Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Week 184: Red & White - Sami Stamps

Good Morning and welcome to another fabulous themed challenge over at Glitter N Sparkle.

This week we have some amazing sponsors and my chosen sponsor is Sami Stamps

I just love their images and have purchased several of them.

So which image did I chose?

Well I got this gorgeous design:

Blossom Girl

So the theme set is Red & White

And here is what I have created:

I kept it simple as I think it looks more effective.

I coloured the image with Promarkers: Lipstick Red, Berry & Poppy for the dress,

Skin: Blush, Saffron & Pastel Pink

Hair: Primrose, Pastel Yellow & Mustard

Flowers: Crimson

I have used the Promarker blender pen to add shading to the dress.

The backing is a gorgeous Red Polka dot card stock from Anna-Marie Designs purchased at the NEC and I have used a Stamp Set by Stampin Up for the sentiment in the top corner.

White satin ribbon tied in the corner and then I have added red & white pearls to add final details.

I love this image and have coloured it in a few other colours too ready to make more cards.

I hope you like the image and will pop over to take a look at Sami Stamps or pop over to Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog to take part in the Red & White challenge theme.

Happy Crafting

Hugs

Tracey 

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Couple in love - Anniversary card ideas

I am trying to make a big push with blogging and entering some challenges and I have to say I love Sami Stamps so when I saw that they were hosting a fabulous challenge with a theme of 'Add pearls or Beads' I thought ooh why not have a go and submit an entry, so here it is:

I coloured the image using Letraset promarkers and went with an older couple

I coloured their hair in shades of cool greys and warm grey's

Skin is Blush, Saffron and Pastel Pink

The lady's dress is done with Marsh Green & Olive Green

The gentleman's attire is Grey green for the jumper and then beige on the trousers.

The backings are from my off cuts box and I have cut the pennant shapes out for added detail on the cards. The sentiment is a Woodware stamp set from Truly Inspired Crafts called Jane's Script.

I have added some pearls to finish the card.

Love the digital images by Sami Stamps and I would love to win some new images, so I've got my fingers crossed :)

Thanks for looking 

Hugs

Tracey 

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Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Week #173 - Wet or Dry Emboss

Good morning an welcome to this weeks inspiration card which I have made for the fabulous

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog

This week we have had some fantastic designers (Lemon Shortbread , Lacy Sunshine, Arti Doodles) offering great prizes for your entries and one of those Sponsors was the very talented team over at ArtiDoodles

I chose the image called : Dragon Dreams

Here is my finished card

My embossing elements for the challenge brief are the wood effect dry embossed using a Darise Folder and I also wet embossed the 'Hug Me' Sentiment using clear embossing powder.

Here is a close up of the lovely image, I did go for a slightly unusual colour scheme on this one but it looks amazing.

I colour her with my Promarkers

Skin - Pastel Green , Soft Green & Mint Green

Hair - Grey Green and Soft Green

Tongue - Olive Green

Lips - Pale Pink

Dragon -  Herb Green & Khaki

Nails on the lady - Khaki

I have added Glossy Accents to the eyes on the lady and the dragon.

A close up of the Sentiment which I have wet embossed and turned in to a tag for the card.

The card was made from my scraps box of left overs so a real mixture involved.

If you would like to join in the fun over at the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog

then click on the link and submit your entry, We all look forward to seeing your entries.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs

Tracey 

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Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog Week # 172 Inspired by Songs

Good Morning and welcome to this week's Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog

This Week's theme is

Creations inspired by songs.

What a fun challenge and we all had great fun choosing our images for this week.

Now I got Bugaboo Images to choose from and I decided on the Song 

' Working 9-5' by the legend that is Dolly Parton

Here is the card I have created with this theme

The image is called Frame it - Escape Key and I have teamed it up with work like backing papers and added wooden clocks to represent how we all sit there waiting for end of the day to come around. I have finished the card with ribbon from Meiflower crafts and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

Here is a close up of the image which I have coloured using Letraset Promarkers.

