Just for Girls

Would you believe it?  Yesterday's DT card was for a Just for Men challenge, today's is for the exact opposite - Just for Girls!

It's new challenge time at Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia and it's girlie cards we're after this fortnight.  A perfect opportunity for me to bring out a cute hAnglar stamp and (after I'd stopped hyperventilating) some Girls Paperie DP which I've been hoarding.  I've still got one piece of this gorgeous paper left and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to use it!

The card base has a Martha Stewart PATP lace border and on top of this I've layered the lovely DP and a stitched rectangle mat cut from more white Bazzill. The image has been coloured with Copics and I've added some WOC roses.  The sentiment was created using part of a Clearly Besotted stamp set, cut into a flag shape and edged with Walnut Stain DI.

We're being sponsored by Live and Love crafts

 

If the words vintage and shabby chic makes your heart beat faster, you will find your haven at Live & Love Crafts!
Live & Love Crafts is a UK based online store that ships WORLDWIDE. The store is owned and operated by Sandra Mathis, a crafter who is as passionate about the vintage style as she is about customer service and providing a good shopping experience. Live & Love Crafts prides itself on having a website that is easy to navigate with excellent product images. Orders are dispatched fast; usually on the same day received.

 

Live & Love Crafts stocks a wide range of products from well-loved vintage brands such as Maja Design, Pion Design, Magnolia, Wild Orchid Crafts, Kort & Godt, Prima, Melissa Frances, Maya Road, and the Tim Holtz/Ranger product lines.

The store has a vast selection of laces, ribbons and trims, an assortment of over 200 charms and metal decorations, as well as many other unique embellishments that you can't find elsewhere. To help you save on costs, the charms/metal decos can be purchased singularly and all trims and ribbons are sold by the yard/meter. If you’re looking for products that will inspire and a one stop paper & embellishment shop, look no further than Live & Love Crafts!

 

Do take a look here at the lovely inspiration projects my lovely teamies have made.

 

Hope you can play along this fortnight!

 

Tracey x

Just for Men (and Boys)

It's the weekend at last!  I think most of my time over the next 48 hours is going to be spent trying to support the Boy Wonder with a ton of homework.  And then there's the housework, including another mountain of ironing :(

But before all of that, I'm here to tell you about our new challenge at Sweet Stampin': Just for Men.  One of the Sweeties commented that the challenge theme made her think of the hair dye advert and ever since then I can't get it out of my head!  Anyway, here's my DT card

I made this for my friend's son Max who is absolutely mad about superheroes.  It's a Tiddlyinks image and was such good fun to colour.  I used my MFT die to cut the cityscape but when I bought the die I didn't buy it's partner, which was the background to go behind the top layer of the diecut.  I thought it would be a waste of money.  It's true that until I made this card I hadn't really needed the background layer but it would have been SO much quicker if I could have simply run the yellow card through my Big Shot rather than cut and emboss the windows by hand.

Our sponsor this week is Yours or Mine Papercrafts who have a $10 voucher for their store to give away.  As always, my teamies have made the most fabulous inspiration projects in case your mojo has gone walkies - you can check them out here.

Have a lovely day!

Tracey xx

Seeing spots!

We had spots and stripes yesterday for Sweet Stampin' but today we've just got the Spots for Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia!

A new challenge starts today and Spots & Dots is the new theme.   Our sponsor this time is the Ribbon Girl.

Yes, it's another flat Christmas card! The Copics worked overtime as not only did I use them to colour the little hAnglar chappie, I also used them to colour the image mat as I didn't have the right shade of brown in my card stash.  I added a few die cute snowflakes and popped a tiny gem into the centre of each one.

Do take a look at what my talented teamies have made to inspire you - you'll find their projects and the challenge details right here.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

Hugs

Tracey xx

Spots and Stripes

Helloooo!  It's a Spots and Stripes challenge at Sweet Stampin' this week- nice and easy, don't you think?

I used some of my favourite papers with one of my favourite stamps for this one

My papers are Maja Designs (the stripes) and Simple Stories and I was so pleased to see that the red in both papers matched my Bazzill card so well - that saved me some time, let me tell you!

I coloured my hAnglar girlie with Copics and added some white pen to the spots on her top for a bit more definition.  The enamel dots pick out the colours in the card and yes, it's another flat one for posting! Yay!

Check out the challenge details here - you'll also see the most gorgeous creations made by the lovely Team Abi Sweeties.

Enjoy your day.  We're off hunting for trainers and shoes for the Boy Wonder... what a joy!

Hugs

Tracey xx

Christmas Critters

How many weeks is it until Christmas?  Hard to think, when the sun is shining and it's still warm enough not to wear tights to work, that it is only a matter of weeks before the festive season will be upon us.

At Christmas at Sweet Stampin' our mission is to help you get those Christmas cards made well in advance (this is do as I say, folks, not do as I do)!  Our theme this month is Christmas Critters, so not surprisingly we'd like to see animals on your Christmas projects.  Here's my card

Simple, I know, but I'm quite pleased with it - I could certainly make a few more of these in a relatively short space of time.  The stamp is one I've had forever but always seems to be lurking at the back of a stamp drawer.  It was during a clear-out in the summer that I found it and I knew immediately that I had to use it for this challenge.  All I had to do was add some colouring with my Copics, some sparkle and a sentiment!

We're being sponsored by the Hobby House who have a goody bag waiting for our lucky winner.  The CaSSettes have made some fabby inspiration cards, so do hop over here to take a look.

Hugs

Tracey xx