No Laundry Today

This card is for:-

1. Simon Says Stamp - "Thinking of you"

2. Creative Inspirations - challenge 21 - "A Pocket"

3. Anyone For Anya? - "Getting round to it"

4. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 18 - "Purple"

I thought I had better get some photos of this card now before the sun goes in, I hate all this photography business, i'm so rubbish at it. I've put some of my flowers on, that I found hiding away in the bottom of my cupboard.

Simon says Stamp want something that says "Thinking Of You" and on my make the book mark reads "No laundry today, reading only", i'll give this to someone and will write in it "put your feet up and take it easy".

Creative Inspirations is to use a pocket, and my pocket it on the inside and holds a bookmark or it will hold vouchers etc.

Anyone For Anya? are using circles this week, so I put Laundry Anya on a die cut circle, which is from Die Cut Dreams.

Incy Wincy Designs have the theme of "Purple", and it's there on my card, in quite a few different shades.

Have a great day

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Waiting For Santa

This card is for:-
1. Die Cut Dreams - challenge # 22 - "snow & Sketch
2. Fab's Christmas Challenge - week 45 - Diva, Hanging card or wavy frame
3. Anyone For Anya - 3 2 1 Recipe

This cute little girl made me think, when painted in Christmas colours she looks like she's waiting for Santa to come. I stamped Snuggle Anya onto a Die cut shape from Die Cut Dreams, and the top paper is a vellum.
Die Cut Dreams gave us a sketch to work with and a theme of snow, my snow is the stickled snowflakes that are sizzix die cuts.
Fab's Christmas challenge theme this week is either one of the following or all three, Diva, Wall Hanging or Wavy frame. Well I think Anya is a little Diva in her own right and she is stamped on to a wavy frame. So I've used two out of the three choices. And he is sponsored by my friend Susie from Die Cut Dreams this week.
Anyone For Anya? is a Recipe - 3 papers, 2 buttons and 1 bow, you will find my buttons and bow in the centre of my snowflakes and I've used three papers.

Have a lovely weekend all,
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Hidden Treasure!

This card is for:-
1. Sketch Saturday - Sketch76
2. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 17 - "Thank you"

If your one of my followers you may have seen earlier in the week that I have re-organized my craft space. Well in the cupboard underneath my desk I found some hidden treasure that I forgot I had. On this card i have used some, the lace, the flowers which are carnations made of ribbon. I've also found a stash of buttons, but i'm new to using buttons as I've never really liked using them before and a few other bits, I'm sure they'll surface on to my cards eventually.
Sketch Saturday gave an absolutely great sketch, and I'll definately use it again
Incy Wincy Designs asked for a "Thank you" card.

Recipe:-
Stamp - Hanglar (a RAK from Annie, thanks Annie x)
Papers - My minds eye wild asparagus,
Colouring Mediums - Distress inks, H20's, chalks,
Embellishments - tickles, flowers, lace, brad, ribbon, all from stash.

Angels

This card is for:-

1. Create 4 Fun - challenge 45 - Sketch

2. Penny Black Saturday - challenge 74 - Song title/lyrics

3. Sophisti-cats - challenge 10 - "wings"

4. C.R.A.F.T. - week 25 - Recipe

I wanted to give this card a bit of a Christmas vintage feel, and as this particular image is not actually a Christmas one I thought in traditional christmas colours I might get away with it.

Create 4 Fun gave us a good sketch, it was brilliant to work with.

Penny Black Saturday asked us to use song title/ lyrics, I've chosen for mine Angels by Robbie Williams.

Sophisti-cats asked us to use wings and my teddy angel definately has wings.

C.R.A.F.T. has a recipe which is 1 tag (mine is round die cut one), 1 sentiment, 1 ribbon.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Making a scene!

