Birthday Wishes

Hello, I hope your all having a lovely Bank holiday Monday, the weather here has been beautiful over the weekend.
It is time for me to remind you of the theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Stacy's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Flower Power or Flour Power" - You can either use a mouse with flowers or cooking flour.   I decided on this stamp HMUR1002 Blowing Dandelions, as I was going with Flowers, I don't have a House Mouse stamp with Flour on.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by

£10 Gift voucher goes to the lucky winner.

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.

Today's news:-

I haven't got round to doing much blogging after having an accident yesterday.  My two big ones went to a music festival in Leeds yestrerday, so we decided to have a couple of hours at the park, took a football for a kick about with Bobby.  John and Bobby was passing to each other and the ball rolled off the grass on to the pavement so I went to kick it back to them, with a nice hard kick.  I didn't realise there was concrete edging around the grass and I not only kicked the ball but the kerb /edging too.  I knew straight away I had done some damage.

So I went home took off my trainer and sock and POW it felt like my toe had exploded, it was swelling as we were looking at it and turning black at the same time.  I said to John that I thought I'd broke it, but my nail was going black.

Went to the A&E, and had x-rays, they said there is a lot of swelling and bruising but couldn't see a break, but had to have my nail drilled to release the pressure and build up of blood under the nail.  Yep I have a very painful foot and won't be kicking any footballs anytime soon.  I'm supposed to keep it elevated for a couple of days and keep the dressing on and resting it for the next 5-7 days.

But I am booked into a workshop at  LOTV  next Saturday, and even if I have to hobble I will be there, plus I'm meeting Susan too (my Penny Black @ Allsorts team mate), and I can't let her down.  We haven't met before, so I'm looking forward to it.  We are doing a candle, this will be my second workshop, I enjoyed the first one so much I booked straight in for this one.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Dream valley - challenge 57 - Animals
2. I ♥ Promarkers - challenge # 169 - Anything goes
3. One Stop crafts - challenge # 230 - Furry friends

Recipe:-
Stamps - HMUR1002 Blowing Dandelions,
Papers - Nitwits Perfect Pair, 
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,  
Embellishments - Flowers, ribbon, stickles, 


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

Happy Birthday Allsorts

A very Good Morning to all you crafter's out there and a warm welcome to a rather special week  at Allsorts Challenge. There are a lots of fabulous prizes to be won to celebrate our Fourth Birthday..................so can you guess the theme, it is:-
Happy Birthday
You can make absolutely anything you want as long as it's to celebrate a Birthday.
But it does not stop there, as in time honoured tradition we are having a Blog Hop, and there is a prize at each of the lovely DT's blogs.  Here is my prize:-
It's a brag Album with some flowers and buttons in co-ordinating colours

 I know lots of you are familiar with what you need to do, but as we are seeing so many new crafter's joining our challenge, I had better briefly explain:
Visit each of the DT's blog
Leave each one a comment to be sure you are in the draw for the prizes on each of the DT's blogs
Pick up a letter from each DT blog you visit
Assemble those letters into a word - and send your answer to  brenda@ibas.co.uk


You should have come here from Brenda's blog
My letter that you need to collect is A
You then need to go to Jo's blog

Now I bet you want to know the prizes, here they are:-

PPR Crafts - $15 voucher:

Crimson Cloud - 3 packs of die cuts:

Digi Darla - 5 images:

Pin and Tack - $10 voucher:

Passion for Stamps - 4 images:

Crafts by Fitztown - 5 images 

A selection of ribbons and embellishments from Pretty Little Ribbons:

An Ultimate Adhesive kit from Stix2 (http://www.stix2.co.uk/)

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.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Popcorn Bear,
Papers - Nitwits Bear necessities,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - flower dies, border punch,
Embellishments - ribbon, stickles, gems,


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

Lilacs

Hello, it's Monday again, it comes round so quickly. I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely weekend.
It is time for another theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Stacy's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Flower Power or Flour Power" - You can either use a mouse with flowers or cooking flour.   I decided on this stamp KR1050 Lilac Bouquet, as I was going with Flowers, I don't have a House Mouse stamp with Flour on.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by

£10 Gift voucher goes to the lucky winner.

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.

WARNING:- Bragging Mum Moment
Yesterday it was presentation day at the Hunslet Boys Club where my youngest son Bobby plays football, It is a large club and do lots of different sports and activities, the football covers ages 3-15 years.  Bobby plays for the under 7's, each child got a medal then each year group had two Trophies, one was for Player Of The Year and the other was Sportsman Of The Year.  Bobby won Sportsman Of The Year, which we was not expecting, he isn't the best player in the team but this is what his coach said when announcing his win:-

"This player deserves this Trophy as he always has a smile on his face, gets straight back up and plays on when injured or knocked down. He likes to have a laugh and makes the team laugh and have fun too in training. And most of all I can give him any position to play and he can do it and gives 100% "

That is true about the positions as Bobby had a match this morning, and he started his game in defence, then moved into left wing (even though he is right footed) when that player went off with his asthma, then there was an injury and Bobby was then moved into mid field.  So in the full game he'd played three different positions, his coach said to us after the game that Bobby is one of his most valued players as he slots into any position and can play them all and none of the other children can do that.

This is a close up at our table, a very proud boy














Bobby is the one in the middle just after receiving his trophy, I was way back and had to zoom in to get this photo, so it's not very good.

Recipe:-
Stamps - KR1050 Lilac Bouquet, Joanna sheen House Mouse sentiment, 
Papers - Lucy Cromwell, 
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, 
Tools - butterfly punch, 
Embellishments - Flowers, ribbon, stickles, leaves, 


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

Egg-xtra Special

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Sarah's turn to host and she would like to see 'True Blue'
Here is what I did, I used a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp, and decided to do a gift bag and a tag instead of a card, I love making these gift bags and the people I give them to love them too.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer:-
We have 2 fantastic sponsors this week...

Pretty Little Ribbons

and

Flonz stamps

 

A $20 voucher to spend at the Flonzcraft online store plus all entrants to this weeks challenge can get a 12% discount off orders placed during the week - just add "Allsorts Challenge Entrant" in the comment section when placing your order.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Charisma cards - challenge 19 - No Digi's Allowed
2. Simon says stamp - Flower Power
3. Love To Create - challenge # 65 - Flowers, Flowers, so many pretty flowers
4. Deep Ocean - challenge # 51 - Sparkle

And now onto my reminder for our challenge at Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is "Sew Special" So you can do something for someone special with faux or real stitching for this challenge.  I opted for faux stitching and used the image from Micey Day Transparent stamps

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U Love and Flonz. Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth joining in isn't it!!!!!!

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Fab 'N' Funky - challenge # 171 - Your Favourite Embellishment (handmade flowers every time)
2. Incy Wincy - Animal Antics
3. Passion For Promarkers - week 198 - Doodleicious (faux stitching)
4. Anythimg Goes - challenge 92 - Shaped, but not square
5. Diva's By Design - Shape it up
6. Penny Black Saturday - May - Anything goes


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Achoo... Need A Tissue?

Hello, it's Monday morning and they seem to be coming round quicker than ever, I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely weekend.
It is time for my Mid way reminder of the theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Paula's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Feeling Blue" - Use something on your creation that is the colour blue or unwell or sad. I thought I would do something different for this, I  used the same stamp I used last week on my unwell card, but cut out my little Mousey, he's full of cold and with his tissue,  I used HMOR1047 Achoo, it's just so sweet.  And of course my new LOTV papers had to be used, I am addicted to them. (see below for recipe).  I used my my Sizzix flower dies  again for this one.
So to join in you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie.

We are sponsored by:-
Di’s digi Downloads who will give a $10 Gift Voucher

Also H M Designs who will give one of our lucky winners $25 Gift certificate

And finally Simon Says Stamp will give a $25 Gift Certificate to another lucky winner.

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 for the following challenges:-
1. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 268 - Something Blue
2. Crafty Catz - challenge # 182 - Anything goes
3. Diva's By design - Anything Goes


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse HMOR1047, Sentiment computer generated,
Papers - LOTV NitWits Petal Fresh ,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Sizzix flower dies, Grand calibur, circle punch,



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

It's A Goal

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely wendy's turn to host and she would like to see 'Any Sport'
Here is what I did, I used a LOTV stamp, and decided to go with their Nit Wit papers too.  I decoupaged the football, stamped out a football shirt and stamped No 1 dad on it.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer:-

Whimsy are giving 4 images of winners choice

The Craft Barn are giving £15 on line to spend

I would also like to tell you about our up coming celebrations for our 4th Birthday here at Allsorts on the 25th may.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Passion for Promarkers - week 197 - Birthdays
2. Paper crafting journey - Anything Goes

Recipe:-
Stamps - LOTV, Daisy & Dandelion, Anita's alphabet, hero Arts bunting
Papers - Nitwits (LOTV) Petal fresh,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, 



Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Music & Lyrics

Good morning my blogging friends.
Today is a Sunday and this is my second post, it's time for a brand new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge.  The theme this time is "Music & Lyrics".  And I have been given this fabulous decoupage to use from Joanna Sheen.  I loved it but decided to do something a little different, a gift bag.

There is a £15 gift voucher up for grabs to the random lucky winner so why not come and join us!







And the rest of the team have made some fabulous creations, please do pay them a visit too

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Challenges 4 Everbody - challenge # 19 - Anything goes
2. Creative Craft challenge - challenge 9 - All About Animals

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Positively Pampered

Hi all,
And welcome, it's a new month for Stamping Sensations and 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.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is "Embossing & Texture" So get out your Embossing folders or powders, and join in.  I used this LOTV image and Flonz butterrflies

We have sponsorship this Month from Tonic Studios.

And of course, the Design Team have created some stunners to inspire you. Please do pay them a visit to their individual blogs - it means a lot to know you appreciate their efforts.

This is for the following challenge:-
Passion For Promarkers - week 196 - To Die for
























And now onto my second challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is "Sew Special" So you can do something for someone special with faux or real stitching for this challenge.  I opted for faux stitching and used one of my favourite images 432J Bitty Bear Angel.  The Butterflies are by Flonz, one of our sponsors this month.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U Love and Flonz. Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth joining in isn't it!!!!!!

Now if you would like to be a GDT for us, all you need to do is make a creation to fit the theme following our rules.

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.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Penny Black Saturday - May - Anything Goes
2. Cute card Thursday - challenge 267 - Come Fly with me
3. Simon Says Stamp - Happy mail (I chose Just For You)
4. The cutie Pie Challenge - challenge # 43 - Lots Of layers

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

I Made A Recipe Box

First of all I would like to thank all of you that encouraged me to go on my first workshop, I loved it!  It was at Lili Of The valley and it was with the lovely and talented Dawny P.  I felt so at ease, thank you Dawny.
All the ladies were great too.  I spoilt myself too with stamps and Nitwit paper pads.

So now on to my make, I made this recipe box, it's so versatile as you could use it for 6"x6" cards, or stationery, the possibilities are endless as it's such a good size.  And I have to say it's so sturdy made with 360gsm Kraft card, and reinforced too, the amount of work Dawny must have done to get these kits ready, she did a brilliant job.  The image which is obviously LOTV called "Mix It & Make It", was stamped but I coloured it at home, and of course had to buy the stamp too, the beautiful papers are also from LOTV by Nitwits called Country Lady, which I also had to buy.

Here's an inside view:-

And now for a better look at the divider cards:-

I love what I made and intend on making more definitely, my Sister is already wanting one to put all her slimming world recipes in.

I really had a fantastic day and my bad back held out all the way through, as though someone was watching over me and making sure I got through the workshop without it seizing up.

I will be back here tomorrow with Design team creations for Stamping Sensations, Penny Black @ Allsorts and Joanna sheen, yep a busy post tomorrow.

Thank you for popping by and looking.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Add Some Sparkle

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is my turn to host and I would like to see 'Add Some Sparkle', so you can use your glitters, gems etc.........
Here is what I did, I used a Crafts And Me stamp and a Digi Stamp boutique ticket, and decided to go mad with my glitters.  The moon is glittered and there is glamour dust on the fairy wings and edges of my flowers. But as my photography is rubbish it doesn't show much.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer:-


Our new sponsor Yours and Mine Paper Crafts offering one lucky winner............

And our regular sponsor DigiStamp Boutique offering one winner six images of their choice.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Creative card Crew - challenge 35 - Bling
2. Love to create - challenge # 63 - Punches & Dies
3. Creative Inspiration Wednesday - challenge 212 - Birthdays
4. Crafts And Me - challenge # 131 - Floral frenzy
5. Fab 'N' Funky - challenge # 169 - Lots Of Pink
6. ABC Challenge - M for Make It Sparkle

Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafts And Me - Hiding, Digistamp Boutique,
Papers - Papermania Lucy Cromwell.
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, 
Tools - Grand calibut, Sizzix flower dies, Crealies leaf die, Border punch, corner die, circle punches,
Embellishments - ribbon, stickles, glamour dust, fine glitter,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x