WOYWW #462 ~ First steps..

I've been an admirer of the WOYWW for over a year now,

commenting occasionally on posts that have been brought to my attention

always wanting to take part but never brave enough to take that plunge..

Well today i'm doing it...

For those tidy crafters you may wish to avert your eyes hee hee!!

I don't have a dedicated area to create in it's something I aspire to have one day

so my future posts may be in different areas where ever my creativity takes me.

This is today's area, my kitchen table full of inks, stamps and stencils i've been using over 

the past couple of weeks during a mega card making session using up lots of scraps. 

There's also a little peek at some Design Team stamp sets 

being featured on Hochanda this Friday.

The Tic-Tacs and two old pound coins where found in an old coat pocket 

whilst sorting clothes for charity.. Just my luck to find two *Old* pound coins..!!.

Well there you have it albeit short but with a BIG Thank you to Helen (H) and 

Angela for keeping me updated and Julia of course for hosting.

I'm so glad not to be that fly on the wall anymore.
I'm off to visit those WOYWW posts now

Happy Crafting

Tracey xx

Pencilled Stencil - The Owl

Hello Creative Friends Happy Thursday.

Today I'm sharing a sneaky peek of a That's Crafty Creation

with the full How to do's over HERE

I do hope you have the time to pop on over to the 

That's Crafty Blog and check it out.

Hope to see you over there.

Wishing you much creativity

Crafty Hugs

Tracey xx

Going round in circles ~ it's a challenge!!

It's the start of a brand new blog challenge over at That's Crafty

with this months theme being *Going round in Circles*

Here's my take on this month theme

along with those *How to Do's*

Influenced by the colours on a tag found in my stash this tag was far to small 

to use with all those That's Crafty circular stamps and stencils

...So this time I've gone Large using an MDF GiganTAG..

Using a palette knife multi surface paint is scraped onto the GiganTAG 

along with texture pastes pushed through stencils with circular apertures 

all helping to build up that very large blank background area.

Diluted multi surface paint is sprayed into those raised stencilled areas.

White Gesso stippled through stencils adds areas of light and 

embossing stamped circle images with dark EP makes them pop.

Metallic multi surface paint highlights areas of raised texture.

Drips of heated UTEE break up those open areas adding extra interest. 

This gem and button filled wire circle was a pin brooch I never finished 

and judging by it's weight it was far too heavy for purpose, hence it's dormancy. 

3D Gel Medium helps hold it firmly in place along with other found embellishments.

I think I could have carried on and on with this as the space was so vast but after edging 

in black I decided to call it a day and tie it onto another GiganTAG I created last year. 

I now have a front and back cover 

to house large collage pages to keep them nice and flat.

If you'd like to share your ideas and creations with us there's a prize of £30 

up for grabs for one lucky winner to spend in the That's Crafty online Store 

and in addition to that a stencil prize each for the Top chosen 3.. 

Open worldwide come share your creativity with us over HERE

as myself and the Design Team go Round in Circles ..

Thank you so much for visiting

Creative Wishes

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty ~ MDF GiganTAG

That's Crafty Stencils ~ Dot Mandala

That's Crafty Dinky Stencils ~ Bubbly all over ~ Half Circle ~ Punchinella

That's Crafty Mini Stencil ~ Bubbles

That's Crafty Texture Paste ~ Sand Paste

That's Crafty Multi Surface Paints

That's Crafty Clear Stamps ~ Motivational Words Set 2

       Textures Collection Set 1 ~ Set 2