Gorgeous Giftboxes!!

Pillowbox Template from Twelve Crafters Crafting.

Papers and digi's from Colour Me Happy.

Morning everyone! its a soggy kinda day here so I thought I would cheer you all up with a pretties post :)

Its getting that wedding season time of year again and I was twiddling my fingers with what to make for a friend who is getting married to pop their gift in ( pennies and choccies need something a bit exciting to sit in!!) so I decided on the pillowbox template from the twelve Crafters Crafting cd rom.

Now I love the templates on this cd rom because if you have any of the older ones you can open the template up first and the change edition to go find the papers you want. I wanted something pretty so I went for the contented coffee collection on Colour me happy.

I printed out my pillowbox, scored it and then cut it out. Then I squished on some collal glue and clipped it together with a couple of bulldogs clips to hold it firmly until it dried whilst I got busy with the digi stamps.

First I chose the flowered frame and then I chose the 2 little birds and moved them over the frame until they were fitting where I wanted them. the great thing is you can resize the digi's easlily in the workspace to get them working together tickety boo!!

I coloured them up using my promarkers and added a little blossom to the tree branches too, so cute!! then I cut it all out, fiddly but oodles of fun.

I took my bulldog clips off the pillowbox and popped it out, folding in the ends, and then added some thick brown ribbon and tied it together with a little twine. Then I added a squidge of foam tape to the back of my little birds in a frame and adhered it to the top of the ribbon.

I adore these pillowboxes.They are such a beautiful way to wrap a little bit of something.....though if you live in my house they generally get stolen to fill with stones, marbles,rubber bands and soldiers and other random little boy stuff!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Passion for Promarkers 199- special anniversary challenge..Anything Goes

I'm back peeps!! If you are popping in for my tiddly inks new release post its HERE.
now, hold onto your hats because this is going to be an excitingly long list of prizes for our anniversary challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog!!

Onto this week's theme and we have a very special challenge for you this week as it's our 4th Anniversary. Can you believe it's been 4 years since Gina and Denise started their little blog to share our love of all things Letraset. 

 As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "anything goes", although please note we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.  As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual .  Here we go.....

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Letraset are offering one lucky winner a pack of their Limited Edition Spring/Summer Promarker 12 pack

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Whimsy Stamps/Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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Saturated Canary are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

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Bearly Mine Designs are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

Phew!! see I told you it was a long list!!

For my card I used a gorgeous new stamp from LOTV for a gorgeous little boy called Riley from his mummy and daddy. He will be turning one in a couple of weeks. I cannot believe he is one already!! but Mo is very excited about it as Riley is having a picnic in the park!!

I coloured him up with my promarkers...

fur- sandstone, caramel, burnt sienna with blender pen dots all over to make him fluffy!!

cake- burnt sienna, caramel, buttercup, mustard, sunkissed pink, coral

candles - pastel bue, denim blue and midnight blue.

The papers are those gorgeous Animal Antics ones again and then theres a whole lot of die cut gorgeousness all over it!! I loved making this card!!

right, got to scoot, I have oodles of cards to get made!!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks new release Fairies...omg :)

Stamp/digi- Fairy Tenderhearted.

Squeeeeeee!!! its finally here!! the new release day for the Tiddly Inks new Fairies!! I can't even put into words how excited I am about this release because they are all just stunning and to say I enjoyed playing with them would be an understatement! I have even been sitting on my hands to stop myself typing about them for weeks!!! he he he!

Please pop on over to Christy's blog to see my gorgeous teamies makes, they are all deliciously awesome!!

So it goes without saying that I couldn't just share one of my makes and had to jump right in with a post of them all!!!

You can find all the new sets here, they are in both digital and clear stamp form so quick, off you go because our gorgeous Christy is having a special offer release sale on them too!! squeeeeeeee!!!

 Stamp/digi- Fairy Heartfelt.

I squeezed in 2 makes with this cutie pie....

(ok so I made one and then couldn't find it in my craft room so made another and then found the first one...sigh!!)

Stamp/digi- Fairy Happy Day.

Stamp/digi- Fairy Sunny Day.

so I told you squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee right??!!

Off to get dressed now! I will be back later with my Passion for Promarkers blog post!
thank you for popping in on me, 
huge hugs Lou xxx

Dad Balloons....

