Exciting News NEWS FLASH Distress Ink Class Launched

Hellooooo everyone,

Hope your all having a great weekend.  I have some really exciting news to share with you........ I have done a distress ink class for the awesome Kit and Clowder website and it has just gone live, eeeeekkkk Soo excited, so if you interested in learning about distress inks then hop on over to the Kit and Clowder site HERE.

I really hope you like it.  It's packed full of information on distress ink markers/pads/re-inkers,papers and brushes and lots more.  It is for distress colourists of all levels and comes with 5.5 hrs of videos covering two images from start to finish and a 35 PDF printable booklet.  As with all of Alyce's classes, you can take it at your own pace and it is available for a lifetime and you will get feedback on the images in the classroom.  Enough of me telling you about it, click HERE and all the details will be revealed.

Here's a reminder of the card that I made using Marci from LaLaLand. 

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Hope to see you there.

Hugs Tracy x

Summer Stroll

Hello Everyone,

It's Monday again and that means it's time for my LLC DT card and this week the team are concentrating on the theme of "Birds".  I have chosen a Sarah Kay image, soooo adore these images.  She's looking over the fence but peeping at her just on the right are two birds flying in.  These were cut from the Pion Design Almas Images 12x12 sheet.

I have used the gorgeous new REPRINT paper Rose Garden, edged with a little gesso.  It's beautiful.  The numbers are from Marianne Designs March Release collectables. They come with two stamps. I used versatile ink and white embossing powder and chose the dotty background stamp for this card.

I have also used the edging strip from the Maya Design Sofiero Rose Path, along with some of the new pink Reinette lace, OMG I loved the cream and now I have pink to love too.  I also added a strip of the Moulin Rouge lace too, another firm favourite.

You will notice a sprinkline of shabby blue frantage around the image too and a little shabby heart of the right hand side.

Have you seen the new Kort and Godt curly roses.  Oh my I love them.  I got them in 3 of the colours and my sister came round and then I was left with half packets, how does that work, lol.  I have used a couple of the blue ones on the arrangement, all links at the bottom.

Have a good week everyone.

Hugs Tracy x

Reprint - My Rose Garden	Maja Design - Sofiero Limited Edition - Strolling Down The Rose Path	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Kitchen Craft Cheese Cloth	Lace "Reinette" (40mm)
Lace " Moulin Rouge" (27mm)	Shabby Blossom Flower Sprays	Melissa Frances Resin Embellishment - Beautiful Butterflies	Shabby Bark Hearts (30mm)	WOC Cosmos Daisies
WOC Open Roses, 20mm	WOC Open Roses, 10mm	Flower Sprays	Foam Flower Buds	Prima Fabric Flowers "Chantelle Medallion"

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Good Old London Town

Hello Everyone,

Well can you believe we are in November and time again for another challenge at BunnyZoe.  This month the theme is Shabby Chic, woo hoooooo, one of my favourites.  Magnolia images, love these two, the vintage photo booth and London Tilda, two of my new favourites.  The paper is also by Magnolia 12x12 Hydrangea and double sided too.... I really enjoyed putting this together.  The telephone booth had a couple of cobble stones to the front so I drew lots more, making it look like a cobbled path.

I have also used the Magnolia Doohickey Paris Nights, love this old fashioned lamp.

You will also notice I have cut the butterflies out of the matching paper, this die is a new release from Noor Design, aren't they gorgeous, another new favourtie die.

The leaves were cut using a Marianne Design Swirls and Leaf die, all links at the bottom of the post.  If I've missed anything, just drop me an email, I'm always in a rush and quite often forget something.

The beautiful lace is from the Ribbon Girl.

