Have A Merry Vintage Christmas

 Hello everyone,  I found some time to create some Christmas cards  with some images from Crafty Individuals that I've wanted to use for ages, they just sing Vintage to me so that was the path I went down.  And I love Kraft card with Vintage so I thought that I would stamp on it.

So I started by stamping CI-327 Waiting For Santa on Kraft card and colouring with Faber-Castell pencils,  I set it onto a die cut frame which I had inked.  The background card was blended with Distress Oxide inks.  I cut some Poinsettia's in Kraft and used pencils to add colour, I embellished my card with gingham ribbon and a little gold stickles.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

1. The Cutie Pie Challenge - #165 - Anything Cute

2. Crafty Calendar Challenge - December - Christmas

I enjoyed making the above card so did another with a different image, I used CI-399 Winter Wonderland from Crafty Individuals this time

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
1. Dream Valley Challenges - #260 - Christmas


Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI399 - Winter Wonderland, CI-327 - Waiting For Santa, Sentiment - Flonz, 
Colouring Medium - Distress Oxide inks, Faber-Castell pencils, 
Tools s- Spellbinder Dies - Timeless Rectangle, Layered Poinsettia, 
Embellishments - Stickles, Gingham ribbon, 

Thanks for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Vintage Poppy

 Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.

This week is our lovely Mervi's turn to host and she would like to see 'Vintage with Anything Goes option'
I love vintage so this wasn't hard to do.  I started doing the background with oxides then stamping some small postage stamp marks on.  I stamped the main image and coloured with distress inks, I then stamped out, coloured and fussy cut a butterfly from Crafty Individuals small stamps . I assembled my card added some computer generated wordsI did myself, then to finish I splattered with a posca pen.  Finally some doodlng around the edge.

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:-

Indigo Blu Rose Blush stamp

And 3 images of winners choice from Ruth Hamilton Design

Ruth Hamilton Design

Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI-210 Pretty Poppy, a selection of small stamps from Crafty Individuals sets, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools - Embossing Powder, fine Liner, Posca pen, 

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

'And Now Your Watch Has Ended'

 

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.

This week is our lovely Lorraine's turn to host and she would like to see 'Embellish It'

So I'll explain about this weeks make, it's not a morbid card, it is a very sentimental card to me.  It is for my Son's Birthday on the 24th October, he would have been 26 years old. We still celebrate his Birthday as if we would have if he was still here with us.  So he was really into Game Of Thrones, and loved crows which featured in the series too.  Every day we go to the cemetery and we always see Crows, we joke when there is a cheeky one that comes quite close to us, we say I bet that's our Scott.

So to create this I started with the background, using various sprays, particularly my new Distress Mica sprays from the Tim Holtz Halloween collection. I created an arch from a piece of card and used it as a stencil to ink around.  Then using a brick stencil I inked through it around the outside of the archway.  I stamped my main image the Crow and embossed him in clear embossing powder so he stood out a bit more.  Then in the arch I stamped in chipped Sapphire ink the Crafty Individuals Inky script.  I added some branches.  I die cut a wrought iron fence and added that after I rubbed it with a bit of gilding wax.  I also added gilding wax to the stone cross.  I took some plain white flowers and sprayed them with the same inks, and added a brad to the centre of each.  It's a real shame you can't see the mica on the picture, it looks fabulous.

I also stamped on the envelope to go with the card.

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:-

Crafty Ribbons a voucher for £10

And also we're giving away :-

Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterflight

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Through The Purple Haze - #185 - Anything Goes/Halloween

2. Crafty Creations - #426 - Anything Goes

3. Crafts Galore Encore - #92 - Anything Goes

4. Dream Factory - #96 - The Birds

5. River Of Creativity - #6 - Wildlife

Recipe:-

Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI-500 Gothic Crow, CI-436 Inky Script, Lavinia Hazel Tree, 

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Versafine Clair, Distress Mica Stain, Dylusion Spray, Distress Oxide spray, Charcoal Pencils,

Tools - Stencil - Bee Crafty D'inkables, Iron Fence Die,  Embossing Powder, 

Embellishments - Gilding Wax, Brads, Flowers, 

Thanks for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Pink Poppies & Vintage Florals

Welcome to my blog, it's a new month for Stamping Sensations and We Love Chocolate Baroque 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 'For A Lady'  First I created a background using oxides in two colours, then over stamped using Inky Script, I put some twine around it  I stamped the postcard image on some seperate card, inked it up then stamped again coloured and cut the flowers out.  I decoupaged the flowers. I added a sentiment, a mini bulldog clip, and a wooden butterfly.  Everything was edged in gilding wax. 

