Happily Ever After on a Tiddly tuesday :)

Stamp- Happily Ever After clear stamp set from Tiddlyinks.

Papers-Websters Pages Botanicals.

Morning Everyone!!

How are you all this tremendous tuesday??!! fantastic I hope!! its a brrrrr cold one here this morning and we have been up and raring to go since the small human alarm clock went  off at 4:55am this morning.......so I have had plenty of time to make up a little valentines card ready for the season of love!!!! ooooh and while I am here, please pop in on Christy's Tiddly Inks blog because there are 2 super cute freebies over there for you!!

I ADORE this stamp set from Tiddly Inks...and even better its clear which makes masking off the image to work out where to stamp the hearts behind the gorgeous couple really easy.

I coloured this stamp a couple of weeks ago and it has just been sitting next to me on my desk making me think awwwwww since so I am super pleased it has made it to a card!!

To bring in the colour of her dress to the card  added a squidge of blue tutu trim. I LOVE this stuff!! its awesome!! and I don't waste any either! I trim it to just fit behind the scallop to the edge of the card on both sides!!

So, my RAK for today was a chilly one!! he he he!! Since I was up and wide awake I went out to de-frost my next door neighbours car as she had to go to work soon. (Her little girl, Sophia, is Mo's breakfast buddy!!). Here they are enjoying the snow last night when we got home from school....

yup, they threw those huge snowballs at each other right after I took the piccy!!!

So that's me for today peeps!!! I have a lot to do today as I am on doggy duty and pick up duty after school tonight so I am hoping to get in a little make or 2 in between things!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Words mean things.....

Stamps-Die-namics bookmark and die stamp set.

Dies- Die-Namics Fishtail flags layers stax .

Die- Namics Notched Border.

Papers- Carta Bella Alphabet Junction.

Twine

Morning Peeps!!

I hope you are having a wonderful monday, its Lou in with a post for you this morning.

So this morning make is a bit of a memory one for me. One of my crafty goals this year is to make a card/ scrap page inspired by a memory or moment that means a lot to me. When I was at school I had the most awesome teacher, Mrs. Hutchison and she had a beautiful way with words and the way she read stories and sang used to be so magical to me so this card is made with her fully in mind.

I used the carta bella alphabet junction papers because it is a childhood memory, trimmed down my base papers and ripped a little tear into at the top, curling the edges around my paper piecing tool!! I cut a Die- Namics notched border and fishtail flag and then wrapped some twine around it.All the stamps are from the Die-Namics bookmark die and stamp set. I distressed all the edges of my papers too for a bit of umpf!!!

The sentiment is popped up on some foam and I made the little book charm by stamping 4 of the book stamp and adding a little bookmark of twine before attaching it through the torn part.

Here's a side view so you can see a bit of dimension....

On the inside of the card I stamped the long 'Read This' stamp. I love it because its just perfect for writing your message above it.

Do you ever RAK? not a planned one but an on the spur of the moment real RAK ? .....

Yesterday Mo made me proud. We were cleaning out some of his dressing up outfits that have gotten way too small for him and he said he wanted to give them to someone,not throw them away so we thought of 2 little guys who might enjoy them and Mo knows live near us and got ready to go, then he decided he wanted to give them some of his sweeties too and made them a little bag of sweets to go with the costumes. He had gotten dressed as Harry Potter while we were sorting through so kept his outfit on to deliver the little packages. Then off we went to deliver them. Mo LOVED it, albeit a little shy on delivery on the way home he was floating on air and he said...

"I feel epic! I made 2 little boys really smile!"

swoon, I love my little guy so much. Here's a piccy of his little piles...

Mummy's RAK was pants by comparison to Mo's!! I took some dog food and puppy food to my friend who works for the RSPCA. Last week she mentioned that sometimes the homeless people with dogs come in asking for food for their dogs so I decided my RAK would be some food for them as we have been hanging on to our gorgeous Holly's last food bag and Poppy never went on to pouches so they weren't going to any use on our cupboard.Here's my pants offering!!

 

Though I have to say we felt like a million dollars all afternoon.  

That's all from me today! I am on breakfast buddy duty in a little while and need to get dressed still!!

