Just Tracys Crafts Challenge Blog

Winners!

2012-05-31T08:00:00.000+01:00

Wow what a lot of you for our final challenge! So many of you are repeat visitors, thank you so much for all your support over the months. It was such a difficult choice but our winner this month is -

51. Paula

What a beautiful creation Paula! Please email Just Tracys to claim your prize and take the winners badge for your blog.

and for this months' top 3 -

21. Shirley

56. Caroline E

58. Alyce

Well done to you all, such pretty cards! Please wear your top 3 badge with pride

Saying Goodbye On A High!!

2012-05-09T13:33:00.001+01:00

After much soul searching, Just Tracys Crafts has decided that the Challenge below will be our final challenge!!

We would like to thank Firstly our wonderful DT members who have created some beautiful projects over the months to inspire you all.

Secondly to each and every person who took the time to join in the challenge. We thankyou.

Much Love Tracy & Karen

...and so to May's Challenge

2012-05-01T06:07:00.000+01:00

Oh such an easy one for you this month

ANYTHING GOES

So let's see all of those creations coming on through, scrapbook pages, altered items, home decor and cards!

As always Just Tracys will be giving a voucher to our winner

The DT had fun with this challenge, so here is a bit of inspiration to start you off!
Elaine

Farrah

Karen

Mandy

Rebekah

and me, Jill

Please remember only ONE entry person

April Winners

2012-04-30T08:00:00.000+01:00

Well aren't you a clever lot out there! There were some really lovely creations for this month's yellow, green and white challenge.

However we had to choose a winner and top 3 so here goes.

This month's winner is No.10 Mags. Well done Mags, really gorgeous card. Please help yourself to the winner's logo and contact Just Tracys to claim your £15 prize.

and the top 3

No. 9 Cebelica
No.11 Lawren F
No.14 Faith A

Congratulations to you all and thank you for entering. The top 3 logo is yours for the taking.

Join us again tomorrow for a new challenge.

April Challenge

2012-04-01T06:23:00.000+01:00

Thank you so much to you all for joining in our challenge last month, there were so many lovely projects I am glad I didn't have to pick the winners!

This month we have a nice easy colour combo for you

YELLOW, GREEN and WHITE

As always our winner will receive a £15 voucher to spend in Just Tracys shop

The Design Team had fun with the colour scheme and so here are their cards

Elaine

Farrah

Janet

Karen

Mandy

Tracy

and me, Jill

Please remember one entry only person

Winners!

2012-03-31T08:00:00.000+01:00

Well that was another month with a lovely selection of creations from you all, thank you to everyone who entered this month.

This month's winner and top 3 have been chosen by DT member Elaine. So without further ado her choice for the winner is

No.14 Jo

Well done Jo, very well deserved. Please contact Just Tracys at the email address on the sidebar to arrange your £15 voucher to spend in the shop and help yourself to the winners badge for your blog.

This month's top 3 are

No.9 Jacky

No.6 Stef H

No.22. Laine

Congratulations to your all, please take the top 3 badge for your blog.

Check out the challenge blog again tomorrow for our April challenge

March challenge

2012-03-01T05:33:00.000Z

We certainly had some lovely entries for our last challenge and thank you to everyone who entered.

So it's onto March. For this month's challenge we would like you to make a HAT the focus of your creation. You can make a card, a scrapbook LO or an altered item.

The prize as always is a £15 voucher to spend at Just Tracys, so get creating!!

The DT have been busy creating some really pretty examples for you to see

Elaine

Farrah

Janet

Mandy

Rebekah

Tracy

and me, Jill

Please remember just one entry person

Winners post

2012-02-29T08:00:00.001Z

Another wonderful selection of cards! It's my turn to chose this month's winners. Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to enter but there can only be one winner and that is

28. Viv

Well done Viv, gorgeous card. You have won the £15 voucher from Just Tracys. Just email the shop on the email address on the sidebar to arrange your prize, and collect your winners badge.

and our top 3 this month are

18. Debbie/Daqa

30. Sassy

Joint 45. Georgina B & 48 Scatty Jan

Congrats to you all. You are welcome to take the top 3 badge for your blog.

