Discover.. Flowers

Hello creative friends, 

How are you..?? 

Sharing a journal page today which I started just before 

Spring first sprung but never got round to completing..

No how to do's or explanations just close up's of those

Stamperia moulded pastes, stencils and rice papers..

Fuschia is not really my colour but I couldn't help paint those 

moulded roses to match those upon the rice paper background.

I love how the perched bird comes to life when painted, 

as if she's stopped to take in their sweet flowery aroma..

The stenciled word *Discover trimmed with buttons 

and lace sits above hand painted white fluffy clouds.

a keyword as birdsong amplifies whilst air traffic takes a break. 

We've all had more time to discover things of new and old 

while keeping our family, friends and neighbours safe...

Wishing you all a a super weekend.

Take care everyone. 

Creative wishes

Tracey xx

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Paint Party Friday ~ WK 12 YR 10

A Vintage Journey ~ Beautiful Blooms

Let's Craft and Create ~ #159 AG + Optional Ribbon/Lace

Creative Artiste Challenge #60 ~ Anything Goes

Art Journal Journey ~ Mia's Theme *Flowers*

Good Friday wishes..

Happy Friday everyone, 

Crafty friends will know some things we just can't wait to 

get our creative hands on. When I first saw this AALL & Create 

stamp set Daisy Elegance designed by Tracy Evans i'd already 

thought of many ways to create with it before i'd even 

pressed that add to basket button.

Balanced with some geometric Mandala stencil work 

I had many happy hours creating this page.

Raised up vases given a brush of liquid wax

and making very good use of those off cuts..

i'm not sure what the text says but *93 

was a good year for me & my Hubby..

It seemed such a shame to close the page on this journal and 

so wrong to crush those blooms so with extra time on my hands 

I decided to alter a frame including those calming Mandala's. 

No longer hidden away it now makes a lovely addition to my 

home decor for everyone to see...

Wishing you all well this Easter, 

Take care & stay creative.. 

Tracey xx 

Happy to share today's creativity with: 

LTCCB #45 APRIL Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday ~ Beauty of Nature

Art Journal Journey ~ Geometry Shapes

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #59

Craft Stamper Take it Make it Challenge ~ APRIL

Beautiful Heart

Happy Heart day.. 

The heart beating around 100,000 times a day. 

A symbol of love and life, it's such a precious thing.. 

Using this amazing stamp from Andy Skinner I dissected each 

detailed area with precision and felt like a surgeon taking 

time to put it all back together right where it belonged.

there's been a lot of affection put into these pages 

built up with collage, stamps, stencils and paste 

each day since the beginning of February.

Edged with inky drips, white spots and splatter i'm sharing 

a little mixed media love with you all today... 

Wishing you all happiness and health 

and a super creative weekend. 

Hugs Tracey xoxo 

Playing along with: 

Paint Party Friday ~ Wk50 Yr9 

Rains Thursday Art Date ~ LOVE 

Creative Artiste's #57th Challenge

Try it on Tuesday ~ Share the Love 

TFJB Challenge ~ Love is all around us 

Art Journal Journey ~ Elizabeth & Bleubeards HEARTS  

Craft Stamper ~ Take it Make it Challenge FEBRUARY 

Country View Crafts February Challenge ~ Splatter's, Splashes & Drips

Just going with the flow...

Hello creative friends, 

How fab are these large stamp images from Prima, 

when I saw this one half the price during the

 Christmas Sales I just had to have it. 

Who doesn't like playing with new crafty stash..?

but after stamping her onto a journal page I realised the paper 

just wasn't adequate enough to hold lots of water and mixed media. 

It warped and tore in random areas, so frustrating...

whether it was my poor preparation of the page or a faithful product 

having a bad day, we all have them.  There was a time I would have 

started that background again but I just wanted to play... 

Unrestricted creative time is very precious.

So I just went with it, embracing those imperfections. 

Even the bubbles around her which i'd have once seen out of 

context with the composition I left in. Maybe they can be 

little air pockets created as she swam at double speed to 

greet the beautiful glow of the sun as it rose..??

