Colour Combo's

This week at Oldie But A Goodie the theme is Pink/Blue and Brown, the theme is chosen by our lovely Liza and sponsored by Stämpelkällan.
Please do pop on over to see the rest of the teams creations, but please remember NO DIGI'S and your stamp must be over 6 Months Old.


I would also like to enter this into the following challenge:-
1. I Love Promarkers - challenge # 57 - Men's card
2. Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday


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

Christmas Scene

Front


Inside, the wallet part.

I made this to put scratch cards in for my Dad as a stocking filler, I get him a £5's worth every Christmas, Birthday and Father's day. His real weakness is horses, he's no big gambler but he loves to watch the horse racing and put a couple of little bets on.
To make this I used a scene stamp but I have no idea what brand it is, but it really was gorgeous to colour and use. And although it isn't showing much there is a lot of stickles on my snow.

Well i'm finally all ready for the man in the red suit to come. I have just two more traditions to fulfil and that is to buy my Mum flowers on christmas eve as I have done this since I was about 8 years old, she loves flowers and at Christmas she loves some with red in. Our other tradition is to travel 1/2 hour to a gorgeous village near us called Otley on Christmas eve to a family butcher's shop that sells the best ever Pork Pies. We buy standard pork pies at £5's each, the whole family buy them and me and the hubby get the joyous job of travelling through beautiful scenery to go get them. My Husband has been a wagon driver most of his working life up until the last couple of years and can drive in any weather, so snow doesn't put us off.


This is for the following challenges:-
1. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
2. Stamp Something - Something with a tag or pocket
3. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
4. Crafts And Me - challenge # 20 - Anything Goes
5. Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes


Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year
Tracy x

Christmas Fairy

This week at Die Cut Dreams the theme is Fairies, I decided on a Christmas fairy as my hubby bought me this xmas fairy from e-bay, It was on a sheet with some other xmas fairies but I don't know what brand. I'm wondering if they were a magazine freebie. If you know please tell me. As you know by know there will be a nice prize up for grabs and check out the rest of the teams creations, they are magical.


This is also the following challenges:-

1. Sketch and Stash - challenge 50 - sketch (new stash, fairy stamp)

2. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 133 - Christmas Card

3. Flutterby Wednesday - #134 - Open challenge

4. Magical Monday - challenge 11 - Fairytale christmas





I would also like to tell you about our special plans for January...............over at Sir Stampalot challenge blog, when our new challenge goes live on 1st January we are also having a blog hop. We thought it would be the perfect start to the New Year and as you would expect there will be lost of prizes on offer so we hope you will all be joining in the fun.
Please grab the logo above and help us spread the word and look forward to seeing you all on 1st January.

There is also still time to enter the current challenge at Sir Stampalot, as there is still 2 weeks left. The theme is "Travel The World" and there is great inspiration over on the challenge blog too.


Thank you for looking at my blog

Have a good week, stay safe and warm

Happy crafting

Tracy x

New Beginnings

Today see's the launch of a brand new challenge blog "Oldie But A Goodie" . If you, like most of us have a stash of old stamps gathering dust, then this is the place to come. There will be a new challenge every other Tuesday and you can combine it with as many other challenges as you like, as long as the main image is stamped and at least 6 months old. You can make anything you like, a Card, ATC, L/O etc, as long as it fits in with the challenge.
Our first theme is:
New Beginnings
This can be anything from a new baby ,wedding, new friend new neighbour or even a new school.

This is my creation for the first challenge "New Beginnings", I have used the very first stamp I ever bought, luckily it fit in with the theme, I don't know the brand as it was from E-bay and I only paid £3 and that was including postage.

There is a wonderful Design Team who have done some incredible creations. Our Guest Designer is none other than the lovely Bev, and her creation is gorgeous.


