Creative Artiste #129 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge

Hello Creatives 

First Friday of the month so it's time to share a project for 

Creative Artiste's Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge.. 

As another heatwave is set to melt the UK i'm taking you 

all to the beach today.. not literally of course 😊

On a summer sky painted background I scraped sand coloured texture 

paste making feet impressions in the sand by pressing in stamps 

from the Inkylicious shoreline stamp set whilst the paste was wet. 

When dry I stamped and embossed the shoreline, adding paint 

dots, dabs and flicks to the sky to enhance the atmosphere.. 

Embellished with coordinating lace, sequin trim and machine stitch 

top to bottom, I pondered for a while unsure what word or quote to 

pair up with the scene... 

Having found a bag full of beach bracelets in a suitcase that 

my Children used to collect whilst on holiday the word 

Tranquill came very much to mind... 

**Happy Days**

Come dip your toes in and share your Mixed Media creativity with the 

team HERE @ Creative Artiste's #129 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Take Care everyone 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx 

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #150 ~ August Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge ~ #41 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T 786 Challenge ~ Summer/Holiday (Vacation) ATG

Art Journal Journey ~ The Good Old Summertime  

The Four Seasons Challenge ~ Summer August 2026

Simply Lovely Again..!!

Hello Creative Friends 

Another Summertime show of recent Alison Bomber stamps by 

PaperArtsy.. The Hydrangea is one of my favourites and in 

real time they lap up the sun even during a heatwave.. 

Stamped and embossed on a watercolour tag scrap I coloured with 

watercolour and pencil stamping text to fill the bare background. 

With a craft knife I carefully cut around random leaves to lift 

and add dimension popping dots of glitter glue in each centre 

as that's where the Hydrangea flower magic really happens 

Co-ordinating buttons and lace embellish with a trio of machine 

stitch colour edges it all.. simply lovely again 😊

Stay safe & creative everyone 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing today with: 

Four Seasons ~ July Summer Season Challenge 

Tagalong and ATC's ~ July Challenge Favourite Colours/ATG

We Love Stamping July Challenge ~ *Summertime* 

Simply Lovely...

 Hello Creative friends 

It's been a while since I've treated myself to newly released stamps 

when I saw the Paperartsy sets from Alison Bomber I couldn't resist. 

Just look at this delightful rose, stamped and fussy cut.. 

The roses are really in full bloom this Summertime.

On an Aall & Create die cut tag filled with offcuts, torn 

papers and washi there's paste pushed through a TH flourish 

stencil brayered with vanilla paint and random text stamped 

around that texture. Edged with gold I find it's a go to 

colour combo of mine, a vintage favourite that loves 

a tickle of pastel blue or pink.. 🫠

Stay safe and take care especially if your dealing with 

yet again another heatwave like myself here in the UK..

 Happy crafting 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today with: 

Allsorts Challenge ~ #853 Stencils

We Love Stamping ~ July: Summertime

Tag-along and ATC's ~ July: Favourite Colours or Anything Goes

Creative Artiste #128 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends 

It's Anything Mixed Media Goes @ 

Creative Artiste July's Challenge #128 

A just for fun piece and a trip down memory lane.. 

July was an exciting month as a child, the end 

of the school year, six weeks of holiday, outdoor play 

and family holidays... Taking the long route down to 

Devon/Cornwall admiring the stunning scenery.. 

My page consists of paint splodges and scrapes, 

and painted scene with stencilled sun and rays. 

The car is a TH wacky transport die, cut and layered 

multiple times, very similar to my dear great uncles🤣

Art yarn and lace add dimension with hand embroidered flowers 

resembling the bank of Heathers seen along the way.. 

*Happy Days* 

Hope to see your mix up of media creations @ 

Creative Artiste Challenge #128 ~ 

Anything Mixed Media Goes... 

Plenty more to see from the Design Team HERE 

pop on over and show them some love... 

Stay safe & Creative 

Tracey xx 

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Fabric, Lace & Trims.. Oh my 

The Four Seasons Challenge ~ Summer Season July 2026

Celebrate something today..

Hello Creatives 

What a rollercoaster few weeks it has been..

