Woooh... Spooky!

I can't believe that this is my last GDT card for Cupcake Craft Challenges! The weeks have just flown by.  Thank you so much for having me, Cupcakes - I've loved every minute.

So, what's our challenge theme this week?  It's "Witches and Pumpkins". If you're anything like me, even though you don't "do" Hallowe'en, you still have to make a couple of cards, don't you?

I went for the (nearly) CAS look this time:

I love colouring this Tiddlyinks image! I used Copics (C0-09) for her dress, hair and hat. The dark red accents on her clothes are Copics R59 and R89; I used a silver Promarker for the buckle on her hat.

My card base is made from Bazzill cardstock and I cut a fancy Nestie rectangle from the same card.  Underneath that you can just see a strip of Basic Grey DP from the Little Black Dress collection.  I didn't have flowers in the right colour, so I took some WOC white roses and spritzed them with Charcoal and Pearl Glimmer Mist. 

The Cupcakes have made the most gorgeous Hallowe'en creations for you, so I hope you can go over and take a look.  This week we're sponsored by

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Something Scary
Tiddlyinks Challenge - Hallowe'en

It was back to work for me today and my suspicion that I've got a manic couple of weeks ahead was confirmed.  On the plus side, at least life is never dull!

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Hugs

Tracey xx

Hallowe'en Tilda

I'm getting myself ready to go back to school tomorrow and thought I'd take a break to show you a wee Hallowe'en creation.

I cut a fancy border from black glitter card using a Martha Stewart PATP, then layered Bazzill cardstock and black DP (Basic Grey Eerie, I think).   I painted Tilda using Distress Markers and cut her out.  I stamped the moon from the Magnolia Sports/Space collection and painted that using Pumice Stone Distress Ink.  Now for the fun part: after covering everything in sight with newspaper, I masked the moon with a post-it and squirted the watercolour card square with various Glimmer Mists - Charcoal, Pearl and Dazzling Diamonds.  I also sprinked a little bit of Glamour Dust here and there. The end result is quite effective irl.

I cut the swirls (Memory Box) and bats (CC Designs) from the same black glitter card; I had to chop up the swirls a bit to get them to go in the direction I wanted.  You can't tell from the photo, but Tilda is mounted on a piece of coiled wire so that she bobs about on her broomstick!

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Dieing for a Challenge - Hallowe'en
Live and Love Crafts - Hallowe'en/Autumn Colours
Simply Magnolia - Sparkle and Swirls

It was lovely having an extra hour this morning, but it's only mid-afternoon and it's nearly dark!  Time to light the fire, I think.

Hugs

Tracey xx

What's Cooking?

Hello everyone! It's a chilly morning here in SW Scotland, but gorgeous nonetheless. It's amazing how blue sky and sunshine can take your mind off the bitterly cold wind coming down from the North!

We have a new challenge for you at Sweet Stampin' today: What's Cooking (or something to eat).  We'd like to see your food-themed creations this week - stamped, of course.

When I was trying to decide which stamp to use for my DT card it occurred to me that all of my food related stamps have cakes on them.  I wonder why that would be..?

I masked the little hAnglar & StAnglar girl with the kitchen stamp from the same kit and coloured them with my Copics.  It doesn't really show in the photo, but there's some crackle glaze on the water jug and glitter on the cupcake.

The DP is from an Authentique Christmas pad and I used the Cheery Lynn corners again.  Check out the little food mixer charm! I can't remember where I got it but I've been dying to use it for ages! 

Make yourself a cuppa and go over to Sweet Stampin' to check out what my lovely teamies have made to inspire you. We have digis from Whimsy Stamps  as our prize this week and Joanna Sheen gives away a voucher each month to one randomly chosen entry.  Hope you can join in!

Hugs

Tracey x

Pieced Off!!!

Isn't this just the best title for a challenge?  I've know about it for a few weeks and it still makes me giggle!  It's new challenge day at Cupcake Craft Challenges and this week we'd like to see paper piecing on your creations, please!

It's my penultimate week as a Guest Cupcake (where did the time go?) and I've been having a fabulous time. Here's my take on this week's challenge:

I've used a Stamping Bella image and paper pieced the dresses. I put some Glossy Accents on the glasses and a tiny pearl for the cherry in the cocktail.  The papers are all from an Authentique paper pad and I cut the various shapes using Doohickey, Dienamics and CC dies. The sentiment is a Sizzix rub-on which I've had for ages!

I really hope you can join in this week's Cupcake Challenge.  There are some great prizes lined up; we're being sponsored by

and

Freckled Fawn are giving away a $15 voucher and Paper Pretties have digis up for grabs.  So why not make yourself a cuppa and hop over to see what the Cupcakes have made to inspire you?

Have a great day!

Hugs

Tracey xx

Keeping it simple

I've been trying the mono look with my Copics again.  I thought this Tiddlyinks image would suit the CAS treatment:

I used my square Nesties and the tan mat to emboss the borders onto plain white cardstock.  The image mat is cut from black Bazzill and all I had to do after that was add some black gems.

While I'm here, I should tell you that we started a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' today - Hallowe'en! The Team Fi Sweeties have made the most spookily amazing creations to inspire you, so do hop over  and join in the fun.

I thought I'd enter my card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Clean and Simple
Deep Ocean Challenges - Anything Goes

Enjoy the rest of your evening!

Hugs

Tracey xx

Two's Company

It's time for a Cupcake (yes, I know - it's always time for a cupcake).  I'm loving being a guest Cupcake Craft Challenges this month!

This week's challenge is Two's Company, so we'd like to see two images on your design.  We're sponsored this time by My Mum's Craft Shop and the Stamp Fairy who are giving away a £10 and $10 store voucher respectively.  The Stamp Fairy also gave us some images to play with.  Here's mine:

I coloured the image with Copics and white gel pen.  The paper is by Magnolia and I splodged all round the edges with Picket Fence Distress Stain. I used a Doohickey die to cut the snowflakes and added a few little pearls here and there.  A touch of Glamour Dust and some sheer ribbon et voilà!

Do hop over here to see what the Cupcakes have made to inspire you - hope you can join in the fun this week!

Hugs

Tracey x

Ribbon and/or Trim

It's time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia.  This fortnight we'd like to see ribbon or another form of trim on your creations, please. 

I'm enjoying using my autumn colours at the moment, so here's my card:

The DP is from the MME Fine and Dandy (Boy) pad and I added gold coloured roses, pearls and a heart-shaped doily from Wild Orchid Crafts, together with some brown velvet ribbon from my stash. The swirl is cut from a  Memory Box die.  I painted Tilda with my Distress Markers - I love the warm yellows and oranges in this range.

My teamies at LhoSM have made some lovely creations to inspire you, so I hope you'll be able to hop over and join in with us.  We are lucky to be sponsored by Live and Love Crafts for this challenge and this is a prize I'd love to win:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs

Tracey x

Woo Hoo! Yay! and all that...

It's the holidays and boy, am I ready for them! I'm looking forward to getting some quality time with the Boy Wonder and working my way through my list of things to do in preparation for that thing in December which starts with a C!

Another cause for celebration is that it's Saturday and that means a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin'!  This week we'd like to see your take on Autumn Leaves and/or Trees.  I usually love this time of year although I know that for some of you lately the weather has been causing all sorts of problems.  I do hope you're all cosy, safe and warm.

Here's my DT card:

I painted Tilda with my Distress Markers and added a metal corner from Wild Orchid Crafts, which I'd splodged with Picket Fence Distress Stain.  The paper is from the Basic Grey Curio pad; I love the fact that these papers all have a slightly distressed edge to them, which I've just roughed up a bit with the Timmy thingy.  The chipboard corners (wish I could remember where these came from) have also had a coat of Distress Stain and a dab of ink too.  I used some Basic Grey fibres and a strip of lace to break up the DT a bit.  The flowers and leaves are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the Doohickey heart has had a good rub down with an inky piece of foam!

Hope you can join in the fun with us this week. We have a fabulous prize on offer from this week's sponsors Lili of the Valley:

Off to do the housework now.  Can think of plenty of things I'd rather be doing but at least today once it's done I should be able to find some time to make a card or two.

Have a lovely day.

Tracey xx

It's definitely Autumn...

For those of you who are unsure and, like me, have been under the impression that it's been Autumn since the middle of June, I can tell you that this lovely season has now started.  Officially.  Why am I so certain? Because that's the theme of our challenge over at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week!

Here's my Guest Cupcake card

 

 

I used one of my all-time favourite hAnglar images for this one.  There is something about this stamp - the simplicity of it, maybe - that really appeals to me and she is a joy to colour.  I stuck with E number Copics and added a little Distress Ink around the edge of the Nestie.  The fence is a Doohickey die cut which also had some DI splodged over it.  I love the papers - MME and Basic Grey, I think.  The flowers are of course from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

I hope you can join in with us at Cupcake this week.  Do hop on over here to check out the DT creations - they really are fabulous!

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes

Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes

 

Hugs

 

Tracey

 

Just a quickie

I'm running late and won't have a card until tomorrow, but I must let you know that the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Through the Window".  Hop on over here to see what the Sweeties have made to inspire you this week.

Hugs

Tracey xx

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink was one of my favourite films when I was younger - I loved all of the Brat Pack stuff.  Over at Cupcake this week we're celebrating the colour pink as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Some of you will know that my sister is currently fighting this horrible disease and not so long ago one of my best friends also had to go through  months of chemo and feeling pretty rotten.  Still, the good news is that my sister is now halfway through her chemo so we can start counting the weeks back to normality.  As for my lovely Marianne, she's now had her first haircut since her treatment finished and she's looking and feeling fabulous!

So, here's my first card as a Guest Cupcake for October:

I love this Saturated Canary image. She's a joy to colour, too.  I made another centre step card (still can't find the link to the tutorial, but I'll keep looking!). I used Prima 12 x 12" paper, which I prefer to their pads because they tend to be double sided and they are a similar weight to cardstock.  I cut a little heart Doohickey tag and used some Doodlebug rubons to write the sentiment.  Liquid pearls and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts are the only embellies so that the image can take centre-stage.

I do hope you'll play along with our Think Pink challege at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week.  The Cupcakes have made the most gorgeous designs to inspire you, so do go over and take a look.  There are prizes too!

Have a lovely week, everyone and remember to check those boobs!

Hugs,

Tracey xx