See you soon x

This is just a short post to say I will be taking a break from blogging for a month and want to thank all my design teams for their kindness and understanding.  Love my blog and want to give it  the time it deserves and the comments my blog friends deserve too...

so I have decided to take a month to catch my breath and come back to hopefully be a better blogging friend. 

I know I have neglected your blogs and comments and I am very sorry , life has been ....well let 's leave that and love you and leave you and say....

See you at the end of November ....some of my design teams have been very generous and  will not start again until January xx I want to thank everyone who has continued to comment and take the time to follow my blog .....

 Will be back to full commenting and visiting again then......

Have a fun and inky day !

Hugs Trace x 

sneak peak for my Friday Focus for Frilly and Funkie

Well it is my turn over at Frilly and Funkie for the product focus on Art Parts.....so if you want to see more please hop across here :

short and sweet ! 

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

what's your poison ? for Frilly and Funkie DT

well it is mid way through another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie ...and the theme is what's your poison? with a twist to create a Halloween project using black and green but no orange . So here is my make :

I had lots of fun with Distress paints and some of the new stencils to create my background....followed with some cobweb stamping. 

I love how inks and stamps layer across the gorgeous new colours of Distress paints. then I added some art part shelves and got busy filling the shelves.

From cheap plastic pumpkins to gruesome green ones...

nestled in amongst the cobwebs..

and nestled amongst lots of bottles with labels and filled with all sorts of goodies

....alongside the fab new die cut bottles coloured and crackled and with some rub ons ...

I had lots of fun creating this and all products listed below...hope you will pop across here and see my fab team mates amazing makes and hopefully join in the fun x

NEW Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Crushed Olive	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Forest Moss	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mowed Lawn
NEW Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Pumice Stone	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Apothecary Bottles Bigz Die	Mini Apothecary Bottles Set - Sizzix Alterations Movers & Shapers Magnetic Die by Tim Holtz	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Apothecary	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Halloween 3
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Sample Pack	$17.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Poisonous	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Splatters	Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists - Heirloom Gold
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials Glue N Seal - Matte - 1 Ounces	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Stamp Handle and Felt	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Snow Cap Mixative	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Crushed Olive
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Shabby Shutters	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tiny Tabs & Tags BIGz Die	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Crushed Olive
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peeled Paint

Sneak peak of vintage santa over at country view crafts blog

Well it is my turn for another piece over at the Country View Crafts blog...and here is a sneak peak...

have a fun and inky day!

Trace x 

Happy fourth birthday to Lucy, our gorgeous little girl.

Well this is just a quick post to wish our gorgeous little girl a very Happy 4th Birthday! Where has the time gone? 

So Happy Birthday Lucy xxxx lots of love from us all ...

Hope you have a wonderful day xx

love you lots x 

second post today ...please do not feel you have to comment ..this one is for me ....xx

potion making for Country View Crafts Dt piece

well the challenge of something spooky continues over at the country view crafts challenge blog and what better excuse than to pick out The Chemist and some yummy distress paints .

So here is my spooky make :

 lots of Distress paints, well I do love them some texture from studio 490 white paste and also lots of little bottles.

I started by creating the background and hope you can see the spooky skeleton faces ( from my much loved apothecary set ) hiding in the background.

 

I stamped in picket fence stain and lightly misted to get them to fade into the background....some stamping with ink using script from Apothecary set too .

Now for Mr Chemist , the master of potions ...in this piece ...painted with watercolour brush and distress markers. 

 

And had lots of fun filling bottles and adding labels and adding little tags using tiny tabs and tags die . I coloured some of my bottles using alcohol inks,

 So hope you like my make and make sure you pop across and join in the fun x

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by I appreciate all your kindness and comments x

have a fun and inky day!

Trace x 

inky fun and finding my mojo with Creative Chemistry 102 #5 and all the tags ..

well here is day 5 and all the tags together , I cannot tell you how amazing and how much fun this has been , truly amazing and truly fab and very inspiring! 

well like many people I have been one of the lucky adventurers on the journey of Creative Chemistry 102, taught by none other than the crafty master Tim Holtz. Firstly I want to say here a huge thanks to Tim, Mario and all the helpers who have helped me to re find my mojo, and I now am fuelled with ideas a plenty and cannot wait to put some of the fab techniques into practice on finished pieces x

these posts are to allow me to link up my tags and I have had such fun , I know want to play and develop these fab techniques into finished pieces x I have really had a ball...can you tell and found my mojo, and now cannot wait to get playing!!!!

so here is the full technique tag book...

