sparkle and shine

 Morning crafty friends 

today on the 52 christmas card throwdown challenge is a colour challenge 

here is my card 

for this card I used a background stamp from backroom door with gold embossing powder and the sentiment is mama elephant 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

you're tea-riffic

 Hello crafty friends

today on the creative fingers challenge blog

we are sponsored by the talented Anne and her designs from Anne constantly carding 

you could win 3 sets from Annes designs 

here is my card 

I have used the set Afternoon tea

I look forward to seeing your designs 

love is in the air

 Hello Crafty friends

this month on the cupcake inspiration challenge as always is a picture inspiration 

here is my card 

I used the cupcake die from pretty pink posh, I love this die they have a good selection of cupcake dies this is the valentine die set , I used the heart lawn fawn die in the background put from vellum not sure where the heart paper is from but fitted my theme perfectly 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

Wishing you a sweet Christmas

 Hello crafty friends 

this week on the 52 Christmas card throwdown challenge we have a sketch to follow 

this is my card 

for my card I used the merry mug and circle delight dies from spellbinders 

the design papers are from the pad from Rosie's studio called oh joyful day 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

you rock

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this fortnights challenge on the CAS colour and sketch challenge blog is a colour challenge

here are the colours to use 

and here is my card 

I used My favourite things dies for this card and the stamping up colours cardstock

I look forward to seeing your designs 

Tracey 

Sending Smiles

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this months challenge on the moving along with the times blog

is a floral challenge 

here is my card 

this is not my normal style of card at all and I'm not really convinced lol but I spent far too much time on it not to use it 

I used the tattered flowers dies from Tim Holtz 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

I miss you

 Hello crafty friends 

this week on the creative fingers challenge we have the lovely lovis sponsoring the challenge so the lucky winner will get to choose 

Any 3 quick cards or 3x1 page cards or 3x image sets

here is my card 

I used the cute set called the circus pupper and the background papers are from creative fabrica 

I look forward to seeing your designs 

Tracey

warm winter wishes

 Hello crafty friends 

Today see's a brand new girlz challenge creative colour girlz this challenge is a monthly challenge with a new theme every month but you must have a element that you have coloured, you can use any medium to colour with water colour, pens or pencils the first theme is anything goes 

I have used distress inks for the backround and the cute stamp is from purple onion designs called Flappy & Tofu snowflake fun, coloured as usual with my copics 

I look forward to seeing your entries

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

 Hello crafty friends 

This week on the girlz creative Christmas challenge we have a snowflake theme

here is my card 

I used the backing paper from simple stories paper pack called simple vintage fresh snow and the snowflakes are from a Tim Holtz cut and emboss die

I look forward to seeing you entries 

Tracey 

deck the halls

Hello crafty friends 

this week on the 52 Christmas card throwdown challenge  blog we have a technique challenge which is and easel card 

it's a style of card of very rarely do but here is mine 

I used the cute stamp set from mama elephant called the reading tree, I made this card with my book loving daughter in mind. The stamps are coloured as always with my copics the book design paper is from creative fabrica 

I look forward to seeing your designs 

Tracey 

flowers bloom

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this week on the cas colours and sketches challenge blog it's sketch fortnight 

this is the sketch to follow 

This is my take on the sketch 

I used a stamp set from mama elephant called flower shower, coloured as always with my copics 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

ready set snow

 Hello craft friends 

this week at the 52 christmas card throwdown challenge blog it's theme week 

here is my card

I used the ready set snow stamp set from My favourite things, I went with a non traditional orange and turquoise colour for a change I love colour so have enjoyed experimenting with different palettes

I look forward to seeing your designs  

A hug in a mug

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Back in December I was chosen to be part of the cupcake Inspirations design team 

not a great start to being part of the design team I scheduled my post for the wrong day 😕

This months cupcake inspiration is a colour challenge 

this is my card 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

Happy Birthday

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Today see a new challenge over at the creative fingers challenge,

this challenge is sponsored by the lovely tindaloo

the winner gets to choose 3 digi stamps from her collection 

here is the card I made 

I used design paper pad from the craft consortium for my card 

I look forward to seeing your designs 

Tracey 

magic

 Hello crafty friends 

this weeks challenge on the girlz creative Christmas we have a star challenge 

here is my card I made this with my Disney mad daughter in mind I hope you like it 

I used loads of products from Tim Holtz to design this card 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

joy to the world

 Hello crafty friends

this week on the 52 Christmas card throwdown challenge blog it's colour week

these are the colours to use 

here is my card 

for my card I used the Christmas tree die from my favourite things, the snowflake die in the background is from waffle flower 

I look forward to seeing your entries

Tracey 

One for the books

Hello crafty friends.

The first challenge of the year from cas colours and sketches is a colour challenge 

here is my card 

my green isn't quite the same but it was all I had at the time I used the book dies from lawn fawn and the shelf is a waffle flower die cardstock is from my stash 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

A holly jolly christmas

 Hello crafty friends. 

The first challenge of the year from the girlz creative Christmas challenge

is here and as usual the first week of the month is anything goes 

here is my card

this darling mouse is a digi stamp from Lili of the valley you can find them on etsy 

I coloured him as usual with my copics and used the design paper from the Christmas magic paper pad from echo park 

I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey 

You're on the nice list!

 Hello crafty friends

Today see's the first challenge of the year 52 Christmas card throwdown as always the first week of the month is a sketch challenge 

here is the sketch to follow 

and here is my card 

I loved this colourful set from creative fabrica and thought the colours from the craft consortium paper pad matched perfectly 

I look forward to seeing your entries

Tracey  

My best stories

 Hello Crafty friends and Happy new year to you all 

The first challenge of the year with the moving along with the times challenge we have use dies or stencils 

here is my card 

I used the Tim Holtz typewriter big die and the typewriter text embossing folder also Tim Holtz and made the background with distress inks 

I hope you like it, I look forward to seeing your entries 

Tracey