Skipping Santa and Snowy House....

Images- Skipping Santa and Snowy House.

Good Morning everyone!! I'm in with my Dream Team share for you all today and I couldn't resist a cooling christmassy make after all these super hot days!! 

Skipping Santa and Snowy House are just the perfect images to merge. They are so much fun to use together that there might of been a few 'squeeeee' and 'awwwww' sounds coming from my pooter as I popped the 2 together.

A few die cut tree's was all I felt I needed to finish this cutie off, but there are so many more images you could pop in there if you felt super mergey!!!

We've had such a lovely weekend. On saturday we did something new and went to play Footgolf!  Oh my gosh, Mo and Scott loved it and it was such fun! it's golf but played with a football and the hole is like a dustbin kind of size hole. We only played 9 holes but it was great. 

On sunday we treated ourselves to Handmade Burger for lunch and then went to our favourite icecream parlour for a yummy cone each on the way home. I absolutely adore family time at the weekends. Its just so special to close down into that little bubble and enjoy each others company. We finished the weekend off by watching Labyrinth ( we LOVE that film!!).

Right, time to scoot. A cup of tea and shredded wheat is calling me...well it's calling my tummy but I can't function without it!! he he!!!

Thank you for popping in, hugs Lou xxx

Tug of War........

Image- Tug of War from Kenny K stamps.

Promarkers:

Skin- burnt orange, coral, sunkissed pink and blush.

Greens- olive green and pear green.

Yellows- Mustard and tulip yellow.

Blues- midnight blue,denim blue and pastel blue.

Morning everyone!

wahooo for Friday!! I get a date day with Scott because its his Friday off ..... well...when I say date I mean we get to hang out a little this morning and then he gets to take me to the hospital for my ECG ultrasound and then my Picc Line flush and dressing change but hey, at least we get to do it together!! he he he!!!

And..the 30th June has arrived here in the UK so for me it's a squidge of a sad day since Kenny K Stamps it's closing the shop today. I have loved these images for so long. But I am super excited for Kenny and Elena to have a new page of their lives starting with Kenny being able to just roll along with his other business with no worries and Elena being able to channel herself into her gorgeous family..it's a winning situation really as I have all my images tucked cosy in my pooter to use whenever I need to.

Right, I need to scoot!! I need to go pop this little cutie in the challenge over on Passion for Promarkers which is sporting occassions and get me a cup of tea and some breakfast.

Doo Hickey 14...Afternoon Tea.......

Dies- Doo Hickey 14, Afternoon Tea from Swedish House Crafts.

Die Namics Jumbo Stitched Fishtail banner stax.

Die Namics Stitched Fishtail Frames.

Stamp- Magnolia Tea Label.

Stamp-  from Swedish House Crafts.

Papers- First Edition 6x6 Love Story pad.

Morning everyone!

I hope you are all waking up to a wonderful wednesday. I am hoping to have a fabulous day of crafty fun today but first a cuppa and apricot conserve on toast calls!!! got to sort the hungry bear Lou tummy out first right??

Talking of tea, I was sooo excited to get my Doo Hickey 14 Afternoon Tea set. It is full of such cuteness! and of course, I had to get that set into action yesterday!! I was so blessed to of got it from Suha over at Swedish House Crafts. She super looks after her customers and when it came without its early bird die she would not send it out until it had been rectified and then because she just rocks, she sent the gorgeous Magnolia Tea Label stamp with it. I LOVE that stamp sooo much!! It's from the Yummy for my Tummy collection but lets face it, Magnolia stamps never get old and always work together just dreamily. I just had to colour and glossy accent up my lil strawberries on it!! too cute!!!

To make their little eyes stand out a bit more I dry embossed the back of them with an embossing tool and then distress inked them a teensy bit. It makes them look so much more alive (...well...it does in Lou world anyway!! he he!!). 

For the tea bag die cut Icovered the card with a little gauze to make it look more tea baggy! can you tell I was in for uber fun yet?! lol! there is a die to cut a lovely string for it but I wanted an actual string so I used a little bit of cotton twine.

Right, my tummy is totally grumbling for something yummy now so I need to go feed the bear!!! Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you for popping in. HUgs Lou xxx

Ellie says Happy Birthday....

Stamp- Ellie says Happy Birthday Clear stamp set.

Morning everyone!!

I am popping in today with my Tiddly Tuesday make! I have always been a firm fan of my Tiddly Tuesday make. Its so special for me to have a day to dedicate to sharing one of these stunning little characters from Christy every week. It's a MASSIVE honor for me to be one of the rocking chair members of the DT and I adore every image just as I have from the start so time to pootle along on a little make with them is always soul healing and I soooo needed that on sunday because I felt soooo sick with chemo treatment.