We have a  £25 store voucher for this month lucky winner from one of our lovely regular sponsors:-

Crafty Individuals 

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 We Love Chocolate Baroque, where the theme is 'Beautiful Blooms' 

Using Oxides I created a background by smooching the ink on acetate then applying to the card, I stamped the |Poppy image and coloured with Distress inks, this base card was coloured with oxides and then splashed with water.

Our prize:-
Is the winners choice of an A4 Chocolate Baroque stamp set, or stamps to the same value. We will also be on the lookout for our next Featured Designer selected from entries using Chocolate Baroque stamps.
From the lovely



Chocolate Baroque

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI-302 Floral Postcard, CI-436 Inky Script,  Chocolate Baroque - Polygon Poppies, 
Colouring Mediums - Versafine Clair, Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools - Posca Pens, Signo Gel Pen, Masking Tape, 
Embellishments - Gilding Wax, 

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

Tea At Three

Welcome to my blog, it's a new month for Stamping Sensations and We Love Chocolate Baroque 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 'For A Lady'  So to create this card I did a background with Distress Inks then over stamped in Tea Dye the Venetian Crackle.  I stamped the image twice, coloured the first one with Distress inks, added glamour dust around the clock face, then on the second image I only coloured the bird and the teacups, I then fussy cut them and added glossy accents.  I decoupaged the second image onto the first.

We have a fabulous £25 store voucher for this month lucky winner from one of our lovely regular sponsors..........

Crafty Individuals 

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 We Love Chocolate Baroque, where the theme is 'Beautiful Blooms'  I started this using a stencil brush and gentle added colour using Distress Oxides to the base.  I stamped the foxgloves four times at different levels and coloured with Faber-Castell pencils, highlighting with a gel pen.  I stamped some bees and coloured them, added a sentiment and glitter and that was it finished

Our prize:-
Is the winners choice of an A4 Chocolate Baroque stamp set, or stamps to the same value. We will also be on the lookout for our next Featured Designer selected from entries using Chocolate Baroque stamps.
From the lovely



Chocolate Baroque

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Chocolate Baroque  Honey Bee, Crafty Individuals CI-389 Tea At Three, CI-213 Venetian Crackle
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Versafine Clair, Distress Oxides, Faber Castell Pencils, 
Tools - Posca Pen, Signo Gel Pen, 
Embellishments - Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents, 

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

Vintage Birdsong Tea

 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 'Anything Feminine'

I started off by making a background with Distress Oxides, then over stamped with a crackle background stamp.  I then used a fine liner to doodle a border.  I stamped my image twice, coloured my first one with Distress Inks.  Then I fussy cut the birds and teacups, coloured them and then used glossy accents over the top which typically isn't showing.  Finally some splashes with a Posca Pen.

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 first prize comes from Chocolate Baroque, the fabulous stamp set below, which will be part of their March 5th release.

Chocolate Baroque will be on Hochanda TV on March 5th at 9am and 1pm (UK times) so be sure to mark your calendars for some crafty inspiration and new goodies!

Chocolate Baroque 

Our second prize is this beautiful Pixie Dust header die by Tonic. 

Tonic Studios

Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI-213 Venetian Crackle, CI-389 Tea At Three,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools - Glossy accents, Posca Pen, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A Note 2 Say .....

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 'Anything goes with a number option'
Here is what I did, I used Distress Oxides and the smooch technique to create the background, I then over stamped with a Crafty Individuals postmark stamp. I did some splatters with a Posca pen.  I used a House Mouse stamp and coloured it with Distress Inks,  and my sentiment was computer generated.

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.

We are sponsored this week by:-

WOWVOW 

This is for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse & Friends - #334 - Anything Goes

2.Aud sentiments - #268 - Anything Goes

3. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #February - Anything Goes

Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse HMCP106 - Postcard Mice, Crafty Individuals - Postmark stamp,
Colouring Mediums - Versafine Clair, Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools - Posca Pen, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Castles, Dragons then a Butterfly!

Good Morning and welcome, Since the last time I posted we have had heavy snow which caused my Husband and Daughter to have to leave work early as the roads had become undrivable.  A power cut that lasted half the day, even the supermarket had to close.  Still doing Home Schooling although Bobby is proving very difficult to keep focused.  So I find myself with no laptop from 8.30 - 2.30 while Bobby does his school work and can't do much anyway as he needs supervision or else he doesn't get any work done.