Ingredients:-

London Tilda

Vintage Photo Booth

Magnolia Blue Vintage Hydrangea 12x12 Paper

Flower Heart Charm

Magnolia doohickey Paris Nights

Magnolia doohickey so wrapped lovely tag die

Leaves from the Marianne Design Craftables Swirls and Leaves 3 (CR1245)

Tim Holtz Distess Markers

THIS CARD HAS BEEN SOLD

Hugs Tracy

Warm Wishes and Some Exciting News

Morning Everyone,

I am sooo excited to share with you today my DT card for LLC and also............ OMG I can't believe it........ yes, Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.  Thank you Angie for accepting me into your fabulously talented Design Team, I am over the moon happy :)

Where was I, oh yeah.  Well I am sooooo pleased to show you the soon to be released Little Darlings "Snowflake Ballet" that was revealed at CHA recently.  I used my distress ink markers and was soooo pleased with her that I couldn't wait to share, so I teamed her up with all my favourite papers and embellishments from that gorgeous embellishment shop Live and Love Crafts, who are now stock Wild Orchid Craft Flowers, yum, yum, it just gets better.

The theme that the girls are following over at LLC is ..... "our favourite colours".  Well this was hard for me as I have so many, so I have thought long and hard about it and I think if I had to pick just one colour combo it would have to be blue, cream and white, love these colours.  So this is what I came up with.

I have made another wintery card,  and the text "WARM" was stamped out of another soon to be released Little Darlings Stamp Set of Letters.  They are little scrabble letters and I love this type of lettering on my cards.

The papers aren't christmas papers but like I say about the snow tex, that isn't just for Christmas, well papers aren't just for birthdays to me.  Speaking of snow tex, yes it has been out again.  The snow was added by liquid pearls and heated with a heat gun, then I added some snow tex, love the result.

The collage below showing some of my favourite embellies. Melissa Frances resin frame and vintage findings pearl centres added to a poinsetta and not forgetting the little angel.

Before I go Angie sent me some Tsukineko Tack and Peel.  It's fabulous and as I hadn't heard of it before I thought you guys might not have.  It's available from Little Darlings HERE.  It's clear and sticks onto your acrylic block and then you just place your stamps directly onto it.  No more adding pritt stick or tombo glue to the back of your unmounted stamps, and no more being a victim of leaving the lid off and the glue going off and then not being able to stamp.

Hugs Tracy

Busy Little Gardeners

Morning Crafters,

It's a bank holiday in the UK today and the sun is set to shine, yippeeee.  Well my Son has started to venture off on longer journey's in the car on his own this weekend and it's kinda of weird.  I'm so used to having him home that he left after Hubby had programmed the Satnat to avoid the motorway, and me and Hubby went for a walk with Ollie.  I said goodbye to my Daughter and reminded her to lock up after she goes out for the evening.  We arrived back home an hour later and I said to my Husband have you got the key..... he looked at me and said no, have you.. Lol, we were locked out.   I had to call my Daughter and ask her to come home to let us in, she wasn't happy with us, lol. Guess we'll get used to noone being at home anymore.... sob, sob, sob. 

My card today is my DT card for Live and Love Crafts, the theme that the DT are following this week is "Animals".  The Girls are really so talented that hop on over and become a follower if you aren't already, you won't want to miss the inspiration and all those yummy goodies that LLC stock. I have used a Lili of the Valley image,  and water coloured with distress inks, aren't these two gardeners just the cutest.  The laces are absolutely gorgeous and I have used 3 varieties, all thumbnail links below as usual.

The beautiful papers are by MajaDesign Vintage Summer Basics 1921, really love this paper, in fact I have just ordered some more, lol.

 The mini bark heart was stamped with the text from the Magnolia Butterfly kit.  The wooden butterfly was embossed with the shabby white frantage and an Idea-ology game spinner and pearl added to the centre.

I have used shabby rose frantage on the 2mm beads around the image. Add edges have been distressed with gesso and snowtex.  The little watering can charm is from TheRibbonGirl and perfect for these little cuties.

Hugs Tracy x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Inky chicks - Shabbychic
Creative Craft - All about animals
Fashionista - Shabby/vintage

Maja Design � Vintage Summer Basics -1921	Mini Bark Hearts (25mm)	Maya Road Wood Butterflies	Melissa Frances Resin Embellishment - Garnish Applique	Stampendous Fran-táge Embossing Enamels
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Pearl String, 2mm pearls	Poppies	Kort & Godt Hortensias	Flower Sprays
Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinners	Lace "Reinette" (40mm)	Lace "La Vie En Rose" (35mm)	Rhinestones Lace (12mm)
Snow Tex

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