Simply Lovely Again..!!

Hello Creative Friends 

Another Summertime show of recent Alison Bomber stamps by 

PaperArtsy.. The Hydrangea is one of my favourites and in 

real time they lap up the sun even during a heatwave.. 

Stamped and embossed on a watercolour tag scrap I coloured with 

watercolour and pencil stamping text to fill the bare background. 

With a craft knife I carefully cut around random leaves to lift 

and add dimension popping dots of glitter glue in each centre 

as that's where the Hydrangea flower magic really happens 

Co-ordinating buttons and lace embellish with a trio of machine 

stitch colour edges it all.. simply lovely again 😊

Stay safe & creative everyone 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing today with: 

Four Seasons ~ July Summer Season Challenge 

Tagalong and ATC's ~ July Challenge Favourite Colours/ATG

We Love Stamping July Challenge ~ *Summertime* 

Quirky Dutch Summer Guest Blogger ~ Rag book story telling

Hello creative friends,

I'm delighted to be part of the Quirky Dutch Summer this year.
Hosted by it's founder the marvellously talented Marit Barentsen

QDS is a 10 week Summer project where creatives around
the world come together to share their artistic journey.

Today it's my turn to share a project..

Bringing childhood memories to life with cloth and stitches you
can find me over here @ QUIRKY DUTCH SUMMER ~ #9 GUEST: TRACEY

I do hope you can join us..
There is so much more to see @ QDS than little me!!

Thank you sweet Marit for giving me this opportunity
and many thanks to all the QDS Artists for their 
inspirational creations this QUIRKY DUTCH SUMMER. 

Creative Hugs
Tracey xx

Sharing my creative journey with:
Art Journal Journey ~ Gills Theme Anything with Eyes
More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with Optional BRIGHT
Country View Crafts _ August Texture

Paperbabe Challenge #99 ~ Picture Inspiration

Hello Creative Friends, 

It's time for another Paperbabe Stamps Challenge... 

Use the image/colours below to inspire you and come share 

your creative flare with us over HERE. You have two weeks 

to play with a prize for one lucky random org winner..

Inspired by the colours and shapes within the picture 

I've combined both Dinky Male and Female Stamp sets 

to create a calico patch for my fabric journal. 

Here's what I did and how it came to be..

First stamping the female face and torso onto heavy calico I 

secured the face mask template over the stamped image to protect it. 

Then positioned partly over the mask I stamped the male image.

When the mylar mask is removed you can see it leaves a seamless 

impression bringing the stamped female face into the forefront.

Painting the skin tone and features, I used the Pompadour hair style 

from the Dinky Male Face Templates to draw in the hairline and torso.

The pompadour template 2: acts as a guide to help add all the detail.

For the female I used the pony & bun hair template but decided against 

adding the ponytail as I liked the look of the hair all tied up loosely. 

The Fun alphabet outline stamp set helps create the words, 

painted with stripes in keeping with the picture inspiration.

Along with candy striped paper and patch sewn onto the page 

I began adding a colour inspired selection of embellishments..

With it's sweet sugar colours there's plenty of white space  

to add more texture and detail but I think for the moment 

I'll leave my fabric journal page just the way it is..

There is plenty more to see over on the Challenge blog HERE 

we look forward to seeing your take on this fortnights 

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #99

Thank you so much for stopping by today. 

Take care & stay safe. 

Creative Hugs Tracey xx

I'm sharing todays creative play with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Gill's theme *Anything with Eyes*

World wide Open Design Team Challenge ~ #07 July 2019

Country View Crafts ~ August Theme Texture