Try it on Tuesday

Hurrah its a wild card week

2012-01-24T09:00:00.001Z

So with an extra Tuesday in January we have our first wild card of the year but before we go into too much detail....

Loved your fairy projects last week - How gorgeous they were - thanks so much for playing along.

Thank Goodness random org picks the winner so here she is

No 25
Darling Ho

Well done - please email the team about a guest spot xx

So onto this week where we would like you to interpret the theme

"In the mail"

Our design team have come up with some ideas to get you thinking so here they are

Janet

Front

Inside

Yvonne

Bee

Georgina

Ildiko

Neil

Angela

Truly diverse take on the theme. Do pop back later as I'm sure there will be more to see.

Just a quick REMINDER
we are running a DT CALL to add to the wonderful team that is TioT so if you're interested just add DT after your name on the linky and we'll rush over to have a look at your blog!

Dont forget, we are not looking for perfect artwork, we are looking for someone who wants to just 'give it a go' and enjoy the process, We just wanna have FUN!!

Leave your entry on the linky if you want to play along this week
x The TioT Team

Do you believe in Fairies ?

2012-01-17T09:00:00.008Z

Utterly Stunning Resist tags folks - thanks for playing along.

Our winner this week is

Number 9
Brenda

Congrats Brenda please email us about a DT spot.

So onto this weeks theme - which is "Do you believe in Fairies" and as its week 3 in the month its an anything goes project.

his has been a fun week - so without further ado here is the teams projects to inspire you........

Neil

Michelle

Barbara

And finally...We have Jane O. Our wonderful guest Designer this month. To read more about Jane and visit her blog please see the side bar.

Have you ever seen such a varied assortment of ideas on a theme. Great isn't it!
Hope you fancy playing along with us and that you have as much fun as we had!

And now for step 1 of our New Year Shake Up!!

Last year we sadly said goodbye to some of the most fantastic Teamies ever, who have come up with the most amazing goods week after week, through thick and thin, but we all have real lives and as much as we would like to spend time in blogland, there just arn't enough hours in the day!

SO a huge thankyou to
Zoe, Sally, Lyn, Pat and Carole
Here's hoping this year brings you all you would wish for and more.

This year we are head hunting!!
And to do that we thought we would use this weeks challenge to put out a

DT CALL

We are looking for exciting crafters, newbies or practiced crafters to join one of the most laid back teams in blogland. If you would like to join our friendly gang then create an entry following this weeks challenge and mark your entry with DT after your name, on the linky then post on your blog, letting everyone know about the DT call and we will pop over and say hi.

The DT call will run on this challenge and on next weeks challenge with last entries by
midnight on 31st January

x The TioT Team x

Tag Week - Resistance

2012-01-10T09:00:00.004Z

Some wonderful entries last week , so thrilling to see so many entries with nought but your own ideas on them. Unfortunately there can only be one winner and that is

Number 21

Shar B

Congratulations, drop us a line to claim your prize and let us know if you would like as a guest DT

Now talking about DT to our DT, we've decided to have a big shake up here at TioT lots of big changes on the way so watch this space!......

So the theme today is Resistance and we'd like you to make a tag using a resistance technique, it doesn't matter which you use, it could be faux batik, a gesso resistance, versamark or any other ideas you have.

To get you started here are a few ideas from The DT Team

Michelle

and here's a little close up of her embossed resist

Great don't you think?

Hope you're inspired enough to give it a whirl and if you're not sure what resist it, have a seach on You Tube, there are some great tutorials.

Have a great week

x The TioT Team

Happy New Year!

2012-01-03T16:17:00.002Z

Happy New Year

To all our blogging friends.

I'm proud to say that we have a wonderful community of crafting friends here in blogland and this last year's blogging has been a wonderful exchange of ideas

, support and love which has been the most exciting part of our year here at Try it on Tuesday

To celebrate we thought we'd just get you all to have a play and see where your fancy takes you....
with just one request, that it's a card which is

All Your Own Work!

So no stickers, no design paper, just lets celebrate your own wonderful art work!

Here are a few ideas from the team

Neil

Janet

Pat

Michelle

Yvonne

Angela

Carole

Bee

The regular sponsor of the Card Challenge is offering this great prize too

so do come and join us.

We have of course to announce the winner of last weeks challenge and the £15 voucher from

who is
Number 4
Tiggertastic

Do get in touch to claim your prize!

Sadly this week we say goodbye to one of our most loved team members - the wonderful Pat.

Pat has been with us for a long time and has shared many amazing projects with you all.

Please stop by her blog and let her know how much you have loved her Try it on Tuesday creations. Pat is now very busy with family commitments but we do hope she will play along with us sometimes if she has a few moments to craft Huge thank you Pat xxx

We'd like to say a BIG THANKYOU to all our followers for your support over the last year,
here's wishing you all a year of Peace and Joy and many happy crafting moments

x The TioT Team

Last post of 2011

2011-12-27T09:00:00.001Z

So here we are at the last post of 2011.

Loved your anything goes projects of last week - please do forgive us if we have not visited this week but I promise we will - I am sure you understand how busy the team have been.

we still have a fabulous winner though picked by our faithful pal Mr Linky!

So big congrats to

Number 116

Ellie

Please get in touch about a guest spot.

Onto this week which as its the last week of the month is Altered week

This week we would like to see you use any packaging you received this Christmas - altered to look fabulous instead of heading for the bin.

As always on Altered week we are sponsored by our good friends at The Craft Barn

Only a few of the team are playing today due to other commitments but do check back as projects will be added as the week goes on.

First up here is the wonderful Pat

who has recycled wrapping paper to make a new decoration for next year!

Stop by her blog to find out more here

and here is Janets project which was a box that held her sons Christmas socks!

Now transformed into a box to hold her daughters sketching pens and pencils - amazing what pretty papers can do!

Stop by Janets project here

And here's Michelle's Project made from a bauble which contained sweets (wonder who ate those) and some lovely ribbons and trimmings which came wrapped around her gifts

She's filled the bauble with perfumed bath salts and later today she'll show you how to make them here

Michelle and I would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful team for all their hard work and commitment over the last year.

Producing a project a week when you have a busy life is sometimes quite challenging and the standard of what the team produce is so high we are often agog at their talents.

