Tiddly Inks challenge 104- Critters!!

Morning Peeps!!! 

wohoooooo!! its Tiddly Tuesday!! that means its time for a super fun new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and this week we want to see....

Critters!!

yup, use any little Tiddly Inks Critter/ Animal on your makes this week! and please remember you must use a Tiddly Inks image on your creation!!

I absolutely love all things spooky so I had to go with one of the awesome clear stamp sets from Tiddly Inks...

I just love the rook and those super cute spiders!! and for the sentiment I headed straight to another fav clear stamp set Bugs n Kisses.

Well, how could I not on a spooky critters card?!!! its just perfect!!

I paper pieced her dress and hat and when I coloured her up I added a good bit of bling to her hair and rook using my copic spicas, they are so awesome for bling!!!

Right, time for another cuppa I think. I love half term with my little guy. We can just take it easy and let the day roll however we fancy. Its kinda frosty and foggy here this morning so I am hoping by the time the sun rises it will be a bright and shiny day so we can take a walk somewhere with the dog. Mo slept in until 6:10am this morning so he is definitely on the mend which is just lovely, though he is all bunged up and icky snotty this morning so the vicks vapo rib will be getting good use today!!!!

Have an awesome day everyone and don't forget to pop in on the Tiddly Inkers over on the challenge blog to see what cute critter creations they have whipped up for you all!!

Huge hugs Lou xx

Dies to Die For challenge...Flower Power!!

Paper- First Edition Blank Canvas.

Stamps- Die-namics Gift card Greeting 2 Stamp set. 

Dies- Die-namics Fishtail layers Stax, Die-namics Layered Rose,

Die- namics Button Border. Cheery Lynn exotic butterfly.

Morning Peeps!! 

Today its challenge time over at Dies to Die for!

RULES:

* All entries must have at least one Dies to Die for product on..

* You can combine our challenge with NO MORE THAN 3 OTHER CHALLENGES.

* You must link back to the Dies to Die for Blog

* NO back linking, new projects/cards only please...

* Only 2 Entires per person please..

* Entries which fail to observe the above will be removed and will not be eligible for the prize...

This month our theme is Flower Power - Anything goes with a flower theme.

We have a £25 voucher to spend at Dies to Die for again this month so don't forget to join in the fun!!!

So for my card I just had to use those yummy Blank canvas papers! I absolutely love them and I felt like trying something a little different for me and making a card with just a sentiment on it. I picked the paper that had oodles of flower power and a sprinkling of glitter and I love this sentiment from the new Die-namics greeting card 2 set. I couldn't help but squeeze in a little exotic butterfly to rest on the flower too!

Right, got to get me moving! Mo and I are popping down to see my big sister and her children today and take the furball princess for a walk around the park near my sisters house. Scott,Mo and I went yesterday and it was gorgeous, its a bit chillier today and the sun hasn't made an appearance yet but Mo has already decided on tree climbing so he's not too bothered!! then this afternoon we have another appointment with the DR to see what we need to do next with the little man! he is waiting for an ultrasound on his tummy and maybe some blood tests but he has picked up an awful lot over the last couple of days so its lovely to see him being smiley!!

have a great day peeps!! huge hugs Lou xxx

Saturated Canary challenge 37.....

Stamp- Valentine Petals and sentiments.

Morning Peeps!!

Ok so I am squeezing this post in a little early but its Valentines day here in the UK right now and I just can't resist sharing my super cute DT make for the new challenge over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog!! (...though you will have to peek in there later just to make sure what the theme is :) !!)

Da Boss lady, Krista, sent me 2 stamps that I chose from the CHA release and I was itching to get this little cutie all inked up, and I was in a kinda grungey, pretty and inky mood too so she got the whole works!!

And the challenge rules are super easy too so please remember to follow them...

You must use either a:

Saturated Canary Digi, 

Saturated Canary rubber stamp, 

or Simply Sassy rubber stamp 

and follow the theme of the challenge.

and please remember you can only enter once.

And please turn off your word verification and turn on comment moderation, you

just need to  need to go to Customise > Settings > Comments > then scroll down to where it says comment moderation and select always (it won't stop anybody commenting but they won't show on your blog till you approve them). Then you scroll down to show word verification for comments? and select No 

Our DT don't want to miss any entries but word verification is becoming

increasingly hard and we have a whole lot of gorgeous makes we don't want to

miss out on leaving the love for :)

Thank you xxx

Right, time to get myself another cuppa ( spilt first one all over the table and ended up in tears because I am so exhausted!! I am seriously emotional when I am tired!! and we have all been up since 2:30am with a poorly Mo) no test results yet but this is how this mornings attempt to call the docs went ( my dear bloggy friend Fluff will know this routine well!!) ..... I pick up the phone at 8am and select the Drs phone number....

thankyou for calling, your call is in a queue and will be answered shortly....please continue to hold, your call will be answered shortly....... 

gotta love ringing the doctors.....

