Creative Artiste #85 August Mixed Media Challenge

Hello Lovely Creative Friends 

I hope you are all keeping well..??

The past few months have been what can only be described as bedlam, 

incredibly stressful, heightened care duties, house moves and legalities 

not helped by catching Covid which I'm still suffering from it's affects.. 

A big thank you to all that have stuck by me these past months 

it means more than I can say in words.. Myself and family are thankful 

these life hurdles, albeit life changing can be overcome with time.. 

Sooo a scheduled blog post again.. 

welcoming you to Creative Artiste's #85 August Challenge 

our monthly theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.

This month I share a small mixed media canvas, layered with leftovers 

found amongst my messy craft desk. Paper doily's, layered texture using 

stencils and paste, buttons and lacy scraps add a little touch of me.. 

Calming down the glued chaos with a wash of white gesso a found washer 

acts as a firm frame for three tree twigs wrapped in silken thread. 

Please join the Creative Artiste Design Team HERE 

and share your Mixed Media creations with us all. 

Take care of yourselves and each other..

Stay safe and creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Autumn through a Fisheye Lens

Happy Friday everyone,

I'm sharing a canvas today created using a beautiful napkin i've had for a long time.

Adhered to a round canvas using matte medium I also covered around the edge. 

Stamping a visible image quote onto rice paper, I adhered this also with 

matte medium and edged parts of the canvas with Art stones and beads .

Die cut leaves coloured with Distress Oxide Inks and 

detailed with Alcohol pens embellish and frame the image.

Melted wax was brushed over the leaves and buffed when dry. 

Gently crushing the leaves helps create a more realistic appearance.

Dots of white pen adds blemishes to those leaves with two found alder 

catkins glued amongst them completing my Autumnal round canvas.

I love how the shape of the canvas and curvature of the bench 

helps create the illusion of looking through a fish eye lens.

Who wouldn't wish to sit upon that bench, gather 

your thoughts and admire that Autumn splendour..?

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend what ever your plans.

Creative Hugs & Warm Wishes

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today's creativity with...

Kristin & EVA ~ Paint Party Friday

A Vintage Journey ~ Autumn Splendour

Moo-Mania & More ~ AUTUMN

Paperbabe Challenge #77 ~ Picture Inspiration

Hello Creative Friends

I hope you are all keeping well and looking forward to the weekend?

Today I'm here to announce a new Paperbabe blog challenge

using the picture below as your inspiration.

We'd love to see your take on the Picture Inspiration so

pop on over HERE and join in with the creativity.

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

Using a large canvas tote bag I masked around the edges and used paints suitable 

for fabric to create a background. Painting, spraying, dabbing and scraping through 

stencils from the Paperbabe range. I had so much fun creating it..

With the Peony and Buds stamped onto plain decoupage rice paper I applied directly 

onto the painted canvas using fabric decoupage glue, sealing it with another coat 

and then began to paint it using the colours from the picture prompt.

When finished I painted around the flower blending in colours to hide any of the rice paper still visible. When happy with the design I removed the masking tape.. 

I love how the paint has seeped just a little outside those lines.

With some machine stitching added around the edges of the print 

I ironed on the back to fix the paint making it suitable for washing. 

My Hand painted Canvas Tote Bag is complete.

...but what about those hanging words I hear you say..?

well I'm saving that tutorial for another day!! Hee hee..

Thank you for sharing your time today and popping in

it really makes my day.

Take good care everyone

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx

I'm linking this to Paint Party Friday

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe ~ 6" x 12" 7mm Stripes Stencil, 

Paperbabe ~ Checkerboard Stencils 

Paperbabe ~ Dots Stencils in all sizes. 

Paperbabe ~ Peony & Bud Stamp Set 

IndigoBlu Paints

Fabric Decoupage Glue

Decoupage Rice Paper

Repairing and sharing a blast from the past ..

Hello everyone, I hope all is well?

There's not been many makes shared on my blog recently due to the lurgy knocking my Mojo for six but I thought I would share a canvas I made about 6 years ago which I had to repair when it fell off the wall and knocked the framework out.

As the subject matter was so heavy I was very worried about disturbing it by hammering in tacks whilst re-stretching the canvas back over the frame as the medium used to fix the twisted wire tree was homemade, using a mixture of clay and PVA, so I decided to use staples a less brutal way to fix it all back together.

The outer edge of the canvas was created using the clay and PVA mix and painted in Iron Swellegant and darkening Patina. Areas had chipped off when it took a tumble and I did question if putting something else on top of it would cause a reaction. It had been so long since I last used Swellegant I couldn't remember the rules or application just remembered there were times when I needed to wear rubber gloves!!

I decided it would be best to just repaint the edges but not sure if I had any Swellegant left, how wrong I was!! Boxed away in a trolley full of polymer clay I found this!
I'm not sure i've ever used any of this... Shhhhhh Don't tell my OH...

So I set about covering the damaged areas and touching up some of the 

flaking clay that held on the twisted wire trunk.

I Tightened up the wire work holding the red tigers eye chips and 

removed any sharp or broken chips damaged in the fall.

It's all looking a lot more tidier now with the Tigers eye polished and a secure 

saw tooth hanger to hopefully prevent it from falling off the wall.

This is one of my favourite pieces ever created as I love the ambience of it all,

so glad I was able to patch it up..

Hugs & warm wishes until next time.

Tracey xx