Manga With Attitude!

I have made this for my daughter Jodie who will be 12 on Tuesday 1st June. She's a mature 12 and her favourite colours at the moment are Red and Black. And you can quite often see her taking this stance like this manga image when she's in a strop. She loves the Manga's from books and draws them in her sketch book, so I know i'm safe with this image.

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Truly Scrumptious - challenge # 33 - Sketch

2. Fussy and Fancy - challenge 11 - Recipe

3. Cupcake Crafts - challenge 92 - Black, Grey + 1 other colour (I chose Red)

4. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 105 - Celebration Card

5. Allsorts - challenge # 54 - Black, White + 1 other colour (I chose Red)

6. Passion For Promarkers - week 53 - Anything Goes

Recipe:-

Stamps - Sugar Nellie, See-D's Alphabets and Numbers, Dovecraft Sentiments,

Papers - Papermania's Capsule range - Red Hot & Mono, Red gingham a magazine freebie,

Colouring Mediums - Promarkers

Tools - Flower punches, Nesties, Heart punch

Embellishments - Ribbon, Black Broderie Anglaise, Gems, Stickles - all from stash

Happy bank holiday

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Pretty Kitty!

I love this cat, I received the image for my Birthday from my DT buddy Mervi, thanks love. It was a joy to colour so now I'm thinking I need this stamp, it could be used for so much, Birthday, Thank you, get well, Mothers Day, just about everything. I don't know why I chose Lilac, but needed a change from reds and pinks. Although I have a red card to amke for my Daughters birthday on Tuesday.

I'm entering this for the following challenges:-

1. Sketch And Stash - challenge 36 - Sketch (new image used)

2. Penny Black Saturday - week 102 - Lots Of Dots

3. Paperplay Challenges - week 21 - Up In The Air

4. Crafty Creations - challenge # 69 - Use a favourite stamps

5. Flutterby Wednesday - challenge # 111 - Open Challenge

Hope you all have a great weekend and Bank Holiday

Happy crafting

Tracy x

All Paperclipped

I'm just loving House Mouse, and this fun image was great to work with. I have used Promarkers this time instead of my usual Distress inks, I love the Denim Blue I used to colour the paperclip jar. I've tried to embellish without flowers today, thats a task in itself.

This creation is for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse - challenge # 70 - Goodbye/Farewell

2. Passion For Promarkers - week 53 - Anything Goes

3. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 113 - sketch

4. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge # 43 - Button up

5. Creative Inspiration wednesday - challenge 62 - Distressed

6. Simon Says Stamp - Blue, Brown Green

7. Crafts and Me - challenge # 5 - Distressed

Well the weather has definately changed, quite cold today and trying to rain. It's my Hubby's birthday today and I bought him a new watch as his has broken.

Happy Birthday John xxx

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Young Love

It's challenge 71 over at Rosie-D's, and Saskia has chosen the challenge which is to do an Easel Card. There's a cute stamp for the lucky winner donated by Saskia, 'Kibo' is one af the lovely stamps from In2Stamps!!

So if you fancy doing an Easel card pop on over and take a look at the challenge and also for some inspiration from the rest of the team.

For this card I used a Lili Of The Valley image which was sent to me by my good friend Fiona, thanks love. The papers are my favourite at the moment Henbury Lane by Papermania.

There is a story behind this card, it's for my Mam and Dad and when I saw this image I knew straight away what I would use it for. My Mam and Dad got together when my Mam was 11 years old and my Dad was 13 years old. They knew then they were going to get married, My Dad wore glasses too, so as you can tell this image means so much to us. They are now going to celebrate there 41st anniversary on the 5th July.

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

I hope you all have a good week.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Gone Fishing!

The challenge this week for Polkadoodles is Dimension and Texture, they give you a free download to be used on your challenge, and the papers are great for Father's Day too. This creation will be for my Dad who is a keen fisherman, although I don't think he sits and fishes with hedgehogs Lol! And yes if you follow my blog the "Cuttlebug" has been out again, I can't stop playing with it.

