Love Letters...

Image-Love Letters from Saturated Canary Digi's

Evening peeps!!

I have just popped in out of my crafty little garage to share this little cutie with you. She is another one of Krista's awesome new release's called Love Letters.

I managed to get her made at many different points today!!! he he he!! bit of colouring, play with mo, bit of die cutting, more playing with mo, stamp around the edge, watch a film with mo ( we watched zookeeper and it was lovely!!) cook tea, bath mo, snuggle mo to sleep ( i love love love it when he wants to be snuggled to sleep!!) quick hello with scott on my way out to crafty garage then finally finish her off!!!! but I have had the most awesome day!!

I used some of my My Minds Eye papers for this one and a bit of yummy pink raffia I bought before christmas.

I hope you all had super sundays too!! I am  going to pootle back out to my crafty garage now and carry on with my march calendar page, then I might go to bed!!! :)

Thankyou for popping in on me!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

Get Funky -January Blues....:)

Morning peeps!!

Its that time of month again for a lovely new challenge over on Get Funky and its me driving the funky train this month!!!

I have decided on a nice and easy theme this month of  

January Blues.

so in more detail..

Its an anything goes month but you must use BLUE!!

Don't worry if you have nothing blue and funky because our super boss lady has made a wonderful 

FREEBIE

for you all to grab to join in.

Before I show you my project I just want to make sure you all checked out the

  NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP HERE. 

It has been so much fun creating with the gorgeous new downloads so if you haven't been yet, please click on the red linked writing above to start!!

Right onto my project for the January Blues challenge we are having this month!! A couple of months ago Anice shared a link with us on Smash books and ooooooh I wanted one so bad!!! so I just had to make a funky one!!

I bought a plain chipboard album and set to work making this........

My inspiration page...

a page for quotes and sentiments i pick up along the way...

my wish list page....

my notes bit, which at the moment is my fav promarker combo's..

and of course, every girls dream...a page for my hotties...gerrard butler, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jnr, sparkly Edward, Jacob....oh and dear hibby too of course...:)

and the back of the book...

I am going to have so much fun filling smash book in!!The papers are from the Happy Happy Birthday Papercraft factory cd rom and I love them, they look kind of  3D in real life.

Right then, cuppa and bottom into gear (.......ok, so its only tracksuit gear for plodding out to my crafty garage!!!) Mo wants to have a play on Nick Jnr so I can sit and craft next to him!!!

Thankyou for popping on on me
Huge hugs Lou xxx

Elphie....

Image- Elphie from Saturated Canary Digi's

Its me again!!!! he he he!! 3 posts in one day?????!!!! its just been such an amazingly exciting day for me with 2 hops and release days from the DT's I am on!!!

Now, I don't mean to enable you all....but....quick get your purses and run over to Krista's Saturated Canary Digi's shop as the new digi's are popping up in the shop as I type!!!!

This little super cutie is Elphie and I am in love with her!!! she's just devine isn't she!! its those cute little 'ooops did I do that ?' eyes that I fell in love with!! and I decided she totally needed bluey green sparkley hair too, I don't know why but she just called out for it!!

Here's a little list of my promarkers just incase you feel the need for bluey green sparkley hair too....:)

Hair- Pastel green and soft green with some highlights of Turquoise At you copic spica in.

Skin- blush, soft peach and peach

Top- pastel beige, khaki

skirt & tights- sandstone, cocoa and burnt sienna

broom- vanilla, sandstone and cocoa

eyes- soft green.

The stamp around the edges of her nestie circle is from my SU tiny tags stamp set, I really like this stamp. It has kind of sat neglected in the cd case since I got it but I think it is going to get some useage over the next few days!!!! :)

I am popping Elphie off into the Papertake weekly's Die cut special challenge.

Right, must womble off as i have desk full of cute little SC's screaming "colour me!!"

Thankyou for popping in on me !!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Funky Hand new release blog hop.....

Morning peeps!!!

Its Funky Hand new release blog hop time and I am so excited because I know you crafty peeps out there are going to absolutely adore what our Anice has been busy creating!! so before I waffle away too much if you are hopping with us for the chance to win the new downloads you should of come to me via the gorgeous  Jules,

 if you didn't you  need to pop back to the start here on

Anice's Funky Hand Thoughts Blog

And without further waffling, 2 new awesome Funky Hand downloads!!! whoop whoop !! Here they are.....

Each piccy is linked to its home over on the Funky Hand shop.I absolutely adore these downloads! they came to live with the Funkette's early this week and we have all been snuggling into them ever since!!! I have sooo many uses earmarked for these gorgeous papers already!!! 

And here's a couple of my creations using these little beauties!!!

Firstly using Steam Punk...

and then onto Funky Kraft Stash...

See!!! I told you they were dreamy delicious papers didn't I?!!!!!! I looooove them!!!

Now, if you didn't already get it my letter for the hop is 'R'. Now you have my letter don't forget to leave a comment before you pop on over to a very gorgeous

  Jenny 

to see what she has for you!!!