Stamp- Wild Rose Studios Dad Balloons.

Papers- Carta Bella Beach Boardwalk.

Dies-Die-namics Rounded Banner stax, Die- namics Notched border,

Joy Crafts Labels,tags and flags.

Cambridge Court enamel dot.

Light blue paper cord.

May Arts Denim Blue1.5" ribbon.

Morning Everyone!

Its DT Lou popping in today with a bit of a Dad make!! Fathers Day is fast approaching so manly makes are top of my list at the minute!!

This little cutie arrived in my DT pack ( I tel you my DT pack rocked this month!!!) and I was itching to get him made into something.

I coloured him up with promarkers and added some glossy accents to his Dad Balloons and once they were dry I cut him out with the rounded banner stax. 

The card base was fun to make with the gorgeous Beach Boardwalk papers, they are so cheerful. I added a little Artic Bazzill to mat but the papers really did the work for me on this one. A little yummy ribbon and paper cord and he was done! sooooo cute!!

Here is a glossy balloon shot! he he he!!

I had the most awesome weekend. We didn't really do too much on saturday as I was working saturday night until 1am and with my dopey hip and Vit D thang going on I don't get enough umpf to do too much in one day!! and then sunday was just so lovely. We woke up to beautiful sunshine and I shared my brekkie with Mo and his "Lego army set up"...

then my friend popped in to fetch the cricut she bought from me ( squeee! well on my way to my silhouette fund/dog walking insurance now!! yey!!) and we went out for lunch with Scott's parents which was yummy.

Back home and another visit from my friend as their laptop got a virus...ick!! and helped me sort out how to invite people to my Facebook shop then another friend came to pick up some other bits I have sold!!!

It was just a lovely day and I felt so happy. I love that sense of calm you get from happy,its just awesome.

Have a super day peeps! thank you for popping in on me

huge hugs Lou xxx

Dr. Who......

Image- Dr Who from Mazy art.

Morning peeps!!

its a gorgeous sunny day here and its beautiful, I don't know if it will last all day but we have been soaking it up while its here!!

Today is my gorgeous nephew Warren's 13th birthday and he likes Dr Who so when I saw this image I just knew I would be using it!!

I printed it out and got colouring with my promarkers.

I felt like I needed a time warpy kinda back ground so out came my marbling inks and water and a good old play later I had the effect I wanted!! he he he!!!

Have an awesome day everyone, we are off out for lunch today and popping in on my mum in a few minutes so I had best get dressed ( am still in classy walk the dog attire with muddy paw prints all over!!!)

Thankyou for popping in on me

huge hugs Lou xxx

Heaven sent girlieness!!

Afternoon Peeps!!

I have been busy in the garden again with Scott, Mo is busy setting up his bedroom being an 'adventurer' ( this involves packing many play bags with 'Stuff' and wearing your woolly hat inside whilst making occasional murmurs of "oooh a new land,lets set up base here" to his adventurer assistant..dylan the toy dog....) so I have just had a lovely hour to myself making a super special candle and finishing off this gorgeous little new baby card.

Yes, its that cute little baby bear again but awwwwwwwww who could resist?!!!  the flowers are made with my mini royal roses die, love this die sooo much!! the roses are so pretty to out together. I punched some little fronds to go with them and added a few creamy coloured flowers from my stash just tucked inside.

The pink patterned paper are from my DCWV Nanna's nursery girl stack and I really do love this paper,its so delicate and pretty.

Right, I am going to pootle off now! I have a bowl of yummy homemade in the slow cooker chocolate rice pudding with my name on it! I am all for comfort food on a chilly day!! he he he he!!!

Hope you are all having a fabulous saturday!!

huge hugs Lou xxx

something a bit different...

 Morning Peeps!!

ooh its something a bit different from me today!! I was extremely lucky to win a pocket tag book kit from my gorgeous bloggy friends Kath and Buddy and at the same time the gorgeous Zoe from Make it Crafty had a fairy digi on free for a couple of days.

So I combined them both and I had so much fun, Kath this kit was just amazing hunny. I will definitely be making more of these!! and Zoe, this fairy was so different for me to colour up and I loved it, thank you.

