Friday, 30 January 2026

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

Sunday, 25 January 2026

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 


Saturday, 24 January 2026

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 




Tuesday, 20 January 2026

flowers bloom

 Hello crafty friends

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 

Saturday, 17 January 2026

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  



Friday, 16 January 2026

A hug in a mug

 Hello Crafty friends 

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

 Hello crafty friends

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 



Sunday, 11 January 2026

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 

Saturday, 10 January 2026

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 






Tuesday, 6 January 2026

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 


Sunday, 4 January 2026

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 

Saturday, 3 January 2026

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  



Thursday, 1 January 2026

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