Autumn Reindeer

This week at the Polkadoodles challenge the theme is Autumn Colours, I have used the Sundae Of Seasons for the backing paper and leaves, and the main image which is coloured with Aquamarkers is a Stamp Doodles PDSD011. And the butterflies are made using the butterfly stamp from the fairy flutterfly Meeshelle set. The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is also for:-
1. Papertake Weekly - Sparkly And Bright
2. Crafty Creations - challenge # 91 - Autumn
3. Creative Inspiration Wednesday - challenge 84 - Brown, Sage and Cream


Thanks for popping by my blog, hope you all have a good weekend
Happy crafting
Tracy x

For Our Son

This week at Die Cut Dreams we have the theme of "Stars and Stripes for a boy". Everyone on the team have done gorgeous creations and always there's a fab prize up for grabs.
This is for Scott, my eldest son's birthday, he also loves House Mouse just like his mum, and like his little brother Bobby also loves animals. So I know he'll love this image.


This is also for:-
1. Truly Scrumptious - challenge 43 - sketch
2. Fussy & Fancy - Challenge # 22 -Winter Wonderland


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse HMOR1093 Artic Freeze, Dove craft sentiments, flourish stamp,
Papers - Forever Friends just for him,
Colouring Mediums - distress inks,
Tools - star punch,
Embellishments - button, thread, stickles, brad,



Have a good week, thanks for popping by
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Baby Boy Hanger

This week at Polkadoodles challenge the theme is "New Baby", I thought i'd have a change for this challenge and I've made a door hanger, I have used the bear from the Sundae Of Seasons, and the papers are from Sugar Birdies. The butterfly is a stamp from the Fairy Flutterfly's Meeshelle, which can all be found here at the Polkadoodles shop.
The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is for the following challenges:-
1. Aud Sentiments - challenge 13 - something to do with a baby
2. Just Cute Bears - challenge 37 - Baby creation (use gingham and ribbon)
3. Flutterby Wednesday - challenge #127 - open challenge



Hope you all have a good weekend and thank you for stopping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

I Don't do bugs

Yes i'm on a roll, I now have all my sons birthday cards done. He'll be 15 on sunday, but loves the House Mouse images, he finds them amusing. So I have let Bobby choose one, and like a four year old found this funny, the bird feeding the mice worms.

Now i'll be able to concentrate on some DT work. Sorry for the photo, another couple of weeks and I should have a new camera, my daughters just doesn't take very clear ones as there isn't the function for close ups, quite a basic camera.


This is for:-

1. Papertake Weekly - Sketch

2. House Mouse - challenge # 80 - Monochromatic


There is still time to enter our Autumn challenge over at Sir Stampalot challenge blog too, check it out there's a great prize up for grabs.


Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse HMOR1053 I don't do bugs, Dove craft sentiments,

Papers - Polkadoodles Sundae Of Seasons found here,

Colouring Medium - Distress Inks,

Embellishments - brads,


Happy crafting

Tracy x

Blowing Dandelions

Another House Mouse creation, I just love these critters, they are so adorable. This is for my eldest Scott, whose birthday is on Sunday, Jodie chose the image as it is something they do to each other when the odd dandelion appears in our garden or when they find them on our walks with the dogs.


This is for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse - challenge # 80 - Monochromatic

2. A Pocket Full Of Posies - challenge # 9 - Celebration


Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse HMUR1002 Blowing Dandelions, Dovecraft sentiment,

Papers - Daisy & Dandelion,

Colouring Medium - Distress inks

Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug, distressing tool,

Embellishments- buttons, thred, ribbon, stickles,


Hope your having a good week and thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Fetish Manga

Over at Oldie But A Goodie challenge the theme this week is to "Add A Butterfly", and the lovely Debs has chosen the this theme. I adore butterflies so I added four Lol!
We are sponsered this week by Robyn's Fetish Papers and their papers are gorgeous. I have used two on my creation, and their colours and patterns co-ordinate with each other perfectly.


Sorry for the rubbish photo as my camera has gone on the blink, just waiting to get a new one and meanwhile i'm using my daughters which is very basic.


