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

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

Spring is in the air

 Hello Creative Friends 

Slow stitch to start a new season, using fabric scraps, 

some vintage, lace embellishments with an applique flower 

patch that I've given beads for stamen. At present it stands 

as a journal cover a little burst of spring time inspiration.

Also a little spring time tag with a layered background of 

collage, stencil and paste, tickled with PaperArtsy Paint. 

I'm not sure what this flowers name is but it's from the 

Stamps by me *Make Memories* stamp and die set.

Die cut and layered multiple times I think coloured in pink 

it does resemble Cherry Blossom, perfect for the season..

Wishing you all good health and sunshine. 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx 

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Chris' Theme ~ Spring Forward 

Tag-along ~ March/Spring Flowers/ATG 

Stamping Sensations ~ March/Spring/ATG 

The Four Seasons ~ MARCH/SPRING

Try it on Tuesday ~ SPRING 

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 

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 ~ 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 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

Try it on Tuesdays Challenge *FANTASY* ~ Guest Designer

 Hello Creatives 

Delighted to be invited to be Guest Designer for 

Try it on Tuesday and a real pleasure to create a 

project for their Fortnightly challenge theme. 

Over the next two weeks their theme is *Fantasy* 

The Try it on Tuesday Design Team explain all HERE 

My project is a Fantasy Forest journal page with the background 

sketched, painted with watercolour overlaid with coloured pencils. 

Dots of acrylic paints create a woodland carpet of wildflowers...

The Fairy is taken from a colouring book coloured with pencil 

cut then pasted onto my journal page. To complete my Fantasy 

project I added mystical orbs dancing around the woodland Fai...

Do pop on over HERE to see what the 

Try it on Tuesday Design Team have created to inspire you 

They look forward to seeing your *Fantasy* projects...

Thank you again to the Design Team for inviting me to be 

Guest Designer this fortnight and to all who stop by.

 

Stay safe and creative 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Valerie's Theme Geometric shapes 

(my dots. spots and Orbs) 

Simon Says Stamp ~ Monday Challenge Feminine

It's a.. Beautiful day...

 Hello everyone,  

I was blessed to have some free time this week 

so therapeutic to have a creative play day.. 

This journal background is made up of torn scraps, napkins 

and a spotty glassine bag painted, dotted and doodled 

all edged with machine stitch. 

The centre piece I'd intended to be a book mark but the painted blues 

of the stamped blue tit and coffee cup blended so well with the page.

 

All reminding me of the song Beautiful day by U2 

about finding joy in the small things in life. 

The focal bird brought to life the line 

*And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colors came out*

Definitely a beautiful day.. Bird Song a cuppa and crafting.. 

Stay safe and creative Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing today with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Inspired by a Song 

We Love Stamping ~ Spring 

Stamping Sensations ~ Anything Goes April Challenge 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Make your own background

 Art Journal Journey ~ 

Valerie's Theme Geometric Forms (Circles) 

Four Seasons: April 2024 Anything Goes Spring Challenge

Creative Artiste #103 Challenge ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

Hello Creatives 

Welcome to Creative Artiste's Monthly Challenge 

our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes... 

My April mixed media journal page is created around a focal 

stamped image surrounded by textured glitter paste scraped 

through a stencil. Tracing around the hexagonal honeycomb 

using a 3D Gold glue pen I also enamel embossed those 

background ovals to add extra interest.

Stamping the image out multiple times colouring with pencil 

and alcohol markers this enabled me to cut and layer up extra 

leaves and flowers along with giving me the ability to recreate

 a fluffy Bumblebee by cutting and sticking a bright yellow 

pom pom and eyelash wool, a fun Spring time project... 

We hope you will share your own Mixed Media Makes 

this month with the Design Team HERE  

We look forward to seeing you this April @

Creative Artiste #103 Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge

Stay safe & creative 

Hugs Tracey xx 

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Art Journal Journey ~ Valerie's Theme Geometric Forms  

Four Seasons ~ April Anything Goes Spring Challenge 

Creative Artiste Anything Mixed Media Goes ~ Challenge #97

Best wishes this September to you all 

and the start of a new Creative Artiste Monthly Challenge

 *Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge #97*

This month my journal page is created with a collage and 

stencil paste painted background, stamped Fuchsia Flowers, 

coloured with ink and pencil, cut and layered for a 3-D effect, 

surrounded by an abundance of luscious green leaves.

They remind me of childhood Summers and my Grandfathers cottage 

garden full of Huge Roses, Hydrangea and Fuchsia bushes filled with 

flowers like tiny ballerina's dancing and twirling in the breeze...

My own Fuchsia's are but a shadow compared to those of my 

late Grandfather but through the troubled weather this year 

they have still managed to bloom and produce fruit..

As Natures season of bounty is now upon us I will leave these edible 

Fuchsia berries to the birds and foragers that frequent my tiny garden..

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

we invite creatives to mix up your media and share your Creations 

@ Creative Artiste Anything Mixed Media Goes ~ Challenge #97

Stay safe and Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

 

Sharing today's creativity with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Lets go Outside

Simon Says Stamp WEDNESDAY Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Creative Artiste #96 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

Hello everyone 

a new month means the start of a new challenge @ 

Creative Artiste where *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

This August I share a journal page using part of an illustration 

collaged from a colouring book altered to create a wider scene.

Using pencil, pen and paint, texture paste, die cut wild flowers,

eyelet portholes and art stone pebbles and doodles line the towpath.

This was a scene relished in real time last month given a 

few days respite from care duties... the first in many years.. 

Let me take you on a brief journey and share life stuff that 

inspired Augusts journal page with a handful of pictures..

Taking to the water by canal boat 2 miles per hour..

hidden from wifi connections, cuddled by nature..

Visitors stopping by for breakfast.. lunch and tea 😁

Freya taking in the scenery..

a herd of horses run free on the horizon..

always only a short journey away from home...

It felt like a million miles away.. 

this really is life slowed down ...

I hope you can take a moment to share what inspires you this month 

and come and share your mixed media creations with us HERE

@ Creative Artiste's #96 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes.. 

Wishing you all a safe, relaxing month ahead 

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx

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Art Journal Journey ~ Chris' Theme: Where in the World?

Mixed Media April Challenge ~ Creative Artiste #92

Hello creative friends 

Time again to welcome you ALL to 

Creative Artiste April Challenge #92 

our theme is ALWAYS *Anything Mixed Media Goes* 

My April project is a mix of left over paint and paste scrapings, 

stamps and doodles, recycled packaging, fibers and plant waste. 

The glitter paste mosaic circle holds a rainbow of watercolour as 

washes of colour seep into the unprimed areas of my journal page. 

Acrylic leaves and flowers painted on cereal box waste are fussy 

cut all given a doodled edge then glued down to frame the pages.

Finished with a stamped and coloured funky fossil bunny 

peeping out from the long grasses created using leftover die cuts, 

fibres and cuttings from salvaged and pressed house plant leaves. 

If you love mixing your media why not share your own creations 

and join in with Creative Artiste's April #92 Challenge 

remember *ANYTHING Mixed Media Goes*

Whatever you are all up to this weekend

I wish you all a Happy HAPPY Easter 

Stay Safe and Keep Creative 

Hugs Tracey xx 

Sharing today with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Hello Spring 

Art Journal Journey ~ Recycle, Reuses, Repurpose