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

Sacred Sunday

Hello everyone, 

an impromptu post from me this evening having sheltered 

from the storms today, I hope friends in the UK are safe 

it's been fierce in so many areas. 

So huddled indoors, lost in the moment there was so much thrown 

at this tag. Using stencils, pastes, flicked and dripped paint 

and a rich rusty red heart as the focal, it shows off that super 

thin heart rhythm taken from Tim Holtz Heartbeat die..

Unconvinced after lunch that this was finished 

there just seemed to be something missing..?

some found cogs and gears should fix it..

now that's kick started that heart.. I'm happy now 😊

The poor light today really doesn't show this tags true colours 

but it was good to have a much needed play day and share the love. 

Take care everyone & stay safe. 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx

Playing along with: 

TAG TUESDAY's Challenge: Wendy's Black, White and Red.. 

(I hope my iron oxide rusty red is red enough..) 

SanDee & amelie's FEBRUARY Steam Punk Challenge

Country View Crafts February Challenge ~ Splatters, Splashes & Drips

Try it on Tuesday ~ Share the Love

Paperbabe New Release ~ Clockwork Frame

It's the third and final day of the *New* Paperbabe releases

and today it's my turn to share what I have been up to using the *Clockwork Frame*

Using the Hatter and Rabbit template I sketched in the faces directly onto the MDF Board.

I used the gear and tea cup overlaying panel piece (included in the kit) as a guide and reminder to myself to leave enough room for those important details.

The new stripes and gears stencils are a two way system allowing you to mask off 

and layer over the top to add the gear details, the pattern also repeats giving you the 

option to design on a much larger scale... the limits are endless

The new eye masks are the perfect addition to the collection helping to mask around the 

stamped eye stopping any overhang from showing when the pupil and iris are stamped in.

Laying down the base colours using neocolor II I added the finer detail with pencils.

The pocket watch, tea cup and extra gears are all separate elements included 

in the Clockwork Frame Kit. Added sand paste mimics corrosion and 

media fluids create that deep rusty colour.

Pencil and a fine liner adds shade and definition down the stripes and around those gears 

with any unused elements added to the background area to replicate gear fasteners.

With the wall hanging fastenings glued onto the back 

my Clockwork Frame is complete.

Paperbabe *NEW* Releases will be available to purchase on the website from 2nd June
a fabulous addition to compliment the Alice Collection or for larger mixed media pieces.

Thank you for taking time to pop on over and take a look.
Wishing you a marvellous week.

Creative Hugs
Tracey xx

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