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Friday, 1 February 2019

Ladybird Birthday card and gift bag set

Hi
Here is my DT project for the Craft-Dee BowZ February Challenge where as always the theme is Anything goes with a handmade bow.
The sponsor for this months challenge is Imagine That .Here is a bit about them....

Imagine That digistamp is a 'family-friendly' shop that caters to card-makers and scrapbookers alike! All digi stamp sets that include an outline for you to color also include a digitally pre-colored version for quick & easy crafting! We also offer many digital paper packs, kits/bundles, Word Art, Alphabets, Chalkboard Art, and free Blogwear.
For my project i used a pre colored image called Lady bug with Daisy which you can find HERE

I made a simple shadow box card , and cut an aperture in so i could set the image unside. I used a joy crafts fence die. The flowers are made using a bigz xl daisies die .The cute bow was made using my
Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool which makes easy multi and single looped bows with ease every time

For the matching gioft bag i used the Tonic studios rose gift bag die set .The papers used throughout came from a pad i bought in the range.The sentiment came with the image

challenges entered
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges anything goes
Creative Fingers anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack anything goes
Artistic Inspirations anything goes
Crafting from the Heart anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - anything goes
613 Avenue Create anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends anything goes
Crafting-With-Friends anything goes
QKR Stampede anything goes
anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges anything goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge anything goes
anything goes
Crafty Creations anything goes
Creative Moments anything goes

I hope you like my projects and that you will join us in the Craft-Dee BowZ February challenge
Happy Crafting
Tracey x

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Christina Griffith card making magic all in one collection January edition

Hi
I was asked by The In2craft guys to make a couple of projects using the new Christina griffith cardmaking magic January edition kit and its free gifts inside the issue . you can find it HERE in the In2craft shop
Here you can see a quick video of the free items you receive in the kit.

The blue card above was made using one of the projects in the mag as inspiration but i changed a couple of things to make it my own .I used all the free items to create the card.flower stamps and dies, leaf stamps,flourish die, i also used the template as a stencil

The easel card above i created using the papers,flower dies, butterfly stamp and flourish die from the kit and dies from other companies to show that you can mix and match the free items with your own stash at home

This card is very basic and shows the embossing folder off well . it does emboss very deeply and as you can see i didnt use much else on the card . .It would make a really nice sorry , thank you or even with a bit more embellishing ... a nice wedding invitation.
I hope that ypu like the cards and that you pop over to In2craft and have a look at their facebook page for whats new in craft land and also have a look at their shop where i know you will find amazing prices ...
Happy crafting
Tracey x

Friday, 25 January 2019

Die- cutting essentials mag issue 47

Hi all
I was asked by The In2craft guys to make a couple of projects using the new die -cutting essentials issue 47 mag and its free gifts inside the issue . you can find it HERE in the in2craft shop
The free gift is a set of dies ... a rectangular die with detailing around the rim . a matching circle die with the same detail. A hello word die .one small and one medium flower die.a leaf die . All the dies cut beautifully even on my old big shot
.Here are the projects i have made This first one was taken almost straight from the inspiration in the mag , i just changed the colours and added some corners .I used the rectangle and small flower die and the hello word

you can see the detail on the die rim on this pic

here is my second project , it is my own creation and i have used the both flower dies,hello word and leaf die and small circle die

you can see the detail on the circle die here if you enlarge pic .

So i hope you like my projects and that you hop over to In2craft to check out the fab prices they have in store . If you are a fan of all things Sue Wilson you may also want to stop here too amazing offers to be had

Happy crafting

Tracey x

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Always in my heart ...

Hi
Here is my mid month inspiration project. for Craft-deebowz. I thought i would get ahead for Valentine's day and make something with a heart /love theme . For a change i have not made the focal point from a hand colored image but have used the Today Bouquet die set from tonic .I have just cut the different dies in lilac and white and simply layered them up to create the pretty heart topper. I have used a Tonic sentiment strip die for the sentiment across the middle .

The flowers are from wild orchid and the flourishes are cut from Marianne D designs dies

The triple loopd bow was formed using thin lilac ribbon and my Craft-Dee BowZ maker which makes beautiful bows every time with ease .

challenges entered

I hope you like my project and that it inspires you to get creating and join us in this months Craft-deebowz. challenge

Happy crafting

Tracey x

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Happy New Year

Hi all
Happy New year to you all .. I hope you have enjoyed the festivities with your friends and, family
I had a very quiet Christmas really enjoyed it with my partner ,my daughter and my beautiful Granddaughter Lyra .
It is time for the first challenge of 2019 for Craft-deebowz. . The theme as always is anything goes with a handmade bow.The sponsor is a new one to Craft-deebowz. and is the fab Fred-she-said
Fred She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - Digi's, Pre-colored images, Papers, Sets, Fred's Flower Kits, and even digital cutting files. Have some fun with Fred!
The winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to spend in their store.

I chose the sweet image called Emma with sign and you can find here HERE.I coloured her with promarkers

The papers and sentiment inside are from the paper boutique and are called Misty morning .

The flowers also come with the image as a set and i just resized them and printed them out a few times on matching misty morning papers.I then edged them in black sharpie pen so they matched and added a gem centre.

Foe the bow i used thin ribbon which i formed into a triple looped bow with my trusty Craft-deebowz. bow making tool

challenges entered
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges anything goes
Creative Fingers anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack anything goes
Artistic Inspirations anything goes
Crafting from the Heart anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - anything goes
613 Avenue Create anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends anything goes
Crafting-With-Friends anything goes
QKR Stampede anything goes
anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges anything goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge anything goes
anything goes
Crafty Creations anything goes
Creative Moments anything goes
I hope you like my project and that you will join us in the Craft-deebowz. challenge
Happy crafting
Tracey x

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Merry Christmas all...

Hi
It is Tracey here with my last project of 2018.
Wow this year has just flown by and i hope for you all it has been a good one. I have made a Christmas star decoration. It is quite a large star around 8in from one tip to another .
I painted it with white gesso and added guilding flakes to the tips of the star.

I also distressed the stars ridges with Tim Holz Antique linen distress ink. I heat embossed a Sue Wilson presents stamp with gold embossing powder as the focal image and embellished around it with a Sizzix Pete Hughes wreath die

The mdf word Peace ,little plaque ,swirl and reindeer were colored on the edges with gathered twig distress ink. I added a glittered gold pre made flower and some gems and a bow made from jute which i made on my Craft-dee Bowz bowmaker which makes lovely bows every time with ease.