Sunday, October 30, 2011

Birthday Sundaes Guest Designer Day & challenge #33

Kristie has given the design team the week off..........It is guest designer day, so head over to Birthday Sundaes and have a look at the fabulous cards the guest designers have created for this weeks challenge.

I'll be back November 1st for Rhonda and  Amy's "Birthday Blog Hop".
Come join me to help them celebrate their Birthdays.

See you Then

Tracey

Friday, October 28, 2011

25th

Of December will be here before we know it!
I'm way behind on my scrapbooking .... with a little free time yesterday I decided to created a layout for Kaiser sketch challenge October #1. 
I love this photo of Tori in her Christmas Hat. Each Christmas Tori writes out a very, very long wish list for Santa. I do have to remind her every now and then that Santa has a budget! LOL:)


I've used the 'Be Merry' paper collection along with the chip board embellishments and rubons. The larger trees and the ginger bread man I cut using 'Stretch your Imagination' cartridge. I used Martha Stewart 'All Occasion Cake Art' for the banner.
Here's the sketch

Guess what??????? Its not long until we leave for America ! Woo Hoo.....then we fly to Canada to spend Christmas with my husbands family. Keep your fingers crossed for a "White Christmas"! Three of my children have never seen snow.....they are so excited:)
So much to do, so little time.....
Thankyou for visiting

Tracey

Monday, October 24, 2011

Up cycling and a little shabby

Hi everyone,
I am really enjoying the challenges over at LESSology..........it is all about up cycling. The designers are so creative.....so many wonderful ideas, head over there and take a peek.
This weeks challenge is all about 'Wall Art'
I decided to alter this silver tray ..... which is black most of the time! My mother gave it to me a while  ago , I think she hated polishing it too!

I started to spray paint it white, when I remembered I needed to take a before photo. 
So here it is kind of painted.


My husband drilled  the holes, I then added some flower shape eyelets.


"My Wall Art"


Art Philosophy cartridge was used to cut the scallop circle and the hearts.


I sanded  the edges of the tray to expose the silver .....I think you can just see it in the photo.


I glued two chip board letters together for extra thickness....... painted them white, covered them in glossy accents then sprinkled them with lots and lots of white glitter.




My Up Cycled item is the tray and a little lace. Another two trays are being stored in a box....can't wait to transform them:)

Thank you for visiting

Tracey


Sunday, October 23, 2011

Birthday Sundaes # 32

Hi everyone, 
I hope you have enjoyed your week.
My week started out  not that great.......I opened an email attachment that I shouldn't have, the computer shut down, I was so upset and angry with myself. I thought I had lost everything!  All those photos waiting to be scrapped......I back up my stuff but it had been a few weeks. A quick phone call to a friends husband who is a computer wiz , he assured me I hadn't lost it all. If you are wondering whether or not to open an email you are not sure about......Don't do it, its not worth it!
So as you can see I'm back and I look forward to visiting your blogs this week. 

Now onto this weeks challenge...........
Use the colours PURPLE, GREEN and BLACK on your card.



Some pretty papers , flowers and a little lace, all the things I love! I cut the bird cage using 'Straight from the Nest' cartridge and added lots of glitter to the bird.
Come join us for this weeks Birthday Sundaes challenge.

Thankyou so much to you all for leaving such wonderful comments.
Have a great weekend
Tracey

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Halloween Sneak Peak....

I've been having fun creating  for Halloween
If you would like to see more head over to 'Scrappy-Go-Lucky'


Thankyou for visiting......See You again Soon.

Tracey

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Birthday Sundaes # 31

The challenge this week is to create a "Tall Card"
Our sponsor is 'Sweet N Sassy Stamps'................The design team had a choice of 3 digital stamps to use on their  cards.
I chose 'Cocoa Mouse'


I printed the mouse out onto water colour paper and used Stampin up water colour crayons to colour him.
Don't forget to have a peak at the DT fabulous creations. Come join in the challenge......you have the chance of winning 3 digi's of your choice.
Its a beautiful day here, so nice and warm..........we enjoyed bike riding through the city this morning, which was lots of fun.
Hope you are enjoying your weekend

Tracey

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thinking of you

Hello..........Just a quick post to show you a card I made today.
This new paper collection from Kaiser is soooooooo pretty!
The card is for a friend..........Its her favourite collection too!



I used 'Mothers Day Bouquet' to cut the flowers.
Enjoy your week, thankyou so much for stopping by

Bye 4 now

Tracey

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Doggy Bag.........

This is challenge #3 at LESSology. 

Get creative with the Brown Paper bag!
The only Brown paper bags I had were these lunch bags...........I found this old stamp exchange book at an OP shop. For my recycled item I cut a recipe from it .


After throwing quite a few bags away.......this is what I came up with!


