HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.  But this week it's something a little more special.   It's our 5th Birthday celebration over at Allsorts.  In time honored fashion we are having a Blog Hop where there will be loads of prizes to go along with this weeks theme of...................
******Happy Birthday******

Hop to each DT's blog, leave them a comment.....that bit's important as each DT will be doing a draw from comments on their blog's for an extra prize, collect a letter from each DT's blog and using the grid below make two secret words and mail them to Brenda to be in with the chance of yet another prize.

My Letter is D

Here is the grid which you need to fill to make two words using those you collect from the DT's own blogs and we have given you one letter to set you on your way:

 _ _ _ _    _ A _ _ _ _ 

You should have arrived here from Allsorts challenge blog

You now need to go to Sarah's for your next Letter

And now for all those fabulous prizes......................

Secret words prize

Marianne Design

Crafty Ribbons

Yours and Mine Paper Craft

A Passion for Stamps

Scrapper's Delights

Baker Ross


FlonzCraft



Good luck to you all

Happy crafting
Tracy x

Tissue Box Tutorial

Good Morning, this is a tutorial I have done for Prickley Pear, it's to make a Tissue Box, an ideal little something to give to someone who has a cold and needs a little cheering up.

So here are the materials you will need to make it:-

PPRS CLR013C Scalloped Circles and Ovals 4 clear set
D041 Scallop Circle Nesting Set
A4 sheet of card
Patterned Paper
flowers
Brad (for the center of flower)
Velcro or Magnet for closure of box
Sentiment printed onto safmat

So here's what to do:-

Draw this template on to your piece of A4 card, (click on the picture to enlarge), all the measurements are there.

Cut out the template and score along the dotted lines and fold.  At this point you also need to cut into the front of the box so you can pull out your tissues easily.

Now measure and cut panels of patterned paper to decorate your box as in picture above, using either a wet glue or strong red D/S tape, assemble the box, it's easy to see where you need the adhesive.

It should now look like this.  Now it's time to add decoration and velcro.

For my sentiment I typed it up on the computer and then printed onto Safmat, I coloured a Prickley Pear stamp, these cute ducks and added to the front, then I just added flowers with a brad in the centre.

Now just add a packet of tissues and you have the perfect little gift to cheer up someone with the sniffles!

Thank you for looking at my tutorial
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Splish Splash

Hello, it's Monday again, it comes round so quickly. I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely weekend.
This is a double post for House Mouse and Prickley Pear

So for the theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, this time it was my turn to choose the theme and I chose ' Splish Splash' - Use anything to do with water.  I used HMOR1038 Soggy Doggie and made an easel card.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by:-

Marianne Design

... and by ...

QKR Stampede - http://www.qkrstampede.com - home of the Perfect Shim!

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.

And now for my Design piece for Prickley Pear, there's lots more to see over on the Prickley Pear blog and lots of gorgeous stamps and dies over on their shop here:-http://www.prickleypear.com/

So for my creation I used:-
http://www.prickleypear.com/scalloped-circle-oval-4-floral-clear-stamp-set/
http://www.prickleypear.com/scallop-circle-nesting-die-set/
Cheery Lynn DL134 Dancing Doily Lace border



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

An Old Stamp

Hi to all you lovely bloggers,
And welcome, it's time for me to remind you of our challenges for Stamping Sensations and Penny black & More @ Allsorts, if you haven't had the chance to join in yet, there's still plenty of time.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is 'Anything Goes' So you can do absolutely anything, but make sure there is stamping there.  I used an old Gorjuss Girl stamp, I haven't used them for ages, and I needed a card for my daughter's Birthday and she does like them and she loves the colour purple.  I did something different this time with my handmade flowers, I stamped on to vellum, added purple embossing powder, then cut them out.  And for anyone who is wondering what die I used for the heart, well I'm sorry but I cut it out of an Anniversary card my Mam sent me.  But wouldn't it be a fabulous die.


For our prize this Month:-



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 'Anything Goes'  So you can do absolutely anything for this challenge, just make sure you use a Penny Black on your creation.
I have made a Birthday card for my Hubby, he loves the movie 'The Italian Job', so the stamp is quite fitting for him, I tried to make it look as masculine as I could.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U love, Flonz,. 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 4220K Miniful, Sugar Nellie's Gorjuss girl, The Stampman Funky Flowers, 
Papers - LOTV Father Knows Best, Papermania Lucy Cromwell, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, 
Embellishments - brads, lace, 

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

Purple Passion

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 'Purple Passion', so just include purple on your creation and join in with us.
Here is what I did, I used my all time favourite Sarah Kay stamp, and decided to use my LOTV papers from the Timeless Victorian pad.  After using my dies I finished with pearls and stickles.

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:-

4 images of winners choice
http://www.apassionforstamps.blogspot.com/


http://www.craftfairy.co.uk/


Recipe:-
Stamps - Sarah Kay, sentiments LOTV,
Papers - LOTV  Timeless Victorian, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Distress Inks, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Spellbinder dies, Signature dies, 
Embellishments - stickles, pearls, ribbon, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

From A butterfly To A Chevy

YAWN!............Monday Morning and the start to another week, why on a Monday does it  seem to take me forever to get going,  so I have for you, a double post for House Mouse and Prickley Pear

So to remind you of the 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 "Sunny days" - Use something on your creation that represents sunny days.  I chose 'HMJR1017 Butterfly Express'  and to make it a sunny creation I inked in some sunshine amongst some clouds.  I decided to use black for matting and layering to make the colours pop.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by:-



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.




















This cute House Mouse stamp is also a prize for this challenge from our lovely Sue.



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.

And now for my Design piece for Prickley Pear, there's lots more to see over on the Prickley Pear blog and lots of gorgeous stamps and dies over on their shop here:-http://www.prickleypear.com/

So for my creation I used:-
FF0173 Chevy, FF0172 Any Man can



Recipe:-
Stamps - HMJR1017 House Mouse, FF0173 Chevt PPRS, FF0172 Any Man Can PPRS,
Papers - LOTV Father Knows Best, LOTV Shabby Shack, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noir, Distress Inks, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Nesties, Cheery Lynn's Designs, Butterfly punch, 
Embellishments - Seam binding, gems, stickles


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

Nursery Time And Toe Nails

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 'Different Folds Or shaped Cards'
Here is what I did, I used the new images from Nicecrane, which can be found here and decided to do a trifold card, i used a tutorial for it from our lovely Brenda's blog which you can find here.
And as always made my own flowers using dies, and to finish the vintage look I added lace.

DO YOU WANT A GIGGLE?
So I was making this card and my little boy Bobby, who is 8 said " that's sick Mam, like that, it's different to your other cards", I'm assuming he was talking about the folds.  He then added "Errrrrrr don't like that woman picking that girls toe nails though".
Well I howled with laughter, I had to explain that she was playing this little piggy went to market.  Oh kids they are so innocent, then they grow up.  Don't you wish you could keep them that young forever?


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:-

$20 store voucher

And also

PPR Papercrafts

http://www.pprcrafts.com/



Recipe:-
Stamps - Nicecrane Nursery Lamp, Sentiment from PPRS,
Papers - LOTV Pressed In Time, 
Tools - scoring tool, scoreboard, grand calibur, sizzix flower die, Signature leaf die, 
Embellishments - lace, pearls, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Dishing The Dirt

Hello, it's Bank Holiday Monday hope your all having a nice break, and the weather stays nice.
This is a double post for House Mouse and Prickley Pear

So for the 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 "Sunny days" - Use something on your creation that represents sunny days.  I chose 'OR1040 Digging Up Dirt' for a flowery garden scene as that's what a lot of people will be doing this Bank Holiday Monday.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by:-



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.


















This cute House Mouse stamp is also a prize for this challenge from our lovely Sue.



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.

And now for my Design piece for Prickley Pear, there's lots more to see over on the Prickley Pear blog and lots of gorgeous stamps and dies over on their shop here:-http://www.prickleypear.com/

So for my creation I used:-

EE0188 Mother's Hold, 
CLR023 Mini Butterflies, 
D023 Mini butterflies Dies,
D045 Flourish, 
D041 Scallop Circle Nesting

I did something a bit different for me, I masked off and inked with distress inks, then using a PPRS flower stamp and some Big 'N' Juicy stamped a background.  Added a flourish, and butterflies.


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

Notelets, Hedgies and Fairies

Hi to all you lovely bloggers,
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 challenge this could be the one for you.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is 'Anything Goes' So you can do absolutely anything, but make sure there is stamping there.  I used a craft Individuals stamp, i adore this fairy image, quite a bit of die cutting and the very much needed sparkle.


We have a Mystery prize this Month:-



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 'Anything Goes'  So you can do absolutely anything for this challenge, just make sure you use a Penny Black on your creation.
I decided to make a notelet set and was quite happy with the way they turned out, love my matching envelopes that I made on my Crafters companion ultimate .  Then made an envelo-box using the ultimate to put my notelet set in.  Here are some more photo's:-

As you can see I used a selection of transparent stamps, I adore the Hedgies.  Wanted to keep them quite simple, they are for a gift for my Auntie, but would like to make some for myself now.

We have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U love, Flonz,. 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 Transparents - Bubbly, Tiny Wishes, Teddy & Co,  Craft Individuals CI-137, LOTV Sentiments, 
Papers - LOTV Timeless victorian, LOTV Promises,
Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Spectrum Noirs, 
Tools - Grand Calibur, Sizzix dies, PPRS Die, Signature die, Crafters Companion Ultimate, 
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, stickles, bows,

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

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:-

"Butterflies"

It can be a Butterfly as your focal point or add butterflies as embellishments but there must be a butterfly somewhere on your creation.

I used a Nicecrane image, and Nicecrane Butterfly sheets to embellish with.  Here's where to find them:-
http://nicecranedesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=108&products_id=1249


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:-

$20 Store voucher

Nicecrane Designs 

£10 voucher

DigiStamp Boutique 

Recipe:-
Stamps - Nicecrane,
Papers - LOTV Pressed In time,
Tools - Grand calibur, spellbinder dies, Marianne dies, 
Embellishments - ribbon, pearls, stickles, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x