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HI FROM ANAHEIM

Hi there. Well, I've arrived at Anaheim, just settling in and getting ready for CHA.

Today is my very last post as a guest DT girl at Jen's deconstructed sketch. I've had the best 3 months on the team. Thanks Jen and all the girls.

Jen's sketch this week is awesome as usual, and it suited the saturated canary digi stamp I used perfectly.

My card.......

....and Jen's great sketch......

 I hope you have timeto visit the DT girls blogs (links on my sidebar) and hopefully join in the fun.

I'll hopefully be back soon with some CHA happy snaps.....never know who i might meet.

Cheers,

Tracey.

VIOLET

For this weeks deconstructed sketch i have used another saturated canary digi stamp. Her name is VIOLET and she is SO cute. This weeks sketch suited me perfectly, as i'm still away on Summer vacation with limited supplies, and the CAS look was easy to achieve using Jen's fab sketch.

 

So, here is my card........

 

 

I hope you like it. And here is Jen's awesome sketch......

 

 

There is plenty of inspiration on the DT blogs.....

• Amber Hight
• Andrea Ewen - Guest Designer
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell
• Sheri Gilson
• Tracey Pickersgill - Guest Designer

After you've checked them out, make sure you head over to jen's deconstructed sketch blog and join in the fun.

Hope you're having a crafty week. I'm heading off to CHA in a few days, and would love to catch up with some blogland friends, so if you'll be there, let me know and maybe we can arrange to meet up.

Tracey.

i HEART saturated canary

Yes, it's true. I really do. I have just discovered Krista Smith's amazing digital images, and they are so gorgeous. You know when just looking at something gives you that happy feeling, well that's what happens to me when i see Krista's images.

Here is my second image that i have colored from the saturated canary. I thought i would enter it in this week's saturated canary challenge # 8 here. The theme this week is clean and simple. You all know how much i LOVE my embellishments, so this one was a bit tricky for me. I made a bookmark for my crafty 14 year old daughter. She has just started her own blog today so that she can enter some challenges. I'd love you to visit her blog here

Anyway, here's my project for challenge # 8......

 

 

I used a jillibean soup Kraft tag for the base of my bookmark which i stamped with a hero arts text stamp and stitched. I colored her in using copic markers and then cut harriet's name out using mft's new alpha die. Don't fotget to check out all the other entries this week on the saturated canary blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Tracey.

DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH TIME

Hi there all. Finally the internet is back to a near normal pace again, so all should go smoothly with my post this week. LOL!

Once again, Jen has come up with an awesome sketch for DS34.

 

....and here is my take on this week's sketch....

 

 

I have only just recently discovered Krista Smith's SATURATED CANARY digi stamps and I am totally in love with them. This girl is called COPICA, (for obvious reasons), and my gorgeous youngest DD said to me, "she looks just like you, Mummy". It was so cute. If only. Unfortunately, the only likeness is the copic markers, LOL.

Be sure to check out all of the DT blogs for some inspiration....

• Amber Hight
• Andrea Ewen - Guest Designer
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell
• Sheri Gilson
• Tracey Pickersgill - Guest Designer

and then join in the fun over on jen's deconstructed sketch blog

Have a great week,

Tracey.

DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH #33

Hi everyone. I hope you all enjoyed the festive season.

I'm sorry for my lack of posts lately, but the internet connection at the beach where we are on vacation is terrible. I have travelled home today to do a few jobs, including this blog post from my work computer. So, wish me luck, as I have my photo on a memory stick and haven't quite figured out how to get it onto my blog on this computer! ( I know it's sad but I really don't like computers)

Yay, it worked. Jen's sketch this week is awesome as always.

 

Wow, both pictures have uploaded. What a relief.

I hope you find time to be inspired by all the DT creations, (links on my sidebar), and please join in the fun.

We are sponsored by Scrappin great deals this week, and the winner will receive $25 of product.

Hopefully the internet will be working better soon once all the tourists leave the beach, so fingers crossed that i can post more often next week.

Tracey.

A CHRISTMAS DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH

Only 3 more sleeps here until the man in red comes, and boy are the girls excited. 

Being Thursday, I have a new Deconstructed sketch to show you, and this sketch was lots of fun as usual.

I didn't make many of my Christmas cards this year (gasp), so I welcomed the opportunity to create a Christmas card using this weeks sketch.

Here's Jen's sketch #32......

And here's my card.......

 

I used a Lawn Fawn stamp, which I love. The bauble, clasp and bow are all separate stamps that I have stamped together to make one image. After coloring the image with copic markers I used October Afternoon papers, twinery twine, prima gems, and an SRM sticker to complete my card. Honestly, it's still a bit too plain for my liking, and I would prefer a few more embellishments, but I just rolled with it this week.

Make sure you visit all of the fabulous DT girls and see what they have done with Jen's sketch.

• Amber Hight
• Andrea Ewen - Guest Designer
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell
• Sheri Gilson
• Tracey Pickersgill - Guest Designer

...and then pop on over to jen's blog and play along. Today's sketch lasts for two weeks due to the holiday break. Merry Christmas everyone, and enjoy the holidays.

Tracey. XO.

