ATCoins and storage

Hello Creative Friends..

Not being a big social media user I appear to have missed the 

boat regarding ATCoins. This display unit I received last October 

from That's Crafty! Sadly it remained untouched until recently as the 

very day it arrived my Husband was taken ill and suffered a heart attack.

Now on the road to recovery I thought I better make a start and see what all 

the fuss was about, i'd hate it to go out of fashion before i'd even started.

Here's what I came up with along with some *How to do's*

Simply slotting the coin ledges into the base, securing with glue I painted 

in gesso, added texture paste for detail and coated with crackle glaze.

Aiming for an industrial look where old paint pops and peels I painted over 

the crackle glaze with a light coloured paint, touching up those sandy 

areas with a colour mix whilst watching that crackle appear.

Preparing the ATCoins in the same way as the display I used That's Crafty stamps 

and stencils to create a Botanical theme. Some I painted quite crudely where as 

others were given extra detail. The crackle background gives that vintage feel.

Slots within the ledges hold those ATCoins 

nice and tight... not a sign of a roll.

Don't they look lovely when displayed together...?

I was so impressed with this I ordered one for myself!

This one is currently on it's way to That's Crafty HQ!

I'm altering one for me now to display some of my little projects..

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and 

Thank you as always for stopping by.

Take good care everyone & Stay safe.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today's creativity with:

Paint Party Friday ~ Wk 47 Y8

A Vintage Journey ~ Put your Stamp on it

SanDee and amelie's ~ Steampunk/Industrial Challenge

That's Crafty Reveal.

Happy Sunday Everyone,

It's been a very wet and windy weekend in the midlands. 

I hope you are all keeping well and treating yourself to a relaxing day 

or maybe spending your day with family or friends?

This post is a reveal of the latest That's Crafty products

including stamps, stencils and new mediums.

There's lots to see.. so please enjoy.

Created by playing with Flat Matte Sprays and the Dianthus stencil and masks, 

I painted, spritzed and lifted the ink off. This piece was just a test piece that was 

far to nice to discard. With one of Lynne's new Affirmations it made a pretty card.

Onto a greyboard Long Tag that i'd scraped with Gold interference paint I added 

water to the Walnut Crystals and used it as paint letting creativity be my guide.

Edged with a fine liner pen dots of multi surface paint create an Autumnal scene.

Using the Dragonfly and Lace Doily Stencils in different ways.

Running the dragonfly mask on black card through the sizzix big shot plus.

I clear embossed those raised areas and painted the debossed Dragonfly with blue

 and green interference paint the embossing helped keep it all within the lines.

Glued onto a long tag adding gem stone eyes & a fitting affirmation completes the design.

Painting first with Gesso, Texture paste was pushed through the 

Lace Doily stencil and a wash of Blackberry spray applied. 

Multi surface paints and posca pens bring the magnificent detail of the doily to life. 

Walnut spray and crystals define those shady areas with a sprinkling of crystals 

left to find their own way with a spritz of water. 

Given words from Lynne's affirmations complete the final tag.

I think this one maybe my new favourite *Favourite*...!!

Thank you for sharing your precious time.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Until next time

Creative Hugs & Wishes

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty! ~ Long Tags

That's Crafty! 8x8 Stencils ~ Dianthus  ~ Dragonfly ~ Lace Doily

That's Craft! ~ Flat Matte Sprays

That's Crafty! ~ Walnut Crystals

Lynne's Affirmations SET 11

Interference paints ~ Multi Surface Paints

October Sneak Peek

Hello Creative friends

There's delightful new products on the horizon from That's Crafty 

showcasing on Hochanda TV TOMORROW!! Friday 5th October at 12pm

Here's a sneak peek using those new surfaces, mediums, stencils & stamps 

designed by the ever talented That's Crafty and Lynne Moncrieff.

Hope you will love them as much as I do.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

Shroom Town Book Cover ~ #That's Crafty!

Hello Creative Friends.

I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing Sunday?

I'm here today to share the finished project of last Mondays sneak peek using

*NEW* That's Crafty products showcased on Hochanda last Tuesday. 

Here's those *How to Do's* and how it came to be..

