Christmas in July

Hello everyone,

Today was my craft class and I've just had the most fabulous session for a long time.  As well as my usual ladies I had two new ladies join us and it was lovely to meet them.  Neither had made cards before so didn't quite know what to expect but both throughly enjoyed what we did, so much so they have booked in on the next one in August :)

Anyway, as the title suggests this months theme was Christmas and we were using the Welcome Christmas set.  We made a gorgeous bag and 6 cards.  The instructions for the bag were actually from another SU demo, Angie, and I would like to thank her for allowing me to use them in my class. Pop over to her blog and see some of the gorgeous creations she makes.

A lot of products and tools were used in the making of this set. The colour theme was Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and Whisper White. You can't see it in the picture but the trees and ground had Dazzling Diamond glitter on them and there was some on the fathers chrismas hat and bobble.   Needless to say everyone went home covered in glitter.....lol

Thank you again for a lovely morning ladies

Hugs
Tracy -x- 

New arrival....

Hello all,
Before I show you my entry for the Less is More challenge I would just like to tell you about the roller coaster of a week I've had.  Not only have we been on baby watch but our youngest daughter has moved out to live with her partner.  Despite her not being here much for the last 2-3 months it is still a horrible feeling to know she's flown the nest...lol.  Then of course we had baby watch, well Wednesday came and went and nothing.  On Thursday morning Nikki rang me at half  6 to say she thought her labour had started as she'd been having pains since 3am.   We kept in touch all day and nothing seemed to be happening.  At 8 pm'ish we got a call from Lee asking us to go over as Nikki was getting aggitated, which we did.  We finally left at 11pm and had just finished having something to eat when we got another call saying her waters had broken and could we take her to the hospital!!!!

Well, I don't think Dean's drove so fast...lol  We arrived at the hospital at 12midnight and they said she would take another 7-8 hours to deliver so we got sent home at 1am.  We finally got to bed about 2 but neither of us slept and Dean then got a phone call form Lee at 5.40am to say that our grandchild had been born and both mummy and baby were doing well.  He didn't tell us the sex so we were still none the wiser on what we had.  When we got to the hospital at 8.30 to pick them up, ( I know released after giving birth 3 hours earlier !!!!!) we were very very pleased to discover that we had a gorgeous grandson called Leo Thomas, he weighed in at 8lb 6ozs and was born at 5.19am.  Here is a picture of the little man.....

I'm sure you will agree he's adorable?   Right then onto my entry for the challenge which this week is Button or Ribbon.

I've used my big shot to cut the daisy flowers out in Early Espresso, Regal Rose and Daffodil Delight and the button is from the subtles collection. The ribbon is Daffodil Delight and the sentiment is from Fresh Cuts stamp set.

Thank you for visiting my blog and I'm sorry its such a long post but wanted to share my wonderful news with you all.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Good morning,

I have been meaning to start my cleaning for the last 2 hours but I keep getting distracted, at this rate nothing will be done by the time hubby gets home....lol

I haven't had a chance to make a card yet today to show you but, luckily, I have one that I made for my daughter last weekend when we went to her "housewarming" party.  Now she's lived at this house for nearly 3years but was sharing it with her friend.  The friend has now moved out and her partner has moved in in readiness for the baby arriving so, in theory, it was new to them.

Anyway enough waffle from me, here is the card:

I've used the  Little Additions set to make this card along with the top note die and the perfect polka dot embossing folder.  The main colour combination is Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake c/s and Springtime Vintage  papers and seam binding ribbon from the mini. 

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.  Please leave a comment as I appreciate any feedback :)

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Top Note box

Hello everyone,

Yet another hectic week, where does the time go. I'll be a Nan before you know it as Nic's only got 9 weeks to go OMG...lol Still we have got the pram and cot so thats the big items out of the way.

A couple of weeks ago I was asked, by Victoria,  to demo a project at her team training.  Well to say I was gobsmacked is an understatement but felt honoured so wanted to do something a little different and decided to make a Top Note die box.  When I did my first attempt I didn't have the Fun Flowers Die from the mini to make a flower for the top, it was on order, but I did have the circle scalloped punch.  So, stretching my brains cells a little I managed to make a flower from the punch out of the Sprintime Vintage DSP ( also from the mini).  Here is the finished project:

The final version was altered slightly to show the fun flowers die and alternate petals were embossed to give it a little character. 

The box and flowers are made using Crumb Cake and Rose Red c/s and the DSP's from the mini.  I just love the Rose Red colour at the moment, so rich looking.

Well thank you for stopping by and please leave a comment.  I hope to be back sooner next time...lol

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Hanging photo frame

Well its been a very busy time since I last posted.  Saturday was a day to get all the odd jobs done around the house, doing a bit of shopping, washing etc,  The usual boring day to day stuff...lol.   Then on Sunday I was helping Victoria at one of her papercraft sales doing the make and takes.  I met a lot of lovely ladies and I hope they enjoyed doing the projects as much as I did.

I have been making some projects to demonstrate the versitality of SU products and for this one I've concentrated on using the wonderful BIG SHOT.   I have concentrated on using the big note die to make a hanging photo frame.

This is my garden and shows hubby last year laying a patio outside the front of our conservatory and then at the side and the snow in Jan/Feb this year.  Before he did the  patio all that was in the front of the patio doors were 12 slabs so a major improvement I think and it always amazes me how different the garden looks covered in snow.

I have used lots of SU products and they consist of:
Top Note Die, Embossing folders, boarder punches, very vanilla and marina mist card stock and ribbon, greenhouse garden stamp set, rhinestones, springtime vintage dsp, itty bitty bits stamp set and buttons, various punches and alphabet stamps.

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my project and thank you for stopping by.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

   

Scrapbook class

Yet another glorious Sunday morning.  I can't believe its a week since I last posted, where does the time go?  Well I've been busy at work and home and yesterday had my wonderful family and friends round for a morning of crafting.  This month we concentrated on 2 scrapbook pages.  It was a little hectic as I was getting the ladies to use the Big Shot out of the mini catalogue but it was also great fun.   Mind you it didn't help that I had my scatty and clumsy head on yesterday, what wasn't nailed down got either dropped, knocked over or spilt, till they survived the morning....lol

Anyway here is my effort which gave the ladies a template to work from, although I must say they came up with some lovely layouts themselves and I forgot to take pics of them, see I told you I was scatty.

These pages feature my two gorgeous daughters both celebrating their 18th birthdays,  Nicola, on the right with the "headscarf", is the eldest and who is going to make me a nan in about 3 months....gulp.  Everything is SU and I hope you can see that we have used quite a few products from the mini catty  These are the top note die, scallop envelope die, embosslits beautiful wings die and the elegant bouquet embossing folder.
I'm hoping to get some crafting done today but the ironing is calling my name and, when hubby gets home from work, we're nipping to a garden centre as he wants some more plants for the garden.  I can't say no really as he supports my hobby so its only right I do the same for him, its only a pity his can't be delivered to the house like mine is...haha

Anyway bye bye for now and I'll be back later to share some more projects with you.  Til then take care.

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

Hugs

Tracy -x-