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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Happy First Birthday to Country View Crafts challenge blog ... and a new theme...paperchase!

Well before I begin my new blog post...it is the Country View Crafts Challenge blogs' first birthday! How exciting and thanks to all my team mates and Susan at Country View Crafts for a fab year...here's to the next one! Now onwards to celebrate our first birthday the theme is PaperChase....

so here is my make :


I very rarely use paper on makes as I love making my own inky backgrounds so for this piece I used some Tim Holtz papers and some old book pages and also used the colours of the paper to guide my colour palette for this whole piece..

So for the base I used a piece of mountboard..covered with card...


Lots of distress stains, smoosbing paper in and some stamping with distress inks...then for the next few layers including this piece of paper...covered with layers of picket fence stains to soften the colours and scuffed edges..


Now building up the layers ...


I added a doily die cut from book paper stuck to cardstock and some torn strips of book paper to a large #10 tag....also a prima flourish..and some twigs die cuts ...


little layered butterflies using Tim Holtz paper and bodies made of string..


pretty little flowers die cut again from Tim Holtz paper and secured with silver long fasteners...

more butterflies ... and more torn book pages..inked with distress ink.


finally a quote using a Tim stamp.. and a few more flowers...to create my paperchase piece ...


Make sure you pop across and see all the rest of my fab team mates makes and hopefully you will be inspired to play along with us this month!

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21 comments :

  1. Amanda1 March 2014 at 07:50

    Beautiful piece to celebrate with, love the whole muted look of this. Fabulous!
    Love
    Amanda x

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  2. Kaz 1 March 2014 at 08:18

    Gorgeous colour combo trace.......gorgeous as always xx

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  3. rachel1 March 2014 at 08:51

    this is fabulous Trace - there are some fab papers out there and its so good to see how you've used them in this piece - gorgeous xx

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  4. chrissie1 March 2014 at 09:25

    This dreamy Trace. Love the way that everything on it comes together so well

    Love Chrissie x

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  5. Julie Lee1 March 2014 at 10:19

    Really, really love what you did here, Trace. The colours are so subtle and pleasing and the butterflies are so pretty. This is a truly spectacular piece of paper art. Julie Ann xxx

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  6. Gerrina1 March 2014 at 11:21

    Love how you build this tag up! The colours are beautiful fragile and your flowers and butterflies are stunning! Have a fun weekend, Gerrina x

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  7. Redanne1 March 2014 at 11:29

    Love your beautiful paper chase piece Trace, it is so very you even though you have used papers. The butterflies and book page strips are so lovely! Hugs, Anne xx

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  8. Meggymay1 March 2014 at 11:59

    A gorgeous hanging, love the soft colours you used.
    Yvonne

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  9. Silvia(Barnie)1 March 2014 at 21:15

    That's a wonderful piece of art - love the color scheme and all the elements.

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  10. Words and Pictures1 March 2014 at 22:29

    Delicious layers of subtly inky painty paper, and those stringy butterflies are a delight. Beautiful, Trace!
    Alison xx

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  11. Terry1 March 2014 at 23:14

    Love the way you combined the neutral colors and elements! The butterflies and flowers look so perfect on this hanging! Enjoy the weekend, Trace!

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  12. Anita Houston The Artful Maven2 March 2014 at 04:32

    Gorgeous, just stunning! Love the neutrals and the tag on the hanging!

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  13. Evelyn Walter2 March 2014 at 12:10

    What a wonderful peace of art! I LOVE this page - colors, add ons, quote,...... perfect!

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  14. Martina2 March 2014 at 13:54

    Exquisitely crafted ! So beautiful.

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  15. diane 2 March 2014 at 19:21

    Beautiful!
    diane @ thoughts and shots

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  16. Anonymous2 March 2014 at 20:38

    Utterly stunning. The colour is gorgeous.

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  17. Brenda Brown2 March 2014 at 23:57

    Fabulous use of all the papers and layered up beautifully. This is gorgeous Trace xx

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  18. hazel3 March 2014 at 10:12

    An amazing work of art, I love all the layers and the colour is beautiful.
    xxx Hazel.

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  19. Annie4 March 2014 at 00:37

    Hi Trace.............gorgeous project and Happy Birthday to you all at CVC........its a great store and a real favourite of mine. The layers here are beautiful as are the florals. Adore the butterflies with string

    TFS and crafty hugs Annie x

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  20. Julia S-W4 March 2014 at 23:08

    What a lovely piece Trace! You have stayed true to your style despite using some papers. My favourite element are those gorgeous little flowers you've made - stunning.
    Juliaxx

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  21. Julia S-W4 March 2014 at 23:09

    Ooops! Forgot to mention the butterflies too - gorgeous! x

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Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and leave me a comment..it means a lot..hope you like what you see. Trace x

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