Happy Christmas!!!!!!!

Well hey there bloggers!

All I want to say is HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!

have a good one!

A snowy scene from last year!!..My Hubbie took it!!!BLIMEY!!!

have a fab fun time

hugs trace x

happiness is hatpins!!!woyww 133

well hey there bloggers,
I wasn't going to do my desk today as craftiness has been thin on the ground.but wanted to say happy Christmas to everyone in blogland and thank everyone who has stopped by and made my first months in blogland so happy...THANKS!!!
Well here are the only crafty things that have been happening due to poorly children..hatpins and hatpins and more hatpins!!
Make sure you hop across to other far more crafty spaces @ http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/.

I have been adding them to my presents to give them that little something different and am really rather pleased! And here are my Tims tags, still in bits!!!

Thanks again to Julia for this fab Wednesday visiting place full of craftiness!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING ME FEEL SO WELCOME IN BLOGLAND AND FOR ALL THE LOVELY COMMENTS

hugs trace x

trying to keep it simple!!!!

hey there bloggers,
hope you are all having a good day!Mine is not so great blogger issues and grr!!!! this was made a long time ago as still crafty nothingness here!
This card started off as something and ended up as something quite different, and yet I am pleased with the outcome.
So without further ado here she is:

I started off by trying to keep it simple,well for me anyway...I stamped the flower head around the card blank and the when dry added some DI, weathered wood and stormy skies. The middle panel is coloured with DI, same as edge but I added in some broken china too and some black soot around edges, this was then spritzed with perfect pearls mist in pearl and dried, using heat tool.
The middle panel was stamped, spritzed quickly with perfect pearls to soften image and then heated, when dry I added some fine crystal glitter.

the sentiment is made using same DI.The flowers are cut from Tim tattered floral die and coloured and then a black brad and some crackle accents added...The flourish is also covered in crackle accents.
thanks for stopping by
ta trace x
have a great day!

Snowflakes steampunk style!!!

Well hey bloggers,
Hope you are all ok in blogland, well my little brood are much better although still full of sniffles, but that I can cope with!!So here I am to blog a tag I made a while back, I have not crafted for at least two weeks!!!poor me!
So here she is:

I started in typical trace style with two halves to my background, just can't help myself!!The left hand side was made with an tissue wrap which I love, love, love!!I stamped some cogs from steam punk Christmas plate from chocolate baroque and added some pearly dots.
The right hand side was coloured with DI, tumbled glass and iced spruce, such a fab colour!!  stamped the coggy Christmas trees to overlap.

Finally I added die cut snowflakes which had been coloured up with DI and added some small cogs(old watch bits)to the centres.
so, that is my quick snowflake tag!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to all the people who have left lovely comments and who are following my blog!!!thanks, thanks, thanks!
Hugs trace x

Guest Artist for the Artistic Stamper, sneaky peak 2

hey there bloggers,

well here I am back again for my second offering as guest artist for the Artistic Stamper,

I have had an absolute ball making this piece,

so here is my sneaky peak:

To see the full piece and all the details hop across to the Artistic Stamper!
Thanks again to Jennie and Hels, I am having a fab time !
Have a great inky day!
hugs trace x

A Christmas tag for anything goes challenge DT

Hey there bloggers,
Well crafty wise I am here today with a festive offering in red and green today,a festive tag for Christmas tags at anything goes for my DT piece, so here she is,

Hop across to anything goes to see all the fab DT pieces and to join in the challenge @ http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/
For all your crafty goodies hop across to Lynne at @ http://www.craftden.co.uk/
So here is how I made my tag:
For the base tag I cut a piece from Tim holtz Kraft resist Christmas rad and coloured using distress inks from the Christmas set of Distress inks.

The left hand strip is tissue paper from district Market collection from Tim Holtz...of course!!!
This strip was coloured using picket fence distress stain and then inked and some gold paint dabber added.The flourishes and 25 were cut using Tim dies and coloured to match tag.
Finally I made two large flowers using Tim Holtz tattered floral die, cutting the flowers from canvas on a roll, colouring and stamping with script.

When dry i assembled the flowers using pin flair glue and added Tim Holtz washers and brads to centres of top flowers. To complete I added a handmade hat pin.

Hope you like it, remember to hop across and see the other fab DT work and maybe join in yourself!!
have a great inky day
hugs trace x

Show us some livestock for gingersnap!

Well hey there bloggers,
I am blogging this while my poorly little girl is asleep,this card has been made a long time but I have not had chance to blog it , so here it is :

The theme at gingersnap creations was livestock which I did find hard, then craft stamper came to my rescue with this free cover stamp!, they must have known I needed an animal!
The colours used were black soot and pumice stone, a great combination.The background stamping used some foliage stamps from chocolate baroque, stamped over background using both colours to build up the layers.
I added black flourishes and some paper string and finally a flower cut from canvas from a roll, inked and over stamped with the foliage stamp.

sorry short and sweet today!!
I am entering this for the following competition:
livestock @ http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/
thanks for stopping by!
have a great inky day
hugs trace x