Saturated Canary New Releases...quick..go now!! :)

 Image- Murray from Saturated Canary Digi's by Krista Smith.

papers- Huge Funky Love from Funky Hand

Squeeeeeeee!! its new release day over in the Saturated Canary Digi's Shop and omgosh!! you do not want to miss out on these little cuties!! they are all way too cute! I love them all and have managed to get a couple made up into cards for you to see just how cute they are!!!!!

So above we have the super cute Murray! oh I love her so much! she is just perfect for starting those easter creations!! I coloured her in with my promarkers and chalked in the grass and some clouds behind her.

The gorgeous heart paper is from Funky Hands Huge Funky Love wordbook download.

I used my lurvely new magnolia doo hickey die, sweet lovely lace. ooooh I love it, its so cute. and the flowers are from my tattered florals lord tim die.

Now the stitches stamp around the edges and little corners are a punch are what  Lou made me buy on saturday.....:) :)

And down below here we have Beach Baby!!  she was so cute I decided to keep her CAS. I printed her straight onto my card base and added one of my Simple Sentiments from Pink Petticoat. I popped some sakura starburst on her all over the place!! I couldn't help myself because she looks so warm and lovely and I wanted a nice blingy sunshine effect.

The clouds are my finger and some blue chalk again!!!! I love the get messy!!! 

Image- Beach Baby from Saturated canary Digi's by Krista Smith.

I am popping both these little cuties in for the Free and easy challenge over on the Allsorts challenge blog.
and the Anything goes challenge over on the papertake weekly challenge blog

So, quick, stop reading my waffles and go get these little cuties in your basket over in the shop!!! there are so many other gorgeous ones in there too!! I will get a few more things made tomorrow as Mo has requested a hamma bead making session tomorrow so we can cosy up in my craft room and craft together!!

Huge hugs and thank you for popping in on me

Lou xxxx

I love Sundays!!!

 papers- Huge Funky Love from Funky Hand

Craft the year away from Funky Hand

pink bazill bling

SU tracks roller

Hello Peeps!!

Oh boy do I love sundays. I have had the best day today. 

First we popped in on my mum and dad who live in my village, about a mile down the road from our house. Scott helped dad pop some wardrobes outside and then after a quick chat, Mo and Scott went home in the car and Holly and I plodded home across the viking way. It was gorgeous. The fields are still fill of snow and it was so quiet and peaceful. I had a big think on my way home and my thoughts just kept returning to how very lucky I am. I have an awesome husband and sons, a gorgeous dog and I have the most beautiful and talented crafty friends ( 2 of who I managed to get caught up with a little yesterday, Lou and Fleur, whilst watching Lou demo...omg she is insanely talented and such a wonderful person too....and very enabling so watch out :) :) !!)

(Oh and Lou, if you have popped in, the sweet lovely lace doo hickey die is a total must hun!!!! will be posting a creation later in the week!!!)

Anywhoo, we surprised Mo with a visit to the cinema this morning to watch Tin Tin and the secret of the unicorn, £5 for the 3 of us, bargain!! and it was just beautiful to watch Mo giggling away at the film!! it was super fun.

When we came home I got 30 mins to myself to make Mo's valentines card with a few scraps from my funky Hand scraps folder. I cut a little train on my cricut and filled the 2 hoppers with some hearts I cut from my love language cuttlebug die. The train track is my SU rolleraround tracks (yup, it is running out of ink but I figured it looked distressed ;) lol!!!)

Card finished and it was time to get on with a roast tea. Scott and Mo were busy playing Skylanders together on the PS3 so I decided to surprise them both by making heart shaped krispie cakes for pudding!!

I just made the krispie cake mix in the normal fashion (melted chocklit, butter,golden syrup and rice krispies) and then squdiged the mis good and tight into a heart shaped cookie cutter!! I pused them out gently and added a little gumy heart to each one whilst they were still gooey!! Mo loved them!! he said 

" mummy, they are so cute, you must really love me to give me chocolate"

romfl!! he is too funny!!!!

Now, while I remember Anice from Funky Hand has put a bit of exciting news over on the Funky Hand facebook page so make sure you pop in and like it for more information!!! :)

Right I am going to indulge myself in a nice deep hot bath now!! I hope you have all had fabby sundays too.

Google Follower news....

Morning Peeps!! 

I just want to let all my followers know about some changes to the google follower gadget that I just learnt from my gorgeous friend Debs.

To read more about it, please pop on over to Shelly's blog and read it here. 