I would also like to say a massive thank you to our sponsors and of course our participants - you are so talented its a pleasure to see your projects.

Happy crafting and Happy New Year!

Anything Goes

2011-12-20T09:00:00.003Z

Loved all your fabulous tags last week there are going to be some very lucky folks receiving gifts with those on this Christmas!

Our lucky randomly picked winner is

Number 11
Anne

Please email us about a guest spot.

Onto this week which is anything goes

Our team as always had fun playing with the open theme so here are there gorgeous creations

Bee

Yvonne

Michelle

Angela

And now this weeks very talented Guest Designer Kelly

Check out the link on our sidebar to find out more about Kelly.

They are just wonderful!

So whatever you are creating this week do bear us in mind - we love to see your art work and with the theme of anything goes the skies the limit!

Have fun creating folks xx

Tagtastic - Gift Tags Galore!!

2011-12-13T17:14:00.003Z

Hi everyone

Sorry the post is so late today I did set it up and scheduled it but it looks as though the post is hiding in blogland somewhere as there is no sign of it anywhere!

Nevermind, it wont take a minute to get it done again

Some fabulous entries in last weeks challenge that Father Christmas is everywhere at the moment! and the winner of the voucher of

Number 10

Min

Drop us a line to claim your prize and let us know if you'd like a spot as a guest DT

So this week it's TAG week and there'll be no question about what you could use your tag for this week.

Here's the samples from the DT.

Carole - again

There'll be a few more to come later today when I get all the pictures back in place.

In the meantime have fun and dont get too stressed with all those last minute preparations and if you have a tag or two in the making pop them on the linky below and let us see them.

Its all about the big guy - Card Week

2011-12-06T09:00:00.012Z

Didn't you LOVE the altered tins last week. I must say I turned my nose up a little at the thought of altering a baked bean tin but WOW did you change my mind big time!!

Still there can only be one winner of the fabulous £15 voucher from The Craft Barn and this week it's

Number 7

Catherine

Congratulations Catherine, please contact us at the TioT email address

Now on to The Big Guy Himself (and no I don't mean Tim Holtz) who has a whole day dedicated just to him TODAY St Nicholas' day

Father Christmas

What is it? something like 18 days till he squishes down our chimneys

Ahhhh Better get cracking!!!!!

And because it's the CARD WEEK we are sponsored as usual by

See if you like the samples this week

Janet

Yvonne

Carole

Ildiko

Michelle

and last but not least our very talented Guest Designer this week .....

Lisa Mason

You can read more about Lisa on the sidebar and on her blog Lisa Sparkle and Stamps.

Now aren't they all just getting you in that Christmas spirit.

I wonder how many different Santa Stamps there are out there

(Bet Janet's got all of them!!) lol

Hope you have a great week - cant wait to see how many Santas you can come up with

x The TioT Team

Alter it - Transform a can.

2011-11-29T09:00:00.004Z

Hi all

Wow we scared you off with the shrink plastic last week, was it a naff challenge or were you all so busy getting you Christmas things made?

Shrink plastic seems to have done the trick for Joan though who made a marvelous tag, so congratulations to

Number 1
Joan

you are the winner of the challenge this week do contact us if you would like a spot as a Guest Designer.

Now this week we are sponsored by our FABULOUS sponsors

Who have a £15 voucher for you to win and all you have to do is to have a go altering a tin.
Dont forget, the aim here is not to create a masterpiece, just to be brave enough to risk having fun doing something different and with such a fantastic prize, why hesitate?

So with a few ideas of how to go about it, here are the DT samples

Pat

Yvonne

Ildiko

Bee

Angela

And here's Michelle's tin
what part of Baked Bean tin did she not understand?? lol

Never mind! as she's altered a different tin let's go with it and say alter a tin - any tin, with no extra brownie points for bean tins!!!
Janet

Neil

Looks like Neil didn't read the small print either!

Have fun
x The TioT Team

Wildcard- Honey I shrunk the plastic

2011-11-22T09:00:00.003Z

Hello All!

Such Wonderful and creative takes on last weeks challenge!

Thanks for sharing and playing along.

As usual there could be only one and this weeks winner is:

Number 7

Erica J-W

Congratulations Erica and well done please get in touch about a guest design spot.

Now onto this weeks challenge - This week is a wild card week so you can create anything from a card to tag or altered Art to ATC the skies the limit. The Theme to use is Shrink film. We would like to see anything you can do using Shrink plastic.

First up we have our very Talented guest Designer Corry. To find out more about Corry you can click on the link on the Sidebar.

And now for the rest of the team!

Pat
Aperture card

Yvonne

(Pin on a gift card)

Michelle

Wow ain't they just Amazin'

Lets see how many different ways we can use shrink plastic!

As always leave your ideas in the linky below

x TioT Team

Anything goes- Wish you were here.

2011-11-15T09:00:00.003Z

Some amazing peel off projects out there folks - seems like we can all make something with them even if we don't all love them !

As always its nice the random generator does the hard work picking winners so here is our winner for last weeks tags

Number 7
Jane

Huge congrats please email us about a guest spot we would love to have you xx

On to this week which is week 3 on the month so is an anything goes project with the theme of

"wish you were here"

And this week we also have a wonderful Guest Designer Nikki joining us. You can read a bit more about Nicola on the sidebar and please do visit her on her blog. She would love to have you! and here is a bit of inspiration from Nicola for you!

Nikki

Remember, you can create anything you like and interpret the theme as you wish which as always our fabulous team have - here is a little inspiration from the rest of the team

Yvonne

Angela

Don't you think they are Fab!

Hope its inspired you to play along - leave your creations here and have fun crafting folks!

As always leave your entry in the linky below

x The TioT Team

Tag - Using peeloffs

2011-11-08T09:00:00.004Z

Such wonderful and unusually fun cards we got to see last week. Thanks for sharing and playing along.

As usual there could be only one and this weeks winner is:

Number 18

Kelly

Congratulatons Kelly and well done please get in touch about a guest design spot.

Onto this weeks theme - Since it is the second week of the month it is a Tag week and the theme is "Peel-offs" . We would like to see your tags that contain some wonderful techniques using peel-offs.

