation and some Tiddly Inking Fun!!

This week Christy celebrates the first birthday of the Tiddly Inks shop!!!

To celebrate  Christy has been hard at work making new images and a  new blog hop. All the details can be found on the Christy's Tiddly Inks Blog, you can click on the image to go see the hop details as this one has a fun twist to it.  You join us in the hop with your own Tiddly Inks creations!!!

So with it being the Tiddly Inks shop's first birthday, I thought it would be fun to share my first ever Tiddly Inks creation with you!!!
Pinky was the first image I ever bought. There was just something so awesome about her and I lurved her skully cupcake!!! so naturally the Down to my bones paper download was quickly added to my basket too!!! lol!!!!
And this is what I made with them........

 It feels like sooooo long ago since I made this!!!!

She is such an awesome image isn't she?! I had just got my first promarkers when I did this too so the colouring is probably sooooo dodgy!!!!!

I am going to make a cuppa now, get some breakfast then have a little bloggy womble . Have a great sunday peeps, Happy Mothers Day to all my friends across the pond and don't forget to check out the Tiddly Inks hop!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Rainbow stripey stripes!!!

Hello peeps!!

It has been a hectic week here in Lou land so I am pleased to get a bloggy post in today!! and I am really excited to share with you the new download collection from Funky Hand.
It is called Rainbow stripey stripes and I love it. Here's a little piccy of some of its yumminess, click on the piccy to get to the store for more info.

And here are a few more of my creations using this fabby new download!!

 Made using Dawn's fabby shirt card tutorial!!!!

Don't forget to click on the picture of the download to go see the rest of the funkette's awesome creations!!!

Right I am off to indulge in an evening of tv with my gorgeous hubby now.

Hugs Lou xxx

Mo Da Vinci !!

Morning peeps!!

Well this isn't a me post today, its a Mo post!!!!
When we went to the garden centre on monday Little Mo treated himself to a 6 pack of canvases for £2.99, bargain he said!!!!
As soon as we got ome he set to work on his first painting! he asked daddy what his favourite fruit was and daddy said cherries.......

Then he was off outside for a bit of a play with his little buddies. Half an hour later Mo Da Vinci was back and "fancied doing a bit more artwork" !!! oh he's so funny!!! I was informed it was my turn to have a picture. I was just noseyingat my good friend Christy's new little owl image and Mo saw it on the screen. "Ooooh mummy, I will do you an owl!" and off he set again!!!

Twoo cute!!!!

Then yesterday morning he decided he needed to paint his bestest friend, Dylan Dog. He has had him since the day he was born and Dylan still comes everywhere with us!!so he had a live drawing session with Dylan!!! He set him out as he wanted him and then got busy....

Yup, he's a bit asthma-y and sore in this picture! he was ok for the rest of the day though!

Dylan in the grass with flowers!

Awwwwww, his little face of concentration on each one is so sweet!!I have to admit Scott and I were both fairly surprised by how much time and concentration he took doing them,(... hence the proud mummy snapping away with the camera!!!!)
He drew his main part of the picture with pencil first and made up the backgrounds when painting the main picture! I love them!!!
Well, thats me for today i think, I am hoping to get out in my little crafty garage this afternoon when I get home from work and get some crafty time for me in!!!
Have a great day peeps !!  Hope this post made ya'll smile,
hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks treasure hunt image winner...

First I just want to thank each and every one of you for your lovely comments on my Tiddly treasure hunt cards. Each and every comment meant so much to me.

 The winner of the Me and You image, drawn by the lovely random generator is......

...and number 40 is...

Catherine!!

Congratulations!! you will love it. Please email me with your email addy and I will pass it onto Christy so she can send you your image!!

Tiddly Inks challenge 48- Mothers Day Flair!!

 Morning Peeps!!!

Its Tiddly Tuesday again which means time for a new challenge on the Tiddly inks challenge blog,and I hope you were all inspired from this weekends treasure hunt blog hop!! I know I was, I absolutely loved it and the Tiddly Inkers and their special guests made some totally awesome cards for you all to drool over!! The Tiddly Inks shop is tip top full of the gorgeous new images so don't forget to pop over and buy some in the sale!!!

I will be announcing my little winners prize of the awesome Me and You image tonight so please pop back in on me later!!

And so onto the Tiddly Inks new challenge for this week which is....

Create a card with a vintage mothers day theme!!

I have had a stash of gorgeous thin cardstock ever since I got my cricut, it seems to be never ending and I love it, I had some beautiful vintage ones in there so pulled one out for this challenge make. It has teeny roses all over the patterned piece and a weathered light brown on the other side, perfick!!!

I used another one of the yummy new images called You are on my mind. I thought she was just perfect standing their with her heart in her hands, awwwwwwww, and armed with my super cute Peek a Boo box template from Adela at AR Designs, I got busy!!

Isn't it just the cutest ever little box?! I cut it using my MTC software. I am going to pop a little bar of gardeners soap on there for my mum as she loves her gardening, especially now it is getting warmer and everything is pretty and beginning to flower, mo loves helping her to water everything with his little watering can!!!
The roses are also cut in MTC and the little swirls are from my BF fi's marianne's die (...which I have warned scott I will NEEEED!) and the little tag is made using stampin up tiny tag punch, love it!! and harrington font on my pooter.