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Simon Says Stamp - Recipe (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments - gems, ribbon, butterflies)
2. Craftalicious - challenge 10 - Anything goes.
3. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 134 - What's Buggin' You (4 butterflies)
4. Top Tip Tuesday - #7 - Anything Goes


Recipe:-
Stamps -Sugar Nellie, Polkadoodles butterfly stamp,
Papers - Robyns Fetish,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - scalloped punch, butterfly punch,
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, stickles,


Happy crafting
Tracy x

Back to the 80's

The challenge theme this week is a colour combo, over at Die Cut Dreams. The colours are wait for it, are you ready.......................................Orange and Hot Pink.
Well it has made me think, a real challenge, not two colours I would put together at all. All i could think of with these colours was the 80's, vibrant fingerless gloves and leg warmers. My daughter wears them now in blacks, reds etc, a bit more of gothic colours I think. But she thinks they have invented them and doesn't believe I have already been there Lol!

So thank you Pops, my birthday present came in handy. I have used 80's Anya from TGF.


This is for the following challenges:-

1. ABC Challenges - F is for Flowers


Recipe:-

Stamps - TGF 80's Anya, Sentiment ticket Bizzy becs, Polkadoodles Poinsettia stamp

Papers - Dovecraft Wild Blossom,

Colouring Mediums - H20's, Distress Inks,

Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug, flower punches,

Embellishments - gems, stickles, ribbon,


Have a great week and thank you for popping by

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Autumn Leaves

Well I have never done this before, used two stamped images this way. I also have never tried to make a scene before, like I have with these leaf stamps. And just look at that backing paper, it reminds me of a wallpaper my mum had in our kitchen when I was a kid.


This is for the following challenges:-
1. Penny Black Saturday - week 122 - 2 or more images
2. Penny Black At Allsorts - October challenge - Colours Autumn
3. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge 31 - Step away from the square (hope a rectangle DL counts, if not please delete)
4. A Pocket Full Of Posies - challenge # 8 - Autumn Leaves
5. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 38 - Autumn


Just got back from Minor Injuries A&E at our walk-in centre, as my daughter Jodie has sprained the muscle and ligament in her thumb, and has had to have it strapped up. She did it first thing this morning on the way to school on the school bus, she was holding one of the rails and someones bag handle get wrapped round her thumb and when the young girl walked off it pulled Jodie's thumb back.
School was very good and put ice on it as soon as she went to first Aid, then when the swelling wasn't going down and the pain wasn't easing, called me to pick her up.
They were really quick at A&E to say she had x-ray's too, in and out within the hour. Strapped it up and told to take Paracetamol for the pain.
Jodie's fine, but sad she can't do P.E. for at least a week.

Not many days go by in our house without some kind of drama Lol !



Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black, Daisy & Dandelion Sentiment,
Papers - Papermanis Capsule,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Embellishments - Ribbon, flowers, stickles,


Have a great weekend and Thank you for popping by my blog
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Something Spooky

Polkadoodles challenge this week is "Something Spooky", everything on my card is from the Sundae Of Seasons Cd-Rom. I added glitter and ribbon to finish it off. The CD-Rom is so easy to work with and like the title suggests there is something for everyone on it.
the winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!
Please pop on over and see the fabulous creations made by the rest of the team.


This is also for:-
1. Fussy And Fancy - challenge 21 - Halloween
2. By The Cute And Girly - October - Spooky
3. Cupcake Crafts - challenge 112 - Scary Creatures
4. Creative Craft Challenge - Trick Or Treat
5. crafts And Me - challenge # 15 - Halloween
6. Moving along with the times - challenge 68 - Halloween
7. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 49 - Halloween/Fall


It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot.

The prize for this month is:-




Have a great week and thankyou for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Halloween

I made this Halloween card for my friends little girl, she is 4 and absolutely mad on anything halloweeny, I used House Mouse Pumpkins and Ghosts (HMOR 1087) for the front step. And I wanted this to be fun for her with lots to look at, as she has some disabilities.

This is also for the following challenges:-
1. The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges - October - More than one image
2. Simon Says Stamp - Halloween
3. Aud Sentiments - challenge # 12 - Any Halloween Sentiment
4. Allsorts - week 73 - Inspiration from a song (I went with Monster Mash by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Cryptkickers, and did some thing really stupid, I "You Tubed" it then couldn't get the song out of my head.)
5. Lets Ink It Up - challenge # 4 - Halloween colours (the main image is a House Mouse stamp, but I have used some digi's for the background.)


It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot. The theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons And Bows.
The prize for this month is:-




Hope your having a great weekend and thank you for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Get Well Soon

There's a great theme this week at Die Cut Dreams of "get Well Soon" and we all know somebody who feels under the weather. So what a great chance to make a card for them. As always there's a great prize on offer and the rest of the team have done wonderful creations too so pop on by and take a peek.


