Thursday, February 28, 2013

So Cute.......

Hello and Welcome to the "SOUS Whimsical designs Inspirational " blog hop!

Sous has teamed up with  Whimsical Designs , we are so excited to share  our projects with you! We hope you enjoy them all.


If you have just arrived at my blog and would like to start at the beginning please head back to

If you have come from Charlotte http://scrapsational-char.blogspot.ca/ you are heading in the right direction.

You are Here..........Tracey http://trace-elementz.blogspot.com.au/

On to Our Sketch

This fabulous sketch was designed by Sandi Clarkson


As you can see.........I stuck pretty much to the sketch. I adore this photo of my son! I have mixed a few different paper collections keeping things simple , I really wanted the photo to be the focus! 


The photo of the layout looks so flat....... Here is  a close up so you can see there is more dimension.


Lets get hopping

Next stop is Annette Gearside http://annettemomentintime.blogspot.com.au/

We have two sponsors for the hop:
1. Patsy-Prairie Bird Boutique: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieBirdBoutique
Winner will receive their choice of pack of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon

2. Sonia Kertznus: http://www.shopskdigis.com
Winner will receive a $6.00 Voucher to Sonia's store

Happy Hopping Everyone

Thanks for visiting me

Tracey

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Shabby Tea Room # 155

Hello...........
I hope you can join us in The Shabby Tea Room for our new challenge!

This week Rebecca is our creative host.... the theme is PINK PARTY.
Look at this pretty photo she has chosen to inspire you...........

photo inspiration #155

The Cutting Cafe is sponsoring this challenge. Love this Gum ball Machine shaped card and envelope template...........it was so much fun to make, its all pretty , pink and Shabby!




The Shabby Girls have some really cute creations to show you.......hop over and have a look!

Debbie - Simple Treasures
Rebecca - Paper Primrose

Happy Creating..........thank you so much for visiting

Tracey

Friday, February 22, 2013

Stuck on U....Die cut challenge

Hi everyone,
Its time to show you the next challenge for Stuck on U die cuts. 
The theme is "WRITING"
We would love to see Die cuts of  pens, pencils, typewriter etc........


I used Sentimentals cricut cartridge to cut the Card, envelope, typewriter girl, stamp and the butterfly.
I started with the butterfly image for the stamp , then I decided to cut  a butterfly with my cricut for  the centre of the card........lots of ink , a pretty doily and Bling!


Hope you can join us........please visit the other members of the Design Team - Wow, they have been so creative.
Thankyou so much for visiting..........its the weekend for me!
Happy Crafting

Tracey

Monday, February 18, 2013

The Shabby Tea Room #154

Hello and welcome to a new week and a new challenge with "The Shabby Tea Room"
Starr is our creative host , she has chosen the theme
"Silver Lining" - Use the colours Aqua, Brown and add a silver element.


The design team had fun choosing  templates to work with from "Creations by AR" . She is sponsoring the challenge this week.
I love the pretty flower pots in the gorgeous photo, so  I chose  to work with one of
 AR's newest templates....
Its called "Lollipot".
These are designed as a little gift box for lollipops or cake pops etc..go HERE to find out more.
Can you imagine these cute pots decorating your table?
The sentiment tags are from Paper Sweeties.


Please visit the other DT members, they would love to show you their creations.


Debbie - Simple Treasures
Rebecca - Paper Primrose
Happy Creating..........thankyou so much for visiting

Tracey

Monday, February 11, 2013

Sweet Silhouettes - TSTR #153

Happy Monday everyone,

Rebekah  is our creative host at The Shabby Tea Room this week...........she has chosen the theme
 "Sweet Silhouettes"
Rebekah asks that you create a project featuring a Silhouette as the focal point.
Don't you just love this collage of rustic looking frames as the inspiration photo!


I recently purchased the cricut cartridge 'Suburbia' .......its full of silhouette images, perfect for this  challenge.


My card


I cut the Heart shape using ' Love Struck' cartridge then added a few more flowers for dimension. 
Janets digital paper is our sponsor - the background paper is 'Victorian French'.
'The Gift of Love' is from Paper Sweeties 'Christmas in the Heart' sentiment set.

The design team have some gorgeous projects to show you..........

Debbie - Simple Treasures
Rebecca - Paper Primrose

I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge
Enjoy your week 
Happy Creating

Tracey

Friday, February 8, 2013

Stuck on U Sketches Die cuts

Hello,
I hope you all enjoyed hopping with us last week........please go to the end of this post to see if you have won my Blog Candy!

Now to this weeks challenge........

I had so much fun creating this layout for "Stuck on U Sketches Die cuts"

We would love to see your die cut "BALLOONS" 
I fell in love with  this Balloon die cut from" Victorian Romance"! 


The Balloon was cut at 'fit to page' from a cereal box,  I then stamped the plaid image on the basket. A little washi tape, some off cuts of doilies and a few felt clouds.......Ta da! 


Don't forget to pop over to Stuck on U Sketches to see the wonderful projects the design team have to inspire you.

Now to the winner of my Blog Candy - ramdom org. chose................Tammy Chelbourg #47
Please email me your address so I can get it in the post to you.

Thankyou to everyone who left comments, I really appreciate it!

Enjoy your week
Happy Crafting
Tracey

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Shabby Tea Room #152

Please go HERE if you are Blog Hopping with SOUS

Hello Shabby Tea Room fans.................look at this gorgeous photo Lenet has chosen to inspire you this week! The theme is "Happy Birthday"....Lenet asks that you use the colours Pink and Blue.


I really enjoy making pretty gift boxes!
My flowers were created using a punch with water colour paper. I added a touch of pink with water colour crayons.
I was hoping they would turn out kinda close to the ones in the photo!



Paper Sweeties is our sponsor this week..........."You're a Treasure" is from You are Amazing sentiment stamp set.


I covered the box with a wall paper border that I had found at an  OP shop......then painted it white. Love the embossed look and texture it adds to the outside of the box.


The other Shabby girls would love to show you their gorgeous creations.

Debbie - Simple Treasures
Rebecca - Paper Primrose
Happy Crafting

Tracey

Friday, February 1, 2013

Stuck on U Sketches .........Celebrates!!!


If you arrived from Wanda's blog you are on the right track!


We are so excited to have you all visiting on a historic
Today's post marks our 100th  sketch!
And to celebrate we are having a blog hop. 

We have created projects using this sketch designed by  Leah Schaeffer.


This is my daughter celebrating her 7th Birthday! I kept it simple.........some pretty felt hearts , flowers and a Glittery Title.



I used Plantin School Book cricut cartridge to cut the title and Mini Monograms to cut the scallop circle for the banner. The felt flowers are also die cut
.
We have 3 sponsors who have been kind enough  to offer some great candy!

Our very own Lisa Norris of  Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons


 Regina Easter of The Cutting Cafe
3 sets of your choice

.

Your choice of two stamp sets from Stephanie of Whimsical Designs:




To be elegible to win the prizes above please become a
 a follower of Stuck on U Sketches 
and leave a little love along the way for each team member (this will take
some time so our hop is a week long! 
3 winners will be chosen........The winners will be posted on the Stuck on U Ketches blog on Friday, February 8th. 

Please leave a comment for the chance to win my blog candy......just a few of my favourite things.


Come join in the celebration.......we would love to see what you do with the sketch!

Your next stop is Tracey G

Have a wonderful week.......Happy Hopping!

Tracey