I have been getting out my clear stamp versions of Tiddly Inks recently. I love that there are some gorgeous new ones out now, oh my gosh, they are all too awesome!! I can't wait to add them to my draw of Tiddly Inks stamps...yup...I have loads but seriously, who could resist some Christy Croll cuteness????? 

I paper pieced Ellie's hat, dress and shoes so they all matched...too cute!!! and then popped her up on some foam on the front of the card base so she stood out a little. I have a thing for sequins at the minute too. Knowing where to place them is a bit hit and miss but they do have a party kinda feel about them.

Last night I managed a little time sat outside to play with Mo and my BF. I knew I was kinda tired from chemo but the fresh air and a raspberry slush puppie from the ice cream man was way too alluring for this chicka!! but when it was time to come in, the funny stuff started!! ......picture a wobbly legged. blue tongued bald chick trying to walk the 10 metres to her front door from the kerb where she had been chillaxin!!! oh my, it was hilarious!!! My left leg gave way to the jelly feeling totally and my right leg wasn't that much better!! Poor Scott and BF had to support me along the path and then I crawled into the house!! bwah ha ha ha!!! oh peeps!! this chemo stuff is giving me some hilarious new experiences in life!!!

Today I am feeling ok, still very sore joints from my white blood cell injections but not so wibbly wobbly so thats a plus sign!! and on my desk...I have Top Secret colouring that I am sooooo excited I might burst about but I have to keep my mouth zipped for a few more days!! oh my gosh....soooo exciting!! 

Thank you for popping in and looking at a Lou waffling on!! huge hugs for you all xxxx

Forest..........

Image- Forest.

(...did ya'll know Forest is free???!!!)

Printable Acetate from Swedish House Crafts.

Dies- Magic Color Slider die set.

Papers- Kaisercraft True Love.

Morning everyone!

I was so excited last week because I got some printable acetate!! oh my!! I danced through the house when it arrived because I knew I would be able to make this super cute magic colour slider with it!!

(...note...in excitement please remember to flip your Forest Bear when you print him on the rough side of your printable acetate or he will be the wrong way round when you make up your card and you will need to flip and colour up another Forest Bear so it is facing the right way when you magic slide your card....he he he he!!!!)

But seriously, how cute is this bear? I absolutely adore him and he absolutely sends the most gorgeous message to remind us to look after our earth properly.

And here he is in action! (Please excuse my hand wobbliness when trying to open and close the card, my chemo and a sebaceous cyst infection in my armpit has made me quite worn out the last week or so so I've had the wibbly wobbles!!).

Thank you for popping in on me, huge hugs Lou xxx

A heart for you Tilda...........

Stamp- A heart for you Tilda from Swedish House Crafts.

Papers and embellies- Luxury maja sofiero gift box from The Ribbon Girl.

Good morning peeps!!

I am flying in with a bloggy post this morning before I go to my Pelvic core exercise class because I am soooo excited about this card!!

I received a stunningly beautiful birthday gift from my dear friend Wendy and tucked within it was a surprise gift from the wonderful Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl.

I cannot put into words how much it lifted my spirits the day it arrived. A girl needs a lift now and again and this one was better than a wonder bra I tell you. Now, I have to admit, I have spent a week stroking this package before I could even bring myself to get in there!!! it's sooooo pretty!!!

See...you feel my pain at using it now don't you?!!!! oh my!!! but I had just the stamp I wanted to use with all that deliciousness!! 

I treated myself to the whole collection of Lovely Emojis Tilda's from Swedish House Crafts a few weeks ago....well, they were too cute to miss and Suha always does amazing deals with new collections that are too good to miss so how could a girl resist?!!! 

A good old bit of Lou splodging colour on, die cutting and paper oohing and ahhhhing later and I was done. There is nothing better than crafting with your friends in your mind the whole time, that way it is a card full of love. 

Right, I need to shift this butt of mine and get ready for the school run and restoring this pelvic core of mine! I am absolutely loving my class so far. It's so good to do stuff just for you once in a while and that hour with my trainer, Lisa, is just fabulous. I have learnt so much in my 2 weeks so far. Hopefully I will be able to go onto to do Pilates after this class but starting off small while I am recovering from surgery and pootling along in my chemo is just perfect.

Thank you for popping in and huge hugs for you all, Lou xxxx

Super Dad!

Image- Danger Dad from KennyK Stamps.

Sentiment- Love your Dad sentiments by KennyK stamps.

Papers-Carina Gardner Superhero.

Morning everyone!!

I almost forgot I hadn't popped my amazing Dad's Fathers Day card on my bloggy yet!! I know a few days have passed but I didn't want you all to miss out on getting this image before the Kenny K Stamps shop closes down so I thought I'd get it on quick!!