Unsure about using the words that came with her, 

I didn't want to change the ambience of the page

so decided against it and just let her breathe...

There's a calming feel to this spread and possibly a message 

telling me there's a much wider ocean out there to explore..

It's so liberating to just go with the flow... 

Wishing you all a super weekend, 

full of everything you love. 

Creative wishes 

Tracey xx 

Happy to be sharing with: 

Paint Party Friday ~ Wk 48 Yr9

Rains Thursday ART Date ~ Theme GLOW

and 

Art Journal Journey ~ Jo's January Theme Something NEW

Taking a moment.. We're all beautiful!

Hello Creative Friends

As the rain poured heavily replenishing the earth and 

temperatures returned to normal it was nice to have some 

free time today to get back online and blog just because..

Here's a little creative play before the heavens opened. 

Making use of a page in my salvaged scraps journal 

motivational words were added using stencils and paste.

Splodged on gesso helps protect and seal those snippets.

Splats, splots, flicks and dots add an element of colour.

Distress Oxide sprays look so dramatic when sprayed 

up close but gesso soon soaks up those splodges. Like our 

thirsty earth lapping up the rain the evidence is soon lost...

with pressed lavender harvested from the garden ..

areas of purple watercolour define the depth of texture 

with a kind word added to complete the page. 

*We're all beautiful*

I'm always amazed how these salvaged scrap pages transform, 

they make me stop and think before I throw anything away... 

With our busy full speed ahead lives 

we're all in need of days just like this..

Wishing you all a fabulous week, 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx 

Sharing today with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Splatter's and Splodges

**Art Journal Journey ~ Chris Theme "We're all/going"

What's on your workdesk Wednesday 526

Happy July Creative friends 

Thanks to Julia over at her stamping ground it's time again for 

people far and wide to share What's on their workdesk?Wednesday.

WoywW 526

It's still all about pens and pencils on my make shift desk even my 

VERY late to arrive JUNE scawlr box had pencils in this edition.

The faces are from Paperbabe stamps not Jane Davenport as 

Linda enquired last week, although I do have plenty of those 

stamps and stencils... the obsession with faces is on going..

The cottons are for a project that will come to light in August 😊

Life's still extremely busy here but this little set up helps me 

focus at the end of the day. Had a day off last Sunday so sat in the 

garden enjoying the fine weather and finished off this journal page. 

As online/blogging time is limited I've had to schedule this post 

and will be sharing with Try it on Tuesday's ~ Material Girl Challenge 

along with Art Journal Journey and Chris' theme We're all/going... 

as even at my busiest we're all entitled to a moment for ourselves.

**Happy Independence Day this July 4th**

to all my American Buddies.

Look forward to our catch up and seeing WoywW 

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

She Blooms...

Hello Creative Friends.. 

I'm sharing a play day today where I used *recently* new to me 

Karin brushmarker Pro's discovered first within my monthly 

Scrawlr box I've been slowly building up my colour collection.

The image is created using Jane Davenport stencils.

 Scribbling the markers onto a non porous surface I simply sprayed those 

scribbles with water, applying directly to the image with a paint brush. 

I love how adding white gesso into the mix can change the opacity.

Even when applied onto the skin tone those delicate colours peep through.

and outlining with a fine liner really defines those stencilled lines.

With so much open white space on this A3 page it needed something 

to bring it together without over powering the beauty of this image. 

As these markers are also calligraphy pens I scrawled words, drew around 

the edge of both script and image and used my favourite colour of the 

moment *Curry* to pull out the colour using a drenched paint brush.

There's something quite rewarding about watching 

watercolour expand and dance on an open page.

Bringing both white space and image together *She Blooms*

Thank you for sharing part of your day with me today...

Happy Friday everyone... the weekend awaits!

Wishing you all a wonderful one...

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today with:

MOO-MANIA & More: #186 Close to Nature

Art-Journal-Journey: as the lovely Jo Host's HELLO SPRINGTIME

Kristin & Eva: WK2 Y9 PPF