Passion for Promarkers challenge 253...Rags to Riches...

Stamp- 'Time Flies' from LOTV.

Papers- Bo Bunny Vicki B collection pack.

Dies- Impression obsession Heart Stems.

Die- Namics Layered rose.

Browns- Burnt sienna, caramel and sandstone.

pinks- Burnt orange, coral,sunkissed pink and blush.

Greens- Olive greaan and pear green.
Tonne of blender pen!!

Morning peeps!

Its time for a new challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog and this week its been chosen by our gorgeous Shelly, its a fun one this week too!! Shelly has set us the theme of ....

Rags To Riches!!

so think of recycling bits and bobs to use on your creations.

Don’t forget, as always, to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers).

Our generous sponsor this week is Polkadoodles and they are offering one lucky winner a prize of 2 gorgeous digis – ‘Fredericka chic’ and ‘Fredericka debutante’.

So I just had to use my lovely supercute gorgeous new Time Flies stamp from LOTV for my make and of course, when I went to the shop to buy them on the birthday open day my stamps were put into this gorgeous little kraft LOTV bag! so that was what got recycled!!! along with a takeaway coffee cup wrap!! (piccies below of before I attacked them!!!).

Here's a closer piccy of my coloured image...

awwwww, isn't she just soooo cute!! she actually has a bit of sparkle on her dandelion clock but the disaster that is Lou taking a photo just couldn't capture it!

Then it was time to add some gorgeous papers and die cuts from the coffee cup wrapper to make my flowers and hearts and hey ho!! it was done!! Here is a piccy of my bag and coffee cup wrap looking rather less gorgeous than they do now (..yes, they did have a word with me about showing them without their make up on but I assured them they looked so much better now!!! he he he!!)

Right, I am off for a cuppa. I am still a squidge tired from yesterday's no sleep but oh my was sports day just magical!! Mo absolutely loved it and we absolutely loved being able to share it with him. If I could only put into words how awesome Mo's school is for you all I would be happy to..however it would be the longest blog post in the entire world!!!! Its not often you find a school that strives to make every single day your children are at school child centered and so much fun. Its sadly a dying tradition here in the UK as schools seem to be leaning more and more towards constant testing of those precious formative years in a childs life. I am super grateful that Mo's school are the way they are, which frankly reeps way more benefits in the childrens learning than any other school I have seen! The children have SAT's but those too are done in the most wonderful way. Can y'all tell I am soooo happy Mo is there?!!!

Right, kettle boiling! have a wonderful day everyone!
huge hugs Lou xxx

You're Special...

Stamps- Tobie and his Puppy.

Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.

Dies- Die- Namics Blue Prints 15.

Papers- Fancy Pants Little Sport.

Ink- Memento Rich Cocoa.

Morning peeps!!

I hope you all had super weekends! I did! I didn't want it to end!! I have had a great time playing with my new Die- Namics Blue Prints 15 die set! ooooooooh its just fabulous! and I have a new fav sentiment stamp set too!!

The Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler is just the most amazing stamp set! I found this little 'you're special' on there and it was just perfect for this card, it fits on the little tab in the die set perfectly!

Well I am hoping this posts as I am still at work! and there will be no time for catching zzzzz's today as its Little Mo's sports day this morning. I am going to wear sunglasses so no-one notices me snoring away should I fall asleep!!! Luckily I will have Scott to lean on and prod me should I doze off!!!!

Thank you for popping in!!

hugs Lou xxx

Funky Hand new release...Wash it all away!!

 Papers- Wash It All Away from Funky Hand.

Morning all!!!

I am actually amazed that I managed to get this to post today! I have had a right pa lava with my blog this week and haven't been able to post anything since monday but wohoooooo!! whatever gremlins have been hiding out here seem to off pootled off now so I am up and running again!!!

So today I am very excited to share the new 'Wash It All Away' download from Funky Hand. Its a gorgeously classic gruney and distressed papers download and I LOVE it!!!

I had a very special little guys birthday card to make a few weeks ago and it was just perfect for it. 