My Dad lives in the Seychelles so he had his card facetime'd to him this year (....because it would be an actual miracle if I remembered to post it a month before so it gets there on time!!!!!) .

I teamed up my images with some of my fave super hero papers. Now! don't forget....

So, the sale is too good to miss! all digital images are just $1 and the clear stamp sets are $3.99!!  (all discounts are applied at checkout) so quick! go get them before its too late! the shop closes on Friday June 30th.

Right, got to scootaroo! I need to get mo's pack up sorted and then do the school run because today is check up day with my oncologist before chemo on friday.

Huge hugs and thank you for popping in, Lou xxx

Wryn's Panda notes............

 Stamp- Wryn's Panda clear stamp set from Tiddly Inks.

Morning everyone!

I hope you are all waking up to a nice cool tuesday!!! I am up bright and early because it's too hot here for me! lol! I am such a heat wuss! its been 28c at it's hottest over the last few days here and I feel like I have melted!!!!

Yesterday I gave myself some Tiddly Inks Time!! he he!! and I wasn't in the mood for making a card, I fancied something a bit different and fun so I decided to decorate up a little notebook I had kicking around in my craft room! and I was in an actual ink it up and stamp it mood too so I went for my Wryn's Panda clear stamp set. Some days you just have to splodge some actual ink on gorgeous stamps and stamp them out and of course, Tim Holtz's stamp platform just had to be used (it seriously rocks peeps, I love it.)

I had these neat little clear boxes left from my gorjuss girls mini stamps packaging and they uber rock as shaker boxes so i filled them with a few sequins and cut out some of the flowery circles from the scrap pieces of the base mat design paper I used to cover the front of the book. You can see them floating around in the box in the top piccy up there.

And inside I attached a little ribbon as a page marker and stamped out the cute little 'Beary Sweet' sentiment that comes in the set with the little panda head on...I so LOVE that stamp!!!! it's just too cute!!

And it was done! so cute and a super fun way to spend an hour playing in my craft room when outside was wayyyyy to hot for me!!

Today is bloods day so I need to go and visit my vampires...nurses at the Dr's surgery. The results then pootle off to my oncologist consultant for my appointment tomorrow so he can tell me if I am well enough for my next dose of chemo on friday. I am super duper lucky because he is so lovely.

Right, I think a cup of tea may be in order!! My mouth feels like a desert after a sandstorm!! thank you so much for popping in, huge hugs Lou xxxx

Fairy Nest..........

Image- Fairy Nest.

Hi everyone! 

It's Lou in for you this morning with a make using the uber sweet Fairy Nest. Look at these little cuties all sat in their cosy nest watching the world go by! I adore the way they are all watching their own little bit of the world! I decided to give them a swooshy magical looking kinda glow around the nest.

The papers are from a pad called Love Story that my beautiful friend Jenny sent me in an amazing package of crafty bits she had been clearing out. Oh my! the box was jam packed full of so many beautiful bits and I can't wait to use some more of them.

Chemo week has crept around quickly for me again so I am going to fully enjoy getting a few bits made using the gorgeous box of bits this week before treatment day on friday!! though to be fair, I feel fine friday, saturday and a bit of sunday. My steroids keep me going but the fluey yuck tender joints feeling tends to grab me by the big girl pants by the sunday evening so there will be a little chilling out Lou going on then I think!! I only have 3 more chemo's in total to go now and then it will just be the care team nurse coming to my house to do my herceptin injection once chemo ends.

And don't forget!! there's still plenty of time to shop your socks off in Mo's Summer Sale!!

Thank you so much for popping in on me. Huge hugs Lou xxx

Unicorn Fairy......

Image- Unicorn Fairy from my Saturated Canary Subscription.

Hi everyone!

So somehow my gorgeous little niece has managed to almost get to 12?? (..I am not actually sure how it happened because I could actually swear her and Mo are still teeny right?!!!) and I knew just which special image I wanted to use for her card.

I went right for my Unicorn Fairy from my Saturated Canary Subscription. She is just so gorgeous. I love getting my images from my subscription each month, it's like a super sweet surprise to wake up to when they come into my inbox because I never know what they are going to be.

Of course, I needed to get a whole lot of kisses onto that card and the best way to do it was with my cross stitch circle stax die from MFT stamps.The little tag and sentiment are Taylored Expressions.

Right, I need to make some fathers day cards! so far I have managed to hoover the whole house, get the dogs settee cover washed and hanging on the line to dry and do a few of my pelvic floor exercises and listen to spotify!! so onto the dad's card making time needs to be top of the list now really!!

Thank you for popping on me, huge hugs Lou xxx