House Mouse Heart

This is my last week (weep, weep) as a guest designer for House Mouse Monday Challenge, I have enjoyed it so much and loved playing with my House Mouse stamps, well they are my favourites. So thank you ladies for having me and giving me this great opportunity. What a talented and lovely bunch of ladies you all are.
Now onto this weeks challenge at House mouse Monday challenge and the theme is "More Than One heart". So pop on by and join in as there is always fabulous prizes up for grabs.

For my card I cut two large hearts on my cricut, then stamped my image, I added lace around the edge. For the smaller heart I stamped it with a flowery flourish in versamark, then embossed in sea foam white embossing powder.


This is also for
1. Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics
2. Creative Inspirations - challenge 52 - Valentines/Love


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse HMJR1063 Lovely confetti heart, Flourish stamp,
Papers - Forever Friends With Love, Papermania Regency,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Cricut, Embossing Powder,
Embellishments - Ribbon, stickles, flower, gems, Lace,


Thank you for popping by, I do hope you have a good week.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Lots Of Hearts

This week at Die Cut Dreams we have the theme of "Lots Of Hearts But No Words", and as always the Design Team have come up with gorgeous creations and there's always a fab prize up for grabs. So if you've got hearts pop on over and join in. I decided to use one of my favourite Whiff Of Joy stamps, Melinda blowing kisses.


I thought I would have had more to show you today, as yesterday my Hubby John and all three kids went to Withernsea to see Johns Parents. His Dad has been in hospital and only got out out Saturday, they are doing tests as they have found growths on his Prostate. Well you know what they say "All the best laid plans and all that", They left at 10.30am, so I thought I would hoover round and do some polishing, then I prepared a Sunday Dinner for when they came home. Then my mum rang and asked if I wanted to go to hers for a cuppa. I got back from my mams and looked at my craft desk and then thought I would tackle the ironing first. Then the dogs needed walking and the cat needed groooming. Before I knew it John and the kids were home and I had done no crafting or blogging. Oh well I suppose we have to put crafting off sometimes and put the housework first.

This is also for the following challenges:-
1. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 136 - Valentine
2. Creatalicious - challenge # 18 - Use Ribbon & Love theme
3. 2 Sisters Challenge - challenge 24 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun


Recipe:-
Stamps - WOJ Melinda Blowing Kisses,
Papers - Dovecraft Back To basics, Papermania Rose garden,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Nesties, Cuttlebug, Cricut,
Embellishments - Ribbon, gems, stickles, flowers,


Thank you for popping by my blog, I really appreciate it.
Have a good week.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Magical Beings

It is my turn this week to choose the theme at Oldie But A Goodie, and I have chosen a Fantasy theme, you can use Fairies, Mermaids, dragons or any other Magical beings. It's my favourite theme and I adore fairies so I was able to get one of my favourites out, It's a crafty individuals and is so beautiful with lovely detail too. This is the prize I have put up for this challenge:-



This was also a sad card to make as it is for my Mum to give to her friend, who recently got the news she has cancer and it is too far advanced to be treated. My Mum asked me to make her a card that would make her smile, but with only a friend sentiment on it. My Mum is pleased with the result and is taking it up to the hospital today for her.


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Simon Says Stamp - Bingo - I chose Lace, flowers, and heat embossing(my image was stamped with versafine and then embossed with clear embossing folder)
2. Crafts & Me - challenge # 22 - Monochrome (Pinks)
3. Magical Mondays - challenge 14 - Flowers


Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals CI-137, Polkadoodles butterfly, Dovecraft sentiments,
Papers - Polkadoodles, Papermanis Henbury Lane,
Colouring Mediums - Distress inks, Big 'n' Juicy,
Tools - Embossing Powder, embossing leaf punch,
Embellishments - Lace, flowers, gems, Magnolia stems, ribbon, stickles,


Have a good week and thank you for stopping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Penny Black Blog Hop Winner

Hi Ladies
The blog Hop for Penny Black At Allsorts was a big success, thank you for joining in and leaving such lovely comments. For a list of all the winners you need to pop on over to the challenge blog and see if your a winner.

My winner is ...................Julye of Julye B's.............................. Congratulations!

Thank you .........Julye............. You need to e-mail Brenda to claim your prize.


I would like to remind you all that the challenge is still going and the theme is "All You Need Is Love", and there's more great prizes to be won, so please do join in the challenge.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Penny Black At Allsorts Blog Hop

This post will stay on top until January 22nd. Please scroll down for newer posts.

We are having a Blog Hop at Penny Black At Allsorts. I will tell you more on that in a moment.

Our challenge for January which is running for the the whole month as usual, is "All You Need Is Love", and here is my second creation for the theme. For details of the prizes pop on over to the challenge blog. I don't want to overload you with information.

Now for the Blog Hop, this is going to be such fun and so many prizes to be won. It starts today and will finish at midnight BST on 22nd January.

Here are the rules for the Hop :-

1) Start from here at Penny Black At Allsorts and leave a comment on the post.

