Award..

I received this lovely award from Jude pop on by her blog for some gorgeous creative makes.
Thanks Jude.
I have to nominate 10 others to give this award to....
Katy,Lyn,Susan,Jackie,Maureen,Saskia,Teddyree,Mary,Michelle,Vicki please pass these on to 10 others.

Please pop by there blogs for there latest creative makes and goings on..

hugs

Tracy

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Creative Inspirations challenge 13 and a few challenges....

Over at Creative Inspirations challenge 13 the challenge this week was set by Louise and the theme -make a creative project on the following.....

"Something old something new something borrowed,something blue"

does not have to be a wedding card .... something old...could be something you have had in your stash for a while,new.. can be new papers,new stamp etc,borrowed..can be a topper or embellishment from another card or like me a box i kept my brads in but you need to include something blue somewhere on your project.

Pop on over and check out the fab stash you could win,look forward to seeing every ones creative projects.

This is my DT make -an altered box to hold wooden hearts,each heart has a letter with a tag representing-love,cherish,happiness,trust and joy with a little card to match.

Sorry about the pics will take some more later.

My crafty ingredients:

Something old-Hatpins

Something new-Ribbon,hearts

Something borrowed-plain brown box that housed my brads

Something blue-luv this basic grey paper with the faded blue flowers in the background

Also fits in with a few challenges over at

Charisma cardz- challenge 27 "alter it" so think my box and hearts should fit the bill.

Rosie-Dees -week 42 theme "Weddings"

Papertake weekly challenge-My favourite things...well you all know how much i luv my hearts and i adore this basic grey paper and with a box thrown in i am in heaven,lol.

Thanks for looking

hugs

Tracy

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Clean up!!!!

Hello and hope you are all having a good time and enjoying the lovely weather,popped on to share a few piccies of our beautiful niece Niamh..after a hectic feeding time some clean up was needed before we saw her mummy,no bath just a shower in our house so our sink came in real handy,lol...i can remember baths in sinks can you?

Wooden spoons make great toys and Niamh loved the noise she could make banging away on the sink!!!!

What can i say but we were exhausted!!!!!We sneaked upstairs,played with the cuddly toys and ended up snoozing away with golly inbetween us..........then Alex snuck up and took this picture and we where blissfully unaware as you can see.

Have printed of the second picture and framed it for Niamhs mum who has had a rough time off it lately and it made her day and i have it framed and on show at the .......kitchen sink windowsill!!!

Take care everyone

luv n hugs

Tracy

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Awards to all my followers and anyone lovely enough to pop on by...

I would like to pass on these lovely awards from Glitzzy and Vicki to all my lovely faithful followers and everyone who pops by my little piece of blogland, please feel free to copy and post them to your blog and thank you for all your continued support even though i haven`t managed to be around as much,popping on and finding all your lovely comments you have left brightens even the gloomiest of days.

So thank you each and everyone of you also to my new followers!!!

Big hugs and marshmallow kisses

Tracy

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I would like to pass on this blog award from Jude to Lyn over on Spyders corner for making me laugh on the odd morning i get a chance to pop over and for all her lovely comments and support. Thanks Lyn.

hugs and big marshmallow kisses

Tracy
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Creative Inspirations challenge 12

This week over at Creative Inspirations challenge 12 has been set by Maxine,a creative project but must be a Fathers Day/male card following the above sketch.

Fantastic prize up for grabs sponsored by Craftie-Charlie so pop on over to the challenge site and check it out and look forward to seeing everyones crafty creations.

This is my DT card using We R Memory Keepers papers,"Porridge" Sugar Nellie stamp,chalks and metal buttons.

Thanks for looking

hugs n stuff

Tracy

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Stars and stripes....Crafty creations challenge

Over on the Scrappers Delight forum i have joined in the fun with a card group and for our first swap the theme is" 4th July" decided to go down a traditional route ,although roughed up and shabby,lol.
Downloaded some free papers added a cocktail stick for a flag pole,wooden star altered with paper,stitching cause i luv the sewing machine and as my youngest Kane said"wheres the fireworks?"added some glitter to the stars and stripes for a wee bit off sparkle.
Over at Crafty Creations the theme this week is Stars and Stripes so going to enter it into the challenge.
Thank you for stopping by
hugs
Tracy
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Blog awards...