This is also for:-

1. Allsorts - week 68 - New Beginnings

2. Stamp Something - Something cute

3. Crafty catz - challenge # 48 - Recipe (3 embellies - flowers, ribbon, nappy pin, 2 papers 1 image)

4. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 58 - Celebrate (this is to celebrate a birth)

Please come and show us some support and join in, it would really be appreciated

Have a good day

Happy crafting

Tracy x

My New Header + Challenges

Hello everyone, this is a project I've been working on all week in between DT work. I wanted a blog header that said something about me and incorperated my blog name. This is just me, lace, soft colours with a vintage/shabby look, flowers, distressing around the letters that I cut out, glitter, feathers and most of all cute little animals.

I have replaced my header with this now, so i'm going to attach some ribbon and hang it as a plaque for my craft space. If any of you make your own headers please let me know so I can pop by and take a peek!

It will also fit some challenges:-

1. By The Cute And Girly - June challenge - Something old (Shabby/ vintage look)

2. ABC Challenge - X is for xtra Dimension (believe me this is really dimensional)

3. Crafty Creations - challenge 73 - "See you shine" (my butterflies are covered in stickles)

4. Stamp Something - Something Vintage with Flowers

It's too warm for me, I don't like the heat so I might just sit and colour some images, Please don't forget tomorrow on Create And Craft at 2.00pm, Polkadoodles and hopefully Nikky might be showing some samples I have done for her along with the rest of the teams fantastic creations.

I will post a couple of the ones I made tomorrow.

Have a great weekend and put on that suncream!

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Rosie-D's challenge # 65

It's challenge time again over at Rosie-D's challenge blog, and this week we are sponsored by Stretch 'N' Bubbles. The theme is "Friendship", and we had some images to use from Stretch 'N' Bubbles and they are also giving away some free Digi's as a prize . I have used this owl image and some Laura Ashley papers, a ticket which is from Lisa's shop. I used a cream based card and stamped a flower border around the outside with black memento ink, them embossed with clear powder before colouring with promarkers. The hearts are also embossed then inked.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

In The Red

This is for:-
1. Creatalicious Challenge - challenge # 7 - "Create a little something"
2. Incy Wincy Design - challenge 30 - "Punch it out"
3. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 4 - "Lots Of Spots"
4. Tellen'sPlace - challenge # 6 - Birthdays
5. Cute Card Thursday - challenge # 100 - "Metal Mania
6. Saturday Spotlight - "Doing the mess around"


This card and gift box is an order for my mum's friend. It's for her Granddaughter's 21st, and she was quite precise as to what she wanted. She chose the image first, then requested - glitter, handmade roses, feathers, beaded stems, a key, and charms. Then there were a lot on the card it needed a gift box rather than an envelope. Near the end I was starting to think is there too much, what do you think?


Creatalicious Challenge asked us to "create a little something", so I would say this card in the gift box is a little bit more that a normal card that I would make. Punch It Out is the theme for Incy Wincy Designs, and my handmade roses are made from punched flowers. Do you like spots? thats the theme this week over at Totally Papercrafts, there's spotted papers on my card. You can only have 5 other challenges with Totally Papercrafts and luckily that was the only challenges this would fit into anyway. The subject is Birthday over at Tellen's Place, and I think a 21st is quite a special birthday. Cute Card Thursday want you to use something Metal and I have charms on my card. Saturday Spotlight wants to see distressing with ink and all my DP papers have been distressed around the edges with Aged Mahogany distress inks.


Hope everyone has had a great weekend and are ready for the start of a new week, we woke up to a lovely thick blanket of snow this morning, it looks beautiful.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A Gift wallet

This gift wallet is for:-

1. Passion For Promarkers - Anything but a card,Christmas theme

2. Allsorts - week 32 - Anything but a card

3. Stamp Something - Holiday Something

4. Creative Inspirations - challenge 23 - Christmas Gift

I've made this for my Dad as a stocking filler, he likes an odd scratch card and doing the lottery, so there will be a couple of lottery lucky dips going in here too. I hope he shares if he wins Lol!

Passion For Promarkers is anything but a card, I hope this qualifies as it's not actually a card but a gift wallet.

Allsorts is also Anthing but a card too.

Stamp Something is Holiday something, which is something to remind you of the holiday season.

Creative Inspirations is a Christmas gift and my gift wallet is holding a Christmas gift.