I would like to enter the following challenges:-

1. Polkadoodles - week 19 - Diemension and Texture (Foam Pads on sentiment for dimention and embossing for texture)

2. Crafty creations - challenge # 68 - Celebration

3. Stamp something - Celebrate something

4. Creative Inspirations - challenge 34 - Punches or Die Cuts

5. ABC Challenge - U is for unused (embossing folder/nesties)

6. C.R.A.F.T. - week 51- Birthday or Celebration + blog hop

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Fairy Wishes

Can you tell I got a Cuttlebug Lol!I love doing the embossing folders as they help to save the pennies on patterned paper as well as looking pretty. A thank you to Elaine for sending me some. As for the colouring of my Lili Of The Valley Fairy I followed a Passion For Promarker video tutorial here at LOTV Ideas To Inspire, it shows a great way of using the blender pen.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges:-

1. Lily Of The Valley - challenge 53- - Sketch

2. Allsorts - week 52 - Birthday's plus a hop

3. Flutterby Wednesday - challenge # 110 - use flowers

4. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 104 - Cute and Girly

5. Papertake Weekly - Say It With Flowers

6. Passion For Promarkers - week 52 - Fantasy

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Shabby Chic?

I don't know if I managed to capture Shabby Chic with this, This image was stamped for me by my friend Fiona and the card isn't for my usual distress inks and H20's so out came my promarkers again. Then my sister came, she wants to start making cards, but doesn't want to use water colours so she asked me to show her how to use the promarkers.

Then my son and twin nephews wanted to use them too, they are only 4 years old, so out came a packet of felt tips and I stamped them a load of images to colour so they thought they were doing the same as my sister. I went out to bring my washing in leaving them with my sister at the kitchen table and when I came back in they had drawn all over each other and their clothes. But never mind they enjoyed themselves, bless them haha!

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Sketch Saturday - week # 102 - sketch

2. Lili Of The Valley - challenge 52 - Here Comes Summer

3. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge 20 - Distressed

4. Die Cut Dreams - challenge # 47 - Shabby Chic

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Feed The Birds!

I have made this for my Hubby from the kids, he loves watching the birds in the garden and feeds them all the time. So this House Mouse image is so appropriate. Quick post today as I have my twin nephews coming straight fome Nursery with Bobby today so three four year olds running around, don't think I'll be creating much today.

I'm putting this in for the following challenges:-
1. Creative Craft Challenges - Blue and Brown
2. Sophisticats - challenge ~ 31 - Blue, Brown and Cream
3. Colour Create - challenge # 44 - Khaki, Aqua, Brown and Cream
4. House Mouse - challenge # 69 - Distressing
5. Cupcake Crafts - challenge # 90 - Buttons
6. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge # 103
7. Stampin' For The Weekend - A Card For A Male
8. Cute Card Thursday - challenge # 111 - Boyz To Men

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Art Deco and a surprise for me!

This is for an order with a specific colour combo and style - Art deco and Black and White. The image is a Debbi Moore stamp and the paper is from the Capsule range from Papermania, as always the large roses are handmade and the small white ones are from my stash, so are the feathers.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. Creative Inspirations - challenge # 33 - Congratulations
2. By The Cute And Girly - May - Celebrations
3. Papertake Weekly - Shiny, Sparkly and Special (the roses are stickled with star dust and my image is embossed with black embossing powder giving it a shine)

I had such a surprise on Sunday, my husband took me to our best craft shop that we have in Leeds, and they had a Cuttlebug on offer with 4 sets of Nestabilities all for £99. Now he knows that is my dream item and I have wanted one since I started crafting.
Guess what.....................He had got a Bonus at work on Friday and he has bought me it, I'm over the moon, can't believe I've finally got one. I don't have any embossing folders yet but saving the pennies as we speak. But I did get large ovals and scalloped ovals, and also large circles and scalloped circles for my 4 sets in the offer. Watch this space my cards won't have images in boring squares anymore, although I enjoyed stamping edges and inking and thinking up ways to make them more interesting.