Tommorow sees the the start of a new challenge - see you there!

Challenge time

2012-02-01T08:00:00.003Z

Well what a lot of entries we had in January, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to enter our challenge, it was wonderful seeing so many beautiful projects.

Now onto February!

For this month's challenge we would like to see you make a project for a female and to include something flowing - lace, ribbon, tulle, etc

Our prize is a £15 voucher for our winner to spend from Just Tracys.

As always the DT have come up with some lovely inspiration for you

Elaine

Janet

Karen

Farrah

Linda

Tracy

Rebekah

and me, Jill

So off you go!

Please remember only ONE entry for each person

Winners time again

2012-01-31T08:00:00.000Z

What a lot of challengees, thank you to everyone who entered it was lovely visiting your blogs! What gorgeous projects from you all!

It was Tracy's turn to pick the winners this month and and she has chosen

66. Georgina B

Congratulations Georgina, beautiful card. Please take the winners badge for your blog and contact Just Tracys on the email address in the sidebar to claim your £15 prize

And this month's top 3 are

4. Cabio

27. Gloria M

31. Kirsten

Well done girls. You are welcome to the top 3 badge

See you tomorrow for a new challenge!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T20:14:00.002Z

Happy New Year everyone! Hope Santa Claus brought you every crafting item that you wanted and that you have recovered from the festivities!
Well, my first task is to welcome our 3 new DT members. Please put your hands together to welcome

Elaine

Janet

Rebekah

Why not pop over to their blogs and welcome them yourself!

Ok, so onto January's challenge which this month is

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

(this should warm you all up nicely for Valentine's Day next month!)

As usual Just Tracys are offering a lovely prize for our winner of a £15 voucher to spend.... WOW

The DT have come up with some lovely inspiration
Elaine

Farrah

Janet

Linda

Rebekah

Jill
oops Jills card has dissapeared for the moment but you can catch it on her blog xx

Decembers winners

2011-12-31T08:00:00.001Z

Thank you so much to everyone who took the time and entered the challenge in December, I know what a busy month it is!

A always it wasn't easy to choose but our winner of the £15 voucher to spend in Just Tracys is

2. Catherine

Well done Catherine, loved your interpretation of our challenge! Please take the winners banner to display on your blog. Please contact Just Tracys at the email address on the sidebar to claim your prize - (just to let you know that the shop is not open again until 4th January, so if there is a delay in answering your email that is the reason!)

and this month's top 3 are

1. Dora

6. Carol

16. Gale

Congratulations to you all. Here is your top 3 banner to 'wear' on your blog.

The post for our next challenge maybe a little delayed, due to the celebrations, but keep checking back, because you are going to love this one!

.. and so to December's Challenge

2011-12-01T12:53:00.001Z

And a Happy Christmas and New Year to everyone

Now we are all know at Just Tracys how busy this month can get, what with buying the pressies, writing the cards and sorting out the food but we have got such a brilliant challenge for you, that I am sure you can find the time to create something for it!!

Just to remind you that you still have a few days left enter our DT call. The details are all here

We have also got the best prize ever for our winner

Yes that's right a £15 voucher for you to spend online in the shop.... woopeedoodah!

So this month's challenge is

CELEBRATION

We don't want just any celebration, but special ones such as weddings, new baby, new job, milestone birthdays and anniversaries.

The DT have really gone to town this month

Farrah, celebrating love

Mandy, her daughter's 16th birthday

Karen K, wedding

Linda, her son's 21st

and me, new baby

November's winners

2011-11-30T08:00:00.000Z

Well, thank you to those of you who entered our challenge this month, not many of you but it was still difficult to chose the winners!

So without further ado I will launch straight into it - the winner of the

Stampin Up stamps is

1. Lisa M

Really gorgeous LO Lisa. Please help yourself to the winner's banner and contact Just Tracys with your snail mail address and we will arrange for the stamps to be sent to you

And this month's top 3 are

2. Rachel Webber

3. Gerda

5. Fiona K

Well done girls, loved your creations! Please wear the top 3 banner on your blogs with pride.

