Show Some Love

I hope you’ve all  had a lovely weekend.and got plenty of crafting in with the rain we've had. 
It is time for another theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Christine's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Show Some Love" -I went CAS for my and cut my images out, I used HMJR1075 With all my heart.  I just felt like a change this week.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

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Generously Offering the Winner a $12 Gift Voucher to Di's Digi Stamps shop.

Thanks for looking, the DT have all made gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge to see them.

Today's News
Had a rotten week didn't think I would get this card done and on.  Last Monday my cat died, old age took her at the age of 13 years, she was called Baby and has been part of our family since she was 8 weeks old.  So the family has been so distraught.
Then Bobby became poorly with a virus and was off school all week, then Thursday I went down with flu and to finish a really rubbish week off John my hubby went down with the flu on Saturday.
Here's to a new week and hopefully a better week.

Recipe:-
Stamps - HMJR1075 With All My heart,
Papers - Forever Friends Summer Time,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,

Embellishments - Pearls, ribbon,


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

Vintage Fashion

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Tracy's turn to host and she would like to see 'Vintage'.  Well I love vintage and I also love the Nicecrane images too.  So I used this one, Vintage Fashion Magazine sheet which you can find here:- http://nicecranedesigns.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=8lca2mv39knsv1j4ia02b8ani2&keyword=vintage+fashion+magazine

 I also used some Flonz butterflies, lace and my favourite papers at the moment, which are Nitwits Antebellum
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 super prizes on offer this week:-

Digi Darla 5 images of winners choice

http://www.digidarladesigns.com/

Flonz $20 store gift voucher Also 12% discount offered on purchases to those entering the challenge

http://www.flonzcraft.com/

Recipe:-
Stamps - Nicecrane images, Flonz butterfly stamps,
Papers - Nitwits Antebellum,
Colouring Mediums - Distress inks,
Tools -Dies, Grand calibur,
Embellishments - Stickles, ribbon, lace, flowers, leaves,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

I Can See You!

Good morning blogging buddies. I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely weekend.
It is time for a reminder for the theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely America's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Use A HM Stamp You Haven't Used Before"
So I chose 'Finding Friendship' which has never seen ink yet, I've gone quite plain so it can be a man's card too.  A bit of glossy accents on the eye glass and put on vintage papers.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are

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We are very excited to announce that One very Lucky Player will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of these Premium Dye Ink Pads from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for looking, the DT have all made gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge to see them.


Recipe:-
Stamps - JSHM053 finding friendship,
Papers - Nitwits Beach Bliss,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Embellishments - ribbon, glossy accents, gems,


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

Rain And Cake

Good Morning bloggers,I have two challenges for you today, so my first challenge is at Allsorts.
This week it is our lovely Sarah's turn to host and she would like to see 'Buttons & Bows'
Here is what I did, I used a brand new Circadesign stamp that I got from my friend Brenda for Christmas, she knows how much I love mice and she couldn't resist it when she saw it.  And I love him, he's so cute with his umbrella, yes I have decided he is a boy.  I don't know why!
I went with vintage papers as I liked the blue/aqua tones for this.  And you can't see, but there is glossy accents covering my umbrella. 

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:-
 Crimson Cloud

Winners will receive an exclusive Crimson Cloud stamp set

 and Cuddly Buddly


Cuddly Buddly is offering a £10 gift certificate for the online store

 And now onto my mid way reminder challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Love & Romance',  So you can use your hearts and love images for this challenge.  I used 40-016 Hedgehog Birthday. And added heart DP and die cut hearts for the love theme.  This image could be a Valentine Picnic to me so that's what I went for.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crimson Cloud, Crafty Devils and Flonz Craft. Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your love and romance 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 rule.

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 - 40-016 Penny Black Hedgehog Birthday, Circadesign,
Papers - Nitwits, Tilly Daydream,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools -Nesties, Marianne dies, Signature dies, Grand calibur,
Embellishments - ribbon, button, glossy accents, gems, pearls,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Pizza Delivery

Good morning blogging buddies. I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely weekend.
It is time for another theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely America's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Use A HM Stamp You Haven't Used Before"
So I chose 'Bear Of An Appetite' which has never seen ink yet, My son has his Birthday on Friday and loves Pizza, so this will suit him and he also loves my Gruffie stamps too. 
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are

Proudly Sponsored by

We are very excited to announce that One very Lucky Player will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of these Premium Dye Ink Pads from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for looking, the DT have all made gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge to see them.


Recipe:-
Stamps - JSHM053,
Papers - Nitwits Petal fresh, Nitwits Bear Necessaties,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools - Grand calibur, Signature dies,
Embellishments - ribbon, sakura glitter pen,


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

Dracula & The Damsel

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Wendy's turn to host and she would like to see 'Use Ribbon But No Bows'
I used an image from Scrappers Delight, and they have some fabulous images, the one I used is Dracula and Damsel.  The ribbon I have used (without a bow which was hard for me to do) is from Crafty Ribbons. 

This card will be for my daughter, it's her kind of thing which is why I chose to use the coffin shape.  I suppose some people will think it's more of a Halloween style, but my daughter loves anything like this.  I heat embossed the coffin with silver embossing powder as it seemed a bit too plain in the black, I added a couple of bats to finish off.

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:-

Scrappers Delight

Prize- 3 Images of choice.

Our other sponsor this week is  

Crafty Ribbons

Prize - Collection of Ribbon

Recipe:-
Stamps - Scrappers delight, Daisy and dandelion bat stamps,

Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,
Tools -nesties, cuttlebug,
Embellishments - ribbon


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

In Times Gone By

Good morning blogging friends, 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 challenge this could be the one for you.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is Ribbons, Buttons &/or Bows. As Nicecrane is our sponsor this time, the team are using his images.  I adore the one I chose which is Magical Names, but then again I do love vintage.  His images are amazing and he has such a lot of choice.  Some of his images are pre-coloured and some are lined for you to colour yourself.  I chose to colour mine myself with my promarkers.  And to explain with these images, the sentiment scroll is blank and you add a sentiment or a name yourself, which I liked.  You can find the images here:-
http://nicecranedesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=99_100&products_id=1205


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.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. A Little Bit Crafty - Celebrate (celebrating Birthday)
2. Crafts 4 Eternity - #157 - Very Vintage
3. Crafty Calendar - Let's Celebrate (celebrating birthday)

And now onto my second challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Love & Romance',  So you can use your hearts and love images for this challenge.  I used a Transparent stamp of these cute hedgies with roses.  These blank cards were a gift, and I haven't used them before, but did enjoy playing with them.  I couldn't use my DP with them so got inky instead.  I liked how it turned out, I'm always nervous of trying something different.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crimson Cloud, Crafty Devils and Flonz Craft. Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your love and romance 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 rule.

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.

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Cards Galore Encore - challenge #1 - Anything Goes
2. Artistic Stamper - Love Is In The Air


Recipe:-
Stamps - Nicecrane Magical Names, Penny Black 30-008 Every Which Way,
Papers - Nitwits Antebellum (from LOTV),
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Distress Inks,
Tools -Grand calibur, Signature Dies, Marianne Creatables, spellbinders,
Embellishments -gems, button, ribbon, pearls,


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

Roses And Butterflies

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is my turn to host and I would like to see 'Free & Easy', so you can make anything you like.
Here is what I did, I used a Nicecrane Designs  image from the Magical Name sheet, and decided to go with vintage papers, make some roses from an old book, and add a bit of sparkle.
You can find the image here:-
 http://nicecranedesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=99_100&products_id=1204

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:-
We have two sponsors this week

$20 Store voucher

Nicecrane Designs

6 images of winners choice

DigiStamp Boutique 

Recipe:-
Stamps - Nicecrane Designs, Flonz butterfly stamp, LOTV Sentiment,
Papers - Nitwits Antebellum,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Distress Inks,
Tools -Flower punches, Signature dies,
Embellishments - Ricrac, stickles,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Golden Love

Good Morning, well the New Year is almost upon us, and time for people to be making their New Years resolutions, I don't make them, as I believe I should be able to make changes at any time of the year if I really want to. But do understand that doing resolutions do help people to do something they want to. What do you do?
It is time for a midway reminder of our theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was our lovely Sue's turn to choose the theme and she chose "Use Silver Or Gold" - I chose to use Gold for my second card, and the stamp Tails Of True Love HMGR1009. I went for some subtle vintage papers this time and used dies to make my embellishments.  I wanted to keep the whole thing soft and subtle.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are kindly sponsored by:-
 House-Mouse Designs® 

PRIZE: $25 Gift Certificate.