Here she is in another piccy to try and show her sparkliniess!!!

Today I have my gorgeous hubby with me! we don't have anything planned but it will be lovely to just hang out together (which means he will tinker about on his pooter and I will  crafty!!!)

Right, best get a wriggly on!! i have not got dressed yet and am still wombling around in my tweet me chick jammies!!!

huge hugs Lou xxxx

wednesday.....

Stamp- Heaven Sent from LOTV.

Afternoon Peeps!!!

do you ever have one of those days where you wave and say Hi to yourself coming back in when you are on your way out several times?!!! well that would be my day today!!!!...and its not finished yet as I am on my way back out now!! but I did get time for one little bit of crafty heaven today and made a new baby card (..tomorrow I have 2 new baby cards to do, 3 birthday cards and a candle too......) and it will feel all a bit strange as it will be my first thursday not at work!!

I love this stamp,its one of my absolute favorites and never fails to make me go awwwwww!!! and the Animal Antics pad is so perfick for little sleepy baby bears!!

I added a couple of heart banners, a button and some string and then made the little name circle on my pooter.

Right, got to go!! huge hugs and squeezes!!

Lou xxxxx

Passion For Promarkers challenge 198- Doodleicious!!!

Image- Abi.

Heart Frame- Doodled by me!!!

Papers- American Crafts Take Note pad.

**If you are looking for my Tiddly Inks Dt challenge post it is here**

Me again!! he he he get me! 2 posts in one day!!! This time I am back with my Passion for Promarkers DT.

This time our challenge is Doodleicious and we want to see some doodling on your project!!

We are sponsored by the gorgeous Sally Ann from Digi Stamp Boutique again today and she is offering 6 digi's to the lucky winner...( Lou thinks about entering herself....!!!)

I used one of the super cute Abi images for my make. She is coloured up with...

Skin/ flowers- blush, sunkissed pink and coral

Dress- pastel green, tea greaan and soft green

Hair/basket- sandstone, caramel and burnt sienna

I doodled a few white gel pen dots on her flowers and cheeks and then added a bit of pearl pen to her flower centres! cute!!!

Now for my doodling..!! there is some around the edge of the paper in brown pen but the real doodling for me on this one is my very own Heart Frame. I made this frame for our Frame the Moment Tiddly Inks celebration last year and I was so very proud of it. I thought it would be just perfect for this challenge so I printed it out, coloured it in and added it to my card,just nestled in behind Abi! the sentiment comes with Abi  and I just punched a few flowers out of the scraps of my design paper.

So I promise that's me for today! I am off to get my hair trimmed before I start another day of jobs. I have so much to do today I might meet myself coming back through the door!!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Tiddly Inks challenge 110- Use a Wryn....

Image- Wryn New Nest.

Papers- Animal Antics.

Morning Peeps!! 

It's Tiddly Tuesday and we have an awesome challenge for you this time....

Use a Wryn!!

So looking at the gorgeous entries each challenge us Tiddly Inkers noticed that YOU love WRYN!  So for our special challenge today, we want you to use a Tiddly Inks Wryn on your project.  

Any Wryn you have will be perfect and if you don't have one yet, there are a number of cuties in the shop right HERE.  Also, there are clear stamps in case you prefer a physical stamp.

Its my little niece's birthday coming up soon and I always make her a notepad. One of my fav Wryn's .....like ever...is Wryn New Nest. Its just gorgeous.

I coloured her up with my promarkers and cut her out and layered her up on a French Pastry doily cut in kraft card and some of the gorgeous papers from the Animal Antics pad. The little Lace Deco B corners just finished it off and I added her name using the Chip Block Alphabet strip die from Lord Timmy!! the lace is from my stash of oodlies!!!

oooooh and i just got to add this little sneak peaky preview of some new wryn gorgeousness heading your way, they are just the most gorgeous release ever so keep tuned in Tiddly Inking!! he he he!!!

Right then, time for a cuppa for me. Mo is still snoozling which is good as he was absolutely shattered when he went to bed last night! I was a little unwell yesterday so I hit the hay at 9pm and Scott was straight up after me so we must of been the tired out brigade! lol !!

I'll be back in a couple of hours with my Passion for Promarkers DT make so pop back in on me!!

Huge hugs Lou xxx