You must have some buried somewhere and there are so many ways to use them. Just take a look at some of the inspiration from out Design team

Carole

Pat

Neil

blackdragon

Angela

Yvonne

Georgina

Michelle

Arn't they just amazing!
Well it's over to you now!

Time for you to hunt out all those Peeloffs you bought when you first started crafting and see if you can find a different way to make them look 'arty'

Have Fun
x The TioT Team

Unusual shaped card

2011-11-01T09:00:00.003Z

Hi All

Looks like we scared you off last week again with the alter it challenge. That's a shame as there was a fabulous £15 prize from our lovely sponsors at

and the winner of the fabby prize is

Number 2
Melody

Congratulations please contact us to claim your prize and let us know if you'd like a spot as a guest designer.

We are not going to let you off as easy this week as we did last time although it is card week. This weeks theme is Shaped cards. So we would like to see all your cards of different shapes and sizes as long as they are not just the normal flat square/rectangle and as a little encouragement we have another great sponsor this week - One stop Card Crafts

What could be better?
Dont forget to mention and link them in your post to be in with a chance of winning

Now we also have another treat this week.....Another wonderful Guest designer joining us.

Please welcome Cindy Porter.

You can visit Cindy's blog here or find out a bit more about her on our sidebar. Cindy has created this beautiful card for us

Now isn't that just fabulous!

And now for a little inspiration from our Super talented teamies

Now some of these cards look to be ordinary shapes and I guess you'll have to go blog hopping to see how unusual they are.

Hope your week's a good one

x All at TioT

Altered Art Week

2011-10-25T08:38:00.002+01:00

We really hope you all enjoyed playing along in last weeks "Taking to the Skies" Challenge.

We really enjoyed viewing them all and appreciate all the entries. Lots of creative works out there that's for sure. Unfortunately we can pick only one winner and this weeks randomly chosen winner is:

Number 15

Lisa Sparkle

Please contact the TioT email address about a Guest spot.

This week is altered week which is so generously sponsored by our good friends over at

The Craft Barn .

Once again they are giving one very lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in the shop. So someone is going to have fun shopping! It may be you!

Remember though, to be entered into the prize draw you must add a link to "The craft Barn" in your blog post!

Now onto this weeks theme and it is "Fabric". We want to see all those wonderful altered creations incorporating fabric or fabric themed items. It could be as simple as a piece of material or maybe even a fabric texture. It's your choice and only limited by your creativity so have fun with it.

As an added surprise this week we have a very special little Guest Designer "TJ" an eight year old Creative genius. Tj has joined us in previous challenges and wowed us with her wonderful works of art. TJ decided to join is for the Altered Art week and already had a project in mind and here is the outcome!

and if you do not believe she did it herself here is the proof.

Isn't she great! Now for more on her bag and TJ you can visit her link on her Mums blog here.

Now onto the rest of the Design teams inspiration for the week.

Michelle

Aren't they all so wonderful! Now its your turn just link up your project and show us what you have altered. Don'y forget to be eligible for the prize draw you must add a link to our Sponsor The Craft Barn in your post.Happy creating!

Taking to the Skies

2011-10-18T09:00:00.005+01:00

Such fab peace and tranquility tags last week folks - hope you are all chilled and raring for another challenge. Firstly lets pick a winner - Thanks goodness random org does that job

Congrats to

Number 8
Nikki

Well done please email us at the email addy about a guest spot.

So onto this weeks theme which has been interpreted in amazingly different ways

"Taking to the skies"

as its week 3 its also whatever you like week so go with the flow and do whatever you wish to create with a taking to the skies theme.

Here are some projects from the team - as always wildly different but always amazing.

I was thinking outside of the box with this mini book

This is the front

1st page

Last page

Carole

Michelle

blackdragon

A diverse interpretation don't you think? hope they make you eager to join us!
As always leave your pic in the linky
Can't wait to see what you come up with - any other ideas out there?????

Hope you are having a good week so far

Love from all at TioT

Tag - Peace and Tranquility

2011-10-11T09:00:00.013+01:00

Thanks everyone for the wonderful minimal cards last week no wonder they are right on trend its a super style.

So our winner of the One stop cards and gifts voucher is

Number 30
Corry

well done please get in touch at the try it on Tuesday email address.

So onto this week and as its the second week of the month its TAG week!

This week our theme is Peace and Tranquility

So here are the teams inspiration this week.

Carole

Pat

Yvonne

Michelle

Georgina

blackdragon

Angela

Neil

Janet

Ildiko

Wonderful are they not?

Are you super chilled now?

It's a bit of a challenge this week but don't forget, we can find peace and tranquility in all sorts of places, some find it in their children, some in a book, some in meditation, and one of my crafty friends finds real peace on her motorbike! get that!!

So think about where you find peace and let us know about it on a tag.

I can't wait to see your ideas this week!

As always leave a link so we can pop over and have a look

And here's wishing you tranquility and peace for the coming week

Make it Minimal!

2011-10-04T09:00:00.010+01:00

Hi All

Looks like we scared you off last week with the alter it challenge. That's a shame as there was a fabulous £15 prize from our lovely sponsors at

and the winner of the fabby prize is

Number 1
Nicky

Congratulations Nicky please contact us to claim your prize and let us know if you'd like a spot as a guest designer.

A nice and easy one this week (maybe) as we would like you to make it Minimal
and as a little encouragement we have another lovely sponsor this week

What could be better?
Dont forget to mention and link them in your post to be in with a chance of winning
And now for a little inspiration from my wonderfully talented teamies

Pat

Carole

Yvonne

Barbara

Georgina

Ildiko

Michelle

blackdragon

Angela

Neil

The weather's taken a turn for the worst so maybe these dark nights are just what we need to encourage us to creep into out craft space to play indoors!

Have fun!

x Michelle

Alter it - Childhood book

2011-09-27T09:00:00.028+01:00

Hello again!

We really hope you all enjoyed playing along in last weeks "Wonderful World" Challenge. We really enjoyed hopping around viewing them all. Such Fabulous creations out there, but as always there can only be one winner so congratulations to...

Number 45
Dee

Please contact the TioT email address about a Guest spot.