I would be devastated if I lost any of you and couldn't come and sneaky in on your gorgeous creations so please click the little blue follow me bit on my new linky gadget on the top left of my sidebar so we can all stay in touch!! :) and don't forget to get your own too as the google one will be going real soon.

We are off to surprise Mo with a visit to the cinema now. Tin Tin is the kids club film so all 3 of us are off to the cinema for just £5 in total!! yey!!! bargain!!! I love surprising Mo with the cinema because he loves it!

Thank you so much, huge hugs Lou xxx

Heartfelt Love wryn..

Image-Heartfelt Love Wryn from Tiddly Inks

paper- Rainbow polka dots from Funky Hand

sentiment-from the I  ♥ You download at Funky Hand.

Promarkers- cool grey 1-5, black

ruby,crimson and cardinal red

sakura starburst pen

Its me again!!!!! told you I'd be back with another Wryn!! If you are looking for my Howdy Cowgirl Wryn's she's HERE!!


I used the sketch from Dawny P over on the papertake weekly blog so I could enter their challenge for this one. I am cutting it fine though!!! so it has had to be a post the piccy quick then come back to write the post job!!! I can never resist a Dawny sketch!!

So this is Hearfelt Love wryn and I think I may be in love!! I don't know what it is about these little wryn's but they are just so magical and cute!! I could colour them all day  because they just make me smile so much!!!

I decided to keep her mono. I do love mono, its so much fun to play with so she is a whole load of grey promarkers!! but she looks so darn cute!!! bit of a close up....

I had to add a teensy bit of bling to her dress and hearts and then some yummy pearls! love bling!!! and this is the song I was bopping along to as I made this card, its awesome

Ok, off to go finish up some ironing and get another load of washing on!! oooh its an exciting life I lead!!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks new release!! More Wryn's!!!!! wohooo!!

Image- Howdy Cowgirl Wryn.

Font- Bleeding Cowboys from Dafont

Promarkers- blush,sinkissed pink and coral-skin

sandstone,caramel and cocoa- browns

pastel blue,denim blue and midnight blue-denims

vanilla,putty and cinammon- hair

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!! there are new Wryn's over in the Tiddly Inks shop and omgosh you are going to love them!!!!! 

I have made a few cards with them so far but this morning I just had to share this super cute little Howdy Cowgirl Wryn! oooh I love her so much!! I had so much fun playing making this card!!! isn't she just the cutest ever?!!!! I love her little hobby horse!!

I popped her into a little text circle in word and then cut a nice big circle so that I could have some fun with a cardbase of cowgirly-ness!! :)
The card itself is 8x8 so there was plenty of room to have a good play around with space!!

The papers are from a huge stash I bought a few years ago from the kanban factory, they all went together so nicley. I added a little lasso in string and cut out some boot, sheriff stars and horse shoes from the scraps to make my embellies!!! I loved making this card so much!!
I am popping this little cutie over in the Free and easy challenge on the allsorts challenge blog.

So new Wryn's are in.......:) 

well here they are.... (and their piccies are of course linked to thier homes in the shop just to help you out a little :) :) I am sooo good to you all!!!!!!)

OMG!!! aren't they adorable????!! if I get chance to take a piccy I will be back later to show you my Heartfelt  Love Wryn card.

Right then off for a cuppa and Mo squishes!!! I am finally feeling a little more me today and not so sicky at all so thats great!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

why are you still reading.....quick go get those Wryn's :) :) :)ooxxoo

New Funky Hand release- I ♥ You.

 All papers and Images- I  ♥ You from Funky Hand.

Be my valentine sentiment- Betty Love 'n'that stamp set

Afternoon Peeps!!!!!

How are you all today?! we woke up to the most awesome snow day today!! I absolutely love snow! Mo, Holly and I were up and out of the door as fast as we could get out there!!!!

(Ahhhhhh, Happiness is walking the dog through the fields, with your little man by your side too, waffling away all things snowy and chattering away to God thanking him for a snowy play day. We walked back through our  estate and got home..............then I realised that in my excitement I had gotten Mo all togged up in his waterproofs, hat,gloves, wellies etc and I was still in my pj's.....:) romfl!!!)

So here's me, Mo and Holly! Scott took the picture as we returned from our walk!! well, it was fabulous fun even if anyone looking thought I was ever so strange!!!!

Awwwww,  look at Mo's happy face!! he is just about to snowball a poor unsuspecting Daddy!!! 