I have been so lucky to receive some fantastic awards from some lovely people lately and will wear them with pride on my little blog ,i am touched that you all thought off me and to receive such fab awards makes my heart sing!!

{well if i actually sung you would all disappear,lol}

The first award is from the lovely Vicki.

The next two awards are from the lovely Glitzzy.

The next one is from the lovely Jude.

Thank you from the very bottom of my heart i was touched to receive these fantastic awards,i appreciate each and everyone and will give them out over the next few days.

Please stop on by these lovely ladies blogs for inspiration as they all have fantastic crafty projects.

hugs and big fat kisses mwahhhh

Tracy

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ps and a very warm welcome to the lovely people who have became followers and look forward to stopping by soon and paying you a visit.

big hugs

tracy

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Fathers day card....

Oooooh got a tiny bit of time to craft on Saturday night and made this card for my fantastic Dad!!
Using some of my fav manufacturers papers-cosmo cricket and Bazzil card stock,Pink paislee flower,thickers alphabet...hmmm think the D`s look slightly odd but then so am i so thats okaydokey,lol all from last months scrapagogo kit and velvet brad from my stash oops and the wonky tonky sewing machine off course.
Thanks for looking
catch up with you all soon
hugs
Tracy
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Thank you to all you lovely bloggers.....mwahhhhh

Big kisses and marshmallow hugs to you all!!!!!
Came on to post my take on the new challenge and wow what a lovely thing to come on to my neglected blog and find such lovely comments from you all,thankyou each and everyone of you they are soooo appreciated and i know i say it a lot at the moment but i am sorry i am not around as much and i am missing crafting and visiting all your lovely blogs and will try and get round for a visit at some point before the week is out.
Came in from work this morning to find that Rosie had been sick and now Storm is being sick too so between trying to put my post up and running around manically with a cloth wiping up after them and running out back hosing the sick away well jeez i am tired out already,lol!!!
Rosie has her next set of injections either tomorrow or Wednesday so if things havent settled down Alex will take them both to the vets for a check up as well......eeeekkkk my life has turned upside down,round and round.....thinking of the song and humming away..yep mad as ever!!!!
Well sadly i must go and get on before Rosie gets up into mischief and make sure Storm is okay.
Look forward to catching up with you all but till then
chin chin cheerio
hugs
Tracy
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DT Creative Inspirations Challenge 11....and Crafty creations challenge and caardvarks..

Challenge 11 has been set by Jude and the theme is anything but a card or ATC so let your imagination run wild and happy crafting!!!!

Prize for this challenge is 30 yep 30 12x12 papers so go get crafting and check it out over at the Creative inspirations challenge blog.

What with having a pup in the house and work i dont have much time at the moment for my blog or crafting but am managing {just,lol}to keep up with my commitment to the DT soooooo what was i going to make hmmm?

Welcome to...."Home to Roost" a birdbox that Alex has had a sitting about outside waiting to go up...so i snaffled it and with the help of some Basic grey papers and bits and bobs and Rosie getting in the way grabbing rolls of tape,ribbons and buttons and me chasing her i finally managed to alter it.

I like how it turned out but my pictures don`t do it justice as it was dull and raining at the time so will try and get round to taking more...if it ever stops raining that is,lol.

Well thank you for looking and hope you like it.

hugs from me

tracy

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I am going to enter this in a challenge over at Crafty creations challenge...challenge 20...

the theme is how does your garden grow and can be anything from tools a scene or anything you find in your garden.

Also along at caardvarks the challenge is Depth perception so hope this meets the criteria.

thanks for looking

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Creative Inspirations challenge 10.....

