The Creative Cottage New Kit

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well and have had a good week, not long till the weekend now and its supposed to be a fabulous one so hopefully I might get in the garden, it really could do with a good tidy, if the grass gets any longer goodness knows what we will find in there!

Today The Creative Cottage have a new kit release.... Inspirational .....is full of beautiful papers in fabulous designs, inspirational images, quotes and much more all for only £2.99!

The design team have made some stunning cards using the new kit please pop over to The Creative Cottage blog to have a look.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges :-

 Secret Crafters challenge which is butterflies

Craft your passion which is anything goes

and

I did it Creations which is anything goes

I hope what ever your doing this weekend you have a fab one

thanks for stopping by

Tracy

x

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Morning all :)

I have made this card for my daughters boyfriend, he will be 18 and he just loves meerkats, strange I know lol. I'm going to enter it into this weeks Papertake weekly challenge where their theme this time is anything goes with the option of new.

The papers are from the new kit from The Creative Cottage that is going to be released tomorrow and the image is by Sandra Dry, the stars and numbers are from the Little Monkeys Pirate Adventure download by The Creative Cottage and the sentiment was done on my PC.

thanks so much for stopping by,

have a lovely day

Tracy x

Pollycraft Challenge

I have made this card for Pollycraft challenge which is to bring out your old and neglected stamps.

Well all my stamps and craft stuff has been neglected lately so a very easy challenge.

The image is by pollycraft, the papers are from nitwits and the sentiment was done on my PC.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day

Tracy

x

Less is More

Morning all, sorry I have been such a bad blogger, life has just got in the way but this weekend I made time to join in with a challenge I have been wanting to join in with since it began, Less is more, I just love this challenge so much, C&S used to be my style when I first started card making but I sort of lost my way a bit but making this card has confirmed just how much I love it and I will defiantly be making more like this.

Their challenge this week is a touch of red and straight away I new what I wanted to do, don't you just love it when it comes together very easy, not very often I can say that lol.

The robin was one I bought of ebay last year, sentiment and branch were ones I did on my pc.

I cant wait for their next challenge now :)

have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage challenge

Good morning to you all, its time for another challenge over at The Creative Cottage and this time the fabulous Lindyloo has selected the theme which is a Christmas card with a matching gift bag, I think everyone nearly had a heart attack when they read bag but in fact it wasn't that bad, well I must admit I cheated a little and used the gift bag available in the Gingerbread Lane easel card kit, the card was made using the Gingerbread Lane full kit.

We said a sad goodbye to Carol over on the Creative Cottage this week and I would just like to say good luck with everything you do its been great working with you Carol, we also said a big warm welcome to Mandi, if you haven't visited Mandi's blog your in for a treat she has a wonderful style and makes the most gorgeous creations, like her first sample for this weeks challenge, please pop over and take a look along with the rest of the fabulous design teams, there is also the chance to win a £10 voucher. This challenge will run for 4 weeks so plenty of time to join in and I hope you will.

Have a great day

hugs

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage freebie and pollycraft new releases!!!

 Hi everyone I hope you are all keeping warm, I cant believe how much snow we are getting I cant remember ever getting this much and its supposed to get worse with 15cm forecast for today alone, went to the shops this morning, no milk, bread or fruit and veg, think we will be living of take aways at this rate! Maybe the snow isn't that bad lol ;)

Well with all the snow its best to stay in doors and craft so why not pop over to  The Creative Cottage blog and pick up this fabulous mini kit which is this months freebie and there is also 30% off all purchases (over a £1) please click here for more details.

Also pollycraft have some fabulous new releases today, I really wanted to make some cards with these but just didnt get a chance but for some stunning samples from the dt and more details about the new stamps please visit the pollycraft blog.

well that's it from me, sorry I haven't had much to share lately its just so hectic here and probably will be till after Christmas but hopefully come the new year I will be able to do a lot more blogging

have a fab day and thanks for stopping by

keep safe and warm

hugs

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage Challenge 28

Good morning everyone, its a cold one here and its snowing, hasn't started to lie yet but I don't think it will be long, the little ones are so excited in fact so are the big ones lol!!

This weeks its Carol's turn to pick the challenge theme for The Creative Cottage Challenge and she has gone for Christmas in un-traditional colours, so no reds or greens. I have made my card using one of the new Winter Tree downloads from The Creative Cottage and embellished it with pink gems, you can really see it but there is embossing on one side.

Please visit the challenge blog to see  gorgeous samples from the design team and join in the fun with a chance to win a £10 voucher to spend at the Creative Cottage.