6 minutes later I am still holding,....(wondering what excatly I should hold on to and seriously contemplating the Drs neck?.....) and on the 7th minute an appointment was created......yeah I know its not quite the same as God resting on the 7th day but the relief of an appointment kinda feels the same.....!

So I am hoping for a little bit of relief for my little guy today......( preferably in the form of a huge snooze on the settee.........)

Have an awesome valentines day my gorgeous bloggy buddies,

Thank you for popping in on me, Huge hugs Lou xxx

Cheekies!!

image- (Retired) Cheekies from Pink Petticoat.

Heart Banner die.

black lace from my stash.

Morning Peeps!!! 

I am hoping I manage to write a legible blog post this morning because I've been up with the mo-ster in the night and my first 2 cuppa's of the morning haven't quite touched the surface yet! romfl!! 

So today I am sharing a little valentines make with you. A friend asked me for a card for her hubby as its her first married valentines day, awwww!! I bought this 'Cheekies' set from Pink Petticoat a few years ago and it has since retired but oh boy do I still love it to bits!! its just perfect for valentines day too!!

I coloured up the basque and pants with cool grey 3-5 promarkers and there is a lovely bit of glitz on it too but I couldn't get that to shop up too well (...well, at all really!!) in the photo!

And I needed a cheeky little sentiment inside too.......

so that's me for today peeps!! today I will be waiting for the Dr to ring and tell us the results from Mo's urine test. She said she wouldn't be able to give him some antibiotics for his infection until she knew where it was coming from and he has a UTI too so its all been great fun.........not!! its so hard trying to explain to an 8 yr old why you can't make his pain and poorlies go away :( and his little mouth (....or quite big mouth when he is crying...!!) is full of ulcers.

Have a totally wonderful day peeps, thank you for popping in on me
huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks new release clear stamps...squeeeee!!

Stamp set- Everyday Magic.

Morning Peeps!!

I am so excited to share the new release clear stamps from Tiddly Inks with you this morning....I have been counting down the minutes to getting my blog post done this morning until I could see them all in the shop ( ..especially as little Mo and I have been up since 1:30am because he is sick again...grrrrrr!!!!)

I loved every one of these new releases and had so much fun making some bits to show them off to you all. The other gorgeous Tiddly Inkers have been busy too so here's a link to all their blogs if you fancy noseying in on the gorgeousness!!!

I love how much versatility Christy has, we go from the gorgeous  Everyday Magic fairy above to some really great steampunky/victorian feeling stamp sets with the Stylish Friends and Grow Old Friends then onto the super cute mini and many friends set....LOVE THEM ALL!! (...got to get me that mini and many friends set in my basket so save one for me please guys!!)

Here's a super cute treat bag, I love making these!! here's a link to the tutorial I followed so you can knock up some of your own!

Stamp set- Stylish Friends.

and my last make with them for you is this wooden plaque...

Stamp set- Grow Old Friends.

And here's a little tutorial I made for you all so you can see the work in progress of this gorgeous little hanging wooden plaque, I so loved making this,it was nice to jump out of my comfort zone and embrace a new media!



and so to remind you of all the gorgeous new sets here's some piccies (all linked in to their home in the shop of course...) 


Squuuuuuueeeee! I so love them all!! I just need to get me some playtime with the mini and many friends set when Mo is a bit better.

Right time for me to go and sort out this little guy. I need to get his temp down from the 40°C it has been all night and get him drinking a bit more than he is before doing that lovely chore of trying to get through to the Drs surgery to get an appointment....I think they may even have a couple of chairs reserved for our use after all the times we've been just recently. I had a mummy date planned with one of my friends today so I am sad I cannot go but this little guy comes first and he needs major snugglies with mummy! and oh my, this will make you all laugh!!.....

I so love my night time conversations with Mo. Yetsreday evening he had a temp of 38.4 again so I gave him some calpol and he settled off. I went up to check it again at about 10pm and it had gone down a little, the conversation went..

Mummy- "oh mosey pickle why do you keep getting all hot and tempy?"

Sleepy no eyes open Mo replies - " probably because you fart a lot mummy" then rolls over and snuggles into his pillow...

Sigh!!!!!

Thank you for popping in on me today!! 
huge hugs Lou xxxx and smaller feverish hugs from Mo!!!

I'm Raptor Round Your Finger!!!

Stamp- MFT Doodle Garden I'm Raptor Round Your Finger.

Papers- First Edition Blank Canvas .