I hope your all ready for Christmas, I have 3/4 of my wrapping done, and i'm almost there with the housework, although with three kids as I clean one room and move on to the next they've already left their mark on the first. Tomorrow I'm gonna go for my food shop, then Christmas eve at 8.00am we're up and off to Otley for our standard pork pies. They are the best ever and every year we do the same trip. It's about a half hour drive there, and we pick them up for my mam and dad too. But believe me they are really worth it!!!!!!!!

I don't know if i'll have another post before Christmas day so Have a very merry Christmas, and a peaceful one.

Thank you to all that who have left such lovely comments.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Christmas milk Cartons

These cartons are for:-

1. Passion For Promarkers - Anything But A card

2. Rosie-Dee's -challenge 60 - Rudolph's Got A Bright Nose

3. Creative Inspirations - challenge 23 - "Christmas Gifts"

4. Stamp Something - "Holiday6 Something"

5. Allsorts - week 32 - Anything but a card

I have made these Milk Cartons for my three kids, my twin nephews and My youngest sons friend Poppy. I have filled them with chocolate coins and sweets. They are for them to have on Christmas eve, just to give them a bit of something to open early. In the photo's I have tried to show each side of the carton, and there's a different image on each side.

Passion For Promarkers has the theme of Anything but a card, with a Christmas themeand Allsorts is also Anything but a card too. Stamp Something is to make something that reminds you of the holiday season. Creative Inspirations is to make a Christmas Gift but not a card. Rosie-Dees challenge is Rudolph, and there is a Rudolph with a bright red nose on one side of each carton.

Well we have a beautiful carpet of snow outside, and when we went shopping earlier Jack Frost was definately nipping at our noses. I'm still not ready for Christmas and keep coming up with some last minute makes, but I really must get the pressies wrapped and do all my cleaning and put the crafting on the back burner.

Oh Dear I just remembered I need to make a wallet card for my Dads lottery tickets and scratch cards, I always get him 3 scratch cards and do two lottery lucky dips as a little wrap up for him.

So stay warm, and have a wonderful Christmas.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Santa Mouse

This card is for:-

1. Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

2. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 22 - Father Christmas

I've gone for a simple look with this card, as the paper is quite busy, and I fancied a change from adding loads of flowers and embellishments. Still had to use stickles though and a ticket. If you like the tickets you can get them Here at Lisa'a shop at a very reasonable price, in fact you'll be shocked at how little she charges. And she's such a lovely lady too, but does like a joke !

Creative Card Crew has a great theme "anything goes" and they are having a DT Call, and you have till the 4th Jan.

Incy Wincy Designs theme is Father Christmas, I hope my little mouse can take part as he is getting dressed up as Santa.

Well I keep saying that this is the last Christmas card i'm making, then I remember somebody else to make one for or I get another order.

I still haven't finished buying presents, I haven't even started to wrap anything yet. And as for my cleaning and shopping, well I'm hoping Santa might have some little helpers he can lend me.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Frosty The Snowman

This card is for:-
1. Sketch Saturday - sketch # 80
2. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 81 - Monochrome
3. Creative Card Crew - challenge 40 - "Gold or Silver"
4. Cupcake Crafts - challenge 69 - "Christmas Song"
5. Simon Says Stamp - "Let it snow"
6. Papertake Weekly - Red and green must not be seen

This card is for my three year old's best friend at Nursery, Bobby chose which image and papers I had to use, he was quite specific and asked for it to be shiny, and he's quite pleased with the result. Glad I could oblige Lol!

Sketch saturday is a great sketch and is a good one if your looking for something that's quite quick.
A Spoonful Of Sugar's theme is Monochrome, all tones of the same colour. So I used all blues to suit my snowman.
Creative Card crew is to use Gold or Silver and I chose to use silver on my card.
Cupcake Craft Challenge wants a Christmas song and I went with Frosty The Snowman!
Simon Says Stamp Let it Snow was the challenge here and my snowman says it all.
Papertake Weekly says Red and green must not be seen and there isn't even a hint of it here.

