It's Golden

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 'Perfect Pairs'

For my perfect pairs I made a card with a matching envelope, It's for my Mum and Dad's Golden Wedding Anniversary, the stamps were freebies from a magazine.


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 that's on offer:-



I would like to thank House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge team for choosing me as a winner

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Fabulous At 50

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 'Pastels'

All my stamps for this card are from a Debbi Moore set, for my background I did a resist technique with my distress inks, using pastel colours.


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 sponsor and the prize that's on offer:-

Craft Stash

Recipe:-
Stamps - Debbie Moore - Hello Gorgeous, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, 
Tools - Creative Dies - Number dies, Versa mark, clear embossing powder, 
Embellishments - Ribbon, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Pretty Blooms

Welcome it's a mid way for Stamping Sensations and Penny black & More @ Allsorts challenges, if you didn't get the chance to join in last month's challenges these could be the ones for you, there is still time to enter.

At Stamping Sensations  this month the theme is 'Show Your True Colours' , so use your favourite colours, I bought some tulips for my son's grave and they were pale yellow tipped with pink, I had never seen them before but loved them so much they are my inspiration for this theme.  I made a background with Distress Oxides and coloured my image with Distress Inks, colours used were Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry and Spun sugar.  I stamped some butterflies then inked them with versamark and then holographic embossing powder which give them a sparkle.



We have sponsorship this Month from

Visible Image  with a £25 voucher

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 'Blooms, Butterflies And Bugs' ,  My card has blooms and butterflies, the paper is really pretty with daisies on to go with the image.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Swedish House Crafts and Stix2  Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your Penny Black stamps out isn't it!!!!!!

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.

After my time away from blogland for personal reasons I was proud to be awarded this Honourable mention at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, thank you, it means a lot.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black - 3206J - Crossing Bridges, Apple Blossom - Sentiment, Pink Ink Designs - Fairy Mouse - Butterfly, Funstamps - Simple Tuplips, 
Papers - Wild Rose Studio - Dancing Daisies, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs,  distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools - Embossing Powder - holographic, Versamark, 
Embellishments - embroidered flowers, 

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

Have The Ride Of Your Life

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Lynn's turn to host and she would like to see 'Travel'

So I chose a form of Travel, a moterbike. I made my Dad a birthday card and looking for an image I came across this Gruffies from House Mouse.  My Dad had a moterbike when he was young so it was very appropriate for him, and as with most Masculine cards I kept it quite simple.


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 our lovely Sponsor and the prize on offer:-

 Swedish House Crafts with a £10 voucher and a surprise gift

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Crafty Catz - #466 - Male/Fathers
2. Cute Card Thursday - #586 - CAS
3. Crafty Gals Corner - #193 - Masculine
4. Cute N Crafty - #28 - Masculine
5. House Mouse & Friends - #293 - Anything goes


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse - Gruffies - VR1007 - Hanging On For Dear Life, Dovecraft - sentiment, 
Papers - Papermania - Capsule Heather,
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, 
Tools - Embossing Folder - Crafters Companion - Embossalicious, 



Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Lilfidget fairy

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Ellie's turn to host and she would like to see 'Fantasy World'

I made a card for my Daughters 21st Birthday, she loves anything Fantasy, I have coloured the fairy's hair the same colour as my daughters. I created my own backgrounds with distress Oxides inks and stamps.


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:-



Recipe:-
Stamps - Lacy Sunshine - Lilfidget, Flonz, The Stampman, Pink Ink Designs, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Distress oxsides, 
Embellishments - Glamour dust, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Bee-autiful things

Welcome to another new post, it's not always easy, and creating definitely is so hard sometimes when I'm on a downer, but I just keep trying, even if 3 out of 4 end up in the bin.
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 challenges these could be the ones for you.

At Stamping Sensations  this month the theme is 'Show Your True Colours' , so use your favourite colours and at the moment I am loving the colour combination of Distress Inks - Bundled Sage and Victorian Velvet and went vintage with this card.  All the stamps including the small ones used to make my backgrounds are from Crafty Individuals and are from sets from a magazine as a Freebie.


We have sponsorship this Month from

Visible Image  with a £25 voucher

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 'Blooms, Butterflies And Bugs' , I have all three on my card.  I love the layout I have done on this card and will definitely be using it again, it's just so pretty.


We have prizes from Penny Black, Swedish House Crafts and Stix2  Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your Penny Black stamps out isn't it!!!!!!

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. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #27 - Anything goes
2. Colour Crazy craft Challenge - #21 - Anything Goes
3. Aud Sentiment - #228 - Nature + Sentiment
4. Simon Says Stamp wednesday - Anything Goes

After my time away from blogland for personal reasons I was proud to be awarded this Honourable mention at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, thank you, it means a lot.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black - 2243k - Bee Costume, Crafty Individuals sets,
Papers - scraps name unknown,
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Promarkers, distress Inks, 
Tools - Signature Dies, All occasions dies, Sizzix flower dies, Spellbinder dies - foliage two, 
Embellishments - Glamour Dust, Ribbon, pearls, 

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

It's Got To Be Pink!

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Kath's turn to host and she would like to see 'Black & White + One'

For my + one I chose a nice strong pink colour, which goes so well with the black and white, I always think when doing these kind of colour combinations CAS is the way to go for me.  I heat embossed the image but obviously doesn't show, and glittered my butterflies.


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:-
A £15 Voucher

Stamp Addicts 

This is for the following chalenges :-
1. Creations In Pink - #10 - Pink
2. Crafty Creations - #391 - Anything Goes

Recipe:-
Stamps - Stampin Up - sentiment, Crafty Individuals, Flonz
Colouring Mediums - Distress Ink
Tools - heat gun, Embossing powder,
Embellishments - ribbon, stickles, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x