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.



Hope everyone has a good week


Happy crafting


Tracy x

So Yummy!

This is my creation for the Rosie-D's challenge, challenge # 70, where this week the theme has been chosen by Saskia. And the theme is "So Yummy (cupcakes, fruit, chocolate.....)".Saskia has very kindly offered to give our winner two gorgeous stamps from Cuddly Buddly, http://cuddlybuddly.com/.


Hope you pop on over and join in.

For this card, the papers were freebies from a magazine a year or so ago, I used a Penny Black image, which I adore and was a gift for my Birthday from my friend Fiona, thank you love. I coated the cherries in glossy accents, and coloured the image with Distress Inks. The Yummy ticket I won over at Creatalicious from Bizzy Becs.
For the button at the top I used a tutorial over at Whiff Of Joy where they did one in a heart shape, I punched a flower five times out of white card then a gingham one, added hole with a hole punch, glued all the layers together to give it the thickness, and tied some ribbon through after covering it with glossy accents.

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

The Cats Whiskers!

Hello everybody, well the washing is out on the line and the sun is shining, although there is a chill in the air. I think the sun is having an effect on me today, I enjoyed making this summery feel card. The Penny Black image was a RAK from a friend, thank you love, and i coloured it with Distress Inks and H20's. The papers are again the gorgeous Henbury Lane by Papermania, and for those who follow me will know my Hubby bought them for me. Can you guess where he's going tomorrow, yep to get me another couple of packets . They are so gorgeous, it doesn't show on the photo but the blue backing paper is embossed with a glitter detail. I've added gems to the cats collar, the four corners of the image and stickles to the flowers.

I would like to enter this for the following challenge:-

1. Create 4 Fun - week 18 - Sketch

2. Penny Black Saturday - week 99 - Let's Get Punchy (I have used a scalloped edge punch and I punched the corners of my image).

3. Allsorts - week 50 - Animal

4. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 102 - Furry friends

5. Paperplay Challenges - week 18 - Stamp/Digi and Bling (my bling is the backing paper, gems and stickles)

6. Simon Says Stamp - Birthdays/Celebrations

7. C.R.A.F.T. - challenge ~ 49 - Weddings or Birthdays

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Pretty In Pink!

Oooo my Hubby has bought me some new papers which are so gorgeous, I'm going back for some more, they are called Henbury Lane by Papermania. Some of them are already glittered, there's flowers and flourishes and sparkly ones. For my creation I used a corner stamp on my plainer paper which has a slight speckle and stamped with worn lipstick Distress Inks, them brushed some TH Perfect Pearls in Gold Heirloom on to the stamped corner. My ribbons, buttons and roses are from my stash. I thought I'd give my promarkers an airing and after following a PromarkerKnow How by Jak Heath which you can find here. I found it so much easier to do the skin, can't wait for more of her tutorials as i'm not too good with the markers, i'm more of a brush and ink girl.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-

1. Just Magnolia - week 53 - Sketch

2. Die Cut Dreams - challenge # 46 - Tilda In Pink

3. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge # 40 - Anything Goes

4. ABC Challenge - T is for Thankyou

5. Passion For Promarkers - week 50 - Gratitude

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms, a whole range of Tim Holtz stash is on offer this month, go on pop on over and take a look.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me such lovely comments.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Shhhh......Reading Fairy!

Yes another Door Hanger, but I do like making these, and they make lovely gifts. It's my daughter's 12th Birthday on the 1st June and this set is for her Birthday. When she's not out with her mates you'll find her in the house with a book in her hand. She reads constantly.

The door hanger is from Die Cut Dreams and I have used the new absolutely gorgeous papers from Papermania called Henbury Lane. I've mounted my flowers and all my butterflies on 3D foam pads for dimention, and of course lots of sparkly stickles.