GREETING FARM CUSTOMER BLOG HOP

If you're looking for The Greeting Farm's 3rd annual customer blog hop then you've come to the right place. If you haven't started at the beginning then head over to THE GREETING FARM BLOG where you'll find a master list of the blog order. If, on the other hand, you're part way through the hop, then read on for some holiday inspiration. I can't wait to visit everyones blog myself. What a huge hop. This is going to be so much fun.

You might also want to check out the TGF blog to see how to win one of THREE fab prizes during today's hop! Yes, THREE!

I have two projects to share with you today. My first is in the general category and is a tag using  CREEPER SATURDAY from TGF. He is one super-cool dude. Here he is.........

 

 

I stamped him with Memento ink onto Xpress blending card then colored him using copic markers. Some MME paper and embellies, prima button, twinery twine, and there you have my cute little tag.

 

Secondly, I have my holiday project to share. CREEPER SUNDAY was feeling lonely, and wanted to be inked up so I paper-pieced his scarf to make him look Christmassy. Here is my project.....

 

 

Unfortunately, my bauble was difficult to photograph. Don't look too closely or you can see me taking the photo in the bauble. I found this Christmas tree decoration in my local office supplies store that you open up and insert a photo into. So immediately I thought of how cute some of my Greeting Farm friends would look instead of plain old photos. I also stamped a sentiment from the Xmas Sweeties set onto the tag to decorate the bauble.

I hope you like my projects.

I'm off to hop now. Have fun everyone, and have a wonderful festive season with your family and friends. 

Tracey.

TGF's HOLIDAY THROWBACK and DS31

Hi there Greeting Farm "groupies". 

Today, being Thursday, is our throwback day, and being the holiday season, we are delighted to bring you our super-special HOLIDAY THROWBACK. All of the farmers have created a holiday project using older TGF stamps.

I have used one of my favorite TGF sets, called XMAS SWEETIES. It was actually one of my first TGF purchases ever, and I have used both Anya and Ian together on my card.

 

 

I used Jen's sketch today for my card. This card came together really easily this week due to Jen and her amazing sketch. Here's this weeks sketch, #31.

 

I've kind of flipped it upside down, but not really changed much else. The glittery cardstock that I used for the snow drift hasn't photographed too well, but other than that, I am kind of pleased with the finished project. 

So make sure you check out jens deconstructed sketch for all the info, and also visit all the fab DT for some amazing inspiration.....

The Deconstructed Sketch Girls

• Amber Hight
• Andrea Ewen - Guest Designer
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell
• Sheri Gilson
• Tracey Pickersgill - Guest Designer

And last but not least, don't forget to visit all the Greeting Farm Farmers to check out their HOLIDAY THROWBACK PROJECTS.

 

TGF DESIGN TEAM

• Jessica Diedrich DT Co_Ordinator
• Denice Bartucci
• Kim Yu
• Carisa Zglobicki
• Becca Fabozzi
• Tracey Pickersgill
• Peggy Toole - Dec Guest

I'm so excited about the upcoming  THIRD ANNUAL CUSTOMER BLOG HOP on the 19th of December. See you all there,

Tracey XO.

It's A deconstructed throwback!

Hi there,

Today i am hosting the Thursday Throwback at TGF, and being Thursday it's also time for another Deconstructed Sketch Challenge with the fabulous Jen Shults.

Here is Jen's amazing sketch.......

 

....and here is the card i made based on Jen's sketch. I hope you like it.

 

 

I mainly used October Afternoon's new Farmhouse paper pad, and also my favorite Crate paper denim DP for Creeper Leslie's jeans. When i was finished it seemed like something was missing so i fossicked until i found some very old denim from my DD's jeans from many years ago, and it was just what i needed to give the finishing touch to my card. 

It's a fairly cas card for me, but i kind of like that those gorgeous October Afternoon papers get to shine.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to check out Jen's challenge blog here and join in the fun.Make sure you check out all the fabulous DT creations too.

 

The Deconstructed Sketch Girls

• Amber Hight
• Andrea Ewen - Guest Designer
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell
• Sheri Gilson
• Tracey Pickersgill - Guest Designer

 I am totally hooked on sketches now, and rarely make a card without one.

Have a crafty week,

Tracey. XO.

SIGN UP NOW OPEN

Hi there, how time flies. How did December arrive so quickly? My 4 kiddoes only have 3 days of school left until they start their 9 week Summer break, and boy are they excited! I am excited about having them home, and I am also excited about all the latest news over at The Greeting Farm.

Firstly, signup is now open for the THIRD ANNUAL CUSTOMER BLOG HOP over at The Farm. Get all the details HERE . It sounds like awesome fun, and i can't wait to join in. Make sure you sign up and join in all the fun, and maybe win a cool prize too.

 

The other uber-exciting news is all about The Greeting Farms DT call for a new revamped "SHOWCASE" Team for the next 6 months. TGF don't have open DT calls very often, so don't miss out. It is so simple to enter, and SO much fun to be on the team. You can find all the deets HERE

 

That's all for me for today.

I'm working on a few holiday projects that should be ready to share soon.

Hope you have a "crafty" weekend,

Tracey.