Have a lovely day

hugs

Tracy x

Winter Tree's

 Hi everyone I hope you have all had a good week, just a quickie to let you know that The Creative Cottage have some great new mini sets available for only 80p each or £1.99 for all 3! These are so gorgeous once made up, I added a few gems to mine for some Christmas Sparkle. They come in three differant colours so there is something for everyone taste, get yours here.

hope you have a fabulous weekend

hugs

Tracy x

Pollycraft challenge 70

Good morning to you all, its time for another Pollycraft Challenge and this week its been set by the very lovely Joanne and she would like to see a glittery Christmas, perfect as you cant have Christmas without lots of glitter and sparkle. I have used another of the new Sonny Honeycloud images on my card, I have teamed it with lots of embossing, sparkle and gems, I hope you like it.

For more gorgeous cards from the dt and to join in the challenge please visit the Pollycraft challenge blog! We cant wait to see what you create.

Have a great day

Tracy x

3 challenges in 1

Hi everyone I hope you are all well and having a good weekend, I have been wrapping Christmas gifts all morning and so needed a break as I hate wrapping gifts, I'm so just so bad at it lol anyway I had a bit play and have made a card for a few of challenges.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - All my favourite things

 well penny blacks were my first love in crafting and what started it all of, the colour black is my favourite colour to add to any card, card candy are my favourite embellishments and pink petticoat papers are my all time favourite papers.

Friday Sketches who have this awesome sketch

and last but def not least

The Totally Papercrafts - Black and Purple

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

enjoy the rest of your day

hugs

Tracy x

Pollycraft new shop!!

Hi everyone, I have some exciting news for you, Pollycraft have a new shop, so now when you order your stamps they will be available instantly, no waiting, just order, print and play. For the first week you get a free cupcake digi image with each order, see the blog for more details.

and if that isnt enough the new Sonny Honeycloud stamps are available for pre order, grab the whole set for only £33.99 giving you a massive £8.00 saving, to get yours please click here.

The card I have made features one of the new Sonny Honeycloud images, they really are all fabulous you are going to love them. The papers are from The Creative Cottage.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges :-

Cute Card Thursday- Anything Goes

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Clean & Simple

thanks for stopping by and have a great day

hugs and smiles

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage Challenge 27

Hi everyone, this week over on The Creative Cottage challenge its the lovely Anne's turn to pick the challenge and she has chosen the theme someone special at Christmas. For my card I have used the new Gingerbread Lane kit from The Creative Cottage.

Thanks to everyone who joined in with our last challenge, you all love your embossing and wow did you create some stunning cards, we all loved to see them.

We hope you will join us again this time, please visit the challenge blog for more gorgeous creations and to join in the fun.

have a great day and thanks for stopping by

Tracy x

Sneaky Peak, introducing .....

Miss Sonny Honeycloud isnt she fabulous!!! This is the latest set of images soon to be released by the fabulous Pollycraft, there is 8 in the set and sentiments too and thats not all these will be released as rubber stamps, so its all very exciting stuff!! To see more sneaky peaks please pop over the Pollycraft blog and challenge blog where the design team have been very busy making some gorgeous creations with her, we all love her already and I'm sure you will too.

have a great day

Tracy x

Ginger Bread Lane

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a good week and had a fabulous and safe bonfire night last night, I took my little ones to a local display, they did nothing but moan lol sometimes you wonder why you bother! still in saying that they did seem to enjoy it so all was not lost, kids are so strange!

Here is a card I made using the new easel kit available over at The Creative Cottage, these are so fabulous if you have lots of cards to make or just havnt any time to craft or want something in a hurry, infact they are just fabulous, you even get the little gift bag!

The full kit is also available and it has the most adorable ginger bread men, now I'm not normally a fan of ginger bread men but I just love these! The kit, easel card kit and paper pack are available to purchase here.


thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend
hugs
Tracy xx

Pollycraft challenge 68 - 'It's Chill Time...'

Hi everyone, its time for another Pollycraft challenge and the lovely Emma has picked this weeks theme which is It's Chill Time....... you can interpret this how you want, chilling out, relaxing, snow etc, I went for the relaxing!

I have made my card using the Relaxing Ronnie image which is my favourite image for men's cards and its for such a worth while cause ( read about it here ) if you haven't got it in your collection already you need to get! The papers are from Autumn Afternoon paper collection from The Creative Cottage. The sentiment was one I did on my PC and the buttons are from my stash.

Please pop over the challenge blog and see the design teams gorgeous creations and join in the fun

thanks for stopping by and have a great day

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage Challenge 26

Good morning everyone, its my turn to pick the challenge over on the Creative Cottage Challenge blog and I have chosen the theme embossing, nice and easy :). I have made my card using the Mr Frosty quick card set, the quick card sets have everything you need to make a card in a hurry or are great when you have lots to make, so great for Christmas!

This week is a sad week for us at The creative cottage as the amazingly talented Teri is leaving us :(, Teri has the most unique style and if you pop over to the challenge blog today you will see what I mean as her card is stunning. I would like to wish Teri all the luck in the world with her shop and challenge blog, I have loved working with her and she is going to be a big miss.

please pop over to the challenge blog and join in the fun, this week there is a £10 voucher as the prize and the design team have some stunning inspiration for you.

hope to see you there, have a great day

Tracy x

Pollycraft Friday Freebie

Happy Friday to you, today I have a card made for you using the fabulous freebie what you can pick up from over on the pollycraft blog, they are just adorable, I sooooo love penguins and couldn't wait to make a card with them, I haven't done an easel card for a while so thought I would make one, they always look so effective and are so simple to do. The papers are from the Lavender Sky collection by The Creative Cottage.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge :-

Gingerloft challenge - winter

also before I go I just wanted to let you know about the fabulous blog candy over at pollycraft, you really dont want to miss this, its fabulous and there is over £100 worth of prizes to be won, be sure to pop over and join in.

thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend

Tracy x

a few challenges

Hi everyone, I hope you are well and having a good week, I made a card the other week for a special friends birthday that's coming up but never got a chance to put it on the blog with it been such a hectic week, so here it is. The papers are from the new Autumn Afternoon collection from The Creative Cottage, I thought these would work so well with a Tilda image so I used one of my all time favourites.

I'm entering this in to the following challenges :-

Stampin For The Weekend - Autumn/ Halloween

The Stamp Man Challenge- Autumn

Totally Papercrafts - Autumn

Crazy 4 Challenges - Autumn/Halloween

Before I go i just wanted to let you know that The Creative Cottage also has blog candy, you have the chance of winning a fabulous prize click here for more details.

have a fab evening and thanks for stopping by

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage Challenge 25

Good morning everyone I hope you are all well,it has been a rubbish few days here so I'm not in the best of moods :(, Matthew my youngest had an accident at school on Monday morning and had to be took to hospital, we have spent the past two days in hospital and he spent nearly two hours in theatre yesterday so its been awful but he is feeling much better today and full of beans so hopefully all is now OK, although he is going to have a scar on his head, he says he is a little Harry Potter, bless him!! So I'm sorry that I have been even worse getting round your blogs than I normally am I'm just so behind with everything at the minute :)

Anyway, its Wednesday and time for another challenge over on The Creative Cottage Challenge, this time the theme is Halloween and has been picked by Teri, I loved this as I really love making Halloween cards. I have made my card using the Spooky Cupcake mini set.

Please pop over to the challenge blog to see the design teams fabulous samples and to join in the fun, don't forget you have the chance to win 2 creative cottage kits and also at the shop there is 20% of till the end of October.

Have a great day, I'm of to give my little boy some more BIG hugs.

take care

Tracy x

Pollycraft freebie

Hello, just a quickie to let you know Pollycraft have the cutest freebie for you, perfect for all your Halloween cards and invites! Please pop over to their blog to get yours. I have used mine to make a party invite and the little ones have decided we are having a fancy dress Halloween party this year! The papers are from The Creative Cottage.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by

Tracy x

Pollycraft Monday Challenge 64

Good morning, I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend, mine was hectic as normal and with kids party's thrown in and none stop kids arguing in I'm pleased its Monday and everyone is back to school lol.

Anyway its time for another challenge over at Pollycraft Monday Challenge and this week Lisa has picked the theme which is anything goes! A nice and easy one...perfect!

I have used the spring things-blossoming friendship image for my card and papers from The Creative Cottage.

This week The Creative Cottage are sponsoring the challenge and if you pop over to the blog there is also a code to get 20% of their products till the end of October!!!

I really enjoyed making this card it was such a nice change from Halloween cards lol

thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your comments I really appreciate everyone

hope you have a lovely day

Tracy x

Two Freebie's for you!!!

Good morning to you, I hope you are well ! I have two freebies to tell you about today, the first is the fabulous Luna Bitterfrost from Pollycraft, isn't she just brilliant and yes that's right she is free if you pop over to the Pollycraft blog, you can also see some gorgeous cards by the rest of the design team.

I have made my card using The Creative Cottage papers and the layout is a fabulous sketch over on the Papertake weekly challenge.

