Heart Strings.....

Image- Heart Strings from Saturated Canary.

Morning everyone!!

I hope you are all waking up to super saturdays!! I am, the sun is shining and we are just getting ready to go and walk the dogs before having a bit of an easy day. We went to the beach to spend the day with Scott's parents yesterday and we all came home exhausted!! I didn't even have the energy to load up my new printer so I must of been pooped out!! lol!!

So, today marks the start of the new Saturated Canary stamps challenge and this time its all about ATC cards. You can find our challenge album to join in right here on the Saturated Canary Stamps facebook page.

I chose to use the gorgeous new 'Heart Strings' for my card and hand cut myself a little heart beat line and heart to finish her off. I LOVE ATC cards, they are just so much fun and an excellent way to have a quick play with your images, I think they would be awesome for helping to keep a record of which images/stamps you have!!!!!

So the challenge is easy, make an ATC. Stick to the ATC size when embellie-ing so no going over the edges!! keep it to just an ATC so no adding to a card/project, and add it to our album!! simples!!!!!

and heres a little collage of our day yesterday, I absolutely love the piccy of Scott and Mo driving our little powerboat around the boating lake, I love my boys so much...

right, off to walk!!

huge hugs Lou!

Just Because.........

Stamp- TGF Blush Babette.
Papers- Teresa Collins He Said, she said.
Dies- Die Namics Mini Royal Roses.
Die namics fishtail flags stax.
Die Namics fishtail layers stax.

Morning peeps!

Mo has his head in a book...just for a change!! Poppy is fast asleep and Scott is at work so I had a little while to sit and make something just because!

I bought this stamp from my gorgeous friend Caz last week when she was having a clear out sale and I just love her. I actually bought 2 but this one is just the one I had to play with first!

I have also had a bit of a play with my lighting set up and thrown out the tent! for some reason it was just driving me bonkers so now I have had a play with where my lights go and I much prefer it without the big dark tent around it.

Mo and I don't really have any plans for today other than walking furry peeps so its an easy kind of day....which is good as it was windy last night and Mo just cannot cope with windy nights, he is afraid of the whistling noise so ended up squidged in between me and scott by 2am this morning....where he slept quite nicely until 5:44am...I however spent one of those nights where you teeter on the edge of your side of the bed afraid to move incase you wake up the small scared on once he is settled!!!

Off for a cuppa and to make some lunch for me and Mo, tuna salad today I think, yum!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Beary Sweet..Wryn's Panda......

Stamp- Tiddly Inks Beary Sweet Wryn's Panda.

Papers- Teresa Collins Summer Stories.

Die- Frantic stamper small swirl bow die.

Morning gorgeous peeps of the world!!!

I have had another super duper weekend! we did yorkshire wildlife park which Mo adored and then yesterday was Scott and I's anniversary and we took Mo to pizza express with our tesco boost vouchers and ooooh it was good!!! then we had fun in the afternoon testing out Mo's new Vapor gun set! oh man! those things are way fun! they have little jelly water filled balls that pop when they hit whatever you are shootin'!!! 

So yesterday afternoon after all the fun I got time to sit and have a play with one of my fav new stamps from the newest Tiddly Inks clear stamp sets, I love them! I paper pieced her little dress and socks!

And oh my! the Frantic Stamper swirl die...oh my! its beautiful. I gentle pressed it around my promarker pen barrel to get the rounded feel to it and ohhhhh is this one going to get used a whole tonne!

Right, I've waffled enough to you all!! going to get a cup of tea before I decide what to do with my gorgeous boys today! Scott has the day off so we are going to have brekkie and decide what to do!!

Thank you for popping in on me,

Huge hugs Lou xx

Christmas Pixie.....

Image- Christmas Pixie from Tiddly Inks.

Papers- Basic Grey Aspen Frost.

(*** teensy edit to say grrrrrrrr mr blogger and arghhhhhhh mr blogger as was scheduled to post at 6am this morning but I couldn't add my piccies last night...grrrrrrr!! so 7th time lucky if you get to see this post!!***)

Morning all!!!

I know, I know, its August and its hot but ooooooh I just had to get started on muy chrimbley cards!!! this one is for my niece and I just adore this Christmas Pixie from Tiddly Inks. I don't know what it is about her but I just find her my go to for my niece's because she is just so whimsical and sweet, I love her little bell necklace! 

Here is a bit of a bloing shot as she is actually quite sparkly but a la Lou take the photo pantsness as normal has pretty much lost the umpfles of the bling!!!!!