Colours used are:

Primrose, Pastel Yellow & Mustard for the Hair

Blush, Saffron & Pastel Pink for Skin

Wild Cranberry - Glasses

Cobalt blue - Clock

Ice Grey 2, warm Grey 3 & Coo Grey 5 - PC

Ice Grey 1 & Pastel Beige - Filling Cabinet

Pink Carnation & Wild Cranberry - Mug

Herb Green, Grey Green & Ivory - Books

Orchid & Bluebell - Jumper

Gold - Pencil

CG5 - Chair

Saddle Brown - Coffee

Chilly red - Heart

Ice Grey 1 - Escape Key

Sandstone & Cinnamon - Desk

Cool Grey 1 - Outline of image

Just a few colours :)

Loved doing this one.

Now I also helped cover one of our team as Chris was unable to do this weeks challenge.

So here is my second card

Now this one was already picked but I have chosen the song:

'With a little help from my friends' By the amazing Beatles

I have kept this quite simple and used the purple colours as a focal point.

Finished with wooden letters to spell out 'Bestie'

Here is a close up of the image I have coloured

Colours Used:

Violet - Dress

Tequila Sunrise, lush green - Flower on the dress

Plum - Shoes

Crimson - Heart

Heatwave & Chilly Red - Top

Pastel Blue & Denim - Jeans

Warm Grey 5 - Trainers

Umber & Burnt Sienna - Hair in ponytail

Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon & sandstone - Hair down

Blush, Saffron & Patel Pink - Skin

A fun card for best friends to share :)

If you want to be in with a chance of  winning some money to spend on images or fab images from our sponsors this week. Then pop over to the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog and add your fabulous entries.

Hugs and Happy Crafting 

Tracey

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Morgan's Artworld Guest Designer for January

Good Morning and welcome to my special post today

This month I have been asked to be the Guest Designer over at Morgan's Artworld Blog

Which then transformed into a more permanent role starting from February.

So here is the card that I have made using one of the amazing images from the website: Morgan's Fae creations

I chose this field mice image to colour and used a very spring colour theme to brighten to dull winter season. I love how it came out and hopefully you will too.

Closer up version of the image which was coloured with letraset Promarkers.

I couldn't help myself and had to add some ribbons and flowers to tie in with the theme and also the colours. here is a close up of the paper flowers which I have curled the wire around my embossing tool to give a curled wire detail.

For my article and introduction on the Morgan's Art World blog follow this link and pop over and say hi to the team.

Looking forward to working with team over the year.

Hugs

Tracey

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Glitter N Sparkle Week #171 Monochrome design using Limited Runs Digital Stamps

Good Morning and welcome to my blog today

It's Sunday already and that mean just one thing it's
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog day

This week the theme is Monochrome

And going by the Dt samples that can mean a whole range of great ideas.

I went for traditional shades of grey for my sample which includes a great image by

Limited Runs Digital Stamps

The Image is called Watermelon and is great for all sorts of occasions.

Here is the finished card:

I have layered the card with plain black card stock by Ross Papercrafts, The pattern papers used are by Kaiser Crafts and the sentiment is also from one of the 6"x6" pads. Ribbon by Meiflower and pearls from my own stash.

Here is a close up of the watermelon design, I used my Promarkers for this project as I had all 5 of the Cool greys & black for the theme.

Cool Grey 1 - 5 used to create this image - Which I duplicated on the 3 identical glasses

To finish each image I added glossy accents on to the glass areas for added effect.

I love this design now it's finished and it is very striking.

If you would like to have a go and see the other Dt's Inspiration then pop over to the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog

 And then add your linky to be in with chance to win some great prizes.

Have a great week and see you all next time.

Hugs

Tracey 

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Glitter n Sparkle Week #170 Tic Tac Toe Challenge week - SLS Lines image

Good Morning and welcome to my design team inspiration card for this weeks Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog

This week there are yet again some fantastic prizes up for grabs for entering a card using the theme
Tic Tac Toe

There is board for you to use to gain your inspiration, all you have to do is choose a row that you incorporate in your card ie Gems/pearls, Image & Ribbon/lace

This the row I chose for my card this week which includes the fabulous image called:

marie-antoinette-digital-stamp-cupcakes

by

SLS Lines

Now here is my card using the information above, first is the close up of the image coloured.

I have coloured her using my Letraset Promarkers, here is the list of colours used:

Hair: Primrose, Pastel Yellow & Mustard

Skin: Blush, Saffron & Pastel Pink

Bow & cupcakes are in various shades of Pink's

Eyes: Pastel Blue

The image is obviously called Marie Antoinette so I went for a regal colour scheme and patterned papers. The Backing card and panel behind the image are from the Kanban Crafts Kensington Collection.

