blue mosque by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

I'm still working on an album of my travels in Eastern Europe.   I just loved Turkey and would go back in a heart beat.

Products I've used include

Clear gesso

Art Alchemy paint (metallique rusty red & Sparks Butterfly spells)

Shimelle patterned paper (On special!)

Heidi Swapp stars

49 & Market film strips (salsa, inkwell and mariner)

Teresa Collins patterned paper Urban Float

Heidi Swapp Buzz words

Heidi Swapp ephemera (set sail)

49 & Market everywhere chipboard geo frames

49 & Market serenity chipboard set

TFL

cheers

Trace

Food Art.... Should be taken seriously

 Happy Saturday!!!

this week's ATC prompt is a doozy and should be taken seriously....

week 17. Food Art: featuring you favourite food/dish.

well, I started off seriously. I knew I wanted to do something with chicken, and I had a lovely folklore type image that was pretty, and I was going to use it but I was struggling to get started. So, I flicked through a new collage image book that I recently purchased, and the perfect image just leapt right off the page at me. 

and I had so much fun creating this piece. It all came together. 

and it made me Laugh and Laugh. 

just what the doctor ordered. 

no process pics today because I just created....

My Hero

so much fun in such a little piece of art.

hope that brought a little smile to your day.

Supplies:

• 49 & Market: Plum Grove Ephemera Bits 

• 49 & Market: Gardenia Extras Rub Ons 

• Tim Holtz Oxide Ink - Unchartered Mariner 

• Tim Holtz Ideology – Chit Chat stickers 

• Doodlebug Alphabet Soup Puffy Stickers

• Image: Collage Soup: Makes You Go Hmmmm.. book.

until next time

Live with Respect

Leanne xo

Play by Tracey B

Good morning

Here's another take on the colour pallette

Products I've used include

13Arts paper Rosalie - Frame the time

Mister Huey spray (Pony)

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow spray (Van Dyke Sepia)

Atelier Moulding paste

Dina Wakley paint (Heather & Mineral)

13 arts magic powder

Kaiser craft & Dusty Attic stencils

Teresa Collins Urban Market alphas

Tattered Angels glimmer mist (silver)

Prima planner charms

enamel dots

photo corner

crepe bandage

thread 

bow

star brad

Banner

49 & Market fabric tape

washi tape

Lucky Findings Shreds

staples

TFL

cheers

Tracey

Dream -ATC 16

 Saturday...

happy weekend or just Saturday to everyone. 

Hope you have some exciting opportunities for your Saturday.

today's share is another ATC. 

week 16: Fantasy Architecture: Design a fantastical building or structure.

For those who know me, know that I really enjoy making little houses, so this week's theme was right up my alley....

I started by adding some bookpaper that was sitting on my desk from my last ATC. 

I then added a couple of Walnut Ink Crystals.

I think technically the 'correct' way to use these crystals is to put some in a spray bottle and then add water... but for me. I just sprinkle some on the paper and add a few squirts of water. 

Once the water is on, I then smooshed some around with my fingers and then let the rest just sit.

I really like the differing intensities that this creates.

I then added a couple of drops of oxide ink - Lucky Clover and some spritzes of water. 

once dried, I then stitched around the edge of the page. 

next up was how to create my building. 

My dream is to have a rustic house surrounded by a couple acres of land, either in the country or somewhere near the ocean. 

so, I wanted to use some wood elements. I found some really old wood veneer words that I knew I wouldn't use. I used these to create the front of my house structure. And I also knew that I wanted to use one of the Tim Holtz chipboard sayings that I have had for ages as the roof. 

and then, you know me, I forgot to take some more progress photos. 

I used the back of the veneers and used the slopes of the pieces to form the pitch of the roof. 

then, I glued these onto a piece of paper to hold things all together and to help form the house. 

next thing to do is to cover the wall. For this I used some Gas Station rice paper in strips, sanded each edge, and added some stabilo all to the edges to create some definition to the pieces. 

I then scored the chipboard saying so it would bend in half and coloured the underside with the lucky clover ink as well. 

You can see how this has turned out below. 

Oh and I added some foam tape to the middle of the house so I could add some extra dimension and the 'roof' didn't take over or dominate the pieces. 

but of course, it just doesn't end there. 