This award was given to me by the lovely Pops, click on her name and take a look around her blog as she has some of the most beautiful creations there.
I'm supposed to list 7 things about myself, but i've already done this in a post further down. And I need to pass it on, but what i'd like to do is say if anyone who visits me enjoys your look around please take this award with my love.

Have a good day
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Sexy Santa!!

This card is for:-
1. Tellen's Place - week 42 - "Red and Green"
2. Saturday spotlight with Hidden potential - "Hats On"
3. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 20 - "red and green"
4. Creative Card crew - challenge 39 - "Christmas"
5. Colour create - challenge 32 - Red, Green and White + Christmas

This card is for my Hubby's work mate who is only 19 and enjoys going out chasing the birds, as he puts it. so I thought quite an appropriate image for the young men, don't you think? The image is free over at Tellen's Place.
Tellen's Place is a colour combo of "Red and Green", so is Incy Wincy Designs.
Saturday Spotlight is "Hats On", she definately has hers on.
Creative Card Crew's theme is Christmas. And so is Colour Create with a colour combo of Red, Green and White.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

With Love!

This card is for:-

1. Allsorts - week 25 - weddings

2. Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential - So many words

3. Papertake Weekly - sketch # 27

This card was different to do as I've not used a cutie image, but I did enjoy it. I have had this sentiment a while which I got from Papermake up stamps and I used a flourish stamp to do around the edges of the sentiment. The papers are Dovecraft's wedding and everything else was from my stash.

Allsorts's theme is weddings, so I've done an Anniversary card.

Saturday Spotlight want "So many words" instead of an image.

Papertake Weekly gave another great sketch and fit this verse so well.

Another Twilight, Another Rose

This card is for:-

1. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge # 15 - Favourite Embellishments

2. Papertake weekly - Spots and Stripes

My favourite embellishments at the moment are my handmade roses, I love making them and just started experimenting with patterned papers although some patterns don't work. So this fits in for Incy Wincy Designs.

Papertake weekly want to see spots and stripes and this card has both.

Now this card is for an order, which i'm getting quite a few since I made my eldest son one for his Birthday last Saturday. The request for this card wasn't the easiest to fulfill, they asked for a card for a fifteen year old girl whos likes are Twilight, shoes, red and black. OMG where do I start I thought to myself, so I started to build the card as I did with Scott's, but changing the papers for girly ones then I had to fit a shoe in. The shoe is cut using a template then using a quickie glue pen I added swirls then glittered them with black fine glitter. Then went over the whole shoe with 3D gloss. I made my usual hand made rose using patterened paper this time then adding stickles for a bit of sparkle.

I'm not the only one addicted to these roses, my eldest son has been making them all day. With a bit of help from my 3 year old who's just getting over a bout of croup again.

Sorry for the long post, hope I didn't bore you too much Lol!

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Birthday Dragon

This card is for:-
1. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge # 74 - sketch
2. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge # 6 - Autumn

This is another card for my Son's birthday on Saturday, but this time from his 3 year old little brother. Scott likes any thing Mythical, so this will suit him fine.

A Spoonful Of Sugar gave this great sketch and worked well for a boy.

Crafty Cardmakers theme this time is Autumn, and there's leaves and Autumn colours on this card.

Trick or Treat!

This card is for:-
1. Die Cut Dreams - challenge # 17 - Happy Halloween + Black, Purple, Orange and Green
2. A Spoonful Of Sugar - Challenge # 72 - Halloween
3. Simon says stamp - Boo!!!
4. Allsorts - challenge # 22 - Halloween

This is my very first ever Halloween card, so I was well out of my comfort zone with this. I've never even had any Halloween images up until now. Don't think I even like the card now either.
Die Cut Dreams did a sketch this week with a halloween colour combo of Black, Purple, Orange and Green.
A Spoonful Of Sugar has a theme of halloween or spooky.
Simon Says Stamp says BOO!!! so heres my card which fits all four criteria.
Allsorts is another halloween challenge.
The papers are In My Minds Eye, the embellies are from Daisy and Dandelion.