Tuesday 23 February 2016

Dream Cottage

This week the Eileen Hull Design Team are joining forces with Stampendous for an "Along the Garden Path Blog Hop. Pop by the Stampendous Blog for all the details.
I combined the Cottage Home Stamps and Die set from Stampendous with Eileen Hull's products. I began by painting my book box with Gesso and then a coat of DecoArt Media Crackle Paint and then applying DecoArt Media Paints Green Gold and Burnt Umber; applying the Green Gold first with a paintbrush and then dabbing the Burnt Umber over the top with a natural sponge for a mottled effect.
I cut my Cottage from some bark like material I purchased a while back and I tinted with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, adding the stamped elements with Black Archival Ink and shading with Pitt Pens.
I loved creating my quirky trees; the base of which are book pages and the wire element has been created using Eileen Hull's new Twist and Style tool which you can see Eileen demoing HERE. I adhered the wire to the book pages with DecoArt Media Liquid Glass.
I used Tim Holtz Found Relatives to add to my scene, tinting one of their dresses with Distress Markers and adding flowers cut from shrink plastic using Eileen Hull's Buttons, Borders and Trim Die.
To complete I added moss to my design along with an 'imagine' ChitChat sticker.







Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x


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37 comments:

  1. Redanne23 February 2016 at 09:28

    Your dream cottage is beautiful Tracy, I just love how you did the trees with Eileen's new tool, they are so effective! Hugs, Anne xx

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  2. A Pink23 February 2016 at 10:21

    A lovley way of using the book box die! Tracy Love the bark like material of the cottage and ya twisted tree branches .
    x

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  3. eileen hull23 February 2016 at 11:26

    Tracy this whole project is magical! Love the twisted trees especially! Beautiful colors too...

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  4. Pamellia23 February 2016 at 12:19

    Fabulous Tracy!! I love your real twig trees and real mossy ground, and those itty bitty flowers in bright red really pop! How wonderful! hugs :)

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  5. elpimpi23 February 2016 at 13:54

    AMAZING!!! Just LOVE your dream cottage! And those trees are FABULOUS!!!! MAGICAL!!!! ♥

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  6. Rita23 February 2016 at 14:33

    Fabulous art Tracy. Love looking into your book. Hugs Rita xxxx

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  7. SewPaperPaint23 February 2016 at 16:06

    Very cool, Tracy! I just tried these wire forms myself, but my butterfly isn't nearly as cool as your trees! Great job!

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  8. Pammejo23 February 2016 at 19:16

    Magically beautiful!!! Love all the beautiful details.

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  9. Stampendous23 February 2016 at 20:59

    This is incredible! There are so many wonderful textures and soft vintage coloring, this is a beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us on the hop!

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  10. Julia Aston23 February 2016 at 21:04

    What a lovely creation using the cottage stamps and Eileen's box - the mushroom house is so fun along with your wonderful balloons! Julia xx

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  11. Mary Holshouser23 February 2016 at 21:46

    So many fun ways to use the house dies.
    I have to get these. Will make great gifts
    as well as embellishments for around the house.
    thanks for sharing.
    Illinois

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  12. Unknown23 February 2016 at 22:09

    I just love the box creations, they are a piece of art.

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  13. Donna23 February 2016 at 22:26

    Another great project Tracy! I love the 3 D!
    Super fun project!

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  14. Jean Bullock23 February 2016 at 22:50

    I love the way you have the cottage scene framed by the shadow box. Very cool. Like peeking through a window.

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  15. BethW23 February 2016 at 23:51

    This really touched my heart. I have a picture of my Mom and myself that would look perfect displayed like this. thank you so much for such lovely and moving inspiration.

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  16. Viki Banaszak24 February 2016 at 01:45

    What a wonderful little vignette. It is like a secret getaway.

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  17. Sue D24 February 2016 at 01:54

    Fabulous. I like the bark house and your quirky trees.

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  18. Jenn White24 February 2016 at 03:23

    Hi Tracy. I love the bark material you stamped on. I am excited to try the new twist & style tool & I love the tree you made. Thanks for sharing your inspiring art with us. ♡ HUGS

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  19. Jenn White24 February 2016 at 03:23

    Hi Tracy. I love the bark material you stamped on. I am excited to try the new twist & style tool & I love the tree you made. Thanks for sharing your inspiring art with us. ♡ HUGS

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  20. Denise Bryant24 February 2016 at 05:03

    Awesome book box project! Love the window stamps and details in your scene!

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  21. SmokieBlueRose24 February 2016 at 05:06

    The paint job on the box is really amazing! It looks very weathered, very real. Very cool.

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  22. FeM24 February 2016 at 06:06

    Wow. Truly magical.

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  23. barbara macaskill24 February 2016 at 14:01

    This is so amazing!! LOVE the scene you have set and the little details really take this to a new level of cool!! TFS!

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  24. D.Ann C24 February 2016 at 14:28

    What a great project! I love the addition of twigs and bits of moss and flowers in her hands.

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  25. Auntie Em24 February 2016 at 16:05

    Your shadow box is so creative! I love the distressing and the colours you have used for it. Thank you for adding the pics so we could peek in closer to take a look inside. So many great details. :)

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  26. Lucy24 February 2016 at 18:38

    I just found this blog hop. These designs are incredible. I just love the Cottage Home dies and combined in a 3-D shadow box is wonderful. Creative use of all of these Eileen Hull elements - just wonderful. Thank you.

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  27. Tarnished Rose24 February 2016 at 19:12

    Great idea!

    Marilyn

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  28. Corrie Herriman24 February 2016 at 20:02

    Fantastic project, Tracy ! Love it !
    Corrie x

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  29. Teresa Godines #685724 February 2016 at 21:20

    wonderful project. Love all of your textures and layers, TFS

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  30. Juliz Design Post24 February 2016 at 21:44

    What a quirky little book box, simply beautiful. I must check out this new tool from Eileen as I love this accent of twisted metal on your project.
    Julie x

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  31. Judy24 February 2016 at 22:55

    I think your book box is amazing. I love how you used the dies and cut your pictures to go into it. Thanks for sharing.

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  32. Deb25 February 2016 at 07:46

    What a wonderful and fanciful cottage Tracy, love your tree and the fabulous texture on the outside of the book box! Deb xo

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  33. * Shell B.*25 February 2016 at 19:15

    Beautifully done, love the vintage look to your little box

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  34. Brenda Brown26 February 2016 at 08:39

    A fabulous little scene Tracy.
    Hugs Brenda xxx

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  35. Lea26 February 2016 at 18:51

    Wonderful shadow box creation! Love how you added the people in like little fairy folk!

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  36. McStamper26 February 2016 at 23:34

    Love this beautiful, vintage project.

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  37. Nan G27 February 2016 at 22:39

    Very cool shadow box!

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