Holiday scrapping

Hey Everyone, 

Spring is in the air.....I can't wait for the weather to warm up. This past week I have been trying to get holiday photos in a pocket album. I add the odd 12 x 12  as a title page. 

I'm playing along with "Lets get Sketchy"

Just after Christmas last year we enjoyed a holiday to Tasmania. 

I've used papers from a very old Kaiser collection, some brads too for the center of the crochet flowers. I showed my husband this page..he said I don't remember seeing any deer? We didn't but it looked good with the photos...lol. But we did see lots of wombats!

Hope you are enjoying a crafting week

Tracey x

CHERISH

Hey ...I'm back to share a layout I have created for this months "White with 1 challenge"

I've been wanting to scrap this photo for a while now. Here I am with my dad, years and years ago!

Purple is not a colour I use very often....the only papers I had were from a very old Papermania pad which I must of liked at the time I bought it but I don't anymore! So I decided to cut all the different  paper into strips layering them on my page,  so one design is not over powering. I think it works....and now I like them. LOL

 The butterflies are die cut from a water coloured scrapbook that didn't turn out. I'm Stash busting😄

Thankyou for a fun challenge.

Well, life does not seem to be slowing down at all.....hope to find time this weekend to create.

Have a great week everyone

Tracey x

Flowers and more

Hello, Its hard to believe we are half way through the year already. 

This is what I've been creating lately - I'm really enjoying making paper flowers! Practice makes perfect...well that is what I'm hoping! I used Pink printing paper to make these...I'm really happy with how they turned out. The petals are very easy to mold and the paper is cheap.

We have a great Sketch inspiration at "Sketchy boards" this month.

For my page I used a photo taken the day before Mothers day..the girls surprised me with a high tea and Flower arrangement class. It was so much fun! I did not follow the colour inspiration but I added a clock flair in my flower cluster, some machine stitching, a little stamping in the background...its pale pink so its a little hard to see in the photo. I made the flower from Foamiran.

More flowers.....still practicing!

Happy Crafting

Tracey 

A few things

Hey there... welcome to my monthly blog post! I hoped to get here sooner but April is a busy month for Birthdays, also my parent celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

I've had fun decorating gifts with paper flowers....in the photo below, I tried to copy the flower on the pretty gift wrap.

My daughter has often asked for some flowers for her bed side table....I surprised her with these for her birthday,they look so pretty.

 "Sketch Boards" has a great sketch and recipe for the May Challenge

The background paper is from a 12 x 12 paper pad....I used the left over strips at the top of the pad for the strips behind the photo adding texture with stitching.

The stars are brads, stamping, die cuts, and stickers for the journalling.

Well, that is it for now...Happy Crafting

Tracey

catchup

Hello crafty friends,

Another month has flown by..........I thought I would pop in and update my very neglected blog and share with you what has been keeping me busy! I had good intentions on keeping things updated , but then we went on 2 weeks vacation and I'm still not back into any kind of routine!

Last week I felt like making paper flowers to brighten up my home

April Challenge at Sketchy boards is sure to brighten up your day...YELLOW and a fun sketch.

I used stamps to create the large circle and a paper doily for the small circle, a sprinkle of sequins and the perfect photos of sun flowers!

The next page is last months challenge that I forgot to share😬We needed to use die cuts....I used my cricut to cut the leaves, title and Crocodile!

These photos are what I've been working on this week!

A few before and after pics of furniture I've been shabbying up. 

I've always hated our TV corner unit...what a difference a coat of paint makes. I looks cream in the photo but it is white. The bed has a black wrought iron head board and base...the posts look so much better white. Hmmm..there is not much left in my house that I haven't painted ! Only a couple more things and I should be done(maybe)?

Happy weekend to you

Tracey x

Capture the moment

Hello,

Sketchy Boards February challenge is fabulous....great sketch and really pretty colour palette!

I rotated the sketch  anti clockwise.......can you see a tiny amount of bluey purple  in the colour inspiration? Love these photos of my daughter on her wedding day.

Hope you can join us.....cards and off the page projects are also welcome.

Thankyou for stopping by

Tracey 💗

Happy New Year...catch up!

Hello,

I would like to wish you all a Happy 2018 before its the end of January😊

Joining the "Lets December Daily" design team kept me very busy through all of  December, I had no time to update my blog.

I thought I'd share a few of my favorite pages here and if you would like to see the completed album,  please click HERE or follow the link on my side bar.

The cover

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Up next is a layout I created for "Sketchy Boards" challenge for January

I created the background with 'Altenew Spring Daisy stamps'

And

This is the reason for not posting! I have been sitting in front of the computer watching You Tube videos , on how to crochet.....its something I have always wanted to do.

Next

A card and altered matchbox for a friends birthday

That is it......all up to date!

Thank you for visiting today,

Happy Creating

Tracey x

Merry Christmas

Hey Everyone,

I've been thinking about this challenge at Kraft Plus all month...I was in all directions! Then last night I decided on just a basic window on my page.

'I Can See Clearly Now'

Use something see-through on your layout.
Think vellum, plastic, glass, bubble wrap etc etc.

The hardest part of this page was finding a suitable photo!

The brick background design, window frame, flowers, and banner were all cut with my cricut. The branches and leaves were all cut using Tim Holtz dies. I also managed to add my favorite crochet doilies. 😍The Christmas lights are rubons. My clear element is sequins and recycled packaging for the window panes. 

Hope you are having a great week, thanks for visiting

Happy Crafting

Tracey

Shine

Can you believe its the end of the month already?

"Scrapping Outback" challenge for September is WHITE with 

Navy Blue tones, Grey and Kraft.

Blue is my favorite colour....so I had to squeeze this  challenge in!

 The birds, butterfly , small flowers and flourish are all rubons.........I've been wanting to used this set up for some time now, the colours were perfect.

"Shine " is the chip board element.

I stamped the large flowers onto water colour paper, I used water colour crayons to colour them in........I'm calling the colour 'Pastel Navy' ? It was very dark navy when I started colouring.....I like the washed out look. The center of the flower really sparkle with diamond dust.

Its a long weekend coming up.....Enjoy and stay cool!

Tracey

Just Us

Hey Everyone, 

I thought I would squeeze in one last page before the end of the month.

Kaiser challenge for August is 'Cogs' 

I was so excited to be one of the winners for the July challenge😊I was even happier when I received my prize in the mail...it was 'Factory 42 Collection' Perfect for this challenge!

Hmmm....My first thought was - how do I shabby up Cogs? I did plan on creating a masculine page but .......this happened instead.

Well, its kinda masculine

 I used cricut Artist cartridge to die cut the large cog, first from Factory 42 paper, then from a cereal box for extra dimension. I stuck one on top of the other, then stitched around it.

Enjoy your week

Happy Creating

Traceyx

Love this!

Happy Monday Everyone,

Today I have some fun photos of my Husband getting a Beauty treatment....my daughter is putting a mask on his face😊

I have used this sketch from

Stuck? Sketches

Super short post....I should be cooking dinner!

Have a great week

Tracey x