Christmas Cheer

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 'Colours Of  Autumn'
Here is what I did, I used a House Mouse stamp, and decided to go with a Christmas card but sticking to Autumn colours.  I quite like the finished product and the colours make a nice change for me as I always end up going traditional with Christmas cards, reds, and greens.                                                                

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:-

Sizzix, 

with this lovely die set

and

Jiggery Makery 

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Bauble Dies

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 'At least 3 dies'
Here is what I did, I used Spellbinder Bauble dies, and decided to use three different ones.  I embossed the background and kept the card 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 sponsor and prize on offer:-




Sizzix



Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Perching On A Candy Cane

Hello to you all on this wet and windy November morning , here is my mid month creation  for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Anything Christmas' So you can use any of your Christmas images for this challenge.  I used a Penny Black stamp called Candy Cane Perch, the spellbinder dies were a gift from a special friend so had to use them.  I made an easel card, actually made two of these cards as they are for my twin nephews.  I love colouring this image.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Crafts Ribbons  Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your animal stamps out isn't it!!!!!!

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 4012K Candy Cane Perch, 
Papers - Dovecraft Back To Basics Christmas, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, 
Tools - Grand calibur, spellbinder dies, 
Embellishments - glamour dust, ribbon, gems,

Thank you for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting

Tracy x

Christmas Gift Box

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 'Anything But A Card'
I made this for a wallet I bought my Dad for Christmas, it was from Clarks's but didn't come with a box so made this.
I used a score board to make the box, the wreath stamp and the sentiment stamp were freebies from a magazine. These dies were just right as I was trying to keep it quite masculine, so didn't want to go too fancy.

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.

The prizes this week are from:-

 Yours and Mine Paper Crafts 

Deedee's Digis 

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Shhhhhh!........ Santa's Coming

Good Morning and welcome, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Mervi's turn to host and she would like to see 'Ribbons & Bows'
I used a Sarah Kay Santa stamp, and decided to get my spellbinder dies out, and I love red gingham at Christmas, so my ribbon and bows is in this lovely gingham ribbon.

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.

Our sponsors are:

Crafty Ribbons

 

and

Jiggery Makery 

Recipe:-
Stamps - Sarah Kay Santa, Flonz sentiment,
Papers - Nordic Christmas,
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs,
Tools - Grand calibur, spellbinder dies, 
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, glamour dust


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Christmas Everywhere!

Hello and welcome, 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 this could be the one for you.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is 'Festive Florals', and of course the first thing that sprung to my mind was Poinsettia's, I die cut them out of vellum for a softer effect as I thought they went better with the papers that was supplied to us by one of our sponsors Once Upon A Stamp.  I cut the trellis edge with a die on the front to give it some shape.

We have sponsorship this Month from




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, this time for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Anything Christmas' So you can use any of your Christmas images for this challenge.  I used one of my favourite Christmas pads, Nordic Christmas by Trimcraft.  They seemed to go well with the penguins knitwear.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Crafts Ribbons  Now isn't that a lot of prizes, definitely worth getting your animal stamps out isn't it!!!!!!

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 40-034 Carolling Penguins, Flonz Crafts sentiment, 
Papers - Trim Craft Nordic Christmas, Once Upon A Stamp, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, 
Tools - Grand calibur, spellbinder dies, Robert Addams dies, 
Embellishments - stickles, ribbon, gems,

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

Dragons At Christmas?

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Susan's turn to host and she would like to see 'Christmas'
I used an image from the Sponsor Scrappers Delight called Draco, as it was a big image I didn't use much in the way of embellishments, it took three attempts to get the shading to resemble something I was fairly happy with. so two went in the bin and this one the third one, I coloured at 3:00 am yesterday morning as I couldn't sleep.


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:-

 Scrappers Delights - a prize of some digi images for one lucky winner.

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A Nightmare Before Christmas

Hello on this Saturday morning, 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 'Orange, Purple, Black, all three or any two'
My daughter had requested a notebook for using to write her Christmas shopping lists, Christmas notes etc..........., and as she loves Tim Burton and the film 'A Nightmare Before Christmas'  and the theme of the notebook fitted her favourite colours Purple and Black, this all seemed perfect for this week's theme.
Inside cover - a pocket for receipts etc.........

