Hey there, thought I better share my page for "Sketchy Boards" November challenge before its December ! !

I wasn't feeling hexagons when I created this page....instead I stenciled a few circles in the background.

Next....Papercraft Secrets October sketch challenge

 

Hexagons again! Sometimes I like them...but not this time, lol! I really love how the hearts look. Do you ever find it hard to photograph white?  I tried a few times taking photos of this page, its a bright white but here it looks grey.

My blog updates are hit and miss lately.....actually most of this year! So many other things to do that have taken priority. 

I really appreciate you popping by

Hope you are enjoying lots of crafty time.

Tracey x

Kraft plus

Hello

A new month a new challenge!

'Be inspired by floral art' is the challenge at Kraft Plus  

I am really excited to be  a Guest Designer this month, thank you so much for the invitation.

Such a pretty mood board

I just love Australian Native flowers! 

I decided to create a wreath....using my cricut to die cut the wreath shape, flowers and gum leaves. It was fun painting the wattle background adding some nuvo drops and a few tiny yellow dollies....oh and sequins!

I look forward to seeing what you create

Happy crafting

Tracey 

WHAT'S UP

So, how cute is this little man! 

I have used Kaiser "Hide and Seek" collection. Don't you just love the forest animals!

I used my cricut to cut the tree, tags and title 'OH BOY'

And here is the sketch I followed for Kaiser October Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by

Happy Creating

Tracey

Sweet corn

Hello...

Gardening, painting my kitchen all kinds of things have been keeping me out of my craft space. But it was so nice to get back in there and create a few scrap pages. 

White with 1 has a great challenge for this month! 

'Citrus Combo' 

I'm still stash busting! Some really old papers here....not quite the colour of the challenge picture though. A little stamping and my cricut to cut SWEET. 

My Grandson enjoy his first try of corn on the cob😊

Hope your are enjoying a scrappy day

Tracey

Happy Hour

Hey Everyone,

Sketchy Boards has a fun sketch and  photo for July's challenge.

I was inspired by the clock.....and the colour Aqua.  I just noticed the time on the clock - don't they say 'its 5 o'clock somewhere'🍷The title of my page is 'HAPPY HOUR'

Super simple page with fun papers completed for my Hawaii Album. 

I also wanted to share a card I made last week. I used my cricut to cut the heart shape card and heart overlay. I added a heart shape brad and buttons.  I just wanted lots and lots of hearts!

This was made for a very special person💗

Enjoy Every day

Tracey x

Lets get Sketchy

Hello and Happy Monday to you!

Today I'm playing along with 'Lets get Sketchy'

What a great sketch! I love doillies......I was so tempted to add them to my page but then thought 'why not mix it up a bit'. At the moment I am really enjoying using cut files on my pages. The idea was to  kind of match the rose in the pattern paper with the die cut. I added vellum to the leaves to create a soft look.

 Hand made flowers, doilies and a pin wheel for my little embellishment cluster

Go HERE  if you would like the free flower cut file. There are lots to choose from.

This past week the weather has really cooled down....perfect for spending time in my craft room.

Happy Creating

Tracey

LOVE PINK

Hey Everyone,

Have you seen the fun challenge at "Sketchy Boards" for June? 

Pink, Flamingos and a great sketch

Lets start with some close ups.

Recently my daughter and I enjoyed a fabulous holiday in Hawaii......this photo was taken in  Victoria Secret. The store display was so cool, a great photo opportunity I thought!

I googled "Victoria Secret" cut file, not really thinking I'd find anything! Bingo.......Perfect!

I kind of followed the sketch.

Can you see my title font is the same as the font in the photo!

Enjoy your week, Happy Creating

Tracey

Adorable

 White with 1 has a fabulous colour inspiration and mood board for May.

Its not hard to guess what I was inspired by😊

How cute is this Bear! I found the cut file HERE. This is a photo of my grandson, his name is 'Will'.  For a little extra detail I added some machine stitching and a twine bow. I wanted to keep the page really simple but the bear did not look right just plonked on the page....then I had the idea to stamp some grass for him to sit on and a few flower shaped buttons. 

It was a fun page to create!

Thank you for stopping by , Happy Crafting

Tracey

Sketchy Boards

Hey Everyone,

I'm a little late posting the latest challenge at "Sketchy Boards" , but I have a good reason, I've been in Hawaii🌴🌺....enjoying a fabulous holiday with my daughter. We took so many photos, expect to see some on  layouts soon.  

Here is the inspiration picture and sketch for May 

As soon as I saw the graffiti wall I knew straight away what photo I was going to use.  I printed it to fit the page! I added a few circle elements from the sketch....Live Love Laugh and Believe are rubons, a few chipboard embellies and a flair. The large title I cut with my cricut.

Its a super simple layout but I love how it turned out.

Have a great week

Happy Crafting

Tracey x

2 Challenges.

Hi Everyone,

 It has been lots of fun having a little more time to scrap and enter some challenges.

I have quite a collection of Floral themed stamps from Altenew.....Thought it was time to put them to used and create a layout for the challenge based on the sketch below.

I have used a combination of 'Beautiful day and Garden treasure ' stamps. Water colours were used to colour them in.

 This is a really special photo of me and my Nana taken on her 100th Birthday. 

Next........Sketchy Boards mini Easter challenge using this pretty picture as inspiration.

Featuring my Grandson ......3 months old, taken on Easter Sunday.

The bunny is part of a cut file I bought on cricut....I enlarged it to fit the page adding some stitching and of course some tiny doilies. I water colored the heart background using a stencil I created on cricut. 

Hope you are enjoying a crafty day.

Tracey x

PRETTY

Hey There,

Its been lots of fun scrapping older photos of my children...adding pages to there albums! 

"White with 1" challenge for April is Pretty and Pink

with this sketch

 My daughter loved to dress up in this costume

I die cut lots of different size butterflies from pretty papers then added my favorite  crochet doily with a

 tiny pink heart buttons.

Its been a wet weekend here...perfect for some crafting time.

Happy Monday to you

Tracey x

Hello world

Hello....Happy Easter to you!

A few weeks ago Virginia from 'Confessions of a Paper Addict" celebrated the opening of her store with a week of challenges using her Cut files. As soon as I saw this floral globe I had to have it!

HELLO WORLD is the title of this page , featuring my cute as grandson!

I'm still stash busting ....lots of old supplies used to embellish. 

Thank you so much for stopping by

Tracey x

FUN

Hey Everyone,

Today I'm playing along with "Lets Get Sketchy" April challenge.

I had fun creating a shaker style star.....I picked a rainbow of colours for the sequins to match the wigs my children are wearing.

The fun papers are from a collection called "Hello Gorgeous" I bought at Aldi.

So Happy to have completed another page for the kids album.

Happy Crafting

Tracey

Time to play catchup!

A trip overseas, a wedding, birthdays and my parents visiting for four days.......it sure has been busy! Yep, its my monthly catch-up😊
First up is September Sketchy Board challenge.

Not a cog or gear to be seen here! I stuck with 'pretty' using a couple different stencils to create the background. 

There is still time to enter...I look forward to seeing what you create!

Next - I used gorgeous 'Mintay' papers to create an origami box with a set of eight mini cards. I had fun sharing this idea with a few ladies at 'The Crafty Chain'

The mini cards are super simple, just a sprinkle of sequins and a variety of sentiments from 'Paper Sweeties'

The weather is warming up, Spring is in the Air!

I have used  'Mintay' Together collection to create this set of 3 Spring Themed shape cards. I used my cricut to cut the card shape .

You can join me next week at 'The Crafty Chain' for this card class, kits will also be available.

Happy creating
Tracey

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