Tracy Evans

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Summer Tag

Today I have a summery tag using the fabulous Artistic Outpost Birds Of A Feather images.

I decorated the background with Broken China and Mustard Seed Distress Paints applying the paints with my brayer. I also added touches of background stamping with Broken China Distress Ink and included some painty circles to give my tag an artsy feel. I have also added a few paint splatters to the background for added interest.

I die cut three circles from white card, coloured with Distress Paints and then added the images from the Birds Of A Feather plate, stamping with Potting Soil Archival Ink and again adding subtle paint splatters to each circle. I have also added three roses for a touch more dimension.

Died seam binding and twine have been added to the top along with a feather embellishment coloured with Distress Paint and a heart charm.

Two small banners have been tucked behind the larger circle and a 'summer' Chitchat sticker added to the top.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

Monday, 7 July 2014

Everlasting Flowers

This week the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge asks us to create something from scratch. Something oh so very homemade. It could be an embellishment with layers, a rosette, a flower or perhaps you build something or otherwise craft a piece by starting with little more than a simple paper or other raw materials. What will you make from scratch?

As I write this it is raining outside and it was the perfect opportunity to create my own everlasting flowers and they don't even need watering!

I began with square pieces of Tissue Wrap, six layers to each. Each of mine were cut 6" x 6".

Fold the square pieces in half.

Fold the pieces into a concertina.

Fasten a pipecleaner around the centre of the concertina piece. Fold the piece in half to make sure you have the pipcleaner in the centre.

Cut the ends of the piece so that they are rounded in shape.

Flatten out the tissue as shown.

Pull up each layer of tissue to the centre, scrunching the tissue as you bring up each layer.

Colour the edges of the petals with Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink.

Repeat the steps above to create two blossoms.

Add splatters of Ripe Persimmon Distress Paint to each blossom.

I love the pop of colour the ink and paint give to each of the blossoms.

The next step was to decorate an old bottle, applying a coat of Gold Embossing Paste and then setting aside to dry. Applying Gold Embossing Paste gives a base for the Crackled Texture Paste and prevents it from chipping.

Once the Gold Embossing Paste was completely dry I then added a good thick coat of Crackled Texture Paste and once again set aside to dry (I have no patience when it comes to allowing things to dry!).

Once the crackle was completely dry I then coloured with Monarch Orange Archival Ink and then heat set with my heat tool. I then applied Potting Soil Re-inker with a piece of Cut 'n' Dry Foam to tone down the colour a little. I also poured some of the Re-inker into the cracks, I love those cracks! I then dried all the ink with a heat tool. I added some natural twine and ribbon coloured with Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink along with a Heart Charm for added interest.

To add to the rustic charm of this piece I also included a few natural twigs to the display.

For more great ideas please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog and take a look at my fellow team members artwork, they have created some inspirational projects. Remember there is also the chance to win a $50 prize from Simon Says Stamp. I always look forward to seeing your creations each week.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, much appreciated. Tracy x x

Products Used:

Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Heart Charms

Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon

Distress Paint Ripe Persimmon

Wendy Vecchi Gold Embossing Paste

Wendy Vecchi Crackled Texture Paste

Monarch Orange Archival Ink

Potting Soil Re-inker

Cut 'n' Dry Foam

Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Heat Tool

Twine

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Floral Artist Trading Block

Time for my weekly post for Katzelkraft and this week I have created a floral ATB to coincide with this months challenge which is FLOWERS .

The front of my ATB showcases the fabulous Collage Equinoxe stamp which I have stamped in Potting Soil Archival Ink set against a brayered background of Broken China and Mustard Seed Distress Paints. I have also added some subtle text background stamping using Saffron Archival Ink. I have also added wooden spools to the base and added touches of background stamping to each using Potting Soil Archival Ink.

The Collage Dragonfly has been added to the side of my block which also has a flower in the top left hand corner. I have also added some dimensional flowers to the front corner of my block.