Tomorrow sees the start of our Christmas challenge, so make sure you check back for that. See you there!

And the challenge for November is.....

2011-11-01T08:00:00.009Z

Welcome back to Just Tracys.

Thank you so much to everyone for your lovely creations and we can't wait to see what you do with the sketch this month.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS SO DON'T FORGET TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE POST BELOW .
SO COME ON ALL YOU SCRAPBOOKERS AND CARDMAKERS COME AND JOIN US!!

For this month's challenge we have a sketch for you from our DT member Linda, to interpret anyway you like, whether it is a card, scrapbook page etc. Just as long as we can make out the sketch!

The prize for this month is also being offered by Linda and it's a great set of Stampin Up stamps.

The DT had a great time with the sketch and so here are their interpretations.
Firstly let me show you this lovely scrapbook page from Elaine who won our September challenge and is Guest Designing this month.

Thank you Elaine

Mandy

Farrah

Karen
Karen K

Linda

Tracy

and me, Jill

So off you go then!

Please remember only one entry per person

October's Winner

2011-10-31T08:00:00.001Z

As we expected you liked our Anything goes challenge, thank you to everyone for your pretty creations!

This month's winners are chosen by DT member Farrah - thanks Farrah for your great choice.

And so without further ado the winner for this month is

No.13 Rebekah

Well done Rebekah, please take the winners banner for your blog and contact Just Tracys (contact details on the side bar) to collect your prize, which, this month is 4 sheets of digi stamps from Whoopsi Daisy! If you would like to Guest Design for December please also let us know.

The top 3 are

No.3 Emma D

No.7 Tessa

No.21 Catherine

Well done to you all - you are welcome to collect the top 3 banner to display on your blog!

Tomorrow sees a new challenge so make sure you check back then.

DT Call!

2011-10-10T09:47:00.006+01:00

DT Call Please Scroll down for this months challenge!!

Yes we at Just Tracys Crafts Towers, have decided it is time to add a few more peeps to our fabulous Design Team.

With the launch of our new look website and Card and Scrapbook kits of the month, we thought now would be a good time to give people the opportunity to be on Team Tracy.

So when is the deadline: Well we want to get as many entrants as possible so we are giving you until 10th December 2011 at 10.00 am.

What we would like you to do:

We want to see 3 new projects, covering various techniques. We would love to see entries from both cardmakers and scrapbookers alike.

We do not offer incentives or product to our DT members but would hope you would be happy to promote our online shop as much as possible. (We hope that we may be able to send out some bits and bobs or something in the future).

All winners will be notified via e-mail of our decision on the 15th December 2011 and winners would be needed to join the challenge on the 1st January.

Send your entries via e-mail to us at justtracys.co.uk, containing a little bio about yourself and any points of interest you would like to include as well as what other DT teams you are on if applicable and a link to your blog.
Good luck!!
Happy Crafting
Tracy xxx

Autumnal October

2011-10-01T08:00:00.019+01:00

I don't know about where you live but it's definitely beginning to look and feel a bit like Autumn here!

Well you certainly liked our last challenge and thank you so much to everyone who joins in with us, it's great to see all your lovely creations.

I am sure you will LOVE this month's challenge

ANYTHING GOES

So come on let's see what you have got for us, cards, scrapbook pages, altered items, tags, just anything you would like to share with us.

This month we are being sponsored by the wonderful WHOOPSI DAISY who are offering 4, yes 4, sheets of digi images to our winner, so what are you waiting for ...... get creating!!

As always the DT have been really busy making a card to show you. We all got to use a Whoopsi Daisy image, so here are our creations. We are missing a card from Tracy this month as she has been up to her eyes in stocking up the new website (you must check it out), with the goodies in the shop.

Farrah

Karen K

Linda

Mandy

Karen

and me, Jill

So off you go!