Next up was something special to make this more fantasy looking. 

I searched through my stash of items I had created using some paper clay and found this heart and wings.

Experimenting with distress oxides to colour the piece but it didn't feel right.

So, I tried some sparks and metallic paint. 
this worked out nice. 

to finish the piece, I had some acrylic stars - is there anything better than laying in bed and looking up at the stars or watching and listening to rain. 

Finally finishing off with some dots of glossy accents and the word Dream.

so here is the end result for this weeks ATC

Dream

Supplies:

• book paper
• Walnut Ink Crystals
• Tim Holtz Oxide Inks
• Lucky Clover
• Rusty Hinge
• Candied Apple
• Tim Holtz Quote Chips
• Wood Veneer
• Ciao Bella - Gas Station rice paper
• Stabilo All Black pencil
• Art Alchemy - Sparks Pheonix Feather
• Art Alchemy - Metallic Paint - Emerald Green 
• Corbett Creations - acrylic stars
• Glossy Accents

Until next week

Live with Respect

Leanne xo

Something Mysterious by Trace B

Hi everyone

patterned paper as a background (gasp!) and fussy cutting (shock horror!) and glitter (what!)- I just don't recognise myself.

Products I've used include

Teresa Collins Tinsel & Company patterned paper

13@rts paper (fussy cut)

hambly screen print

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

Carabelle stamps Collage Texture grunge

Distress Oxide (Tea Dye & Victorian Velvet)

49 & Market film strip (Stone)

Stabilo pencils

Lucky Findings resin

washi tape

Stampendous Silver Lux mix

Ideaology clippings

Lucky Findings shreds

Stencils

Gel Medium

49 & Market Blendable rubons

sewing machine

TFL

cheers

Trace

 

Hello, my name is Jane

Good morning, Scrapping Clearly family.

it is a new weekend. 

a time of creativity, family, and possibly wine, but for now it is time for my weekly share.

week 15 - Surreal Portraits: create a surreal portrait of a fictional character

I started the journey thinking of using some book paper as the background. So, I went to my stash and found my 

I found this book ages ago and have been using it here and there. 

it is a collection of pieces from the Ladybird book of children - the makers of the famous Peter and Jane books.

I for one have fond memories of learning to read from these.. hahaha no I didn't. 

I have memories of being made to read out loud in front of others. They were very far from fond. 

ps. still have nightmares about that. 

pps. i think that's where my social anxieties come from.

I did start with sticking some book paper down and then layered some rice paper from the Lucky foundations - Aged Vine collection. 

but that didn't work because i couldn't see the book paper. 

so i added some more to the top. 

Then i searched the boys and girls book and chose the fictional character of Jane to create a surreal portrait of.

the surreal part was the hardest. 

i knew i was going to add a butterfly somewhere.

so i just layered and then used a stabilo all pencil to create an outline around the new figure. 

then finished it off with the words; Hello, my name is Jane. 

made from words from the book. 

I love the texture in the face for this. 

the legs are from a magazine 

i couldn't find a 'hello' anywhere but i had this clear sticker so i just stuck it on some book paper and wallah... 

you know that I also added some stitching to keep things consistent

Supplies:

• Lucky Findings Foundation - Aged Vine - rice paper
• Liquitex Matte Gel Medium
• Dress my craft - Transfer Me - Vintage Butterflies
• Me and My Big Ideas - stickers
• Stabilo All Pencil - Black
• Boys and Girls book 

Until next time

Live with Respect

Leanne xo 

Seek...Anywhere...Go...by Georgia Arthur

Using a transparency and stitching to overlay my layout to give it a 3D effect.  I have stamped under the overlay for some added interest.  I was then able to audition elements from 49 & Market as well as Luckyfindings Foundations to create this layout for this months palette play.  Hope this inspires you to get creative and join in on the monthly challenges.

