Creative Artiste SEPTEMBER Challenge ~ #75 Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends

Time again to welcome you all to

Creative Artiste's September Challenge #75 

our theme is ALWAYS *Anything Mixed Media Goes*

This month my mixed media make brings together previous 

project left overs and things that never really came to be.

The stencilled box frame has seen many colours over the past 

months before I settled on Prize Ribbon and tarnished brass.

A piece of clock face flexi mould pasted to a grey board heart was 

cut to fit with precision inside the box aperture. Painted in similar 

colours the heart is suspended over the embossed typewriter inner.

Adorned with die cut and painted colorize blooms an idea-ology tag 

distressed to blend in with the frame colours completes the design.

Probably my favourite make of 2021 i'm always amazed by 

what can be created with those little bits left behind..

Pop on over and see what the Fabulous Design Team 

have created this SEPTEMBER over HERE.. 

Look forward to seeing your Mixed Media Makes.. 

@ Creative Artiste #75 Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge

Stay safe & Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Morning has broken...

 Hello everyone

I've been flicking through unfinished journal pages again and 

came across this little cottage nestled amongst the tree's... 

You can see i'd already started to work on it, over painting the collage 

adding light, shade and bright coloured blossom of purple and yellow.

Those that visit know I love creating little scenes like these, 

extending the tree's with pencil and paint, adding stencilled 

flowers painted to resemble Dog Rose lifting their heads 

up towards the morning light. 

Using grit paste, I stencilled the corner, painting it grey. 

I feel like i'm peeping over a dry stone wall at a magnificent 

country landscape, how I wish I could call that house mine... 

Give me the peace and tranquillity of early Summer mornings every 

day of the week.. now all I need is the sweet sound of bird song.

Stay safe and creative everyone 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Paint Party Friday

Rain's TAD ~ Mornings

LTSCB #147 Anything Goes

LTCCB #60 July Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge~ Lazy Summer Days

Country View Challenges ~ July Use a stencil or two

Art Journal Journey ~ Summer Countryside

Creative Artiste's June Challenge #72 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

 

Hello Creative Friends, 

First Friday of the month and time to welcome you 

all to *Creative Artiste's JUNE Challenge #72* 

our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.

This shared mixed media journal page was created some months back, 

during cold dark days with a longing for some warmth and sunshine. 

Torn papers collaged onto the page are painted with my finger, 

as a magazine image pasted on top is over painted 

adding back every little detail.

Tim Holtz Brushstroke flowers #1 are cut from fabric, 

painted and sewn together with a recycled button.

Summer has very much began to show her face this past week 

in my little part of the UK and i've really enjoyed seeing 

the Birds, Bee's and Butterflies embrace it too.. 

Here's a little addition to fill that Summery Sky.. 

If you like to mix up your media, please come and share 

with the Creative Artiste Design Team and join our 

Creative Artiste June Challenge #72 

*Anything Mixed Media Goes*

Wishing you all sunshine 

Stay safe and Creative

Tracey xx

Creative Artiste's *May Mixed Media* Challenge #71

Hello Creative Friends, 

First Friday of the month so time to welcome 

you all to Creative Artiste's May Challenge #71 

our theme is always *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

Today i'm bringing past things into the present... 

This ATC is the last of a bunch made for gifts in 2020. 

Created by stamping the Lily onto MDF the image was traced 

using liner pen, painted with distress paint then covered with 

UTEE and heat embossed several times to create a tile effect.

Making use of a broken picture frame onto it's backboard texture paste 

is pushed through a stencil then painted in colours similar to the ATC. 

Distress ink is painted through the same stencil onto the inner mount 

with it's aperture painted and edged with tarnished brass. 

The outer frame is painted in petrol blue with corner fastenings 

attached to help strengthen the frame with it's missing glass.

Reassembled the ATC becomes the main focal with offcuts of lace 

glued into every corner to compliment the finished redesign. 

I love the vibrant colours of this mixed media frame.. 

Such a cheerful creation.

If you like to mix up your media, do share your creations 

with the Creative Design Team and join in with our 

Creative Artiste's May Mixed Media Challenge #71

Stay Safe and Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Motion and movement

 Hello creative friends

Flicking through unfinished journal pages I came 

across this rice paper image of two ballet dancers. 

How graceful they look, lost in the moment. 

Stencil marks surrounding them almost slows down their motion, 

calculating every movement. With gold stenciled gesso and gems 

it seems to add to the drama like a huge spotlight on stage.