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 sponsors for this week:-

Lets Create 

and

Jessica Lynne Originals who are offering one winner a selection of their images.

It's my sons Birthday today who will be 20 years old, OMG that makes me feel old.  Happy Birthday Son!!!


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Sleeping Bunnies

This is my midway reminder creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is also Autumn Colours  
I thought I'd do a shaped card for this as the image is quite a small, and it didn't need much in the way of embellishments.

We have prizes from:-  Penny Black, PPR Papercrafts and Marianne Designs

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 Garden Slumber 2301FK,  
Papers - LOTV Country Lady, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Distress Inks, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Spellbinder dies, 
Embellishments - ribbon, satin flower, 

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

Just A Sentiment

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Helene's turn to host and she would like to see 'Sentiment As A Focal Point'
 I used a spellbinders die to cut out the sentiment, embossed and layered the backing card, cut some poinsettias and embossed them with gold embossing powder. Then used some corner dies 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.

We have two sponsors this week:

 

and

Marianne Design - the prize on offer

-

Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Sparkly Snowflakes

Hello blogging friends, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week our lovely Brenda is hosting and she would like to see 'No Design Papers'.............SCREAM ....No Design Papers............ I can't use my beloved papers.............
Anyway here is what I did, I used various snowflake stamps, and decided to use different coloured inks to stamp my background.  Used this really cute LOTV stamp which has lots of sparkly glamour dust on the igloo that isn't showing too well.  And instead of a bow I added a ribbon slider, I don't know what made me keep this card quite simple, and i'm not sure about it, but hey ho it's done now.

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:-

 Deedees Digis................

Deedee's Digis 

And also we have another pair of tickets for next months NEC Hobbycraft show to give away...........

Recipe:-
Stamps - LOTV ST353 Igloo Bears, various snowflake stamps, Sentiment by Do Crafts, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Spectrum  Noirs,
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, ribbon slider, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Autumn Colours

Welcome to my blog 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 challenge this could be the one for you.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is Autumn Colours  I chose to use this House Mouse stamp as it coloured up well in Autumn colours, I love these little critters and haven't used one for quite a while.

As always we have a super prize on offer, this month one lucky winner will receive a £35 store voucher to spend on line with................

Foil Play 

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 also Autumn Colours  

Where we have prizes from:-  Penny Black, PPR Papercrafts and Marianne Designs

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 Hedgy Gift 4061K, House Mouse JSHM017 Flying (Joanna Sheen stamp set), 
Papers - Do Crafts Tilly Daydream, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Distress Inks, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Spellbinder dies, 
Embellishments -Twine, gems, Pearls, ribbon, lace, flowers, 

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

Little Birdie

Welcome to my blog this morning, it's Saturday 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 'Nature'
Here is what I did, I used a Tina Wenke stamp with this lovely Birdie on a Dogwood branch.  I coloured it with Spectrum Noir and added some stickles.  I made some flowers adding pearls to the centre, there's some broderie Anglais and ribbon but you can't see much of it.

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:-

$15 voucher

Whimsy Stamps

£10 voucher

DigiStamp Boutique 

Recipe:-
Stamps -Tina Wenke Bird on Dogwood Branch WDS761, 
Papers - Papermania Rose Garden, Papermania Blueberry Hill, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrun Noir, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Spellbinders Dies, CC Designs, 
Embellishments - stickles, ribbon, broderie anglais, pearls, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Superhero's

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 'Numbers'
For my challenge piece I am using this commission I have made this week, It's a set I was asked to make for a 21st Birthday, They picked the colours for the Superhero's clothes, but I don't think they are based on any particular Superhero's.
The set consists of a greeting card:-

A gift bag and tag:-

And a candle with gift box.

I coloured the images with Spectrum Noirs, I was dreading doing them but they weren't that bad to do actually.  All the papers were printed from a CD-Rom by Polkadoodles called 'Not For Girls'


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:-
Prize from Marianne Designs




Recipe:-
Stamps - Stamp Press SP001171 Superheroes, 
Papers - Polkadoodles  - Not For Girls, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, heat gun, spellbinders, 
Embellishments - ribbons, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x