Creative Artiste #130 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creatives 

Welcome to Creative Artiste's September Challenge #130 

where our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.. 

Here's my monthly DT make using a multitude of mediums.

On a stenciled background I heat embossed Antique Linen 

distress embossing glaze then stamped Studio light Forget me 

nots by Jennie's mindful Art onto an A6 size kraft postcard 

Repeating the stamping process on offcuts, I then painted, 

fussy cut and layered both buds and leaves finishing with 

yellow beads to form the eye of every flower...

Edging with faux stitch, washi and rub-ons to frame the topper, 

an enamel metal pin badge holds on to torn out text tightly 

displaying the words *Forget me Not*

September is World Alzheimer's Month, I am sure like myself 

you will know of family members, friends or friends of friends 

that have been affected by this devastating disease.. 

As a carer I am thinking of you all..

Take care of yourself and each other 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing today with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Emboss it

Nicole ~ Sunday in the Art Room (SITAR) 

Creative Artiste #129 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge

Hello Creatives 

First Friday of the month so it's time to share a project for 

Creative Artiste's Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge.. 

As another heatwave is set to melt the UK i'm taking you 

all to the beach today.. not literally of course 😊

On a summer sky painted background I scraped sand coloured texture 

paste making feet impressions in the sand by pressing in stamps 

from the Inkylicious shoreline stamp set whilst the paste was wet. 

When dry I stamped and embossed the shoreline, adding paint 

dots, dabs and flicks to the sky to enhance the atmosphere.. 

Embellished with coordinating lace, sequin trim and machine stitch 

top to bottom, I pondered for a while unsure what word or quote to 

pair up with the scene... 

Having found a bag full of beach bracelets in a suitcase that 

my Children used to collect whilst on holiday the word 

Tranquill came very much to mind... 

**Happy Days**

Come dip your toes in and share your Mixed Media creativity with the 

team HERE @ Creative Artiste's #129 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Take Care everyone 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx 

Sharing today's creativity with: 

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Creative Inspiration Challenge ~ #41 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T 786 Challenge ~ Summer/Holiday (Vacation) ATG

Art Journal Journey ~ The Good Old Summertime  

The Four Seasons Challenge ~ Summer August 2026

Creative Artiste ~ #126 Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative friends 

Welcome to May and a new Challenge #126 @ 

Creative Artiste where *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

My DT project is an ode to Vincent Van Gogh and my 

own take on one of his Iris paintings from May 1889. 

His own painting ABOVE speaks volumes to me, 

a timeless interpretation of life and situations..

Dismissing all the blue/purple Irises I focused on 

the stand alone single white in my art journal..

On a stencilled background scraped with paint the Iris is stamped 

multiple times, cut and layered for dimension, painted with white 

gesso and given a glittery beard it's stem and leaves are made from 

old packaging, painted, coloured, cut and fashioned into shape. 

Laid upon old (on the turn) coloured texture paste, 

I added twisted beaded wire to ground the Iris.. 

Edged with stitch, washi and a strip of hand dyed 

lace, gold paint lightly tickles those raised areas.. 

I hope we @ Creative Artiste can inspire you to share YOUR 

Mixed Media Creations.. there's plenty more to see HERE.. 

Come share your own creativity in our May Challenge 

@ Creative Artiste #126 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Take care everyone 

Stay Safe & Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Four Seasons ~ Spring Season May 2026

January days and nights... appreciate everything

 Hello Creatives 

Best wishes to you all for 2026 

Our first week has brought freezing temperatures, 

snow, ice and storm Goretti ...

Those freezing nights I've taken advantage of a little slow stitching...

finishing a hand felted oak leaf embellished with embroidery and beads

completing a tactile cover for my new 2026 journal

First page I share a mix of media, using paints, die cuts, 

pastes, pencil and pen...

depicting the scene outside my window after my dog and I have 

taken advantage of making our own marks in the snow.. 

Love the crunch of footsteps through fresh snow 😊

*expect nothing and appreciate everything*

Wishing you all happiness and much creativity 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Four Seasons ~ Winter Season January

Try it on Tuesday ~ It's cold outside

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Creative Artiste ~ #116 Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creatives 

Time for a new challenge @ Creative Artiste  

our monthly theme is Always Anything Mixed Media Goes

Here's a mixed media journal page with it's background created 

using paper scraps, layers of torn washi tape and gilding glue pushed 

through a stencil then applying gilding flakes for a touch of sparkle. 

The large Butterfly is stamped and die cut, painted and coloured with 

an overlay of inktense activated with water, embellished with beads, 

buttons, wire with a stitched edge to finish my mixed media page.. 

Come share your mixed media creations with the team HERE 

and play in our JUNE #116 Anything Mixed Media Challenge 

Take care & stay creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

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We Love Stamping ~ JUNE Nature or Anything Goes

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Creative Artiste Challenge ~ #112 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Happy February Creative's and Welcome 

to Creative Artiste first Mixed Media Challenge of 2025

Apologies I am indeed late with my new year best wishes 

but care duties are keeping me exceptionally busy... 

I'm so glad I managed to put together a DT project for 

February's #112 Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge 

@ Creative Artiste

Here's what I created and those *did's to do's ... 

On an old Gel plate scrap I added strips of torn washi tape 

and pushed modeling paste through a stencil, highlighting 

with gilding wax when the paste was completely dry.

Stamped onto a found fragment of tea stained linen 

I decorated with lace, buttons, machine stitch and 

three hand stitched woolen yarn kisses... 

Topped with a dry felted heart crafted using Tracy Evans 

snippet stencil which acted as both a guide and template 

I embellishing the completed heart with golden beads. 

Edging the journal page with very messy machine stitch in a 

high contrasting colour this concluded my Mixed Media Make.

I loved creating this project full of love in so many ways... 

I hope you find time to create some mixed media moments 

and please do come and share with the Design Team 

@ Creative Artiste's #112 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Pop on over HERE to see more inspiration from the Team 

along with two Guest Designers and to welcome our 

newest Design Team Member Emma 😊 

Take care everyone 

stay safe and creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing the love of Mixed Media with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Romance (with my Heart & Kisses) 

Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Love is in the Air

Creative Artiste #108 ~ September Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends 

First Friday of the month means a new arty challenge

@ Creative Artiste ~ #108 September Challenge 

our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes 

My Design Team Project is another homage to the beauty of nature

Inspired by the Brown Hawker Dragonflies that dart at speed from 

my local canal to the nature reserve this time of year, I made 

use of a winged brooch in need of a body transforming it with 

extra gem stones, wire and paint to a dragonfly. 

Resting peacefully on scrap fabric framed by a wooden medallion.

The journal background is created from torn collaged papers, 

stamped and stencilled with the addition of washi tape, gems 

and lace with of course some stitchery detail...

Always fun to create using a mix of media.. 

Please come and share your creative mixed media makes 

with the team @ Creative Artiste #108 September Challenge 

our challenge is always *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

Stay safe & Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Creative Artiste July Challenge #106 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends 

Apologies this blog post is late I have been away 

and unsure why this scheduled project did not post 

So lets treat this as a midway monthly reminder of July's

Creative Artiste Challenge #106 Anything Mixed Media Goes

My MM journal page is inspired by the Linden Tree 

It's Flower as fragrant as freshly laundered washing.  

with background a mix of papers stitched to a watercolour skyline. 

 the tree is created using wire snipped and fashioned to resemble 

it's trunk, twisted and heavily laden with glass and ceramic 

beads as it's leaves...  

 finished with a calming quote by John Muir stamped onto vellum 

*In every walk in nature one receives far more than he seeks* 

Hope to see your mixed media creations over @

Creative Artiste #106 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Take care everyone, 

stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Creative Artiste ~ #101 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Hello Creative Friends 

Welcome to Creative Artiste first 

mixed media challenge of 2024. 

Creative Artiste #101 Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge

My DT project this February started with a stamped 

Visible Image quote on a coffee stained linen scrap..

*When you feel like quitting think about why you started*

Stitched over and attached to a fabric panel I've glued, sewn 

and stained recycled materials, papers and embellishments, lost in 

the art of slow stitch and collage with Winter very much in mind.

The pincushion I made from a fabric gift bag, painted and layered 

with lacy scraps, ribbon and repurposed buttons. It holds lovely 

decorative pins gifted to me by a dear friend.

on the reverse side it's rich red velvet, creamy lace and pearls 

and more of those lovely decorative pins thanks to Anne x

all adding warmth and a touch of romance 😊 

This is the first page in my 2024 mixed media journal.

There's lots more to see from the Creative Artiste Design Team 

we look forward to seeing your February Mixed Media makes @

Creative Artiste #101 Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge 

Stay safe & Creative 

Hugs 

Tracey xx

Sharing with: 

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Creative Artiste Anything Goes ~ May Challenge #93

Hello crafty friends

A warm welcome to Creative Artiste's May Challenge #93 

where our theme is always *Anything Mixed Media Goes*

This May I share three ATC's created using paper collage 

and fabric scraps. Each fashioned into a mini scene with 

beads and die cuts, fabric paint washes, posca pen doodles 

along with hand sewn and free motion embroidery detail.