This week is altered week which is so generously sponsored by our good friends over at The Craft Barn . Once again they are giving one very lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in the shop. How fab is that!

Remember though, to be entered into the prize draw you must add a link to "The craft Barn" in your blog post!

So, Now onto this weeks theme. Did you have a favorite story growing up? Did you listen to Tales of monsters in the wood or sweet fairy tales of princess Happily Ever afters? What every your favorite stories as a child we would like you to use them to help inspire your next project. You can alter the actual book or create a altered piece of art representative of something from the story or how about a piece with an "altered ending to your story?" You are only limited by your imagination.

Now this week we also have a treat for you as we are welcoming the very talented Ellie to join us as a guest Designer from Holland this week. Ellie has created a wonderful picture frame using an actual Hard covered child hood book and used it to house a lovely picture of her daughter at a very young age. To find out more about Ellie and her project please visit her blog link below.

Ellie

Isn't that just a wonderful piece of art! And now for some more wonderfully inspiring pieces we turn to the rest of the Design Team!

Janet

My childhood book is Charlotte's web

Angela

Childhood book used for inspiration is by Peter Pan

Yvonne

My inspiration came from Alice in Wonderland.

Michelle

Winnie the Pooh

Ildiko

Inspired by Beatrix PotterAppley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

Pat
Inspired by Treasure Island

Aren't they all such a talented group! I hope they have inspired you now to go and get out those old books and stories and have a go at creating something wonderful! We cannot wait to see it!

Now its your turn....please link up your projects below and don't forget to include a link to the Craft Barn in your post so you can be eligible for the prize draw.

Have a wonderful week!

Anything goes - Louis Armstrong, Wonderful World

2011-09-20T09:00:00.013+01:00

Wonderful tags last week folks thanks for playing along with us. the winner this week is

Number 6

Nicky

Please get in touch via the email address about a guest spot.

Having spent the weekend in the company of wonderful people I just had to play this on the way home, especially as we have chosen it as the theme for this week. What a wonderful world

This song is so inspiring, it never fails to make me appreciate how wonderful life is so what brightens your day, warms your heart, makes you glad to be alive Let us know in your post why you have chosen what you have done.

The team all have a different slant on the theme so here is their inspiration. if you would like to know more just click their name to visit their blog.

Carole

Neil

Amazing job folks x

Hope you all experience the wonder of the world this week
Much Love
Michelle

Tag week - dig out the old!

2011-09-13T09:00:00.060+01:00

Hello all - what a fab week Monochrome was - such variations were amazing to see. Onto the winner who wins the voucher from One stop card crafts

Number 62
Cindy

Well done! please contact our email address about a guest design spot.

Onto this weeks challenge and we have 2 wonderful guests joining us this week! The theme is to use a stamp you have had a long time but maybe never have used. Im sure there is something hiding that is begging to be played with so drag it out, dust it off and get stamping. Here is the design teams long forgotten stamps which I am sure will now come out of hiding and be played with tons more! First our fabulous guests.

Starting it off is the Lovely Jane who was the winner of our Steampunk challenge.....

Jane

and our next guest designer is Emma(AKA The Sparkly Fairy) who won our Tree Tag Challenge.

Emma

And now on to the rest of the team....

Pat

Neil

Yvonne

Ildiko

Michelle

Carole

Georgina

Barbara

Angela

Some wonderful tags are there not?

I've often been asked what I do with my tags as people are never quite sure what to do with them once you have made them so here's a little tip........

Whenever I make a tag, I make a card to go with it then I put my tag on the wall with blue tack so I can look at it for a while and when I use the card I put the tag either on the envelope or on a present to go with the card. That way I dont have a glut of tags around the house and the cards look very special when given as a gift!

So have you a reason for making tags now?

Hope so and hope you feel like joining in the challenge this week

Here's the linky

Monochrome

2011-09-06T09:00:00.006+01:00

Hi All
Ready for this week's challenge?
Don't know how we are going to top the Mega Hop that brought you to our doorstep over the weekend but here goes.....

But before we set off we have to choose a winner of the £15 voucher
from last weeks alter it challenge sponsored by The Craft Barn
and the winner is

Number 25
Flo

Now when I was putting the numbers into Mr Linky I really wanted number 2 to win and I know that's cheating but take a look at this

This was altererd by an amazingly talented artist
TJ
And she is only 7 years old!!!
We just have to have her as a guest designer too so please both of you get in touch so we can sort out the nitty gritty!

So for this weeks challenge we are going back to the era of the black and white telly, when we only heard 'posh' voices on the 'transistor' and when High Def could only refer to a very deaf person!!

It's CARD WEEK and
Yep! we're going Monochrome!
Strictly speaking of course, monochrome isn't just black and white but something which has shades of one colour only ...........is white a shade of black ...............I wonder?????

Our card week as always is sponsored by our good friend Shelley at One stop card crafts

A brilliant prize!

We also have a Guest designer too Check out more about Sue on the sidebar and here at her blog

Sue

Not sure why Sues picture has turned out small though so do go to her blog for more details

Thanks for joining the team Sue x

Here is some more inspiration

Carole

Georgina

Yvonne

Barbara

Michelle

Pat

Neil

Janet

Angela

Emma

So there you are
wonderful work from the team

Before I sign off though I do want to say a
HUGE THANKYOU
to all of you who tried it last Tuesday. Record entries on the Alter it Challenge, a joy to see all those wonderful projects

Hope you'll join us again this week

A massive birthday celebration

2011-09-03T10:00:00.002+01:00

Welcome to a very exciting blog hop in Celebration of 10 years of Art from the Heart!

Lots of exciting things at Art from the Heart next weekend where the big birthday bash is happening. Want to know more then do click here

So in Celebration we are having 5 birthday blog hops.

You should have reached this blog from Liz and are on the 7 Gypsies hop

here is my project

I used

7 Gypsies Notting hill clear stamps, adirondack inks, archival black ink 7 Gypsies paper and glossy accents

Before you move on - you will need to collect a letter from me which is A

This is part of an anagram of a 7 Gypsies product

Once you get back to Dys blog please email your answer to Ben.

So after leaving me a comment you need to move on to

Sarah

Have fun hopping!

Altered week. Alter Anything !

