On The Farm

Good Morning bloggers, It's time for a new challenge today at Oldie But A Goodie, but first I'd like to thank all those that entered the last challenge , you all made some fantastic cards for April Showers, don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you were a winner or made the top 3.

This week is my turn to host and I would like to see 'On The Farm Or In the Garden' I had the perfect stamps that have been sat quietly waiting there turn ! I used my Ollyfants, I have masked the cow to make a bit more of a scene. And used my distress inks for colouring,
Don't forget to head over to Oldie But a Goodie for all the details of this challenge, to see the super prize that is on offer to the winner from Robyn's Fetish, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.
Remember to be in with a chance of winning You must use something on your creation that is at least 6 months old.

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Allsorts - week 150 - Button & thread
2. Crafty Catz - challenge # 128 - Animals
3. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 112 - Things With Wings (a goose & a butterfly)
4. Paperplay Challenges - week 15 - Things With Wings (a goose & a butterfly)
5. Cute card Thursday - challenge 212 - Spring Flowers
6. Deep Ocean - challenge # 23 - Song Inspiration (mine is Old Mcdonald)
7. Fab 'N' Funky - challenge # 116 - On All 4's
8. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 159 - Freebie week
9. Creatalicious - challenge # 33 - Butterflies & Flowers
10. Crafting When We Can - challenge # 16 - Just The Two Of Us


How was my Easter?

Well what a rubbish Easter holidays we had, the children had two weeks off from school, they broke up on the Friday and on the first Monday my youngest son Bobby jumped off the sofa and tore the tissue in his foot. That meant no football club, and no going out as it had to be rested, then on the Thursday he got Croup which meant he was poorly over the Easter weekend. Then just when you thought things couldn't possible get any worse he woke up Tuesday morning with Chicken Pox. Well the poor little thing was so bored, he has spent the last two weeks trapped in the house, it has drove him mad. He can't wait to get back to school, and i'm glad to say he is feeling so much better.

Funnily enough to say I didn't go anywhere it cost me a fortune as my two eldest (teenagers), wanted to be out and about so I was paying for them to go swimming, cinemas, shopping trips, eating out, but I felt so guilty because of the situation, and didn't want them to miss out because of it.

We did have some day trips planned so they have been postponed, so I think we'll wait for some good weather for us to do them now.

Hope you all had good Easter holidays, and enjoyed some of those sunny days we've had.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Ollyfant Farm, Polkadoodles butterfly,
Papers - Raspberry Road designs - Summer Goodness,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Crealies flowers ans swirls, circle punches,
Embellishments - Ribbon, button, stickles, cotton lace, Crochet thread,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Springtime Swirls & Pearls

Hi all, and welcome, it's a new month for Sir Stampalot 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. I have used Ollyfant Farmtales from Sir Stampalot which you can find here, and at the moment they are in the sale at £2.99. And there is four stamps in this set all four on one sheet for that price and each one is as cute as this gorgeous Piggy.
At Sir Stampalot this month the theme is "Take Inspiration", I will explain below.

We will be sharing two DT projects with you this time in March, but you only get to see one today, but you will be able to see the second DT work on 18th March when we will also be sharing a bit of exciting news with you.

Now for this months challenge. A few weeks ago Brenda sent us all two kits and asked us to all come up with something using each kit. The kits for each challenge were pretty much identical, the DPs' and ribbons varied a little but are all from the same family and it was so exciting to see what everyone came up with. An as you might expect everyone created some wonderfully inspirational pieces. So what's this months challenge', well it's simple really "Take inspiration" from any of the DT's pieces of work or the kit itself shown below which is called "Swirls & Pearls". You can make anything you like and choose where you take your inspiration from. Perhaps some of the kit colours, pearls and swirls, or maybe one of the DT card designs and go with your own colours. All we ask is that you remember to tell us in your post which it is and of course follow the rules.



Pearls and Swirls - DP is Alla Prima, swirls TH tattered swirl, card blank cut on Nesties Labels 23, plus buttons, ribbon and pearls and everything available from Sir Stampalot



We have sponsorship this Month from as always the wonderful Sir Stampalot, The prize is below. 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.





I don't know the details of the prize yet so put this piccie on of a surprise.




This is for the following challenges:-
1. Joanna Sheen - March challenmge - Spring/Easter
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. 2 Sisters Challenge - challenge# 81 - Recipe-1 image, 2papers, 3 embellies
4. One Stop Crafts - challenge # 172 - Button It




Now for Penny Black & More @ Allsorts challenge.

And now onto my second challenge creation for Penny Black & More @ Allsorts where the theme is Springtime, So you can use anything that makes you think of spring for this challenge. I have used Teddy & company 30-034 which can be found here from Sir Stampalot.


We have prizes from Penny Black as always and others too, so you need to take a look.
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 and details of our challenge.

This is for the following challenge:-
1. CES Challenges - challenge # 75 - Flower Frenzy
2. Deep Ocean - challenge # 20 - Spring
3. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 206 - Signs Of spring
4. Card Makin' Mama's - challenge # 40 - Lets see some green
5. Crafty Catz - challenge 122 - Punches & dies
6. Sweet Stampin' - Nature, Bugs & Bees (I chose butterflies on my image)

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny black Teddy & company, Ollyfant Farmtales, Leaf stamp from Country Companions set,
Papers - Prima, scraps from my scrap drawer,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks-Ollyfant image, Promarkers-Penny Black image,
Tools - Cuttlebug, Nesties, flower punches,
Embellishments - pearls,ribbon, buttons, thread, brads, gems,

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