So on to reason for why I am here, it's a new month for Stamping Sensations and We Love Chocolate Baroque 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 'Colour My World' so we would like to see lots of colour, which hopefully I captured in my piece.  I started my background using Dylusion sprays and Distress Oxides.  I created a moon and some stars.  Then I made up the rest of my scene with Lavinia stamps.

We have sponsorship this Month from:-

Bee Crafty

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 We Love Chocolate Baroque, where the theme is 'Flowers, Birds and Butterflies'  For this creation I used the stamp set Thistle butterfly, I stamped the main image and then coloured with Distress Inks, stamping the butterflies again, colouring them then decoupaging them on to the image, I gave it a colour wash background.   The background card  was coloured with oxide ink then stamped on with Crafty Individuals stamp Inky Script in a contrasting colour.

Our prize:-
Is the winners choice of an A4 Chocolate Baroque stamp set, or stamps to the same value. We will also be on the lookout for our next Featured Designer selected from entries using Chocolate Baroque stamps.
From the lovely



Chocolate Baroque

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Lavinia - Far World Castle, Spooky Tree, Dragon Set,  Chocolate Butterfly - Thistle butterfly, Crafty Individuals - CI-436 - Inky Script,  
Colouring Mediums - Posca Pens, Charcoal Pencils, Distress Oxides, Versafine Clair, Dylusion Sprays, Distress Inks, 
Tools - Inkylicious moon and hill mask, Gesso,  Gilding Wax, 

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

Botanical Notes

 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 'Beautiful Blooms'

I loved this stamp when I saw it, but this is the first time I have inked it up, what was I waiting for Lol! What a pleasure to colour and to also decoupage this Penny Black stamp, I went with the vintage look using Distress inks to do water colouring and also for the backgrounds.  I also used a Crafty Individuals script stamp.

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:-

Rare Earth A4 Illuminated Blooms stamp sheet

This is for the following challenges:-

1. C.R.A.F.T. - #583 - New (New Stamp)

2. Crafty Creations - #417 - Anything Goes

3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make your own background

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black -40-276 Botanical Notes, Crafty Individuals - CI-436 Inky Script
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, Archival Inks, 
Embellishments - Gilding Wax, Posca pen, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Christmas Florals & Fauna

 Hello bloggers, I hope your all well and safe. Still in lockdown and lots of things changing, it's good to have something to focus on.  What doesn't change is the fact we still continue with our new challenges at  Stamping Sensations and We Love Chocolate Baroque challenges, and if youhaven't had the chance to join in this month's challenges there is still chance.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is 'Garlands, Wreaths and Christmas Flowers' So get out your Christmas flowers etc.....

 So I stamped using three different foliage stamps from Lavinia to create a Wreath.  Using a Posca pen I added highlights to the cones and berries.  I stamped a sentiment in the middle. And added some glitter around the wreath.

We have sponsorship this Month from

Chocolate Baroque with the following stamp set

Mellow Fruitfulness stamp sheet plus foam mount

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 We Love Chocolate Baroque, where the theme is 'Christmas'  

I used Chocolate Baroques Hark the Christmas Rose  stamp, I started with a background which was a  smooching effect with distress ink then stamped a crackle effect stamp over the top in a contrasting colour.  I stamped my image and coloured the image with distress inks.  I added some sparkle with some Glamour Dust.  Finally I added a sentiment.

Our prize:-
Is the winners choice of an A4 Chocolate Baroque stamp set, or stamps to the same value. We will also be on the lookout for our next Featured Designer selected from entries using Chocolate Baroque stamps.
From the lovely



Chocolate Baroque

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Lavinia - Fir cone branch, Mini Holly, Mini berry,  Chocolate Baroque -Hark the Christmas Rose,  Sentiment - Flonz, Crafty Individuals - Venetian Crackle,
Colouring Mediums - Versafine Clair, Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools -  Heat gun, Embossing Powder, 
Embellishments - Glamour dust, Posca pen, , Lavinia moondust - Rosebud glow, 

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

Colours Of Autumn

 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 'Autumn Colours'

I created this by using Distress Inks to do a background with  stencil brushes, I masked a sun, then stamped the Tree Trio from Crafty Individuals over the top.  I die cut a frame to finish it off.

Here are the prizes on offer:-
We have a set of Tattered Lace embossing folders for this weeks winner appropriately called Autumn Leaves.