I baked all the cookies, filled the bag and added the recipe to the front. I thought this would make a yummy gift!


The lace is also recycled from some clothing. More Hearts....... that's no surprise!


I cut the white flap from Elegant Edges using the Book feature, added a little stitching, stuck it to the back of the bag with double sided tape. I embossed the bag, then inked it .
I made the pink frill at the bottom with crepe paper.
Who knew that the simple lunch bag could look this pretty!

Thank you so much for another great challenge......they are so much fun. 
Tracey

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Birthday Sundaes # 30

Happy Sunday to you all.............
The challenge this week is to create a FALL colour birthday card.


I cut the scallop rectangle frame with Elegant Edges and the paper is Kaiser Peachy Keen collection.
We would love you to join us..........hop over to Birthday Sundaes to see the great cards the rest of the design team have created.
Thank you so much for visiting and leaving such wonderful comments,
Enjoy your day

Tracey

Saturday, October 8, 2011

LESSology.........

I was so surprised and very excited to find out this morning that I had won the "Trinket Box" challenge at LESSology.


Thank you so much.........you've made my day!
Tracey

Friday, October 7, 2011

Sneak Peak and a Card.............

Hello.........I'm back with my final card for "Sassy Lil' Sketches"


I really liked the sketch so I didn't change anything.................I decided to cut a window on the front of my card and stick the butterfly inside.


The doily is a 'Cheery Lyn' die.........Mandy at Scrappy-Go-Lucky has a great selection of these in her store.


It is very hard to pick up in the photo........but inside the card I stamped a doily in pale pink ink.
And of course I had some pretty pink Heart buttons to match!





Just a Sneak Peak
Would you like to see more...........please hop over to "Scrappy-Go-Lucky"  ..


I hope you have all enjoyed your week .............yay its the weekend tomorrow!
Tracey

Monday, October 3, 2011

For You..............

Hi everyone
This is the final week for "Sassy Lil' Sketches, I have really enjoyed designing cards with Cherie's sketches. Being on the design team has been short, but fun. I wish Cherie and Kate the very best in the future!
The girls are ending with one sketch a day from the 2nd to the 9th of October as a send off.

Here is the sketch

Click to view full size image


I was so tempted to use Heart background paper just like the sketch :)


This pretty paper is from Kaiser. I've added 'Perfect Pearls' as a border around the card..........I'm trying to improve my technique . If you would like to see some beautiful cards using Perfect Pearls , check out Samantha's blog........Hooliewood Creations. She is an expect, her pearls are always so even:)
I'll be back on Friday to show you my final card for the Sassy's.
Here is a sneak peak..........


Have a great week...........See you soon
Tracey

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Birthday Sundaes # 29

The challenge this week is all about Ribbon.
We are sponsored by

"My Craft Spot"

My Craft Spot

Come join us...........You have the chance to win this stamp set.



And here is my card


I usually make a card and add the ribbon as an embellishment.......but this week was different! I was playing around trying to perfect my Bow tying, I made this double bow out of satin ribbon it turned out so well, I made my card to fit the Bow!


The blue lacy background was cut using the 'Mothers Day' cartridge. I cut a few extra flowers from 'George' for added dimension. Perfect pearls was used for the centre of the flowers.
So thats my simple card with one huge bow!

Come join us this week at Birthday Sundaes, we would love to see what you create with ribbon.

I'd also love to welcome Laurie from "Scraps by Sissy" to the Design Team..........this is her first week with us, its great to have her on the team:)

Enjoy your weekend
Thankyou so much for stopping by

Tracey

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Pretty Hearts...........


Hi everyone, I'm back to show you the project I made for "Lessology". If you haven't heard its a new challenge blog .......which is all about Up cycling.



 The Trinket Box Challenge! :) Don't we love having little boxes holding fun little treasure we have? Decorate an existing box or make one from scratch! Remember to include at least ONE upcycled item on your creation!
I just love HEART anything.............I've had this box stored in a cupboard for along time, this challenge was the perfect opportunity to give it a new look.
Here is the before picture.

                                                                      
 Look at how pretty it is now!



I made the flower using the "Flower Shoppe" cartridge.........can you see the petals are Heart shape too??
I 've used Kaiser paper........the background is "Timeless" and for the flower I used their new collection "Bonjour".  




The centre of the flower is a very old earing.  I love fairies too, so I added it............and some more pretty Hearts.


                                                              Here is a photo to show you how old it is..........


I painted the inside pink.............and hated it. So then I had the idea to paint a crackle medium over it before I changed the colour. I love how it turned out all old looking!



My box will be used to store all my pretty HEART shape trinkets.




 This box was one of a set .............I can't wait to cover the rest now!
Hope you like it
Thank you for a great challenge

Tracey