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

1. Crafty Creations - challenge # 88 - sketch

2. Flutterby Wednesday - #125 - open theme

3. Passion For Promarkers - week 72 - Recycled (I have used the gold ribbon from a gold chocolate bunny)

4. Colour Create - challenge 55 - Pink, Green and Cream, + optional frosting

5. Stamp Something - Something Punchy


This photo is not too clever as my memory card for my camera has packed up on me with just under 300 photo's on it too, kids concerts, Bobby's first day at school and things like our trip to the zoo. But thankfully I use this card to put my blogging photo's on the computer and somehow I have a thingy on so that any new piccies added to the card automatically load onto my computer. Just got to get Scott, my eldest to put them onto discs now.

But my daughters camera is very basic and I have been into edit this and tweak it to get it somewhere as decent as I could.



Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse Bunny Boo Boo HMOR1035, Polkadoodles butterfly stamp

Papers - Quite Contrary Papers,

Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,

Tools - Nestie, cuttlebug, Sizzix die, flower punch, butterfly punch,

Embellishments - stickles, ribbon, gems,


It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot. The theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons And Bows. The prize for this month is:-

Have a good week and thank you for popping by to visit.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Under The Weather

This week at Polkadoodles the theme is to make your own embellishments. What more could I ask for my favourites red and gingham.
For my creation everything is from the NEW Sundae Of Seasons CD Rom, the embellies I have used are a button and bow from the CD rom and glazed with glossy accents as were the Wellies and Brolly. The flowers are punched with gems for centres. The sentiment is computer generated and matt and layered with holes punched at either end to thread two pieces of ribbon.

There's great DT creations to see too. The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is for the following challenge:-
Cute Card Thursday - challenge 133 - Make Your Own
Creative Inspirations - challenge 44 - Get Well Soon


Have a fantastic weekend and thank you for visiting my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Have Faith

Now onto this Fortnight's Challenge at an Oldie But A Goodie, which has been chosen by Me. The theme is "All creatures great and small", use an animal as the main feature". And there's a great animal stamp fot the winner too from Wilfreda Designs. And the rest of the team and GDT members have done some wonderful creations.

I have used one of my favourite stamped images from an image swap I did with a DT Buddy, It is House Mouse Somethings Fishy HMOR 1033, and I love it. I loved colouring it and it just fit this ticket I had with the word "Faith" on it.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 124 - Sparkle and Shine (stickles for fish bowl/water, gems in flowers, stickles on butterfly)
2. Creative Card Crew - Bloomin marvellous


A huge thank you to all the well wishes Bobby and I received. We are both over the tonsilitis now, just finishing off the antibiotics. As for my back well there's still twinges and it's a little hard to get going on a morning but once i'm moving around it eases up. I just need to make sure i'm not sat in the same position too long. I have come off all the medications as they made me too drowsy and i'm just taking Ibuprofen now.

Thank you ladies, your all fantastic.

Hope you all have a good week and thanks for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A recipe for a great dress

A closer look at the gems on the dress.



At Die Cut Dreams this week it is a recipe of 4 flowers, gems, embossing and punching. I enjoyed using this stamp the recipe was fab too. I used a colour I don't use very often Purple and Lilac and a DL shape card that suited this stamp. The rest of the team have come up with fantastic creations, and always there's a great prize on offer, so please pop by and take a look.


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 79 - Layer it on - 5 layers - 1st layer lilac embossed, 2nd layer purple pattern, 3/4/5th is the three layers matted to the image.



Recipe:-

Stamps - Cassandra Creative Expressions oasis465j, Dovecraft sentiment,

Papers - Capsule range,

Colouring Mediums - H20's, Distress Inks,

Tools - Embossing folder, cuttlebug, flower punches,

Embellishments - gems, ribbon,


Have a great week and Thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Christmas Gift Folder

This weeks Polkadoodles challenge is to do some fancy or intersting folding, So I have decided to do a gift folder that contains some Christmas cards. These were all made using the winter section from the new CD Sundae Of Seasons which you can buy here. What wonderful winter characters there is on the Cd too. The template for this folder was given to me from my very dear friend B x

The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is for the following challenges:-

1. One Stop Craft Challenge - Snowflakes

2. Creative Inspiration Wednesday - challenge 80 - Christmas In September

3. Paperplay challenges - week 39 - Hidden Extra

4. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 36 - The Great Outdoors


I put this in an earlier post this morning, but just put it again incase you didn't see it in my last post - thank you
I have been struggling this last couple of weeks, last week I started with a bad back and was put on 4 lots of tablets, some very strong that made me terribly drowsy, I hate that feeling and it did make it hard to blog. Then Monday I woke up with a bit of a sore throat, by the afternoon I couldn't even swallow water, I managed to get in at the doctors and he said I had severe tonsilitis, they have even bled, which I didn't know could happen. Yesterday my 4 year old Bobby started with a virus which includes a sore throat, so it's probably from me, but he's at home with me and no school, and were giving each other lots of warm cuddles.