The bookmark is made using the same papers and the same image only printed smaller. Then I thought it would be complete with a gift box to give it in.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

1. Creatalicious - challenge # 9 - Flowers and Wings

2. Creative Craft Challenge - Bloomin Marvellous

3. Creative Card Crew - challenge 49 - April showers bring flowers (I've brought flowers to my project)

4. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 101 - 3D Something (the butterflies and flowers are mounted on foam pads)

5. Cute Card Thursday - challenge # 109 - Make Your Own (I made my own flowers and patterned card for my gift box)

6. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 57 - A lady or woman on it (the stamping on these projects are the butterflies, and the gift box is made by stamping butterflies all over)

7. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 40 - Anything goes

Sinusitis still playing up so not much getting done and a bit hit and miss on the blog front i'm afraid.

Hope your all having a better Bank Holiday than I am.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Fairy Special

Today's card is done in a colour combo I love using, pink and green. I have used a TGF fairy and used lashings of gorgeous star dust stickles. She's been coloured with H20's and distress inks, and the papers are Papermani's Rose Garden and Bluberry Hill. For the buttons which are from my stash I used my embroidery thread from my cross stitch days.

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 56 - Sew special

2. Anyone For Anya? - sketch # 9 - sketch

3. Paperplay challenges - week 17 - Pretty Pastels

4. Simon Says Stamp - Buttons, bows and bling

5. Crafts and Me - challenge # 3 - Sparkle

Please do stop by the Sir Stampalot Challenge as there is the most fabulous Tim Holtz prize you could imagine, go on have a look and I bet you'll be drooling!

Thank you for your lovely comments in the past and for stopping by to see my creations.

Hope you all have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Butterflies And Blossoms - Sir Stampalot, challenge # 2

It is Sir Stampalot's second challenge, it's the month of May and what better theme than Butterflies and Blossoms. Now you really do want to get creating for this challenge as the prize is FANTASTIC. Do you want to see what you can win :-



Yes thats right a whole range of Tim Holtz stash. It is a collection of TH products valued circa £200. There is also a set of the brand new Tattered Florals dies, yet to hit the UK, but will be shipped to the winner as soon as they arrive.
The whole prize is fabulous, but the biggest wow element must be the copy of Tim's inspirational book A Compendium of Curiosities - bearing his authentic signature, signed by him for Andy and Janice in the States when it was launched in January.
Most of the products are identifiable, but include the book (back right) journal, DVD, inks, mediums, stamps, embossing powders, ribbon, embellies, stickles....................



So my creation is using a Sarah Kay image called Elodie in her garden and it can be found at Sir Stampalot's here, I have used handmade flowers and punched butterflies. She is painted with Distress Inks which can be found here. The papers are Rose Garden by Papermania, and the ribbon is Anita's.

Hope to see you joining in, you have a month to enter so please join in and I'll pop along to your blog and leave a comment, and who knows you may be the lucky winner of all these Tim Holtz goodies.

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Going Art Deco

This set has taken me two days, it's an order for my Sister to give to my Auntie who will be 60, and I just couldn't get started at first, my mind went blank. Then I inked up these Art Deco stamps from Debbie Moore, and embossed them with clear powder. Then my Mo-Jo kicked in and I was off.

For the card I used Heirloom gold perfect pearls in a mister bottle and sprayed the black card and the handmade roses.I distressed around my image with Worn Lipstick distress inks then embossed some corners in gold. Did my sentiment on the computer and added gold glitter, gems and a feather.

For the Bookmark I embossed swirls in red and I did some in gold as well, I used the same distress inks too.

For the gift box I used some gold mirror card and scalloped down one side, added some black velvet ribbon trimmed with gold, then made a large flower. I stamped the butterfly and coloured with H20's and distress inks, added star dust stickles. I made a tag and added gold distress stickles.

I am entering these items into the following challenges:-

1. Sketch Saturday - week # 100 - Sketch (brilliant sketch and will definately use again)

2. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge # 39 - Black, White and one other colour (my other colour is RED)

3. Cupcake Crafts - challenge # 87 - Red and White

4. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge # 19 - Desert Island (Distress inks, Stamps, embossing powders)

5. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 100 # Happy Birthday

6. Creative Card Crew - challenge # 48 - Happy Birthday

7. Allsorts - challenge # week 49 - Be inspired by Butterflies

Please don't forget to be in with a chance of winning a fab Cricut, then join in the Fantasy challenge over at Sir Stampalot!

I hope everyone has a good week

Happy crafting

Tracy x

I just Love Poppies

This is my creation for the Rosie-D's challenge, where this week the theme has been chosen by Lyn. And the theme is "England/St Georges or Red and White".
Lyn has very kindly offered to give our winner a Surprise.
So please pop on over and see the rest of the DT great creations and join in too.

I had a really good old play with this one, I don't know if you can see but I used some perfect pearls in gold heirloom, in my mister and sprayed the backing paper and the flowers. They were in my Tim Holtz kit from QVC, I've never used these before, and I like the effect I got with them. Now I want more mister bottles and pearls, they are addictive. Her wings are covered in Star Dust stickles, and I used Promarkers to colour this as I wanted strong colours for the Poppies.

Please don't forget to be in with a chance of winning a fab Cricut, then join in the Fantasy challenge over at Sir Stampalot!

Hope you pop on over and join in.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A different request

I had a request from a friend who wanted a card for some relatives who had just become Grandparents, never done one before, so I asked her what she wanted on it and she said the ones in the shops are like a new baby card but with grandparents on. She also wanted it in a gift box, and this is what I came up with. She was very happy with it, in fact she's asked me to make another one the same for someone else. Obviously the baby is a girl, but I adore gingham and this is the only gingham paper I had, but it suits baby things so well I think.

Baby Boom!!!!

There must be a Baby Boom going on, I've been asked for two sets of the above to be made and two Proud Grandparent cards to made which i'll show later this week when they are finished. I love the bottle shaped card, it's cute and I like the challenge of making everything matching, the door hanger is from Die Cut Dreams and is wonderful to work with.

I would like to enter these for the following challenges:-

1. Cute Card Thursday - challenge # 108 - Touchy Feely (the ribbons, flowers butterflies and dragonflies are for the touchy feely part)

2. Stamp Something - Something Layered

I've been a bit busy lately with quite a few orders, so a bit thin on the challenges this week, although I'm not complaining Lol!

Please don't forget to be in with a chance of winning a fab Cricut, then join in the Fantasy challenge over at Sir Stampalot!

Have a great week whatever your doing

Happy crafting

Tracy x

A Vintage Hug

Both my boys are now on antibiotics, one for tonsilitis and the other for a chest infection, so now they are both picking up nicely, I though i'd have a play around at my craft desk. I loved the idea of the Die Cut Dreams challenge, vintage with no colouring. So I stamped my image with Brushed Corduroy then embossed with clear powder, I also embossed flourishes around the image then distressed with ink. I found a gorgeous layout on Stamptacular Sunday by Marianne, and used it for this creation. All the papers are from Regency - Papermania.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 11 - Distressing
2. Die Cut Dreams - challenge#43 - Vintage with no colouring
3. Sophisticats - challenge # 29 - So Distressing
4. Cuopcake Crafts - challenge # 86 - Childhood Memories
5. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 54 - Spots and Dots

Well it's a very dull day here today, started off nice this morning but went rather dull very quickly, hope your having better weather.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Rosie-D's challenge

This is my creation for the Rosie-D's challenge, where this week the theme has been chosen by Lyn. And the theme is "Blessings", so that could be marriage, birth, christening or any other way you would like to use blessings.

Lyn has very kindly offered to give our winner a set of BasicGrey Insignia stamps.

Hope you pop on over and join in.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

My first Sweet Pea!