If you like to mix up your media do come and share 

your creations with the Creative Artiste Team HERE 

Wishing you all a happy, safe and creative month ahead 

Hugs Tracey xx

Creative Artiste AUGUST Mixed Media Challenge ~ #74 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Hello Creative Friends 

It's time again to welcome you all to 

Creative Artiste's August Challenge #74   

our theme is ALWAYS Anything Mixed Media Goes.. 

This month i'm sharing a journal page that's very close to my heart..

Created for my Daughters Birthday based around an old postcard 

the words say so much as travel restrictions have 

kept us apart for almost a year now...

What you see are not just any old oddment glued and pasted to a page as every single scrap holds a memory. A collection of ephemera saved from throughout her life till now.. Baby leaflets, ribbons from gifts and buttons from handknitted school cardigans, even the tartan washi tape represents her Primary school uniform kilt.. I just couldn't bring myself to cut a strip from it's fabric..

Layers of old wallpaper we stripped from the walls she calls home, 

a penny minted with her birth year lays upon lace taken from a dress 

she once wore on her first foreign holiday at the young age of one.. 

Using her favourite brand of Coffee there's stencil stained print strips 

amongst saved napkins from past family get togethers we've all shared. 

Even the beads that embellish were purchased together on a crafty day out.

all finished with a border of machine stitch using the sewing machine 

we brought for her 13th Birthday.. Like us all it eagerly awaits her return. 

Every single piece holds a treasured memory..

I'm looking forward to framing this and seeing her little face 

light up when she see's it for the very first time.

Please pop on over and see what the Creative Artiste DT 

and Guest Designer have created for you this month.. 

and come share YOUR mixed media creations with us

@ Creative Artiste Anything Goes Mixed Media #74 Challenge

Stay safe & Creative everyone 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

LTSCB #148 Old School

LTCCB #61 August Anything Goes

MIUCB #52 Anything Goes + Mixed Media

*Art Journal Journey* ~ Host Neets Challenge TYPE

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Birthday Celebration

Creative Artiste ~ February Challenge #68

 Hello Creative Friends 

Welcome to Creative Artiste's 

Anything Mixed Media Goes ~ FEBRUARY CHALLENGE #68

This month I have an altered notebook to share with you BUT 

before I do may I say I lost a whole weekend early January 

cutting and water colouring these stunning colorize blooms, 

my main focal this month and I loved every second of it..

I digress.. oopps now where was I..? 

Oh yes onto those altered notebook how to do's.. 

First covering a plain notebook in Kraft card embossed using Tim Holtz 

Texture Fades 3-D Typewriter folder, I dry brushed with black gesso 

adding a tickle of gilding wax to highlight those typewriter keys. 

There's not many mixed media creations of mine that escape without 

the addition of lace and when teamed up with pearls it just adds to 

the romance.. The strawberries and champagne of mixed media.. 😊

Cutting out individual letters from the embossed Typewriter folder

I chose to spell the word noted as my intention for this book 

was to use it to document and sketch creative ideas.

Layered leaves, buds and rose with twisted wire and bead 

stems it just brought everything together harmoniously..

Complete with it's pearl & glass heart junk jewellery bookmark 

roll on spring so we can enjoy those pretty blooms for real !!..

Thank you for taking time to stop by today. 

I hope you maybe inspired to mix it up and share your 

Mixed Media creations with the Creative Artiste Team HERE. 

Take care everyone 

Creative wishes 

Tracey xx 

Sharing todays creativity with: 

LTCCB#55 ~ February Anything Goes

Art Journal Journey ~ Valerie's Theme Heavy Metal

TFJB Challenge Blog ~ Groundhog Day ( for me.. Pearls & Lace)

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A little Tree Dressing...

 Hello everyone, 

How you all keeping ?? 

My Christmas Tree is taking a break this year, 

I just couldn't face decorating it alone, always 

something we do as a family but like most families 

they are all staying safe in their own homes in 2020.

A small potted Christmas Tree takes it's place with 

hope it will survive the move outdoors in the new year.

In need of a little decoration I thought i'd paint these 

stamperia paper clay baubles to brighten things up a little.

Dressed with Tim Holtz pine twine, wired beads, tinsel and berry bells..

they remind me so much of the mercury glass baubles 

from my childhood and bring some indoor vintage cheer.

Wishing you all a super, safe Sunday. 

Creative wishes 

Tracey xx 

Sharing with: 

Morgans ArtWorld Challenge #12

Try it on Tuesday ~ Christmas Sparkle

TFJB Challenge Blog ~ Deck the Halls

LTCCB ~ #53 December Anything Goes

Country View Challenges ~ Anything Christmas