Happy Halloween.....amazing offer over at LOTV.

Hi..Happy Halloween to you all :0)

time for crafty treats today over at LOTV

 

 a fantastic offer for 24hours only you will recieve 25% off all

LOTV products when you spend £25 on the website and also if

you are visiting the shop today...

wish i lived closer :0)

 have a lovely day and evening...

hugs all,Lou.xxxxxx

 

Seasonal journal book...

Hi..hope you are all ok?
it's Friday and Soph and George are on holiday :0)
 sorry for not posting for a while,

really loved making this...

it is the front cover of a little journal book that

i am going to pop the odd photo in 

and just things i love about the seasons.

i have had this tab book for years and thought it

about time i had some crafty fun filling it....

not sure how long it will take though  ;0))

the very distressed photo on the front

i took on my phone when out for a walk a few weeks

ago,probably distressed it a bit too much...

 the image is ""Little Acorn""

which i totally love and is a retiring LOTV stamp,

coloured with Inktense pencils and cut out.

 

i have used lots of dies and crafty bits...

Tim Holtz-alphabet strip,

Tim Holtz-Autumn Gatherings,

Calendar stamp,Everyday Grungy words,

Journalling tag,bird house die,fence posts 

a gorgeous owl charm,brads,mini paper clip and a button

and lots of faux stitching ...

thank you for your lovely comments,

wish you a lovely day...hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxxxx

LOTV....Collecting the tree (Inktense Pencils)

Hi..a little make today with

a LOTV image that i love so much,

i used this image for the first time 3 years ago

on a Christmas Scene that i did for a magazine,

 they are real sweeties...

"" Collecting the Tree ""

 

 i have coloured them with Inktense pencils.... :0)

a first for me and it was different to distress markers

and i also need to practice lots more.

 

added lots of puff white embossing powder

for snow and some sparkle with a gelly roll pen,

also used one of the journalling tags that i love,

grunge postmark and Christmas Wishes  

the background design pattern i did with a

Tim Holtz -Holiday Knit

  stencil and used distress inks for the colours

and sponged it through the stencil,

added a star tab,faux stitching and a button...

this image is one of the retiring stamps

and there is a great offer on all LOTV stamps until Christmas.....

 thanks for stopping by,have a lovely day...

hugs all,Lou.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

"" Christmas Star "" LOTV decoration.

Hi..hope it's been a lovely week for you,

Birthday's in our home this week as

George was 12 and it was Nick's birthday too...

been lovely with family popping in and far too much cake (s) :0)

my make tonight is with an embroidery hoop,
it is a 4" wood effect flexi hoop,

something to keep as a Christmas decoration or a gift.

I have used the very sweet LOTV image...
"" Christmas Star ""

love making these,i just cut a larger circle of
fabric and put it in the hoop before i stick anything down
and it can easily be pulled tighter after.
i have coloured her with distress markers,
stamped onto a die cut watercolour card circle,
added some puff white embossing powder,
sparkle with gelly roll pen,
die cut holly,added some pearls and
a sentiment with a button too
a bit of ribbon tied on the hoop hanger.

thanks so much for stopping by,
hope you have a lovely weekend and
some craft time too...hugs all, Lou xxxxxxxxx

Annabel Lasso...

Hi..lovely to be here this Monday morning,

hope you are all ok? loved making this

card with the very sweet LOTV Annabel Lasso Cowgirl image...

with an Autumn/Fall colour theme and detail  :0)

Annabel is coloured with distress markers,

i have tried to give her clothes,hat and boots a bit

of a suede look and just couldn't resist an Autumn make

with the lovely Enchantment papers,

Always and Forever paper,

a die cut leaf,coloured eyelets,brads,a button,

wire fence,wood posts and some looped green thread.

 also used a scroll sentiment stamped onto

natural ribbon and a grungy message tucked in,

lots of faux stitching and a star tab too...

thanks as always for stopping by,

have a nice day......hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxx

 

New Release...LOTV Blog Hop

Hi...lovely to be here today

with our LOTV new release blog hop...

 hope it is a lovely sunny morning for you :)

these gorgeous new stamps will be 

launched this Saturday (20th) at the shop in Leeds...

and it is the first Christmas Open day from 10am-4pm,

 they will be available on the website on Monday (22nd) .

 for my make i have used the very sweet image...

""" Smoke Signal """

really loved doing this make,

it has a bit of a country theme and she does look a 

little pale faced too...the deer is a Christmas die

but with the dotty paper from the Enchantment paper pad i think

it looks like a young fawn and there is a little shrink plastic bird,
coloured the sweet image with distress markers...  

there are 6 adorable new images in this collection...
and with the Halloween and Bonfire image

 two lucky winners picked at random will win

 a full set of the 8 rubber stamps each...

and the winners will be announced on Friday evening.

to take part hop from

one blog to another following all the design teams links

and please leave a comment on each card/make...

Ideas to Inspire

Andrea

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Lou (me)

Mary J

Mindy

   after leaving a comment on my blog your next stop
is the lovely Mary J...

thank you so much for joining in with the hop,
hope you have enjoyed it and Good Luck too....
hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Totally love ....Halloween/Autumn

Hi..it's Friday :0)...

hope you are really doing ok this week?

all seem very tired at home with a full week at school/college

and Nicks been at home this week

bless with a poorly back and 3rd trip to the chiropractors today :(

LOVE so much this gorgeous LOTV.. Halloween image...

had great fun colouring with distress markers,

a little bit of sparkle on the moons/stars and her socks too,

used the gorgeous autumn papers from

the Enchantment paper pad,

tucked in the Calendar stamped circle and wrote October

on it in purple pen,

lots of faux stitching (again :),die cut bats and a little witch scene,

a die cut pumpkin with Halloween wording,

used a couple of brads to hold on the

zig zag strip and there's a button too.

distress marker colours-
Face..tattered rose,vintage photo,aged mahogany
Hair..vintage photo,walnut stain
Dress..fired brick,rusty hinge (mixed)
Cloak..dusty concord,faded jeans (mixed)
Hat and Shoes..black soot
Pumpkin..spiced marmalade,rusty hinge (mixed)
Ghost..pumice stone
Trousers..forest moss
Shoes..gathered twigs
around the image(sky)..weathered wood
grass..forest moss
inked edges..frayed burlap

thank you for stopping by,

have a lovely day.....hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxx

Christmas Patchwork Mini Icon hanger...

Hi...hope you all had a lovely weekend,
and are well?

a little LOTV patchwork Christmas hanger today,

i have used a few of the very sweet

images from the Mini Icons stamp sheet...

 

the images i coloured with distress markers,
added some sparkle with a gelly roll pen,
used lots of pretty papers from...
Twas the Night,
Festive Trimmings and Always and Forever papers pads,
also used the Sizzix 3/4" hexagon die,
lots of faux stitching,stamped one of the
Christmas Wishes onto natural ribbon and attached with a brad,
used a grunge message and grunge postmark stamp,
stitched a few buttons,added silver bells,thread,
eyelets and a tin star...

thanks so much for stopping by,
have a lovely Monday...hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxx

SirStampalot Demo Day and Sweet House Mouse.

Hi..hope you are doing ok?
had a lovely day demoing at SirStampalot
with the sweet Chris and to catch up with crafty friends too
was so nice...

its been a bit of a whirlwind few days,
my Mum had to go into hospital for a couple of days
and home now :) but going back for more tests next week,
we have been doing a few last bits ready
for George starting secondary school on Thursday
and just can't get that sinking feeling to go
away for me :( but George is so excited bless him... 

loved making this card with

this sweet image from House Mouse...

"" Finishing Touch ""

just adored this image as soon as I saw it,

coloured again with distress markers

and have used sentiments from

A Heartfelt Christmas clear stamp set,

heart banner die, Decorative labels 34 die

and a buttons die

lots of faux stitching and couple of pearls .

thank you for stopping by,
love to read your comments :0)
hugs all...Lou.xxxxxxxxxxxxx

LOTV Sketch...In The Lamplight.