2) Visit all nine DT blogs.

3) Leave a comment on each.

4) Collect a letter clue from each

5) Use those letters along with the ones already given in the grid below to make two words and mail your answer to Brenda at: brenda@ibas.co.uk

You should have come here from Penny Black At Allsorts blog, and now you need to go to Jules next. But if you get lost you can start afresh at the challenge blog.

Now for my letter, which you will need to collect, it is:- T

The word will fit into the following grid:-_ _ _ A _ /_ _ _ _ _S

And my prize is :-


There will be a prize up for grabs on each blog you visit, the winner will be selected from all those who leave a comment. And this is the prize for the overall winner:-

So what are you waiting for get HOPPING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Recipe:-

Stamps - Penny Black Snuggle,

Papers - My Minds Eye Quite Contrary,

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Promarkers,

Tools - Cricut, Nesties, border punch,

Embellishments - gems, ribbon,

Happy Crafting
Tracy x

Baby Blues

I have been asked to make a Baby Boy card, so I have used this cute Bugaboo image I won a while ago, I didn't want to over embellish as I love ginghams and polkadots together.

This is a short post today, I have been rushed off my feet lately so I will apologise if I haven't been to your blog in the last couple of days. And i'm going over to school in a short while as I have started helping at Bobby's school two afternoons a week. I am listening to the little ones read and helping them to learn to read as well.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 1 - New & Blue
2. Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 147 - Monochrome (blues)
3. Creative Craft Challenges - Monochromatic Madness


Have a good week and thank you for popping by my blog
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Sew........Special

This is my second creation for House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge as a Guest, the theme is "Embossing dry or powder". I decided to go with dry embossing using an embossing folder. I adore this image and it was a joy to colour. It is called "Alterations Sew & Go", I used buttons and thread as embellishments.

Now please do pop on over to the House Mouse Challenge Blog to see if your one of the many winners from the blog hop. You don't want to miss out on one of those fab prizes.


This is also for:-
1. Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges - challenge # 5 - Anything goes
2. Stamp Something - Anything Goes


Recipe:-
Stamp - House Mouse Alterations Sew & Go HMPR1034,
Papers - Polkadoodles,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug,
Embellishments - Buttons, thread,


Have a good week and thank you for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Woodland Folk

It's another challenge at Die Cut Dreams where the theme is "Use A Digi And A Stamp". So I combined this digital Log Cabin from our Sponsors this week, Robyns Fetish with some Woodland Folk stamps. There's some great combinations created by the rest of the team, so please do pop on over and take a look.

It is my sons 5th Birthday today and he loves animals so this is for him, Bobby is growing up so quickly.


This is also for:-

1. Paperplay challenges - week 2 - Cutie Patootie

2. The Creative Cottage - challenge 29 - Something New (new stamp)

3. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 49 - Happy birthday


Have a good week and thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Sir Stampalot Blog Hop Winner

Our blog hop has ended at Sir Stampalot Blog Challenge, we had a great response and such wonderful comments were received, thank you so much.

So with such fabulous prizes on offer, pop on over to the blog to find out who the winners are.

I can announce who the winner of this great prize is:-








Yes it's you.................................Nannieflash
Please e-mail Brenda with your details to claim your prize - brenda@ibas.co.uk

If you didn't win you can still take part in our challenge, you have until the 28th of January, and there's a great prize up for grabs.


This is my creation for this months challenge, as you can see the theme is "A Winters Tale", so pop on over to Sir Stampalot and join in our challenge. And this is the prize up for grabs this month:-





Happy crafting
Tracy x

Bright & Cheerful

This week at Oldie But A Goodie it's our lovely Lisa Jane's turn to choose the theme, and Lisa wants us to banish the winter blues and do something "Bright & Cheerful". Don't forget to use a stamp older than 6 months and no Digi's please. And most of all please join in and have fun!
The prize for this week is this lovely Magnolia stamp:-


I have used a Sarah Kay image from Sir stampalot, you can find here, she is so great to colour and I just think she's beautiful. I also have had some new papers from Sir Stampalot too which I have used on this creation, and you can find them here, now these are really beautiful papers. I have just got a new X-Cut border punch and embossing leaf punch, so had to try them out on my card.

I have also learnt over the last couple of days to watermark my work, Christine thank you for the easy walk through and also to Debs.


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Truly Scrumptious - challenge 48 - Sketch + Dreaming Of Summer (I have rotated the sketch)
2. Let's Ink It Up - challenge # 8 - Anything Goes
3. Creative Inspirations - challenge 50 - Something new on your project (New Papers, New Border punch & New embossing leaf punch)
4. Cupcake Crafts - #124 - Something New (New Papers, New border punch & new embossing Leaf punch)


Recipe:-
Stamps - Sarah Kay Spring Blossoms,
Papers - Kaiser craft Devonshire collection,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Cuttlebug, Nesties, order punch, Embossin leaf punch,
Embellishments - ribbon, stickles, gems, flowers,


Hope your all having a good week, thank you for dropping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Sir Stampalot Blog Hop

Happy New Year to one and all !!