Taking a large greyboard surface I covered with 

deli paper, lace and then spritzed with Lime Lustre Spray.

Using those lace shapes as a guide I painted a scene 

using a mixture of multi surface and interference paints.

The texture from the lace and deli paper holds onto the shimmer

and the lustre from the spray soon finds it's way to the surface, although 

as you know it is hard to capture those sparkles when photographing.

I traced around the greyboard shape onto an 

unused exercise book and cut to the same size.

Stamping the Shroom houses directly onto the matching white/greyboard shapes,
I stamped the trees onto stamping card and coloured with distress markers.

Gluing the greyboard shape onto the exercise book cover, 

I first layered the trees then the houses to create that little town scene.

The greyboard tag makes a very robust book cover.

Triple embossing the houses with clear embossing powder 

really brought those sweet little Shroom Houses to life..

Lot's of lovely little accent stamps included in the Shroom House set.

The possibilities really are endless when you create your own 

books and if I had had more time I really would have gone to town 

(no pun intended) inside this little creation.

Complete Shroom Town Book Cover...

Thank you as always for sharing your time today.

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Creative Hugs
Tracey xx

That's Crafty Supplies:

Surface ~ Greyboard Tags Pack

Clear Stamps ~ Shroom Town Designed by Melina Dahl

White/Greyboard ~ Shroom Town Shapes

Lustre Spray

Multi Surface Paints

Interference Paints

Gesso

Multi Purpose Adhesive

That's Crafty! ~ TVDT Sneak Peek 2

Happy Monday Creative Friends

Just 24 hours to go till That's Crafty! showcase new products on
Hochanda TV tomorrow Tuesday 11th September at 10.00 am (BST)

New stamps designed by Melina Dahl and so much more...

Here's another sneak peek of a That's Crafty! TVDT creation.

Hope you get a moment to watch or record the show as there's
much more loveliness to see from Jo and the Design Team.

Creative Monday Hugs
Tracey xx

That's Crafty! TVDT ~ Sneak peek..

Hello Creative Friends

48 hours to go till That's Crafty! showcase new products
on Hochanda TV on Tuesday 11th September at 10.00 am (BST)

New stamps, stencils, greyboard shapes and much much more...

Here's a sneak peek of a That's Crafty! TVDT creation.

There will be demonstrations from Jo and lots of inspiration
from the design team to wet your creative appetite.

Hope you can find time to watch
or set those recorders.

Sunday Hugs
Tracey xx

Count your blessings...Together.

Happy Friday everyone..

I've not had much time for creativity this past week but managed 

to snatch a couple of hours today to complete this journal page.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth are our hosts over at Art Journal Journey

with this months theme being *Count your Blessings*

This found journal page full of paste, stencils & DOx's made the perfect backdrop.

Hubby & I will be celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary next week and 

ALL these stencilled words remind me how blessed I am that we are still *Together*

 After meeting nearly 30 years ago we can still be as silly, weird or wierd 

as the stencil states just like those early days... it's extraordinary!

Here's what I got up too..

Onto Linen paper I pushed modelling paste through an AALL & Create 

stencil. I find this paste leaves a fantastic flexible surface to work on. 

Torn around the edges I painted over the page with a thin layer of Gesso 

and used watercolour pencils to layer up those flower colours.

When happy with the colour blend I've sewn on some 

lace remnants along with a handful of beads.

These two hearts are from That's Crafty left over from a past project.

Coloured to mimic the colours within the page I let the lace overlap 

adding a little key & button embellishment.

The initials J & T gave it that personal touch...

With the embellished panel glued to the page Distress crayons 

are used to blend in extra colour completing my Journal page.

The colours of these flowers just remind me of my 

Summertime Wedding Bouquet. 

Thank you for stopping by..

It's been a very eventful week for me,

I'm looking forward to having some down time and

catching up with you all over the weekend.

Creative Wishes

Tracey xx

I'm linking up with:

Art Journal Journey

Kristin & Eva over at PPF

Moo-Mania & More Summertime Challenge

Thank you all for hosting

A Rose for a Rose

Hello everyone,

Today I share more That's Crafty Creativity over on the That's Crafty Blog 

Here's that sneaky peek with the full How to do's over HERE

Thank you for sharing your time today.