Hi..a really quick week again,

hope you have had a lovely one :0)

my LOTV sketch make today

and i loved colouring these two sweet girls so much...

""" In The Lamplight """

coloured with distress markers,lots of lovely

 puff white embossing powder for snow,

they have a bit of a winters glow behind them

which i coloured with weathered wood distress ink.

also used one of the new Christmas Carols stamps,

vintage background stamp,Christmas Wishes sentiment

and Grunge Christmas Postmark 

lots of faux stitching,star charm,pearls,brads and a button...

don't forget you still have a little while to enter our

Christmas Challenge here ....

and the chance to win one of these 3 prizes...

1st prize - your choice of 3 of our rubber Christmas image stamps

2nd prize - your choice of one of our Christmas art pads

3rd prize - a £10 voucher to spend at the Ribbon  Girl

thank you for visiting,have a lovely weekend...

hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxx

LOTV...My Snowman Friend.

Hi..hope you have had a nice week?
been a busy one for Sophie,
bless so proud of her as she passed her driving test on Monday,
went for an interview for a Saturday/Sunday job Tuesday
and got that too and is driving around in her
lovely little Renault Twingo bought with
her own savings,we did the insurance which was so many pennies,
road tax, new radio and 4 new tires.
This afternoon she has gone on the 6 hour course
for pass plus ( motorway driving etc ).
Been such a quick week :0)

Loved making this LOTV card,
I have used the very cute image....
""My Snowman Friend""

they are so sweet,I have coloured again with distress markers,

used some papers from 'Twas the Night

and Always and Forever paper pads

sentiments from the Christmas Wishes clear stamp sheet,

added puff white embossing powder for snow,

a star charm and button,lots of faux stitching too...

a bit of snow has fallen on them from the pine branch :)

thanks so much for stopping by,

wish you all a lovely weekend,hugs Lou.xxxxxxx 

Lotv....new release Christmas Bumper Art Pads.

Hi..hope you are all ok today?

a make with one of the lovely LOTV

images from the new Christmas Art Pads...

the new pads have 60 images instead of 30

and still only £6 with free postage too and

they are the same size with two lovely images to a page .

i have used some of the Festive Trimmings paper,

Twas the Night paper and the new Christmas Wishes sentiments

 added some sparkle to the trees,

faux stitching,holly,star tab,pearls and a button.

thanks so much for stopping by,

have a nice day...hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxxxx

LOTV...Frosty Fun.

Hi..hope it's been a nice weekend for you so far?

my make today is using one of the 

cute new LOTV penguin images...

""" Frosty Fun """

he is having lots of fun whizzing through the snow,

love puff white embossing powder...

coloured again with distress markers,

used a couple of stamps from

the Grunge Christmas Postmarks set,

one of the new Christmas Wishes stamps

and paper from the Festive Trimmings pad

Shabby Shack and the Heartfelt pad

lots of faux stitching,little bells,brad,thread and a button.

thanks so much for stopping by,

have a lovely Sunday...hugs all.Lou.xxxxxx

"" A Time to Care ""...

Hi..a sweet Angel to share today,

love all the new images and papers

and so much to choose from :0)

this one is "" A Time to Care ""

i have coloured as usual with my distress markers

which i love,

i have some of the new inktense pencils but

still have to practice alot more....

also used the pretty papers

from the Always and Forever pad ,

new sentiment from Christmas Wishes stamp sheet

and one from Grunge Christmas Postmarks .

lots of sparkle with the gelly roll clear star pen
over the top of the distress ink colour,
frantage on the leaf edges,
faux stitching and used the stitch stamp border
from Babies Companion sheet   
 the snow which is puff white embossing powder
and added a few pearls and buttons too.

thanks so much for the lovely comments,
i read everyone's and it means alot .
have a lovely weekend,hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxxx

LOTV new release....

Hi..happy Friday to you,

hope you are ok? and it's a nice

sunny day for you too...

all the new release LOTV stamps and paper pads

are available to buy now...here.

and there are some amazing offers...

