Typical bank holiday...

The weather is terrible today isn't it?  Luckily I didn't have any plans today as hubby was at work so it didn't really bother me but I hope it hasn't spoilt too many peoples day.  I've been prepping for my interview tomorrow but as time goes on I'm getting more and more nervous so by tomorrow I'll be a wreck..haha.

Obviously due to this I haven't done any crafting yet today but hope to do some later so, in the meantime, here's one I prepared earlier.

Its not a very good picture I'm afraid as the main body of the card looks brown but it is in fact Concord Crush..lol.   I've used Four Frames stamp set and punch and one of the new embossing folders SU have introduced.  I am impressed every time I use the embossing folders at the depth of detail.

Thanks for looking and I hope to have something else for you tomorrow if I can concentrate long enough :-)

Hugs
Tracy -x- 

Lovely day

Hi  All,

We've just got back from a drive to the coast to see hubbys sister and it was a lovely day out.   We set off at 7.45 and got there about 9.35 so didn't do too bad time wise.  It was great to see her as its been a long time, you know how it is a week becomes a month etc and before you know it a year has gone by.  Then we went into town and had the obligatory fish and chips..yumyum.  It was so windy on the sea front that its a good job none of us were wearing wigs...haha.

Anyway, remember at my class yesterday I said I joined in but made the set in a different colour, well here it is....

For this set the colour combo that I used was Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, River Rock and Very Vanilla along with the Springtime Vintage papers.  Obviously the Big Shot was used on both sets as well as the seam binding ribbon.  Not sure which set I prefer but I think this one is edging in the front slightly !!!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my projects

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Class Projects

Hello everyone,

What a rollercoaster of a week its been for me.  I've had some good news and some bad but don't you think that you only remember the bad?  Well I'm not going to let it get me down and so I held my monthly class today and had a blast, as always.  My dippy sister forgot but, after a quick phone call she arrived in time...lol

Today we focused on the Four Frames set and matching punch.  This is such a lovely set to work with.   I actually got chance to craft with them today so I did the same projects but in a different colour and its amazing how different they look

This is the original set that my ladies did:



The colour combination is Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Springtime Vintage papers.  I'll post the other colour combo when I've taken a picture.

Enjoy the Bank holiday everyone, we're off to the coast tomorrow to see hubby's sister who is very poorly and then on Monday I am prepping for a interview on Tuesday, stomach's churning just thinking about it.  Still I  can only do my best.

Hugs

Tracy

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Elegant boquet

Hi there,

Hope you are all enjoying the Easter break.  Its been a bit overcast today but still warm and dry so can't complain as got lots of washing done.

Earlier today I got a text off my eldest asking if I had any "elegant" cards that her fiancee could give to his nan.  I asked her when she wanted it by, thinking it would be a day or so, but no she wanted it later today.   Now everyones idea of elegant is different so I decided to do a new creation and then let her look through what I already had as well. This is what I came up with:

I've used all SU products which include the big shot. top note bigz dies, elegant bouquet embossing folder, butterflies emobosslit, four frames stamp set, decorative label and the corner punch, pear pizzaz ribbon, pearls, oval all sentiments, rose red and very vanilla c/s, springtime vintage papers and rose red marker.

They both liked it so I hope Nan does too :-)

Thanks for looking

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Tracy -x-

Manhattan Flower

I'm just loving the weather we are having at the moment, I think it makes everyone so much happier and relaxed.  Having said that I've not been out in it much today as I went to see my mum and typical, got down there and she was out shopping with my sister.  Luckily they were nearly done so I let myself in with my keys and had a coffee waiting for them when they got home.   Then sis dropped me off at the hospital for a blood test, waited 30 and was out in 2 once they called my number...lol  Obviously I'm now home and the washing on the line and the HW is done so its now ME time :)

So what have I got for you today!!  Well I'm not sure if I've mentioned this or not but my eldest got engaged last week so I thought it only right that I made her a card, seeing as thats my hobby.  I didn't want a traditional one so on Tuesday night I set about using the Manhattan Flower embossing folder that is exclusive to SU.  I've used the in colours for the card, Concord Crush and Pear Pizzaz and, because SU don't do Pear Pizzaz in satin ribbon, I used Old Olive instead, just goes to show how you can mix and match SU products easily doesn't it?  I've also used the Four Frames stamp set and coordinating punch plus the Basic Phrases set, matching inks to the cardstock and pearls to finish it off.

I haven't given it to her yet so will let you know if she likes it or not. 

Have a good day and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

More cards from training

What a gloriouse day better make the most of it as they say its going to change in the week.   We are having a BBQ later this afternoon and Nikki and Lee are coming over to join us.  Nikki usually eats us out of house and home,  I know she's eating for 2 but, tbh, I think its more like 3...lol. Still better that than not eating enough.   We brought the baby one of those rocker chairs the other day that vibrates to sooth it, little did we know it was on her wish list so a good choice made I think.

As you may have already read I went to Jules training yesterday and we made lots of lovely cards and a scrapbook page.  I've already shown you 3 of the cards we made now here are the other 2.

 

I think you will agree they are all stunning cards and show off the versitility of SU products.  All SU products are available to order through me should you wish to purchase any, just drop me a e-mail.

Thanks for stopping by

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Tracy -x-

Jules training day

Well I've just got back from Jules training day in Leeds and to say it was fabulous is an understatement.  The day kicked off at 10am with everyone arriving, getting their goody bags and being given time to do their swaps.  Now I must say the standard of the swaps was fantastic so thank you ladies : ).

Next it was time to furtle in our bags to see what goodies were in there and boy was it VFM.  We had a pack of chipboard letters, a kit to do a scrapbook, brads, buttons and cello bags for our card projects to go in.  On top of that Jules let us loose on her ink, stamps and her ribbon.  It was the first time I had seen the seam binding ribbon and, I can't say I wasn't tempted to let slip into my bag her Pear Pizzaz, but I resisted temptation and thought " think of your sales and order it yourself"  So thats what I'm going to do.

Jules then did a little training session on the mini and the products in them.   She gave some good tips and advice on ways to promote the big shot and all the other products in it.  Before lunch we got to make our scrapbook page.  Ok so who goes to a scrapbook class without any pictures?  Yes you've guessed it, moi, so I'm going to have to show you the page at a later date when its finished. 

Following this session we then had the most scrumptious lunch and a cupcake for dessert ( I brought mine home for DD)  After lunch Jules spoke about scrapbook classes and cost etc so that those wanting to branch into this area had some insight into how to go about it.  I found this really useful information as I've recently started scrapbook classes.  

We then went on to make our final project.  This comprised of making 5 completely different cards and on every card we had something that had involved using the big shot.   These cards were then put in the cello bags and secured together using a topper (sorry Jules I can't remember what you called this project)  I loved this project and will show you the finished project another day but for now here are 3 of the cards made today:

On top of this I met some new friends, learnt new techniques, had a great laugh and helped Victoria get over her fear, to some extent, of motorway driving.  So I'd like to thank Victoria for driving us there without giving me too many grey hairs, Julie for her company on the journey as well and to Jules for the training.  I'm already looking forward to the next one.

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment

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Tracy -x-