Time Flies

Time for my second piece as Guest Artist for The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog.  I had great fun creating this piece and decided to create something that was in keeping for January/Winter.

If you would like the full details to create this piece then please pop over to the creative team using the link above.

I really enjoyed creating this piece and time flies when your having fun......  Until the next time, Tracy x x

Masked Mushrooms

I was able to combine challenges again this week for Simon Says Stamp and Show some MASKING, the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge is DISTRESS MISTING MASKS, page 60 of the book and finally the Stampotique Designers Challenge is to use any type of masking technique in your creation.

I decided to use the Giant SHROOM from Stampotique (available from The Stamp Attic) for my card, I love this mushroom and it works great for with masking. I made my own mask using the Mushroom and I used one of Tim Holt's papers to give me a more subtle background rather than white.  I also added stitching around one of my mushrooms to give some dimension and added white gel pen around the edges of the others so that they popped off the page a little with the background being quite dark and grungy.

I added buttons in shades of green to give a pop of colour, some Idea-ology, a flower, string and a bird to complete my creation.  MUSHROOM was computer generated.   Enjoy your day, and thanks for popping by, Tracy x x

Heartfelt Greetings

The colour challenge this week over at The Play Date Cafe is grass green, gold and silver.

I love gold and green together but I don't think I have ever used gold and silver together but there is always a first time and here it is.  I punched two hearts from watercolour paper and painted them with Stewart Gill paints Secret Garden and Bright Gold.  Once dry I added leafing flakes in gold and silver.

The picture above is our inspiration photo for this week and I love it, I love the shimmer from the water and the wonderful rich colours of the green and gold.

The paper I have used this time around is from BoBunny, Flutter Butter Willow and I have used both sides.  To complete my creation I have added some gold hearts and a gold bow to give the card some dimension along with a love sentiment from Outlines.  Until the next time, Tracy x x

Curiously Rusted

We are back to our weekly challenge over at Studio L3 with the Compendium of Curiosities challenge and this week it is RUSTED GRUNGE.  The technique can be found on page 45 of the book.

I have added the RUSTED GRUNGE technique to my key and heart. I decided I would break my rusted heart in a couple of places to add to that old, rusty, aged feel.

The hearts are from the Heart Wings die and they have been coloured with DI Fired Brick with Crackle Accents added over the top.  A Philosopy Tag, ribbon, button and sentiment generated on the computer complete my entry for this week.  I would also like to thank Linda for kindly drawing my name out of the hat this week for the extra prize, I thoroughly enjoyed spending my voucher so a big THANK YOU.  Tracy x x

New Year WOYWW

Happy New Year to all you WOYWW'ers, hope you all had a good Christmas, I'm ready to get back to normal, well normal for me anyway and that means back to some kind of schedule which includes participating in WOYWW.  For those of you who are not familiar with this phenomenon, then pop on over to Julia's place HERE to find all the details and lots more great desks.

I have cleared away as usual after working on a few challenges over the past few days but there is still a couple of things still out on display including my lovely new IPAD which I had for Christmas and I love it, so light to carry around and so easy to use, right up my street.

My card from The Play Date Cafe challenge is still on my desk along with a very small brandy bottle, also from Christmas, which I thought I may decorate but I am still thinking on that one at the moment. There is also a large heart shape to the far left which I would like to do something with but again I am still at the thinking stage. That's about it for this week folks but thanks for popping by, I appreciate all your comments.  I may not visit many desks today as my dad has been taken into hospital and I am visiting for part of the day today but I will try to visit a few desks when I can.  Until the next time,  Tracy xx

Thinking Of Warmer Days......

........and Poppies in the Spring, seems so far away today but I'm sure as always time will pass by quickly and I can look forward to the new shoots in my garden and the wonderful Poppies I look forward to every year with renewed excitement.

Hence I decided to use my NEWLY purchased Poppy Collage from Memory Box (available from The Stamp Attic).  Thought I would also play along with a few challenges too at the same time, using the colours from The Play Date Cafe challenge once again, using the inspiration photo below.

Along with the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show which this week we are challenged to SHOW OUR NEWEST STAMP and the Poppy Collage just happens to be mine.  My card also fits the challenge for The Sunday Stamper too with Hels where the challenge this week is to use CHARMS/MEN and I have chosen to use a charm on my card this week.

The paper in the background is from Tim's Vintage Shabby Paper Stash and I have embossed a piece of taupe card with a swirl embossing folder and added the strip across the centre of the card, along with a piece of vintage ribbon and an IMAGINE Philosphy tag charm.

The Poppy Collage has been stamped twice onto white card using DI Fired Brick and I have cut a second flower from the second stamping and added to the main image to give a 3D like appearance.  Three hot pink buttons and IMAGINE sentiment from Outlines complete my card.  Tracy x x

Bird Triptych

Happy New Year to you all, hope you had a fabulous Christmas break.  This is my first slot as Guest Artist over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog and I would like to thank Hels and Jennie for the opportunity to display my art on their blog.

I decided to decorate a TRIPTYCH for my first piece and I had great fun altering it with some wonderful bird images.

If you would like to see more detailed pics and instructions then pop over HERE for all the information and product details  Thanks for popping by here and The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog, your comments are much appreciated.  Enjoy your week, Tracy x x