Vintage Floral

Good morning my blogging friends.
Today is a Sunday and so it's time for a brand new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge.  The theme this time is "Don't Be Square".  And I received a gorgeous set of stamps to use for this challenge, Vintage Florals:-


So here's what I did, I made an easel card using Nesties that had been cut for me by a friend, I don't have any of these large ones yet, then for the background I took one of the stamps and stamped in distress inks, I used Frayed Burlap.  Then using another stamp for my main image I coloured in Distress inks, I haven't coloured with distress inks for a while, it was nice going back to them.  I added some vintage looking DP with punched borders, some pearls and lace.  The sentiment was also from the stamp set too.  To finish off I made a lace rosette with a rose in the centre:-

This was out of my comfort zone, for those off you who know me, it's not my usual style with the flowers, but I really enjoyed the challenge, and will be doing some more of these lace rosettes for embellishments, I liked how it turned out, it looks better in the flesh.


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.



Recipe:-
Stamps - Joanna Sheen Vintage Florals
Papers - Nitwits (LOTV) Country Lady, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Nesties, Grand calibur, border Punch, 
Embellishments - Lace, pearls, flower, leaves, 

Thank you for popping by my blog
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Lavender And Lace

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Brenda's turn to host and she would like to see 'Lavender And Lace'
Here is what I did, I used a Lili Of The Valley stamp, and decided to use my Nitwit papers, didn't want to over power this as I wanted this pretty lace to stand out and not hidden underneath lots of embellies.

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 is the prize on offer:-

They are offering one lucky winner a $10 store voucher for their products.  

Pin and Tack offers boutique clothes pins, thumb tacks & a delightful mix of art & home decor. Since I have an eclectic style, there is always an eclectic selection of handmade items. Modern, rustic, shabby chic and whimsical finds are just a few of the styles you will discover




Recipe:-
Stamps - LOTV, Seniment LOTV, 
Papers - Nitwits Promises,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Nesties, Grand calibur, 
Embellishments - flowers, brads, butterfly, leaves, ribbon, lace,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Ice Cream And Charms

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 me to remind you of the theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Sue's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Anything Goes - Use A Charm" - I needed to make a card for my daughter, which you may remember I showed you last week.  I also made her this matching note book too,  and her two favourite things are Ice cream and Panda's, so when I saw this stamp I had to have it.  I have just been waiting to use it, and on the Joanna Sheen stamp sheet it has a tub of ice cream on, so I stamped it onto shrink plastic to use as a charm along with some cupcakes, but they haven't come out very well on the photo. A bit disappointing as in real life they look quite good.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen who is giving away a £10 gift voucher

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - LR1016 Beary Good Ice Cream, 
Papers - Nit wits,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, 
Tools - Heat gun, shrink plastic, chain, note book,
Embellishments - ribbon, gems, charms, 


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

From This To This

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Helene's turn to host and she would like to see 'Outside The Box'.  which is to use something that wasn't intended for crafting e.g. household item, candy wrapper, bottle cap etc............
Before I give you the rest of the details, here are some more views of my creation.
What I started with:-

A Pringle tub.

Now for my side view:-

Now for the lid:-

Here is what I did, I used a Lili Of the Valley stamp, and decided to use my Nitwit papers to cover a pringle tub, thought it would make a pretty storage tub.  The flower on top is made using pages of an old book, cut with a scalloped Nestie die, sprayed with Perfect Pearls in a mister bottle, then scrunched together.  Added a punched border round the bottom, then added a couple of bows with a rose on.
I did rack my brains a bit and couldn't think what to do, but once I saw the pringle tub, that one of the kids had thrown in the top of the bin, it all started to come together in my head.  You'll be surprised what you can find to use.
See bottom of my post for full Recipe.

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 is the prize on offer:-

5 images of winners choice

DigiDarla is the brain child of Kim Eskola and her daughter Emilea and both enjoy creating and when the idea of creating digital stamps came up, it sounded like the most wonderful way to earn ever! The stamps you will find in the store and on this site come from our art as well as a few family friends that help to digitize so we can keep up.