Dies-Die-namics Rustic Hearts ,Die-namics rounded banner stax,

Die-Namics Hexagon.

Twine-Divine twine Yellow Solid.

Morning Peeps!!

Its my day to post over on the DTDF inspiration blog so to cheer up your monday morning  I thought I'd post him here too!! awwwww isn't he just adorable??!! I love him to bits!!! I had so much fun pootling in my craft room making this little card yesterday afternoon.

I loved the look of the First Edition Blank Canvas papers I chose, the green one looks all scaly and the yellow one is just gorgeous!! I edged them all with Vintage Photo distress ink. ( well ya'll know I simply cannot resist a good old edgey ink!!!)

Now for that little cutie!! He is coloured up with my promarkers. I dotted my blender pen all over him to get some cute looking raptor skin look going on and I did a little stippling around the edges of him too. Then cut him out using those awesome rounded banner stax.

I popped his little cuteness on the inside of the card too and totally forgot to take a piccy until I remebered as I was writing this post.....Doh!! so I will pop a piccy of it on later!!

He totally reminds me of my own gorgeous little raptor.....

so he might be getting this little card!!

So as you can see I am loving pootling through my latest DT box from the gorgeous Tracy Kendall over at Dies To Die For!!

Challenges I am entering with this card are...

Allsorts challenge blog- Valentine theme..

Inky Chicks- Valentines/ anniversary theme. .

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes..

Its just me, Mo and the furball princess this morning as Mo's little breakfast buddy is being taken to school club by her mummy this week. Mo is a mix of missing her and enjoying a bit of mummy to himself in a morning!! little monkey!!! he keeps asking "when is Sophia coming?" quickly followed by "oooh lets have another snuggly mummy" !!! though I don't mind the snugglies one little bit!!

Right time for a cuppa and some nutella on oaty toast...mmmmmm...yummy!!

Thank you so much for popping in on little ole me!! 

(oooh and while I remember I fixed my comments as my gorgeous Pops let me know they were broked a bit, so you should be able to leave comments now without having to write them 2 or 3 times...though I have to admit I was tempted to post all your repeat comments peeps to make me feel more loved!!!!romfl!!!)

Huge hugs Lou xx

Little Ladybug...

Stamp- Little Ladybug from Saturated Canary LDRS.

Papers- MME Happy Day.

Sentiment- Flutterby to say Hi clear stamp set from Tiddly Inks.

Morning peeps!!

wohoooooo! its friday!!! :) now I was going to post this little cutie yesterday...but I forgot then last night I fell asleep and just could not wake myself up to do a blog post so you get her today instead!! :)

This is the gorgeous Little Ladybug stamp designed by my gorgeous Boss Lady Krista Smith and sent to me in a gorgeous little bundle of happy mail last week ( love you Krista, mwah xxx) the twine and little heart also came in the package of happiness so I had to add them on too!!! and just to remind you of our current colours challenge over on the SC challenge blog...

 You must use either a:

Saturated Canary Digi, 

Saturated Canary rubber stamp, 

or Simply Sassy rubber stamp 

and follow the theme of the challenge.

and please remember you can only enter once.

I am so looking forward to the weekend. Tonight we are treating Mo to tea the our local 2 for 1 pub, then on saturday Mo has his golf lesson and the furball princess is starting a new puppy school ( ..so tonight I well be cooking up some chicken for treats so she doesn't completely embarass me during class......!!) she has 6 weeks of lessons and gets a certificate at the end if she manages to do all the right furball princess stuff each week........!!!

So that's me for today!! have a fabulous friday all and I will be in to see you all when I get home tonight!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Digi Funk!!

image- flower cake .

papers- rainbow polkadots .

Dies- Die-namics fish tail layer stax.

Morning Peeps!!

I hope you are having a wonderful wednesday!! Little Mo slept in until 6am this morning which was lurvely but my bloggy post is a squidge later than normal due to enjoying the  'Scott has gone to work and Mo isn't up yet whole cosy bed to myself' thing :) :) :)

So better late than never I am popping in to show you some of the cards I have made using Anice's gorgeous new digi stamps. They are so sweet!! I couldn't decided which one to play with first so I just printed a few out and got crafty!! 

The yummy cake card digi is my fav I think, it was so much fun to colour up. And this is my friend's Fi's birthday card........sigh..it is still sat on my desk because I am totally useless at actually remembering to post the cards.......

The little flowers on this little tree stump house matched the new just for jen papers so well I just had to pop them together!!!

image- No1 tree stump lane.

papers- just for jen. 

and I was in a bit more of a rustic mood by the time I had gotten to this little tree stump house....

image- No 2 tree stump lane.

papers- Christmas Tree.