The line I used for my card was Pearls &/or gems ( So I have used both) on the left of the image and then I tied Lace & ribbon together on the right hand side.

The sentiment is from the same Kensington collection.

To purchase a SLS Lines Digital Image then click on the link then and it will take you to their Etsy shop.

To enter with your version of the Tic Tac Toe theme then just click on this link to the Glitter N Sparkle Blog and good luck.

Happy Crafting

Hugs

Tracey 

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New 2016 release stamps by Woodware Craft Collection

Good Morning, it's Friday so that means it is almost time to relax again, 

I hope everyone has got back into the swing of things with school & work again. I know I am my diet started again this week and it has been very hard to get back into it. I will get there though.

Now the real reason for my post today is I have been having a play with some new stamps that arrived this week. They are by the fabulous Woodware Craft Collection. These stamps are specifically designed by the very talented Franciose Reed. Now the fast service I received from my favourite seller of Woodware Stamps is The Stamp Man based up in Yorkshire and I have to say their customer service is brilliant and I always purchase online from them when I want new Woodware Stamps.

Here is my delivery in all of it's glory.

Now these new stamps are from the 2016 new release - so very much hot off the press :)

I will start with this amazing 'Home Collage' stamp - ref: FRS612

The following shows you the 2 designs I have created so far with the stamp.

Finished card - Now I distress ink'd the backing panel and then sprayed water over it to give added effect, then stamped the image using Momento Black Tuxedo ink. I have then used a water brush and coloured the door and flower for definition.

Closer up you can that I have used Glossy accents on the clock face and the word LOVE which is on the roof. I added dark bronze pearls to the card and finished with a tied knot of brown gingham ribbon also from Woodware craft collections.

Now for a rather more cleaner looking card this time, same stamp but this time coloured with Promarkers and went for a blues & greens tone of colours. Various backings for layering ad a pale green ribbon finished off with a metal key.

The sentiment also a new 2016 stamp called 'Make a Wish' - ref: FRS009

Here is a closer look at the stamped image.

Now I moved onto another fabulous release called 'Sewing Sampler' Ref: FRS615

I love this stamp set and so very fitting for a nation is slightly obsessed with sewing.

The stamp actually comes approx A6 size but because of how Françoise has designed the stamp you can cut it up and rearrange it. 

So here is my first go with the stamp. I have coloured the elements with promarkers and then cut the panels out. Layered the card blank with traditional style paper and added 3 panels from the set, middle one is stuck with 3d foam tape for height.

I cut out (fussy cutted) the bobbin and needles from the stamped image to and added them in the corner, finished with a sentiment from 'Make a wish' set and added 2 polka dot buttons.

Now we move on to the more traditional look of the stamp set

But with a twist :)

Here is the finished card but it was a few layers in the making.

I chose 2 sheets of 6"x 6" papers from my stash ( Mainly Kaiser Crafts pads) and stamped the stamp on to each sheet. I chose the stitch effect as my main piece and then started to cut out the small elements with my craft knife, You will be able to see better on the closer up picture.

To finish the card I layered the same papers onto a piece of Stampin up Sahara Sand card stock and tied a peach crochet lace around it.

Now my work gained some interest from our cat Scamp yesterday she was keeping an eye on my sheet whilst I patched it together. And here she is :) She is very old cat now 17 years old in April and is very grumpy ( hey why not at that age) but she does love company and is loving my desk in the conservatory.

Back to the project - sorry got carried away with the cat story lol

Here is a close up of the patching of the image. I cut various elements out of the 2 sheets and layered them on to the image like a patchwork I think.

I even added a peach button on to the stamped one in the bottom corner for effect.

I love these stamps and they stamp clear and great every time. You can colour them, distress them or even just decoupage them,

I shall be buying more once I have saved my pennies and I can't wait.

Thanks for reading and please don't forget to say Hi in the comments and let me know what you think.

I love reading your comments.

Happy Crafting Friday everyone

Hugs

Tracey 

xxx

Glitter N Sparkle Blog Challenge Week: 168 Anything Goes - Cute as a Button Image

Welcome to my little part of the Crafting Blogging world, today it is all about Glitter and Sparkle over at Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog as we near the magical day of Christmas.

My lot are very excited well especially the 6 year old. This is the card I have made for her using a Cute as a Button Digital Image.

