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

Quirky Dutch Summer Guest Blogger ~ Rag book story telling

Hello creative friends,

I'm delighted to be part of the Quirky Dutch Summer this year.
Hosted by it's founder the marvellously talented Marit Barentsen

QDS is a 10 week Summer project where creatives around
the world come together to share their artistic journey.

Today it's my turn to share a project..

Bringing childhood memories to life with cloth and stitches you
can find me over here @ QUIRKY DUTCH SUMMER ~ #9 GUEST: TRACEY

I do hope you can join us..
There is so much more to see @ QDS than little me!!

Thank you sweet Marit for giving me this opportunity
and many thanks to all the QDS Artists for their 
inspirational creations this QUIRKY DUTCH SUMMER. 

Creative Hugs
Tracey xx

Sharing my creative journey with:
Art Journal Journey ~ Gills Theme Anything with Eyes
More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with Optional BRIGHT
Country View Crafts _ August Texture

Hello Susan...

Hello Creative Friends,

When I asked my Mom for some photographs of me as a child 

I was surprise to find amongst the sorted bundle a letter 

addressed to her from my Grandad written the day I was born.

Today i'm sharing it's journey, project 

and insight into how it came to be...

Using photo copies of the original letter, envelope and chosen 

photograph I gathered elements I felt relevant including broken 

jewellery, die cuts, snippets, buttons and lace to help 

decorate and frame the design.

This photograph was taken in my Nan & Grandad's garden, a snapshot of 

my amazing Auntie and me in the middle being held by my sweet Mom.

Gluing those elements down I painted them all in a layer of Gesso 

leaving the first line of the letter uncovered.  The number 1 

represents my Mother *Susan* the firstborn and me 

the first of 16 Grandchildren.

With Mom being the Eldest of seven children the number 7 also

fits in well with the year this photograph was taken 1971.

A wash of Vintage Photo distress ink brings out the depth and 

dimension of those elements, with a whisper of gilding wax 

and a bunch of die cut wildflower stems. 

*My Mom adores Flowers of every kind*

and finally..

The number 3 represents the three of us in the photo and how we still 

look out for one another just like the day this picture was captured.

Sadly my Grandad passed away when I was only 16 but 

we know he'd be so proud his letter of Thanks is as 

cherished today as the first day it was received.

His letter has been with my Mom for 50 years and now with me, 

who knows it's future and journey over the next 50 years...

Thank you for sharing today's journey.

Take good care everyone.

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today with:

Kristin & EVA: PPF WK3 YR9

Try it on Tuesday: Say it with Flowers

A Vintage Journey: Celebrate the Journey - Happy Birthday AVJ

Bleeding Art: March Challenge/Anything Goes
Wen's- Simply Neutrals 54

Country View Crafts: Letters and/ or Numbers