I have been loving the Sweet Pea stamps that are around blogland at the moment, and I was so lucky to win one from the lovely Debby at Passion For Crafts, it was this gorgeous mermaid called September Rhythm. I now really want to get some more, they are a joy to play with. Now for those of you like me has only just had their Tim Holtz Qvc set 2 weeks ago, and just started to play, have you tried that Distress Rock Candy, wow what a result. I wanted my mermaid to look like she's just got out of the water and was all wet. So after my inks, H20's and stickles star dust was all dried, I covered the image in the Rock Candy. And this is the result.

My background is just plain card which I stamped using the V&A background stamp in Distress Inks Stormy Sky, The ribbon looks wonky on this, (why do my cards always look concaved in photo's) it is straight, and this gorgeous ribbon was a pressie and so are the gems in my flowers from the lovely Susie my DT Boss for my birthday. I know the gems are available on her on-line shop Die Cut Dreams.

The flowers are my own handmade, and the button dropped of my daughter knickers and I found it in the bottom of the washer and looks far better on my card than on her pants, will she notice?

The dream ticket I got from My friend Lisa from her shop here, and distressed it with stormy sky.

This is for:-

1. Crafts And Me - challenge ! - Sweet Pea, Fairies or Wings (I used a Sweet Pea)

2. Sketch And Stash - challenge 32 - Sketch

3. Paperplay Challenges - week 14 - Shiny Happy People (I used rock candy for an all over shimmer and stickles for the tail)

4. C.R.A.F.T. - challenge 45 - Free choice but with buttons

5. By The Cute And Girly - April challenge - Fairytales

6. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 107 - Mono-Mania (I used all blues)

7. Sweet Pea Stampers - week 3 - At the bottom of the garden (she is surrounded in flowers)

Please don't forget to be in with a chance of winning a fab Cricut, then join in the Fantasy challenge over at Sir Stampalot!

Have a great weekend, what ever you do

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Twins and an Update

I made these cards for my twin nephews, they have everything identical and argue if not. They love to play football and I made sure they had their names on the footie shirts.

I'm entering this if for:-

A spoonful of Sugar - challenge # 98 - "One for the boys"

Now just when you think everything is getting back to normal something else happens. I was up through the night again with Bobby, he was running a high temperature and his cough just doesn't seem to be shifting at all. And he sounded really horse and a sore throat. So off to the docotors, to find out he has severe tonsilitis, and is full of mucous as the Doc put it. They have now put him on antibiotics, but we enquired about his croup while we were there, as the hospital last week asked us why he didn't have an Inhaler for his croup. The doctors said he doesn't get it often enough, we said that we don't bring him every time as you told us there's not much you can do, just advise steaming. Now they are telling us if we took him to the Doctors every time they would have considered giving him something for it.

Well you can bet your last penny he'll be at the doctors with every single bout of croup now. He's 4 why do they make them suffer, I'm so mad! Enough ranting I think.

Please don't forget to be in with a chance of winning a fab Cricut, then join in the Fantasy challenge over at Sir Stampalot!

Hope you all have a good weekend

Happy crafting

Tracy x

The Last Challenge!

Sadly this is the last ever challenge for Susie's Sassy challenge, and the final theme is "Me And My Pet", we are using Digi's given to us by our sponsor Di's Digi's. The Prize is 2 images from her shop.

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all the girls on the team for being lovely girls to work along side of.

And a sincere thank you to Susie for believing in me and giving me a chance and my first position on a design team.

I would also like to enter it for the following challenges:-

1. Papertake Weekly - Sketch # 38

2. Passion For Promarkers - week 46 - "The young ones"

3. Sophisti-cats - challenge # 28 - "Raining cats and dogs"

4. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 10 - "Lets go digital"

5. ABC Challenge - "R is for RED"

All day yesterday I couldn't access e-mail or blogger as my server went down and I haven't been able to use the computer.
Then my Hubby was bored and suggested that we should move my crafting out of the hallway and into the back of the living room, then he's not sat on his own on an evening. That was one of those jobs you wished you hadn't started, as then I'd to tidy everything out too. But could it be a ruse, so i'm there to keep my eye on the kids and he's not left with them on his own Lol!

