Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Friends

I really liked the August sketch at The Scrapbook store
I think the colours used to created the sketch influenced me into choosing vintage style papers.

Here we are enjoying morning tea at Lola's house for Melbourne cup day.....notice we are all wearing hats :)


Here is a close up of fussy cut flowers and some that I made using  Mothers Day Bouquet cricut cartridge. I always try to add a pretty crochet flower .......at the moment sequins seem to go on everything too. Don't you just love the extra sparkle they add!



Hope you are enjoying a great week

Happy Crafting

Tracey x

Monday, August 24, 2015

Sweet

Hey, so nice of you to stop by :)
I'm trying to squeeze in a few challenges before the end of the month.

White with Custard is the challenge this month at "White with one"
custard


A few weeks ago in a baking store I found these pretty floral dollies.....I've added a paint palette sample card, another doily, lace and flowers, which I made using Mothers Day Bouquet cricut cartridge. 'Sweet' is a die from Paper Sweeties ........ a sprinkle of sequins for some extra sparkle.

Happy Monday Everyone

Tracey

Friday, August 21, 2015

My favorite Place

Hey Everyone,
 I took time out from trying to work out Windows 10, to create this layout for Kaiser's August challenge....which is a sketch.
One of my favorite places we visited on our trip last year was 'Yosemite National Park'
This photo was  taken at Tunnel View
{Just realized the spelling for Yosemite is wrong on my layout}



A few papers from a new collection, combined with lots of older papers which I have used to make the flowers and leaves.......pocket cards too.
 'Mothers day Bouquet' cricut cartridge was used to cut the flowers and leaves.
Here is the sketch.......I turned it once clockwise
KAISERCRAFT AUGUST 15 SKETCH

Back to my computer issues.........I have been told if you are using windows 8, the transition to 10 is easy. I was using 7.
So for everyone who is thinking of up grading to windows 10.....you can try it out like me......I really did not have the time patience to try to figure it out. Sooooooo, I asked Google... can I can back to 7?To my surprise you can!
So, I followed the instuctions...I'm now back on 7.
Just want the basics, for now I'm Happy, I had no problem finding the photos for this post! LOL

Happy Creating ....Enjoy the weekend

Tracey x

Monday, August 17, 2015

Make today Beautiful

Hey Everyone......happy Monday to you! 
I've been busy over the past few weeks ......I decided to have a clean out of clutter, hmmm took me longer than I thought! Do you ever get tired of the way your home looks? Well, I've been re-arranging furniture too.....after a few trip to the OP shop, things are looking so much better! 
Time to show you the new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room #258
Create a card/project inspired by the theme

ABC...123


Loved the sun flowers :) I used 'Walk in My Garden' cricut cartridge to cut them.....with lots of black sequins in the center. The paper is a gorgeous Metalic. It has a real shimmer, which does not show up very well in the photo. The black, white and metalic Amber papers are from  Paper Temptress....who is the sponsor for this challenge. 

 

A gift tag too


I stitched vellum to the tag to create a pocket for gold sequins.

Be sure to have a peek at the beautiful projects the other Shabby girls have created.

On the weekend I up graded my Pc to windows 10.......you would not believe how long it has taken me to find the photos for this post!! Feeling Frustrated :( Well as you can see I found them, by doing a search, but where they are in my pictures folder....who knows? Guess what I'm off to do. 
Thank you for visiting......Enjoy your week

Tracey x

Monday, August 3, 2015

The Shabby Tea Room #257 and Sketchy Boards

Hello and welcome.......I'm a little behind in posting DT projects.
First up.... The shabby Tea Room,
Peaches and Cream is the title of the new challenge
 along with this gorgeous photo for inspiration.


 The design team chose digital files to work with from Crafty Secrets.....they are ours sponsors for this challenge.
 I was inspired by the lace and  butterfly  wings ...I chose a sweet  little vintage fairy. I colored her with chalk. The sentiment and papers are also from Crafty Secrets.



A couple posts ago, I showed you  a mini easel card box......they are just so so cute I had to make another one!





Winner Prize is $20 in choice digital files
2nd place prize of $10 each in choice digital files
3rd place prize of $10 each in choice digital files

Be sure to visit TSTR.......the DT has gorgeous creations to show you.
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Thats it for Shabby........Now for my DT project for Sketchy Boards



You have the choice to follow the sketch or colour inspiration or combine both....cards, layout or off the page projects.

I had fun creating a layout , combining the colour inspiration and sketch.
Love these photos of my daughter and her friends at a colour run. By the end of the night all the colours had mixed and she looked like an 'Avatar' .....it was so funny. I think for a couple weeks after she had pale lilac hair! She was not impressed...I thought it looked pretty!





How cool are the paint cans and brushes! I used Cricut Handyman cartridge to cut them out, Martha Stewart All Occasions cake art was used to cut the banner.

I look forward to seeing what you create!

That it from me.......now its time to visit you. 
I appreciate all your kind comments....thank you

Happy Crafting

Tracey x

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Happy Birthday "Paper Sweeties"

Its "Paper Sweeties" 3rd Birthday




What's a Birthday with out Cake!



The Banner is a stamp from Paper Sweeties'Celebrate'. It has a pretty design on each pennant. I fussy cut them out and added one to each side of the slice of cake with cute tiny heart buttons. The little celebrate tag is also Paper Sweeties.


I also added the Banner to the card . 'HAPPY' is a die cut from the Happy collection.Love the shape of the font :)
The flowers and scallop card base were cut from 'Artfully Sent' cricut cartridge , the scallop frame was cut from 'Art Philosophy'. Cheery Lyn die for the doily.


No decorating on the inside ......only a stamped message from the "Happy" collection. 



Be sure to stop by Paper Sweeties to wish them a Happy Birthday....the design team have some gorgeous projects to share with you.

Happy weekend Everyone

Tracey x