2011-08-30T09:00:00.031+01:00

Hi there everyone

Hope you all enjoyed playing along last week Gorgeous hanging creations but as always there can only be one winner so congratulations to...

Number 2
E.T.

Please contact the TioT email address about a Guest spot.

This week is altered week which is sponsored by our good friends over at The Craft Barn who are giving the lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in the shop.

Remember though, to be entered into the draw please add a link to them in your blog post!

So, this week we want to see your altered art, something transformed from the everyday to something creative!

Pat

Georgina

Michelle

Angela

blackdragon

Wonderful creations team so what will you alter? Join us here by adding to the inlinkz.

Its a wild card week! - hang it up!

2011-08-23T09:00:00.017+01:00

Fabulous Anything goes week- wow visiting kept us busy!

here is the lucky winner!

Number 229
Little Hamster

Well done email us at the email address to book a guest spot x

We have a new member of the team this week which is Bee/Dee.

Bee is a very experienced crafter and shares a blog with her daughter Dee - so either name could appear in your comment box :0)

Onto this week which is an extra week in the month therefore its our Wild Card!

The theme is "Hang it up"

So any sort of "Hanging Art" qualifies this week

As always the Dt have been inventive with their projects so here for your inspiration are The team starting with our new teamie

Bee

Pat

Michelle

Blackdragon

Angela

The possibilities are endless!!
Hope you fancy going wild with the wild card this week

Pop your entries on the linky below

Anything goes

2011-08-16T09:00:00.044+01:00

Hi there everyone

Neil here for this week's challenge which is anything goes. I know that for a lot of folks it's holidays, or schools just gone back in America so time to create is sometimes hard to find. Though I hope that big or small, short or tall; you will find something that you can do!!

Thank you for those who entered last weeks tree tag challenge.

The winner is

Number 10

The Sparkly Fairy

Congratulations

The design team have some fab things to inspire you.

I decided to alter an empty Rock candy Distress crackle jar

Before

After

And here's more inspiration from my teamies......

Pat

Michelle

Yvonne

Sometimes its good to just go with the flow and I love the variety our fabulous team have come up with! Wonder where Michelle and Janet have been playing though?

So have a play - go with your creative flow and leave it with us here so we can come and admire your project

Happy Crafting x

Tag - Trees

2011-08-09T09:00:00.006+01:00

Hello and welcome back to Try it on Tuesday. Before we move to next weeks theme lets see who won the fab £10 voucher from One stop card crafts

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No 27
Sue

Please get in touch via the TioT email.

So onto this weeks theme - week 2 of the month so its tag week - so to qualify your project MUST have a tag included or be a tag.

The theme is "trees" and this week we have the wonderfully talented Gay Peplow as our Guest Designer with some great inspiration for you.

Gay

And some inspiration from the team!

Yvonne

Michelle

Fabulous!

So make your tag and leave it here with the inlinkz so we can come and nosey at your talents !

Card week - From the Beach

2011-08-02T01:33:00.002+01:00

Hello to our fellow crafters and welcome to another card week here at Try it on Tuesday. I can say there are going to be alot of very happy people out there where they receive all your lovely Altered gifts from last weeks challenge. Also a big thank you to Beverly for being a wonderful guest designer last week. She Did great!

Now onto last weeks "Alter a Present" challenge winner:

And the prize goes to:

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Lisa Jane

Congrats, Please contact the TioT email to see about a guest spot.

And thanks to all of you who had a go last week, it thrills us no end when so many of you are ready to try something different with so many wonderful entries!

Now onto this weeks card challenge.

This week we are sponsored by

Who are offering a £10 voucher for the shop

Please remember you must add a link to One stop card crafts in your post to qualify for the prize.

And this weeks theme is Beach. So we would like to see you show us your beach related cards. Our DT has been very busy creating some wonderful samples to help inspire you so lets take a look at them shall we.

Janet

Angela

Pat

Carole

Yvonne

Michelle

Now aren't they just lovely. Now it is your turn just be sure to link it up at the bottom of this post when competed so we can come take a peek and leave you a little blogging love. We cannot wait to see some wonderful creations out there. So lets go have some fun shall we.

Happy Crafting everyone!

Alter a present

2011-07-26T09:00:00.004+01:00

Hello all and welcome to another altered week here at Try it on Tuesday as always sponsored by our very special friends at the Craft Barn who are giving away a £15 voucher to spend in the shop. There is also a fab challenge going on at the Craft Barn blog which would be a great combination challenge so check that out here

So this months alter it theme is to alter something to make it a gift. We have all loved this fab theme and have our teamie Ildiko to thank for for the idea. here is the teams take on this fab challenge

Ildiko

Yvonne

Carole

Janet

Pat

Angela

Michelle

Georgina

And we also have a wonderful Guest Designer this week and it is Beverly G.

Beverly made this amazing altered box for us but you will have to go visit her to see what is inside. You can also read up a bit about Beverly on the sidebar.

We must not forget to choose last weeks winner either for the anything goes Steam Punk theme so here is the winner picked at random

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And that is

Jane

Congrats please contact the TioT email to see about a GD spot x

Now all that is left is for you to play with the theme and leave your link with the froggy :0)

Happy Crafting folks x

Steampunk

2011-07-19T09:00:00.073+01:00

Hello Fellow Crafters!

Wonderful birds and bees tags this week here is the randomly chosen winner

Number

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Which is

Gay

Well done please get in touch via the TioT email addy

Onto this weeks anything goes challenge which is to use steampunk in your creations. Whilst trying to find a definition of what steampunk is I cam across this site where it would appear it is open to interpretation.

We have a lovely Guest designer Gerda - who has made 2 fantastic projects for us to be inspired by; here they are.

And here is the rest of the team to offer their inspiration

As you can see - its a quirky concept but not without its own beauty. Hope you have fun creating something "Steampunk" for this weeks anything goes challenge here at

Try it on Tuesday.

Tag - Birds and Bees

2011-07-12T02:08:00.002+01:00

Such stunning flowers folks - thanks so much for playing along with our card week. The random generator has worked its magic and the winner is

Number 52
Beverly G

Congratulations please contact out Tiot email to see about a guest spot.

Onto this weeks theme which is chosen by Janet and is

The birds and the bees!