Have a great week

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Hugs!!

Oh i'm so glad to be back at my crafting desk, I haven't been there for a week. My son is just fine now apart from a cold and cough the croup has left him with, but up to no good as usual. I really enjoyed making this card for some challenges, even though I have quite a few orders and some DT work that needs to be done. I have managed to get myself a couple of new colours in distress inks, "worn lipstick and stormy sky", which I have used today, I now have 8 colours. I used them to paint with as well as distressing with them, but could never quite get the technique right or the shading, and when I distressed round the edges it went blotchy.
So I got in touch with the lovely Kim, who was ever so helpful, Thank you Kim, what a lovely lady you are. She told me which card to use to stamp on and Voila! so much easier. She gave me tips on distressing round the edges too, and now i'm really happy with how i've progressed.
My Tim Holtz, QVC package came last week too, and I've only just unpacked it all and started using the blending tool, wow so much easier too.

This creation is for:-
1. Create 4 Fun - week 14 - Sketch
2. Simon Says Stamp - "It's so distressing"
3. Crafty Creations - challenge # 61 - Anything goes
4. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 53 - Sugar and spice (For the girls)
5. Cupcake Crafts - challenge # 85 - Make your own flowers
6. Creative Card crew - challenge # 47 - Vintage/Aged
7. Lili Of The Valley - challenge # 50 -Include Blue and Silver
8. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge # 18 - A Challenging challenge - ( first time using a distressing tool)



If you enter Simon Says stamp you can also enter Lorraine's weekly candy Here and win this fab stamp


Do have a good week
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Sir Stampalot Brand New Challenge!

Good Morning and very warm welcome to you all from everyone at the Stampalot Challenge. The day we have all been eagerly awaiting has finally arrived, it's seemed forever coming and we really have all been bursting at the seams for the chance to share all our excitement with you. Over the coming months we have some fantastic themes lined up for you, along with some fabulous prizes from Sir Stampalot. Our challenges will each run for a month, you all want to know what theme and what you could win. Our first theme is:
"Fantasy"
It is entirely up to you what you create and how you interpret the theme and we are so looking forward to visiting you all and seeing your wonderful creations. Sir Stampalot have been so generous with the winners prize .......pinch yourself first because it's:
A Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter
PLUS a Pooh Font Cartridge


How fabby is that and if the opportunity to win that doesn't get your creative juices flowing, then I don't know what will. And of course we will also be selecting our Top 3 who will be able to display our special logo. The rest of the oh so talented Design Team have come up with some awesome projects so please do go and visit them and see how they have been creative .
Now onto my creations:-
My first is a card, using the Lavender fairy image, and painted with H20's and distress inks. I have used some beautifully delicate lace and then I have sewn Diamante's on. I have used stickles to give her a magical sparkle.
Then I decided to have a play about at my craft desk and made myself a file to keep all my sketches together. It is held together with a book ring, and i have made a charm out off shrinkables, my first time using them. When I find a good sketch or i draw one of my own, i keep them all together, but now i'll just keep adding them to this file and it looks pretty hung up at my desk too. I have to be organised as my craft space is small.

So I do hope i'll see you joining in, have a good day
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Time For Tea!

The image on this card is from Karen's Doodles and it is so cute and lovely to work with, it is called Herbert and Bigsby - Time for tea. The papers are Papermania's Rose Garden, the flowers are handmade, see lower down this post for some info on them. I have had a bit of a change to day and used promarkers, getting a bit better with them.

This is for:-

1. Karen's Doodles - challenge # 3 - Sketch

2. Colour Create - challenge 41 - Pastels + Spring

3. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 105 - Dimensions ( you will find dimention in my flowers and butterfly)

4. Passion For Promarkers - week 44 - Springtime + Animal

5. Creatalicious - challenge # 8 - Favourite drink (my favourite drink is a nice cup of TEA)


I would like to say a big thank you to all the well wishers that sent their best wishes for my Hubby, he came through the operation really well and avoided any severe bleeding that the Doctors were expecting. He is now resting up at home and is doing really well, but he is at home for two weeks, so don't know how much crafting i'll get done.