Just a final point, several of the DT are experiencing problems with commenting (blogger grrr....) so if we don't leave a comment please excuse our omission!! We can see what you have created but just not get onto your blog!!

Please remember one entry per person

September's Winners

2011-09-30T08:00:00.001+01:00

Thank you so much for all the entries to our Things with Wings challenge - there were just so many gorgeous cards and LOs!

And so it is that time again for me to announce the winners which have been chosen this month by Karen K. (I am glad I didn't have to chose!!)

This month's winner is

17 Elaine Blake

Well done Elaine, really gorgeous scrapbook LO! Help yourself to the winners banner for your blog. Please contact Just Tracys to claim your prize and if you would like to Guest Design for our next challenge just let Tracy know.

and this month's top 3 are

18 Dee

6 Crafting all day Teresa

3 Tracey

Congratulations girtls! Please take the top 3 banner for your blog
Well tomorrow sees the start of a new challenge so I hope to see you all there

Things with Wings!

2011-09-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Welcome back to September at Just Tracys !
What a wonderful response we had for our last month's Happy Birthday challenge. Thank you everyone for making it such a success. You can scroll down the blog for the winners and well done to everyone. Hope you are all up for this month's

THINGS WITH WINGS

That's right we want you to find the fairies and angels, the birds and the bees and show us what you can make!

We have a wonderful prize for you this month from our very own Just Tracys!

So what are you waiting for.... start creating!!

Firstly let me show you what a gorgeous scrapbook LO our GD Erin made. Erin was our winner from July and she made this beautiful page for our theme this month.

The DT had lots of fun this month, so here is inspiration from them!
Farrah

Karen K

Karen

Linda

Mandy

Tracy

and me, Jill

Please remember just one entry per person

Just WOW !!

2011-08-31T08:00:00.001+01:00

Ooh thank you so much to everyone who entered our Happy Birthday challenge - you were all amazing! So many beautiful cards!
This month it's DT member Linda's turn to pick the winners and she has decided on

FERN

Well done Fern and very well deserved! Help yourself to the winner's banner for your blog. Please contact Helen direct at Ellephantastic (here) to claim your prize. If you would like to Guest Design for October, please contact Just Tracys on the email address and we will get back to you.

and this month our top 3 are

TURID

JACEE

CRAFTY C

Yay, brilliant girls. Please take the top 3 banner.

Hope to see all again for our next challenge tomorrow!

Tutorial for you!

2011-08-14T06:31:00.011+01:00

Hope you like the first of of an occasional Tutuorial. I have been using one of these Tissue Box Covers for quite some time and needed a new one so I thought I would share the idea with you all. Thanks to Splitcoast for the idea in the first place!

You still have plenty of time to enter our challenge this month - until 5pm on the 25th. We want to see your creations for

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

You can find all the details for the challenge and see the lovely cards from the DT here

Ok on to the Tutorial.

Box of tissues (I used a Kleenex brand)

Two 5 1/8" x 9.5" pieces of cardstock (base)

One 6 9/16" square piece of cardstock (lid)

Four 4 1/4" x 4" pieces of cardstock (base patterned layers)

Four 4 1/4" x 3/4" pieces of cardstock (lid side patterned layers)

One 4 1/4" square piece of cardstock (top patterned layer)

Scoring tool and board/bone folder for creasing the folds
Glue

Oval Cutter

Scissors or knife

Sponge and ink

1. Score the long sides of the each of the two 5 1/8" x 9 1/2" pieces of cardstock at 1/2" and 5".

2. Crease the folds and glue to form box base.

3. Score and crease the 6 9/16" square piece of cardstock at 1" along all four sides.

4. Cut the oval in the lid using an oval cutter (or draw it and cut it out) Cut each corner as shown in the photo and glue the tabs inside the lid.

5. Sponge all the edges of the box base and lid with the ink and then you are ready to decorate!

I chose some patterned papers from my stash and cut them to the sizes above, then glued them onto the box and hey presto, you have a tissue box cover!

