WOW - It's been a hot minute.

 Well, life aye?
I can not believe it has been so long since I made a post on here.
Nearly a year and a half.
Lots of changes, my oldest son is out in the work force, farming and loving it.  Great friends and has a pretty fun life.  Good work, life balance.
Son #2 is at University, doing a major brainbox degree.  He must get that from his dad I think.
Only daughter is still footballing, has now taken up hockey as well.... I am so glad summer is nearly here!  She is doing very well at school, has exams shortly then heads into her final year of highschool next year.
Son #3 is in second year of highschool this year, big year for him next year.  He has started a wee lawnmowing sidehustle and also working the odd evening at a takeaway shop in town.  Still his same sweet personality and wonderful sense of humor.
And Hubby and I - we are tracking well with life.  It is pretty great and we are incredibly blessed with our children, home and work.

As for crafting, after a long hiatus I am back into it.
Well the posting part.
I have still been papercrafting, just not posting. 

So, here are a couple of cards I made yesterday...

I was inspired by a card from quite sometime ago that I found on pintrest that was made by Darla at https://www.scraphappensherewithdarla.com/

I found some old SU dies in my cupboard and decided to have a play.
On that note, I am actually destashing some stuff.

If you are in New Zealand you can find my listings on 
TRADE ME 

or 
FACEBOOK NZ SCRAP & CARD STASH SALES GROUP

I will be back soon with some more crafty stuff

Lou x

Inlaid Die Cts - Mix It Up Challenge

 Shesh, my post for this is totally late, I thought I had scheduled it but NOOOOO.
Our theme at Mix It Up Challenge for this month is 
INLAID DIECUTS

Funny story I totally screwed up with the card I originally made for this challenge as I was working off last year theme list, DOH, so I quickly came up with a new card and here it is.....

I used Birch Tree Die from Hello Bluebird, Forest , Hello Bluebird Forest Fawns stampset
the papers are Jen Hadfield Peaceful Heart.
I coloured the images with my prisma pencils, which I hadn't used in a while and on smooth paper, so not the best colouring.

Thanks for popping by
Louise

A Beary Sweet Thank You

 A cutie to share today. I used the bear from "Happy Day" by Colorado Craft Company.

I tried to do a background with just distress oxides but it turned out quite s%#* 
so I covered it up with the big Thank You die from Lawn Fawn.
I had stamped and masked the bear image before trying to blend the background.
The grass was done using slimline grass stencil from Lawn fawn.

In the end with the background mostly covered, I don't hate it.

The image was coloured with prisma pencils and blended with odorless spirits, which doesn't really work the best on smooth cardstock, but that too turned out ok. 

Thanks for visiting my blog
Lou

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges....
Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Diagonal - Stencil, Diecut, Critter
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenges - Mood Board

Polkadoodle Challenge - Anything Goes

Gem Of A Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello (Autumn) Sunshine

Well, I blinked and summer disappeared.
Only one beach trip this year and here we are into Autumn and football (soccer for my USA visitors).

Now that all my children's teams are about to kick off, LOL see what I did there, that is my weekends down the tubes.

So in memory of my favourite season of the year here is a summery smile to share....
 

 The diecuts are from Lawn Fawn
The background paper was sent to me from my wonderful friend Julie, quite a few years ago now!

Thanks loads for dropping by my blog 
Lou

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges....

Lawn Fawnatics - patterned paper

Dragonfly Dreams - Use a Die

Little Patch of Crafty Friends- Anything Goes

The Paper Players- Sunshine and Rainbows 🌈 Picked as HEADLINER! 

Best Day Ever Bunnies

 Some adorable little bunnies to share with you today.
I used we herd stamp set from Waffle Flower Crafts.

I used MFT puffy cloud dies, lawn fawn simple grassy hillsides.
The background clouds were done with distress oxide tumbled glass using MFT cloud stencil.
The bunnies were coloured with copic markers.
Sentiment and die from Taylored Expressions

Thanks for visiting my blog
Lou

I would like to enter the following challenges....

Crafty Critters Challenge - Animal Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes Spring

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Simply Cuties
Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes - Top 3
Allsorts Challenge - For the Love of Animals
Polkadoodles Challenge - Anything Goes
Classic Designs Challenge - Four legged friends - Top Pick!
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Feed Out Time On The Farm

I seriously wish my farm looked this green at the moment, we have just headed into Autumn and things are pretty dry. 

I decided to make an interactive element on my card, I used MFT Surf & Turf Sliders

I used loads of Lawn Fawn product on my card
Hay There Stamp set
Hay There - Hay Rides 
Grassy Hillside border dies

I coloured the images up with my copic markers.

Thanks for popping by
Lou

I would like to enter the following challenges

Creative Knockouts - Birthday 

Moving along with the times - planes, Trains and Automobiles (hopefully a tractor counts) Top 5 Pick

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Lil Red Wagon - Animal Antics
The Paper Funday Challenge - The Dies have it

Dream Valley Challenge - Dies and punches