I am entering this little boxy card in the cute and girly challenge blogs May challenge which is anything goes.
Please pop on over to see what the Tiddly Inkers have been creating for the challenge and have a fabulous Tiddly Tuesday!! hugs Lou xxx

Fi's cricut club swirl challenge!!

Morning peeps!!

I have had the most fabulous bank holiday weekend so far.
Thursday was an excellent day, full of fun royal wedding celebrations at work. Friday was a lovely day spent playing with Mo. Saturday was Fi's cricut club which I absolutely love and sunday was a fabulous day at twycross zoo with Mo and Scott. Mo loves the zoo so it is always gauranteed to be a magical day.

So onto my scrapbook page which you can see up there ^. Now it is no secret that I am an absolute learner when it comes to big 12x12 scrapbook pages!!!! and I have made myself a promise to do 1 12x12 scrapbook page a month this year.
Fi set us the challenge of using a swirl for our may challenge at club this month and I actually surprised myself with how quickly I thought of mine knowing I had a scrap page to get done!!!
I had taken this picture of my Nana to craft club with me. My Nana was an absolutely awesome lady and she died from cancer 13 years ago. She had amazing strength and courage and fought the disease for many years before leaving us. I loved her so very much and still struggle with missing her. It took me 13 years to be able to go into her and my grandad's bedroom  (which I did for the first time a few weeks ago when hoovering for my grandad!!).
Scott scanned ths picture for me a few months ago. Grandad and I had been pekking through some family photos and I thought this one of her when she was a little girl was beautiful.

I used the swirl square from the storybook cart and cut it at 10 3/4 ". I tucked Nana into some of the swirls.
The little butterflies are from storybook to and daft as it may sound they are there to symoblise her freedom from pain and innoncence as a child which she was in this picture. They have all got foam dots under them to pop them out a little from the page. The large corner one has some bling on it and the little ones have sakura clear star pen doodling on them but its hard to see!!!

My fabulous friend, Hev, gave me this gorgeous flower she had made using her new stampin up tim holtz cutting dies and isn't it just absolutely gorgeous?! they are all material and strokably yummy (...yup its about as close as I will ever get to stroking something Tim Holtz ;) .....) and I nestled my Nana title into the flower. She even stamped some yummy dots onto one of the layers too, I think it is awesome.

So thats me for today I think!!
I am going to treat myself to a womble to the garden centre today (.... when Scott has finished fixing the car...again....grrrrr) to get a little cupcake icing set for me and Mo to use when we are making fairy cakes. He really likes decorating them and is quite fabulous at it so I thought it would be a nice treat!! (...and my mum is desperate to try it out too!!!)

OOOh and don't forget you still have chance to hop with the Tiddly Inkers and our special guests for the chance to find some freebies and win some lush prizes and the sale is on too over on the Tiddly Inks shop so go get some bargains ready for the birthday celebrations blog hop on May 10th!! Just click on the piccy underneath to get started!!

So thank you so much for popping in on me!!
Hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks Treasure Hunt!!

Hello peeps and welcome to......

Tiddly Inks's first birthday celebration and Treasure Hunt Blog Hop!!

I am so pleased you have joined us for some Tiddly Inking fun and treasurey treats too!!

To get to little ole me, you should have come from Barbara's blog.

If you didn't get to me from the lovely Barbara's blog, please

 go back here to the shop for the starting place

 I don't want you to miss any treasure now do I?!!! and as an added bit of fun for you all, Christy has created the gorjuss Pirate Jane who has a special little message for you all to collect, so look out for her on my blog and jot down the letter she is looking after for me!! Don't forget you will need to start at the beginning to get the message right.

My little Tiddly creations for today use You and Me and Huggabugga. Christy created about 20 new images for her celebrations and you can find them all here in the shop.
This is Me and you Baby...

Incase you don't see the scurvy Jane she is right there on the left and looking after my letter for me, which is E.

And this is Huggabugga....

Now, as an added treat Christy is giving me the chance for one of my commenters to win the image I used on my card, so don't forget to leave a comment to be in with the chance to win You and Me  for yourself.

I will draw a winner using the random generator and post it at the end of the blog hop!

Now you have seen my little creations with a couple of the gorgeous new images in the shop,  ( and hopefully collected my Pirate Jane letter...) Please get back on your pirate ship and head on over to.

 Angela's blog




 and see what she has for you over there!!

Oooh and just a little reminder that Tiddly Inks will be having a sale May 1-3 to celebrate it’s first birthday. If you are interested, visit the shop and then plan to create a fun project for the challenges or the next blog hop on May 10.


On May 10, Tiddly Inks will hold another blog hop that is open to everyone. You can check out the details on Christy’s blog here. It will be part of TI’s fun birthday party celebration and the special prize for the that blog hop will be a chance to win a digital stamp customized and designed for you.

So, off you go!! find treasure!!

hugs Lou xx