The Big Weigh-In

It's Monday and that means a new challenge for mousey lovers at House Mouse & Friends challenge.
Our new challenge theme this time is chosen by Stacy, and it's “Grab some tea as anything goes”. So anything goes this time.

We have 2 super generous sponsors so 2 lucky winners for this chall.House Mouse Designs with a $25 gift certificate to spend in store, and Pizzazz Aplenty with a $10 voucher to spend .

On to my creation these Happy Hoppers are having a weigh-in, I made this for my sister as she goes to slimming world and has got to goal. I go to Weight Watchers and lost over a stone so far but it's so hard, I just love food, I wonder if i'll ever need a card like this LOL! I have used Happy Hopper stamp HMKR1041 Light As A Feather.

You can go to the challenge blog to see all the challenge details.
Thanks for looking, the DT have all made gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to see them.

This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Craft Room challenge - Ink It
2. Paperplay Challenges - week 16 - Animal Antics
3. Card Makin' Mama's - Getting Girlie
4. Stamptacular Sunday - Loaded with layers
5. Fussy And Fancy - challenge 61 - Punches & Dies


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



OMG my blog display changed over the weekend and this post took my three times longer to write, my window showing me what i'm putting in my post is so narrow and only shows two lines at a time and I can't see my tool bar properly either, so every time I want to change font colour or size or add a link I have to hover my mouse over the bar to see what is where.n Does anyone know how I can fix this so I can see it properly, and I can't upload photo's, when I click on the add image square I just get a blank page with a black line down the centre. I do not like change so this is driving me mad LOL!

Added Info - If I do my blog in Google Chrome I can see everything and add photo's, so I guess i'm changing from AOL to Google to do blogging (SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)!

More added info - I have now been able to revert back to my old blog interface, please see Shirley's comment on this card for instructions.

On The Farm

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 April Showers, don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you were a winner or made the top 3.

This week is my turn to host and I would like to see 'On The Farm Or In the Garden' I had the perfect stamps that have been sat quietly waiting there turn ! I used my Ollyfants, I have masked the cow to make a bit more of a scene. And used my distress inks for colouring,
Don't forget to head over to Oldie But a Goodie for all the details of this challenge, to see the super prize that is on offer to the winner from Robyn's Fetish, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.
Remember to be in with a chance of winning You must use something on your creation that is at least 6 months old.

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Allsorts - week 150 - Button & thread
2. Crafty Catz - challenge # 128 - Animals
3. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 112 - Things With Wings (a goose & a butterfly)
4. Paperplay Challenges - week 15 - Things With Wings (a goose & a butterfly)
5. Cute card Thursday - challenge 212 - Spring Flowers
6. Deep Ocean - challenge # 23 - Song Inspiration (mine is Old Mcdonald)
7. Fab 'N' Funky - challenge # 116 - On All 4's
8. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 159 - Freebie week
9. Creatalicious - challenge # 33 - Butterflies & Flowers
10. Crafting When We Can - challenge # 16 - Just The Two Of Us


How was my Easter?

Well what a rubbish Easter holidays we had, the children had two weeks off from school, they broke up on the Friday and on the first Monday my youngest son Bobby jumped off the sofa and tore the tissue in his foot. That meant no football club, and no going out as it had to be rested, then on the Thursday he got Croup which meant he was poorly over the Easter weekend. Then just when you thought things couldn't possible get any worse he woke up Tuesday morning with Chicken Pox. Well the poor little thing was so bored, he has spent the last two weeks trapped in the house, it has drove him mad. He can't wait to get back to school, and i'm glad to say he is feeling so much better.

Funnily enough to say I didn't go anywhere it cost me a fortune as my two eldest (teenagers), wanted to be out and about so I was paying for them to go swimming, cinemas, shopping trips, eating out, but I felt so guilty because of the situation, and didn't want them to miss out because of it.

We did have some day trips planned so they have been postponed, so I think we'll wait for some good weather for us to do them now.

Hope you all had good Easter holidays, and enjoyed some of those sunny days we've had.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Ollyfant Farm, Polkadoodles butterfly,
Papers - Raspberry Road designs - Summer Goodness,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Crealies flowers ans swirls, circle punches,
Embellishments - Ribbon, button, stickles, cotton lace, Crochet thread,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

So Sweet

Hello, it's Monday again, it comes round so quickly. I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely Easter. Not too much chocolate I hope LOL!

It is time for another theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Jennifer's turn to choose the theme and she chose "So sweet" - So use something on your creation thats sweet. eg: chocolate, sweets, candy etc". As soon as I saw the theme I knew which stamp I had to use. HMTR1015 - Chocolate truffles, it's a joy to colour and a totally scrummy stamp too. The recipe for my card and any thing I used is at the bottom of my post.

Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in. We are sponsored by Simon Says stamp who will be giving one lucky winner a $25 gift certificate. And Sweet Stamp Store who will give a $10 gift certificate to another lucky entrant

The top two players with the most votes will be the prize winners and also asked to be our next GDT'S.

You had better hop on over to the challenge blog to see all the challenge details. Thanks for looking, the DT have all made gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge to see them.

This is also for the following challenges:-

1. Simon says Stamp - Use Your favourite tool (at the moment my favouritetools are my new Crealies dies)

2. My Mum's Craft Shop - challenge # 51 - Easter/Animals (I chose to use Animals)

3. Cute card Thursday - challenge # 211 - I want candy

4. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 111 - Bingo (Flowers, Diecut, Blue)

5. Incy Wincy - challenge 141 - Cute critters


Recipe:-
Stamps - HMTR1015 - Chocolate Truffles, Ticket sentiment from Bizzy becs,
Papers - Paper Pizzaz,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Crealies dies, flower punch,
Embellishments - Gems, glamour dust,

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

April Showers

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 Easter, don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you were a winner or made the top 3.
This week is our lovely Lisa's turn to host and she would like to see 'April Showers', I don't have any rainy stamps amongst my stash but I found the perfect Digi stamp that has been sat quietly waiting its turn in my computer, I won it once on a challenge I entered! Don't forget to head over to Oldie But a Goodie for all the details of this challenge, to see the super prize that is on offer to the winner from Bugaboo. And to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.
Remember to be in with a chance of winning You must use something at least 6 months old on your creation.

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Allsorts - week 148 - Photot inspiration (I used the colours)

2. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 157 - Playin' With Pastels

3. Incy Wincy - challenge 140 - Easter or Pastels (I chose pastels)

4. Passion For Promarkers - week 143 - Whatever The Weather

Recipe:-
Stamps - Stamp Fairy Digi's - Patsy - April Showers
Papers - Papermania,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Nesties, Cuttlebug, Crealies dies, border punch, circle punch,
Embellishments - Lace, glamour dust, ribbon,

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A birthday Bash

This is my creation for this months Sir Stampalot challenge. to find out more about the challenge keep reading below.

So a very Good Morning to all you crafters out there and a warm welcome to a rather special month at Sir Stampalot Challenge. It might be April Fools day, but I can assure you the surprises are all good ones and are you going to be spoilt rotten this month........there are a total of fourteen prizes to be won............yep that's right 14.................because it's our Second Birthday..................so the theme this month is:
Happy Birthday
You can make absolutely anything you want as long as it's to celebrate a Birthday and this is the prize from the lovely guys at Sir Stampalot for this months lucky challenge winner:
But it does not stop there, as in time honoured tradition we are having a Blog Hop and what fabby prizes Sir Stampalot are offering in addition the the challenge prize above, one at each of the DT's blogs and another for the winner of the correct blog hop answer. I know lots of you are familiar with what you need to do, but as we are seeing so many new crafters joining our challenge, I had better briefly explain:
Visit each of the DT's blog listed below
Leave each one a comment to be sure you are in the draw for the prizes on each of the DT's blogs, here's my prize:-

Pick up a letter from each DT blog you visit , my letter is at the bottom of this post.
Assemble those letters into two words - both have four letters and send your answers to brenda@ibas.co.uk by noon GMT on 30th April
All correct answers will go into the draw for this super prize...................

Here's the list of names you need to follow, each one will tell you where you should have arrived from and where you need to go next, but if you get lost you can always go back to the challenge blog. Don't forget you need to leave a comment at each blog, otherwise you won't be in the draw for all those prizes.

Sally

Pinky
Clare
Brenda

Ruth
Tracy

Lynne
Francesca

And I am still not quite finished with prizes, because as this is a special month for us, this month Top 3 challenge entrants will also receive a little prize rather like this which Brenda has put together...........

Wow, how exciting is all of that and I hope you've still got enough energy left to go make your Happy Birthday entry for a chance to win the challenge prize and be in the selection for our Top 3. There's inspiration from the so talented Design Team over at the challenge blog, so go and take a peek.

My letter is S

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges:-

1. Deep Ocean - challenge # 21 - Butterflies

2. Stampin' For The Weekend - challenge 6 - Anything Goes

3. 2 Sisters Challenge - challenge # 85 - Birthday Fun

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Oh So Cute

Hi all and welcome, it's a new month for Penny Black & More @ Allsorts challenges, if you didn't get the chance to join in last month's challenge this could be the one for you. The theme is "Oh So Cute", So you can use anything as long as it's cute for this challenge.

We have the following prizes up for grabs:-
3 Stamp Sets from Penny Black
£10 voucher from joanna Sheen
Penny Black Stamp from Sir Stampalot
Set Of Aqua Markers from Letraset

Are you wanting some inspiration, pop on over to the challenge blog and then you can see all the wonderful creations from the rest of the talented team.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. Craft Room Challenges - Bling & Glitter
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. Diva's By Design - challenge 28 - Stamp Something
4. My Mums Craft Shop - challenge # 50 - Stamp It
5. MAWTT - challenge # 142 - Cute 'N' Cuddly ( I know hedgies look prickly, but they are just so cute)

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black - Garden Visit 1446J, House Mouse sentiment,
Papers - Dovecraft Back To basics 3,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - CC Designs flower dies, Leaf punch, Nesties, Cuttlebug,
Embellishments - brads, stickles, pearls,

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