Tattered Lace

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.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI-453 Tree Trio, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, 
Tools - Inylicious mask, Dies - Once Upon A Time, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

In The Garden-0

 

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 'My Lovely Garden'

First I created a background using Distress oxides, then stamped on it with a script stamp in Iced Spruce as I didn't a bold colour.  I die cut two frames and stamped my image in the small one.  I coloured the image with Distress inks.  Made some clouds using a Clarity cloud mask.


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:-

The winner of my prize from the birthday celebration last week is KT Fit Kitty, please email me with your details, congratulations.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Pink Fresh Studios - sentiment, Sarah Kay - Rose's Garden, Crafty Individuals - Inky Script
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Spellbinder dies - Timeless Rectangles, Clarity - Cloud mask,

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

An Announcement - And Getting Back To Nature

I am really excited  to tell you we are the new Chocolate Baroque Challenge, a UK company whose stamps are high quality, with elegance and style.

 Here listed  as this is our first challenge are the basics:

• We are a stamping challenge and the focal element of you entry must be hand stamped and reflect the months theme.
• Digital images are not eligible.
• Any make of stamp can be used on your entries.
• But entries using a Chocolate Baroque stamp will go into the prize draw twice and be eligible for selection in a Featured Designer spotlight.

For the theme see below the Stamping Sensations challenge

So a new month for Stamping Sensations and We Love Chocolate Baroque challenges:-

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is 'The Great Outdoors'  I have made a file, which I am going to use to keep my notes about Inks, Paints etc in.  I started with some grey board which was cut into three pieces, I then cut white card stock to cover them, the ring binder mechanism I bought on ebay, and using Distress Inks and Lavinia stamps I created my outdoor scenes.

Our prize this month will be two A4 stamp sheets from the Rare Earth collection (actual sets may vary).

           

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 We Love Chocolate Baroque, where the theme is 'Butterflies, Birds & Bees Or Anything With Wings', 

I stamped the main image, Chocolate Baroques Butterfly mind, then masked it off before creating a background using Brusho's, and a script stamp.  I then stamped out the individual butterflies and painted them with Distress Inks.  I peeled off the mask which left me with a white untouched image.  I added the painted butterflies raising them of the card. Then added my sentiment.

The Prize:-
The prize for our lucky winner selected by Random Generator will receive an A4 Chocolate Baroque stamp set of their choice or smaller stamp/sets to the same value.




Each week in September there will be a prize giveaway here........or you can click on the photo and it will take you to the challenge blog. Please share the above photo on your own blog and keep an eye out to see what you can win each Tuesday in September.

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.

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

From The Very Large To The very Small

Welcome to a new month and new challenges for Stamping Sensations and Penny black & More @ Allsorts, 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 'All Creatures Great & Small'  I chose to use a stamp from our very kind sponsor called On Safari (CI-390). I created a background using Distress Inks, then stamped the image over the top, I coloured my image and grass with Water coloured pencils.  The border was stamped using a tribal border stamp, a freebie from the Creative Stamping magazine. I added a Sentimentally Yours sentiment and then left it at that as I felt it really didn't need anything else


We have sponsorship this Month from

Crafty Individuals with a very generous prize of 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 'In The Garden'  It would be nice if you could use a Penny black stamp but if not anything that ties in with our Garden theme is fine.

I chose the image as it's so cute, I coloured it with Distress Inks so I could match the image to the background which is created using Distress Oxides. I did the Bokeh effect on my background then overstamped with Lavinia Poppies and Meadow Grass.  I loved this background so much I intend to make a card using the same design without a focal image on top.



We have prizes from Penny Black and Blade Rubber Craft

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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals - On Safari - CI-390, Sentimentally Yours sentiment, Penny Black - 1446J - Garden Visit, Pink Fresh Studios sentiment, Lavinia - Wild Poppies, Meadow Grass, 
Colouring Mediums - Derwent Charcoal Pencils, Distress Oxides, Versafine Clair, Faber-Castell Aqua Pencils, Distress inks, 

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

Thank You

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 'Thank You or New Year'

Here is what I did, I used a brayer and some Oxide inks and made a background, never done it before so was well pleased with how it turned out.  I stamped my image and then embossed 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.

Our Prize this week is:-

We are sponsored by:-

Craft Stash 

Recipe:-
Stamps - Crafty Individuals, Apple Blossom - corner stamp - sentiment, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Oxides,
Tools - Brayer, embossing powder, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x