LOTV challenge- one from Little Mo and one from mummy!!

Stamp- Love Grows from LOTV.

Image frame-Floral Square Frame from Lilyboo designs at Cuddly Buddly.

Morning Peeps!!

Its a gorgeous sunny day here in little ole Lincoln today which is great. Its my last day with my little lady at work and we are going to have lots of fun playing in the garden at work with bubbles.

Justbefore I go and get ready though I wanted to share Little Mo and mummy's entries for the LOTV challenge this week which is Fun and Games.

For my card I had to go with all the fun Mo and I have in the garden, he loves gardening and has his own little 'bench garden' on our front lawn. It is blooming beautifully at the moment.

 I printed outthe Frame from Lilyboo designs and then masked it up with my frisket, then I stamped my super cute little LOTV stamp inside the frame!! oooh I loved it, that was definately fun. Coloured up with my promarkers it looks as if the whole lot came together as one stamp!!!!

Now on to my crafty little chap, I am so proud of him for this one. It has taken him a couple of weeks to do.

It is Little Mo's super special teachers last day today, she is retiring and Little Mo is very sad about it

 :( but he did make her this super special clock.

He chose the stamp himself from the LOTV shop, the clock mechanism is from everycraftsapound and the little clockface he cut on my cricut. He made this all by himself and had lots of fun doing it, I have taken a few piccies so if I get round to it later I will adfd them in. Mo would like to enter this in the LOTV challenge as he said " I had fun making it mummy, does that count as fun and games?" awwwwwww, he's cute!!!

So here is Little Mo's clock...

 and here's his card with the piccies of him making his clock...

and here's a close up of his LOTV schoolboy stamp......

He used his watercolour pencils and a paintbrush "to squidge all the colours together".

Sorry for the picture overdose, I am just so so very proud of him for making such a lovely gift for his teacher and the best bit is, he wouldn't let me help at all! The only thing he let me do was push the clock mechanism through and put the clock hands on.

Right, I had better get myself ready for work as we haven't even got dressed yet with just 20 mins to go before we leave!!!!!

Huge hugs and thank you for popping in on me and mo!!!

Lou xxxx

Cuddly Buddly challenge 3- bright colours and butterflies.

Image- Flowers Frame from Lilyboo designs at Cuddly buddly.

Morning peeps.
Its a bit of a grey and gloomy one here so I thought I would post my entry for the Cuddly Buddly challenge this week which is Bright colours and butterflies.

If you haven't popped in for a look at their new challenges you should, and don't worry if you don't own any Cuddly Buddly images as there is a whole stack of freebies you can use to get your creation made HERE.

For mine I was inspired by a beautiful picture sent to me for Mo to look at by my friend Shirley, you can look at the pictures here on Shirley's blog. I used one of Lilyboo's images from the shop called Flowers Frame. Isn't it gorgeous. The big flowers on the left hand side reminded me of the sunflowers in Shirley's pictures, Mo is always excited to see sunflowers, he thinks they are happy flowers and the shine like the sun!! oh to be 6 again!!!! :)

I coloured the frame up with some yummy bright promarkers and then added some purple bling to the little flowers along the bottom. It is popped out from the card base on a bit of silicone, not sure the photo shows it!!!

 I decided to stick with a nice bright white card base to keep my card CAS and added a little yellow and blue chalk ink around the edge to match my frame colours. I also added a bit of loopy martha in a light blue card and some bright yellow organza ribbon.

The butterfly is my little magnolia butterfly. I stamped her onto to vellum with some staz-on and then coloured her in some yummy bright colours using my at you copic spicas. I hope the piccy shows how blingy she looks IRL !!

The sentiment is from my penny black wonderful day transparent set, I think the text on it is so pretty.

So thats me for today!!! Please pop over and join in the fun with the Cuddly Buddly challenges, they are just getting started and I know how exciting it is to see people entering when you are just starting up.

Off for a cup of coffee now, I just can't get myself awake this morning!!!!!

Hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 58- Nature movie!

Image- Bunny Boo from the Bunny Boo Adventures set

from Tiddly Inks Bargain Basement.

Mornig peeps!!

Wooohoooo!! its Tiddly Tuesday again and time for a new challenge over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog!! Still in our movie month mode this week our theme is...

Nature..

and the Tiddly Inkers were given the task of making a 'something' based on a nature movie.

Strangely I knew what I wanted to do staright away for a change!! I even shocked myself!! One of my favourite nature movies from being small (....and Mo's too as he is still small!!!) is Watership Down.

I took the inspiration for my card from this picture of the book...

I masked over my little Bunny Boo and punched out a circle with some frisket and then played with my distress inks to get the autumny sunset type horizon. I used antique linen, scattered straw, vintage photo,frayed burlap and walnut stain (...yeah, i just like getting messy!!!!!) The grass was shabby shutters and forest moss. The moon has a touch of tattered rose in it for sunset.

Once I was done getting messy I took the frisket off and coloured my little Boo in promarkers- sandstone,caramel and cocoa. I went around the outside of him with buttercup to make him 'pop' off the hill.

I stamped on my card base with my gorgeous magnolia swirls and some whisper white SU ink then distressed that a bit too!!! :)

I added a little bit of satin ribbon and another yummy ribbon my mum bought me a while ago, its a bit like plastic but edged in fabric, I love it!!!

So pleeeeease pop on over to the Tiddly Inks challenge blog, armed with your fav Tiddly Inks image and a nature movie in mind!! If you need some inspiration go and see what the Tiddly Inks DT gals have come up with, they are rocking it as always!!!!!

That me for this morning, got to get myself ready for work and attempt to get Mo into school mood, he is presently sat next to me snuggling on my shoulder. He is just so ready for staying home now, 4 days to go bless him. In all fairness he just looks so tired, huge snugglies needed I think.
have a fabby day peeps!!
Hugs Lou xxxx

Stars and boys!!!

Morning Peeps!!!

Not much occured in the crafty life of Lou yesterday!! I just felt like vegging out a bit but this morning I havehad time to make a card for a recent order and yey for me I saw a few challenges on my google reader that I can pop it in for!!!!

I used my oldie but extremely goodie Magnolia Edwin celebrates stamp. I really do love this stamp, he comes in for so many things and today he is a 21st birthday party boy!!
I made the sentiment in word and gave the beer bottle a good splodge of glossy accents (...its just about dry now...!!!)

 so heres the challenges I am going to enter with him in his party mood....

Cupcake craft challenge blogs wish upon a star challenge
Sentimental sundays challenge blogs Men in your life challenge
Sweet Stampin challenge blogs One for the boys challenge

Right, off to have a cuppa and make pack ups for school/work. Mo slept in again this morning, he is so tired bless him, I think he is just ready for the school hols that start on friday. Today we are going to visit his class as they are having an open afternoon at school so I am really looking forward to seeing what they have all been up to this term.

Have a fab monday peeps and thank you for popping in on me
Hugs Lou xxxx

Cute birthday!!

Image-Pure Innocence 004 from Heather Ellis.

Papers from my MME stash.

SU tiny tags punch.

Computer printed sentiment ( i can't write that small!!!)

Morning Peeps!!!

well last nights camping in the lounge went well and Little Mo woke up a very happy little chap!! today we are just being a bit lazy around the house. Mo wants to finish off his present for his teacher and I want  to get a couple of cards finished for one of the girls at work who has asked for a few cards.

I made this little cutie for Scott's sister's birthday, she is so sweet I just had to pop her on my blog!!!

She is one of Heather Ellis's digi's and if you click on the link under the piccy there are sooo many other total cutie pies on there.

I am going to pop her in for a few challenges this morning as I am feeling organised!!!

Totally Papercrafts Girly Girls challenge.

Simon say stamp- anything goes.

Allsorts challenge - free and easy.

Thank you for popping in on me and have a super sunday!! hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks - Tanker Fairy Flies.

Image- Tanker Fairy Flies.

papers from my stash.

Hello peeps!!

Thank crunchie its friday!!! I have had a really nice day today though, great morning at work followed by a lovely couple of hours with my BF before picking a very tired little Mo up from school!!!

I have had lots of fun creating with the new releases in the Tiddly Inks store. This one I made a few weeks ago now when Christy first sent the images to us to play with with. I love Tanker, she is fabulous. I coloured her up in blues and browns,its one of my fav combo's!!

The little clock is on a lot of my cards at the moment, I love it! Its from the awesomely talented Penny Duncan's blog and I cut it using MTC and my cricut. The card design is from her blog too, ahhh she spoils us so with yumminess!!! Thanks Penny!!!

The little coggy hearts and sentiment are a Technique Tuesdays stamp set and the little postcards are LOTV.

I really am super enjoying these new images so watch out for more popping up on my blog over the next couple of weeks!!!

Off to enjoy our friday night treat tea, its chippy night!! yey!!!!!

thank you for popping in on me, huge hugs Lou xxxx

woooohooooo! Tiddly Inks/Make It Crafty steampunk release and I Spy game!

 OOOOMMMMGosh!!! I am super excited because today I get to share with you a few of the things I have made with the new images that Christy ( Tiddly Inks) and Zoe (Make It Crafty) have been super busy preparing for a good few months now and oh my, aren't they just so awesome?!!!!

I have been totally in love with these since they made their way into my inbox!!! and I have been soooooo desperate to show you all!!! and I also have to confess that before I got all these to work with I had never ever done any form of steampunk card!!!!! I have to admit to having a big gulp when I knew they were coming and thinking oh oh, I won't be able to do it right!

Now for oodles more info,sneak peeks and and a chance to win some awesome prizes playing the I Spy game made especially for the release, please go to the release page here. 

I have had so much fun with them and I know loads of you will fall in love with them too!!

PLUS 15% OFF NEW RELEASE IMAGES FOR A WEEK!!Start Mix n’ Matching with Tiddly Inks and Make it Crafty straight away as you grab the super bargain of 15% OFF!!
Just enter the coupon code MIXNMATCH at checkout.

Now, this last one using the gorgeous mermaid and marine house is actually another of my little scene boxes and it was sooo hard to get a good picture of this one but in IRL it is so cute!!



Well, thats me for today!! now quick go to the digital stamping page and get a looksey at all of the awesome new images available and what the awesome DT's have come up with, I can't wait to see what everybody has been making with them.

Right off to work for me!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly inks challenge 57- Reel me in!!

Image- You and me from Tiddly Inks.

Morning peeps!!!

Its that Tiddly tuesday time of the week again!!!!!!! and over on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog this week, we Tiddly Inkers would like to put you into action on a movie inspired card!!

So our challenge this week is...

Reel Me In.

Christy loves movies so she chose our theme this week. All you need to do to join in with the fun is pick your favourite film and make it into a movie inspired card/project using your Tiddly Inks images.

I chose to do The Time Travelers wife....

OOOh I love this film. I picked one of my favourite lines from my novel of it to use as my sentiment. This film never fails to make me weep buckets!!!!!!

I used You and Me for my card and a grungy clock from Penny Duncan's blog for the clock, how cool is it??!!!

Can't wait to see what you all come up with and don't forget....there are just 2 more sleeps until the super exciting steampunk Tiddly Inks/Make it crafty collaboration!!! OMG you will love them all!!

Here's a link to a bit more info and Christy has added a freebie over there too so get yourself over there quick! if you click on the picture below it will take you straight there...



Right I am off to see what my other gorgeous Tiddly Inks teamies have been making, they never fail to make me think I need to try harder, romfl!!!!!!!!

huge Tiddly Tuesday hugs Lou xxxx

Fetch a sketch challenge 2.

Image- You Rock from Tiddly Inks bragain basement.

Papers- from Funky Hand Tea's up download.

Hello!! I'm back!!!
oh I am running so late with everything today. I just had to have a super quick make before tea tonight when I saw the new sketch over on the Fetch A Sketch challenge blog today, its another totally yummy one and I can see it getting a lot more use over the next week, thank you girls!!!!!

I used one of my many fabulous Tiddly Ink images, my yummy Tea's up papers from Funky Hand ( Jules!!! I used  scraps!! wooohooooo!!!!!! :)  ) and a little 'rock' from my gravel down the side of the house specially selected by a rather cute little Mo!!!! I glued the 'rock' into a word made sentiment circle! cute!!!!

Right, now get yourself over to Fetch A Sketch and join in with the fun!!!! I am off to bed!!!!
huge hugs
Lou xxxx

Getting funky and sketchy!!!

Hellloooo!! ok this is a teeny bit late in getting posted as dippy here forgot to schedule on her own blog!! LOL!! I remebered the challenge blog post though so all is good :) :)
Its my turn to post the little roboty card I made using the fab sketch from da boss!!!! if you haven't already seen the original post from our very own Anice here it is......

Its a great sketch to work with and there are oodles of possibilities which the funkettes have been busy posting throughout the month.

You still have a few more days to get busy with one to join in with the fun and don't forget that if you don't own any funky hand papers yet, Anice makes a Funky Freebie each month so you can use that and be in with the chance to win yourself a download to play with for next months challenge!!! :)

So onto my little cutie pie robot! I used the Craft the Year Away papercraft factory and its November Rain colour way for most of my card, and sneaked in a little bit of the fabulous cog paper from the Funky Seasons cd.

The little teeny cog at the bottom of the flap is holding down a cute little surprise down there....

Awwww and here he is on a cute little springy thingy so he just pops out at ya when you open the flap. (Needless to say, Little mo loved this card and promptly stole it!!!!!)

I made the 'Have a robotastic birthday' paper ribbon in the workspace part in Craft The Year Away, its so cool, and I love that you stll don't have to worry about what colours to useas Anice co-ordinated them too when she did all the designing, she is sooooo smart!!! I added a bit of black ink to everything and hey presto!!!
So, please come and join in the fun this month, we love to see your creations. All you need to do is get busy with your funky hand papers or the freebie I mentioned earlier and then add your take on Anice's sketch.

Right, now I am off to run to my crafty room and take a piccy of the card I have made for the new sketch over on the Fetch A Sketch challenge blog...back in a bit.... :)
hugs Lou xxxx