Cute as a Button d amazing digital images and I have coloured a couple now and they always print and colour very well.

Here it is: Image is called Reindeer Bells

I have coloured the image with my Letraset Promarkers

and added Dovecraft glitter glues to the dress and the shoes for added sparkle effect.

The back ground is done using a piece of glitter card stock in pale green (which stuck to my fingers and we found glitter everywhere for days)

The red polka dot paper backing is from a 12"x12" paper pad

Ribbon by Meiflower Crafts

Glitter Washi Tape is by Express Yourshelves craft shop

The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp set

Bling and pearls from my personal stash.

I love these images by Francesa over at Cute as a Button, I f you would like to be in with a chance of winning some great images then pop over to the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog and add your link to your blog entry.

Good Luck and thanks for looking

Hugs

Tracey

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Feeling the love and getting ready for Valentine's Day - Sami Stamps Blog Challenge Entry

Good Evening and I felt like I should be entering more blog challenges and so I decided to start with this one tonight. 

Sami Stamps have a challenge as you can see Use red being the theme.

So I went over and purchased a couple of digital stamps to use ( I have used Sami Stamps before on a Glitter N Sparkle Challenge and I know how great they are)

I decided for this challenge I wanted to start my Valentine's Cards so here is the start of the project.

I have decided to create a neat 6" x 6" card and have used the following items:

Kaiser Crafts Curiosity Paper Pad ( Pin stripe panel)

First Edition J'adore Paper Pad

Now the image I purchased is called On Your Arm

I have coloured the couple with my Promarkers:

Berry & Poppy Red for the Dress

Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna for the lady's Hair

Blush, Saffron & Pastel Pink for skin on both

Burnt Sienna on His Hair

Black on the suit and Blender pen for effect.

I have matted and layered the backings and 3d foamed the couple on to the card.

I have used a wooden fleur de lis, Black satin ribbon and finished the card off with a 'Love' sentiment ( Art Impressions Stamp) stamped on paper from the First Edition J'adore pad and I have cut to make a pennant shape and again fixed that with foam sticky fixers too.

Sami Stamps have some absolutely stunning digital images for you to purchase and even have a few freebies too.

To join follow the link above too.
Fingers crossed the Sami Stamps team will like my design.

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Tracey

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Monday evening fun

Good Evening to everyone :)

Some areas of the UK are heavily under water and it's such a shame with only a few weeks to go until Christmas.
Wishing all my crafty friends in those areas well and stay safe.

I have been working on stock for shows and also finishing off the last few orders for Christmas over the last few days.

Here is a Girlie card I have made this evening.

It is made using a gorgeous Saturated Canary Image

Lighting isn't great this evening unfortunately :(

I have coloured her with Letraset Promarkers and added Dovecraft Glitter glue onto some elements of the image.

The backing elements are:

Pink Polka dot is by Anne-Marie Designs

Winter wonderland sheet is by Kanban Crafts - Available from Aspire Crafts.co.uk

Glitter Pink Tape is from Express Your Shelves craft shop

I little of pink glitter at the festive time.

Have a great week 

Hugs

Tracey xx

Glitter N Sparkle Week #166 Anything Goes week - Winter Fae from Morgan's Art World

Good Morning and welcome to week # 166 of the Glitter N Sparkle challenge Blog

This week it's a 'Anything goes' week which is always very popular and I was lucky enough to get a gorgeous Morgan's Artworld called Winter Fae

A great winter digital image isn't it? 

I have coloured it with my Promarkers and here is the list of items used.

Coat - Peony, Rose Pink & Tropical Orchid

Hood & Cuffs on the coat - Oasis & Verdigris 

Hair - Cocoa & Walnut

Skin - Blush, Saffron & pastel Pink

Lips - Peony Pink

Stars - Mustard

Outlined: With Cool Grey 1

Here is the  finished card that I have made using the image.

I have used a white card stock folded to make the square card blank,

Dusky pink card cut to 14.8cm x 14.8cm - from Limetree Craft

Winter wonderland card backing is cut to 12.8cm x 12.8cm and is from Kanban Crafts

Pearls are from my stash

Foam snowflake is from a pack of shapes from Wilkinson's hardware home store in the UK

Ribbon is from Meiflower Crafts

Sentiment is stamped on a Stampin Up punch shape and the stamp is by Kanban Crafts also.

