Not Much Going On!

I haven't been doing much card making lately as I have been getting stuck in to my photography course and getting homework, I haven't done that for twenty years! 

I have also been having a play with my blog and changing a few bits. Unfortunately my photos disappeared so I need to add them back on! What do you think?

I made a card for my friend to give to her mum who, as she said, is her best friend and loves lilac. I decided to make the words the most important thing on the card and did this on the PC. My friend then came round and chose this patterned paper from Pink Petticoat which I layered onto some purple and lilac card.

It was also my sister-in-law's 14th birthday and I tried to think of a card that was a little more sophisticated for her.

Again the patterned paper and image is from Pink Petticoat. I'm so glad that I discovered this site as I am not much of a stamper and its helped me with loads of cards!

I have another sister-in-law card and auntie card to post tomorrow, with my husband having seven sisters I make quite alot of them!

Have a lovely week all.

Tracey x

Lots of Birthdays!

Hello Bloggers! Hope you are all having a great week, although its getting cold isn't it! Goodness there seems to be so many birthdays this month! I have used this Pink Petticoat image again for a birthday card for one of our friends. I really like this image as it can be used for anyone! The background paper is from Pink Petticoat too.


I have made a football themed card for my son's football mad friend with an image of the internet.



Finally I made this card as a birthday card for a dear friend but it could equally be used for an engagement, wedding or valentines card.

I have started to look at some more quick and easy Christmas Cards as a lot of my friends have asked me to make some. It is lovely to give a handmade card but when you need 50 or more its not quite so easy or cost effective to have them handmade so I have been looking at ways to produce some cards quickly but with a handmade touch to keep the costs down.





I have downloaded these images from microsoft clip art and added a sentiment at the bottom and also added some bling or glitter. The sentiment can be changed to whatever my friends want and I can add any kind of message on the inside. I'm not suggesting you give these to your nearest and dearest but maybe collegues and those who are not quite so close to your heart, what do you think?

I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend!

Tracey x

Cute little Critter!

Hi all, hope you are all having a good week! The title has nothing to do with my cards but more to do with this funny fella who I caught in the garden yesterday!



The lengths he went to to eat the bird food was so funny and about three foot away there was a squirrel feeder filled with sweetcorn! Anyway he looked like he was having lots of fun in the rain and I shall keep a look out for the little guy today.


I have had another scrapbook class at Sugar and Spice in Barleylands Craft Village this week and I made this page.


I have started a digital photography course and was trying to get the kids to pose for me on the weekend but they just looked un-natural and were quickly getting bored so I said to my son Tom, just laugh! And this was the photo I caught which I really like.

Anyway that was what I decided to use in my layout along with a little note to tell him how much I love him. Going to do one of Olly next but he is always laughing so that one should not be too hard!

It's my friend Liza's twins birthday tomorrow so I have been busy making their cards. I wanted to keep them similar but as one is a girl and the other a boy I decided to change the colours for each of them.

For Max

and for Ella. I have also made a couple of christmas cards to add to the collection.

The stamp is from Docrafts.co.uk and the papers are from Pink Petticoat and then back to the animal theme, I have made this one.

This stamp is from www.anitas-craft.co.uk and coloured rather badly with promarkers.
Anyway just to end this blog on a happy note the little squirrel did manage get something to eat.

But now I have to take the dog for a walk because he is a little bit hyper! Have a good week!


Tracey x

Party Week!

We have had a fab week. It's been Olly's 6th birthday and he requested a Master Yoda card so I trawled the internet until I came up with this image which I coloured, added some glitter and put on a card for my little fella.

I made this one from big brother Tom....

Thankfully he loved them both! After a party for 50 of his closest friends (oh to be 6 again eh!) I needed something relaxing so I turned to scrapbooking.....

I got together with my friend Linzi and we had a go at doing our first scrapbook page without any help. We are a good combination Linzi and I, I have been going on my scrapbook course and had a little knowledge but couldn't get started, Linzi is new to it all and got stuck right in! So together we had a great morning sticking and cutting. This is what I came up with.

I am pleased with it and am now trawling through our photos so that I can do more!

A few friends have also approached me about doing Christmas Cards so I thought that I should come up with some more ideas.

The card above has been put through the Cuttlebug, I then brushed over it with my silver ink pad and then added glamour dust. I did the sentiment on the computer.

The image on this card is a stamp from Inkadinkado which I mounted onto mirri board and added a bit of bling.

Hope you are all having a fantastic week!

Lots of Love Tracey x

Nice and Cosy Indoors!

OOh its horrid outside today, it has been raining all day! But I am nice and cosy indoors and am loving this autumn weather although I can't say that the dog is too impressed!

Its my sister- in- laws birthday on the same day as Olly's next week so I have been busy making her cards so that I can pop them in the post.


I have actually glittered the background paper as well as the image but its not coming out so well on this dull day, believe me, its there! Image and paper is from Pink Petticoat.

I also needed to make a card from the boys so used this microsoft image and added some lovely ribbon that I found in a card shop near to where I live.

I put the TV on this morning and watched a program about the Artic and polar bears and that christmasy feeling came upon me so I made a couple more christmas cards.


I got my delivery of the new I-Top tool yesterday from Crafts U Love and used some of the background paper to make a little brad to finish the card off. I can see me using this alot in the future as its so simple and you get a perfect match to your papers!

This is my first go at a gatefold card, the image is from the Digi Stamp Boutique along with the Father Christmas one used above. I have added some glitter although you can't see it too well at the moment!

Yesterday I joined in on my first blog hop with a Passion for Promarkers. It was for the chance to win the new Promarkers colours that have just come out. It was great fun and lovely to see all the talented design teams cards so if you have a moment, grap yourself a cuppa and have a look!

Have a fantastic week, what ever the weather!

Tracey x

Busy Week!

Its been a really busy but lovely week. I have had my first scrapbook lesson at Sugar and Spice Crafts in Barleylands craft village. It was brilliant, this is what we made.

I can't wait for next week and have definately got the scrapbooking bug. I start a photography course in two weeks with a friend and we are both looking forward to making more of our photos using scrapbooks.

The kids have also gone back to school and have settled in well, Tom is now at the local grammar school, I am so proud of him and he has settled in well. Olly has settled in well too and been a good boy but is not impressed with the amount of work you have to do in Year 1!

Both in different uniforms now, seems strange not to have them at school together!

My husband and I also celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary on Wednesday although we have been together since we were 16! Still going strong, although there was a dodgy moment when I said that his card would not be ready until that evening!

Obviously it had to be handmade and he also said he hoped that it would be a good one, pressure eh! Thankfully he loved it so here's to the next 14 years!

Its Ollys 6th birthday next week and his best friends birthday three days before so I am now trying to do a Star Wars Card and Spongebob Square Pants Card, should be fun!

Have a great weekend all!

Tracey x

My Little Crafting Companion

Well my eldest son Tom has settled into senior school and I have been lucky enough to have a couple of extra days with my little one, Olly before he starts school tomorrow. The little fella seems to have caught the crafting bug as he keeps asking to make cards, so we have settled into the craft room and happily played away with bits of paper, glue and bling of course! Olly made this wonderful creation for me.

These stick ons are from Papermania, Olly also has another card in progress which he has punched holes in and glued on flowers and glitter, I honestly think he is going to be better at this than me! Whilst helping him look through my stash of all things glittery I managed to make my first christmas card with an image downloaded from the DigiStamp Boutique.

I think he is so cute, the papers were a free downloaded from Funky Fairys Papercraft which is another brilliant digi site the link for the papers is here.

I also have a friends birthday coming up so I started to think of gift bags for a few little stamps that I have got her to go along with her main present.

I have used my cricut machine and the Tags, Bags and Boxes cartridge to cut out the templates and then glued them together and added some simple embellishments.



I enjoy making these and have started to think about what I can do for Christmas as my husband has seven sisters and we usually give gift vouchers and chocolates to each of them . This year I would like to make them something a bit special so I will work my way through this cartridge until I find something unique for each of them, watch this space!

Has anyone else started making christmas cards yet? All the craft sites I look at seem to be full of organised people starting their christmas cards, its making me a bit panicky!

Hope you all have a great week, I'm off to enjoy my last day with Olly!

Tracey x