Sweet Love

 Hello and welcome to my blog, I'm here with some new challenges today, 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 'Anything With Flowers', I have plenty of flowers on my creation, I love this Whimsy image and it's a dream to colour.  See my recipe at the bottom for details.


We have sponsorship this Month from Bev and her company and one lucky winner is to choose £25's worth of their super stamps and goodies.

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 Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Love, Hearts and Flowers' , my creation has all three on.  Using Penny Black image Purrfectly Sweet and a Penny Black sentiment, I kept this quite simple without lots of embellishments because I wanted to show the papers to their fullest.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Stamp Addicts, and Crafts U Love  . 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.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black 30-398 Purrfectly Sweet, Whimsy Mariposa, Flonz butterfly,
Papers - Trimcraft Paper Flowers, LOTV Raspberry Road Heartfelt,
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Promarkers, 
Tools - Once Upon A Stamp Die frames, Woodware Corner punch, , X-cut heart punch, X-cut border punch, 
Embellishments - Rose ribbon, ribbon, stickles, liquid pearls, flowers, 

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

Christmas Creatures

It's a chilly Saturday morning, and appropriate for today's card, so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is my turn to host and I would like to see 'Christmas Creatures' so the focal point must be a Creature/Animal in a Christmas setting

I just thought this Whimsy image is so cute I had to use it, great to colour but a bit big for embellishments on the card. So 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 the prize on offer:-




Recipe:-
Stamps - Whimsy Warm Winter Wishes, Sentiment magazine freebie, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Promarkers, Distress Inks,
Tools - Grand Calibur, embossing folder, 
Embellishments - ribbon, butchers twine, glamour dust, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Fairy Wishes

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

I adore this stamp of this pretty fairy, I adore Whimsy stamps anyway but this Sylvia Zet range really are the sweetest.  I know the theme is 'Think Pink' but I thought a tiny bit of blue would be OK if only on the wings, they kind of need it to be  more effective, then covered in sparkle.


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:-

 Swedish House Crafts

Recipe:-
Stamps - Whimsy stamps Sylvia Zet Summer Fairy,
Papers - Lemon Craft House Of Roses,
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Promarkers, 
Tools - XCut Dinky  Dies swallow tail bunting, Grand Calibur, Spellbinder nesties, 
Embellishments - lace, ribbon, gems, flowers, Glamour Dust, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Little Bumble Bee

Hello and welcome on this Easter weekend,  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 you use the sketch below:-




I have used a new stamp that I bought myself for my Birthday, it's a real cutie and I combined it with some new Wild Rose Studio papers.  I kept to pastel coloured papers so that the image would pop and be the main focal point.


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 sponsor for this week:-

Lets Create

Recipe:-
Stamps -  Whimsy Mariposa,
Papers -   Wild Rose Studio Butterfly Garden,  
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, 
Tools - TL Snowflakes craft a card ETL328, CC Designs five point flowers, XCut leaf punch, 
Embellishments - glamour dust, ribbon, gems, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Flower Power

Good Morning bloggers, It's time for a new challenge today at Oldie But A Goodie This week is Francesca's turn to host and she would like to see 'Flower Power'.
I have used a freebie stamp from a magazine, this cute whimsy stamp is gorgeous and I loved using it. But for my items over 6 months old which is a criteria at Oldie But A Goodie, the lace, ribbon and papers are all over 6 months old.
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 from Bugaboo, 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 that is at least 6 months old.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Let's Ink It up - challenge # 25 - All girl
2 Crafty Calendar Challenge - July - Fun In The Sun (optional Sparkle & Shine)

Recipe:-
Stamps - Whimsy stamps (free with a magazine), polkadoodles butterfly stamp,
Papers - Papermania Blueberry Hill,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks
Tools - Crealies, Cuttlebug, butterfly punch, leaf punch,
Embellishments - ribbon, lace, brads, glamour dust, stickles,

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Fishing Buddies

It's a new challenge over at Die Cut Dreams today, and our theme is "Animal Antics", of the four legged variety. There's a great prize on offer from Crimson Cloud, they are offering you a "Tatty Button" stamp, and they are gorgeous. The rest of the team have done brilliant creations for you to get some inspiration from.