But hopefully i'm on the mend now, but feel I have missed so much in blogland and If I have done anything on the computer over this time it has been mainly DT Work. So a big apology for not visiting you and hopefully i'll back into the swing of things shortly.

Thank you for being so understanding and for all your well wishes.



Thank you for popping by, and have a good wekend

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Raindrops

I love this image so much, and I love colouring it. It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot. The theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons And Bows. So I created this easel card, I used wooden buttons to go with the Autumn feel, and my Distress Inks got really good usage for this one. I have added stickles along the leaves, rain drops, ground and branch to make it look like rain, but as always it isn't showing very much on the photo.

The prize for this month is:-




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

1. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 78 - Seasons Change, Fall Colours

2. Simon Says Stamp - It's Autumn

3. ABC Challenge - E is for Easel card

4. Craftalicious - challenge 9 - Autumn Colours

5. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 48




I have been struggling this last couple of weeks, last week I started with a bad back and was put on 4 lots of tablets, some very strong that made me terribly drowsy, I hate that feeling and it did make it hard to blog. Then Monday I woke up with a bit of a sore throat, by the afternoon I couldn't even swallow water, I managed to get in at the doctors and he said I had severe tonsilitis, they have even bled, which I didn't know could happen. Yesterday my 4 year old Bobby started with a virus which includes a sore throat, so it's probably from me, but he's at home with me and no school, and were giving each other lots of warm cuddles.

But hopefully i'm on the mend now, but feel I have missed so much in blogland and If I have done anything on the computer over this time it has been mainly DT Work. So a big apology for not visiting you and hopefully i'll back into the swing of things shortly.
Thank you for being so understanding and for all your well wishes.


Recipe:-

Stamp - House Mouse Autums Sprinkles HMTR1001, Sentiment Dovecraft,

Papers - My minds eye bloom and grow,

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, H20's

Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug,

Embellishments - Brads, organza ribbon, stickles, buttons, thread, flowers, All from stash



Thank you for popping by my blog, I appreciate every comment.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

My first Stepper card

Yes, i'm way behind the times, this is my first stepper card, I did enjoy making it aswell. I have a few ideas for more so watch this space.
It is that time of the week for Die Cut Dreams challenge, which is "Teddy Bears Birthday" this week, and there's amazing creations from the DT. We see some amazing entries each week and I think most people have a bear in there collection of images so pop on over and take a look.


Flutterby Wednesday - #123 - open challenge
Just Cute Bears - challenge # 36 - swirls and bling


Recipe:-
Stamps - Lili Of The Valley, Polkadoodles Butterfly,
Papers - My Minds Eye Quite Contrary,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Cricut, flower punches, Sissix, cuttlebug, heart punch,
Embellishments - gems embossing powder, stickles, gems,


Thank you for popping by and leaving me a comment, I really appreciate it.
Have a great week
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Christmas Reindeer

Polkadoodles are doing a new range of stamps, this lovely pair of Reindeer is among them, and are from the Stamp Doodles range. The papers are from the CD Paper boutique 2 - Creative Christmas. I love the clean simple look of this stamp, it allows for some nice bright papers.


This is for :-
Die Cut Dreams Christmas - challenge #36 - Christmas furry things
Papertake weekly - Animal Magic



Sorry ladies a bit of a long post!


