Paperbabe Stamps Challenge ~ #86 Animals/Pets

Happy Friday Creative Friends,

There's a new challenge theme over on the Paperbabe Blog  

with this fortnights theme being Animals/Pets. 

I couldn't resist using the White Rabbit templates for this challenge.

Traced onto a canvas sheet I stamped those Rabbit Face features and used the 

Cat template to give the shape of the body.. The Rabbit ears I traced separately.

Poppies are so relevant this time of year this napkin adhered 

to the Ornate Frame made the perfect backdrop.

It's hard work using pencil on canvas sheets, I lost count of the amount of times 

I had to sharpen those pencils.. but it gives an alternative effect to paints. 

A wash of blue helps create the skyline with left over poppies 

mounted onto card waiting patiently to be layered on top..

I cut a boarder around the Rabbit and ears so I could pull the canvas edge apart to 

create the appearance of fur tufts. Now to decide exactly where those ears will go..

With those Rabbit ears tweaked into position and wire whiskers glued into place, 

those left over poppies are layered up to complete this idyllic scene.

I do hope you can pop over and see what the Design Team have been up to. 

Come and share your Animal or Pet designs over on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog 

you may just be the Lucky winner of a Paperbabe prize.

Wishing you all a Peaceful weekend.

Creative Wishes

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today with..
Kristin & Eva over at PPF, 

A Bit More Time to Craft ~ Challenge #79 ATG

and

CED ~AEDM

Paperbabe Stamps Picture Challenge~ #85

Hello everyone

I'm a little late with this creation but here's a reminder that there's still time to 

join in with this fortnights Picture inspired Paperbabe Stamps challenge over HERE.

Use the picture/colours below to awaken your creativity and be inspired. 

There's still a week to play and a Paperbabe prize for one lucky participant. 

Come and share your creations with us over on the Paperbabe stamps Challenge Blog..

Here's what I got up to and those quick *How to Do's*

Using the Paperbabe Female Head & Torso Template I traced round the face and 

stamped out some female facial features. Using the colours from the picture prompt I 

free styled those strands of hair and began to colour using pencil & neocolors

Tree's from the Bottle Brush Tree set were stamped and embossed along the horizon. 

There must have been some random flecks of glitter hidden within my clear 

embossing powder as there is a definite sparkle upon those trees. 

Pastels smudged around the hairline and tree's adds an air of mystery 

along with oil pastels and inks all fixed with a coating of varnish. 

Most bewitching!!

Wishing you a fabulous weekend.

Take Care everyone & make time yourselves.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today with...

Kristin & Eva ~ Paint Party Friday  ~ AEDM and

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ ATG/Optional Orange

Paperbabe *Anything Goes* Challenge #84

Hello Creative Friends

It's Anything Goes over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog this fortnight 

and we'd love you to share your creativity with us over HERE.

Pop on over and see what the Design Team have been up to.. 

There's a prize for one random winner every fortnight..

Here's what I got up to one rainy play day.

As Halloween and Dia de (los) Meurtos approach I chose to mix and match 

the male, female and sugar skull stamps as they all work perfectly together 

alongside those Paperbabe Portrait templates.

The daisy stamp from the sugar skull set was used to create a lace effect.

With the outer edge of the torso template acting as a mask it keeps 

the stamp within the lines... such a time saver..

Again those template edges act as a guide but this time helped me add those 

darker areas whilst still keeping the shape of the Blunt Bangs hair style.

Adding my favourite shades of watercolour pencil and paint, I find a good 

gesso invaluable as it not only adds those important highlights but also 

tones down over worked areas with what ever medium you choose.

Keeping those colour tones similar a dot of black diamond glitter glue 

has been added to the centre of each flower to bling it up just a little.

The rose from the sugar skull set has been stamped onto a colour wash background 

and coloured with watercolour pencils. Cut out they are ready to add to my page.

Used to embellish the hair and garment those final 

gesso highlights complete my Paperbabe Journal page.

I'm very much in my comfort zone with portraiture but 

the Paperbabe face stamps and templates give me the confidence 

to share the magic they can create, much more than my own sketches.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Wishing you all a super weekend.

Creative Hugs Tracey xx

I'm happily playing along with:

Art Journal Journey ~ Creature Comforts hosted by Linda

and Paint Party Friday ~ Courtesy of Kristin & EVA

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe Stamps ~ Standard Male and Female portrait torso templates 

Standard Male and Female Face Stamps and Standard Sugar Skull stamp set.

Paperbabe Stamps Red Rubber ~ Comfort Zone quote

Caran D'Ache Neocolor II's ~ Supracolor pencils and Indigoblu paints

Paperbabe SKETCH Challenge ~ #83

Hello Creative Friends,

It's a SKETCH Challenge over on the Paperbabe stamps blog.

Use it's shape to inspire you and the image to represent your design.

Mix it up, be creative, it's really up to you how you interpret it.

Time has been very limited for me this week so I set myself a 

personal challenge to see what I could come up with in 1 hour.

