Hey Big Ears by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

here's a share based on the colour palette from this month's Mood affirmation.  

I started with a 'Waste Not' page of left over paint and ink.

And added some more mixed media including

gesso

Dina Wakley paint (Black)

Finnabair Icing Paste (Old Silver)

Finnabair Wax (Sepia)

With a nod to the doughnuts in the moodboard I painted some wood veneer circles and added some reinforcements from the Reverie Foundations Pack.

Some brads, braid, wire and alphas from my stash and I was done.

here's some close ups

TFL

cheers

Tracey

Not perfect by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

Here's another page inspired by this month's mood affirmation

I started with a 'waste not' page and sponged on some Distress Ink (fired Brick) and added some Black Soot through a TCW Mini Specimen stencil.   I then sponged on some Distress Oxide (Seedless Preserves) for the milky look.

I added some Nuvo Embellishment mousse (Black Ash) through a Vicki Boutin Print Shop stencil and some embellishments including

Heidi Swapp Jumbo pennant (sponged with more Distress Ink & Oxide)

49 & Market Film Strip (Eggplant)

13@rts ephemera 

Vicki Boutin Color Study Thickers

here's some close ups

I love that I can turn an ugly piece of scrap paper into something I can live with!

TFL

cheers

Tracey

Imperfection is beauty by Tracey B

 Morning everyone

Here is a layout inspired by this month's mood affirmation using the Peiskos Foundation pack.

I started by sponging some black gesso through a stencil.   I then masked off another stencil with some washi and scrapped through some Light & Fluffy modelling paste. 

I wasn't happy with the hard straight lines so scrapped a little of the modelling paste off with a spatula.

I added some tissue paper from the Peiskos Foundation pack and adhered it with matte medium

I added colour using paint from my Prima Confections pallets, stuck on some words and drew around them with a black stabilo and softened that with a water pen.  

I was very heavy handed with the matte medium which acted as a resist for the paint.   

Very happy accident!

And some random stamping to finish off and add contrast.

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TFL

cheers

Tracey

Making time for what matters by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

It's been a bit of an emotional week in our household as Del's Ouma headed home to South Africa.   Even after an extended stay there's lots of 'last things' to do.

I think this is the first time I've started a LO inspired by an embellishment pack but this was the case here.

I did a bit of stash busting by using some chipboard frames as my base.

I added a little colour using Dina Wakley paint (Turquoise, Sky and Magenta) and a brayer.

I painted a frame with gesso then scrapped through some Light & Fluffy through a stencil and coloured it with Distress Crayons and Art Alchemy wax (Peacock)

I coloured some muslin with Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Shot Tibetan Poppy Teal and added a bit more colour to the background using Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Shot Frenchy's Pink Pouf and Dina Wakley Gloss Spray (Carnation).

I finished the layout with lots of chipboard from the American Crafts Wildflower and Honey pack and some diamantes I received from Ouma.

here's the finished page

TFL

cheers

Tracey

 

Messy Magical Creativity by Tracey B

 Happy New Year!

 I hope everyone has a fabulous creative year.

I've been inspired by this month's fantastic mood affirmation and created this using lots of goodies from the Aliferous Foundations pack.

I started by tearing the Design paper & taping that down.   I then sponged on some Dina Wakley paints (Aloe & Olive) through a couple of TCW stencils (Petal Splash & and Flourish Tile).

I then spritzed the dirty stencils and pressed them onto a small piece of Design Base paper as the start of my tag.

I then used Art Anthology Sorbet dimensional paint (Leaf) and scraped through the Petal Splash stencil with a palette knife.

Love these paints - they have a really lovely shine and shimmer. (And they're on sale!) 

I used a compass and pencil to draw a half circle for the placement of my title (although a dinner plate would work just as well) which I carefully rubbed out once my title was down.

I fussy cut the butterfly from the Design paper and die cut a couple more from the Base paper.

I used a little of the washi tape, a stamp from the stamp collection, a reinforcement, lace from my stash (which was a perfect match to the lace frame on the paper - happy accident!) and my clunky typewiter to finish off my tag.

A little stamping using a script stamp and Kaisercraft permanent black ink and some more reinforcements finished off the page.

TFL

cheers

Tracey

  

18 years of awesome by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

As I transition to retirement (yay!) I'm having a lot of time off work and travelling around the countryside in my campervan so I'm trying to create layouts using minimal supplies. (Knew I should have bought a bigger van!)

I had plans to do something a little different and use a sheet of patterned vellum as my background but when I added some water colour paint, the vellum buckled.   Instead I die cut the painted vellum with a Paper Roses die (Hud) to use as embellishments.

I matted my photo with some Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice patterned paper and them some Vicki Boutin Storyteller paper.

I added a Heidi Swapp fabric bow and some Heidi Swapp Stationary Busswords.   The rest of my title is some very old October Afternoon alphas.

TFL

cheers

Tracey

Hi everyone

Here's another quick layout using minimal supplies (great when travelling or at a crop)

I started by placing my photos on my page about where I thought they would go 

And then used some water colour paints  (Prima Confections)and a brush to colour the background.

 I added a few small embellishments from

Cocoa Vanilla Study Unforgettable ephemera and 

Heidi Swapp Art walk stickers

and some Heidi Swapp Favorite Things puffy teal stickers for my title.

TFL

cheers

Tracey

 

hello gorgeous by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

I was inspired by the colours in this month's moodsketch to create this very simple layout.

My background was created by spritzing the back of some stencils including Vicki Boutin Bubbles that I had used on another layout with the Distress Oxide (Mermaid Lagoon & Salty Ocean)

I die cut some Vicki Boutin Color Study patterned paper and added some Amy Tangerine enamel hearts, flowers and ribbon.

Part of my title was from Heidi Swapp Stationary Buzzwords.

TFL 

cheers

Tracey

Runway model by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

I was inspired by this month's mood sketch to do a layout with 5 photos.  

Very hard to believe as my go to is 1 photo but the sketch made it very easy.

I started with a brick stencil and some impasto paste and added some colour using the packaging technique and some Distress ink (Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade & Rusty Hinge).

I then used a stamp and Distress oxide (Victorian velvet) to add a little more interest.

I matted my photos with some Vicki Boutin Storyteller and WR Crush patterned paper.

I fussy cut some butterflies from the Vicki Boutin paper, and added some wire as antenna (never cutting them out!) to a few of them.   I used some ancient Basic Grey alphas for my title and consider it done.

here are some close ups 

and the finished page

TFL

(and thanks to Kaz, my personal shopper!)

cheers

Tracey

Waste Not by Tracey B

 hi everyone

I'm big on getting the most out of my craft supplies.   Any left over ink or paint gets whacked onto another piece of card stock to start or add to a background.

I was inspired for my first layout by the brickwork on this month's moodsketch so I started with some Light & Fluffy modelling paste through a brick stencil (possibly KaiserCraft)

I scribbled a couple of Neo Color II crayons (Periwinkle Blue & Purple) onto my messy mat  and used a water pen to add the colour to my page.   (the left over colour went on to another page to start my 2nd layout) 

I then added some impasto through a star stencil and while still wet, covered it with Nuvo glitter (Lilac).   

My mind set when dealing with glitter is to know that it's going to go everywhere so I just embrace the chaos!) 

I then die cut some Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush patterned paper (Sun Chaser) and used the waste from the die cut for my 3rd layout.

I added some die cut banners, foam sentiment and star (possibly Heidi Swapp), Charms Creations star, wood veneer arrow and stars which I coated with black Posca, some washi and a KaiserCraft die cut partially coloured with black Posca as my title.

 

here's the finished layout

My 2nd layout - Gift that keeps on giving.

With my background already started with left over Neo Color II I added some Distress Ink (Picked Raspberry) and Distress Oxide (Dusty Concord & Kitsch Flamigo) and added using the packaging technique.

I cut out the battered flamingo pinata (the journalling gives context to this seemingly random inclusion) and added it to my layout.

I added a tag from my stash with a Pink Paislee  Citrus Bliss sticker snd some Amy Tangerine enamel stickers.   I finished off with some old Basic grey chipboard alphas and a Stampin'Up marker (Pink Passion) for my journalling. 

here's the finished layout.

3rd layout - Timeless Beauty

I stuck down the waste from the brick die cut onto a sheet of white card stock .

and then brayed on some Dina Wakley acrylic paint (Magenta & Blackberry)

I used a baby wipe to rub off some of the paint through a Prima stencil and used some Colour Blaste Paste (Lipstick) through a TCW stencil for another layer of texture. 

I then painted a chippie from my stash with some more Dina Wakley paint (Evergreen, Olive, Night, Blackberry & Fuchsia) before finishing it with a little white out pen for contrast.

For some finishing touches I added some Amy Tangerine enamel stickers, some Heidi Swapp Make Pretty Stuff stickers and some 13@rts In Bloom ephemera.

Here is the finished layout.

TFL

cheers

Tracey