The second freebie is from The Creative Cottage, isn't he adorable, the very cute little Sherbet bear all dressed up for his Halloween party, I haven't had a chance to make a card with him yet but hopefully I will have one soon.

thanks for stopping by I hope you have a fabulous weekend

Tracy x

Bling it on!

Hi there, its time for another Creative Cottage Challenge and this week the fabulous Suzie has picked the challenge, bling it on!! She wants to see gems, sparkles any bling you can think of. You cant really see the bling on my card but there is loads of glitter and gems.

The rest of the design team have done a much better job so please pop over to the challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration and to join in with us, there is also the chance to win two kits from the new creative cottage shop!

I have made my card using the Snow Much fun easel card kit which is available to purchase here.

thanks for stopping by and have a great day
Tracy x

Pollycraft PCP challenge

Please scroll down to post below for The Creative Cottage Blog Hop.

Hello, I hope your having a good morning, I just wanted to share with you this card and let you know about the challenge over on the pollycraft papercraft planet group that the fabulous Maria has just set, its a good one all you have to do is make a Christmas Card using a pollycraft image.

I have made mine using the very cute Dexter Christmas scene decoupage set, I love these they are just so cute and great for a quick card as they are already coloured in for you! The papers are from the naughty or nice kit from The Creative Cottage.

Please be sure to pop over for more details and to see the design teams fabulous inspiration!

Thanks to everyone who joined in the blog hop yesterday and if you didn't you still have time but today is the last day so be quick!!

thanks so much for stopping by

have a great day

Tracy x

The Creative Cottage First Blog Hop

Hello to you and thanks for stopping by, well its finally here, The Creative Cottage website is now live and to celebrate we are having our first ever blog hop. It starts at the challenge blog and ends at the main blog stopping at the design teams blog on the way. There is a fabulous prize at the end and a few surprises hidden along the way!

So if you have arrived here from Carol's blog your on track if not you need to go back to Carol's or the start of the hop.

and next you need to hop over to Shelly's!

Thanks for joining in the fun and good luck!

have a great day

Tracy x

please scroll down to the post below for my card for this weeks pollycraft challenge

Pollycraft Challenge- Cute and Cuddly

Good morning everyone, this is my first of two posts today so please pop back later for the exciting Creative Cottage blog hop!!!!

equally as exciting its time for another Pollycraft Challenge and this time its Joey turn to pick the theme and she has gone for cute and cuddly.

I have used the gorgeous and very cute 4 Paws Bessie Trick or Treat image and papers from the Creative Cottage.

I hope you will join us, please pop over to the challenge blog for more gorgeous inspiration.

I'll be back soon with details of The Creative Cottage blog hop so bye for now.

xxx

Too Cute To Spook!!!!

Hi everyone, its the last day of The Creative Cottage sneaky peaks today and this one is my favourite, I don't no why but I love doing Halloween stuff at the minute and these packs make it so easy to come up with fabulous results every time.

There is three toppers sheets priced at 80p each or you can buy all three in our special offer pack for £1.99 and trust me you will want all them all as they are super cute!

There is also two papers packs each with 12 coordinating papers both priced at £1.99 and borders to match priced at 80p a sheet, all a bargain!

please pop over to The Creative Cottage blog to see fabulous inspiration from the design team and also pop over to the design teams blogs.

I'll be back on Monday with the new Pollycraft Challenge and also the first ever Creative Cottage blog hop, I hope you will join me

Have a great weekend

Tracy x

Naughty or Nice ???

Happy Friday to you all, I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. I have nothing planned but its so nice to have the little ones home all day again and no work lol, well not much any way.

Today on the Creative Cottage the sneak peak is a fabulous Christmas kit, Naughty or Nice featuring an adorable Santa, papers, embellishments and more all for only £1.99!! To be in with a chance of winning it please pop over to the Creative Cottage blog.

please also pop over to see some fabulous creations from the design team.
have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with some little cuties!

Tracy x

Jia Li - Friendship

Hi everyone, as promised I have another Jia Li kit for you from The Creative Cottage, this time the theme is friendship. As with the other Jia Li kit she comes with papers and embellishments and a greeting stamp all for only £1.75. You can also have the chance to win this kit and have a chance to play with it before any one else, pop over to The Creative Cottage blog for more details.

Well not long till the blog hop and new website now, its so exciting, its felt like it was never going to get here, yet here we are just days away. I hope you will join in this coming Monday we really would love to see you there!

I would like to enter this card for the Anything Goes challenge, which this weeks theme is oriental.

till tomorrow, have the best day

hugs

Tracy x