Such fabulous stamps out there for this so we look forward to seeing your tags
here is a little inspiration for the team

Pat

Yvonne

Angela

Michelle

Neil

Georgina

Janet

Great aren't they?

Hope you fancy having a play round at ours this week
If you do pop the link to your tag below

Card Week - Flower Power

2011-07-05T02:31:00.002+01:00

Hi there all you have a go crafters, how wonderful to see so many people willing to give last weeks alter it challenge a go! When Janet and I started this challenge we hoped that we could encourage people just to have a go and maybe have fun. Over the years we have seen so many people start, quite hesitant at first and then blossom into happy crafters! What joy! It makes us smile to share our excitement at trying new things and it's lovely that so many of you want to join us on our journey!

Just as a little encouragement we got Random Org to pick this weeks winner and that is

Number 11

Kathleen

Do contact us to claim your Craft Barn Voucher and let us know if you fancy a spot as a guest designer

With the sun shining brilliantly all week, it's been prime time to get out into the garden and admire all the beauty around you. Rain for this week though so we thought we'd cheer you up by bringing a little of the garden in to you with this weeks theme

Flower Power

Here are the DT Samples

Pat

Neil

Emma

Thanks team as always such variety!

Do join us by making your flower power card and adding it to the linky

Alter it Week - Boxed Up!

2011-06-28T09:00:00.009+01:00

Hi All and a big thanks for all the wonderful entries in last weeks Sunshine Challenge. We have at last got sun in the sky but not for long it seems. Still the forcast is perfect for a spot of indoor activity, maybe even crafting!

So this week we'd love you to have a go at altering a box, any box, any shape, any size, altered in any way you like and to add a little incentive

are offering a £15 prize for the winner of the challenge. Click on the button and have a look in their fantastic shop

Here's a little inspiration from the Team

Pat

Michelle

before

after

And of course we can't forget to choose the winner of last weeks challenge who is

Number 2

Gerda

Congratulations Gerda, email TioT if you fancy a spot as a guest designer

So folks there you have it

forcast rain = time to craft!!

hope you join in with the challenge

x TioT

Here comes the sun............

2011-06-21T02:11:00.002+01:00

Wonderful butterflies for last weeks tag week so thanks for sharing and playing along. The winner who has been chosen at random is

Number 27
Ellie

Well done please get in touch about a guest design spot.

Onto this weeks theme - week 3 is always a "do what you like to the theme" week so do go with your creativity and play along - everything acceptable with the theme of the sun.

Do you think we jinxed the sun with this theme? Today of course is the height of summer and the longest day so we thought a little sun

celebration would be cool - except of course the sun seems to have gone into hiding!

We have a guest designer this week - my Niece Rebecca who is always full of ideas to create. more details are on my blog here

The team as always have been really creative and some stunning projects to share to get your mojo flowing.

Neil

Carole

Georgina

Yvonne

Pat

Angela

Ildiko

Arn't they just amazing!
Well it's over to you now!
Hope the sun shines on you this week
x From all at TioT x

Tag Week!

2011-06-14T00:46:00.003+01:00

Hi All and welcome to another week here at Try it on Tuesday.

First huge thanks to all who rose to the challenge of weird and wonderful - there can only be one winner though of our One stop card Crafts Voucher and the drum roll please for

No 17
Vicki

huge congrats please email the TioT addy to claim your prize.

onto this week which is a TAG week. Your creations must include a tag and also a butterfly! Chosen by the wonderful Carole this is a fabulous project for the wonderful summer we are having?????? i so wish we could see all the butterflies dancing in the sun but hey we can see them here at TioT

here is some inspiration from the team

Emma

Michelle

As always such a variety team so many thanks for such fab projects.

now its over to you butterflies and tags anyone???

Happy creating - leave your entries here.

Weird and Wonderful

2011-06-07T01:08:00.008+01:00

Thanks for playing along with our altered dreams challenge last week - Georgina sure likes to challenge us - as you will see with this weeks card theme.

Our winner of the £15 craft barn voucher is the wonderful creation by

Number 10
Anika

Congrats do contact our email to claim your prize.

Onto this week - as we are back to the first week of the month its card week and chosen by the lovely Georgina she would like to see "weird and wonderful" on your card creations.

This week we are sponsored once again by

One Stop Card and Crafts
with a wonderful
£10 voucher to be won!

Without further ado here is some DT inspiration

Pat

Yvonne

Weird enough Georgina?

I wonder how weird you can get?

Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week.

Bye for now

Altered Art - Dreams

2011-05-31T12:40:00.006+01:00

Thanks for playing along with our scraplings challenge - isn't it fab to use up your bits and bobs from other projects?

Well there can be only one winner and thank goodness random org picks them to make it easier for us

And the winner is

No. 3
Albina

Thanks Albina for playing along - do contact our email address to find out about a guest design spot.

Onto this weeks theme chosen by the lovely Georgina, of course its the last week of the month too, which means its an altered project sponsored by our very good friends at

Who have a £15 voucher for one lucky winner.

To qualify you must enter the challenge and also have a link to craft barn within your post.

So Georgina would like to see anything altered with the theme of Dreams

This has been a fab theme to work with so here is some inspiration

Janet

Post it notes given a makeover

Pat

Cheese box to dreamcatcher.

Georgina

Angela

Carole

Yvonne

Michelle

Blackdragon

Wonderful folks - such a varied selection don't you think?

So all you need to do is dream up your project and leave it here for us to visit you.

have lots of fun creating dreams xx

Janet and The Try it on Tuesday team

Scraplings

2011-05-24T08:00:00.001+01:00

Well going back in time to the 70's wasn't everyone's cup of tea but it was fun seeing how inventive you all were that's for sure. As always the random generator has worked his magic and the winner is

Number 6

Jacee

Well done! please contact the email address to see about your guest design spot.

Onto this week which is chosen by the lovely

Carole, who is a thrifty crafter, this week she challenged us to make scraplings!

If you have never heard of a scrapling (and some of the team hadn't) its the bit of card you trim off to make a square card from an A4 sheet. Its the tall thin bit of card - perfect for using up scraps of papers etc to make a mini card, bookmark or tag.