Simply Be by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

Can I just say that I'm loving these monthly colour pallettes.   Not only does it stretch me creatively but I get to use stuff from my stash like the hat pin I inherited from my Mum that I've had for ages just waiting for the right LO.

here's another take on this month's board

Products I've used include

gesso

Distress Oxide (Victorian Velvet)

Distress Ink (Weather wood, & Milled Lavender)

Ayeeda Mist (Chalk yellow amber)

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Silver

Nuvo Embellishment mousse (Chai latte)

Gel medium

Stencil

Wax (Firebird)

2 Crafty chipboard (Dangle)

lace & ribbon

Mum's hat pin

beads 

Hambly screen print

TFL

cheers

Trace

The Spice of my Life and some self-expression

 Happy Saturday to all. 

Can't believe we are in April already and we are all probably still on a chocolate high.

Grab a cup of tea or coffee, Glass of Wine or spirits and sit back and enjoy.  

I am here to share my take on this month's Palette Play - Vintage Charm

Greys, pale vintage browns, pinks and maybe some light blues. 

It is all about interpretation and how does this palette make you feel. 

This palette reminds me of Tim Holtz paper dolls. 

I must admit that I am a collector of Tim's paper dolls and have a few series of them. 

I knew I didn't want to do a scrap page and I remembered a few blank pages in my journal from Last November's Lucky Findings Retreat. 

I had some brown tissue paper that I got after I purchased a kit from Emma. 

It was the perfect start to this piece. 

I then use two different circle type stencils (one Kinder Kreations and the other I have no idea who it is from) and two different colours of oxide inks to create a background (see supply list). 

I then added some vintage acetate hot air balloons along the top, just to emphasize the vintage feel. 

I then grabbed some bits and pieces from the Halloween 2023 collection and started layering things. 

I knew I wanted to use wings and usually I would use butterfly wings but in the halloween collection there were BAT wings.. So bat wings it was. 

the top circle was too bright for this page. So, I added some clear crackle and then rubbed in some Dina Wakley Elephant paint to add that grey but also dull it down a little. 

During the layering process, I decided I wanted more. More layers and colours. 

So, I added some ephemera pieces from 49 & Market. 

and then it needed more texture. Muslin and thread covered that part. 

it still needed more, so I added some Resin Paper from my stash. I really do need to make some more resin paper because I am almost out. 

then, I added the bat boy and quotes to finish it off. 

The Spice of my Life

And here the piece is in its rightful spot in the Art Journal. 

Are you bored now? 

or

Ready for the next installment? 

well... too bad because I also have to share this week's ATC.

Prompt: Abstract Expressionism: experiment with abstract art and self-expression.

Yep. this one was fun.

I created the background using some tissue paper, some black antiquing cream spritz with water to make it spread out where it wanted to, and then one of my favourites - Oil Pastel through a stencil and heated. 

So that was the abstract part...

                              

now for the self-expression part.

Yep, another Tim Holtz paper doll.

I love this little girl, she is so spicy. 

I wanted to add some colour to her dress and shoes. I used some Neocolours and water to let it do it's thing to create colour and texture. 

to finish this ATC off, a snarky quote was exactly where this needed to go.

(I was proud of myself, I really felt like a swear word but instead I just left it with snarky).

I may be wrong, but I doubt it.

some close ups.

and it added to the Album.

It is now full. 

So, I will be making another album to store the next installments of the 52 weeks of ATCs.

Supply list: 

The Spice of My Life:

• Tissue paper
• Kinder Kreation Firework stencil, unknown stencil.
• Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks:
• Pumice Stone
• Hickory Smoke
• Kaiser Craft: Periwinkle Collection - Hot Air Balloon Transperancy
• Dina Waley acrylic paints
• Black Gesso
• Elephant
• Artline - facetten-lack Crackle medium
• 49 & Market - Ticket Essentials 
• Stone
• Sunbeam
• 49 & Market: Plum Grove Ephemera Bits
• Tim Holtz Ideaology - Paperdolls, Halloween 2023

I may be wrong, but I doubt it...

• Ciao Bella Papercraft: Gas Station rice paper
• DecoArt Medium Antiquing Cream - Black
• Kinder Kreations number stencil
• Oil Pastel 
• Tim Holtz Paper Dolls
• Neocolour Watercolour sticks - Purple and Violet
• Tim Holtz Ideaology Small Talk Snarky Quotes

Ok. Now you can breathe.

thanks for visiting.

until next time

Live with Respect.  

Leanne xo