Here's what I got up to and those simple *How to Do's*

Using the leaf and conkers from the Completely Conkers stamp set, 

Distress Oxides were my choice of ink to stamp onto both Kraft and white card.

Onto an A6 card I stamped one of my favourite stamps from the 

Spritz & Speckle set along with the completely Conkers sentiment.

5 leaves and 5 conkers were fussy cut and teased into shape ready to assemble.

Glued down using 3D Gel my CAS card is complete.

It's really that simple ..

Hope you can find a moment to pop on over HERE and join in with the challenge.

There's a prize for one lucky random winner.

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Creative wishes

Tracey xx

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe Stamps ~ Spritz and Speckles and Completely Conkers 

A6 Card & Distress Oxide Inks

Paperbabe Challenge #82 ~ THEME *STARS*

Hello Creative Friends

It's Friday and time for another Paperbabe Challenge.
This fortnight the theme is *STARS* we'd love you to share

your *STAR* creations over HERE on the Paperbabe Stamps blog.

There's a prize for one Lucky random winner so pop on over, 

read those rules and see what the Team have created just for you.

Here's my take on the Theme *STARS*

On to an A3 Journal page I traced around the Standard Torso and Fairy Wings 

templates, lay down lots of colourful Neocolor II's and spritzed with water 

to help those colours mix, move and merge around the page.

The Head template was traced, features stamped, coloured and cut out.

The Curly Hair and fringe template has also been traced separately 

ready to be fussy cut.

Stamping the Doodle *STARS* onto the background I rubbed crystal stickles glitter glue 

over the page with my finger to add some sparkle. I then used the Curly Fringe Hair

template to manipulate exactly where I wanted the hair to be before tracing around.

Those traced areas of hair behind the face were painted with white Gesso

and a hairline drawn onto the face making it easier to position those hair strands.

With those hair strands cut out and glued into place 

the pointy ear is lifted up peeping out from the hair.

Paper napkins have been collaged to the base of the page with 

extra's backed onto card and layered on top to add dimension.

Drawing in those finer details of my Fantasy Fairy using Neocolor II's, 

a fussy cut crown (included in the Fairy Wings template) along with 

beaded string adds that final detail.

I really enjoyed losing myself creating this piece and with limited craft supplies

at the moment due to a little home improvement it really does set those

creative cogs in motion.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend ahead

and Thank you so much for visiting.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

Paperbabe Stamps supplies: Standard Head and Torso  ~ Standard Curly Fringe 
 Left facing Profile Stamps.  ~ Winter Fairy mixed media template ~ *Doodle Stars*

I'm playing along with:

Kristin & EVA over at Paint Party Friday

Craft Stamper Magazine~ Take it Make it

Art Journal Journey ~ A World of Fantasy

Paperbabe Picture inspiration #81 ~ Pebble Cairns

Hello Creative Friends.

It's time for another challenge over at Paperbabe Stamps
and this fortnight we are asking you to use the picture to
inspire your creativity and share it with us over HERE.

Beach Pebble stacking is a mindful activity which requires patience and focus.
Harmless to the environment as nature reclaims them when the tide comes to call.

I've used the calmness of the colours from the stack to create a doodle
book and introduce elements upon it to represent part of the image.

Here's those *How to Do's*...

Onto an A4 piece of Kraft Card I have layered calico and lace,
sewn into place and painted over colour using distress crayons.

From the *Like Clockwork* set I stamped the face and numbers,
The numbers fit perfectly inside the minute marker stamp.

With the Isometric stamp printed onto the calico back cover I secured
it onto the Kraft card with stitching and used Paperbabe leftovers from
previous creations to embellish, including stamped rice paper and tea bags.

With the Kraft Card clock face trimmed and sewn in place the cogs 

and gears are the perfect fit to stamp onto the MDF buttons. 

The words Inspire me have been stamped onto a used Teabag smeared in 

gesso and glued onto the front of the cover along with the pointing hand 

stamp included within the *Like Clockwork* set. 

Stamped onto rice paper the word because has been adhered to the back..

BECAUSE we do not need to have a reason to be creative do we.. ?
A blank canvas to add more, scrawl or paint upon.

Filled with a selection of papers tied in with string the ability to express is unlimited.

Watercolour, drawing, stamp, Kraft and black core card have all been included.

I've used the isometric stamp as a guide for some mindful colouring.

A Cogs stack to resemble those Cairn Pebbles completes my 

Mixed Media Paperbabe Doodle Book..

I'm using this as my calming space, something much needed at the moment,
with the hope of keeping everything within it monochrome or neutral.

Thank you for sharing your time, it surely is precious.
I hope you too can join in and share your take on the Picture challenge.

Creative Hugs & Wishes
Tracey xx

I'm joining in with the PPF Fun today with Kristin & Eva.