Fence- Memory Box Rounded Fence.

These are the lovliest digi's to colour and I am so happy Anice has branched out into doing her own stamps, she shouldn't be keeping cutie's like this all to herself now!!! :)

So today I am on the 3rd day of waiting for the Poppy cage to arrive!! I am so hoping it comes today but I am expecting another parcel too which I am over the top super excited about!! its this......

Squeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

I cannot wait to get started popping all my little bits and bobs in my PL box ( yup, I have been stashing them all whilst saving up for these pocket pages!!) 

Right time for a cuppa and bloggy womble!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 103...Love is in the air!!

Image- Emma and Jake Love Fully.

Morning Peeps!!

Its that Tiddly Time of week again where the Tiddly Inkers get their inky thang on over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and roll out another super fun challenge for you all!! and this week our theme is so much fun! this week its....

Love is in the air

Your creation can use any Tiddly Inks image you'd like but just make sure there is the theme of Love on your creation!!  Remember to link up before midnight on February 18th with your NEW creation using a Tiddly Inks image.  

I am still head over heels in love with Jake and Emma so they just had to be on my Tiddly valentines card! They are just so cute! For this one I cut out a heart aperture and then embossed my red paper with hearts before  popping it up on some foam tape. Then I coloured in the little sweethearts and tucked into the heart.

The words and the heart on this card are all from the same Love Language die and embossing set, it is one of my absolute favs and I use it all the time!! I cut some flowers out with my scraps and added them to the bottom of the heart. The flowers are made with the Die-namics Layered Rose.

So that's me for today!! I think I may be loosing my marbles a little though as I waited in all day for Poppy's new cage for the car to arrive yesterday and it wasn't even scheduled to be delivered until today and I almost forgot to add this card to our Tiddly DT blog but remembered to add the card for our next challenge....derrrrrrr!!!.....sigh..it must be my hormones!!!!

I am popping this little sweetie into a couple of challenges...

Top Tip Tuesdays blogs Let me call you sweetheart challenge. My Top Tip is on the flowers. I always love to make mine pop a little. I did cut them and then pop them on my foam mat and roll over them with my ball embosser, I love how they curl up. Then using a smaller flower punch I just do the same again and add it to the centre of my big flower then add a little glitter/bling/liquid pearls to the centre.

Passion for Promarkers blogs Add Sparkle challenge- Love those little bits of blingy in the centres of the flowers. Promarkers I used were..

Skin- blush, sunkissed pink, coral

jake's hair- Vanilla,putty,caramel

Emma's hair- sandstone,cocoa,burnt sienna

greys- cool grey1-5

reds- poppy,crimson,burgundy

Don't forget to pop in on the challenge blog and see what my gorgeous teamies have made and don't forget.....to join in the fun you will need to use a Tiddly Inks digi or stamp!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Feel better soon...

Morning Peeps!! 

I'm here this morning with a super cute little share for the DTDF inspiration blog using the some of the new Kraftin Kimmie stamps. This poorly little cutie is from the new Love is the best medicine stamp set and I actually squeeeeed when I saw this set in my DT goodies!!!

I cut her with the biggest Floral Oval nestabilitie and coloured her up with my promarkers. I distressed all the egdes with Vintage Photo distress ink, this is my fav colour distress ink at the moment because you can make it nice and light or good and deep all in one ink pad!! The super cute little sentiments come in the pack too!

The papers are MME Happy Day and they are gorgeous!! with a touch of Bazill Hopi cardstock behind them. I added a little bit of pink and orange cooling stripe ribbon and made a little bow with some twine wrapped around it. Those little corners are Cheery Lynn Lace Deco B.

Now for the back of my card and oh boy you are going to LOVE these little cuties!!!  I used the new Handmade Trinkets...

 How cute is she!!! there are 6 in the set and they are all totally gorgeous!! 

I am popping this little cutie over on the Kraftin Kimmie challenge blog which is show some texture, that juicy bow and twine hopefully do the trick!! :)

I have had such a nice weekend. We went for a wonderful walk in the old quarry on saturday, Mo loved it, there's nothing better for a stone obsessed 8 yr old than an old quarry and so did Scott!oh and not forgetting Poppy!! Here they all are exploring the wall of rock!!

And then yesterday Scott and I decided it was time to paint the garden fence. Our super lovely and fabulous new neighbour cut down the huge tree's that our old neighbour let grow out of control and the light that has been let into our garden again is just so wonderful. I went for a cream coloured paint to paint the fence with and even though my arm is aching like anything this morning it is just gorgeous looking out onto our garden because it feels all seasidey with our lovely new fence colour!!

Right that's it from me for today!! Have a fabulous monday everyone
Huge hugs Lou xxx