I have stamped the Echinacea flower from the Butterflies 04 stamp set to the opposite side of my block stamping the image with Saffron and touches of Potting Soil Archival Ink. I have also added more touches of background stamping along with a bird from the Tampons Decoratifs Oiseaux stamp set.

The top of my block has a wooden birdcage added, coloured with Distress Paints along with stamped flowers from the Tampons Decoratifs Physalis-Hummingbird stamp set. I have also stamped two small birds to the top of the block along with background stamping. I have also included more dimensional flowers.

Thanks so much for stopping by. We would love it if you could join in our challenge this month. Simply link your creations HERE.

Tracy Evans x x x

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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

A Patriotic Artist Trading Block

Morning, it's the first of the month which means it is time for our monthly Art With Heart Challenge and this month the challenge is "Red, White and Beautiful" which you can interprete in any way you like. I was feeling patriotic so decided to create an ATB using the Tim Holtz London Sights stamp set.

The front of my ATB has an aperture to showcase my focal image die cut using the Eileen Hull Decorative Frame die and the ATB has been die cut using the fabulous Block/Cube die

Each piece to decorate the sides of my ATB were brayered with Fired Brick Distress Paint, spritzed with water and then touches of Faded Jeans brayered lightly over the top. I then flicked Picket Fence Distress Paint onto the top.

Touches of background stamping have been added to the front of the block using the background stamp from Tim Holtz Classics 9 stamp set and Vermillion Archival Ink. I also included a 'patriotic' Chitchat sticker for added interest along with an earring embellishment and LONDON stamped onto shrink plastic. The side of my ATB has been stamped with the Big Ben image and postage stamp background stamps.

I have included the Union Jack on this side along with LONDON stamped onto shrink plastic once again, and I added a few more splatters of Picket Fence paint.

LONDON has been stamped randomly around the background on this side and then stamped once again and bent at the ends to give dimension to the sentiment.

Red, white and blue rosettes have been included, stamping the centre of each rosette with the postage stamp. I have also included some ribbon coloured with Distress Ink and a further 'patriotic' Chitchat sticker. I have also added a heart earring embellishment for added interest.

The top of my ATB has Big Ben stamped in black Archival Ink, touches of background stamping, Chitchat stickers and a small earring Big Ben charm.

We would all love to see you join in our challenge this month. The Art With Heart Challenge is a monthly celebration of creativity! Each month the Inspiration Team showcase their art created with Eileen Hull's innovative Sizzix dies and we invite you along to join us and share YOUR art with heart! We would love to see what you can do with Eileen Hull's fabulous products but this is NOT a requirement to enter the challenge, use whatever products inspire you. Simply link your projects HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

Monday, 30 June 2014

Spread Your Wings

This week the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge would like you to use WHITE in your design. There are so many shades of white and many applications from nautical to patriotic to winter. How will you use white this week? Will it be with Gesso? ink? pen? Or perhaps you will transform simple white cardstock, the choice is yours.

I opted for a black and white colour scheme this week, I love the classic feel this gives to a piece of art. I decided on an Artist Trading Block using bold imagery from Tim Holtz Nature Walk stamp set.

I added a dimensional bird to the top of my block cut from mountboard using the Caged Bird die. I die cut four birds and adhered each bird together to create dimension and so that my bird would stand quite nicely on the top of the block. I coloured the bird with Black Soot Distress Paint and then applied Snowflake Fresco Finish Paint through the Latticework Layering stencil onto the birds body. I added a feather at the back of the bird, die cut from black card using Kelly Purkey Feathers die and I added a touch of background stamping to the feather using the background stamp from the Classics 9 stamp set. I also included a letter 'B' for BIRD, colouring with Black Soot Distress Paint and adding touches of Silver Treasure Wax.

I addes stamped panels to each side of my block, stamping each image with Black Archival Ink. I placed the Latticework Layering Stencil over each image and lightly applied Black Soot Distress Ink over the stencil to give a more subtle backdrop. I also included a further die cut Feather. Once I had completed the stamping I also flicked Snowflake paint onto my design to add tiny splatters of paint .