Birthday Card for my Mum

Me again, second post in the same day....!! LOL  

Just a quick one to show you a card I made for my mum for her birthday last week.  I've used a Sarah Kay image and Portobello Road papers (which I got free in this month's Do Crafts magazine) and I love them.  I really like the vintage feel of them and the colours are lovely.

So again I handmade the flowers, using the same technique as in my first posting, I've coloured the image using prisma pencils and blended with sansodor, I hand drew and cut the letters for Mum and the sentiment is PC generated.  

Thanks for looking

Tracy xx

It's been a while........ again..!

Hi, all hope you are well.  It's been such a long time since I last posted (again) and unfortunately, even though I have been crafting, my blogging has been poor.  I've got out of the habit of blogging and visiting everyone else's blogs and leaving comments on the gorgeous cards you are making..!!  I'm going to try my best to get back to blogging and posting my pictures, as well as entering challenges.

I made a card yesterday which I think will fit in to this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge - "In the Garden".

The papers are from Design House Digital and are called Retrospect.  They are absolutely gorgeous and I love the colours.  I think this is one of my favourite cards so far as it looks so fresh and clean.  The set contains 47 different papers and 50 element and it can be obtained for free by taking part in their blog hop.  The sentiment square is part of the set and I've added my own text to it.  The image is from Pink Gem and is one of my choices from winning a few weeks ago and I've coloured it using prisma pencils.  

The flower was handmade and I've been creating a few of them by cutting wobbly circles out (as I don't have any flower punches at the moment), cutting petals in to the circle, wetting the paper and scrunching it up and then I've been putting it in the oven to dry it out as it gives them a nice crunchy feel.  I've then used a bit of stickles to glam it up a bit and a couple of faux pearls.

I'm sure I'll be creating plenty more cards using these papers.   Anyway here's my card:-

Thanks for looking and hope you have a fab weekend.

Tracy xx

Sugar Bowl Sketch

So I'm back with my second posting of today and I've decided to use the sketch over at The Sugar Bowl - was meant to be an entry but I didn't read it properly and forgot the Theme had to be something blue...! Oh well never mind, that'll teach me to read it properly next time..... LOL

I didn't want to put too much on the card as the papers are so delish that I didn't want to take any attention away from them. I've paper pieced Bumblebee's dress in the same polka dot paper on the background, stickled her wings (which you can't really see) and then I've just punched out matching flowers.

Recipe

DP - MME Quite Contrary Paper Pack (freebie in mag)

Image - Gorjuss Girl Bumble Bee

Sentiment - Stash

Coloured with prisma pencils and sansodor

If you've got any Sugar Nellie images, you should head over to the challenge and enter this week, they have a fab prize up for grabs for one lucky winner - the 4 new 'Fun & Fairytales’ Mangas and a set of Aquamarkers.

Tracy x

New Baby......

Morning bloggers, well it's dull and overcast here today and blowing a gale force wind! Had to chase my bin down the drive once already.... wonder how many more times it will fly away! LOL

Todays card is one that I made last night for my friend Emma. We've known each other for nearly 9 years having started working together back in 2001 (I think it was). She had a beautiful baby girl last week.

How gorgeous is this image? It's Peekaboo from Karens Doodles and it's sooo cute. The papers are a freebie from The Craft Table. The letters, I've created myself using a font called Baby Building Blocks.

I feel like I want a bit of a crafty day today, so may be back a bit later if I manage to get anything made.

Enjoy your day folks.

Tracy x

Anyone for Anya?

So I'm back with my second posting of the day. This card is for the Anyone for Anya Challenge - Anything Goes.

Again this challenge is a first for me. I've always loved these Miss Anya girls but have only just got them in my stash. I've already coloured up about 5 of them and will be putting cards together soon (hopefully!). They are such a pleasure to colour and I totally lurve them......

Recipe

• DP - MME Quite Contrary (freebie with craft mag)
• Image - Miss Anya
• Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon & Pearls - Stash
• Coloured with prisma pencils & sansodor

I'll probably be back a bit later on to post yet another set of cards and to have a mooch around everyones blog to do some commenting. I'm off to hang my washing out and get my cleaning done so that the weekend is ours...

Enjoy your day, whatever you have planned.

Tracy x

Isabella's Sketchbook Challenge

Good morning blogland, from a lovely sunny Wakefield. Not been around much these last few days so I apologise for not commenting on your lovely cards.

I've made a few cards over the last week but not got round to uploading.