 Joanna Sheen Ltd.

PRIZE;  a $10 Gift Voucher   


Thanks for looking, the DT have all made gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge to see them.



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

Vintage Gifts

Good Morning,
Well Christmas Eve is here and I have three excited kids waiting for tomorrow, can't believe how quick this Christmas has come round.  Everything is all done, just going to get the hoover out and one last dust round, all the shopping is done, so if I have forgot something we will do without LOL!
I just have my Christmas Eve trip to my sisters to see the twins before they go off to their Dads tomorrow, and we have an early Christmas day where we exchange presents today and are very naughty and open them too.  Well me and my sister like to see the kids faces when they open them.

This is quite a long post, well picture heavy anyway.  These are last of my Christmas gifts I have made, and all the images used are from the lovely Ignacio from Nicecrane, there are links to all images at the bottom of this post.

 

 Right lets get to it:-
In this picture you can see Candles with matching gift boxes and also a tree decoration and gift box to go with it.

Below is two gift boxes that I designed myself to fit the candles, I had to allow for the doily and the flowers when sizing this up, then re-inforced all the sides and bottom as the candles are fairly heavy.  Now they are really solid and hopefully if the candles aren't lit and used for decoration the boxes will keep the candles in good condition till next year.

Now I did four different images around the boxes and a fifth on the candles, there are five images on this sheet from Nicecrane (see below)

Here are the lids, I made Poinsettias for the lid and the candle, each flower has three layers, my arm was killing after winding my Grand Calibur god knows how many times.  I used an A4 embossing folder instead of DP for the gift boxes, I really liked the finished result and made a change from my normal vintage papers.

OK we can't have one without Santa Claus on can we, and I do love a vintage Santa.

Here is a view to another side of the box:-

Now a bit ago I made a tree decoration using the Nicecrane pyramid sheet, and it needed a gift box so I could give it as a present:-

Aww my decoration has slid down in the box through propping it up, the box fits perfectly too.

Well I hope this gave you some inspiration for gifts for next Christmas, I thoroughly enjoyed making them all, and do hope they will be well received by my family.

So now for the links to the Nicecrane images I have used:-
A Joyful Christmas

Christmas Ball By Bowyle (pyramid style)

Vintage Santa Save Pack

Ignacio fixed and altered my photo's for me, thank you so much, they looks so much better, your clever for doing this!

This is for the following challenges:-
1. Crafting for all seasons - challenge # 67 - Anything Christmas But A card
2. Diva's by Design - Anything Goes
3. Deep Ocean - Something Old
4. Stampin' For The weekend - Anything Goes

Merry Christmas And A Very Happy New Year


Thanks for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A Stitch In Time

The big day is nearly here, I'm getting there now with all my preparations, I am definitely going to be more organised next year, I am usually such an organised person.  Hope your all getting excited or looking forward to it.
So It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Brenda's turn to host and she would like to see 'Brown/Blue/Aqua'
I used one of our Sponsors images Sun bonnet from Digi Darla, and decided to colour it with Promarkers.  I also used a new die, which is a gift from a friend, thank you x
My papers I won in Paercrafter of the year, they are Tilly Daydream by Docrafts., I kept with the sewing theme and added lace and buttons.

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:-

As it's Christmas we have three wonderful sponsors

Crimson Cloud with the great prize of one of their own exclusive stamp sets.

DigiDarla  Their prize is five images of the winners choice.

Whiff of Joy  And a prize of the winners choice of stamp from their range.

Recipe:-
Stamps - Digi Darla's Sun Bonnet, sentiment Tilly Daydream by Docrafts,
Papers - Tilly  Daydream by Docrafts
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers
Tools -Grand Calibur, flower dies, flourish dies,
Embellishments - lace, buttons,


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting and a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Tracy x