Creative Artiste Challenge ~ #112 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Happy February Creative's and Welcome 

to Creative Artiste first Mixed Media Challenge of 2025

Apologies I am indeed late with my new year best wishes 

but care duties are keeping me exceptionally busy... 

I'm so glad I managed to put together a DT project for 

February's #112 Anything Mixed Media Goes Challenge 

@ Creative Artiste

Here's what I created and those *did's to do's ... 

On an old Gel plate scrap I added strips of torn washi tape 

and pushed modeling paste through a stencil, highlighting 

with gilding wax when the paste was completely dry.

Stamped onto a found fragment of tea stained linen 

I decorated with lace, buttons, machine stitch and 

three hand stitched woolen yarn kisses... 

Topped with a dry felted heart crafted using Tracy Evans 

snippet stencil which acted as both a guide and template 

I embellishing the completed heart with golden beads. 

Edging the journal page with very messy machine stitch in a 

high contrasting colour this concluded my Mixed Media Make.

I loved creating this project full of love in so many ways... 

I hope you find time to create some mixed media moments 

and please do come and share with the Design Team 

@ Creative Artiste's #112 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Pop on over HERE to see more inspiration from the Team 

along with two Guest Designers and to welcome our 

newest Design Team Member Emma 😊 

Take care everyone 

stay safe and creative 

Hugs Tracey xx

Sharing the love of Mixed Media with: 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Romance (with my Heart & Kisses) 

Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Love is in the Air

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

Create what you love from Spring through to Summer..

Hello everyone, 

Way back in April on a mission to make a dent 

in a stock pile of MDF and a plan to replicate  

something i'd tried 30 years ago I created this.

 

The first of three faux ceramic tiles..

triple embossed with clear embossing powder I really 

loved how the powder sank into the design when heated.

At collage we'd draw our designs on clay tiles 

tracing their outline with a process called tube lining.. 

I can still feel the frustration of making mistakes 

and having to scrape off and start all over again. 

This daisy stamp by Tracy Evans is a stunning design 

the perfect image to stamp and retrace with a liner pen, 

The opacity of gouache is ideal for painting out areas not required, 

with the ability to reactivate again with water when dry, a huge 

advantage for this tile that had lay unfinished since May.

Introducing a touch of stamping back into the open painted 

design and then like the first tile it's triple embossed. 

The high gloss really does bring it to life.

As Spring moved into Summer with a vision of uncut grass 

that lay carpeted with lawn daisy's my June tile came to be. 

Using the same process and paints with a subtle colourway, 

when embossed this final tile became my favourite of the three.

Which one is your favourite? 

I really enjoyed creating one tile each month and although 

I only intended to produce three, i'm not sure my 

faux ceramic tile journey is over just yet. 

It's much easier to create them this way than 30 years ago..

Creative wishes 

Tracey xx

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