Tuesday 25th September BLOG CANDY Giveaway

Well hello all.
I have been busy burning the crafting hours . Designing cards for a magazine submission, but I will be adding some crafted projects just for my own pleasure later in the week.

I am pleased to say that I am getting loads of hits and some of my papers have been downloaded over 500 times. However I am lucky to get 1 comment a day. Now I could moan about giving away free papers and hardly getting a thanks, but I won't. So to remedy the situation I am offering some blog candy. For every comment you make on my blog you will get a ticket in a draw to recieve £10.00 worth of crafting stash. So on the 25th October I will put all the tickets in a hat and pull one out and the winner will recieve my special choice of goodies. So the more comments the more chance you have Good Luck. I will be taking comments from Yesterdays post into account so feel free to comment on that . Till tommorow

PS only comments on my actual blog posts count. Comments on my download server pages do not count sorry

Papercraft Junkies Challenge

Sorry my Papercraft Junkies challenge post is late, I have a really good reason, my sister and I had to make a 20 page album in 30 hours for one of my Sisters friends, for her to have in time for her mums funeral. It was finished late last night so I hav nt had time to post.
So here is a slide of the album



It was my turn to pick the Papercraft Junkies Challenge this week. So I thought dimension would be a great challenge for scrappers cardmakers and altered artists. Here are my examples





the clootie well You walk 3 times around the well then tie a peice of cloth to a tree (from someone with an ilness) as the fabric rots it takes the illness with it. The clootie well is a really strange place as its really chaotic to look at all those multi coloured bits of feabric hanging everywhere, and yet there is a feeling of serenity So strange

This is a three layer teabag card done with basket weave fold medallions. I think it looks like a daffodil



I took a large three layer flower sticker by Paper adventures
dismanteled it and used on layer as a template to cut an aperture then stuck the sticker inside the card so that one layer was hidden inside, but when you open card you can see the whole flower.


Pop out card, done with Emboss and pricking medallion stencil . To see all the examples by Papercraft Junkies Design team click Here. Don't forget if you enter the challenge you can win a 15% discount for http://www.craftycarrot.com/I have also a free paper download designed with dimension in mind


available to download here

Sunday 23rd September

As you can see from my last post I have been working on Christmas projects recently. Wow where do's the year go. One minute your celebrating New year, next minute its almost Christmas again.

I was wondering if anybody would be interested in Craft Robo Cutting files as free downloads every now and again, if you are interested please leave a comment , if there is enough interest I will try and design a new Robo download once a fortnight ( with the occasional extra one thrown in when I have time)
Anyway today I have for free download a Christmas Overlay

Please feel free to use it in any personal projects if you use it for any crafted project you are payed for please give me credit. Not to be sold as an overlay or paper unless by agreement.
available to download here

Saturday 21st September

Hi well I am demonstrating all day today at Alexander Paper Supplies at Dagfields near Nantwich.
I just thought I would nip in and post a pic of my Canvas that will be part of next months demonstration

I used two wonderful papers from The English paper company. From their Christmas pack. I will be posting more examples of crafted items using their christmas papers in the next couple of weeks. The tags are cut from a 12 by 12 sheet full of wonderful Christmas tags and the paper with the handwritten Christmas worrds and Christmas iconic images . Love them both Love the whole paper pack

Wednesday 19th September

Well this week has been really hectic. I have to finish some samples for my Demonstration at Alexander paper Supplies , which is on Saturday. I have just been given a design brief for a magazine 6 cards by next Wednesday, and my sisters friend has just lost her mum and wants a 20 page scrapbook for the funeral, but needs it by this friday so my sister and I are doing 10 pages each, however I have managed to nip on today to give you another free downloadable paper
Its called raspberry ripple hope you like it


available to download here

Tuesday 18th September

Well, its been a busy couple of weeks since returning from my holidays. Loads of crafting done but a lot of which cannot at this time be posted on my blog. So yet again free papers
As the marbled papers have been so popular I am offering for free download not 1 not 2 but 3 free papers today.
Based on autumnal colours these three papers work on altering the scale .

Large scale autumnal paper Download HERE Medium Scale paper Download HERE and matching small scale Download HERE
Hope you will find these useful
Byeeee for Now

Monday 17th Sept 6th Papercraft Junkies Challenge

Hi all

This weeks Papercraft Junkies challenge has been set by Tassy She chose - 'Black, White & Red'
This can be used in any project of your choice

Well I am happy with my cards this week but I apologise for the poor photography, I am having a problem with what settings to use for indoor photography hope to get it sorted soon
anyway here are my examples. I experimented with some grungy cards, as usually the black white and red cards I make usually end up looking very crisp and fresh, and I wanted to try something different. Happy with the results. I especially like the one that looks like the front of Santas coat. I started with the strip of white with the paint daubed florish stamped image mounted it onto black card and though it looked a bit like a belt, as i have been working on Christmas cards recently one idea led to another etc etc.
I also did a couple of other cards as well a retro feel one and one with the free bee paper I have for you today




To see all the wonderful examples by my Design team mates Click HERE Don t forget to join in the challenge to win a 15% discount code for Craftycarrot.com
I look forward to seeing all your great entries
Here is this Weeks free challenge paper

If you like it download it free HERE
Anyway TTFN
Happy Crafting

Sunday 16th September

Busy day today. Finished all my examples for tommorows Papercraft junkies Challenge
dont forget to come along and join in this weeks challenge.

Have designed a couple of quick overlays to overlay on papers. They are scribble and swirl
here they are overlayed on yesterdays paper

Scribble

available to download here
Swirl

available to download here

Great for a quick cordinating paper, or to grung up a paper you aleady have.
Hope you like them
See you tommorow

Satuday 15th Sept

Hello All

Loads of crafting done today, some cards, and CJ entry none of which can be shown. Cards are either for next weeks Papercraft Junkies challenge , or for magasine submission.
So dabbled with more paper designing so have another freebee for you


Hope you like it. If you do you can download it here

Thursday 13th September

Can t wait till next week . I am designing the paper to go with next weeks Papercraft Junkies Challenge.I am hopeing that the paper that I end up with looks something like the paper in my head. But who knows where it will end up once I start experimenting.
Anyway I have designed another free paper for you hope you like it

which is available to download here

Wednesday 12th September

I have to go to the dentist today. To have my abcess checked out, and to get some antibiotics. I hate going to the dentist Lucky that I have one mind you, but even so I really am not looking forward to it. I just want a magic wand that will make the abcess go away. No such luck, so a visit to the local torture chamber is a must. Anyway as much as I feel sorry for myself, I am sure it is of little interest to anyone else. Other than crafting related stuff its the most excitement Ive had since coming back of holiday. Other than looking through my pics.
Have had some good news I have a project coming out in Simply Cards and papercraft in October , using my favorite craft tool the Craft Robo (kisses the Craft Robo on the desk) best craft item I ever bought.
Recieved the English Paper Company Christmas paper stack as well. Its really nice have fallen very heavily for a few of the papers and the others are really nice too. I know that they will all get used for cards and scrapping projects I have to do some Christmas cards for a Magazine project with them , but I hope to have a few extra to put on here at the end of next week, and possible some Christmas gift ideas with them as well.
Anyway yesterday I promised another in the swirly paper set as a freebee download so here it is

available to download HERE

Tuesday 11th September

I saw my grandchild for the 1st time yesterday, not that you could make out much on the scan picture, but I am so pleased and chuffed to be a nanny (well almost) Can t wait till Feb oh well must learn patience.
Messed around with more swirly paper designs today. This one based on the last swirly paper. I am offering it for free download. It looks much better full size . Just click and see for yourself

available to down load HERE
I also have another free paper based on the same design which will be available for download tommorow. So come back tommorow Please feel free to leave comments here . I look forward to seeing all the blogs of the people who download my papers.

Monday 10th Papercraft Junkies Challenge no 5

Well its Monday again and this is the 5th Papercraft Junkies Challenge.
This week is Natalie's (Natbag) turn to pick a subject - 'A to Z'
Nat says
"My challenge is called A to Z and I'd like you all to incorporate a letter or monogram in your LO/card/ATC/altered project. It can be one single letter, or a whole alphabet, and it can be about or for anyone you like - the choice is yours. "
Nice challenge nat with loads of scope for altered artists,scrapbookers and cardmakers
So here are my two examples


Both my examples are based around a monogram with a word cut out . These were both done with the Craft Robo (oh how I love my craft robo)
My favorite is the baby boy card I used the Clear Choice baby stamp set and whispers ink pads. I inked the monogram with two shades of blue then stamped the baby palm prints onto it, and used the its a boy stamp for the sentiment. I used a baby boy zipper pull by Junkitz, To finish I punched three holes wih a hole punch horizontally along right hand bottom edge. Then used the punch outs vertically on left hand edge

For the Mum card I used pink paisly patterned vellum over a dark green card base nled the monogam in pinks and stamped in black. I used pink flower brads and green permant maker from Sharpie to add the centers finished of with Amy Butler stickers.