Wishing you sunny days and creative wishes

Tracey xx

A Stitch in Time ~ It's a Challenge

It's time for a brand new blog challenge over at That's Crafty

The theme this month is *A Stitch in Time* and we are asking you 

to share your faux or real stitch creations.

Here's what I got up too..

I first started with a piece of  wet organic cotton calico, laying 

the stencil on top and painting multi surface paint through it.

When dry I doodled around the outline of the flowers with a 

fine liner pen. Stabilised the fabric by gluing it onto a piece of card

and machine stitched around the edge.

A selection of buttons have been hand sewn for decoration and a couple for practicality.

Fabric dyed with multi surface paints has been used to back the inside with two extra pieces cut and sewn in along the central line to hold all those sewing accessories.

Keeping my fingers crossed that my measurements are correct it should fold together.

The larger of the buttons acts as a closure with a little piece of elastic 

which hooks around it keeping it all safe and sound inside.

Front

Back

A handy pocket sized needle book holding a few extras.

If you'd like to share your ideas and creations with us there's a prize of £30 

up for grabs for one lucky winner to spend in the That's Crafty online Store 

and in addition to that a stencil prize for each of the chosen Top 3.. 

Pop on over and check out what the Design Team have created just for you in the

 *A Stitch in Time* That's Crafty Blog Challenge

Wishing you Sunshine and Creativity

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty! Stencil ~ Daisy Background

That's Crafty! ~ Multi surface Paints

Calico/Card'Fine Liner

Buttons/Elastic cord and stitches

Warning.. This may contain cuteness!!..

Hello everyone,

Welcome to March..!!

I'm over on the That's Crafty Blog today

sharing cuteness using new stamps designed by Donna Gray.

Here's a sneaky peek with those How to do's over HERE

Until next week

Take Care everyone & Happy Crafting

especially if you are snowed in!!!

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

Have a heart...That's Crafty Blog Challenge

It's the First Wednesday of the month which can only mean one thing!

It's the start of a Brand New challenge over on the That's Crafty Challenge Blog

This months theme is.. I Heart You and you can interpret it in anyway you wish.

There's a Prize for one random winner along with a prize for the top 3,

we really do hope you can come on over and share your creations with us.

Here is my *Have a Heart panel plaque's.. how to do's

On a 4.5 x 9" greyboard panel I created another faux wooden background like last month 

scoring with a pencil to create the tongue and groove appearance but this time dry brushing brown and white multi-surface paint, dragging those colours together.

 Stamping the wooden panel stamp from textures set 4 in random areas I embossed with tan embossing powder to raise up some areas to give that peeled paint effect.

Pushing texture paste through the daisy stencil I painted the whole heart 

in brown and bright red to create a deep ox blood colour.

Drying with a heat tool antique gold was brushed over those raised areas

Painting a greyboard word *Love* it was time to dress the panel plaque,

but not before giving the back panel a little distressing.

 Me and my trusty hammer are becoming inseparable.. hee hee!!

Glued onto the panel I pushed some latch hook scraps under the heart 

as it was looking a little flat, lost and lonely on its own. 

The word LOVE was glued on top with eyelets and a recycled red lace acting as its hanger.

My *Have a Heart* Panel Plaque is complete..

I love how the latch hook looks underneath the heart,

almost as if it is nesting..

I do hope you can join us for this months challenge

and please remember to pop on over and check out those inspirational makes 

from the That's Crafty Design Team we look forward to seeing you THERE.

Wishing you much creativity

Crafty Hugs Tracey xx

I'd like to enter this into the: Try it on Tuesday *Love is in the Air* Challenge.

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty Grey/Whiteboard Panel: 4.5 x 9"

That's Crafty Grey/White board #8 Heart

That's Crafty Multi Surface Paints: 

White - Chestnut Brown - Bright Red - Antique Gold

That's Crafty greyboard surfaces: Bits and pieces Sentiments 2

That's Crafty Texture Paste

That's Crafty Stencil: Daisy Background TC8019

That's Crafty Stamps: Textures Collection Set 4 

Scraps of latch hook canvas