Anyway, enough Lou waffles!! I have super exciting news to share!!!!!!

Our gorgeous Anice,  from Funky Hand,  has been rushed off her poorly feet this week making you all a fabulous new download. Its called  I  ♥ You and it has 20 of the most awesome papers in, along with an alphas page and digis too!!! Here's a peek of it (....and in the name of enabling..if you click the piccy it will take you straight to the shop!!! believe me you neeeeeeeed this one!!)

I absolutely love it. The papers are perfick for valentines day but also everyday occasions. I have some favourites already, I adore the hearts paper on my card at the top and I love the squared paper that is on the birthday card below.....

And I love,love,love the stripes, digi and the little confetti hearts paper on this card....

I think I might drive you all bonkers with creations from this download because it is just such a funky and modern all rounder and I ♥ it!!!!!! :)

Right, off to colour in some new Wryn's from the amazing Christy Croll from Tiddly Inks now.....oooooh you will love them!!!!! they are toooooo cute!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge- Mermaids!

Image- Pearl from Tiddly Inks bargain basement!

Afternoon Peeps!!

How are you all this chilly, brrrr saturday?!! I am sick! granted I am feeling much better than I was last night when I was closely inspecting our toilet bowl but none the less I still feel rather icky blurgh!!

I had a burst of energy this morning which I spent taking my Holly dog for a quick walk. The vet said not to take her out for very long so a quick walk for us both was perfect. Then I spent 2 hours fast asleep whilst Mo and daddy went to the play area!

I have been itching to get my ATC done for the Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge blog and I printed out my gorgeous little Pearl from Tiddly Inks to help me out (...i actually printed 3 little mermaids out but only had the umpf to get this one done for now so hoping to get a couple more done before the challenge ends!!) I added a bit of blingy sparkley glamour dust to her tail and hat and did a few stamps of swirl around her. Her big juicy pearl is my waco pearl pen. I love it. You can make pearls as big/small as you like them just leave them to dry!! I added a teeny one to the paper flower I popped on her hat.

The sentiment is one of my magnolia stamps from my stash, it looks cute with a mermaid though!!

And just to make you all laugh your socks off, here is a piccy of me and Mo snuggled up watching Muppets in Manhattan this afternoon.

He decided he was poorly too and needed a kool strip on like mummy!! (..please excuse my sick girl smile!!!...and my top which is perching on top of my blanket and bringing out the best of me...:) lol!!)

Mo is pretending to be asleep!! romfl!!

Thankyou for popping in on me! 

huge hugs Lou xxx

Little Mo post!

 Morning Peeps!!

Ok, so we have a Little Mo post this morning!! I was so proud I had to take lots of piccies as he was going along!!! :)
Its Little Mo's teachers birthday today. When I got home from work last night Mo said they have been doing portraits at school and for Miss Cook's birthday he wanted to a do a portrait of her.
So he got out his canvas's and pencils.He always draws on his canvas's first which I think is a fab idea! he really took his time on this though and I think it has come out so beautifully.

 By the time he had gotten this pencil drawing done it was bath and bedtime so we had to leave it for the night. This morning as soon as he got up he wanted to finish it off as he needed to take it to school today, I have never seen him eat a crumpet so fast!!!! lol!!!
Painting was the job this morning so he got out his watercolours and got busy!! he asked for some help mixing the colour for the face as " I don't have the right pinky colour mummy"!

 A nice big brush and a blue background later and.......

 Here is Little Mo's teacher, Miss Cook!!

 I am so daftly proud of this painting! I love that he knows what he to do for a gift for someone without us having to give him ideas, I love that he prefers to make stuff rather than go buy it, I love that he sticks his little tongue out when he is busy concentrating and I absolutely love the cuteness in how nervous  he is to give his gift!! its so sweet.
And here's the little card he made for her on mummy's Happy Happy Birthday from Funky Hand...

Before he wrapped it I printed out these photographs and tied them together for her to keep. Mostly I do that because its cute but sometimes I do it because I am just amazed by how beautiful the things he makes are and the fact that sometimes I cannot believe he has actually sat and done them!!!! I don't know where his little love for painting comes from, I can't paint to save my life!!!!

Right off for work for me now. I am not feeling so well today...grrrrrr monthlies!! but I know keeping busy will keep me going!!!
Have a great day peeps!
huge hugs Lou xxxx

Saturated Canary challenge 10- Pink, Red & White

Image- Frizzy Jynx from Krista Smith's saturated Canary

Hello peeps!!!!

How are ya'll today??!! great I hope. Its time for another challenge on the Saturated Canary challenge blog and this time we have a colour challenge for you and its a cute one too, just perfect for those valentines creations!! so our challenge this time is....

Pink, Red and White.

I had fun with this one!! I printed my Frizzy Jynx at just 3" tall. (...Lou gets down on her knees and thanks letraset for fine tips for my promarkers!!!!) . I used my little Peek a Boo box from Adela's shop. I love this little box. 

I cut it out in white and then added a layer of red. I also added some little red die cut hearts from my love language cuttlebug die onto the handle. I cut out a couple of sentiments from the same die and put the 'love' across the perspex I had added to the circle cut out on the front of the box and hugs and kisses I popped on the inside.

I made a little bag of gummy hearts look cute and then popped them inside the box.

She looks so cute stood next to that little cut out and the flowers, I love her to bits!
Now it was sooooo dark and gloomy here yesterday when I was trying to take a photograph of this little cutie! so the bits that aren't showing up is the glitzy white glamour dust in the flower centre's and dotted all over the red layer on the front of the box, it looks really pretty IRL!! but can I get a photo....nooooooo!!!


The promarker colours I used on Frizzy Jynx are...
Skin- blush,soft peach and peach
Hair- vanilla,putty,caramel and cocoa
Top,bow and leggings-poppy and crimson and white sakura gel pen with red at you copic spica on the top.
Cardi and boots- pastel pink, cocktail pink and antique pink.

Please don't forget to pop over HERE to the Saturated Canary challenge blog and check out the other girls gorgeous creations too because they will make you  jaws drop!
huge hugs
Lou xxxxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 79- Special valentine!

Image- Silver Valentine from Tiddly Inks

Papers- Tail wags from Nitwit collections

Morning Peeps!!

Its that Tiddlying Time of the week again over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog!! and this week the Tiddly Inkers have set you a gorgeous challenge. I really enjoyed this one because it is about one of my favourite things........

Love!!!!

so all you need to do is grab your Tiddly Inks images and create a special valentine's card for someone you love, it can be anyone, your partner, son, daughter, Aunt, BF......Vin Diesel, Gerrard Butler, Edward, Jacob, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jnr........ :)

ooops, I think I got lost there a minute...:) back onto the card stuff......:)

I used the super adorable Silver Valentine for my card, she has the teensiest bit of colouring ever!! Iused my promarkers and she has cool grey 1 just on the inside lines and her cute little heart is poppy, crimson and cardinal red!!! 

I teamed her up with some nitwits papers. I made a layout for my card front and inside and made up a cute sentiment to go with her using my PSP and then merged silver onto the layout for the front of the card. I love this Tail Wags set, its got some gorgeous effects in it, check out the inside of the card below....

This card will be going to my little Holly dog for valentines day. She has had a really bad couple of nights and days with kennel cough :(  It started at 11:30pm on sunday night, poor little pickle. We got her to the vets asap yesterday morning and have got some antibiotics so I am hoping she will pick up a little bit today now they have been in her system for 24 hrs. I must admit to being very proud of her though as she was a star in the vets and even the vet thought she was lovely and said we had done so well to find her. He said she is around 3 years old which is lovely to know too.


Challenges I am entering with this card are...
Allsorts challenge - 1 or more hearts
Paper sundaes- valentine
The craft pad- show some love
one stitch at a time- Use a digi
The corrosive challenge blogs- I heart you

And....major squeeeeee....did you know this little gorgeous new little Wryn has been released today and I am a super proud mamma as my very own gorgeous Little Mo asked for this Wryn!! he had a few ideas and I sent them straight to Christy and Wryn and Mo- I love you most  is the result!! Mo absolutely adores this stamp and he has been doing a little happy dance around the room when he saw it on Christy's blog with a little mention for him!! bless him!! anyway..here she is......

She comes with the cutest sentiment too. 

So right now I am snuggled up with my little prince and my little princess. we are in complete routine denial and I feel like we could snuggle here for ages! Mo and I are plomped on Holly's bed with her!! its a lovely big bed and she has her head on Mo's knee and her paws on me!! Mornings like these totally rock!! Tonight I start my ALPHA course and I can't wait......though I am completely nervous of course !!!!


Don't forget to pop on over to see what the rest of those gorgeous Tiddly Inkers have been up to over on the challenge blog, they are just soooo good and all so loved up!!! :)


Huge hugs Lou xxxxx