Hi this is my take for the DT over at Creative Inspirations challenge,challenge 10 is a colour combo-Blue and brown and the prize is to be part of the DT for 3 months so pop on over and join in the fun.
I only had 3 sheets of 12x12 papers that were blue and brown so after much head scratching and humming and awing decided to make a baby matchbook album,keepsake heart and little gift card...wheeew with Rosie the pup around it was no easy feat..she scrabbles around trying to eat and chew oh and not forgetting nip all my papers hmmmmm and at the mo she is on my lap and not a happy puppy cause she wants wants to be down and getting into mischief!!!!Anyway thanks for looking and sorry i dont have much time at the moment but hopefully things will settle down soon.

Thanks so much to everyone who has stopped by and left a comment,i havent forgotten you all and will be round to pay a visit soon.

Till then luv and marshmallow hugs to you all

i am off to see to Storm and Rosie

tracy

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Fat page....Love,Romance and Hearts

Had to get up at 5am on Saturday morning to do this fat page before anyone or...dogs got up.... so i could craft,lol!!I am not kidding i can tell you for once the house was quiet and only the birds cheeping outside could be heard..ahhh bliss for the first time this week.I love Rosie the pup but boy is she a lot of work...puppy tornado.....lol.

I used papers from the scrapagogo kit and 3 wooden hearts in different sized,ribbon and the sewing machine,nowadays i seem to be using it for all my projects they never feel finished unless i have stitching on it.The theme was hearts,love and romance and the swap is held over a

crafts beautiful forum if you fancy joining in with any swaps.Well thats all for now and looking forward to having the time soon to pop round and visit you all.

luv n hugs

Tracy

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Surprise....

Well everyone this is our surprise....a new addition to our family "Rosie" and she is 8weeks old and a border terrier.

Alex took me out a few weeks ago saying he had a surprise for me....hmmm i thought it must be a piece of driftwood for the garden,lol,boy oh boy after knowing each other for almost 23 years he had managed to leave me in shock and speechless which is no mean feet i can tell you.We always said no more pets as when you lose them it is hard!!!!Storm is now 11years and so canny and loving i never thought we would have any more he hadn`t even so much as hinted.

Taken a few weeks since then to get my head round having another pet but she is adoreable and Storm seems curious,she has been introduced to all the family and as you can see she is all tuckered out...either that or traumatised,hahahahaha.I didn`t tell mum or dad about Rosie and it was killing them wondering what the surprise was they even thought i was pregnant,lol.Everyone is really taken with her and the boys are really happy thankgoodness as they only found out when we brought her home today.

Have to admit to feeling pretty tuckered out myself but wanted to pop on and let you see what the surprise was,sorry not been visiting but hopefully through the week i will get a chance.

Till then

love and hugs

to you all

and will let you see pics soon of my craft space.

tracy

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Hope you all had a nice weekend.

6X6 scrap pages.....

These are the 6x6 page swaps i made for the crafts beautiful forum and phew so glad i got them finished and will be in the post tomorrow.Was starting to think i would never manage to get round to getting them done!!!!

I used the Little shoebox papers and die cuts oh and the wonky tonky sewing machine,lol that actually behaved itself thank goodness.The little houses,trees and lamppost i cut out from the background paper,not usually into doing something so, well fiddly, but they where so cute.I included a wee drop pics of Edinburgh...love Edinburgh and the festival in the summer is a must see...street performers everywhere!!!!

If you visit Scotland then you have to go, you will not be disappointed even on a dreek grey rainy day,lol,if anything it looks even better from the old town{my fav} to the new town.

Although i got my pages completed i haven`t started my housework yet,yikes will post this then get on.The time seems to be flying by at such a speed,can you believe it is Thursday again already?

The new craft space outside is up now and woohooo can hardly wait to get all my crafty stash in,alex is painting it then insulating the inside wahhhhh like a young one waiting for Santa to come,lol!!

The garden is a bit of a bombsite at the mo but soon as i can will take some piccies....was lying down at the back window on Tuesday night when i came in from work dreaming ..........sad i know but soooo excited to at last have somewhere to go and craft in and not have to tidy it away all the time.

