Where Does Time Go?

Where does time go, I just seem to be chasing my tale at the moment with the kids being off of school, so if I haven't popped by your blog this week, I promise I will be round either over the weekend or the start of the week. So please do accept my apologies.

I had to do the challenge over at House Mouse this time and it gave me a chance to use one of my favourite stamps, aren't these little critters so cute sheltering from the rain under these Autumn leaves.

I used this stamp which is called Autumn Sprinkles, and cut up one of my favourite papers which I have been saving for I don't know what, but it just went so well with the colours I had used for this stamp. The other reason for today's card is House Mouse & friends challenge blog posted about a challenge over at Midnight Madness Sketch challenge, where there are four fantastic House Mouse stamps up for grabs, I just couldn't resist as they are so gorgeous. Below is the sketch I followed, but I turned it on it's side.

So this is for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse - challenge # 107 - Fall

2. Midnight Madness - MMSK # 127 - Sketch

3. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

4. Charisma Cardz - challenge # 43 - Anything Goes

5. Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

6. One Stop Crafts - week # 155 - No sentiments


Recipe:-

Stamps - Autumn Sprinkles HMTR1001, Free Leaf stam from Craft Stamper Magazine, Polkadoodles butterfly stamp,

Papers - Paper Pizazz Heritage, Dovecraft Fantasy,

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, H20's

Tools - Border punch,

Embellishments - flowers, brads, dew drops, glamour dust, ribbon,



Thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

So Charming

It's Monday morning and that means it's time for another challenge at Die Cut Dreams, this week our theme is a colour combo, "So Charming". So get your charms out and join in with this fab challenge.

Head over to the main challenge blog to check out all the details of the new challenge and to see what our lovely girls have created for your inspiration.

We are sponsored this week by our lovely Lynne who owns Crafts 4 You, and this is the prize, a £10 voucher to spend at her fabulous store. As you can see I have used one of Lynnes lovely sentiments on my card.



This is also for the following challenges :-

1. Ready Teddy Go - challenge # 3 - Punch it ou (border punch, dragonfly punch, corner punch)

2. Flutterby Wednesday - challenge # 176 - Anything Goes

3. I ♥ Promarkers - challenge # 88 - Ain't it cute

4. Lets Ink it Up - challenge # 16 - Think pink

Recipe:-

Stamps - Penny Black Bitty Bear Angel 432J,
Papers - Papermania Blueberry hill,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Dragonfly punch, corner punch, Border Punch,
Embellishments - charms, ribbon, dew drops, flowers, glitter, stickles,


Thank you for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A Little Bit Of Vintage

Over at Penny Black @ Allsorts we have been having a little bit of fun, Brenda sent us all a couple of kits out and the idea is that the whole team receive the same things and we then see how everyone has interpretated their kit. One kit is "A Little Bit Of Vintage" and the other which is to come later is "Merry Christmas"

So here is the first kit:-

Some of the papers vary but all do come from the same paper pack which is from Basic Grey. So this is what I have come up with, and as you can see we all choose our own Penny Black stamp to use.

I haven't used the clock, and I cut up the hinges to use as brackets too. The only other thing I added that wasn't in the kit was a stamped image, brads, cardstock and distress inks. I had so much fun doing this challenge.

Please pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the teams creations using the kits. They are fantastic.


I would also like to remind you there are going to be a few changes to our challenge Penny Black @ Allsorts, We are opening up the challenge entry criteria and starting with our November challenge you will be able to use any stamp on your work, although strictly no digi images. And we are changing the day of our challenges which in future will launch on the first Sunday of the month instead of 1st of the month. There will still be lots of prizes on offer and all eligible entries will go into the draw, plus there will be an additional prize each month for entries using a Penny Black stamp or stickeroo.

And as if all that was not enough, we will be having a “Who’s in the Spotlight” feature every month. The DT will be keeping an eye open as they go on their rounds and mid month we will feature two entries which stand out to us. Those entries will be able to display our special logo.There will be a slight change to our name to take account of these changes and in future we will be know as ‘Penny Black and more at Allsorts’


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 89 - Layer Upon Layer
2. Fab 'N' Funky - challenge # 95 - Distressed
3. MAWTT - Challenge 119 - Vintage


Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny black 1122k Sharing A moment,
Papers - Basic Grey,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Embellishments - Binding, brads, Tim Hiltz clock and hinges, flowers,


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

Changes At Sir Stampalot

Good Morning
I'm would like to give you a heads up about a change to our challenge over at Sir Stampalot challenge blog.
As from November the starting date of challenges will be the first Sunday of the month instead of the 1st of the month, which means that most months, our challenge will run until the end of the month................unless the first Sunday falls on the first of the month...............but rather than complicate things here there will be a list of exact dates on the sidebar to make life easier for us all.
Apart from that everything remains the same, fun themes, great prizes from Sir Stampalot, our monthly Top 3 and of course inspiration from the Design Team.
This months challenge will run until midnight GMT on 31st October and the next challenge will start on Sunday 6th November. So you still have time to join in this months challenge, if you would like.

Thanks for popping by my blog
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Forever Autumn

Good Morning bloggers, It's time for a new challenge today at Oldie But A Goodie but first I'd like to thank all those that entered the last challenge, you all made some fantastic cards for our wings challenge, don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you were a winner or made the top 3.

