Stay Close To Nature.....

Morning, hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Love to Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes.

I brayered the background of my card with DecoArt Media Acrylic Green Gold, using only a light touch when brayering so that some of the background was visible. I then applied DecoArt Media Acrylic Pyrrole Orange with an old credit card and then dried with a heat tool.

I then drew a flower onto the background and added shading to the flower with my PanPastels Orange and Magenta. Once I was happy with the shading of the flower I then added Black Coarse Pearl Medium PanPastel around the edges of the flower and smudged with my finger to add shading.

I added colour to the leaves using PanPastel Permanent Green and Green Shade, again adding Black Coarse Medium around the edges for shading. I also added the Black Coarse Medium over a Tim Holtz Dot Fade Layering Stencil to add a further layer of interest and I also added delicate spaltters of Titanium White Fluid Acrylic.

I die cut small hearts from scrap card and then placed the die cuts onto the background and then applied Magenta PanPastel over the hearts. I also stamped numbers randomly to the backdrop using Black Archival Ink. I then added white highlights with a gel pen along with scratchy lines of Pyrrole Orange Fluid Acrylic using an old credit card.

To complete I added a 'timeless' Remnant Rub' along with a sentiment stamped in Black Archival ink along with more scratch lines using DecoArt Green Gold Fluid Acrylic.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	PanPastel Permanent Green Shade	PanPastel Permanent Green	Orange	Pan Pastel - Magenta
Soft Tools

Season's Greetings

Morning, hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Love to Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes.

I decided to create a Christmas Card this week with Tim Holtz new Tree Line stamp set combined with PanPastels Permanent Green, Permanent Green Shade and Rich Gold. I die cut a square from scrap paper and then placed the aperture over my card and sponged Permanent Green Pan Pastel over the aperture, adding Permanent Green Shade around the edges. I also added a touch of Rich Gold around the edges of the aperture.

I stamped one of the single trees from Tim Holtz set, stamping with Fern Green Archival Ink but using the second and third generation stamping. I then stamped the tree once again but this time using the first generation stamping.

I placed Tim Holtz Stars Layering Stencil onto the aperture and applied Rich Gold PanPastel over the stars and then removed. I then stamped the Season's Greetings sentiment with Black Archival Ink. I also applied a light spray of fixative over the PanPastels. I also added splatters of Metallic Gold DecoArt Media Acrylic over the background. I added a small drop of Green Gold and Metallic Gold DecoArt Acrylic Paint to a non-stick craft sheet and then ran an old credit card through the paint and added scratchy lines around the square aperture for added interest. I also used a Pitt Pen to add black scribbly lines around the aperture for definition.

I also repeated the stamping and splatters to the inside of the card and I added a touch of gold paint around the edges of my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x x

PanPastel Rich Gold Metallic

PanPastel Permanent Green

PanPastel Permanent Green Shade

PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit

Imagination Means Nothing Without Doing!

Morning, hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Love to Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes.

I have really enjoyed working with these colours for the past few weeks for my PanPastel DT pieces. Once again the background was brayered with Ripe Persimmon Distress Paint, applying light pressure so that some of the white areas are still visible in the background.

I then placed a stencil onto the brayered background and blended Magenta, Magenta Shade and Magenta Extra Dark over the circles. I also added some random stamping using a Carabelle Stamp and Black Archival Ink.

I die cut part of a circle from the edge of the decorated piece and then matted it onto a piece of card and stamped the sentiment.

For added interest I also included some tissue tape and added definition to some of the circles using Black Coarse Pearl Medium PanPastel.

From this picture you can see all the layers and the shading achieved with the PanPastels. I also added some scratchy lines with the edge of an old credit card and Ripe Persimmon Distress Paint.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x x

Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Pan Pastel - Magenta	Magenta shade	Magenta Extra Dark	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit
Stampbord Assorted sizes

Be Yourself!

Morning, hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Love to Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes.

 I created a mixed media card using one of my favourite images from Stampers Anonymous. The backgroundhas been coloured with PanPastels Diarylide Yellow and Orange.

I stamped the focal image with Black Archival Ink and then used a mask before stamping the number in the background. I added further dimension to the wings and hat, leaving these stamped pieces in white to give a contrast to the background.

I added a touch of stencilling to the background applying black texture paste through a stencil. I also added a few scratchy lines using the end of an old credit card along with a few delicate black paint splatters.

I also added Imagine and DREAM to the bottom of my card using Visible Image stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Tracy x x

Orange

Diarylide Yellow PanPastel

PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit

Inspire, Imagine, Dream

Morning, hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Love to Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes.

This week I decided to create an artsy card using an image I love from Tim Holtz. The background was created by applying scribbly lines with Drawing Gum and allowing to dry completely. I then coloured the background with PanPastels Turquoise Tint, a touch of Turqoise Shade and Turquoise Extra Dark around the edges. I then added a few grains of Brushos in red to the centre and spritzed with water and then blew the ink with a straw and then dried with my heat tool. I then rubbed away the drawing ink to reveal the scribbly resist areas.

I stamped the girl with Black Archival and added a small heart to her dress for added dimension. I also added a piece of rusty wire across the bottom to ground the image, secured in place with the Tiny Attacher.

I coloured her wings with Permanent Red PanPastel and then coated each of the wings with Triple Thick by DecoArt to give a glass tile like finish., I then stapled rusty wire into place to echo the shape of the wings.

I stamped the crown onto a separate piece of card, coloured with Permanent Red PanPastel, cut out and then added a coat of Triple Thick and added to my image.

To complete, I stamped Inspire, Imagine, Dream with Black Archival using stamps from Visible Image.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

PanPastel Turquoise Tint

PanPastel Turquoise Shade

PanPastel Turquoise Extra Dark

Permanent Red

PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit