Paperbabe SKETCH Challenge ~ #83

Hello Creative Friends,

It's a SKETCH Challenge over on the Paperbabe stamps blog.

Use it's shape to inspire you and the image to represent your design.

Mix it up, be creative, it's really up to you how you interpret it.

Time has been very limited for me this week so I set myself a 

personal challenge to see what I could come up with in 1 hour.

Here's what I got up to and those simple *How to Do's*

Using the leaf and conkers from the Completely Conkers stamp set, 

Distress Oxides were my choice of ink to stamp onto both Kraft and white card.

Onto an A6 card I stamped one of my favourite stamps from the 

Spritz & Speckle set along with the completely Conkers sentiment.

5 leaves and 5 conkers were fussy cut and teased into shape ready to assemble.

Glued down using 3D Gel my CAS card is complete.

It's really that simple ..

Hope you can find a moment to pop on over HERE and join in with the challenge.

There's a prize for one lucky random winner.

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Creative wishes

Tracey xx

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe Stamps ~ Spritz and Speckles and Completely Conkers 

A6 Card & Distress Oxide Inks

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

From one Fanciful Flower ...

Hello Creative Friends,

Today i'm sharing a very simple That's Crafty Creation over HERE

Here's a sneaky peek with those very quick and easy

how to do's over on the That's Crafty Blog

That's Crafty will be showcasing new crafty products on

Hochanda tomorrow Friday 13th at 12pm and 4 pm

Pop on over or set those recorders to see demonstrations from Jo Channon

and inspirational makes from the That's Crafty Hochanda Design Team. 

Sending creative wishes

your way today..

Tracey xx

Paperartsy Cards.. Quick and Easy.

Hello everyone, thank you for dropping by today.

I've been making lots of cards recently topping up my handmade card stash as it had began to dwindle lately. These are a selection using Distress Oxide mop up backgrounds and PaperArtsy Stamps.

Here are my very quick and easy *how to do's*...

in small words and lots of pictures.

Using Distress Oxide created backgrounds PaperArtsy Stamps 

Designed by Kay Carley have been used to create the cards design.

Coloured using wink of stella brush pens, some have been edged with stitching.

Others have been given a dot or two of stickles glitter glue 

and a sentiment also from the stamp set.

This sentiment is from another PaperArtsy set. I made a mistake stamping this 

and had to go over it with a fine liner but I don't think it's too noticeable.

I find this one rather innocent looking, maybe ideal for a child

 or Teenager. What do you think ?

This one is my favourite of the four, not sure why but I chose not to put a sentiment on it as it may not stay in the card pile for very long as I think it would look great framed.

I have used this super stamp set so much recently as it gives quick results.

I hope you enjoyed my quick made cards too??

Take care, Stay Safe & have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

PaperArtsy - Eclectica Kay Carley 06

Watercolour card

Versafine ~ Onyx Black

Tim Holtz ~ Distress Oxides

Kuretake ~ Wink of Stella Brush Pens

Ranger Stickles Glue

Extra Large Mixed Media Blue & Ochre Tag..

The current colour scheme of the PaperArtsy Challenge is so Alluring, I was inspired from the onset by Chris Cresswell and her Art Journal spread. With the element of surprise behind the doors and Chris's attention to detail; something close to my heART.. I just had to create something using those given colours of Blue and Ochre.

Here in words and pictures is my creation...

For my surface I used an Extra Large Tag (147mm x 296mm) by Dali Art. 

I squeezed a blob of Midnight Blue, Indian Turquoise, True Ochre and Yellow Ochre Americana Acrylic paint randomly onto it. The paint was spread over the surface from side to side with a piece of card and marks made into the paint using a comb to create some texture.

IndigoBlu Super Thick Slapiton was pushed through a Dina Wakley Stencil.

I Stamped Kim Dellow EKD06 stamps with versafine and coloured with pencils and illustrator Pens, some of the flowers I cut, shaped and layered to change their dimension.

I chose a selection of lace, ribbon and Sari border to coordinate with the colour way and used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber to tone down the whiteness of the lace.

After the Lace, Ribbon and Sari border had been adhered to the tag I used *Deep Blue and Sicilian Yellow Inktense pencils to add light and shade to areas of the tag adding water over the pencil areas to make the ink permanent.

Flat back pearls, micro beads and wire all add to the detail.

With Glossy accents and white  Posca Pen helping to highlight the finer details 

my mixed media tag is complete.

I've really enjoyed gathering colour coordinating materials and piecing together this mixed media Tag . I hope you like my creation and entry into The PaperArtsy Colour Challenge Topic 5: Blue and Ochre

Wishing you a wonderful day what ever you are up too..

Creative Hugs from Tracey xxx

Crafting Supplies Menu: 

DaliArt Extra Large Tags

Derwent Inktense pencils

DecoArt Americana Acrylics

Kim Dellow Eclectica EKD06

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Dina Wakley Mosaic Swirl Stencil

Spectrum Noir ColourBlend Pencils

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Marker Pens