This week is Claire's turn to host and she would like to see 'Forever Autumn'. This can be autumnal image or colours. I don't have many Autumnal stamps, but I found the perfect stamp that has been sat quietly waiting its turn to be used again!


Don't forget to head over to Oldie But a Goodie for all the details of this challenge and to be in with a chance for this prize.





And check out all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team. Remember to be in with a chance of winning You must use a rubber stamp (not a digi) and it must be at least 6 months old.

This is also for the following challenges:-
1. CES Challenges - challenge # 58 - Forever Autumn
2. Deep Ocean - challenge # 10 - Fall colours
3. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 134 - You Choose
4. Stampin' For The Weekend - challenge 18 - Colours Of Autumn

Recipe:-

Stamps - Sarah Kay,

Papers - Kaiser Craft Devonshire collection, My minds eye Bloom & grow.

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,

Tools -Border punch, corner die, cuttlebug, flower punch, cricut heart,

Embellishments - ribbons, pearl, small roses,

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting

Tracy x

Changes At Penny Black & More @ Allsorts

Hello everybody, I have some exciting news for you and at last I can share it with you.
There are going to be a few changes to our challenge Penny Black @ Allsorts, but I think they are going to make it even better than before and allow lots more of you to join in.

We are opening up the challenge entry criteria and starting with our November challenge you will be able to use any stamp on your work, although strictly no digi images.
And we are changing the day of our challenges which in future will launch on the first Sunday of the month instead of 1st of the month.

There will still be lots of prizes on offer and all eligible entries will go into the draw, plus there will be an additional prize each month for entries using a Penny Black stamp or stickeroo.

And as if all that was not enough, we will be having a “Who’s in the Spotlight” feature every month. The DT will be keeping an eye open as they go on their rounds and mid month we will feature two entries which stand out to us. Those entries will be able to display our special logo.
There will be a slight change to our name to take account of these changes and in future we will be know as ‘Penny Black and more at Allsorts’

Over the next couple of weeks there will be updating the information on our sidebar and will also list dates of the next few challenges so you can easily check what is happening when, but I can tell you that the next challenge will start on 6th November and the current one will run until midnight GMT on 31st October.


Now you may wonder why we are making these changes and think we have fallen out of love with our precious Penny Black stamps, but nothing could be further from the truth and the DT will all continue to use them on their DT work.
But we do realise that not everybody is lucky enough to own Penny Black stamps and has been prevented from joining in previously.So we hope the changes will make it easier for more of you to join in the fun and also have the opportunity to win the stamps on offer from Penny Black and our other sponsors so you can start your very own Penny Black collection.


Thank you for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Twas The Night Before Christmas

It's Monday morning and that means it's time for another challenge at Die Cut Dreams, this week our theme is to use a poem on your card. So get your thinking caps on or google a poem and join in with this fab challenge. Head over to the main challenge blog to check out all the details of the new challenge and to see what our lovely girls have created for your inspiration. There are some beauties. And the prize for this time is :-

I had to use these two sweet mice in walnut shells to go with this poem that I love. And of course they are House Mouse. The poem is by Clement Clarke Moore and is called Twas the night before christmas.

This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Totally Papercrafts - Challenge # 87 - Animals
2. One Stop Crafts - week # 152 - Anything Goes


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse HMOR1059 Winters Nap, Poem Computer generated,
Papers - Dovecraft Winter Wonderland,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Sizzix corner die, embossing folder swiss dots, cuttlebug,
Embellishments - stickles, ribbon, gems,

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

Wings

It's time for another challenge at Oldie But A Goodie, this week it's our lovely Sara's turn to host, Her theme this week is "Wings". Head over to the main challenge blog to check all the details of the new challenge and to see what our lovely girls have created for your inspiration. Remember to be in with a chance of winning You must use a rubber stamp (not a digi) and it must be at least 6 months old. The prize is supplied by Sara and you'll find the fabulous goodies below:-


I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. Crafty Catz - challenge # 102 - Things With Wings
2. Allsorts - week 123 - Flowers (use at least 5 and I have used 5)
3. Magical Monday - Use 3 Punches (A flower punch, Butterfly punch and a dragonfly punch)



Thank you for popping by and have a lovely week.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Something Yummy!

It's the first of the month so that means it's time for another challenge at Sir Stampalot, the theme this week is "Food Glorious Food". So get your foody stamps out. Head over to the main challenge blog to check all the details of the new challenge and to see what our lovely girls have created for your inspiration. We are sponsored by Sir Stampalot and this is the fantastic prize.

I have used this gorgeous House Mouse stamp from the Joanna Sheen set JSHM033 Reindeer, my DT buddy Clare sent me it, Thank you Clare.

This is also for the following challenges:-

1. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 184 - Animal Crackers
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. Just Tracy's Crafts - October challenge - Anything Goes
4. ABC Challenges - A is for Anything Goes



Now onto my next challenge Penny Black @ Allsorts

This month we have a wonderful photo inspiration for our theme, I have took all the colours and used them in my card. There is great prizes up for grabs. So please pop along to the challenge blog and see the inspiration from the rest of the girls, gorgeous work.






This is also for the following challenges:-

1. Crafts & Me - challenge # 54 - Flowers
2. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 86 - Autumn

I have been having problems leaving comments, I write my comment then click on publish and my comment disappears, I know Squirrel is having the same problem too. So I would like to say Sorry if I have commented on your creations and then they don't seem to show.

Thank you for popping by my blog, have a good weekend.
Happy crafting
Tracy x