Thank you for hopping in on me!!!! :)

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Lou is feeling the force!!! Saturated Canary Digi's DT style!! :)

Image- Force from Saturated Canary digi's

(due for release today I think, squeee!!)

Morning peeps!!

Now I have had the most awesome week and I have some super exciting news to share with you all. By now you must of all gathered that I LOVE Krista Smith's images. I got the most exciting email early this week from Krista Smith of Saturated Canary digi's (....I actually had to read it twice, rub my eyes then read it a whole tonne more before I realised it was actually real and for me!!!!!!) and I am now on the Saturated Canary design team!!!! 

OMGOODNESSSSSS!! me a little canary??!! So I am so excited, humbled and completely honoured all in one!! Thank you Krista and huge happy birthday hugs to you too hun xxxxxxxx 

For my card today I used one of the awesome new digi's Krista has gong in the shop over the weekend, isn't he gorgeous?!! and anyone who has a star wars obsessed family like I do totally needs this digi!! Force also has a gorgeous little lady friend too so if you are feeling the love force you will need to get them both to make an awesome valentine card for your other half (...Lou hopes scott isn't reading this or he may just grab the jist of what his valentines card is this year......:)

I coloured my cute little guy up in promarkers and then teamed him up with my 'just chillin' we r memory makers papers.His little light saber actually sparkles but man I could not get a good piccy of that, 8 piccies later and this was the best I could do....

You can just about make out the sparkle.....lol!!!!

I truly feel blessed this week, I have the best balance at work I have had in a very long time, an awesome and supportive husband,son and stepson and great friends,3 awesome DT's . Can life really be any better than that?!

I will be back in a couple of hours for the Funky Hand blog hop so for now I am going to go and get a cuppa, snuggle up on the settee in my pj's with my little Mo and just soak up the love in my house today!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks Friends are the Flowers of Life blog hop!!

Image- New Wings Wryn from Tiddly Inks.

Morning Peeps!!!


Welcome to Tiddly Inks' first blog hop of the year!!


We are celebrating the many friends that make our world a more lovely place and are so glad you are here as one of them. We are trying to keep this simple, so the blog hop is based on the Challenge Blog home page. Instead of directly you to the next page, we suggest you keep the challenge blog open and create a new window for the hopping around (click Control when you click on each link and it will open a new window).


After you visit with me today, just click HERE to return you to the main list (and that is where the prizes are listed...hint!) Have fun playing along with everyone! The Tiddly Inkers have been busy making some absolutely gorgeous creations so hop along and drool at them like I did!!! :)


My make today is a get well card. There is nothing that cheers me up more when I am sick than cards from people! they just lift my spirits and my day and its amazing how much better you feel when you know people are wishing you well.


I coloured her up with my promarkers and made a yummy card base from my MME papers then added some extra stamps ( magnolia swirl and kelly pannicci stitching is always good!!!), lace and made a little heart embelly on my cricut using my george cart.


So, how do you fancy winning your own Get Well Wishes Wryn? Here she is...

Christy has donated a gorgeous little Wryn for me to give to one lucky commenter on my blog. All you need to do is leave a comment this post and I will pick a winner at the end of the hop!

And don't forget for the chance to win a Tiddly Inks $10  voucher get hopping!! Start HERE.

huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks blog hop details!

Morning Peeps!!
So that all you Tiddly Inking peeps are ready and prepared for the hop tomorrow I wanted to share Christy's post so you can get your gorgeous creations ready in time!! so here we go......

Theme: Friends are the Flowers of Life: Use any Tiddly Inks digital image to create a card or project and participate in the blog hop

How to Participate:  
This is actually a 4-step process: 

One, you have to make the card in advance using a Tiddly Inks image, preferably with friends or flowers as the theme, but it is open to any TI image.  Just have fun! :) 

Two, post your photo and information on your own personal blog on January 13 before 12 PM CST--and at least by 5:45 PM CST---so you can meet the 6-hour window to enter the blog hop. The title of your post should be "Friends are the Flowers of Life - Tiddly Inks Blog Hop".

Three, once your blog post is live, visit the Tiddly Inks challenge blog (our enrollment list will be open for 6 hours--see times below) and link your blog hop post at the bottom of the "Flowers" Blog Hop post (there will be an Inlinkz list) in order to be qualified for the prizes. There is no need to sign up in advance---just have a post ready to link. 

Four, the enrollment time will close at 6:00 PM (and hopefully we have about 30 to 40 people who linked) and then we hop around and view their cards---and your card---from the list on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog. Sounds like fun, right? Last time we had a hundred-plus people coming around and commenting and it was fun!! :)

Dates:  
6:00 PM CST on Friday January 13 to 6:00 PM CST on Saturday January 14

The blog hop will run until January 14 at 6:00 PM. We will have a wrap-up "party" on January 14 in the Tiddly Inks PCP group from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM CST. Stop in and chat with us in the comment section at the bottom of the page. Between 6 PM and 10 PM CST, one lucky PCP commenter will be randomly selected to receive the next 2 Tiddly Inks stamps before anyone else (free of charge).