Last Sunday I started with a bad back, in the lower right side of my back. But all week I managed to cope with it and moving around helped it the most. Pain killers didn't even touch the pain. So the back end of the week it had started to ease off, then Friday (yesterday)morning I bent to take the washing out of the washing machine and up it flared again. OMG what a terrible night I had last night, I went to bed late 11.45pm thinking the later I went the more I would sleep, only to wake at 1.00am to go to the toilet, and couldn't move anything from my waist down as it was extreme agony. 1 hour later I had managed to roll out of bed with a thud and crawl crying to the bathroom. My hubby was trying so hard to help me. Eventually I managed to get to my feet and walked in a crouched and very crooked way downstairs. By now I was losing my breath and sweating profoundly. The only way I could cope after taking painkillers was to try and sort of walk round, I couldn't sit at all. At 4.00 am there was no improvement and the pain was constant and getting worse, so my hubby phoned a doctor out, after some strong words from me, as I don't really go to the docs unless I really have to I was willing to see the doc. 5.00 am the Doctor turned up and what a lovely man he was too, really sympathetic and understood my pain straight away.
He examined me and asked lots of questions while I was pacing round in circles, then told me I had either a muscle spasm or trapped nerve. Then he started reeling off the medication he was giving me, four lots of tablets. He had a dose of each in his car to put me on until john went to the chemist. I try not to take medication if I can help it but the pain is that bad I would take anything at the moment.
So today I have been following the docs advice, if I can manage to sit, it can't be no more than 20 mins. So as my craft desk is at the back of my lounge i have been cutting out butterflies and inking them, you may have seen them on some of my cards. I do a couple then go for a little walk round. As for the computer I can manage 10 mins at a time, but then it's agony to get back onto my feet.

Dreading bedtime though, don't want to go through what I went through last night.

Luckily I made this card the other day and it hasn't been posted on my blog yet, I found today it would fit these challenges, so as I cannot make any at the moment, I would use this one.

But on a brigher note, some good has come out of this I will have lots of little butterflies to use, and the rest of the scraps from where I cut the butterflies out I am using little heart punches and snowflakes etc to use up the scraps

So this is my weekend I do hope your all having a better one than me. And sorry to offload this on you, but depending on how the painkillers work, it will determine how I will be able to get round blogger.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

My Little Sewing Box

Polkadoodles has the challenge theme of Hidden Element this week, so you can do a card or box with something hidden within.

I have made a sewing box with a matching card, I have used Sundae Of Seasons for all the elements, which you can get here . This part is from the spring section and I adore these as they lend themselves so well for doing vintage with.

the winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Pink And Girly

We had a good response to our first challenge over at Oldie But A Goodie, today it's challenge # 2 and the theme has been chosen by our lovely Lisa, and it is "Pink And Girly". The DT have done some gorgeous creations, so if you have a little time please pop on over and pay us a visit.
I have used Sara Kay, Time For Apple Pie which you can get here, at Sir Stampalot, and I was well impressed with my new distress ink, vintage photo. What a lovely cream colour I was able to do on her apron. I have also tried something new with some plain white flowers, the two outer flowers, I coloured them with promarkers. I was surprised with how they turned out.


I would like to enter this into the folowing challenges:-
Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 47 - Tag It
A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 122 - Anthing Goes



Recipe:-
Stamps - Sarah Kay - Time For Apple Pie, Dovecraft Sentiments, Polkadoodles Butterfly,
Papers - Papermania Rose Garden,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Promarkers,
Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug,
Embellishments - Stickles, gems, bow, flowers Prima E line white,


Thanks for popping by my blog,
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Tea For Two Little Mice

Had a play around at the weekend in between sniffling and back pain, and this is what I came up with. When I saw the challenge over at House Mouse i just had to use there sketch. I adore House Mouse and never tire of colouring them, such wonderful details.


This is for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse - challenge 78 - Sketch

2. ABC Challenge - D is foor Distressing

3. Craftalicious - challenge # 8 - Thanks

4. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 121 - Autumn Colours


Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse Spa Time HMKR1011, Dovecraft Sentiment,

Papers - My Minds Eye Bloom & Grow,

Colouring mediums - Distress Inks,

Tools - Border punch,

Embellishments - Gems, ribbon, stickles, Flowers, Leaves all from stash


Have a wonderful week and thank you for popping in on my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Hanglar And Vellum

Today over at Die Cut Dreams the theme for this week is to use Vellum on your creation. Take a look at the DT creations and see the different ways to do this.
Sorry about the photo, we've had rain for days now so not great for taking photo's i'm afraid. I have made a vellum handmade rose, , and did some small flowers. Then I put a piece of lemon vellum through the bug using the stylized flower folder. Didn't think I was going to like this challenge but i've enjoyed it and the vellum works well for my handmade roses.And as you can see i'm using one of the Hanglars from Susie which I won for DT member of the month, isn't she just the cutest. She's going on my "I'll get it one day" list. Lol!