I love how the white highlights track and trace their steps. 

The words *They gave no more thought* provokes emotion

for us to imagine their story through our own eyes... 

Wishing you well this weekend, 

Stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today with: 

Paint Party Friday

Rain's Thursday Art Date 

LTCCB #56 March Anything Goes

Art Journal Journey ~ Sheila's *A single Flower*

The ballet dancer wears one on her head band

Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge #3 

Happy Birthday Morgan x 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Use a Stencil or Two

Imagination has no limit..

 Hello everyone, 

Hope you all had a good weekend?

Mine was spent going through my sketch books and journals 

i've so many unfinished pages and I'm amazed how many pages 

have scenes, sketched, painted or built up with mixed media. 

Adding a stamperia rice paper face I painted in hair and gave her 

a lacy blouse. Words from the same rice paper seemed to give me 

permission to include random die cuts adding to her eccentricity.

I love this huge layered die cut Rose by Lisa Jones, 

this eccentric Victorian Lady wears it so well..

 

*As today is International Woman's Day.. 

Be proud of who you are.. 

YOU can be who ever you want to be* 

Wishing you all a super week, 

stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today's creativity with: 

TFJB ~ Anything Goes 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Say it with Flowers

AJJ ~ Orange Esmeralda's Theme A single Flower 

(Hoping Sheila will allow it 👍)

Creative Artiste March Challenge ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends, 

It's the first Friday of the month so let me 

Welcome you to Creative Artiste Challenge #69 

our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes. 

Today i'm sharing my 

Everything Spring junk journal cover. 

As March see's the start of Spring it's written that 

the Green Man is a symbol of rebirth, new growth and 

an environmental guardian amongst many other things. 

Here's those how to do's and how he came to be... 

Pouring melted UTEE onto an old book cover, I used clear embossing 

ink to protect the large Lavinia Green Man stamp, pressing the 

image firmly into the hot UTEE transferring the impression. 

With a pair of Tim Holtz creepy eyes, i'd planned to paint and

simply add die cut oak leaves but I could already sense this 

was not going to give the result I was really hoping for..

So using the outer oak thinlit from Tim Holtz leaf print die set 

I used it like a cookie cutter pushing into paper clay to cut out the 

leaf image, forming those leaf creases with a ball tool and knife. 

Making those branch lines more prominent by tracing with a glue pen 

I painted the surface when dry framing the face by gluing down those 

cut and formed oak leaves, leaving to dry until the following day. 

Pushing beads into the clay adds extra detail as the whole 

leafy area is painted with acrylics and a dab of gold paint.

With texture paste dragged down the spine stippled in bark brown 

paint, a junk jewellery book mark adds a little more to it's design.

He's a mighty statement feature, makes me want to preserve him 

and keep him in the garden, he looks very much at peace there..

So if you have a passion for mixed media we'd love 

you to share your creations with us over HERE. 

Pop on over and see what the Design Team 

have created to inspire you this March 

@ Creative Artiste Challenge #69

Look forward to seeing your mixed media makes.. 

Stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Paint Party Friday 

Thursday Art Date ~ Creases

TFJB ~ Challenge Anything Goes

LTCCB#56 ~ March Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Art Journal

Crafts Galore Challenge #85~ March Anything Goes

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with Optional Green

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #138 ~ Anything Goes

 Hello creative friends, 

It's time for a new Paperbabe Stamps blog challenge 

this fortnight it's everyone's favourite Anything Goes.. 

Come play along with the challenge and share 

your *Anything Goes* creations HERE 

Today i'm sharing a page from my fabric journal, decorated in a 

mixture of media left over from previous Paperbabe creations. 

Collaged with die cut Art Doll Vintage Papers, snippets of Stamped Faces 

framed and painted with Aleesia style hair. Paste pushed through various 

Paperbabe stencils creates texture and interest in vacant spaces where 

I've played with paint adding gold and silver metallics into the mix. 

The sentiment *Make your Mark* is stamped using the 

Fun Alphabet Outline stamp set painted in Bronze .

For a chance to win a Paperbabe stamps prize 

Pop on over HERE see what the DT have created and 

join our *Anything Goes #138 Paperbabe Stamps Challenge* 

Stay safe & creative everyone 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing todays creative play with: 

Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge #2

LTCCB#55 ~ February Challenge Anything Goes

Art Journal Journey ~ Valerie's theme Heavy Metal 

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #84 February 2021

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Add some Texture

Art Journal Journey ~ The meaning of.. Curiosity

 Hello Creative Friends

Did you take time out for you this Christmas?? 

This is my penultimate page as Guest Host @ 

Art Journal Journey with my *The meaning of* .. theme

I'm sure you've all guessed by now why my website is called 

Hotchpotch Creations, I find it hard to sit still with one 

medium, there's so much to learn, explore and mix together.

As a mixed media artist the importance of experimenting 

with things is vital, it explains what mediums can do with 

surprising results at times and helps me work out how to 

bring the vision I see in my head onto my page. 

Curiosity gives me confidence to create in my own eyes..

 

Starting with a stampendous owl's face he peeps through a torn page 

stained tea water & layers of modeling paste sprinkled with loose tea. 

Smudges of expanding foam heated and scraped using a fork, 

I revisited this page many times before I was happy with it's 

bark like effect. Painted with distress paint and a coating of 

clear gesso a stamperia bark stamp fills in any gaps. 

Making an impression in a piece of wet clay 

using a Tim Holtz red rubber stamp it reads.. 

*Replace Fear of the Unknown with Curiosity* 

Painted and attached to the tree bark page 

I used my finger like a paintbrush smudging green paint 

down the page, replicating tree moss and lichen.

Thank you all so much for joining me and sharing 

your wonderful creative talents @ Art Journal Journey.. 

Stay safe & ever creative 

Hugs 

Tracey xx

Sharing with: 

LTCCB ~ #53 December Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations ~ Anything with Wings

We Love Chocolate Baroque ~ December Challenge Anything Goes

Guest Host @ Art Journal Journey ~ *The meaning of *...

Hello creative friends, 

what a joy and honour it is to announce that throughout 

December I will be Guest hosting @ Art Journal Journey. 

Thank's so much Elizabeth & Bleubeard of course for 

inviting me what a lucky December guest host I am...

My chosen theme for December is.. 

"The meaning of.." 

what something means to you! 

Be it the holiday season, family, friends or loved ones. 

A treasured gift, a moment in time or something you see or 

hear around you.. I'm sure this year more than ever we have 

all had time to reflect, recognise and appreciate things we

may have overlooked previously or taken for granted... 

My first journal page is a collage landscape 

depicting *The Meaning of* .. GREEN SPACE 

Growing up in a big city living in a multi-storey block of flats 

I certainly saw a different view of the world around me.

I'd spend hours staring out of the window where I could see 

for miles, always drawn to those green spaces emerging like 

treasure from the surrounding concrete jungle. 

Green space it's such a precious thing..

Perched on high it's as if this lone bird gazing out at the 

vast green space is ready to spread her wings and explore, 

maybe a reflection of myself in my younger days.. 

Please.. don't be frightened by the theme 

It's really *Anything Goes* with a fancy title and if 

YOU are putting something down in your journal it 

means everything to us at Art Journal Journey. 

 

I'm looking forward to seeing your 

The Meaning of 

Art Journal Journey creations HERE

Let's stay connected during December 

and journal 2020 away!! 

Creative wishes 

Tracey xx

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge ~ #131 Picture Inspiration

 Hello Creative Friends. 

It's time for a new challenge over @ Paperbabe Stamps 

This fortnight we give you a Picture for Inspiration below. 

Use it to inspire you and come share your creativity HERE.

*Here's my interpretation of the challenge*

Inspired by the colours and shapes in the picture prompt and techniques 

discovered during a Laly Mille workshop I created a divided journal page. 

Working within the lines I've used scraps from previous Paperbabe 

creations using Paperbabe STAMPs and STENCILs, embossed pastes, 

paint, leaves and lace to create a mixed media journal page.. 

Here's a closer look of my two favourites 

A happy little leaf family.. 

Uplifting quote from Picasso alongside a dormant Sunday best dress..

Whether i'll keep this A3 page as it is, create a smaller journal 

or divide each section individually, i'm undecided but I must say 

the process was very relaxing to work on from start to finish..

Look forward to seeing your 

#131 Picture Inspiration creations. 

Stay safe & creative 

Tracey xx

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Paint Party Friday ~ Week 35 Year 10

Try it on Tuesday ~ Embossed

Art Journal Journey ~ Chris's Theme *Hold the Line*