I really think this post should have been titled 

*Create* something today rather than Celebrate, 

with a mountain of unfinished makes I share a 

project (now finished) that I didn't get chance 

to complete for Creative Artiste this month 😞 

 Time has been so sooo squeezed.. 

Created using unused Tim Holtz die cuts and 

Stamperia greyboard, painted with PaperArtsy Fresco's 

the postcard sits on a paint smudged journal page. 

Framed with Stampers Anonymous Observations 

cogs and gears stamp, embellished with washi, 

machine stitch and lace.

With a nod to father figures on Fathers Day Today 

there sits a Tim Holtz Paper Doll wearing his Party Hat 

whilst the wise Tracy Evans Owl watches on high. 

I'll leave you with a photo my Hubby took this morning.. 

*Blessing this Summer Solstice*

*Lets Celebrate Something Today* 

Wishing you all the Happiest of Days 

Stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

 Sharing today's creativity with: 

Nicole's SITAR

Allsorts Challenge 852

Sparkles Monthly Challenge ~ #201 Masculine 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Flying High

Creative Artiste ~ #126 Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative friends 

Welcome to May and a new Challenge #126 @ 

Creative Artiste where *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

My DT project is an ode to Vincent Van Gogh and my 

own take on one of his Iris paintings from May 1889. 

His own painting ABOVE speaks volumes to me, 

a timeless interpretation of life and situations..

Dismissing all the blue/purple Irises I focused on 

the stand alone single white in my art journal..

On a stencilled background scraped with paint the Iris is stamped 

multiple times, cut and layered for dimension, painted with white 

gesso and given a glittery beard it's stem and leaves are made from 

old packaging, painted, coloured, cut and fashioned into shape. 

Laid upon old (on the turn) coloured texture paste, 

I added twisted beaded wire to ground the Iris.. 

Edged with stitch, washi and a strip of hand dyed 

lace, gold paint lightly tickles those raised areas.. 

I hope we @ Creative Artiste can inspire you to share YOUR 

Mixed Media Creations.. there's plenty more to see HERE.. 

Come share your own creativity in our May Challenge 

@ Creative Artiste #126 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Take care everyone 

Stay Safe & Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Four Seasons ~ Spring Season May 2026

Make your own Background ~ Try it on Tuesday Guest Designer

 Hello creatives 

It's always an honour to be invited to be Guest Designer  

@ Try it on Tuesday. I have known these lovely creatives 

for quite a number of years now and every fortnight they 

NEVER fail to inspire me with their dedication 

to create challenges for us every two weeks. 

I hope I can inspire you with this fortnights theme 

*Make your own background @ Try it on Tuesday*

Using recycled packaging this substrate is ATC size, 

covered with a layer of gesso, I smudged on acrylic 

paint using my finger then scribbling on some text..  

Gluing washi tape and a torn TH mixed media die cut 

I smudged acrylic paint again blending those raised 

areas in with the background... 

Dots of embossing ink sprinkled with gold embossing powder 

are heated with a heat tool.. how I love watching that 

embossing powder melt and rise. 

Edged with very messy machine stitch and a strip of old 

lace a Penny Black Bird from the singsong set is stamped 

and coloured with alcohol markers, pencil and paint. 

Cut and layered on the ATC along with a TH sentiment sticker 

this completes my *Backgrounds* make for Try it on Tuesday..

Please pop on over HERE and visit the 

inspiring Try it on Tuesday Team. 

*Thank you Lovely ladies for inviting me*

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx 

Sharing today's creativity with: 

We love Stamping ~ April Challenge Spring

Tag-along (and ATC's) ~ Blossoms, Butterflies and Birds

Stamping Sensations ~ April Challenge/Inspired by Nature/ATG 

Anything Mixed Media Goes ~ Creative Artiste #124 Challenge

 Hello Creatives 

It's monthly challenge time @ Creative Artiste 

#124 Challenge ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

This wasn't what I had planned to share today but 

this stamp set by Tracy Evans *Feed your Soul* 

I couldn't resist purchasing as the Silver Birch 

reminds me very much of the Tree 

outside my Moms window.. 

Created with lots of stencil work, paint and paste, 

the stamped image is painted with the Bird box stamped, 

cut and layered multiple times on the focal flip page.