Have a magical monday! thank you for popping in on me

huge hugs Lou xxx

Pitching in with a SMASH page :)

Morning Peeps!!
I hope you are all snuggly and warm on this freeeeezing sunday morning!!! we have a nice easy day today, Mo has a swim lesson at 10am but other than that the only thing we have planned is vegging out!!! 

So this morning I have 'Pitcher' to share with you all! Last year during a bloggy wombling session I downloaded this printable I LOVED it, its  from Lara on the Less cake,more Frosting blog, its just such an awesome quote that helps me to focus when I am having a not so chirpy Lou day and giving up on things!! and it was 100% perfect for a smash page with 'Pitcher', one of the new release stamps from the gorgeously awesome Krista Smith's Saturated Canary stamps from Little Darlings rubber stamps.
Isn't she just adorable???!! I think she is awesome!!! its a quick but cute page because its all about the image and the quote, why mess with perfection :)

Also Lara has been into the hospital for surgery soon so if you fancy popping in on her blog and leaving some love I am sure she would appreciate that oodles. Lara has asked for us to do a bit of a RAK so I am thinking of mine right now and what I can do for it!

Of course it wouldn't be any fun without any washi tape so I used a bit of my gorgeous cloudy sky one Krista sent me in happy mail a while ago! I stroke it more often than I use it but thats just me! I have a whole box of strokeable washi tapes!! he he he!!!! and the cute little stickers are from one of my We r memory makers sets, and a little twiney bit was needed too!! :) 

Right then,its time for a cuppa and a pintrest womble for CHA yumminess! I have been loving seeing all the gorgeous new bits popping up.

Have a super sunday,thank you for popping in on me
huge hugs Lou xxxxxx

New Saturated Canary stamps from Little Darlings stamps..

 Stamp- Gardener Gayle.

Morning all!!!

so I am very excitable this morning!!! he he he!!! its CHA and Little Darlings are releasing some completely delicious Saturated Canary stamps....squeeeeeeee!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE them all so I made 4 little bits to share with you today to show a few off!!! (...actually I made 8 bits but decided on these 4 for today!!! :) )

And there is going to be a live feed with the Little Darlings team at CHA between 1:30-2pm  EST (which is around 6:30pm I think if you are a UK peep) over on the Create and Craft channel, you just click the 'watch live' tab at the top of the page,then at 9:30pm tonight there is a show on them on create and craft too so don't forget to tune in!!!

So at the top we have Gardener Gayle. I used Jen's awesome sketch for this one, it was such a fab one I couldn't resist so Gayle is off over to the Deconstructed sketch challenge blog!! 

 Stamp- Lilliana.

Then we have the super cute Lilliana. I coloured her up and popped her on a little gift bag, I just need to fill  it with some goodies now!!! :)

Stamp- Zumba Chick.

This is Zumba Chick, I LOVE her!! I cannot Zumba to save my life but lots of my friends enjoy it so I loved making this card and thinking of them all!!

Stamp- Fairy Wishes.

and last but not least is the gorgeous Fairy Wishes. She swiftly got made into my wishlist book!! this book will soon be filled with my crafty neeeeeeeds!!!! he he he!!! she has a good old spray of glitter on her but getting a piccy is going to be tricky!!!

So I hope you enjoyed all my little peeks!! I am off to my Grandad's in a little while, one of the bonus's of being an early rising family means we can enjoy a family breakfast together so we are bundling ourselves off in the car,picking up my mum and going for a drive to Grandad's. We should be home by lunch for me to have a bit more of a play!! he he!!!

Have an awesome saturday peeps! and thank you so much for peeking in on me

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Super Striker...

Stamp- Super Striker from LOTV.

Morning Peeps!!!

How are you all this morning? great I hope. I am off to work today so thought I would squeeze in a post before I go!!!

I made this card a couple of weeks ago and forgot all about posting it! Its sooooo hard to make a card for a 13 yr old! no froo froo or little peep images allowed as its that first teen year!! romfl!!! Luckily Hugo loves his football so I could finally ink up my LOTV Super Striker for the first time!!!

I popped him on some foam and the papers are We R Memeory Keepers teen angst, they are old papers but soooooo cool! especially for teenagers!!!

The name and numbers are cut with my Tom Holtz Chip Block strip die and then given a good old coat of crackle accents.

Right off to sort myself with something for lunch...not sure what as we are experiencing after christmas no pennies no food at the moment!! he he he!!!

Thank you for popping in on me

Huge hugs Lou xxx

A beary cute post today :)

Image- Daisy Bear from LilyBoo Designs.

Papers- Huge funky Love wordbook from Funky Hand.

Morning Peeps!!

I hope you are all having or have planned a truly wonderful wednesday, I know I have! I was so lost when the little guy went back to school yesterday that I only got one card made in the morning and then walked around with the dog for the afternoon!! so I made myself a plan for today...drop Mo off at school, walk Poppy on the field near school, come home and craft until lunch, have lunch then craft some more, walk Poppy when I pick up Mo.....kerching! happiness!!!!

And I am very excited to share  a little make with one of my gorgeous big sister Sam's new digi's. This is Daisy Bear and awwwwwww he is so cutey patootie!!! ooooh and before I waffle on much more about it, got to let you now about the digi sale over at Cuddly Buddly.....

YEY!!! so onto Lou wafflies about Daisy Bear!!!! so this is my Mum's mothers day card...yep, I know I made it early but this year I so want to be on top of things as everything seemed a last minute rush with cards for my family, this year I am stepping up the pace and getting theirs to the top of my list and pootling through them. I am quite enjoying it too!

I coloured him up with my promarkers and then added a squidge of texture to him with my blender pen rubbed on an off cut of denim and then pressed onto his gorgeous furriness!!! then it was just a case of teaming the little guy up with some of my fav Funky Hand papers. I always have a tonne of this Huge Funky Love paper printed out! I LOVE it! and this cute little guy is going to go sit in the Inky Chicks first ever challenge which is Anything Goes.

so, do you want to see a couple more of Sam's new releases in action?..... squeeee! ok then!!!  I was going to do them in seperate posts but they are all just so cute I can't wait....

this is Love Bug Bear....

using the same papers and texture on the bear but a little pink mono tone bear, awwww!!
and here is Bunny Bear...

These papers are from the Shabby Saturday download and Craft the year away cd rom, and I had a little bit of help from a Little Mo on this one! he wrote 'Happy Easter' for me.

When I coloured this little bunny bear I coloured him up and then dotted all over him with my blender pen to get him all fluffy bunny feeling!! he's sooo cute!!

Right, time for a cuppa and a womble in on you all. Its been kinda quiet in bloggyland with commenting so I am off to leave some love incase you all pop in on me!!! he he he!!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 101...anything goes!!

Stamp- Warm Winter Wishes clear stamp set from Tiddly Inks.

Morning Peeps!!

Its time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog , its Anything Goes, a nice easy one to get you all going with your tiddly crafting for the new year!!! and even more exciting is the new releases in the Tiddly Inks shop from Christy for today! they are gorgeous!!! I used the gorgeous new Skater Wryn clear stamp set on my card for today. All the cute little stamps I used on my card are from the same set! I adore them all!! and the sentiments are gorgeous. I chose the 'skating by to say hi' one.

I am popping this little lady in the challenge over on the allsorts challenge blog too, their CAS challenge is what got me into stamping straight onto the card!!! I have to admit I am no good at CAS whatsoever!! the fear of stamoing straight onto my card took me 5 mins to get over and then I had to work up the courage to colour straight on there too!! and then to top it all off there is that ever growing urge to stick some embellies and ribbon on! oh my! I salute all CAS card makers because this was so tough!!!

So now for the new releases......may I just squeeeeeeee!!! digi stamps and clear ones!!! 

digi stamps.....

                                  

clear stamps....

you guys are spoilt for choice!!! 

and digi's....

Right, I have to get myself moving! Its the start of school term today (...much to Little Mo's dissappointment!!!) so we are back on for breakfast buddy duty with Mo's little friend Sophia and I need me a nice cuppa to get me woken up!!

have an awesome day and thank you for popping in on me

Hugs Lou xxxx

Tatiana Ketto.......

 Stamp- Stamping Bella Tatiana Ketto.