This is a sticky post, so please scroll down for my other postings

I am here with a new challenge for Sir Stampalot, and that's not all, as we are also having a Blog Hop, so I will deal with the new challenge theme first and them move on to the Hop.

Our challenge theme for January which will run for the the whole month as usual is

"A Winters Tale"

We would like you to take inspiration from Queens 1995 hit song title or if you prefer Shakespeare's slant on things, as always how you interpret it is completely your choice. All we ask is that you have fun and of course remember the rules and that you can combine your entry with up to five other challenges.

"This months lucky winner will receive this super prize from the lovely guys at Sir Stampalot.............................yes this month it's a surprise, but you know it will be fabulous !!"
"I will tease you and say it includes a set of very special stamps worth £70 that you can't buy anywhere !!"


Now for the Blog Hop, this is going to be such fun and so many prizes to be won.

It starts today and will finish at midnight BST on 10th January.

Here are the rules for the Hop :-

1) Start from here at Sir Stampalot and leave a comment on the post.

2) Visit all DT blogs and Smudges

3) Leave a comment on each.

4) Collect a letter clue from each

5) Use those letters along with the ones already given in the grid below to make two words and mail your answer to Brenda at: brenda@ibas.co.uk

You should have come here from Brenda's blog and have collected her letter, and now you need to go to Smudges next.



But if you get lost you can come back here at Sir Stampalot and start afresh.


Now for my letter, which you will need to collect, it is:- O

The word will fit into the following grid:-



_ _ R _ _ A _ _ A _ _ _


And my prize is :-





There will be a prize up for grabs on each blog you visit, the winner will be selected from all those who leave a comment.

There will be a further prize for the winner selected from all correct answers mailed to me brenda@ibas.co.uk which will be:-





So what are you waiting for get HOPPING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Recipe:-
Stamps - Personal Impressions Christmas scene (P241),
Papers - Jak Heath Freebie,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Fiskars Border Punch,
Embellishments - Flowers, ribbon, stickles, gem,


Happy Crafting
Tracy x

House Mouse Blog Hop

I have been invited to be a guest designer for the month of January at House Mouse Challenge Blog. What a dream come true, I get to work with one of my passions House Mouse, so I didn't have to be asked twice.

There challenge theme is "New Beginnings", it could be a wedding, baby, job, new year etc............. I chose to do a "New Job" for my creation using Paperclip Heart.

It is also a Blog Hop as well, there will be hidden prizes along the way, great sponsorship and House Mouse stamps are among the prizes too.

You should have come here from SUE K and your next stop after me is House Mouse Challenge blog. Please leave a comment to tell us you have been here.

So enjoy yourself and hop on to the next stop


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse Paperclip heart HMOR1010, sentiment computer generated,
Papers - Forever friends Just For Him,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Gel Pens, Distress Inks,
Tools - Fiskars border punch,
Embellishments - ribbon, paperclips,


Happy crafting
Tracy x

A Lovely Quote

Happy New Year To All!
This weeks challenge over at Die Cut Dreams is to use a Quote on your creation. I have made mine using this quote, it is from my DT Buddy Mummylade, She has some lovely ones. All of the quotes on this weeks challenge are brilliant so do pop over and take a look at the rest of the DT's work. And as always Susie puts up great prizes.

I have used the Bookworm Fairy stamp by Hannah Lynn from Crafts & Me.

This is also for:-
1. Stamp Something - Something with glitter (I have added glitter to her wings and the butterfly)

2. By The Cute & Girly - January challenge - Bling It On


Hope you all have a good week and thank you for stopping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

First DT Creation

Ooooo I have been waiting to share this great news with you for a while now, I have been invited to be on the team for Penny Black At Allsorts. I couldn't believe it, I just adore Penny Black Critters so much. So as you can guess I didn't have to think about it I just said "YES" straight away.



So here's my first creation for this months challenge, the theme is "All You Need Is Love".

It is a monthly challenge so you have plenty of time to enter and the prizes are always great too. Check out the rest of the DT creations as they are gorgeous.

For this months challenge we have four prizes from the wonderful Penny Black and an extra prize as well which I will tell you about shortly, plus we are thrilled to have a new sponsor PB Stamps
..........who are offering a lifetime 15% discount for products purchased from their store, it you have never visited them you don't know what you are missing.................new stamps, old stamps and even discontinued stamps..............

Now for an extra special bit, we will select a further winner from those who link up as a follower this month. So many people keep telling us they are so surprised but excited to find us, so if you link up to follow us you will be the first to know about all that's going on.


There is also going to be a Blog Hop on the 15th January if you wouldn't mind spreading the word too. You can lift the blog hop blinkie below to use.



Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black 1664J Squeeze till I squeak, Polkadoodles butterfly,
Papers - Forever Friends - For You,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Distress Inks,
Tools - Nesties, Cuttlebug, embossing folder, Cricut, George cartridge (for the hearts), heart punch
Embellishments - ribbon, stickles,


Thanks for stopping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x