Flipped over there's more paint scrapes, pencil and 

stencil first revealing a single lace lawn daisy and two 

stamped birds flying high, maybe gathering materials 

to start building their nest..

after months of rain flora and fauna thrive..

Spring is definitely beginning to show it's face..

Now time to share your creativity @ 

Creative Artiste #124 Challenge*Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

Come share your Mixed Media creations HERE

Happy Crafting 

Take care & stay safe

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Spring Forward 

The Four Seasons ~ SPRING March 

Stamping Sensations ~ March Spring/Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ 

Make your own background 

Anything Mixed Media Goes ~ Creative Artiste #123

 Hello Creatives 

Creative Artiste Challenge is BACK!!! 

February has arrived refreshed after the break and 

HERE to share my Design Team Mixed Media Creation. 

Sharing my love for mixed media, I adore adding lace into my 

projects, I think many of you know 😍 This journal page I've 

scraped paint and paste through a stencil, sprayed distress 

oxides teamed with dabs of gold paint. 

My postcard topper is decorated with torn papers, layered with 

rice paper remnants and washi. Repeating that stencil, paint 

and paste, flat areas I stamped and machine stitched, edging 

with lace, hand sewn blanket stitch and a trio of kisses.

Overlaid with a golden lace flourish, two paper cut hearts 

covered with glossy accents rest safe and cosy together 💖 

Myself and the Design Team hope you will share your love 

of mixed media and join our February Challenge.. 

There's so much more inspiration to see HERE @

**Creative Artiste #123 Anything Mixed Media Goes** 

Happy Crafty February 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Sunday in the Art Room SITAR

Try it on Tuesday ~ All Loved Up 

Lets Craft and Create ~ #228 AG + From The Heart

Creative Inspiration Challenge ~ #35 Anything Goes 

C.R.A.F.T Challenge ~#773 Love/Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Add a Heart 

Art Journal Journey ~ Anywhere, Anytime, Any place with Anyone

January days and nights... appreciate everything

 Hello Creatives 

Best wishes to you all for 2026 

Our first week has brought freezing temperatures, 

snow, ice and storm Goretti ...

Those freezing nights I've taken advantage of a little slow stitching...

finishing a hand felted oak leaf embellished with embroidery and beads

completing a tactile cover for my new 2026 journal

First page I share a mix of media, using paints, die cuts, 

pastes, pencil and pen...

depicting the scene outside my window after my dog and I have 

taken advantage of making our own marks in the snow.. 

Love the crunch of footsteps through fresh snow 😊

*expect nothing and appreciate everything*

Wishing you all happiness and much creativity 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Four Seasons ~ Winter Season January

Try it on Tuesday ~ It's cold outside

Art Journal Journey ~ Hosted by Erika .. What's Up?

C.R.A.F.T Challenge #771 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Artiste ~ #122 Anything Mixed Media Goes/Optional Christmas

 Hello Creatives 

December already 🎅

How fast did we get here this year..!! 

with it I bring the last challenge of 2025 @ Creative Artiste 

#122 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes/Optional Christmas  

My Design Team Project came about making use of leftover 

Christmas bits, card backgrounds and paint waste with a 

meeting of two projects to embrace the season 🎄

This washi taped, paint scraped background reminded me of a snowy 

scene on a cold Winters night, leftover from my handmade Christmas 

cards there's stamped and embossed script, art yarn edging with 

large snowflake buttons included into the mix.

This felt Robin I discovered @ Thimble wood created by the 

super talented Michelle you will find her lovely kits HERE

One of many I've been making for loved ones each given a 

different embellishment.. this one with a beaded belly and 

jingle bell holly berries 😊

Displayed on the last page of my 2025 journal 

it's a reminder of the year gone by and future ahead.. 

Pop over HERE and see what the Creative Artiste team have 

designed to inspire you and please share your own creations @

Creative Artiste #122 ~ 

Anything Mixed Media Goes/Optional Christmas

Wishing you all the warmth and magic of the season

Take care of yourself and each other 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing this months creativity with: 

Fourseasons ~ Winter Season

Try it on Tuesday ~ Snowflakes

Art Journal Journey ~ Winter

Creative Artiste ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes #121

 Hello Creatives 

It's the first Friday of a new month so time for a new challenge 

@ Creative Artiste.. our challenge #121 is almost always... 