Hope you enjoy and happy crafting!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2011-08-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Firstly an announcement. We are really sorry that due to work commitments, this will be Claire's last month with us.... sniff...... We all wish you lots of luck and thank you for your hard work over the past few months. Hope that will pop over and join us when you can.

and......

Another announcement! Please put your hands together for a new DT member, Karen, ..... waves Karen ..... Karen has graciously agreed to join in the monthly mayhem. You really must check out her lovely cards!

Ok so here we go for the August challenge? After our wonderful entries in July let's see if we can really GO for it this month! As everyone is so busy with holidays this month we have a really easy subject for you

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

We have a wonderful sponsor this month Ellephantastic who are offering our winner. Here are a few words from Helen, owner of Ellephantastic.

Ellephantastic is very honoured to sponsor this challenge. Hi I am Helen. I suffer with CFS?ME and found a few years ago I could no longer work due to my illness. To give myself something to do (when feeling well) I decided to go back to my roots.... crafting! I grew up drawing, knitting and 'cutting and sticking'. No I like to do all kinds of paper crafting, card making, altered art, knitting and sewing. I also design and draw my own digital art. My fun hobby has unintentionally grown into a li'l crafty business for me which I am loving. You can order and buy a lot of my work from my shop. You can also now buy some crafting products.

Helen GD

Now on to the inspiration this month from our wonderful Design Team - aren't they great!
Claire

Farrah

Karen

Karen K

Linda

Mandy

Tracy

and me, Jill

So off you go, can't wait to see all your projects!

Please remember just one entry per person.

and the winner is.......

2011-07-31T08:00:00.000+01:00

Wow, look at us go!!

Thank you to everyone who joining in this month making it the most challengees we have had - hope you will play along with us again and tell your friends that we are a friendly bunch!! Gosh it was difficult again to choose our winners! So much indecision amongst the Design Team!

And without further ado our winner this month is

ERIN

Well done Erin gorgeous creation! Please take our winner's banner for your blog and email Just Tracys (email address on the sidebar) with your snail mail address to claim your prize. Also, if you would like to Guest Design for September let Tracy know in your email and we will forward you details!

Our top 3 this month are

1. Tracy 13. Joanna 21. Kirsten

Well done girls. Please feel free to take the top 3 banner and spread the word.

Ok so are you ready for a new challenge? Well check us out tomorrow morning for your August challenge!

July Challenge!

2011-07-01T07:47:00.001+01:00

Phew Can you believe we are into the Summer months here in the UK already.

Well judging by are good old english weather, that would be a No then, but it does look promising today!

Thankyou to each and everyone of you that took part last month, what a toughie that was!

We deliberrated and ummed and aaahhed, but finally chose a winner.

So hearty congratulations goes to:

NO 10: Tiggertastic
Congratulations!!!!

Please send us your details so we can organise your prize. Don't forget your blinkie too!

So who made the top 3 !
Again such a difficullt choice, but,

In no particular order they were:

No 4: Pinky

No 11: Karen Lang

No 12: Rachel Webber

and a Special shout out for our e-mail/ shop delivered entrants this month too, fab entries ladies.

We have had to say farewell to Jo off of the DT, due to health issues, we will miss her and her inspirational work, and hope to see her return to health and cardmaking soon.

So that leaves us a DT member down and what we thought we would do is offer the winner of last months challenge to be a Guest DT member for the challenge in a months time!

So Junes winner would be our GDT member for August

July for September and so on!

Just put GDT on your submission if you would want to do this if you are the lucky winner.
Tiggertastic, please let us know if you want to be Augusts GDT.

Right Julys Challenge

This months Sponsor reverts back to Us again: Just Tracys Crafts and for this month, we have on offer

4 sets of Retail Therapy Stamps.

So onto the challenge itself, with the year cracking on at the speed of knots, we are all looking towards our summer holidays, so thats what we would like to see.

Summer Holidays

Please pop by and visit the DT blogs and leave a comment, they do

like to see you there!

Jill

Linda

Mandy

Claire

Farrah

Karen

Tracy

Good Luck Everyone, we cannot wait to see your entries this month.

Please remember our simple rules.