Papers- Persnickety by Lily bee Designs.

Bazzill cardstock- Rosey.

Corners-  Cherry Lynn Lace Deco B  .

Numbers- Tim Holtz alterations Chip Block die strip.

Border strip- Memory Box Cherish border.

Morning all!!

Hope you are all waking up to a great monday. Its my turn to share over on the DTDF blog this morning  and I decided to go and have a good old rummage through my stamp draw  (...yeah, ok ...one of my stamp draws...!!) to find some hidden treasures that I haven't used in a while!!

I came up with Tatiana Ketto. She was one of my first ever Stamping Bella buys and I love her. she just has a litte something about her that makes me smile whenever I colour her up and she is so easy to colour. Her hair is 2 tone with a slight hint of pink and it looks yummy!!

Here's a bling shot.....

The 40 has a good old covering of glossy accents on and it looks so cool!! The Lily Bee designs Persnickety papers just went so well with the colours I had chosen and who can resist a Memory Box border?.......not me!!! I love them!!! The Cherish border is easily one of my favourites.

Right! got to go! its my little Mo's last day of the school holidays and we are having a Mo and Mummy day. So far Mo has planned playing on Moshi Monsters while I craft so that sounds fab to me!! I love this little guy so much! he has everything covered!! he he he!!

Oh and did I get my craft desk tidy you ask?...well I got it to this...

and then we decided to do a bit of gardening as the weather was not rainy and quite warm! foggy but I feel fab for getting the garden tidied up a bit and I was going a little stir crazy with tidying......

Thank you for peeking in! have an awesome day

Huge hugs Lou xx

Does your desk look like mine?!! he he he!!!

Morning Peeps!!!

so as much as I would love to be crafting today I have a little mission and my mission is my craft desk!!!!!! so the piccy above is what it looked like 3 hours or so ago..... sigh..... and this is what it looks like now....

sigh deeper...!!! lol!!!! 

I have stopped for a cup of tea....about an hour ago......and will return to it soon.....once one has eaten copious amounts of yummy christmas danish butter biscuits from one of my gorgeous little peeps at work......

So it will hopefully be tidy by the end of this afternoon and then I can  make something.....by which time I will not actually know where anything is because it is tidy and whatever I need is not under the huge pile to the left or right of my 1ft crafting square space left under huge pile of stuff..........

Have an awesome sunday everyone, its gorgeous here. A getting really foggy now but the sun wass popping through earlier but so much like spring its weird!!! the birds are singing beautiful tunes and its not too cold either!!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

One Little Word...

Morning Peeps!!!
No make from me today! just a word!!
This year I will be beginning my first Project Life journey and I wanted to join in with the One Little Word project too. I am really excited about having something to focus in on and bought my self the digi Becky Higgins Celementine kit from Jessica Sprague.com to get me started.Then all I needed to do was choose a word....

So it has taken me almost a week to narrow down my word for 2013! I am not feeling too bad about it though because I saw my gorgeous buddy Carissa's post this morning and she had a huge list to decide on hers.
Me? I had 2 words on my list..Family and Breathe. I have been lamenting between the 2 because they are both gorgeous subjects to choose but my final choice was easy because of the moments with my family or in my life that make me Breathe, hence my one little word for 2013 is....

BREATHE.

and my reasoning? well,its easy really. 

To breathe is to live and there are moments in my life that take my breath away, moments that I love and will remember forever,then there are the moments that make me so sad I feel like I can't breath like when I read about the terrible shootings at Sandy Hook school. There are also those moments where I have to remember to breath to forget about it or stop myself from saying something negative...:) but all of these moments shape my life and thoughts so I think its a good word to choose.

So how I am going to remember to think on my word... I decided to have one little journal card in my project life layout a week devoted to my word so I can keep track on any of my thoughts or events that have happened that took my breath away ( ...or made me need to hold it and count to 10.......!!!!!) that way when I look back next year I can hold all of those moments dear and see how they shaped my 2013.

Right got to go, cooking the furball princess some chicken breast for her kong toy and need to umpf myself into making some lunch for work too!!
Have a fabulous friday everyone
huge hugs Lou xxx