For my card I have used a Whimsy image that I won a while back and never used yet. I even did some sewing, I used a needle and some crochet cotton and put some fishing line on. Now how about this for total lunacy, I had coloured my image including the water and then had a sudden urge to try the cloud technique, I did use the tutorial on Bevs blog. But this is where madness takes over, did I have a try first on some scrap paer, Nooooooooooo! straight onto my image, thank goodness it turned out OK. In fact it fits in quite well with this image and i'll be sure to do this technique again.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. Allsorts - week 12 - Free & Easy
2. Ladybug Crafts - challenge 35 - Summer Birthdays
3. Paper Playtime - challenge # 50 - Summer


Recipe:-
Stamps - Whimsy Digi, Forever Friends Sentiments, Forever Friends Fishing,
Papers - Papermania Collossal,
Colouring Mediums - H20's, Distress Inks,
Tools - Embossing Powder, heat gun,
Embellishments - Crochet cotton,



Hope you have a very good week and thanks for stopping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Fairy Wishes

I have made this for my sons Friend Poppy, you may have seen the invites I had made for her party earlier this month, this card matches them.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. Crafts & Me - challenge # 41 - Birthdays
2. Creative Inspirations Wednesday - challenge 118 - Summer
3. Truly Scrumptious - challenge 60 - Things With Wings
4. 2 Sisters Challenge - challenge 45 - Fairies






I received this award from my lovely friend Fiona over at Lil Daffodil. Now to receive this award I am required to acknowledge the giver (Done), tell you 7 facts about myself and pass the award on to 8 lovely bloggers, I chose to pass it onto bloggers I haven't given awards to before and are regular commenters on my blog.


So here goes:-
7 Facts about me:-
1. I have three children that I absolutely adore, Scott, Jodie and little Bobby xxx
2. A wonderful supportive husband who tries to buy me crafting goodies when he can.
3. I have four gorgeous pets, who I love spending time with. (2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 rabbit)
4. My favourite colour is Red
5. My favourite stamps are - House Mouse, Penny Black, LOTV, Stampavie, Sweet Pea
6. My favourite foods are Curry and Cheese
7. One day me and my hubby want to own a camper van and travel around Britain (when the kids have grown up, they don't like the idea of travelling around Britain)

I would like to pass this award on to:
Tracy at Tracy's Treasures
Sue - Sue's craft Haven
Sue - Scoopys Stuff
Laurie - Designer Diva
Christine - Nanaseaside
Shirley - Nannieflash
Jo - Jo's Crafty Card Creations
Claire - CraftyC's Crafting Library


Thank you for popping by my blog
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Magical Fairy Invites

The front of the invites, using Whimsy's Maya Making Wishes. Glamour dust was added to the wings and dandelion, it does sparkle beautifully, but isn't showing on the photos as usual.


The invite opens and has a detachable bookmark, by the request of my customer, I used a perforator for the bookmark.

This is the bookmark, made using a Molly Blooms Dandelion stmp, embossed with Sea Foam White embossing powder and Glamour Dust was added for magical sparkle. I added "Make A Wish" sentiment and embossed that too.

This is the inside ready for the party details to be added.

This is all 8 that I was asked to make.


Now if you want to read the next part, I will tell you a little story about the little girl for who these invites are for. When Bobby was 1 1/2 year old we started to go to a Playgroup, where we met a little girl of the same age, called Poppy and her mum Sarah. Now Poppy has some health issues, looks just like the little girl on the front of these invites. She has an illness called Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, where her organs are enlarged, and some other problems. Now the first time we met, Bobby didn't take a second look and just started to play with her with a ball, she had no balance and could only crawl, but that didn't bother Bobby, he got down on his hands and knees and rolled the ball to her instead. Bobby never even batted an eyelid. Poppy was so sweet and gorgeous, Bobby didn't say anything about any of her problems, but was very careful around her.

And there grew a lovely friendship. They started Nursery together after Poppy's mum got her a place at school, as she is very bright and clever, they moved into reception together. Now Bobby doesn't play with her all the time, but he picks her up when she falls, wipes away her tears when she cries and watches out for her, and won't let anyone upset her.
Poppy won a special place in both our hearts, and Me and her Mum have become quite good friends. Poppy has gone through such a lot of medical treatments and operations and she's so courageous. She's a little treasure.
So when Sarah asked me to make the invites for Poppy's Magical Fairy Party, I couldn't resist, she asked if I could add a Bookmark so they had something to keep.


I would like to enter them for the following challenges:-
1. ABC Challenge - W is for Wish
2. Totally Papercrafts - challenge 70 - Summer
3. Crafty Catz - challenge # 86 - Bookmarks
4. Stamp Something - Something Punched (I have used a corner punch on the insides, Nesties on the front and a perforator for the bookmark)


Thanks for popping by and have a good week.
Happy crafting
Tracy x