You may remember that we won the blog candy from the lovely Peri a couple of weeks ago. One of the prizes was 2 images from Isabella's Sketchbook. I've made the following card using the Chocolate & Coffee image. These are not the kind of images I would usually use but I loved colouring it up. I wanted to keep the card clean and simple and I really enjoy doing these kinds of cards, it makes a difference from making fussy cards all the time.

I'm going to enter my first ever entry in to this weeks challenge over at Isabella's which is Take a Break - Open Challenge. So we can make any project using any image and any theme.

Recipe

• Image - Chocolate & Coffee - Isabella's Sketchbook
• Card - Bazzill Cardstock
• Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
• Coloured with prismas & sansodor

I'll be back in a mo with probably another 2 posts as I've got another challenge card and birthday cards which I made for Ann-marie.

ta ra for now

Tracy x

Time to Relax......?!

Hi all,

I'm back with a quick post this afternoon with a card I made for my little brother's birthday (altho he's bout a foot taller than me...!!). His birthday is on 4th July and I figured it would be fitting to go with the colour scheme of Red, White & Blue, given that it's Independence Day in the USA.

I wanted to use one of the images that I won from Peri's blog candy and "Time to relax" seemed just right.

Recipe

• DP - Freedom, Summer Driggs
• Image - "Time to Relax", Karen's Doodles
• Sentiment - PC generated
• Card Candy & Brother wording - Stash
• Coloured with prismas and sansodor

I've got a bit of time before I go to pick the boys up so think I might do a bit of crafting so may be back later.

Thanks for looking

Tracy xx

Finally back again.....

Long time no see fellow bloggers...... LOL

After nearly 2 weeks away from making cards, I've finally managed to find some time to sit down and start creating. What with one thing and another that needed doing at home and the lovely weather, I haven't had any time (or inclination) to sit and craft.

After so long away, I thought I'd struggle to get back in the swing of it (as I usually do when I haven't done any for a few days) but surprisingly, the ideas started flowing..... Like I'd never been away... LOL

RECIPE

• DP - October Afternoon - Story Hour
• Image - Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss Girls - Flower Girl
• Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon & Pearls - Stash
• Sentiment - Studio G Clear Stamps
• Coloured with prismas and sansador

I'm in the process of creating another card, this time for a challenge so I'll be back tomorrow.

Enjoy your evening, whatever you're doing.

Tracy x

Card for Jayme

So I've finally got round to making my card for Jayme. I've been wanting to get it done for a while but I've been busy with other things. If you haven't heard about the RAK for Jayme, check out her sister Lisa's blog. Lisa says

"I am having a special event for my sister Jayme. She is in her early 50's and has terminal lung cancer. To make it worse, her sweet dachshund Molly passed away a couple weeks ago. Today we learned her cancer has spread to several other areas and her time is running out. I am asking for all my card making friends to send her a fun card...not really get well cards obviously, but something pretty or funny that will make her smile. She is a frog collector so frog cards would be awesome! I have been blessed by all those I design for to have a wonderful offer of blog candy".

Details are on her blog about where to send the card etc. Closing date for her blog candy has been extended to 9th June.

Recipe

DP - Rose Garden by Papermania

Image - Pollycraft

Ribbon & Gems - From stash

Coloured with prisma pencils and sansodor

Well thats it from me for tonight.

Tracy x

Papertake Weekly Challenge #41

Good morning fellow bloggers,

Well what a dull and wet day we've woken up to and according to the forecast it's here for the day...!! On the plus side, at least my new veggies and plants will get a good watering....

Another challenge Ann-marie and I decided to enter was this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge - it's the first time either of us have entered this challenge. This is the sketch we have to follow:-

We decided that we were going to use Mummu from Mo's Digital Pencil as our image for this challenge. I love all Mo's images and they are a real pleasure to colour.

So on to my card:

Recipe

• DP - Papermania Signature - Regency
• Ribbon - Stash
• Sentiment - Create with TLC
• Corners - Kindly donated by Ann-marie (I've used the bits that pop out to frame the sentiment)
• Coloured with prismas and sansodor and I've inked the edges with burgundy Ink It Up.

I'll be back soon to show another couple of cards I made last night.

Tracy xx

Back to crafty going ons.....

Good afternoon fellow bloggers, not been blogging as much lately because of the gorgeous weather we have been having and now its chuffing freezing boo hoo, but it doesn't mean to say I haven't been crafting I made this cardie for a friend which i was dead pleased with to say its my second attempt at it , I also did Heidi one as well which she loved so much she seems to have it on all the time and i must admit I'm getting faster at the crochet malarkey it took me two evenings to whip this up . Now I'm onto a blanket for Harvey and he wants a big one then Samual wants one where will i get the time plus fit all my card craft as well...oh well its a good job i like a few projects on the go so i don't get bored..that's it for the crochet now onto my cards.....