Anything Mixed Media Goes  

I discovered this magnificent sculpture last year whilst dog walking 

in a quiet corner of Worcester which led me to discover more wonders 

designed by artist Victoria Harrison and her living mosaics. 

As November is a month of remembrance and reflection 

I was inspired to create my journal page.

 

A paint scraped background embellished with desk whatnots and wool, 

script is stamped and embossed to add extra background interest. 

The poppy is fashioned from scrap paper each petal 

given a mosaic design using paint, pens and scrap fabrics.

The poppy centre is a large domed button surrounded by glittery bits. 

Finishing with a smudge of glitter glue and edged with paper clips 

keeping everything uniform and together.. 

The single word BRAVE speaks for itself..

Please do share your own mixed media creations with the team

@ Creative Artiste #121 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Wishing you all a happy, creative 

and reflective month ahead 

Hugs Tracey xx

Creative Artiste ~ Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge #120

 Hello Creatives 

Welcome to Creative Artiste's October challenge #120 

our theme is always *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

Autumn arrived and my October project shows how the beauty 

of the season inspires me. On a paint scraped background I 

stamped script, heat embossed with gold embossing powder, 

hand stitching around the edge using a variety of art yarns.

Gathered Sycamore twigs covered in Lichen are attached to the 

background with fabric leaves painted and enhanced with pencil, 

gilded and embellished with a mix of glass beads. 

Autumn truly is an inspiration..

What inspires you? 

The team at Creative Artiste look forward to seeing  

please come share your Mixed Media Creations @ 

Creative Artiste October Mixed Media Challenge 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx

Creative Artiste ~ #117 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Hello Creatives 

It's time for July's challenge @ Creative Artiste 

our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.. 

The weather has been so hot already on our second heatwave 

as we tiptoe into Summer, Spring gave us so little rain, 

landscape/gardens have suffered but the wildflowers still bloom.

Here's my mixed media creation to display their beauty... 

On a gel print background stencilled and layered with washi tape I 

stamped wildflowers and leaves. Painted with acrylic paint I added 

die cut flowers found in my stash whilst having a micro tidy 😊 

already with a tickle of watercolour I exaggerated their 

presence with pencil, pen and gems.

 

The large purple flower reminds me so much of Malva which 

shows up in my garden no matter the weather and the 

pollinators love it. Finished with a word strip from TH 

paying homage to the wonder of wildflowers.. 

Come share you mixed media magic with the design team HERE

@ Creative Artiste ~ #117 Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge 

and please remember to MIX UP YOUR ARTY MEDIA...

Take care & stay creative 

Tracey xx 

Sharing with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Halle's Hobbies Botanicals

Creative Artiste ~ #116 Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creatives 

Time for a new challenge @ Creative Artiste  

our monthly theme is Always Anything Mixed Media Goes

Here's a mixed media journal page with it's background created 

using paper scraps, layers of torn washi tape and gilding glue pushed 

through a stencil then applying gilding flakes for a touch of sparkle. 

The large Butterfly is stamped and die cut, painted and coloured with 

an overlay of inktense activated with water, embellished with beads, 

buttons, wire with a stitched edge to finish my mixed media page.. 

Come share your mixed media creations with the team HERE 

and play in our JUNE #116 Anything Mixed Media Challenge 

Take care & stay creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing todays creativity with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Things with Wings 

We Love Stamping ~ JUNE Nature or Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations ~ June Our Furry Friends or Anything Goes  

Lets Craft and Create Challenge #220 - AG + Add Buttons

Creative Artiste March ~ #113 Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Hello Creative Friends 

After a dark dank start to the year we've started to see 

the beauty of Springtime and bursts of sunshine inspiring my 

Creative Artiste #113 DT Mixed Media March project... 

Recycled paper pieces, offcuts and embossed scraps have been 

pasted into an old diary where a Spring scene has been sketched 

with paint, pencil and pens...

With a watercolour wash and splatter skyline the pages have been edged 

with wonky stitchery completed with a found quote to fit the scene...

Sighhh... take me there 😊

We hope you will share your mixed media creations with us HERE 

the team look forward to seeing what you create... 

Creative Artiste MARCH #113 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx