Fabulously Inky Friday!!

Image and sentiment- Harmony at home from Tiddly Inks.

Hello peeps!! how are you all this fabby sunny friday afternoon?

Its Fabulously Inky Friday today over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog which means its time to announce the winners of lasst weeks Kraft with me challenge and take a peek at what peeps have been creating with their tiddlies!!!

I have been having a bit of a sort out in my craft room. I have lots of pictures of family and sentimental bits hanging above my craft desk and wanted to make myself a hanging for in there too and this is what I came up with.
I printed straight onto my Krafty coloured file folder, trimmed it down and added a bit of metallic ink to the edges. Then I added a bit of black cardstock to the back and few holes to add my raffia to hang it.
Its very simple but I absolutely love it and the sentiment is perfect for me as I am always listening to music while I am out there. I love music and have a huge list of favourites!!! all varied types too from classical which I love right down to classics like the Rolling Stones!!

Mo was quite poorly in the night with his asthma as he has a cold, I think we got a total of 3 hrs sleep but he was raring to go to school and join in with the comic relief fun today as he knew he could go as Robin Hood!!! here he is ( ...yup, they are black bags under his eyes from no sleepies bless him!!)

...all ready to go and get the sheriff of nottingham!!!!! then we had to pick him up at 2:30pm when school rang to say he had gone to the office to say he needed his mummy, awwwwww. So we have a sick little boy on the settee now, all bunged up and red, awwwwwwww.

Right off to get a cup of tea and eat my super yummy coffee cupcake cooked by Hayley's mum for our cake sale at nursery for comic relief,mmmmm yummo!!!

hugs Lou xxxx

Funky Fifteenth- Zing Into Spring!!

Good Morning Peeps!!!
Well, I can't believe it but we are into March already and the Funky Fifteenth is upon us already!!! Its my turn to choose the theme over on Get Funky. Don't forget to check Jules's post  to see if you are  the funky winner for feb!!!!

Now onto this months Funky Fifteenth challenge which is........

Zing Into Spring.

I love spring and I would love to see your creations using funky spring colours of greens, yellows and lilacs.

BUT REMEMBER .. ..

somewhere on your creation you must use a

Funky Hand paper on your entry.

And Anice has been busy creating a deliciously springy freebie HERE for any of you that are worried you can't play along with us if you don't have any springy coloured Funky Hand papers.

Our very own little Betty is having her tv debut with Anice and the fabulous Craft The Year Away papercraft factory today over on the Ideal World Create & Craft channel at 10am and 2pm today so I thought I would get her all springy for you!!

My Betty is from the Love 'N' That stamp set. I carefully snipped away her gorgeous box of choccies
(she didn't mind when I told her I was going to swap it for a huge choccy easter egg all wrapped up!)

I printed straight onto my card base using my Craft The Year Away cd and inked the edges with some yummy purple chalk ink. I also printed out some of the super cute little chick stamps from the cd,cut
them out and 'fluffed'them up by embossing them!!

 Then using the fabby new Rainbow Polka Dots papers, I made myself some yummy looking easter eggs. I ripped a teeny hole in the one Betty is holding and squeezed a little chick in....hope she takes him out before she eats the egg...!!!!

I made the sentiment by popping the rainbow dots printed paper back into my printer and using the angelina font in the workspace to write 'Zing into spring'.
The yummy ribbon and buttons come from the Funky stash and they are both from the September song sets.

....Phew...she didn't eat him!!!!!


Don't forget to check back on Get Funky on the 17th to see what Anice has to share with you for her zingy springiness!!! and don't forget to tune into Create&Craft to see some funky demo's with Anice today at 10am & 2pm.
So, go get funky and have fun!! can't wait to see what you all come up with.

(Oh,this is my 2nd post for today so if you are looking for my Tiddly Tuesday its under this one!!!)

Hugs Lou xx

Tiddly Inks challenge 42- Lucky Me!!

Image- Froggie Thoughts from tiddly Inks.

Promarkers- Pear Green, gold and honeycomb.

Papers- Craft The Year Away cd -rom from Funky Hand.

Shamrock- A Childs Year cricut cart.

Martha Stewart cherich punch.

SU tiny tags punch and stamp set.

Its Tiddly Tuesday again and that means a fun new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog.

This week, Challenge 42, is all about GREEN!!

To give you some ideas for green theres St. Patrick's Day coming up and spring knocking at our door. So grab your favourite Tiddly Inks image and get going on a creation that either encompass a St. Patrick's Day theme  OR run with the environmental theme of Save The Earth!
Just pop over to the challenge blog to get some inspiration from the Dt who have rocked the challenge as always, they are awesome gals xxx

I went for a bit of St Patrick and luck for my card. I just had to use the frog prince from the froggie thoughts set for my image. He needs some luck finding that princess to kiss him doesn't he?!!
The sentiment is from my scrap'n'fonts newsletter freebie set, its so sweet.

My papers are all from my Craft The Year Away cd, I love the green spotty one behind my froggie!!! its so cool and I love how all the greens mush together so fab, Anice rocks at that colour co-ordinating thing  (...which is totally fabulous as I don't do co-ordinating that well and normally cheat with double sided paper packs!!!!!)

I am entering this little guy in the Luck of the irish challenge over on the Allsorts challenge blog too as he will fit just nicely in that with that....who knows he might find an irish princess over there!!! :)

In a couple of hours I will be posting again with the new Funky Fifteenth challenge for Get Funky so please pop back and see me again!!
Hugs Lou xxx

Choo choo!! a little train birthday card!!

Papers- Craft The Year Away and

Dreams Come True from Funky Hand.

Cricut carts- New Arrival-Train

Doodle charms- present

Doodletype- text.

SU Tiny Tag punch.

SU 'right on track' roll around wheel

Chocolate chip roll around ink.

Hello!!!

I have been having a little play in my crafty garage and just had to come in, take a piccy and share this little cutie with you. I had most of it made on friday but it had a little giraffe in the truck that was niggling me, he just didn't look quite right bless him so he had to come out and then I spent most of the weekend pondering what to pop in instead and tonight I decided on a little pressie with a tag.

I also couldn't work out what I wanted my little train to sit on (....needed to work that out quick and stick it down on the card today as little mo's eyes lit up when he saw it...!!)

I have had my little train track roll around wheel for at least 2 years and it has just been sitting on my craft stuff shelf but today it got its first outing and it is so fab (....definite obsession going to happen with those rolly wheels me thinks.....).

The teeny weeny sentiment on the tag I printed on my computer and then punched it out with my SU Tiny tags punch.
Here's a little close up of the train!!

I absolutely adore the paper on the top half of the card, its from Funky Hand's Dreams Come True papercraft factory cd-rom and looks just like a puffy cloudy sky on a sunny day, so sweet. The grassy coloured splattered paper is one of my fav's from the new Craft The Year Away papercraft factory.

And just a quicky reminder that Anice from Funky Hand will be on the Ideal world channel/create & craft tv tomorrow at 10 am and 2 pm so get your recorders set or seat on the settee booked!!! :)

I hope you have all had a fab monday, I have got the awful girlie monthlies so I feel a bit foggy today but still cheery me!! :)
Thank you for popping in on me
Hugs Lou xxxx

Birdie birthday card!!

All images and papers from Craft The Year Away by Funky Hand.

Ribbon- September song set from Funky Hand.

7x5 blank card base.

Good morning peeps!!!

urgh well the sun didn't last and this morning we have awoken to drizzle :( I am hoping it will brighten up again later as I have some more washing that would love to dry on the line!!

I was having a little play on my Craft The Year Away again on friday and this is the cutie I created!!! now just incase you haven't got it already here is what my lovely little pooter screen looked like whilst I was working away making my matting for my card within the programme itself.
(I absolutely love this feature as it saves on oodles of layers that the postie loves to charge me a squillion pennies for a large letter due to its width if it is going to be mailed!!)

The only bit you can't see on this screenshot is the darker pink that I printed straight onto my card base and the little bird in his tree.
To make sure my little birdie and his tree were the tight size I printed out all my yummy paper selection and then once that was done I added the tree to the little card front mat I made and resized it and then did the same with the bird and just printed them out on their own.

I love my september song ribbon pack too so I used my last scraps on the thin green one to make a yummy sash and bow.

And what is little mo up to today you ask? well, after mummy and daddy watching him busy creating for 20 mins ( thinking something along the lines of whatever is he doing.....) he had some up with this magnetic racetrack for paper people!!!!! oh I love how his little mind works!!!!!

We have giggled so much racing those little paper people up and down with the magnets!!! got to love McDonald's coffee stirrers!!!! :) mummy and daddy had to take it in turns to race mo!!

Well I am off to make a start on some mothers day cards now so I might be back later!!

Huge hugs

Lou xxx

OOOOh their here!! Tiddly Inks Gothic pinups!!

Oh I am daftly excited today because the fabulous new Tiddly Inks releases are in the store and aren't they just awesome?!! I love them all!!!!!

There are also some great papers and sentiments to go with them so don't forget to pop over to the store and check out the whats new section.

When Christy sent them I couldn't wait to get them printed out and played with!!

My first card is using Heartbroke Happy.

I teamed her up with some black cuttlebug distressed stripes embossed paper and a bit of stitching. The patterned paper on this one is Ty's splatter paper, also available in the Tiddly Inks store.
The sentiment was made in my Craft The Year Away from Funky Hand. I was going from the heartbreaker side for my card!!!! :)

The second one I had a play with was Blow Me Away.

Isn't she fab?!

I teamed her up with some gorgeous papers, again from my Craft The Year Away cd from Funky Hand.

I did 2 layers on her skirt and the second layer actually fluffs up but its hard to see in the picture, it is also pearlescent paper with a hint of pastel pink promarker around the edges.

I distressed a magnolia vintage tag die cut tag and sat her on top of it. The sentiment came from a google search!! love google!!!

And of course a bit of martha punching!!!!!

I have got a bit of a card done with Tainted but she was carefully prised from her card base this morning when I popped to the store and saw Christy had made some gorjuss new papers!!! she so has to sit on those instead!!!!

We had a very early start today and have just got back from visiting my Grandad for a few hours. Scott needed to set up his new TV free sat box for him, so Little Mo and I took our tent and set it up on the patio to play in while the big men did boring ariel stuff!! it was great fun.
The sun is shining now so I have just got to get my washing out on the line, it will be the first time this year but I do so love line dried clothes ( ....much easier to iron!!!)

Don't forget to pop over to Christy's blog and see the deliciously dark cards that the Tiddly Inking team have made!!!

Huge hugs
Lou xxxxxx

Rainbow Polka Dots at Funky Hand!!

Morning peeps!!

Yey its friday!!!!! I love friday!!

And whats even better is a new addition to the Funky Hand downloads!!! yep, its one of my favs, its polkadots!!!!!!

Here's a little piccy for you all and if you click HERE  you will be magically transported to funky land for more info and some awesome ideas and inspiration from the DT.






I used the pink variety of gorgeous spotty dots to make some party invitations for a very special little lady in my life who is having a birthday soon. I used my doodlecharms cart to make the little cupcake and my SU tag punch and tiny tags set for the tag.
Sorry the piccy isn't great but it was cold,dark and rainy when I took it!!! and then off in their little package to the special little lady they went before I could click another!!!
OOOh I love the dots!!!!

Oh and before I forget!! super exciting, Funky Hand now have what Mo calls

 " Funky-vision"

 its a fabulous tutorial from our very own Anice on how to put together a wordbook.
Mo was most impressed to be able to watch Anice making a wordbook and stop and start it whenever he wanted!!!
I am looking forward to getting a bit of time later to have a play in my little crafty garage......if I don't fall asleep with  mo before I get out there!! lol!!!

Have a fabby friday peeps!!
Hugs Lou xxx

Coming soon....a sneak peek!!!

Morning peeps!!

ooooh I am just a bit excited about the new Tiddly Inks images that Christy has been burning the midnight oil to get ready for saturday's release. They are absolutely fabulous!!!!

So do you want a sneak peek?...........

.........well I did say a sneak peek!!!! you didn't think it was going to be any bigger did you?!!! :) :)

So don't forget to pop into the store on saturday and see if they are in the whats new section!!!

huge hugs Lou xxxxx

Mini Tilda leaving book.

Hellllloooooo peeps!!!!!

I bet you all thought you had a day of peace without a Lou post didn't you?!!!!!!

Well I have been busy working away tonight making this cute little book with one of my mini Tilda stamps for a friend at work whose BFF is moving away :(

All the papers are My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus and I love them. The kraft coloured card is actually a bit more of my recycled file folders, but ooooh they look so fab together.

The little magnolia vintage tag die cuts all have little sentiments on them that Vicky found last night so I haven't taken close ups of those because they are personal to her. The other side of the little taggy pockets holds a little 3x2.5 inch photographs. I havent taken piccies of those either as they are not mine to show but they are gorgeous. I popped little magnets on the back of them all so Vicky's BF can pop them on her fridge when she gets to her new house.

Right now I have shared my little make of the day I am off for a quick bloggy womble to see what you have all been up to!!!

huge hugs
Lou xxxxx

Tiddly Inks Challenge 41- Kraft with me!!

Image- Flowery Wishes from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- kraft card and Laura Ashley.

Lace and string.

Frayed burlap distress ink.

Morning Peeps!!

Its that time of week to get all Tiddly again!!! there will be yummy new images for the shop and I love our challenge this week!!! I had so much fun creating my card so I know you will love it to, its.........

Kraft with me!!!

All you need to do to join in with the fun over on Tiddly Inks challenge blog is grab your fav Tiddly Inks image/images :) and ......

Use kraft card for your card base and image.

Then link your gorgeous creation by 10pm CST over on the Challenge blog using the fabby linky tool ( ...love the linky tool,makes it so easy!!)

For my card I used Flowery Wishes, I love this set. I printed the Get well sentiment and lots of the single flower straight out onto my kraft card and then gave them all a good old splodge with my embossing pad and covered them in clear embossing powder. Oooooooh they came out so yummy I love it!!!

Then all I needed to do was make my card base, add some yummy lace and a little bit of yummy paper and hey presto,card done!!!! I absolutely loved making this card,so much fun!!!

Right I had better get me off to work so don't forget to pop on over to Tiddly Inks Challenge blog and take a peek at the Tiddly Inkers gorgeous creations!!

Huge Tiddly tuesday hugs

Lou xxxxxx