Now for something else, my good friend Fiona does the most beautiful handmade flowers and she had put them on my birthday card, my 14 year old son Scott saw them and thought they were great, now he wanted to make them too, but we didn't have the right punches, so he has used some we have, and taken Fiona's flowers and altered them to suit our punches. Hope you don't mind Fiona!






Scott made the purple and the blue and white one, then he showed me and I made the yellow polka dot one which I then used on todays card. Well done Scott, i will be using these a lot more since I don't own many fabric flowers (Prima's etc). They will be seen now along with the handmade roses i already make.



Now I would like to remind you all about the Sir Stampalot challenge which starts on Thursday 1st April. So pop on over and become a follower so you will be reminded when it starts, and your in for a real treat for the first challenge, the DT has worked hard and come up with some gorgeous creations.




Also there is still time to enter The Hero Arts Giveaway too.


Have a great week
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Rosie-D's challenge

Over at Rosie-D's we're following the "Spring Theme", this weeks challenge # 67 is a colour combo for you, it's Green, Yellow and White. And we are being sponsored by Sir Stampalot again and the prize is a beautiful set of MFT floral and swirl stamps.
This is my DT creation and if you would like to see the rest of the teams creations please pop over and take a look or even join in, it's a great theme this week.

I used one of my favourite stamps from the Penny Black tiny Wishes set. The flowers I won at Die Cut Dreams for their "no flowers challenge", and my image is coloured with Distress Inks and H20's.

Have a great week

Happy crafting

Tracy x

My Springtime Garden!

This is my DT card for Susie's Sassy challenge, our theme for Challenge # 11 this week is "Springtime Garden" and has been chosen by Sally. The prize this time is £10 worth of mystery mix of die cuts and images. Last week we had to say good bye to Vikki, this week we say an early goodbye to Lisa , Susie has decided to close this bi-weekly challenge and concentrate on the other 2 challenge blogs she runs with Vikki , but its not over yet we have 2 more challenges to go so don't leave us just yet ...... I cant wait to see what you create for this challenge and the next. I have really enjoyed working with a brilliant DT team and the girls are really lovely and talented. Thank you Susie for giving me the chance, your a sweetheart.

I would also like to enter this for:-

1. Sketch Saturday - week 95 - Sketch

2. Allsorts - week 44 - Spring is in the air

3. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge 17 - Spring into spring

4. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 35 - Easter or Spring

5. Simon Says Stamp - Spring and some glimmer

Now today is my BIRTHDAY and when I woke up i was a bit upset as my hubby forgot my Birthday, but he is going into hospital tomorrow for an operation, so he's a bit nervous to say the least. And I must say i'm worried too and just want to get it out of the way.

But I was really cheered up by all the beautiful cards and some gorgeous pressie's I received from my blogging friends, they are all really beautiful cards. I received some gorgeous stamps, flowers, chocolate and charms etc......

So a really big thank you as I know you all have busy lives, so it means so much that you took the time to send me these. Thank you to - Fiona, Brenda, Jane, Norma, Pinky, Lisa, Sally, Rosie, Jackie, Mervi and Saskia.

Hope everyone has a good day

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Fairy Bookmark

I have made this bookmark for my daughter Jodie, as her's has just about dropped apart, she reads all the time. The sentiments is from a new sheet of sentiments and you can find them here at Lisa's shop. The fairies on either side of the sentiment are made from shrinkables and it is my first time using them.

This is for:-

1. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 96 - Bookmark

2. Creative Inspirations - challenge 30 - Anything but a card

3. ABC Challenge - Q is for Quotation ( I hope this counts as a quotation)

4. Flutterby Wednesday - challenge # 102 - Open challenge

Happy crafting

Tracy x