Well I thought i would do a magnolia one because I have not done one for ages and seen as it was the summer weather we had at the weekend i came up with this...

• magnolia summer stamped image
• bazzil card
• free papers from a crafty mag and the summer wording and lolly pop
• Martha Stewart lace punch and lace corner, leaf punch
• flowers are from wild orchid crafts
• prismas
• cystal stickles
• ribbon , sentiment from stash

and for my next card which I'm loving so much mo manning just does a fab job of drawing all the images and I just love colouring them here's what i used..

• mo manning... I love it
• free papers from a crafty mag and the button and paper ribbon
• prisma pencils
• sentiment form stash

Well I'm going to go sort my kids out make sure there all ok get them in to bed then more crafty time for me .

see you in a bit

xxx Ann-marie xxx

First Magnolia card in ages......

Back again for my second post of the day.....

I've had a bit of a creativity block for the last few days and had bad headaches, so I had a bit of time off from crafting and low and behold my inspiration came back last night with a bit of a vengence..... lol

I haven't made a Tilda card for so long now and I really enjoyed colouring her up last night - I need to dust off my stamps and make more of an effort to use her.....

I got these new MME "Quite Contrary" papers the other day and thought Tilda with her umbrella was the perfect image to put with them. I cut the card around the top so it's actually not a full square card but shaped as per the layout.

RECIPE
Paper - MME Quite Contrary Jack & Jill
Image - Tilda
Cardstock - Bazzil
Flower - Papermania Henbury Lane
Coloured with prisma pencils

Enjoy your day whatever you are doing, I'm off to do a bit of cleaning and then maybe back to crafting.

Tracy xx

Wishing for Summer....?!

Morning all from a lovely sunny Wakefield. Woke up this morning to gorgeous blue skies and it isn't that cold out there either. Wonder how long that will last...!!

So for today's first card I decided to try and do something bright and summery to try and inspire the nice weather to come and stay..... LOL

Recipe

Paper - Pink Petticoat - Life's Lemons
Image - Lili of the Valley
Cardstock - Bazzil Card
Sentiment - Forever Friends set
Flowers - Xcut Flower Punch
Gems and ribbon from stash
Coloured with prismas

I'll be back in a mo with my second post.......

Tracy xx

Quick post...

Just a quick post this morning ....while my kind husband took our boys to school me and heidi had time to do the things we wanted do, so while heidi was colouring I made this card and here's what i used ...

• penny black hedgehog stamped image
• freeebie papers that a got from a mag a while ago
• tim holtz distress inks frayed burlap, tattered rose ,dark brown inkpad
• die cut circles
• border punch, butterfly punch
• fabric flowers from my stash and the brad is too...and the lace
• prisma pencils
• cyrstal, diamond, cotton candy stickles
• sentiment is a freebie from a mag

Well thats all for me im going into town befor it chucks it down and I have just straightend my typical always rains when I do my hair and I hate brollys ...oh well .

Bye for now xxx Ann-marie xxx

Good morning....

Good morning blog land i have been up early this morning cleaning and getting washing started so i have got lots of crafty time later ..lol.. so please dont rain as i want to hang it all out it...but as normal it does'nt look promising .

The cards im putting on today are what i made yesterday i thought i would use images which had already been prepared lilly of the valley stamped image which my kind friend tracy stamped for me ...and the other is a freebie image i know its called wfk alice with mushrooms and that all i have got i have tried searching on papercraft planet were i got it from with no look...

Lilly of the valley card i used....paper is from papermania spring life first time i have used this and i have had it in my stash for ages....prisma colours...bazzill card....border punches and flower punches...gold gems...stamped sentiment.

Alice card papermania sweet nothings paperpad...bazzill card...prisma colours....ribbon and ribbon brad from my stash so are the blue pearls...diecut jelly frame...and a little bit of crystal stickles ...sentiment was part of a ticket stamp which i cut down...

well better crack on if im going to have any crafting time later.

adios my blogging friends x ann-marie x

And more Mo Manning......

Can you tell that Mo's images are a bit of a fave of ours at the moment.... LOL

I decided to have a bit of a splurge on her images and bought 5 of them so we've got plenty to be going on with......

Anyway I made 2 quick cards yesterday. The first is "Mariko is mad", I love the expression on her face and have admit that I know one or two little girls who have this look down to perfection...... The second is "Tolerance" - how cute is this little boy..?! The poor cat's face looks like he's resigned himself to his fate already.