I have as always designed a freebee paper to match the challenge so here it is

available to download here
Don t forget the winner of this weeks challenge will win a 15% discount code for Crafty Carrot

Sunday 9th September

Hello all

Well today hasd been another thrilling day in the life of Tracey.
Still suffering with an absess on my tooth (arrh) and pulled muscles over my ribs (aarh) which have curtailed my exploits in the tidying department . So again I have been playing around and have designed you another freebee paper. (Yeahhh) i really liked the last swirly paper so have been experimenting with more swirls. This time a more tropical and bright feel to the paper. Don t forget its Papercraft Junkies Challenge day tommorow and I have my examples already and my team mates examples are really lovely. So make sure you drop in and have a go. Dont forget that the entry picked as the winner will earn the entrant a 15% discount at Crafty Carrot so well worth taking the time to enter
anyway here is the freebee paper Hope you like it


which is available for download here

Friday 7th September

So what is happening in my world today. Im teaching this morning, and hoping to catch up on Magazine projects this afternoon. That is if I can tidy my craft room up 1st. Im definatly not one of the tidy craftroom gurus. Im way too disorganised, and I tend to get distracted and start experimnting when I should be tidying. Oh well one day my craft room will be orgnised properly, so that everything I want is not always at the bottom of the pile.

I have created another free paper for you

which is available to download here

Thursday 6th Sept

Have been back now for 4 days three of which I have had a migraine from hell. Today is my 1st day really back on track so have been working to catch up with Papercraft Junkies challenge for Monday . The winners of the previous challenges can be seen on the Junkies challenge thread.
Anyway I have also designed another freebee paper. Based on tooled and embossed leather

available to download here

Monday 3rd Sept 1.47 am

Told you I could nt wait to do a layout. Had a quick dabble with a simple digital layout using the paper and the photos . I will be using these on a paper layout in the near future but really wanted to see them all together straight away. (like you do) hope you like it

Sunday 2nd Sept

Well have been trawling through my multitude of piccies, I am really proud of some photos I took of a Cormorant or shag. So I thought I would take this opportunity to share them with you.







I can t wait to put them in a scrapbook layout. Talking of wildlife photography I am thinking or organising a wildlife photography crop with a professional Wildlife photographer. It would be a full 1 week residential on the Black Isle in Scotland where there is a wide variety of stunning wildlife with a photography course and scrapping projects based on the photographs you take during the day. The cost of the crop would be around £850.00 it would nt be until next year if this sounds of interest please e mail me rattytatty@fsmail.net

I have created a free paper for you based on my photographs its called feathers hope you like it



available to download here

Don t forget that its the new challenge at Papercraft Junkies tommorow (Monday just in case you are reading it on Monday) I am not doing an example for this weeks as half a day is not enough time, but I am already working on my example for next week so until next week enjoy this weeks wonderful examples from my talented team mates

2nd Sept 2007

Well two weeks and 3500 photos later and I am back from a wonderful holiday in Scotland. Loads of great inspirtion for my crafting and for papers. Don,t forget its the Papercraft Junkies Challenge on Monday. This time I dont have an example as I was away. However looking and the other design team members examples, you are in for loads of great inspiration. Catch you later

Monday 27th August

Papercraft Junkies challenge day again. Papercraft Junkies forum .Papercraft Junkies is the sister site of Crafty Carrot a great online shop owned by Tracey who's blog is here
As you now know, we are a very varied design team with everything from Atcs to Srapbooking and altered art included. More often than not we get carried away and have more than one example each for the challenges. So here is the challenge Something Old, Something New.
It can be old stash, new stash. Whatever old and new brings to mind. Wedding related. Grandparents with new grandchild. My 1st example is old stash new stash and old love new love.



Its my anniversary card for oh . Starting point I dug down to the bottom of my oldest stash box and took out the bottom paper. When I saw it . I thought it was a bit girly for a male anniversary card, however I think that the slightly oriental feel to the card. strengthens it. The Lillie's I bought when I 1st started card making . I bought a job lot of flowers and ended up with 100 lilies, of which I have probably used 10 all on sympathy cards. So that's the old. The new is the papermania chipboard stickers and reasonably new are the K & Co papers. It doesn't close flat so its a boxed card.

My second example is an old ufo in fact my 1st unfinished layout.



I had the two papers and the fibres done and the photos were adhered with re positionable in the center, Sometimes when I am planning I place repo in the center of my matted photos and then just move them around. When I am happy I can add glue to the edges of the photos without moving them. However the repo was nt very re positionable anymore well it was about 3 years ago that I did it. So that was my starting point. The new is the little metal flowers which I bought at a bead fair , The small photos are enlarged sections of the paintings in the main photo. I liked the subdued effect the blurring created.

So that's my two examples

Don't forget you can enter the challenge yourself at papercraft Junkies.
So go along to the forum and look at all Papercraft Junkies talented design team team mates wonderful examples. If you enter the challenge yourself , there is a 10% discount voucher for the best entry chosen by the design team.available to Uk and non uk residents .
My Design team mates blogs are all in my links section
Come along to Papercraft Junkies Challenge thread to see all the design team examples and join in the challenge for a chance to win a 10% discount at Crafty Carrot online shop

I also have a something old, something new freebee paper download for you
I started by photographing an old crochet doily to create this new paper for you

available to download HERE
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