Thursday, February 27, 2014

Heart......Europe

Hey........so nice of you to stop by!

I could not resist having another play  with the February mood board at D-Lish Scraps.
I've used lots of pretty embellishments from the "Just add paper kit"



I hope you are enjoying a great week

Happy creating

Tracey

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Popup box card.......

I've seen lots of these "Pop up Box Cards" out there in Blog land........I think they are just the cutest idea!

This is one I made for my friend Lola , she is celebrating her 
70th Birthday today.

Making the box card was easy ......deciding what to put inside was the hard part.


Here it is folded flat


Ready to mail


 And.....here's the envelope ( decorated paper bag)


The link for the tutorial I followed can be found at Split coast stampers.

Happy Birthday Lola....Wishing you a wonderful day :)

Thanks everyone for visiting .....I really appreciated the kind comments you leave :) 
Tracey

Monday, February 24, 2014

The Shabby Tea Room # 207

Happy Monday everyone.....

Its fun to be back in "The Shabby Tea Room" this week as a Guest Designer.
The challenge is
Wishi Washi
Create a card/project using "Washi tape"

Last week my niece had a baby girl.........my project is a gift for her.
Here is a close up of the 'Tag Card' I cut using 'Art Philosophy cartridge'


With the same Washi tape I outlined the edges of each letter, then sealed it with modge podge.

To........'Eliza Jade', from your great Auntie


Be inspired!

So nice of you to stop by......have a fabulous week!

Tracey

Friday, February 21, 2014

Umbrella

Hello.........Its time to show you the new Die cut challenge at "Stuck on U Sketches"

We would like to see your Die cut " Umbrella"
I bought myself a new umbrella for Christmas....(its a little hard to see in the photo's )
I loved the colour and pattern so I tried to duplicate it on my layout.

Yes.......the perfect day, relaxing at the beach .


I have used "Life's a Beach" cartridge to  cut the umbrella.....drawing some spots on with a gel pen to match mine.

This past week I have not been really well at all, some kind of stomach flu......Yesterday I spent the day in bed. Today I'm sitting at the computer writing this post...thats a good sign, I'm getting better! Looking on the positive side ....I've lost a few kilo's :)

Anyway....I hope to catch up with visiting you all soon
Have a great week 
Thanks for stopping by

Tracey

Monday, February 17, 2014

Breath .....Fresh Air

Happy Monday to you ......so nice of you to stop by :)

Here is a  layout I've created using a fun sketch from Page Maps.
The papers and die cuts are from "Wild Flowers" Carta Bella collection.



This is one of those layouts that after I'd finished sewing and sticking I decided I hated the paper border either side of the stripe.......So , I unpicked the stitching just enough so I could pull one piece of paper out and add another. I liked the shabby unpicked look of the stitching  so I left it.

Here's the Sketch


The last few days have been so so Hot.......its time to jump in the pool and cool off :)
Happy Scrapping
Tracey

Friday, February 14, 2014

"Sketch it"....Blog Hop


Happy Valentines Day everyone ,


Welcome to a cross promo blog hop from 'Stuck on U Sketches",

You should be arriving from 
Nanne Harry  Nanne's Creations
if not and you would like to join us from the start, head back to SOUS

We've all created layouts based on our February 14th sketch at SOUS
 Scraps of Darkness teams have created theirs with  awesome kits from their shop!

Love this sketch
Here is what I came up with :)

This photo brings back some wonderful memories......it was taken in Hawaii a few years ago.




I have used a combination of Papers and embellishements from Heidi Swapp mixed company collection.
I had fun sewing the heart from twine and adding some pretty buttons, lace and sequins.

The hop runs from February 14-16
midnight to midnight

Look at the Candy we are offering :)
A collection of Basic Grey paper 


Blog candy winner will be announced Friday, February 21.

Rules for the hop
-Visit and comment on each blog

-Return to SOUS and let us know you've completed the hop!

Your next stop is

Julie Kight Cards By Cricut

Don't forget to join in any challenge at SOUS this month for your chance to win Candy from 'Scraps of Darkness

I can't wait to see your creations using the sketch

Have fun.....Happy Hopping

Tracey

Monday, February 10, 2014

Happy Days

Hey everyone,

Happy Monday.......so nice of you to stop by :)

Have you seen this months inspiration board from "D-Lish Scraps" ?
Love it!
Here's what I came up with.




I was inspired by the  photo on the top right, with the pretty heart banner and teddy. Also the bottom left photo. I used a stencil to create some LOVE graffiti on the background paper.
  Thank you for the fun inspiration D-Lish :)

Tracey

Friday, February 7, 2014

Pat-a-Cake

"Some thing Sweet"
is the new Die cut challenge at 'Stuck on U Sketches'

Here are some close ups of the die cuts I've used from Nursery Rhymes and Artist  cartridge.



I have so many photos......so I decided to do a double page layout.
The flowers are from Flower Shoppe cartridge

Be sure to head over to SOUS and have a look at how creative the  design team have been with this challenge!
And........ have a look at the fabulous prize offered  this month from "Scraps of Darkness"

 I look forward to seeing what you create:)

Enjoy your weekend

Tracey

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Living the Dream....

Hey everyone, 
So nice of you to stop by!
I have so much Kaiser paper that I need to use up.........perfect excuse to take part in the Saturday Sketch challenge again !

My daughter and her partner have recently returned from a European Holiday.......they had the most amazing time! I copied this photo from her face book.....it was taken in Spain. 
'Living the Dream' was the perfect title.......this is something she has always wanted to do.


I have not written on the journal card, I'm leaving it free for my daughter to fill in.

Screen shot 2014-01-31 at 3.00.36 PM

Have a wonderful week.......happy creating!

Tracey x