Recipe:-
Stamps - LOTV Fairy On Tiptoes, 
Papers - Nitwit (from LOTV) country lady, 
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Nesties, Grand Calibut, Border punch, leaf die from CC Designs, Mister Bottle, 
Embellishments - ribbon, stickles, roses, TH Perfect Pearls in Heirloom Gold, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Tiny Wishes

This is my Midway challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is "CAS" (clean & simple) So you can use any stamp  for this challenge, just keep your layout simple.

We have prizes from .........................................
Penny Black,


Crimson Cloud. 

Stamp Addicts


All That Scraps



Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your stamps out for 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. ABC Challenge - P is for Pink
2. Stampin' For The weekend - Cute

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools -embossing folder, cuttlebug, butterfly punch,
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, 

Thank you for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting

Tracy x

Icecream

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 Sue's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Anything Goes - Use A Charm" - I needed to make a card for my daughter, and her two favourite things are Ice cream and Panda's, so when I saw this stamp I had to have it.  I have just been waiting to use it, and on the Joanna Sheen stamp sheet it has a tub of ice cream on, so I stamped it onto shrink plastic to use as a charm, but it hasn't come out very well on the photo.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen who is giving away a £10 gift voucher

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - LR1016 Beary Good Ice Cream, 
Papers - Nit wits,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, 
Tools - Heat gun, shrink plastic, chain, 
Embellishments - ribbon, gems, charms, 


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

Time For Tea

Good Morning blogger's, it's Saturday morning, so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Jo's turn to host and she would like to see 'Time For tea'
Here is what I did, I used a Lily Of The Valley stamp, that I haven't inked up before now, and decided to go with a pastel colour combo.  I added lace and pearls to soften the look.

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:-
My heart Pieces

4 images of winners choice

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Crafting When we can - challenge 46 - Mad About Markers
2. A Little Bit Crafty - Something sweet
3. Incy Wincy - Butterflies & Bows
4. Deep Ocean - challenge # 53 - For A girl
5. Diva's by Design - Happy birthday


Recipe:-
Stamps - LOTV. Flonz butterfly stamp,
Papers - Nit wits Promises, 
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, 
Tools - Gand calibur, nesties, crealies leaf dies, border punch, 
Embellishments - pearls, stickles, ribbon, flowers, lace, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Cheesecake

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 Scoopy's turn to choose the theme and she chose "For A Male" - I made this for my friend's son who is turning 18 this week, I was worried the image wasn't masculine enough but when I coloured it to match the Nitwit Country Gents papers, I thought it did the trick.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by:-

Di’s digi Downloads who will give $10 gift certificate

Simon says Stamp is a $25 gift certificate

House Mouse designs is a $25 Gift certificate


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:-
As I said on Saturday's post we were going to a football tournament.  The tournament was fabulous, the weather was great, in fact hot and sunny.  Bobby's team played 5 matches, they won 3 games and drew 2 games.  Bobby scored twice and played so well through out all five games, and at the end was totally exhausted, bless him.  They are now playing him in right wing and not defence.  He had a match last week, against a really good team who seldom looses, and the score was 4-4 and only about 7 mins to go and Bobby scored the winning goal.  So for every game today he played right wing which seems to be his new position.  We were so proud of him so here's a couple of photo's.

Bobby receiving his medal

Bobby with his medal, he was happy about getting it, but I just snapped this when he wasn't looking as he was tired and didn't want to pose for photo's.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Challenges 4 Everybody - challenge # 22 - Anything Goes
2. Creative Craft Challenge - challenge # 11 - For The Fella's
3. Paper crafting Journey - Masculine Cards



Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse stamp, Hero Arts bunting,
Papers - Nitwits (LOTV) Country Gents,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Embellishments - buttons, Ticket,


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

In The Garden

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Catherine's turn to host and she would like to see 'In The garden'
Here is what I did, I used one of our sponsor Images, called Pup In Wheelbarrow from Passion For Stamps, and decided to do a shaped easel card.  These were a RAK from a friend.