This card is for:-
1. A spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 77 - "Create a scene"
2. Colour Create - challenge 31 - "Blue, Silver and White"
3. Cupcake Crafts - challenge 65 - "Snow much fun"
4. Roses On Paper - challenge 24 - "Christmas"
5.Allsorts - "Bring out the bling"
6. Crafty Creations - challenge 41 - "Snow Creation"
7. Creative Inspirations - Challenge 35 - "New or neglected"
8. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 86 - "Glitter me silly"
9. Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential - Repeat image

This card turned out better than I thought it would, although I couldn't get the sparkle to show on camera no matter what I did. And as you know I haven't been around much this pass week so I will have to knuckle down and get some Christmas cards made as I have a list as long as my arm. Then i'll have more to post.
A Spoonful of sugar asked us to create a scene and I thought I can't do that I don't posses tree stamps or owt like that , but then I thought a bit more and remembered I'd received a lovely candy from Debbi, and in it was some die cut Christmas trees, so the card started to come together then.
Colour Create gave the colour combo Blue, White and Silver and the colours are lovely together.
Cupcake Crafts theme is "Snow much fun", and I chose Tilda and Edwin as skating fun.
Roses On Paper wanted a Christmas card
Allsorts want you to "Bring out the bling", I know it doesn't show too well but Tilda's cuffs and hem of her coat is glamour dusted, Edwins hat and the branches of the tree are all glamour dusted aswell. There's snow/ice on the ground and bits on the sentiments are all glamour dusted. Plus there is gems on the Christmas trees.
Crafty Creations asked for a snow creation and thats on this card too.
Creative Inspirations asked for "new or neglected", well I've never used this image before, the tree diecuts are new and so are the papers, so I think these qualify for this challenge.
Cute Card Thursday is "Glitter me silly" and there is definately plenty of that although it doesn't show very well.
Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential wanted you to use an image repeated, so I used my christmas trees three time, I don't know if that counts as they are die cuts and not stamps.

No recipe today got to pick the kids up so i'm rushing off.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

An Award and Lili of the valley blog hop

I was given this sweet award from Susie and from the lovely ScrappyJan the award comes with a few with rules, which are:Pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know you left this award,and then answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket

2. Your hair? short

3. Your mother? Young and active

4. Your father? Old fashioned gent

5. Your favorite food? home cooked

6. Your dream last night? all muddled up

7. Your favorite drink? tea

8. Your dream/goal? peace of mind and healthy children

9. What room are you in? living room

10. Your hobby? Crafting

11. Your fear? snakes and death

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? with my family

13. Where were you last night? at home

14. Something that you aren't? confident

15. Muffins? chocolate

16. Wish list item? Cuttlebug

17. Where did you grow up? Leeds

18. Last thing you did? kiss hubby

19. What are you wearing? my scruffy lounging clothes

20. Your TV? can't live without it.

21. Your Pets? 5 pets - 2 dogs 1 cat 1 rabbit 1 guinea pig

22. Friends? good ones

23. Your life? hectic

24. Your mood? up and down

25. Missing Someone? yes

26. Vehicle? ford fusion

27. Something you’re not wearing? wedding ring too small

28. Your favorite store? Asda

29. Your favorite color? red

30. When was the last time you laughed? Today

31. Last time you cried? today

32. Your best friend? John

33. One place that I go to over and over? Scarborough

34. Facebook? no

35. Favorite place to eat? Chips at the coast

So I am passing this on to

Brenda

Crystal

Fiona

Scott

Jodie

You all deserve it so much!

Now have you done the Lili Of The Valley blog hop yet, you need to go over there, there is 6 stamps up for grabs and then a single stamp on each blog. So what you waiting for they are absolutely gorgeous and only cost £3.50 each.

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.

My Special Card

This card is for:-
1. Susie's Sassy Challenge - challenge 1 - Christmas
2. Creative Craft Challenge - challenge 2 - Christmas Fun
3. Lili Of The Valley - Challenge 40 - Recipe

Today is Launch day over at Susie's Sassy Challenge, and I am lucky enough to be on the Design Team. With a great prize up for grabs, around £60 worth of goods. It will be a fortnightly challenge, with some great things up for grabs including GDT spots. And it couldn't be easier as all you have to do is follow the theme of Christmas.



