Every day is a Gift...

 Hello lovely creatives 

After the brightness the snow brought we've since had 

nothing but drizzle, damp and darkness.. boooo!!! but 

I've been blessed with a little bit of free time 

this week so trying hard to kick start my mojo I've 

combined a mix of new and old stash to decorate a tag. 

There's tea stained doilies, torn letters and tape collaged 

onto a tag, over stamped and stencilled with ink and paste. 

A large embroidered flower cut from a lace fabric panel 

adds opulence and romance alongside enamel hearts and 

heartfelt words 😘 edged with stitch and lace...

*Every day is a Gift*

Wishing you all a bright, beautiful 

and creative day Tracey xx 

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Add some Text  

SITAR ~ Sunday in the Art Room

Tag-along and ATCs ~ January Love, Romance or Anything goes

Creative Artiste ~ #119 September Mixed Media Challenge

Hello Creatives 

Time for Mixed media challenge #119 @ Creative Artiste 

September is world Alzheimer's month 

as a carer this is so close to my heart, caring 

for other peoples family to now my own 😢 

This month I share a project created from fabric, fragments and 

embellishments favourite outfit combinations of my dear Mother..

 

Laid out on a tea stained base I arranged the torn fabrics, 

attaching with both hand and machine stitch I gathered, 

frayed and embroidered extra detail..

The forget me not is cut from denim enriched with bright fabric paint.

The central eyelet is sewn with thread and attached to the panel. 

Hard to choose a fitting sentiment .. this will do for now...

Please be mindful and educated on this dreadful disease 

as it will touch the lives of many if not our own... 

Mixed media challenge #119 @ Creative Artiste 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx

Creative Artiste ~ March Mixed Media Challenge #80

 Hello Creative Friends 

Welcome to Creative Artiste's March Challenge #80 

our theme is always *Anything Mixed Media Goes*

This month my Design Team project uses fabric remnants, with a focal 

Daffodil cut from card, stitched and painted. A wool wrapped curtain 

ring represents the Corona or more commonly known trumpet. With hand 

woven button as the stamen it makes a bright statement of Spring.

The fabric scrap background is embellished with beads, stray threads, 

sequins, lace and buttons, all drawn together with needle and thread 

in both machine stitch and hand embroidery...

I loved watching it's design immerge and grow, 

it's incredibly tactile and so cheerful...

Turned into a mini wall quilt a gift for Mother's Day 

I hope my Mom will find it uplifting all year round.

What ever your creative choice of medium, be it a mix of fabric remnants 

embellished like my own. Paper, paint and stencils on a Journal background 

ATC's, mixed media cards, Tags or inventive altered projects we'd love 

you to share your mixed media creations with the Creative Artiste Team. 

Pop on over HERE to see what the DT have created to inspire you. 

I hope you will join our Creative Artiste March #80 Challenge 

and please remember it's always *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

Creative Hugs and best wishes 

Tracey xx

Sharing with: 

TFJB ~ For the Love of Mixed Media

Try it on Tuesday ~ Add some Texture

Country View Challenges ~ Mothers Day

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

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge ~ #149 Anything Goes

 Hello Creative Friends, 

It's PaperBabe Stamps Challenge time

with a Paperbabe Prize up for grabs for one randomly 

chosen participant, so please pop on over and share 

your crafty makes in our *Anything Goes Challenge #149*

For today's DT Project I share two collage postcards

created layering torn strips of coffee stained stenciled paper 

and hand designed washi using a selection of Paperbabe Stamps. 

Machine stitched edges, embellished with lace and sentiments, 

each postcard displays a Peony or Butterfly stamped focal... 

Postcard size has always been my favourite size to work on 

and I just love collaging these creative stories together. 

This bundle await sentiments, focal images or an embellishment or two.. 

I've built up quite a collection.. I look forward to sharing more soon..

Wishing you all well 

I'll catch up with you all later..

Stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

LTSCB #147 Anything Goes

LTCCB #60 ~ July Anything Goes

TFJB Challenge ~ Funky & Frilly Challenge

Country View July Challenge ~ Use a stencil (or Two)

Creative Artiste JULY Mixed Media Challenge #73 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends, 

It's time to welcome you all to 

Creative Artiste's JULY Challenge #73   

our theme is ALWAYS Anything Mixed Media Goes.. 

This month I'm sharing my latest Junk Journal.. 

 

It's contents is wrapped in corrugated card decorated with 

tissue scraps, washi tape and short lengths of lace. The lace 

butterfly aperture was cut using a Sizzix Bigz Die an offcut 

from a project I created over two years ago, how happy I was 

to rediscover it and bring it to life as my journal focal... 

Painted and embellished with broken jewellery, buttons and brads, 

along with Tim Holtz trim, idea-ology metal tab and token.. 

Creative time has been very limited these past few months, 

so I give thanks to the taster courses and time given by those 

creatives that have given me prompts and incentive to play..

Here's a taste of what's kept inside, a quick watercolour 

inspired by Kasia's #ArtReboot last month..

Pop on over HERE to see what the Creative Artiste DT have 

created this month and share your creations with the team.. 

we love to see your Anything Mixed Media Goes makes.

Stay safe and creative everyone 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today with: 

LTSCB #147 Anything Goes 

LTCCB #60 July Anything Goes 

MIUCB #51 ~ Anything Goes + Aperture

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Anything Goes

Paperbabe Challenge #99 ~ Picture Inspiration

Hello Creative Friends, 

It's time for another Paperbabe Stamps Challenge... 

Use the image/colours below to inspire you and come share 

your creative flare with us over HERE. You have two weeks 

to play with a prize for one lucky random org winner..

Inspired by the colours and shapes within the picture 

I've combined both Dinky Male and Female Stamp sets 

to create a calico patch for my fabric journal. 

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

First stamping the female face and torso onto heavy calico I 

secured the face mask template over the stamped image to protect it. 

Then positioned partly over the mask I stamped the male image.

When the mylar mask is removed you can see it leaves a seamless 

impression bringing the stamped female face into the forefront.

Painting the skin tone and features, I used the Pompadour hair style 

from the Dinky Male Face Templates to draw in the hairline and torso.

The pompadour template 2: acts as a guide to help add all the detail.

For the female I used the pony & bun hair template but decided against 

adding the ponytail as I liked the look of the hair all tied up loosely. 

The Fun alphabet outline stamp set helps create the words, 

painted with stripes in keeping with the picture inspiration.

Along with candy striped paper and patch sewn onto the page 

I began adding a colour inspired selection of embellishments..

With it's sweet sugar colours there's plenty of white space  

to add more texture and detail but I think for the moment 

I'll leave my fabric journal page just the way it is..

There is plenty more to see over on the Challenge blog HERE 

we look forward to seeing your take on this fortnights 

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #99

Thank you so much for stopping by today. 

Take care & stay safe. 

Creative Hugs Tracey xx

I'm sharing todays creative play with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Gill's theme *Anything with Eyes*

World wide Open Design Team Challenge ~ #07 July 2019

Country View Crafts ~ August Theme Texture

Just Shrink it..!

Hello Creative Friends,

It's Thursday again and it's my turn to share some That's Crafty Creativity.

Here's a sneaky peek at what I've been up to with those 

how to do's right over over HERE

Hope to see you over there.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx