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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.

A SPARKLY DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH

Today is Thursday which means Deconstructed Sketch time, my favorite day of the week.

As it is the first sketch of the month, we are proudly sponsored this week by the lovely Sparkle Smith of  Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.

One lucky person will win both  Charlotte with a Rose and Scooter Chloe. How exciting! I just happened to use Scooter Chloe for my card today, and she was so much fun to color and paper piece.

So without further ado, here is this weeks fabulous sketch, which i have both flipped and the rotated as well.........

 

......and my card...........

 

 

So check out all the deconstructed girls' blogs (in my sidebar), and join in for your chance to win two Sparkle Creations stamps.

Good luck and have fun,

Tracey.

DIGI ELF ANYA

TGF recently released 3 new digital stamps, and this cute little Elf Anya is one of them.......

 

 

I colored her with my Copics to match some Echo Park Christmas paper that i have been wanting to use. I kind of like how her blue hair turned out.

 

Now I'm off to think up an idea for Christmas ATC's that are due in 2 days.....HELP!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

Tracey.

IT'S a TWILIGHT THURSDAY

Hi there and Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends.

In keeping with the "movie" theme at TGF and to celebrate the release of Breaking Dawn, the farmers have designed TWILIGHT INSPIRED cards.

Here's mine........

 

 

Check out the greeting farm blog for lots more TWILIGHT inspired cards, and find out how and what you can win.

Hopefully I'll make it to the movies on the weekend to see BD. I've heard it's fantastic.

Thanks for stopping by,

 

Tracey.

 

TGF DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT

Hi there all. As most of you probably already know, Monday means designer spotlight time at The Greeting Farm, and today it's my turn in the spotlight.

 

So, a little bit about me. I live in a large rural town(100,000 pop) called Ballarat in Victoria, Australia with our 4 gorgeous daughters and gender outnumbered husband. After retiring from work as a doctor, i set up my own scrapbooking store almost 4 years ago, and it probably goes without saying that i love my job very much.

 

My papercrafting journey started with scrapbooking some 6 years ago, but since discovering copic markers  a little over a year ago, my passion is now cardmaking. I could ramble on for hours, so instead i thought i would come up with a list of my top 10 cardmaking supplies/tools/techniques.

 

1. Greeting Farm stamps.

2. Copic markers.

3. Paper pads

4. Kraft cardstock.

5. Twine

6. Cloud paper.

7. Grass die

8. Tiny paper flowers

9. paper piecing

10. Making scenes.

 

Phew, what a list. When i color an image,one of my most favorite things to do is to create a background scene that i can put it on rather than just placing it on a plain piece of card. So, i've created a card to share with you today using this technique, and i think i have used nearly everything on my top 10 list.

 

 

 

 

I hope you like my card, and that i have inspired you to create something special today or sometime soon.

 

Happy crafting,

 

Tracey.

 

It's DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH TIME

Hi there. I know it's been a few days since i last blogged. November seems to be the busiest month of the entire year in our household.

I have managed to do a little creating, just not a whole lot of sharing.

I'm here with Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #28

Here is her sketch for this week. Amazing as per usual.

 

...and here is my card....

 

 

I paper pieced Holiday Anya's dress and added sparkly fluff to make the trim look fluffy. Although it wasn't in the sketch, i couldn't resist adding a hanging bauble to the offset bow.

I hope you like my card, and don't forget to check out the rest of the team, then play along.

 

• 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

Thanks for stopping by,

Tracey.

CHALLENGED AND HIJACKED!

Has my title got you wondering? Well there are two parts to my post, which is the second post in one day.

First of all the challenge..... Well, the greeting farm had their first ever customer challenge and chit chat night last night. It was a blast, and although i had no time to craft on the night, i managed to make a movie-themed card tonight. Here it is. I hope you can tell which movie it's from.

 

Hopefully you guessed High School Musical right away. When the movies were released a few years back, ALL of our four girls were absolutely obsessed with all things HSM! 

 

Now, for the HIJACKED part of my post. Harriet, my daughter who turned 14 yesterday (see previous post), loves to craft, and especially loves to color with copics and paper-piece. Recently i noticed that La La Land crafts has a kids blog with challenges, and she was keen to enter. So here is HARRIET'S first ever challenge entry. The challenge was to use polka dots. She used Hunny Bunny Marci, with dots on her hat, skirt and background. She would love her own blog, but for now, will have to make do with posting on mine.

You can also see her card on the lalaland kids blog  HERE

 

Thanks for looking. I'm sure Harriet would be thrilled if you'd like to comment on her card here.

Tracey and Harriet. XO.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRIET

Yesterday we celebrated DD#2's 14th birthday. We had a lovely morning at the Ballarat Show, followed by an afternoon at the movies, then dinner at Harriet's favorite restaurant.

Cake decorating is her passion at the moment, so when my very first "taylored expressions" stamps arrived last week, i knew right away which one i was going to use.

 

 

....and of course the birthday girl with the  cupcake birthday cake that i made for her!

 

 

That's all for today. Off to pack for school camp.

Tracey.

 

{....just thought i'd better add- the tattoo is temporary from the show today   ;0   }

DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH #27

Hi there,

Thursday morning means Jen's new sketch is out. I am so thrilled to be guesting on her amazing DT for 3 months. I'm having a blast.

I must say, i was a little nervous about this weeks sketch, but I really shouldn't have been. It came together quickly and easily and now ranks in my top 5 sketches. So, enough from me. Here's my card for sketch 27........

 

 

.....and here is Jen's amazing sketch....

 

Did you notice i didn't stamp or use copics today. Quite a change for me, but i always like change, otherwise life would be pretty boring!

I'm hanging out to see what the rest of the DT has been up to, as I'm sure you are too. So here's a list of the DT links.

 

• Amber Hight (taking short break)
• 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 all out, why don't you join in the fun. Full details on how to enter are included on Jen's Deconstructed Sketch blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Tracey.