Having looked around the net our Pat found this explanation on Anns blog. Gorgeous samples for scraplings too

Here is what the design team have come with this week and where possible we have also used up bits of scraps to complete the thrifty feel of a scrapling.

Michelle

Neil

Ildiko

We've really enjoyed this challenge, a great way of using the waste bits and bobs. Can't wait to see how you use yours.

Anything you like week - rolling back the years to the 70s

2011-05-17T01:44:00.002+01:00

Now then - some of you were a little confused with our TAG week and we only had a few actual Tag entries. But those who did make a tag and followed the instructions have been added to the random generator and he has picked
number 26

Sally

Well done please get in touch with us to sort out your prize.

onto this week - and Its my ,Janet's, choice. No rules for what you make but I want you to travel back in time to the 70's - think music, TV programmes, colour schemes and fashions.

Go on admit it what was the colour of your bedroom?

Your favourite Toy?

Tv programme?

Pop band?

Come on who can remember their favourite song?

Were you a David Cassidy or Donny Osmond fan?

or did you go out to find your tiger feet with Mud?

Lots of scope here for some fun so do join us in rolling back the years!

Our DT have had fun too so here is a little inspiration to get you started and we have a Guest Designer this week, who's made this fab digi card inspired by saturday night fever!

Sarah

A great card, thanks Sarah!

Janet

Angela

Neil

Yvonne

Georgina

Pat

Michelle

Ildiko

Love it team!

Go on share some memories with us - you know you want to LOL

Leave your project with the Inlinkz and most of all have fun!

Tag week - One for the boys

2011-05-10T01:09:00.003+01:00

Wow! you loved the something old and something new challenge amazing work folks so thanks for playing along - shame we ahve only one winner of the onestopcardcrafts voucher and thank goodness Random org does the work!

So here goes the winner is

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Jenny

Congratulations contact the TioT email to claim your prize.

Onto this week which is of course TAG week and the theme was chosen by the lovely Yvonne who makes such gorgeous male themed stuff and shes chosen One for the boys!

as always the team have had such fun playing along so here is some inspiration to get you creating

Janet

Blackdragon

Totally stunning Blackdragon! Hope you have entered The Stamp Man challenge too with this?

Cazro

Love it Caz wish my hubby was handy with a drill!

Georgina

Fab sepia tones Georgina!

Hes rather serious not at all like your Barry!

Neil

What fun Neil!

Yvonne

Love the steam punk feel Yvonne x

Angela

This is Fab Angela - so unusual! L0ve that natural twine.

Emma

This is really neat Emma classy and clean.

Michelle

and not complete without a bit of sauce eh Michelle?

Ildiko

So folks what do you think? Fancy playing along making a tag for the boys?

Hope so - just leave your link here and share your work with us - we love seeing what you come up with - you inspire us so much!

And just in case you need a little nudge to get you to give it a go this week
Lovin' Ink have offered these little treats from their blog shop as a prize!

have fun.
Janet and the Try it on Tuesday Team Mates

Card -Something old, something new.

2011-05-03T08:53:00.002+01:00

Hello everyone and welcome to another week at Try it on Tuesday.

We were blown away by your wonderful altered tins and your creativity. our randomly chosen winner is

No 15

Yvonne N

Congratulations Yvonne please contact our email about claiming your prize and joining us as a Guest designer.

Onto this week which is week 1 so needs to be a card.

Chosen by our team mate Carole she wants to see something old and something new on your cards - older than 6 months and newer than 6 months. You will need to0 visit the teams blogs to find out more about their old and new bits!

We are sponsored this week by our great friends at One stop card crafts

Click on the logo to visit the shop

The winner will get this voucher to spend

Whats a fabulous prize!

We have a fabulous guest designer today, the lovely Carole, here's her wonderful design.

And the rest of the team

Michelle

Janet

Angela

Carole

Yvonne

Georgina

Pat

Emma

Ildiko

Neil

Hope you find time to have a go with this one. Leave your pic in the link below so we can come see your work

Alter a tin

2011-04-26T09:00:00.002+01:00

Hope you all had a good Easter with lots of lovely choccy eggs. Did you keep all the lovely papers and boxes ready for a bit of upcycling like we did last week. It was lovely to see all the fantastic innovative ways everyone used there redundant bits and pieces.

Random Org has chosen a winner for us again this week

And it is

Number 49

Ira

Now onto this week and I (Pat) have chosen the theme of altering a tin. I have lots of tins lying around that I can't bear to throw away so thought this might be a good idea, until I tried to come up with a design that is. So I challenged myself with this one, will I ever learn? Anyway I'm sure you will come up with some amazing designs just as my fellow teamies have. We can't wait to see them.

Once again this week the challenge is sponsored by our good friends at the Craft Barn. So to be in with a chance of winning their ................. voucher don't forget to give them a mention and link them in your post.

Our guest designer this week is Freya and here is her take on the theme.

Isnt it great?

Here are the creations that the DT have come up with starting with mine.If you'd like to see what they were like before we got started just follow the links to the individual blogs.

Pat

Janet

Angela

Neil

Yvonne

Carole

Michelle

Fantastic aren't they? So do you feel inspired? We do hope so. We know that altering is not everyone's cup of tea but we started Try it on Tuesday try to encourage you lovely crafters out there to give it a go so I hope we've inspired you to do just that!

Leave a link to your entry below and don't forget to leave a link to The Craft Barn to be in with a chance of winning the prize

Have Fun

Pat

A bit of upcycling

2011-04-19T09:00:00.002+01:00

Stunning tags for our birthday girl celebrations so thanks for playing along. the Random org has picked no as the winner which is

Number 2

Yvonne

Congratulations please contact the email addy to claim your prize from the lovely Emma.

Now this week we thought we would try to go all trendy and go for Upcycling.

Trouble is its such a new hip and trendy word some of our DT had trouble remembering its just plain old recycling, some thing us crafters - especially the thrifty ones- are excellent at.

So this week we would like to see something recycled within your project. here are a few ideas from our talented lot - stop by their blogs to find out more by clicking on their name above each project - who knows what delights you may find checking out their talents!

Angela

Yvonne

Janet

Pat

Michelle

Emma

Ildiko

Brilliant Huh? Lovely ideas team. Remember our altered week is next week and is up on the side bar for you to check out and have longer to play.