This is for the following challenge:-
Cute Card Thursday - challenge 130 - A Tweet And A Flutter
Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 34 - Happy Birthday
Allsorts - week 70 - use at least three punches (I have used four, 3 different flower punches and scalloped border punch).

Recipe:-
Stamp - Hanglar, Dove craft sentiment, Polkadoodles butterfly,
Papers - Nitwits (free gift for magazine),
Colouring Medium - Promarkers,
Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug, embossing folders, flower punches,
Embellishments - pearl bead, ribbon, gems, stickles,


Have a great week and thank you for popping by,
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Baby Girl And Gingham

It's a new challenge at Polkadoodles and this week the theme is to do an easel card. I have used the NEW CD, SUNDAE OF SEASONS for this easel card, there's gorgeous ginghams on it, and this cutie who could resist this, I just love the little clothes accessories too. I have added some sparkle with stickles but it hasn't come out too well on the photo. The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!
This CD is absolutely the best one yet with so much on it, you can buy it here at Polkadoodles shop.


I would like to enter this for:-
Crafts And Me - challenge # 13 - Easel Cards


Hope you have a great weekend and thank you for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Clean And Simple

I really fancied doing something different today, and my first Christmas card, so I decided on going "clean and simple", and enjoyed it too. And of course these are one of my favourite Penny Black critters, I got them from here, at Sir Stampalot.

I made this to go into two challenges:-

Penny Black At Allsorts - September - Punch Away (snowflake border punch, two different snowflake punches), they also have a DT call at the moment too

Colour Create - challenge 53 - Red, Gold and White


My am I lost with out the kids, it is so quiet and I miss Bobby so much, he is enjoying school though. He has had a couple of accidents, yesterday he came home with two cuts on his fingers where he had trapped them in a door, poor little thing, but he's brave and it hasn't put him off in the slightest. At the moment he can't wait to get there.

Different story for my daughter Jodie though she had the cancer jab yesterday, totally mixed feelings for us, we discussed it and I had reasons against and reasons for it, after lots of talk we decided to let her have it.


So I have been trying to get around everyone's blog but finding it hard as there seems to be alot going on at the moment at home, and a few issues have cropped up with certain family members.

But i'm sure things will be resolved one way or another, and we can all get on with things. And I can get back to blogging properly, instead of stealing bits of time here and there.


Hope you are all well and not having as much rain as we are.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Sweet Little Girl

This week at Die Cut Dreams the theme is "Sweet Little Girls", and we have been given some images to work with from our sponsor Digital Designs.

I really fancied a change this week and after I had printed off the image thought she would be cute on a girls bookmark. I love making bookmarks, coming from a family of keen readers, and they are great for using scraps up too.


This is for:-
Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 33 - Lets Go Dotty




I'm very honored to receive a blog award from Debs, thank you so much. Now I need to
pass on this award to 10 other peeps and also say why I started my blog, well I started my blog because I wanted to show my cards but more importantly to be inspired by so many fabulous blogs that I started to visit. And now I wake up on a morning, get the kids off to school and the next thing is put the computer on to see what everyone is up to.
Now I hate having to choose people as so many inspire me, so i'm going to cheat and say if you haven't got this award and enjoy visiting my blog please take it with love.


Have a great week and thank you for popping by
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Shower Time

I love colouring these adorable little fellas, I think House Mouse are the cutest stamps around. Well I've Been doing DT Samples all week and haven't really had a play, so today I got out my inks and my favourite papers and gave them a distressed look. Finished off with handmade flowers. And I thought i'd do some challenges.

This for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse - challenge 77 - Make A Splash

2. Truly Scrumptious - challenge 40 - Sketch + optional "Get Knotted"

3 . A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 120 - Animal Crackers

4. The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges - Challenge # 1 - Green, Pink, Chocolate and Kraft

5. Stampin' For The Weekend - Challenge # 46 - Shabby or Vintage

6. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 75 - Distress it


Recipe :-

Stamps - House Mouse Tin Can Showering (july 08)

Papers - Papermania Regency,

Colouring Mediums - Promarkers, Distress Inks,

Tools - Flower punches,

Embellishments - brads, stickles, ribbon,

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Beautiful Butterflies

This week at Polkadoodles it's another sketch. We had to do a shaped flap and no fabric or ribbon to be used. Have I ever done a card without ribbon or a bow, don't think I have.