This card is special to me as it's my first card as a Design Team member, and for a brand new challenge blog, and it's for my Daughter for her Christmas card. She loves roses and I know they are not really a Christmas flower but she just loves them. So the large gold rose is hand made which I made myself. The image is called "looking for santa".

Creative Craft Challenge is Christmas fun, so my entry is waiting for Santa, I remember doing that when I was a kid.
Lili Of The Valley is a Recipe, which is 3 papers which I have, 2 stamps which i've used my image and a sentiment, the 1 type of embellishment, and I've used handmade roses.


Recipe:-

Stamps - Waiting for Santa found here, Sentiment done on computer,

Papers - Papermania A wonderful Christmas time,

Colouring mediums - H20's, Distress inks,

Embellishments - Ribbon, small roses from stash, leaves from stash, Gold rose hand made, bow from stash, glamour dust, stickles,

Cupcake Sparkle

This card is for:-

1. Digital Doodling - To use Cupcake Tilly

2. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 16 - sketch

3. Die Cut Dreams - challenge # 21 - Food and Drink

4. Creative Card Crew - challenge 35 - Ribbons and Gems

I loved using this image, She's so cute and it's a break from Christmas cards. It also gave me a chance to do something girly and use my favourites glitter and gems.

Digital Doodling has this great freebie Cupcake Tilly and she's so gorgeous, pop over and look at her stunning Tilly in a bauble, I love that one. They are also looking for a DT member too.

Incy Wincy Designs gave this fabby sketch which is brilliant to use, but I kept my design simple as the sparkle and gems gave it real sparkle.

Die Cut Dreams has the theme of food and drink, pop over and join in there's 2 weeks GDT spot up for the prize, which I have just done over there and the ladies are so warm and welcoming.

Creative Card Crew require Ribbons and Gems on there's, well there's plenty of gems on the cupcake and corners of the side strip, and there's a ribbon and a ribbon bow.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Lots of sparkle!

This card is for :-

1. Simon Says Stamp - All that sparkles

2. Colour Create - challenge 30 - All White

3. Penny Black Saturday - challenge 73 - White on white

4. Sophisti-cats - challenge # 9 - Buttons and ribbons

5. Cupcake Crafts - challenge 64 - sketch

6. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge # 7 - Stamp Something

7. By The Cute And Girly - challenge # 2 - Winter Wonderland

8. Creative Inspirations - challenge 20 - Doodle-ing

OMG was this card a brain stormer, Firstly I don't have any cuttlebug or embossing folders so I thought how on earth do I put any pattern into this card. You may be able to see in the pictures that my backing papers have glittered swirls, I did them using a glue pen and glamour dust.

Simon Says Stamp want to see some sparkle, well I think there may be half a bottle of glamour dust on this card, all the snow is glittered. Round the edge of the image i dipped into glue then glamour dusted, the snowflakes were glittered, and also the swirls on the backing paper.

Colour Create wants "All white" leaving only the image to be coloured, it's definately white.

Penny Black Saturday is "White on White" and there is white on top of white.

Sophsti-cats have given us buttons and ribbons, i've used ribbon on the button which is on the small snowflake at the bottom. And also three ribbon strips down the card.

Cupcake Crafts have a sketch and it helped me to put this card together when I was struggling with it.

Crafty Cardmakers is stamp something and to do a stamping technique, so my image is stamped and then my sentiment is heat embossed with black sparkle embossing powder.

By The Cute And Girly has done Winter Wonderland this time and I think the card speaks for itself.

Creative Inspirations asked for doodle-ing, well my doodling is done with a difference as I doodled swirls on my backing paper with a glue pen and the glittered them. Hope that counts.

Sorry the photo's aren't too clear we have had a really dull and wet day today, and for anybody who follows me I managed to make a smaller rose to my usual ones. But in the end although I struggled I like the finished look.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Great candy!!!

C'MON GIRLS! You know you want it, Lovely candy to celebrate the new challenge that starts on Thursday 5th November. If you go to Susie's blog, enter the candy it closes Wednesday 4th November at 10pm.
I do hope you will join in the new challenge blog Susie's Sassy Challenge , A few of you have asked me to remind you nearer the time so I will keep putting a reminder on here!

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Skateboarding

This card is for:-
1. Anyone For Anya? - Patriotic Anya
2. Sketch And Stash - Challenge # 22 - Sketch

This card is for an order, I was asked for a skateboard theme for a Nephew. It also fits with a couple of challenges, Anyone For Anya? who's theme is Patriotic Anya. What they want is to use the colours of the flag which represents your own country. So mine is Red, White and Blue for Great Britain, the Union Jack. Then I've used the sketch on Sketch and Stash and you have to name your new or neglected stash. My new stash was some boys embellishments which I used the skateboard from.

New Challenge Blog

There's a new challenge blog starting called Susie's Sassy Challenge, It's launching on Thursday 5th November.

It will be every fortnight on a Thursday. You will be able to combine your challenges too. You really must check in for this challenge, as the first challenge there is a prize on offer around £50. Then after that there will be a mixture of Guest designer spots and goodies up for prizes each challenge.

And I'm lucky enough to be one of the design team members, Yipee!

I will give you a reminder before the challenge starts.







Look what my eldest son decided to use his trick or treat container for, What a great idea, he's also pinched his sisters too to put the rest of his Promarkers in.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

The last of Halloween!!!!!!

This project is for:-
1. Penny Black Saturday - week 72 - Halloween
2. Create 4 Fun - week 43 - template
3. C.R.A.F.T. - challenge 23 - Halloween
4. Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential - Sweet treat containers

I think I've had enough of Halloween now. I've made these treat holders for my two eldest children as I've made others for my youngest son and my twin nephews.
The template is from Create 4 Fun and came in real handy for Saturday Spotlight as they wanted a treat container. And Penny Black and C.R.A.F.T. both had Halloween as themes.

Happy Halloween to all of you
Tracy x

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

Rose's garden

This card is for:-

Creatalicious - challenge # 3 - scraps and flowers

I'm sure this card looks like it's leaning which is hard to believe as i took the photo with the card laying down. I have really crap photography skills Lol! I actually made this card for an order, I was asked to make something for a Grandma's 60th. Thay chose this Sarah Kay image and they chose which papers they wanted me to use. They had seen some of the other cards I had made people, and asked me for flowers and feathers on. The rose is hand made out of gold paper and I have used 3D gloss to put dew drops on it.

It's also for the Creatalicious challenge, which has a theme of scrap pieces of paper and handmade flowers. I've used both these, the papers are from my scrap drawer and the gold rose I handmade myself.

I've won a couple

I've had a couple of wins, I've won some blog candy from Debbie and this is what I've won here.

Then I won a Helz Cuppleditch stamp at Creatalicious challenge blog. It certainly makes it worth entering the challenges, you get lovely comments from people and now and again the odd win helps to give your stash a bit of a glow.

Thank you girls at Creatalicious and Debbi.



I've been busy making cards for orders over the last few days, my youngest has gone down with croup again and my eldest son turned 14 this weekend. So a busy time so if I haven't been to your blog I do apologise and will visit as soon as I can.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

GDT Card - Die Cut Dreams

This is my last card for my spot as a GDT member on Die Cut Dreams, I have enjoyed my time with them and the girls are great. The theme is Wedded Bliss, and I have used this gorgeous image which is a Penny Black and my papers are Dove craft wedding papers. Everything else is from my stash.

So have a go it will give you a break from the on going themes at the moment, Autumn, Halloween and Christmas.

GDT for Stampin For The Weekend!

This is my second and last week for Stampin For The Weekend as a GDT member. There theme this week is Halloween and there is some great creations by the rest of the DT. This week the sponsor is




And the prize this week is






I was out of my comfort zone as this is only the second card I've ever made for Halloween, then I got strict with myself and told myself "Don't be silly it is like any other card, made the same way as any other card only the theme is different". And it worked this card was definately easier than the first, Silly Me!

I will be sorry to finish the GDT spot with Stampin For The Weekend as I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Thankyou to all at STFW.





Recipe:-

Stamps - Penny Black Catman, Ping Gem Pumpkin Spot,

Papers - My minds eye,

Colouring mediums - H20's, distress inks,

Embellishments - Paper Studio Halloween stickers, Stickles, ribbon, gems,

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.

A Twilight Birthday

This card is for:-
1. Cupcake Crafts - week 62 - "Things that go bump in the night"
2. Creative Craft Challenge - Challenge # 1 - Number 1
3. Creative Inspirations - challenge # 19 - Something with numbers on it
4. Craft Creations - challenge # 38 - "All Hallow's Eve"

This card is for my Son's, Scott's birthday, he will be 14 and is into the Twilight saga at the moment. He also likes Blade and anything to do with Darren Shan, basically if you don't have a teenage son it means anything with Vampires, Werewolves and blood in it. He asked me to make his card and told me he was going to give me a challenge (cheeky monkey!). It had to have twilight, vampires and black on it. He's also getting together with his mates at the cinema this year and going to see the new Darren Shan movie The Vampire's Assistant. And mummy can't come, he's growing up so quick and too old to have his mum taking him to the cinema now. (weep weep).
Cupcake Crafts wants thing to go bump in the night, I think the vampires do that.
Creative Craft Challenge said something with the number 1 in it as this is the first challenge, well I know it has 14 on but there is a 1 in that number.
Creative Inspirations theme is anything with numbers on it, and we have the number 14.
Craft Creations gave "All Hallow's Eve", well there's enough vampires on this card for Hallow's eve.

Trick or Treat

Just a little project today, I have made my twin nephews a little trick or treat bag each filled with sweets and I'll pop a pound in there too.
I'm going to enter them in to Incy Wincy Designs who's theme is Halloween. Not much to say about them really, i used a bag template found Here , Some In My Minds Eye papers, Pink Gem stamp with a bit of stickles on the pumpkin lid. Ribbon for the handles.

GDT challenge - Winter Wonderland

I have done these for my spot as a Guest Designer for Die Cut Dreams there challenge this week is Winter Wonderland. They have great challenges and brilliant prizes, so take a look and have a go.

These creations are for my youngest son Bobby, I have done his Christmas card and a matching door hanger asking "Santa To Please Stop Here". I have used lots of glamour dust on Santa's beard, the desk, windows and snowflakes, but as usual the camera dosen't want to show it. And added a little bell on the hanger so he can hear if santa comes Lol!

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Baby Christmas

This card is for:-

1. Die Cut Dreams - challenge # 18 - Babies are us

2. Cupcake Crafts - week # 61 - Buttons and Stitching

3. Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge # 13 - Wildlife (any animal image)

4. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge # 73 - sketch

5. Lili Of The Valley - challenge # 38 - A christmas card for a child

6. Stamp Something - Bling it

I could not get this photo right, it has been a dull day today here. There's plenty of sparkle and silver on this card but it looks so dull in the photo. It has been done for a little baby girl I know for her 1st Christmas.

Die Cut Dreams has a theme of "Babies Are Us" and they are raising awareness for baby loss, so even if you don't do the challenge pop over and take a look for info. I have done a baby kitten angel image for a Baby's first Christmas, which the angel part seems quite apt for Baby Loss.

Cupcake Crafts want to see Buttons and Stitching, I have used a button in the centre of my snowflake and done some faux stitching around the image. Yes I gave it another go with buttons (boy do I hate using buttons on my cards).

Incy Wincy Designs requires a wildlife or an animal image and I have used the little kitten image.

A Spoonful Of Sugar gave a great sketch to use, and it's the kind you can use again and again.

Lili Of The Valley have done a Christmas card for a child this week.

Stamp Something said Bling It. well i've used glamour dust on the halo and wings, mirror card for matting everything, silver ricrac ribbon and bows, silver snowflake, a glamour dusted snowflake and finally silver thread for the button. So plenty of sparkle shimmers and shines.