 Paperbabe Stamps Creative Supplies: 

Isometric Fun  

Like Clockwork  

Spritz and Speckle  

Just because

Paperbabe Portrait Media Blanks

It Flies.. Paperbabe Challenge #78

Happy Friday everyone

It's time for another Paperbabe Challenge with this fortnights theme being *It Flies*

Flutter on over HERE and see what it's all about...

there's a prize to be won for one lucky creative!!

Some of you may remember this little creation that I teased you with last challenge.

Well today I'll explain what it's all about with a handful of pictures and blogging words.

Onto calico fabric I painted and stamped the Paperbabe *Happy Soul* 

rubber stamp. Machine stitched around it's edge and attached an eyelet.

This is the front cover of my Shopper Notebook... aahhhh that's what it is!!
Read or scroll on to see what lies behind..

Stamping the background Butterfly onto fabric, I used some scraps of 

rice paper to stamp the Butterfly detail line up and paste on top of the fabric.

Card used to test out colours from the previous challenge is trimmed 

to fit the cover, stamped randomly with Paperbabe Stamps and edged in 

machine stitch. Machine stitch and beads embellish the fabric Butterfly.

Recycled junk mail envelopes create the note book pages.

with a little brayering to brighten those notebook pages..

Elastic cord sewn onto the back of the fabric panel holds the note book in place.. 

When running low those recycled pages can easily be replaced after all it's a 

resource we all have readily available.

My Shopper notebook is complete..

Secured onto the shopper bag an altered pen hangs along side too.

There's no excuse to forget your shopping list now..!!

Thank you for stopping by you really brighten my day.

Have a fabulous weekend what ever you are up too.

Creative wishes Tracey xx

I'm linking up with PPF

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe Stamps - Pop Dots - Design a Tweed - Butterfly Pieridae

Paperbabe Challenge #76 - Anything Goes!!

It's time for another Paperbabe Challenge and a chance for one Lucky participant 

to win a Paperbabe prize. This fortnights theme is *Anything Goes* a firm favourite 

of many giving YOU the chance to share your artistic Flare however you choose.

Here's my take on the Paperbabe #76 Anything Goes Challenge
along with those how to do's..

Onto an A5 sketch book I drew around both faces included in the mini face template
set, stamped the facial features and added my base colours using neocolor II's

Glued into an A4 journal page used to mop up distress oxides. I scribbled neocolors into 

a palette watered them down and used them to match up those background colours.

Distress oxides were blended through the Checkerboard and Polka dot 

stencils and the bubble stamps used to enhance the background.

Drawn head wraps embellished with Sari yarn top knots accessorize my portraits.

Masking around the collar I used the candle stamp to add interest to the neckline.

Glitter glue and jump rings found amongst some junk jewellery add those final touches.

The warmth and character from these beautiful ladies and their vibrant 

head wraps inspired me to start this creation during a recent holiday.

I look forward to seeing what inspires you to maybe join in with the

Paperbabe #76 ~ Anything Goes blog Challenge

Wishing you sunny Summer Days.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

I'd like to add this to the Art Journal Journey ~ Inspired by Monthly Challenge

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe ~  mini head and torso's templates 

Paperbabe~ mini Faces stamps. 

Paperbabe ~ checkerboard stencils

Paperbabe ~ Polka Dot stencils

Paperbabe ~Birthday wishes stamp set..

Caran d'Ache neocolor II

Distress Oxide Ink Pads

Sari Thread and Junk Jewellery

Time for Reflection ~ Paperbabe #70 Spring Challenge

Good Friday wishes everyone.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over on the Paperbabe blog

with this fortnights theme being Spring right HERE

Here's my take on Challenge #70 Spring Challenge

Introducing my Spring Bunny Girl..

Onto an A6 stitched postcard I traced around the mini female face template 

along with the long loose wave hair style. Marking out the facial feature guides 

included in the template I stamped those female features in to place.

Spring time colours are introduced using watercolour pencils.

A springtime landscape has been created in my A4 journal using wax pastels

and Bunny Ears created using the White Rabbit template, painted and cut to size.

I cut slots to slide the ears into place adding glitter glue to hide those cuts

along with a little more glitter glue to complement those colours used.

Dots of acrylic paint have been applied to replicate a field of Daffodils

with the Bunny Girl glued into place with those ears left free to give a little movement.

Some may think she is dreaming of sunnier days or maybe 

walking gently through the beauty of that field of Daffodils.

I'd like to think she is taking time out to reflect, something 

I've been doing lots of recently, very apposite during Holy Week...

Please do pop on over and take a look at all that has been created

by Kim and the Design Team and if you have a spare moment maybe 

share your creativity with us over at the Paperbabe #70 Spring challenge.

Wishing you much peace, creativity

and Easter Blessings

Tracey xx

Creative Supplies:

Papebabe Mini long loose wave template

Paperbabe mini female face stamps 

Paperbabe White Rabbit Portrait Templates

A4 Sketchbook ~ Pink Pig

Caran D'ache Neocolor II

Caran D'ache Supracolor pencil

Acrylic Paint/Stickles Glitter Glue