Love this card such fun and with a cute winter feel.

To join in the blog challenge just pop along to Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog and add your linky.

Good Luck and I can't wait to see what you all create.

Winter Hugs

Tracey xxx

Glitter N Sparkle New challenge week - Something with a Bow

Good Morning and welcome to this weeks challenge which had to include a bow.

I was lucky enough to be given a stunning image by Stitchy Bear Digital stamps

The image called: Tea Time and I have coloured the image with a Wedgewood Blue theme. 

The image has been coloured with Promarkers:

Cornflower

China Blue

Powder Blue

Pastel Blue

Cider Apple for the leaves & Branches

I have used a selection of off cuts for the backing panels and added a sentiment from a Stampin Up stamp set and finished off with pearls.

Thanks for looking and we hope you can join in the fun over at the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs

Tracey 

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Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog week 164 Purple & Black

Good morning and welcome to my little part of the blogging world.

This week on Glitter N Sparkle Challenge we had a theme of Purple & Black and I was luckily enough to get given a Digital Delights image for this week's card and here is my creation.

Steampunk Tasha is the wonderful image that I chose to use and have coloured her with Letraset Promarkers.

Colours I have used are: 

Skin - Blush, Saffron & Pastel Pink

Hair: Burnt Sienna & Blender pen

Wings: Plum preserve

Dress: Lilac & Purple - Plum preserve for the frills

Boots, goggles & Hat - Cool grey 5, Warm grey 4

I have used glossy accents on the monocle element of the image for add effect.

The card has been layered using Docrafts backing paper with steampunk elements on it, Kanban Art deco black pattern card stock, Ribbons from Meiflower crafts were tied in a criss-cross pattern. Finished off with a rubber stamped sentiment from Inkylicious .

To join in on the fun and games this week on Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog

Pop over and add your linky :) 

Good Luck and happy Stamping.

Hugs

Tracey xxx

Cute as a Button Tracy Tricera Image for Glitter N Sparkle's Week 163 Challenge

Good Morning and welcome to this weeks Glitter N Sparkle Challenge

This weeks theme is Use a Die

We have 5 sponsors this week all offering fabulous prizes for those lucky winners:

The sponsors are:

All Dressed Up, Odd ball Art, Cute as a Button,Dis Digi stamps & Sunsational Stamps.

I as lucky enough to be given a Cute as a Button image:

Tracy Tricera was my images and she is very cute don't you think?

I have used Letraset Promarkers again this week and here is the listed of colours I used:

Apple Cider & Marsh Green for the main Body

Lush Green for the claws

Pastel Beige for the Frill around the head

Herb Green for Highlighting.

I decided even though she is called Tracy that I would make it a boy themed card as I sell a lot of Dinosaur cards for boys. Here is the finished card. 

I have die cut stars from the Xcut range by docrafts, the chipboard number is from Woodware Crafts and the Polka dot paper is from Anna-Marie Designs.

To join in the the challenge pop over to Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Week 163 Die Cut and add your link to the post. Good Luck 

Hugs

Tracey xx

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Week #162 Something in Red - Morgan's ArtWorld Cat in the Flower Garden

Blimey, it's Sunday again already and Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Week 162 is here with it's fabulous prizes up for grabs from the amazing SLS Line designs, The Stamping Boutique & finally Morgan's Artworld.

I was lucky enough to get to choose an image from Morgan's Artworld and my choice just had to be The cat in the flower garden digital image.

Here is my creation with the theme of Something red, with Remembrance Day just around the 

corner I decided to purely pick the flowers from the digi to colour as they look like poppies too. 

The backing polka dot cardstock is from Anna Marie Designs and the black/grey pearl paper stock is from Crafty Queens Crafts from Facebook. The buttons are from my personal stash and the Polka dot ribbon is from Meiflower Ribbons.

I have zoomed in on one of the trio of images to explain the colours used.

Letraset Promarkers:

Tiny daisy like flowers were shaded with Lipstick red

Poppies - Berry red, Poppy Red & Cool Grey 5

Larger daisies - Ruby Red with Yellow centres.

So there is my inspiration for you for this weeks challenge, to submit your entry just pop over to Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog add your link to your work to be in with a chance of winning some great digi images for your collection.

Happy Crafting everyone

Don't forget to leave your comments and check out the other Design Team inspiration :)

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