Recipe:-

Stamps - Lelo stamp, Sentiment by computer,

Papers - Papermania naughty and nice, silver mirror board,

Colouring Mediums - H20's, Distress inks,

Tools - Sizzix snowflake, XCUT snowflake punch,

Embellishments - Button, silver thread, silver bows, silver Ricrac, Glamour dust,

Feels like spring again!

This card is for:-
1. Penny Black Saturday - week 70 - Buttons and Bows
2. Sketch and Stash - challenge 21 - sketch
3. C.R.A.F.T. - challenge 21 - A Recipe

I enjoyed this card as it took me away from the three main focuses at the moment that seem to be everywhere - Halloween, Autumn and Christmas. This reminds me of my favourite time of year, Spring, when all the green is just breaking through and there's buds opening everywhere.
But it also made me use something I have never used before and said I never would BUTTONS, but I made my self a promise to try different things and techniques so I gave them a go. I don't know why I hate using them but I just do.

Penny Black Saturday wanted to see buttons and bows this week and they are there on my card.
Sketch and Stash gave us a nice sketch to follow and to name my never used item it is this cute Penny Black image crossing bridges.
C.R.A.F.T. has a recipe which is 1 ribbon, 2 buttons, 3 papers, and it's all there.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black crossing bridges,
Papers - In my minds eye bloom and grow,
Colouring mediums - distress inks, H20's,
Embellishments - Buttons, flowers, stickles, ribbon, thread,

GDT - Sketch for Stampin For The Weekend

This card I have done for my Guest DT spot with Stampin' For The Weekend for this week, I also get to do another for next week too. This sketch has been done by Amy and what a brilliant sketch to work with it is too. I will put my recipe on at the end but the Pointsettia's are hand made, as I don't have any shop bought ones. I just hope I don't let them down!

This challenge is sponsored by Whiff Of Joy and the prize is this cute little fellow Cupcake Bear.

Recipe:-

Stamps - WOJ Henry mouse (RAK from a friend), Sentiment (in a candy I won from Brenda),

Papers - Penny Black script pointsettia, Daisy bucket designs, Sheet music from a Pick'N' Mix box,

Colouring mediums - Distress inks, H20's,

Embellishments - Ribbon, Glamour dust, gold beads, stickles,

Something different!

This card is for:-
1. Creative Inspirations - challenge 18 - Christmas in October
2. Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential - week 2 - Dress up a tree

I thought i'd do something different today, instead of my usual cuties. My ex-employers still keep in touch with me and I always send them a card at Christmas, they always send a Marks and Spencers luxury card,and last year was my first year of handmade cards but I've come a long way since then. So this is what i've made them and I think it's just their style.
I have seen this done before here at Iona-Rose designs, also seen this on Joanna sheens web site too.
The image was in a candy from the lovely Brenda (where did it come from? Brenda) and when I saw it I thought what on earth will I do with this image, I think I have another and I will do the dreaded In-Laws the same card.
Thank you Brenda your image has made me try something new.
I used Papermania's A Wonderful Christmas Time (kindly given to me by my daughter, thank you Jodie). I do know the stamp is Penny Black (will have to search that stamp, would like to have it). Then I put Papermania gems on my tree and used some free ribbons and bows from the Creativity magazine. The sentiment is a Dovecraft and done with clear embossing power. And everything is matted on gold card.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

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.

Peace Maker!

This card is for:-
1. Anyone For Anya? - You're Anya
2. Truly Scrumptious - challenge # 17 - sketch
3. Crafty Creations - challenge # 36 - "All shades of pale"

Anyone for Anya? wanted us to use the Anya that was most like ourselves. After a long think I chose Peace Anya, as that is what I am at home most of the time "the peace maker". With three kids and a husband and five pets, things don't run very smoothly sometimes.
Truly Scrumptious gave a brilliant sketch and at the end of the three strips that they put on the sketch I decided to put a daisy on the end of each one. The daisies were punched out with love by my three year old, Bobby.
Crafty Creations theme is "All shades of pale" and I don't know why I picked these colours, pale blue and cream. I'm not even a blue person, but I do like the combo.