I have rotated the sketch

All the elements are from the All Around And Everywhere CD and Paper Boutique. The Image is from the Back To Nature CD, which can be found here.
I have made my favourite butterflies, I use them a lot. I make them using a small stamp from a set called Fairy Flutterfliy - Meeshelle, and they get a total coating of stickles.


This is also for:-

1. Aud Sentiments - challenge # 10 - Sentiment - Best Wishes



My baby started full time school on Wednesday, Bobby is only four, and same with my two older children it always feels too soon for them to be going. The house is silent and I've done more baking and cleaning than ever. He was very proud of his new uniform, and he let me go with out a fuss although he had tears in his eyes, and I could see the nerves showing through the brave smile. When I picked him up he said he'd had a good day, when we got home I opened his lunch box and it was empty apart from two slices of apple. Now at home he's a fussy eater and never finishes anything. He must have worked up an appetite. Just so glad he has settled well, It was me that was shedding the tears Lol!

The lovely Lisa has given me this award.

You are supposed to pass this on to 7 ladies, but I had this award a couple of weeks ago, so I would like to say if you pop by my blog and like what you see please take this award with my love.


Have a great weekend

Happy Crafting

Tracy x

New Beginnings

Today see's the launch of a brand new challenge blog "Oldie But A Goodie" . If you, like most of us have a stash of old stamps gathering dust, then this is the place to come. There will be a new challenge every other Tuesday and you can combine it with as many other challenges as you like, as long as the main image is stamped and at least 6 months old. You can make anything you like, a Card, ATC, L/O etc, as long as it fits in with the challenge.
Our first theme is:
New Beginnings
This can be anything from a new baby ,wedding, new friend new neighbour or even a new school.

This is my creation for the first challenge "New Beginnings", I have used the very first stamp I ever bought, luckily it fit in with the theme, I don't know the brand as it was from E-bay and I only paid £3 and that was including postage.

There is a wonderful Design Team who have done some incredible creations. Our Guest Designer is none other than the lovely Bev, and her creation is gorgeous.


This is also for:-

1. Allsorts - week 68 - New Beginnings

2. Stamp Something - Something cute

3. Crafty catz - challenge # 48 - Recipe (3 embellies - flowers, ribbon, nappy pin, 2 papers 1 image)

4. Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 58 - Celebrate (this is to celebrate a birth)

Please come and show us some support and join in, it would really be appreciated

Have a good day

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Pearls And Pins

Good morning, hope everyone had a great weekend. Over at Die Cut Dreams the challenge theme this week is "Pearls And Pins". I have never used pins on my cards before and i'm still not too sure about them. The DT girls have done some wonderful pins on their creations though, pop on over and take a peek.


This is also for :-

1. Whiff Of Joy - Sketch

2. Crafty Cardmakers - spotlight challenge - Glitter & Sparkle

3. Simon Says Stamp - Pearls and Lace

4. Crafts & Me - Gems and Sparkle
5. Pocketful Of Posies - challenge # 5 - Floral Fantasy

6. By The Cute And Girly - September - Indian Summer

A Reminder

I would like to remind you that the brand new Challenge blog "Oldie But A Goodie" will be going live tomorrow, please pop by and support us. You can blow the dust of some of your old stamps as we only use stamps on our challenge blog that are older than 6 months.


I actually had a good weekend, I got another TH distress ink to add to my collection, thats 11 colours now I have, only 25 more colours to go Lol!

And on Saturday at 5.00 pm we decided to go to Scarborough (only a 1 1/2 hour drive Lol) for a bag of chips at our favourite chippy up one of the back streets. We walked on the beach and the kids collected some shells. It was quite a nice evening not cold, just a bit of a breeze coming in from the sea. Then they had an hour in the arcades, then it was an icecream walking back to the car, then home. It was lovely, it wasn't planned but a moment of impulse kinda thing.

Then sunday was spent getting the kids ready for school and I got an hour or two in crafting, doing some samples for a great new Polkadoodles CD-Rom.

I am having trouble with blogger and commenting, but I am trying to get round you all. I don't know what's wrong with him as for the last couple of weeks it has happened about three times now.


Have a great week and thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Happy crafting

Tracy x


Recipe:-
Stamp - WOJ, Papermania sentiment, Polkadoodles Butterfly,
Papers - Rose Garden Paper pack,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug,
Embellishments - Ribbon, lace, pin, pearls flowers, gems, stickles,

Gardening Apron

Polkadoodles has a theme this week to use templates, so I have used the apron template, and made it into a Gardening apron, the papers are from the All Around And Everywhere and the Candy Doodles CD's. The butterfly is from the Fairy Flutterfly stamp, Meeshelle. The ribbon and gems are from my stash, and the seed packets and tools I found through google.