But for now housework is calling me{arghhh} so for now

chin chin cheerio

luv n hugs

Tracy

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Sneaky peek.....

A little sneaky peek at my card for the swap.. "Where In The World Are You" over on Scrappersdelight forum.
I came across My Little Shoebox Papers and fell in love,bright colours for me which i don`t use often but thoroughly enjoyed working with and have started to use them for another swap i am part of over on crafts beautiful 6x6 page swap title-Home.
When doing this swap my printer went wonky.....Alex tried to fix it but in the end opted to buy more ink and hey presto it works only for the..
...sewing machine to go all wonky,thought it was headed for the sewing machine cemetry i can tell you but after much tinkering,few choice words yeahhhh it worked.
Once Rebecca has recieved the card will post more piccies up and my page swaps once i have them finished

Forest craft man is out back banging away putting up my shed yeahhhhh music to my ears,so excited at getting a space all for "Me" to craft in.
Going to go for now and have a little peek...
so for now
chin chin cheerio
tracy
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Creative Inspirations challenge 9....

This weeks challenge over on Creative Inspirations is "Favourite stamped image" pop on over and check it out for a chance to win some prima flowers.
My ingredients...
Joanna Sheen stamp{one of the on the beach stamps}
Mixture of My Minds Eye papers
Brown ink pad to make the papers aged
Cosmic shimmer
Sewing machine
I dithered over this one as i don`t do a lot of stamping and panicking" eeek" what am i gonna do!!!
I don`t have a lot of stamps but splashed out a year or two ago and bought "on the beach set" and i do love them,i don`t colour them in as i like the natural look but i did use a little cosmic shimmer for the water.
I used the brown ink pad for the image and all around the papers to make them look older,i know its not everyones thing but i like the aged look,lol and wanted a soft effect on the papers.
Hauled out the sewing machine for some stitching and all done.
Note to self to do more stamping!!!!!
Thanks for looking
hugs n stuff
Tracy
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New challenge blog.....

New challenge blog to launch on June 1ST- "The Next Level"is the exciting new concept of Dawn (All Pink Girl) and Ann (Madgesty - Love to Create) probably better known as blog name Madge. They aim to have a new informative style of blog not only to produce really creative Weekly Challenges that are not tied to any specific brand, but also to explore new avenues, ideas and techniques with a completely fresh approach."

Check out the fantastic blog candy above to be given away on the launch day.

hugs n stuff

Tracy

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Thank you Lyn.....

A lovely award kindly given from Lyn over at Spyders corner pop on over and check out her amazing blog and i mean amazing!!!!
Thank you Lyn for thinking of me,visiting your blog is always a giggle and i always look forward to seeing what you have been up to,lol!
Will pass this amazing award out soon.
But for now
chin chin cheerio
tracy
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Blog award...

I received this lovely award from the lovelyCheryl and Rebecca thank you both very much for thinking of me,means a lot please pop on over and pay them a visit.
The rules are -

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award"

Lynn

Teddyree

Emilie

Skylark

Michelle

Andria

Chloe

Tigerlover

Clarky j

I will pop back later and post more later.

hugs n stuff

Tracy

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Big hugs and thankyous.....

Just wanted to let you all know how much i appreciate you all for popping over here and for leaving such lovely comments....they always make me smile!!!!
If i am not around much at the moment its because things are hectic here due to decorating the house ,work and trying to reshuffle the back garden....no my back garden is not a pack of cards,hahahahahaha my wonderful husband Alex has bought me a shed for my special birthday later on in the year,it has a stable door,4 opening windows and another 2 windows at the side and due to arrive on the 19th..so lots going on and oh did i mention i haven`t even got my veg planted yet!!!!
Anyhooo i promise if i do not get the chance to pop over to your lovely blogs in blogland before the weekend then i will visit you all on Saturday{Alex is having a break and off out through the day}and do you want" cake and tea" when i pop over???
Let me know and look forward to catching up then with all your beautiful makes.
Till then
chin chin cheerio
hugs n stuff
the mad woman!!!!!
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