Prizes: Two blogger participants selected from the Tiddly Inks Inlinkz list will be announced on January 15 and highlighted on the TI challenge blog. Each will receive a $10 gift voucher.

There will also be random prizes throughout the DT blogs, so be sure to comment and visit each one. :) 

My february calendar page and Tiddly Inks blog hop!!

 Image- Grow a little love Wryn from Tiddly Inks

Morning Peeps!

I am up bright and early with some exciting news this morning!! If you check out the little Wryn box at the top left of my sidebar you will notice that the first Tiddly Blog hop of the year is amost here!! squeeeeeeee!!  That means of course a few Tiddly Goodies and lots of mouth watering yumminess from the Tiddly Inkers!! yey!!!!! and whats even more exciting is that you get to join in too by creating some of your own Tiddly creations and linking in!!! Love it!! don't worry if you don't own any Tiddly Inks images yet as Christy has some free ones here in the store. Get started on your creations now though as they need to be ready to link in.
If you pop on over to Christy's Blog she has more details and  is having a little early give away and you can grab that gorgeous blog hop blinkie for your own blogs too!! I am just so into Wryn I could plaster her all over!!! :)

And so onto my creation for today!! this is my february calendar page. I made it in word again, this time using Grow a little love Wryn. She is too cute and perfect for february as she has that beautiful heart plant so she is good for valentines day!!!!!

Here's a little close up of cuteness.....:)

I coloured her up with my promarkers and  then distressed and stamped around the edges of my page. I am absolutely loving making my own calendar page and cannot wait to get started on March!!

I am entering this little sweetie into a few challenges, they are:

CES- Anything Goes.

Top Tip Tuesday Anything Goes - my top tip....I wanted my gorgeous Little Wryn to pop over the top of my calendar pages so when I added her picture I chose the 'in front of text' in the picture formatting. This way she just seems to come more alive popping over the top of the box. png's work best as they don't leave any white space

Anything Goes- Anything Goes challenge. 

Ok thats me for this morning!! Little Mo and I have a breakfast date with Sophia and then I need to drop them off at school / nursery before I go to the dentists ( ack....my mind is already thinking of suitable excuses instead of having to ring them saying I am terrified and can't go...!) then the most exciting part of my day is a cuppa with one of my oldest and favourite friends, Leah. I can't wait!! we have some catching up to get done!!

Have a fabulous day everyone and don't forget to pop over to Christy's blog for the chance to win a Wryn!!! :)

Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Saturated Canary - CAS

Image- Crafty Ragamuffin from Saturated Canary digi's

Papers- Funky Little Christmas from Funky Hand.

Hello again peeps!!

2 creations in one day??!! 

This one is for the challenge over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog which is CAS.(....gulp!! CAS is not my strong point...I have a layers addiction..!!)

I coloured up my beautiful Crafty Ragamuffin to match the paper and added a little blue in there for contrast.

The paper is from Funky Hand's Funky little christmas, it is paper number 8 and its fab!! its kraft and funk all in one for me and I love the stitched running down through it.

A bit of distressing to the edges with some Frayed Burlap and a little LOTV stamped sentiment and it was done!! 

Well, I had better get off really, I have one tired little man to get to bed and then I am going to finish off watching 'New Moon' ( i put it on during my funk this afternoon, I cannot tell you how much a sparkly Edward and half naked Jacob helps your mood lift...:)  

Thank you for popping in on me again today!!!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Wicked Wednesday ATC -60's!

Image- Bloom Q from Tiddly Inks

Morning peeps!!
Its a quiet one here. Mo is at school so I have just been pootling about getting my laundry in the washing machine and thinking about what I fancy doing for the rest of my day!

To help me get going I decided to get my ATC done for the challenge over on Wicked Wednesdays. Its a super fun 60's theme this week! yeah baby yeah!!! and I decided to make a calendar for my purse with my entry.
I covered my ATC ( ...simple plain scraps of cardstock cut at 2.5 x 3.5 " ) with a scrap left from my BG two scoops 6x6 pad and coloured up my digi from Tiddly Inks. She is such a cute hippy looking chick with her hair flower and groovy top! I popped her on and then printed out my calendar. It was a gorgeous freebie from Very Merry Vintage.
I just cut each month out and the sewed some thread through so that once it was stuck down, each month can be ripped off easily as it ends. I just had to doodle a little peace sign on there too!!

I love these little ATC's. They are a perfect way to ease yourself into the crafting day and use up some scraps of paper.I quite often end up using my ATC's as a little card topper! they look so cute on a card.

Right then, cuppa, bloggy womble then crafty day!! wohoooo!!
have a fab day peeps
huge hugs Lou xxxx