Have a lovely day,

hugs Lou.xxxxxxxx

LOTV...Christmas new release blog hop.

Hi...really lovely to be here today,
hope you have enjoyed the week so far :0)
we have been out getting new school uniform for George
as he moves up to secondary school in the Autumn
and Sophie has been out driving alot
as she has passed her theory test last week
 and has the main test in two weeks....
time to stop them both growing up now  ;0)

today is our new release blog hop over at LOTV
for the amazing and so gorgeous new Christmas images,
paper pads and clear stamp sets...
there is 22 cute characters stamps;vintage boys and girls,
snowmen,penguins and angels...
(clear sets-Christmas sentiments,carols,
mini images and everyday recipes)
these will all be available to buy on the website from
midnight on Friday August 1st (UK time)

All of the LOTV design team are joining in...

 you need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another

 following the links and leave a comment on each card, 

hopefully we can give you lots of ideas

 and inspiration along the way for using the new images

As always there are fabulous prizes up for grabs

 on this hop, we don’t know where they are hidden

 so do make sure you that you visit

 and comment on every blog

We will let you know tomorrow evening 

which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners

 will be drawn at random from all the comments

 that were left on those blogs

We have a full set of the

 new Christmas image stamps to give away;

1^st prize is the 12 angels, penguins and snowmen

2^nd prize is the 10 vintage children

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part,

 and remember that you will need to visit them all

 and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning;

 

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky

Dawny
Dena
Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Lou(me)

Mary J

Mindy 

 

i loved colouring this sweet image..

 

"" Winter Walk ""

they are so sweet,i have set them

in a bit of a Winter's scene with snow,

walking under cones and pine leaves...sparkle too,

also used a couple of the new Christmas sentiments

and the Noel is from Grungy sentiments clear set,

added some pearls,brads,faux stitching and a button

and coloured with distress markers...

  

Next stop is our lovely Mary J

   and if you get lost you can start again at the beginning

 and pick the links up from there.

 

 don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening 

when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the prizes

 before the new products go on sale...

i wish you lots of  ""Luck"" 

hope you enjoy looking at all

 the design teams gorgeous makes,

have a lovely day, hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxxxx

LOTV...Sneak Peek.

Hi..another gorgeous sunny morning

and it's the school holidays :0)

we haven't been out much yet,

just needed a few days to get over the past 

busy weeks...

I really love all the characters,

for the LOTV Christmas new release...

this little one is "" A Fairy On Top ""

a bit of sparkle too

and I have used some of the lovely new 

"" Snow Princess "" papers...all released very soon :)

also used one of the new Christmas sentiments,
there are lots of lovely ones on a
A5 clear stamp sheet...

I have coloured with distress markers,
sparkle from the clear star gelly roll pen
and Stampendous-Jewel Embossing powders,
added some lilac pearls,couple of buttons and
lots of faux stitching...

thanks so much for visiting
my blog,hope you have a lovely weekend...
hugs all,Lou.xxxxxxx

Amazing summer offers at LOTV....

Hi..happy Friday to you :)

Hope you are all ok?

Just popped on to let you know 

there is a really amazing offer over at LOTV ....

Fantastic price on the rubber stamps

and the gorgeous paper pads 

including the new released ones this week...

Love them all and a bit more love 

for the Autumn coloured pad...

These offers run until midnight UK time this Sunday...

thanks so much,hugs all.Lou.xxxxxx 

Love "" Sunflowers "".

Hi..hope you are ok this Monday morning?

lovely to be here with my 

LOTV "" Sunflowers "" card.

Really enjoyed colouring them,

might do a lighter make one day :)

as always I get a bit carried away with the colouring
and they look a bit more orange than the real sunflowers...

i have used some of the lovely
Always and Forever paper,one of the jounalling tags,
sentiment and made a little bubble sticker
with the sweet butterfly from Grunge Elements stamp sheet.
there is a tiny paperclip,gems,thread and a button...

thanks as always for stopping by,
have a lovely day..hugs all.Lou.xxxxxxx