I love getting the most from my digital papers so I go for a range of things when I am playing with them!! I print them out, I import them into my Sil Designer edition software, I cut them out with my sil machine!! oooh the fun you can have with digi papers is totally endless!!!

I turned my little shoes into a little hanging for roo. I love making cards but sometimes it feels sooo good to do something different. I made a matching little box too!!...

Right, time for a cuppa me thinks!!
Please pop in on the gallery for the 'Wash It All Away' download because it is full of stunning makes from the Funky Hand DT.
Huge hugs Lou xxx

A pion shoe...yes please!!!

 Paper- Pion Designs A Day in May Brown Ornament.

Dies- Joy Crafts flourishes Heart.

Die- Namics Mini Royal Roses.

Cheery Lynn Exotic butterflies small.

Memory Box Butterfly Delight.

Morning everyone!!!

I bet you all sigh when you get to monday and you know its Lou posting day!!! but oooooh I had so much fun making my DT make for today!!

I had some very extremely stroke only Pion Designs papers to use ( link up under the first photo) and the 12x12 sheet of deliciousness was way too gorgeous to just plomp on a card Lou style I decided I just had to go for something more oh la la!!!

I used a shoe cutfile I have had for a while and went for it. I am not sure I have ever been so careful with a piece of cardstock as I was with this one! I did the entire shoe and all its decoration with one sheet and had enough left over to make a matching tag!! go me!!!

 The little pearly stamens and the brown organza ribbon are from my Lou stasheroo. Here's the back of the shoe...

And here's underneath. I used my sil DE software to make the age look like a continental shoe size and the name look like a shoe designer!! lol!! daft Lou!!!

Thank you for popping in!! I am still at work as this posts but will be home and snuggled in bed in an hour or so!!! I finish at 7am!!! bath and snuggles with Mo then bed!!! Scott is driving Mo to school this morning so I can just relax and not worry about being sooo sleepy on the school run,it worries me greatly driving when I am so tired so Scott has jiggled his work hours, he's a super star!

hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks new release and SALE!!!!!

Stamps- Monkey Around Wryn clear stamp set.

Sentiment- Monkey Around digital stamp set.

Papers- Bo Bunny Vicky B collection pack.

Morning everyone!!

I am so excited today because I have been so desperate to share this card for a couple of weeks now!!!

The stamp is from the Tiddly Inks new release for today and there are sooooo many cute ones, you will neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed them all!!!

Please remember to pop in on Christy's blog using this link as there is a sale going on and you need the sale code right?!!!.

I had fun masking a few of the stamps together, thats the magic of clear stamps and I love it!! First I wanted the sentiment quite big so using the digi Monkey around set, I played around with its size and then printed the sentiment onto my image piece. Then it was a case of stamping the stamps around where I wanted those uber cute lil monkey and wryn stamps. I love combining media to get to where I need to be!!!

Right, got to go walk the pooches and then get some bits done before work tonight!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Miss Personality......

Image- 'Miss Personailty' from Saturated Canary.
3D Box Calendar file- Lori Whitlock.

Morning everyone!!

Its time for another Facebook challenge on the Saturated Canary Stamps page and this time we will be showcasing the gorgeous 'Miss Personailty' image.

I have to say this is one of my favourite kinds of challenge because I get so excited to see how the same image can be used so differently by everyone and I just LOVE to nosey in on all those different styles, its just awesome to see.

I decided to treat myself to a little box calendar. I have always wanted to make one of these and saw Lori Whitlock's in the sil store and was on it like a hotcake!!!! How cute is it?!!! I love it!!

I added a couple of my fav flowers. I adore these Prima Powder puffs, they are just divine and soooo soft too, its like a snuggle and a flower all in one!! he he he!! but sooo cool for a bit of pop and pow too.

Everything you need for the calendar comes in the file and its just so easy and fun to put together. I had a total blast making this.

Right, off for a cuppa now, I have a few crafty bits to do today as Mo is in the loom band zone sat next to me so we are going to craft together!!!!

Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you so much for popping in on me

huge hugs Lou xxx

I am a Mermaid....!!

Image- I am a Mermaid.

Morning everyone!!

Its Lou in this morning with a little post for you!! I just had to have a play with the gorgeous new I am a Mermaid image for my post, well...it would be rude not to ;) he he he!!!

I decided to let my imagination go and go for full on mermaidy colours and sparkle, I hope they come up ok in the pictures. Here are a couple of the plaque...I will make these things that are like totally impossible to take a picture of....sigh...!!! lol!!!!

I made a little wall hanging and added some of my teeny beach comber Lou shells. I love these small shells, I pick some up every time we go to the beach!!!
The large seaweedy vines are made with the Die- Namics Large Leafy Flourish, its just perfect for sea scenes!!! and the little ones are Joy Crafts swirl 2.

Thank you for poppping in on me
Huge hugs Lou xxx

Diva's by Design...Anything magnolia....

Morning peeps!!

its time for a new challenge over on the Diva's By Design challenge blog and its another fabby one this week!! its an Anything Goes with Magnolia stamps again!! I have to say this is one of my fav themes!! I can inky up a Magnolia any day!!! and we are sponsored by the brilliant magnolialicious this week too.

I went for a bit of something for my little Mo- ster!! he is just getting into these match attax Brazil football card thingies and we have little piles of them popping up all over the place so I thought I would make him a little bit of storage for them!!!

Then it was time to colour up an 'oldie but a goodie' Edwin. I have had this stamp for sooooooo long! Mo chose it from the shop himself when he was 4 so I know its an old one!!! but its a gorgeous one too and just perfick for boy stuffs!!

Right, off for a walk in the sunshine now!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Dad truck...love it!!!

Image- Vintage Truck from Tiddly Inks.

Promarkers- Burnt Sienna, Caramel and Sandstone.

papers- We r memory keepers Travel Light.

Morning peeps!

I am cheating a squidge today and combining 2 DT challenges in one post! go me for multi- tasking!! he he he!!!!

So its a brand new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and its a sketch challenge this time with a lil sketch from....ME !! he he he!! 

This is the sketch...nice and easy Lou styley!! 

and its an awesome one for the new challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog too, chosen by our gorgeous Nic, which is....

One for the boys/men.

Don’t forget you can make anything you want, it doesn’t have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

The passion for promarkers challenge is sponsored by..

Phew!! so now the 'about the challenges waffles' is over I can waffles about my card!! lol!! I just had to use the stunning new ' Vintage Truck' image from Christy over at Tiddly Inks.I am totally in love with it, I adore its manliness and those sketchy lines just scream awesome at me!! I went for a good old 3 colour sepia kinda combo on it with my fav brown promarker combo and then it was just a case of some die cutting layering up goodness on the card base. I went square to show that you can move the sketch into a square card easily.

Then I just had to have a play with my Silhouette and filling my shapes with a pattern...ooooooh that is so much fun!! I have never done it before and I felt like Wonder Woman!! romfl!!!!! please excuse my dodgy handwriting on the sentiment but excited took over!! lol!!!

Thank you for popping in on me

huge hugs Lou xxx

Block out Geekin' it!!

Stamp- LDRS Saturated Canary Geekin' it.

Die- Little B's Dies Block Out.

Papers- 7 Dots Studio Messy Head.

Lace- Taupe details.

Hi everyone!!

I hope you all had an awesome weekend. I did. we soaked up a whole tonne of family time again and had a fabulous beach day yesterday.

Today I am just a huge mahoosive bit in love!! omgosh! Little B's Block Out die set?!!! Its just the best!! I just love it!!! 

I can so see this getting used tonnes in my cards and scrapping now!! I love the negative cut they leave, plus you get all those little letters to use again! win win!! and it comes with the most handy magnetic storage system built in. I think I stroked it for at least 10 mins before I used it!! he he he!!!

I coloured my stamp with promarkers and then gave all the papers a good splodge of Vintage Photo distress ink.

This card realy didn't need too much Lou froo froo because the 'Thank you' just totally made it for me. I mounted the image card on some foam tape to really make the words pop and I just love love love how it came out.

And those papers...ooooooohh just love those too!! Don't you just love it when you have a totally love card making night?!!!

Thank you for popping in

Huge hugs Lou xxx