I would like to enter this into:-
1. Allsorts - week 67 - Inspiration from a garden or park


Have a good weekend
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Blowing Bubbles

This is for this months challenge at Sir Stampalot, and the theme is "All Distressed". Shock horror, no pink and no flowers in sight, but plenty of distress inks. Even made my own bubbles. I adore this image, it's our Bobby right down to the bubble blowing. One of his favourite things to do in the garden and the dogs run round chasing the bubbles too.


Now on to the fabulous prize, the Prize includes some gorgeous stash including:

Tim Holtz Rulerz Book

Tim Holtz Accessories from Junkitz (metal framez, edgez, tabz, anchorz, braz, epozy stickers)Zision Tool kit from Provocraft (tool kit comprising 18 pieces : hammer, wire cutters, 8 tip punch set, self healing mat etc etc and zipped case to keep it all in)

2 dozen sheets of cardstock/patterned paperPaper

Edge Distressing Tool

Photo Mounting Tape

Tags Template

Alphabet Transparencies

Alphabet Bottle Cap Stamp Set

Metal Bottle Caps

Layered Sentiment Stickers

And a Melissa Francis Vintage Keyhole


There's gorgeous creations from the rest of the team too, so pop along and take a peep and join in the challenge.

This is for the following:-
1. Bunny Zoe's Craft - challenge 3 - Vintage
2. Papertake Weekly - Just The One - I used one colour Blue

3. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 45 - Anything goes

Recipe:-

Stamps - Papermania Blowing Bubbles, Dovecraft sentiment,

Papers - Bearly Mine, Jak Heathe freebies,

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,

Tools - Nesties, circle punch,

Embellishments - Glossy accents,


Happy crafting

Tracy x

Meeting my Hero!

You may need a cuppa for this post and there's quite a few photo's too.

Bank Holiday Monday didn't turn out quite like we expected, we was supposed to go to the coast for the day and my sister was going to have the dogs for us. She had them the other week when we went to the zoo, but Rebel our sable and white rough collie suffers with seizures, and had a fit and frightened my sister to death.

So after much thought we decided not to go, so how did we fill the day. My husband concentrated on the garden in the morning, while I groomed and trimmed all the animals. First was the Guinea pig, Ash, he needed to have his hair trimmed, this is probably his last trim now as he'll need his fur for the winter months, but he can get ever so tangled if we don't trim it. He is a sheltie and is nearly 5 1/2 years old, their life span is on average 5/6 years, so he is doing well. A bit on the thin side but is running round and eating well.

Now a couple of weeks ago I was having a browse at House Mouse stamps, I adore them but only own one, the images I have, I have done swaps for or won them on the House Mouse challenge blog. Well I spotted this, it's called Gorgeous Guinea, and I will have to get it with out a doubt, just have to save the pennies for it Lol!

Next the rabbit, Thumper, he's shedding so a brush and nail clipping required.

Baby our cat who is 9 years old and will only let me brush her, she's getting a bit temperamental now, must be her age Lol!

Now for the last and the most time consuming, my boys Rebel and Flint, my gorgeous loving Rough Collies, the fur takes about 30 mins each to brush and trim. But they're good boys and will stand there and let you do it.

So that was my morning taken care of, what now for the afternoon, how about standing in line for over a hour and half for a book signing. My eldest son Scott who is fourteen loves a series of books called the Cherub series, written by Robert Muchamore for teenagers, they are about orphans that become spies. Scott has them all and a new one was launched yesterday, we bought him a limited edition and queued to get it signed by the author, it made Scotts day. Although I did take Scott last year to a talk by this author and he had a book signed and met the author then too.

He is a very nice person and was quite happy to let us take a photo of Scott with him and a photo of Scott stood at his Range Rover. Scott met his Hero!

And yes Bobby got in on the act too, Robert Muchamore was quite taken with Bobbyand his toy animals and spent more time talking to Bobby than Scott Oh Dear!

So that was my day and no crafting, but must get on today and do some DT samples for a new Polkadoodles CD-Rom, and try to get around blogland and catch up.

I must say though I am having problems leaving comments, Blogger seems to be really playing up and won't let me leave comments on a lot of blogs. So I have been looking at all your fab creations but can't always leave a comment at the moment, sorry!

Have a great day

Happy crafting

Tracy x