Book of Two Halves

Morning everyone, hope you have all had a good weekend.

Today I am showcasing a book which we will be creating as part of one of my on-line workshops.

The live workshop will take place on 24th, 25th and 31st October, start time 10am. The cost of the workshop is £15. If you would like to join us please email me using the address below;

tracy@craft-addicts.co.uk

I love the contrast of the pop of colour of the focal imagery against the more muted backdrop.

 Thank you all for your amazing support, Tracy x x

Plant Your Dreams

Morning everyone, hope you are all well.

Today I am showcasing a book cover, which is a workshop which I am running on 24th, 25th 31st October 2020. If you would like to join me, please email me - tracy@craft-addicts.co.uk

During the workshop we will create the book and the pages, they are a fun, relaxed environment where we simply enjoy the process of creating.

I love the vibrancy of the pages and at the moment I am really enjoying the process of creating books.

I have also incorporated some metal elements for further interest and dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your support and comments. Tracy x x 

Floral Moments

Welcome, thank you for stopping by my blog, I always appreciate your comments and feedback. Today I have a card in vintage tones using my newly releaased A5 Stamp "Blossom Wishes" #240 from AALLandCreate. You can find a list of our Stockists HERE.

I am moving to vintage tones this time around. I simple swiped a Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inkpad across my card to add the pigment direct to the white card, flicked the ink with water to age further and to give me the oxidisation.

I then used a circular cut out as a stencil and then applied StazOn Pigment Snow Flake through the aperture, applying with a piece of Cut 'n' Dry Foam until I was happy with the depth of colour, removed the stencil and then repeated until I had several shaded circles on top of the vintage layer. I then dried these layers with a Heat Tool.

I also added a touch of stencilling to one corner of my card and also included some doodling and a wooden mini lolipop stick for added dimension.

Thanks so much for all your support. Tracy x x

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Blossom Wishes

I am showcasing an accordion card using my newly released A5 Stamp "Blossom Wishes" #240, from AALLandCreate. Our stockists can be found HERE.

I love creating accordions, its a different slant on a standard card and gives so much more space to experiment.

I created the background using stencils, which I demoed on my recent Weekend Wow Show on Hochanda, which you can still view on catch up. In brief, I layered Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink over my card, adding a good layer of colour and applying several layers of the same colour to give depth. Wipe over the background with an anti-static bag and then place your chosen stencil onto the inked background and then apply VersaMark over the stencil, remove the stencil and then sprinkle Clear Embossing Powder over the card. The Embossing Powder will only stick to the areas we applied the VersaMark. Heat the powder to melt and then once cool apply a layer of Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink over the entire area. Take a damp piece of kitchen towel and wipe over the embossed area; this will remove ink from the embossed area which resists the ink.

The wood grain stencil really works so well with my floral images. I also added a further background layer spritzing my stencil with water and laying the stencil water side down onto an inked background to give a bleached out effect, and this photo showcases that perfectly.

I also incorporated some hand doodling, which helps to draw the eye into the focal imagery. Incorporating torn book pages adds further texture along with some hand stitching.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your support during my recent shows. Tracy x x

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Floral Birthday Card

Today I am showcasing a card using my newly released A5 Stamp Set "Blossom Wishes" #240 from AALLandCreate. Our stockists can be found HERE.

My card today has a real fresh modern feel to it, using Distress Oxide Inks Twisted Citron and Picked Raspberry, applying the inks to the background with a piece of acetate.

The black stamping really pops against the fresher backdrop and the doodling on the spotlight helps to draw the eye into the design.

I added a pot to my flower arrangement and stamped into the layers of melted clear embossing powder using my background stamp from my Border Stamp "Brush Flower" #234.

A touch of stamping around the background has also been added, using the background stamp once again from my Border Stamp "Brush Flower". stamping in a tone on tone colour.

I have also stamped my sentiment onto Calico to add further texture. A few delicate splatters of white paint lift the design.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your support. Tracy x x

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