TioT Winter Wonderland ~ Guest Designer

Hello Creative Friends.

I'm delighted to be back as a Guest Designer over at Try it on Tuesday 

and with the countdown to Christmas now on this fortnights theme is...

**Winter Wonderland**

Here's what I created along with those How to do's..

Using a mini clipboard i'd covered in Holly collage paper and washi tape I

Stamped script and pushed paste through stencil words to add dimension.

Altering the clip with grunge paste I reattached it to the board 

adding a wash of walnut stain all over the clipboard to create age.

Stash pattern papers were used to die cut, Holly, Mistletoe and Fir 

branches, coloured and shaded with a combination of pens and ink. 

Those die cut Holly leaves really accessorise the collage board 

along with a handful of flat back pearls and dots of embossing powder.

Mistletoe, Fir branches and wire wrapped pearls are all tied 

together with a little red bow adding feature to the clip.

Unloved paper stash has been die cut using the largest die from TH Stacked 

Deckle set to create blank notelets/Card Toppers and Tags ready to decorate

and give as a token of appreciation or label a given gift.

Stamped, embossed and embellished, one I've painted in black Gesso 

creating a changeable Chalkboard... How many more sleeps??

Many toppers amongst this pile await their Christmas card completion..

Here's a couple created using double sided sticky tape & a Holiday word die.

A dab of mica powder rids that excess sticky tape creating a *Twofer* 

Two toppers, tags or notelets from one die.. Now that I like..

With a die cut December Topper embellished with left over Holly Leaves 

it's created a great cover to hide all those Christmas toppers within it.

Think I just might have to create an all year round one of these.. 

as it would be invaluable to have a ready made card topper to hand.

Please pop on over HERE and see what the creative 

TioT team have created for you this fortnight.

I'm sure you will all have some Winter Wonders to share.

Wishing you all a wonderful week and 

a BIG Thank you to the TioT Gang for having me.

It's been a pleasure..

Creative Wishes

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today with 

A Vintage Journey ~ Paper Stash Challenge

Sandie & amelie's Steampunk Challenge ~ Winter Special

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Gift it

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #223 Anything but a Card

Simply Neutrals #50 with Wen

Kristin & EVA ~ PPF

We will Remember...

Good Morning Creative Friends..

I'd not planned on sharing this piece but as today is Remembrance Sunday 

and the Centenary of the end of the First world War it seemed appropriate.

Inspired by the book Warhorse, I introduced those modern mechanical 

workings from the stage show into my Horse study using glue and 

gave the Horse a watercolour wash when the glue began to dry.

The journal background was created using structure paste, old brown paper 

and seed beads I'd rescued from a broken vintage necklace.

With those raised glue areas dry and highlighted with metallic pen, 

I tried to capture the silhouette of Soldiers along the horizon within the eye.. 

Painted and layered scraps of paper form the Head collar,

with brads and punched holes added for extra detail.

Brown paper, ribbon and twine give dimension to the Horse mane

graced with one single poppy OUR Symbol of remembrance.

Written words are just one paragraph taken from *For the Fallen* 

written by Laurence Binyan and one I think most have heard before.

For the past, present and future 

We WILL Remember them...

Wishing you all peace on this day of memorial.

Tracey xx

I'm sharing today with:

SanDee and amelie's ~ Steampunk Winter Special Challenge 

Art Journal Journey ~ Vintage or Modern Hosted by Erika
Creative Artiste's ~ #44th Challenge

CED ~ AEDM
and
Kirstin and Eva ~ PPF