I really didn't need to do much more than add some yummy christmassy papers and a little wooden embellie to this make as she is just so adorable she doesn't need anything, I do love the layers of paper though, the snowmen are just too cute!!

Right, got to go,time to have brekkie before a walk with the dog and then a day of Mo-ness! we are having a home chill out kinda day today after a softplay area and lunch out day yesterday!!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Divas by Design..under the Sea.....

Stamp- Little mermaid Tilda.

Dies- DooHickey club volume 1.

Papers- Bildmalarna An ocean with strawberries.

Good Morning everyone!!

How are you all today? I am great. We have had 2 days of fabulous family time at the seaside, the weather was beautiful and despite being a squidge under the weather Mo loved it. We had a scary moment yesterday when he nearly passed out ( when his tummy is bad he really struggles with the pain, his lips went blue and he wobbled over :( ) but he was absolutely fine after a sit down and a drink.

So its time for a new challenge over on the Divas By Design challenge blog and this week its a fabulous one for summertime! its .....

Under the Sea!!

and we are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons.

I couldn't resist but go to my Little Mermaid Tilda for this make. She is just one of my absolute favourite Tilda's ever. I coloured her up with my promarkers and then cut a few of my lovely Doo Hickey club volume 1 under the sea themed dies to go with her!! I adore that set of dies so much!!

The little shell is from our walk on the beach on monday!! well, you've got to get an original bit of under the sea on there! he he he!!!

Here is Mo at the waterpark yesterday. We were all but alone at 9am in the morning! there were just 2 other little children there, they were much younger than Mo and took a great liking to his floaty hoop so he popped them in it and pulled them around the pool. I love that he did that! it was so thoughtful.

Right, off to plod the dog!! its rainy this morning but so lovely because its actually fresh and not muggy!!!

Thank you for popping in

huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks one for the boys challenge and Passion for Promarkers Button it challenge...!!!

Stamp- Wild Thang clear stamp set.

Papers- Doodlebug Hip Hip Hooray.

Promarkers...

olive green and pear green.

Warm Grey 1-5

Mustard and buttercup

burnt orange,coral, sunkissed pink and blush.

Morning everyone!!!

I am cheating just a squidge with a 2 challenges in one post this morning because as this posts I will probably be wombling along the beach with my gorgeous little family after having a night away in the caravan. We needed to escape for some bubble time!! he he he!!

So the challenge over on the Tiddly inks challenge blog this week is...

One for the boys!!

(so grab your masculine tiddlies and get creating anything boy/man!!)

and the challenge over on the passion for promarkers challenge blog is...

Button it!

(our Lisa has chosen “Button it!”.   so just add a button to your make!  and we are sponsored by SSD for a prize of 4 images! 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.)

I headed straight for my little Wild thang clear stamp set, I adore him so much. He comes with 2 fabulous sentiments too so you are all set up for an awesome card before you even start colouring! I went all dotty and then teamed him up with some uber cute papers (links above under my photo) and 3 teeny mini buttons with a little thread through them to finish it off. Too cute!!!!

Right, thats me! I just hope this little monkey publishes!!! lol!!

Huge hugs for you all Lou xxxx

Tiddly Inks Fairy Fun new release and SALE!!!!

Image- Birthday Fairy new release from Tiddly Inks.
Papers- MME Necessities Reds.
Stamp- Paper Smooches sentiment sampler.
Dies- Taylored Expressions Designer Mini tags.
Memory Box Precious Hearts.

Morning peeps!!

OOOOOH I am daftly excited this morning because I get to share one of my makes using the new Tiddly Inks images!! eeeeeeep!!! they are just AMAZING!!! And to help with all the fairy fun, Christy has kindly set up an awesome SALE! 25% off all digital stamps! Enter code: FAIRYSALE when you pop into the store to buy your images.

Pop on over to Christy's blog to see all the awesome makes from the Tiddly Inkers for all of the new release's to get your creative neeeeeeds a going!! he he he!!!!

I went with Birthday Fairy to show you today because I just loved making this card. I felt a squidge un cardmaker worthy yesterday, I don't know why,it doesn't often happen but I just felt a squidge low until she pootled onto my craft table, sprinkled some fairy magic on me and lifted me out of my little slumple, go Fairy!!!!! here's a little closer in on her.

Let's meet the rest of the gorgeous fairies, I have linked all their names to their homes in the shop just to be uber helpful to y'all :)  

           Fairy Friends                                                                      Christmas Fairy

                Birthday Fairy                                                                 Fairy Blessings

                Greeting Fairy                                                                       Tooth Fairy

                                              

Right, got to go get my brekkie and then walk the dogs. Little Mo wants a library day and we need to go food shopping before I start eating my blank cards!!! romfl!!

Huge hugs for you all

Lou xx

Sweet Boy.............

Stamp- Sweet Boy from Saturated Canary.

Papers- Echo Park Scoot.

Sentiment- Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.

Morning everyone!!

I hope you are all waking up to a wonderful wednesday wherever you are.

I wanted to pop into my little bloggy and share a card I made after Mo had gone to bed last night (.....aw, ok...so after Mo had gone to bed and I had fallen asleep with him and woken up a couple of hours later....!!!!!)

I had such a wonderful day with my little guy, which was fab because he woke up kinda cranky but got sooo much happier by 10am it was a dreamy day. We snuggled up and watched Goonies....twice...laid and read on the trampoline, walked dogs and just had an awesome mummy and me day! I love those days so much. 

So with him in mind I just went with it and had a tonne of fun splodging a card together!

Today I will be playing with the gorgeous new fairies coming out soon by Christy Croll over at Tiddly Inks..oh my...they are just delicious!!!....here's a sneakle peekle!!!!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeep!! see I told you they were gorgeous!

Right, must go. I need to make brekkie for me and Mo and then indulge in some mint crisp making!! mmmmmmm yummy!!!!

huge hugs for you all

Lou xxxxxx

Up Up Bean.....

stamps- TGF Up Up Bean.

Taylored Expressions Many Minis- Occasions.

Papers- Bo Bunny Zip-a-Dee- Doodle.

Dies- Taylored Expressions Designer Mini tags.

Die- Namics Mini royal rose.

Die- Namics Rolled Daisy.

Morning everyone! its Lou in today with a little bit of The Greeting Farm gorgeousness for you today!

The Bean range is still by far my fav ever range of their stamps and I can't get enough of them! I decided to go the good old paper piecing fun route with this one, her little balloons were just calling out for some dp on them!  so a little promarker on her hair, skin and dress top then the rest was cut and stick fun!! he he he!!

I also just LOVE the Taylored Expressions Designer Mini Tags, they work so awesomely with the Taylored Expressions Many Minis sentiments stamp set, I just think they are fabulous!!!

Today I will mostly be a zombie! I am still at work as this posts (...or hopefully posts as scheduled posting has been a bit dodgy recently!!!) Mo is on summer hols and Scott will be at work so when Mo asked me what we were doing today this is how the convo went....

Mo to mummy- " mamma what are we going to do tomorrow?"
mummy to Mo- "oooh tomorrow baby we are going to play zombies..."

Mo to mummy- " oh, ok........thoughtful pause....."as long as you don't eat my brains" 

romfl!!!!! he really is such a cute little pickle!! on saturday he made us uber proud. He decided a little while ago he no longer wanted his PS3 but we sat on it a little while just incase he changed his mind. Anyway on saturday he decided that was it ( not touched the thing in 3 months so we thought ok then, that's long enough for us to listen!) and popped it and all the games in a bag and popped into town with his little wishlist in one hand and ready to sell games and console in Daddy's hand!

He got everything in this picture for the pennies he got for his PS3..wow! that boy knows how to shop bargains!!! the iPod and speaker were both 2nd hand from the CEX shop and he had enough left for some Lego off his list, a minecraft mooshroom teddy, and a set of superhero socks!!!!

and why are we proud?!!! well, because at the age of 9 he sells what he has to get what he would like, a totally awesome quality we think!! There has been lots of trampoline bouncing to his favourite tunes ever since!!!! I LOVE it!!!

Thank you for popping in

Hugs Lou xxx

Forgotten Funkies...Rainbow polkadots...

Papers- Rainbow Polkadots.

Image- Georgie Birthday party.

Evening all!!

I have had a superly gorgeous busy fun filled family day at Twin Lakes and just noticed this little monkey of a post didn't post this morning!! grrrrr!!! so I am quickly sat editing it to make sure all traces of a morning post are gone!! lol!!!

Its time for the Forgotten Funkies post and this time the funkette's are showcasing the delightfully dotty and delicious Rainbow Polkadots. I LOVE this download!! I teamed up my papers with the lovely Georgie Birthday party.

My card shape is from the sil store and you can find it here. I have a bit of a lori whitlock addiction at the moment, she just has the most fabulous designs. I love a bit of pop!!

Right, time to go, cuppa on the go waiting for me to slomp into a chair and drink it!!

huge hugs Lou xxx