Mini birthday card!!

Stamp- Mini and many friends from Tiddly Inks.

Morning everyone!!

Hope you are all raring to go for a fabulous friday!! This morning I have a mini make to share with you all!! its a mini card (4x4!!) and uses Mini!! 

I love this stamp set, its one of the cutest ones I have ever seen and so perfect for making those cute small cards. Here's a quick piccy of whats in the set....

Aren't they just adorable?!!

I teamed her up with some scraps left from my fav Pink Paislee and kraft papers and a little bit of lace that I bought from the market. She really is a little sweetheart!! the sentiment is from one of my Penny Black clearly transparent sets, Wonderful Day.

I am popping Mini over in the challenge on the i love promarkers blog which is lace and pearls. Here's my promarkers used listy!!...

Skin-blush, sunkissed pink and coral

Hair- sandstone and burnt sienna

Dress/shoes- burnt orange and spice

flowers- blush, sunkissed pink and coral

Right-o!! time for work for me! I am wishing today away so I can get home to spend time with my guys tonight! I love fridays because I know its almost time for the weekend!!

Have a wonderful day peeps!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Saturated Canary challenge 38.....

Stamp- Homework from Saturated Canary.

Papers- Crate Paper School Spirit.

Sentiment and pencils stamps-cc school logo's rubber stamp set.

Ribbon- Numbers Trim.

Hello!

Its time for another challenge over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog and this week its 

Good Verses Evil..

I struggled with this one!! so I went for a good image with an evil thing to happen!!!

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

Huge hugs Lou xxx

give a girl a blog and Saturated Canary Get together blog hop!!

Afternoon Peeps!!! 

Its time for the ..

blog hop!!

Krista and Kelly are both showcasing a their new release and I got to play with a stamp set from Kellie arrived and this gorgeous digi from Krista! squeeee!! they are both just so awesome!!

So here's the stamp set Kellie sent... its called 'Keen as Mustard' and I Love it!! its going to be perfect for my Project Life pages!!

its just so cool and totally versatile too!! I made a card for the hop and a couple of Journal cards for my project Life page, one for me to journal and one for Scott...

I used my yummy new Die- Namics notebook paper die, ooooh I am so addicted to this one!! Mo loves it too!! and its 3x4 so good for my PJL folder pages!! yipeeeee!!! now I just need to get Scott to write on his before I do mine!!!! lol!! I am of course hoping he gets a little slushy and loved up on it :)

Now for the exciting bit!! I get to choose 2 commenter's from my blog to win Krista's 'Jelly Bug' digi!!!!

Here's the hop order so get hopping and remember to leave a comment on all the blogs to be in with a chance to win!! 

Kellie.

Krista. 

Karyn.  

Maria.  

Jodie.  

Lou- that's me!!. 

Damaris.  

Alyce. 

Thank you for hopping in on me!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

LOTV birthday Blog hop!!

Stamp- Cho with Parasol. and paper lanterns. and Geisha companion set.

Papers- Basic Grey Lucille

Afternoon Peeps!!

so its been one of those days for me today!! (...yup the ones where I am totally dimb....hey...wait...thats most days for me!!!!) but I am coming out of the fog now!!

I so wanted to get this card made on monday but being ill put paid to that idea and still felt really rough yesterday so slept for 4 hours!! and finally today I get chance to make it but can I do flower arranging on cards.....errr..No!! so emergency facebook beep to my bestie and for a little tutorial advice and here I am with my make!! (...actually I should confess a little here, I finished the card and it went all sunny outside so I drove up to my friends house 10 miles away and let her dogs out for a play in the garden then I rang gorgeous hubby and went to meet him in the park near his work for a walk with Poppy, there's nothing like mid day handy holdy walk with gorgeous hubby to cheer up your day:) I also managed to publish a post that should be scheduled for 1am tomorrow morning, derrrrr...time zones confuse me....chocolate required.....!!)

And I should mention too that this card is for the.....

Did you all go peek in on the DT blog hop? it was awesome! and the prizes are awesome too so don't forget to join in ( me knows that if I didn't join in Pops, Fleury and Lou would of gotted me as they know I  have a slight LOTV obsession!!!!)

So now I am going to have a cuppa and a couple of squares of white chocolate before I make Mo's tea, fetch him from school then go up to fetch the little boy (who is actually now a young man of 13 but will always be 16 weeks old in my eyes because thats how old he was when I started nannying for him!!!) from school and sit with him until he is picked up for football practice then come home,bath mo and go to bed!!!! phew! what a day!!!

Thank you for popping in on me!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Back 2 school blues!!

 Papers- Bazzill School Days.
Die-Namics- mft lollipop additions love stamp set.
mft gift card stamp set.
mft gift card pocket vertical.
mft by the letters.
Twine- Divine Twine solid blue.

 Morning Peeps! It's my posty day over on the DTDF inspiration blog and its back to school day here in Lincolnshire after a wonderful half term break ( or even longer for my little guy with being off school sick for the week before half term too...sigh!!) we got the results from his blood tests and he has low Vitamin D so we have some drops to top him up that will take a couple of weeks to start working but at least he will be on the mend. Until then we get to look forward to more aching soreness and low concentration from the little guy but his ultrasound on his tummy is on the 16th march so maybe we will know a little more then!


So I decided to make him a little card to cheer him up in the morning. I used a whole tonne of my fav dies and papers for this one, all the links are under the top piccy.

I also cut a little tag to pop out of the pocket from the scraps of paper I had left and decorated it with some stamps. 

Mo takes a 'mummy snuggle' to school everyday so I stamped them onto the back of the tag so he can pop it in his trouser pocket. I coloured the little heart blue because blue is his favourite colour!

I so hope this card makes my little guy smile this morning because it totally breaks my heart to see him so sad and panicky and the extra time off from being sick has not helped us at all today :(

Right, gotta go, cuppa required as Mo and I are on breakfast buddy duty and we need to get a whole lot of snuggling in before school so its cuppa and CITV on the settee for this mamma!!!

have a great day peeps,

huge hugs Lou xxx

Little Bear...

What I love about this  Little Bear is that it is perfect for so many different occasions. I used the super cute sentiment that accompanies the image as well.  And even more exciting, Christy will be giving away your choice of any little to one lucky commenter over on the Tiddly Inks blog, more on that in a min!!!

Did you know that there is a whole set of these little cuties?  You can check them all out HERE.  All are perfect for our Critter's on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog soooo........

Make sure to leave me a little love on today's image and post and you could win a Little of your choice!  

And just to help you get there that entire sentence is a link!! he he he!!

Here's a couple more makes I have done with them in the past.....

awwwww they are all just way too cute and totally some of my absolute favs from the Tiddly Inks shop, I love them!!  Right then!! I must get ready for work! Little Mo has a couple of daddy days (...and I am totally jealous, I miss my little man so much when he is on school holidays and I am at work :( ) so I will be popping in on ya'll once I have had tea tonight!!
huge hugs Lou xxx

You can't beat a little LOTV for a christening!!

stamp- LOTV Baby Christening.

Afternoon Peeps!!

I am flying in a little late this today because its been a busy one!! First I had to take the little guy to the surgery for his blood test. He was so scared last night and all jittery this morning and when we went in he still wasn't sure so he sat on my lap with his toy dog, Dylan (yup, that dog still goes everywhere with us!!!) The nurse explained what she was going to do and he got all teary but sat there as good as gold as she filled up 3 little pots of his blood. He was awesome, I was s proud and the nurse was amazed, she said she didn't think he would do that well and she was so pleased she drew a big smiley face on his dressing. Mo loved that. I took him to the toy shop to spend his pocket money from his nannie's and then we met daddy at McDonald's for lunch and all had a cheeseburger happy meal. 

When we got home I had a christening card to make so I got on with that while the little guy rested with a film, he is so into Journey to the centre  of the earth and Journey 2 at the minute!!

I love to use LOTV's christening baby for christening cards, its just the most perfect stamp with that beautiful baby and church window and I love it. I coloured it up with my promarkers and layered up a cute little card. Then I added a little personalised oval. Too cute!!

Here's the brave little guy when we came out of the toy shop showing off his dressing with a huge smile drawn onto it by the nurse.....

The next job on our list was a haircut for the little guy as his fringe was getting in his eyes, he was adamant he was only having the fringe cut but luckily his hairdresser is fabulous and she trimmed his fringe and then thinned his hair out so he didn't loose any of the length he loves so its been an all round fab day for him really. Here is a piccy of my best creation yet!!!

Awwww, he's so sweet!! and its so nice to see a little colour back in his cheeks...we just need to work on those huge black rings under his eyes before school next week!!

So a fab day all round really!! right got to go and cook spag bol for tea!

thank you for popping in on me! huge hugs Lou xxx

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