I have used some stickles on the flowers and around the sentiment. The papers are Blueberry Hill. I don't know why but the card seems to have a green tint on this photo, I've taken it about five times but I can't get it any better.

Some Bunny Loves You!

This card is for:-
1. Papertake Weekly - Sketch 25 - sketch
2. Penny Black Saturday - Week # 69 - Autumn Breezes
3. Stampin' For The Weekend - Orange, Brown and Leafy Green
4. Cupcake Crafts - week 60 - "Thanks a bunch"
5. Stamp Something - Brown plus
6. Cute Card Thursday - challenge # 81 - "so charming"

I love this image by Penny Black, Garden Slumber it was a Rak from a friend.
Papertake weekly gave us a fabulous sketch which i'll be using again. Penny Black Saturday has the theme of Autumn Breezes and I love Penny black animals they are so cute. And i've definately used Autumn colours. Stampin' For The Weekend brought us a colour combo of Orange, Brown and Leafy Green, all these are there in my card. Cupcake Crafts said "Thanks a bunch" so I wanted to say Thank you friend on mine. Stamp Something is doing Brown plus something and there's brown on my cards but some of it is different shades. Cute Card Thursday wanted to see a charm on your card.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black Garden Slumber, Sentiment done on computer,
Papers - In My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow,
Colouring mediums - Distress inks, H20's,
Embellishments - flowers, brad, charm, ribbon,

Daisy, Daisy!

This card is for:-
Roses On Paper/Belles 'N' Whistles - challenge # 22 - Orange, Brown and Green + Sketch
Belles 'N' Whistles - sketch
C.R.A.F.T. - challenge # 20 - Autumn colours from inspiration pic


Roses On Paper gave great colours of Orange, Brown and Green and to use a sketch from another challenge. They are having a Belles 'N' Whistles guest Design Team Call too.
Belles 'N' Whistles are having a sketch and they will spotlight the chosen cards.
C.R.A.F.T. wanted to see Autumn colours,which fits perfectly with the chosen colours on Roses On Paper.

On the sketch there were flowers going down the side but I rotated the sketch and punched little daisies and added a gem in the centre of each. The papers are all In My Minds Eye -Bloom and Grow. The dark card looks black on the photo but it is dark brown.

My three year old decided he was helping Mummy today after dinner to make a card. He saw me making the daisies for this card and said he'd make me some more to use. He was as quiet as a mouse with a flower punch some scraps of paper and a pair of rounded tweezers.

Quietly concentrating on punching flowers.

" look what I've made you Mummy". Oh how sweet is he!

Sisters

This card is for:-

1. Roses On Paper/Belles 'n'Whistles - challenge # 21 - Stitches

2. Cupcake Craft Challenge - challenge # 59 - Cute as a bug

3. Creative Inspirations - challenge # 17 - sketch

4. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge # 11 - Autumn Colours

For the Roses On Papaer/B 'n'W challenge I used this lovely Sisters stamp from Belles 'N' Whistles and they asked for stitching, I did some faux stitching. This stamp reminds me of me and my sister who is nine years younger than me.

Cupcake Crafts wanted bugs included on your project, I've got some butterflies and dragonflies on this card. My dragonflies are just covered in glamour dust and sparkle to match the sparkle on the flowers, the big sisters belt and her hat. And the little sisters ribbons.

What a great sketch from Creative Inspirations it worked perfectly with these delicious papers.

Incy Wincy Designs are asking for Autumn colours, this is my first time doing this challenge blog.

Recipe:-

Stamps - Belles 'n' Whistles Sisters, Sentiment done on computer, flower stamp,

Papers - In My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow,

Colouring Mediums - Distress inks, H20's,

Tools - dragonfly punch,

Embellishments - ribbon, butterflies, glamour dust,