DP - Summer Driggs - Beatimous
Image - Mo Manning - "Mariko is Mad"
Cardstock - Bazzil
Flowers - Ann-marie's stash (centre are some jewellery bits from Ann-marie's friend)
Coloured with prismas
You can just about make out that her socks have been attacked with Stardust stickles

DP - Summer Driggs - Courageous
Image - Mo Manning - Tolerance
Candy Candy
Coloured with prismas

No sentiments or anything on either of them so they can be personalised if necessary.

We're having a cinema night tonight and snuggling down to watch Avatar and eat lots of popcorn. .!!

Enjoy your evening whatever you have planned.

Tracy xx

Another mo manning.....

What a fun im having colouring these mo manning didgi images and putting my fave colour combo together . I cant wait to do another but not tonight need to get cracking on heidi's cardigan and thats going to be in pink and green ..lol. Heres what i used to create this easel card

• dp...papermania honey & hugs
• mo manning digi image bella and bronte hearts
• create with tlc sentiment
• prismacolour pencils
• gems and ribbon from my stash
• frond punch ,dasiy punch and card candy
• and cerise pink and crystal stickles

well im sure you will see quiet a few mo manning from me and tracy some cards made with the same image but doing different things because we both like the same things and we both share our crafty stash ...cheers for sharing yet again tracy love ya ..mwah

well im going to get comfy on the sofa and do my crocheting so ta ta for now.

x xx ann-marie xxx

first mo manning ...

Im totally loving the mo manning digi images and i think im going to save my pocket money up to buy all the images because i want them all now (stamps feet ) lol....whys is it when you really like something you gotta have all at once ...so i think im going to treat myself to an image a week at £1.50 a week i think that will be a bargin, cheaper than a stamp . And have you noticed the tlc creations word art get your self over there they have got lots of freebies .
heres how i made my card..

• papers are from a my very first lot of papers and i dont know were there from ...but im chuffed i got around to using them
• digi image is mo manning between
• sentiment is from tlc creations
• prisma pencils
• die cut corners
• daisy punch in medium and small
• lilac bazzil card
• card candy

Well im off to go and start on my crochet progect ... i want do my little heidi some lettle summer cardigans which i have never done before so wish me luck.

ta ta
ann-marie xx

More cards

Hope everyone has had a good bank holiday and for those that have had to go back to work today, it hasn't been too traumatic..!!
Had a bit of time last night (after we went to see Iron Man 2 at the cinema) and thought I'd make a couple of cards. I'm trying to use images and things that I've had in my stash which have been neglected before I indulge in buying any new things. I'm actually liking finding things that I've had for ages but forgotten about.

I've been doing more and more simple cards for the last week or so and I really enjoy doing them, not everyone likes big flowery over the top cards and it's nice to just put things together really quickly. Doesn't mean that I won't be going back to doing those type of cards cos I most definitely will but I'll be doing more of a mix of both me thinks....

Anyway enough waffle - here's my first card

DP - Papermania Rose Garden (I still totally lurve these papers)
Image - Holly & Madison by Charmed Cards & Crafts
Ribbon - Stash (bought from Samual Taylor in Leeds)
Pearls - Hobbycraft
Medium - Prisma pencils blended with Sansodor

And my second card

Image - Not sure what she's called but she's from Sassy Cheryl's
DP - Not sure what it's called or who it's by
Flowers - Xcut flower punch
Sentiment - Personal Impressions Set
Medium - Prisma pencils and sansodor

Have a good day whatever you are doing.

Tracy xx

Mo Manning Cards

Morning peeps,

Another quickish one from me as I've got to get off my backside and go and pick up the boys as they spent last night at Grandma and Grandads...... lucky me!! Spent my free time crafting and made a couple of cards with Mo Manning images. I love her images, they are just too cute and lovely to colour.

I knew as soon as I saw the Mary Tapping one that I had to colour her with red hair - she just reminds me off my youngest niece, she's not quite as dark as the colour I've used but her hair is the same style....... wild and unruly just like she is.... LOL

I've got a few other Mo Manning images to colour and make cards, if you've never used them, you should check them out, she has images for all kinds of ages and occasions. Anyway on to my cards.

Image - Mo Manning "Mary Tapping"
Paper - Rose Garden, Papermania
Sentiment - Freebie from TLC Creations
Card Candy - From stash
Coloured with prismas and sansodor

Image - Mo Manning "Prince Charming"
Papers - K&Co
Coloured with prismas

I'm off to spend the afternoon crafting with Ann-marie. First time we've been able to do it on a weekend for ages.....

Enjoy whatever you are doing this weekend.

Tracy xx