Over to you leave your entry with the inlinkz tool and dont forget to post about what you have recycled so we know

Red, Black and Cream - Tag only week!

2011-04-12T10:49:00.006+01:00

Thanks for all your entries last week for the Inspiration From Around Your House. So here goes for the winner for this week who will win a £10.00 from One stop card crafts.

and the winner is

No 13

Chrissie

Congratulations do contact the TioT email to claim your prize

Well this week is my (Emmas) week to choose the challenge and it is a Tag and the scheme is Red Black and Cream.

It s my birthday this week so I have decided to offer a fab prize!

I have a £15 voucher for you to spend with me in the current Stampin' Up Catalogue or Mini Catalogue

Hope that sounds exciting I love the new Mini catalogue which is packed with new and exclusive products to Stampin up. I can of course supply all your Stampin up needs so stop by my blog for all my contact details. it would also be great to see a link in your challenge post to my Stampin up blog too.

Emma

Heres what my team mates have done with the challenge I set them

Tag with in tag

Excellent folks - Gorgeous creations - so hope we have inspired you to create . Leave a link to your project with the inzlink

Inspiration from your home

2011-04-05T01:24:00.008+01:00

Some fabulous frames from you creative lot last week - we know altered art is not everyones cup of tea but turning something old and tatty into something new and gorgeous is a wonderful experience so we are glad you played along.

the winner of the craft barn voucher is

Number 11

Janet

Congratulations!

Please contact the TT email to claim your prize.

So onto this week and we are sponsored again by our friends at One stop card crafts who are offering a £10 voucher for our winner - Hop on over to the shop and drool over the gorgeous wares! Just click the pic!

As always to quailfy for our sponsored prize you MUST add a link to

One stop card crafts in your post.

So as we are at the beginning of the month again we are at week one

A Card

Not just any old card though as always Try it on Tuesday has a little twist. We would love to see a card inspired by a colour scheme in your home. So please add a photo of your inspiration along with your card this week. The design team have had fun with this and their inspiration pictures are on their individual blogs so do stop by each one and have a nosey - whoops I mean look!

Here is mine

Ildiko

Gorgeous as always team!

So advanced warning now for the next alter it challenge which is alter a tin - any tin - give it a make over in your own unique way - this challnege is for the last week of April we just know you need time to plan altered art projects so like to give you lots of time.

So leave your inspired cards here with the inlinkz so we can stop by and see your creations and inspirations.

Alter it - re vamp a frame

2011-03-29T01:30:00.003+01:00

What a fabulous challenge from Caz last week and as promised I have a prize for the winner so without further ado the chosen one is

Number 1

Sarah

Well done! please email the TT email to claim your prize and maybe do a guest spot!

Now this week we have exciting news we have 2 new members of the design team both fabulously talented and lovely people.

first i would like to introduce Neil - click on his name to be transported to his blog and be amazed!

secondly we have Angela

Angela's blog is a joy to visit too as is her daughters Belle so do take a stroll around.

As always our brilliant friends at the Craft Barn are sponsoring us with £15 voucher for the lucky winner - Neil was telling us this weekend how fab The Craft Barn was -I would love to visit but shopping online is a good second best!

As we have already let you know that this week was for an altered frame you may be ready to upload asap but just in case you need inspiration here is what the team have come up with.

Yvonne

Ildiko

Emma

As always I am blown away by the samples - well done team

So here is the link tool to add your project. Dont forget this week we are sponsored by the Craft Barn so to qualify for the draw you need to add the link within your post to The Craft Barn.

Give us an inch or three

2011-03-22T09:05:00.001Z

So what fabulous chocolate projects which left us all feeling really hungry LOL. We can only have one winner though so its a good job random org does the choosing for us so congrats to No 2

Maria

Well done please email the TT email addy as we would love you to do a guest spot!

Now onto our first "Wild card" theme of the year which has been chosen the the fabulous Carole. She would like to see at least 3 inchies on your project - to give you some inspiration here is Caroles project

Stunning isnt it?

We have also got a wild card prize for the lucky winner which will be a surprise we will announce next week.

So the rest of the team have followed suit. Its been a busy week for some of our team members so this post will be updated over the next few days as projects trickle in.

Georgina

Janet
Yvonne

Pat

Ildiko

Brilliant as always team mates

Don't forget next week is the altered art theme which was to alter a frame of some sort to any theme - really looking forward to seeing those!

leave your inchies projects here with the inlinkz so we can come and have a peep

Chocolate Therapy

2011-03-15T09:00:00.005Z

Hi everyone
Had a lovely week this week having celebrated both my birthday and my 1st wedding anniversary and I thought I was going to get through both without having a chocolate fix when my friend Margaret saved the day with a lovely box of the Belgian variety!

To further indulge my little cravings (of the none crafting type) I thought we'd indulge in a little chocolate therapy but first here is the winner from last weeks challenge. Some wonderful tags entered last week but only one winner and that is

Carole

Congrats Carol, drop us a line if you would like to be a guest designer

So here's some chocolate indulgence from the team

Carole

Yvonne

Janet

For your last Rolo - Do you love anyone enough???

Pat

Michelle

Georgina

Ildiko

Emma

Oh wow I need some of that!
Hope you all have a wonderfully indulgent week with all you would wish for within it!
Bye for now

x Michelle

Womens day - Tags

2011-03-08T00:06:00.003Z

Loved your song inspired entries last week - you sure do rise to our challenges - there can only be one winner though so Mr random Generator has done his stuff - congratulations to number

68
Grace

Thanks - do email us to claim your prize and chat about a guest design spot.

So Our theme this Tag week is chosen by the wonderful Ildiko and she has gone with something from her home Country (although it is celebrated low key in this country too) international womens day.

So on your tag this week we would like to see women featured somewhere. Ildiko also has a celebration on the 10th as its her name day! We have it on good authority there will be lots of drinking going on that day LOL!

Fabulous team mates

Dont forget our advance theme for altered art week at the end of March is to alter a frame- to any theme. We give you this in advance as altered art takes a lot of preparation so this gives you more planning time.

So over to you fellow artists have fun celebrating Women everywhere this week but dont forget it must be a TAG!