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

Here comes Summer..!?

 Hello Everyone 

We've certainly been seeing signs of Summer in the UK with 

beautiful blue skies and sunny days, I hope you have too..?? 

Here's a journal page celebrating the delights of the season 

and a welcome to Creative Artiste's Mixed Media Challenge #94 

Colourful paint scraped onto journal pages displays rice paper 

butterflies upon a background of stamped and embossed flowers 

with two die cut flower heads looking up towards the skies.  

A stenciled paste sun ray frames fashioned Lavender stems created 

from scrunched up and glued waste paper, buttons and paint...

Creative time is a rare thing for me right now due to family 

circumstances but I certainly enjoyed the time I had creating 

this mixed media project to share with you this month.. 

I hope you find time for creativity, 

it's a wonderful thing..

Please do come and share with us at

Creative Artiste Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge #94 

Take care everyone, stay safe 

and forever creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Creative Artiste #84 JULY Mixed Media Challenge

 A warm welcome to JULY Creative Friends 

and Creative Artiste's JULY Challenge #84

our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Sharing a random double page selection from my junk diary.

Used envelopes scraped with gesso, bubble wrap stamped and 

texture paste stencilling. Embellished with a large Brown 

water coloured Butterfly (White Admiral) & washi tape strips  

with gouache painted Hydrangea encircled with scribble script. 

 

That's my random mixed media junk diary selection.

The Creative Artiste Design Team hope you can 

join us during the month of JULY and share your 

*Anything Goes Mixed Media Creations HERE*

Creative Hugs 

Tracey xx

Guest Designer @ Try it on Tuesday

 Hello everyone 

I'm extremely honoured yet again to be invited to be a

Guest Designer @ Try it on Tuesday where this fortnight 

the lovely TioT Design Teams Theme is *RECYCLE* ..

Today I'm sharing the beginnings of my June Junk Diary..

With it's splash of red, white and blue a nod to the nations  

June celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

During 2022 I've been creating a new Junk Diary every month 

gathering left overs and scraps from previous projects, salvaged 

packaging, found objects and ephemera with the potential to 

be something other than what they may have previously been. 

Collaged onto recycled cardboard to create journal covers, this surface 

also makes a fabulous substrate for pasting, die cutting and painting on.

Filled with papers, packaging and recycled envelopes each page makes an 

alternative surface for mark making, writing, drawing, painting and documenting 

colour swatches as well as collecting and collaging pictures from old magazines.

These Foxgloves are from a torn cross stitch magazine cover, 

over painted then simply edged with pencil..

a gentle reminder of the Foxglove cross stitch kit tucked neatly 

into the journals back pocket, saved for a free creative day.. 

Thank you so much to the wonderful TioT Design Team for having me as 

Guest Designer and allowing me to share my recycled June Junk Diary. 

I hope you have been inspired by my sneak peep today, 

please do pop on over to see more recycled inspiration 

from the Try it on Tuesday Design Team HERE 

You will not be disappointed..

Stay safe & creative everyone

Hugs Tracey xx 

Just Junk Journaling...

 Hello creative friends, 

Already a week passes into March as I continue recycling packaging and 

using scraps to make pocket sized Junk Journals to create in each month. 

Here's March's JJ covered with rice paper and stamped flowers 

painted in Spring time colours and very simply embellished... 

Inside a page for Valerie's Spring Theme @ Art Journal Journey 

with a Tim Holtz die cut and watercoloured bird resembling the 

Blue Tit, she sings amid a Spring inspired textured background..

and because time didn't allow me to share last month 

here's a small selection from Februarys Junk Journal...

Paper pockets filled with layered scraps with machine stitched edges. 

Documenting my Son and his Girlfriends engagement announcement 

and some mindful doodling as the door closed on February...

Please be safe creative friends.. 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing with: 

Art Journal Journey ~ Valerie's Theme *Spring*

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Add a Die Cut

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Add some Green

Catch up with Paint Party Friday

Two little tags

 Hello everyone, 

Two little tags for TAG TUESDAY 

for Sandie's theme *Use Book Pages*

created from offcuts, book pages, 

teabag paper and washi tape brought together 

with a little bit of doodling to create a scene. 

Wishing you all well this weekend. 

Stay safe & 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

Reusing it bit by bit..

Hello creative Friends,

We all love to receive new crafty goodies but the amount of packaging 

used to keep our products safe as they make their journey to us leaves 

little to be desired. It's the downside of online shopping for me. 

Here's a project I created recycling a tiny amount of this 

weeks packaging and re-purposing found bits and bobs ...

Using a blank A5 journal cover I protected the holes with washi tape and 

scraped modeling paste through this fabulously detailed Stamperia stencil.

This plastic water bottle had blown into my front garden.
Cutting off the top and bottom I've used its plastic to cut three 

large stems and embossed using the first folder that came to hand.

Taping down those die cuts onto a dark background helped me to 

identify the embossed areas whilst dry brushing with white gesso.

 When removed they've certainly left their footprint... 

I'll recycle that background another day.

Along with buttons cut from old clothing, unloved prizes from 

Christmas crackers and poorly cut dies (my fault not theirs)...

this cover was ready to be transformed...

With the protective washi removed I covered in a coat of gesso.

A wash of diluted Black Soot Distress Oxide is painted over the cover 

and spritzed with water. A small amount goes a long way pushing 

that diluted colour around the page where it clings and defines. 

Found this strange shape amongst those Christmas cracker bits,

It brought a smile to my face reminding me of a cold wet dog nose.

Perfect find for my intentions...! 

Wrapped wire and buttons to embellish a warm blast with a hairdryer 

gently curls those water bottle flowers when glued down in place..

There's a hint to the right what i've used that #wetnose for 😀

It holds a re-vamped stubby little pencil perfectly..

What fun I had recycling and re-purposing...

I think i'll keep this journal just for those recycling arty days.

Wishing you all a super weekend what ever your up too.

Take good care everyone

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today's creativity with:

Kristin & Eva: PPF Wk6Y9

Wen's Simply Neutrals #55

Tiot: Use a Stencil or Two

A Vintage Journey: Neutral Zone

*Art Journal Journey * Wendy's -Having Fun

Frilly & Funkie: Re-purpose, Re-use, Recycle

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: No Designer Paper

It Flies.. Paperbabe Challenge #78

Happy Friday everyone

It's time for another Paperbabe Challenge with this fortnights theme being *It Flies*

Flutter on over HERE and see what it's all about...

there's a prize to be won for one lucky creative!!

Some of you may remember this little creation that I teased you with last challenge.

Well today I'll explain what it's all about with a handful of pictures and blogging words.

Onto calico fabric I painted and stamped the Paperbabe *Happy Soul* 

rubber stamp. Machine stitched around it's edge and attached an eyelet.

This is the front cover of my Shopper Notebook... aahhhh that's what it is!!
Read or scroll on to see what lies behind..

Stamping the background Butterfly onto fabric, I used some scraps of 

rice paper to stamp the Butterfly detail line up and paste on top of the fabric.

Card used to test out colours from the previous challenge is trimmed 

to fit the cover, stamped randomly with Paperbabe Stamps and edged in 

machine stitch. Machine stitch and beads embellish the fabric Butterfly.

Recycled junk mail envelopes create the note book pages.

with a little brayering to brighten those notebook pages..

Elastic cord sewn onto the back of the fabric panel holds the note book in place.. 

When running low those recycled pages can easily be replaced after all it's a 

resource we all have readily available.

My Shopper notebook is complete..

Secured onto the shopper bag an altered pen hangs along side too.

There's no excuse to forget your shopping list now..!!

Thank you for stopping by you really brighten my day.

Have a fabulous weekend what ever you are up too.

Creative wishes Tracey xx

I'm linking up with PPF

Creative Supplies:

Paperbabe Stamps - Pop Dots - Design a Tweed - Butterfly Pieridae