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:-
Passion For Stamps

4 images of winners choice

Today's News:-
Today we will be at a Football Tournament with our youngest son Bobby, He's all fired up and rearing to go, it will last between 4-5 hours, so quite a long day for him.  He's so excited, bless him!
He's playing right wing, I think I have the right term for his position.  I never thought I'd see the day that I would be watching football and enjoying it.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Crafty Calendar - June - Things With Wings (I have 4 butterflies on my card)
2. Creative Card Crew - challenge 37 - Punches/Dies
3. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + option Non Square card

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A candle For A Change

I went to a workshop on Saturday, It was at Lili Of The valley and it was with the lovely and talented Dawny P, She has quite a soft spot for my son Bobby, who put a shirt on for her, he's only ever wore it once before, he's a T.Shirt kind of kid.  We decorated a candle which I'd never done before, but will definately be doing again, I can see plenty of Christmas candles coming on, thank you Dawny.  She's so patient and really helpful, I love her workshops.

I met my Penny Black & More @ Allsorts teamie Susan,  Aww she's lovely, I really enjoyed having someone there I knew, to chat with.   I spoilt myself too with some new stamps and a couple of Nitwit paper pads. One of the pads is a present for a special friend though.  Bobby won a stamp too, with little Polar bears, it's called Igloo Bears, he said as long as I stamp it when ever he wants I can have it, I think thats fair LOL!

So now on to my make, I made this candle,  And I have to say it's so pretty in real life,  Dawny must put a lot of work in to get these kits ready, she did a brilliant job.  The image which is obviously LOTV called "Wedding Couple", and we did a gift box for it too.

Here is a side view

And here is the other side

I've already been thinking up ideas on embellishments and designs for some more.

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Oldie But A Goodie - Wedding

2. Crafting For All seasons - challenge # 53 - Wedding/Anniversary

3. Passion For Promarkers - week 200 -All That glitters

4. Fussy & Fancy - challenge 90 - Bling it on

5. No Matter Which - challenge # 10 - Bingo  (Sparkle, flowers, die cuts)

6. Heck Of A challenge - June - Bingo (Flowers, Die cut, Pearls)

7. ABC Challenge - 'O' is for open (anything goes)

8. The Hobby House - challenge 1 - Anything Goes

9. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 169 - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by my blog

Hope you have a lovely week

Happy crafting

Tracy x

A Close Shave

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 Scoopy's turn to choose the theme and she chose "For A Male" -
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by:-

Di’s digi Downloads who will give $10 gift certificate

Simon says Stamp is a $25 gift certificate

House Mouse designs is a $25 Gift certificate


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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - JSHM030 Close Shave
Papers - Nitwits (LOTV)
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug, 
Embellishments - button, ribbon,


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

Going Boating

Good morning my blogging friends.
Today is a Sunday and so it's time for a brand new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge.  The theme this time is "Spots & Stripes".  And I have been given the Tom Meilko project book to work with.  I printed this sheet with the boat and some smaller images.  The images are so beautiful and the papers are gorgeous.

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Tom Meilko project book, 
Papers - Tom Meilko, 
Embellishments - fibre thread, anchor charm, shells, 

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Summer Blooms

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 "Summer Blooms" So get out your flowers and join us.

We have sponsorship this Month from Heartfelt Creations


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.

And now onto my second challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is "CAS" (clean & simple) So you can use any stamp  for this challenge, just keep your layout simple.

We have prizes from .........................................
Penny Black,


Crimson Cloud. 

Stamp Addicts


All That Scraps



Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your stamps out 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.

*I went to my LOTV workshop yesterday and made a candle, I will do a post with it at the beginning of the week, as I already have two posts going live tomorrow.

Recipe:-
Stamps - LOTV, Penny Black,
Papers - Nitwits, 
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Grand Calibur, Sizzix dies, border embossing folder, cuttlebug, crealies leaf dies, border punch,
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, 

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