 I mean wow ! and when added to creative chemistry 101...

now you know why I have found my mojo...and these hang above my desk...I really have had a fab time , Tim is an amazing teacher and full of creative wonder and the ability to inspire and teach at the same time! Thanks again to Tim and Mario xx

have a fun and inky day!

Trace  x

inky fun and finding my mojo with Creative Chemistry 102 #4

so like buses all at once , here comes day 4 

well like many people I have been one of the lucky adventurers on the journey of Creative Chemistry 102, taught by none other than the crafty master Tim Holtz. Firstly I want to say here a huge thanks to Tim, Mario and all the helpers who have helped me to re find my mojo, and I now am fuelled with ideas a plenty and cannot wait to put some of the fab techniques into practice on finished pieces x

so here are the tags for day 4 :

such cool techniques and such fun...so now for day 5 in the next post and all the tags together x 

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

inky fun and finding my mojo with Creative Chemistry 102 #3

well here is the recap for my tags for day 3 ...

well like many people I have been one of the lucky adventurers on the journey of Creative Chemistry 102, taught by none other than the crafty master Tim Holtz. Firstly I want to say here a huge thanks to Tim, Mario and all the helpers who have helped me to re find my mojo, and I now am fuelled with ideas a plenty and cannot wait to put some of the fab techniques into practice on finished pieces x

days 1 and 2 have been blogged and day 4 and 5 to follow ...please do not feel you need to comment , these are just for me to link up xx cannot wait to put these into practise x

lots more fun and lots more cool techniques x

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

inky fun and finding my mojo with Creative Chemistry 102 #2

well like many people I have been one of the lucky adventurers on the journey of Creative Chemistry 102, taught by none other than the crafty master Tim Holtz. Firstly I want to say here a huge thanks to Tim, Mario and all the helpers who have helped me to re find my mojo, and I now am fuelled with ideas a plenty and cannot wait to put some of the fab techniques into practice on finished pieces x

 I have blogged day 1 and days 3, 4 and 5 follow soon 

well here is day 2 ...more tag techniques for the finished book of tags ...

there are some really cool things here and I cannot wait to create some finished pieces xx

have a fun and inky day!

trace x 

please do not feel you have to comment xx

inky fun and finding my mojo with Creative Chemistry 102 ...#1

well like many people I have been one of the lucky adventurers on the journey of Creative Chemistry 102, taught by none other than the crafty master Tim Holtz. Firstly I want to say here a huge thanks to Tim, Mario and all the helpers who have helped me to re find my mojo, and I now am fuelled with ideas a plenty and cannot wait to put some of the fab techniques into practice on finished pieces x

So here will follow five posts of each days tags ....

so day 1....these are the technique tags and now hang on a ring above my desk for constant inspiration , next to the tag book for creative chemistry 101.

sorry grotty weather so had to use a bit of light for pictures...believe me they are more yummy in real life!

I hugely love my distress paints and these are lots of fun....see you in a bit for day 2 . please do not feel you need to comment on each post as I am just doing this so I can link these pieces up....then it will be time to make some finished pieces.

have a fun and inky day!

trace x 

colours of autumn for Frilly and Funkie DT make

As we have a new challenge and another great new feature over at Frilly and Funkie here are the details in Sue's own words :

Hello, it's Sue here and it's my turn to host the challenge for the next 2 weeks. Before we get in to that, there's also some news to share about a small change we're making here at Frilly and Funkie. As you know we always have 2 winners for each challenge, one chosen at random and one chosen by the Design Team. From this challenge we will be inviting the winner chosen by the Design Team to be a Guest Designer for one challenge! So, now there's even more reason for you to join in!

Now onto the challenge, I love the colours of Autumn they are so rich and warm. The colours of the leaves are gorgeous, the golds, reds and rusts are just beautiful! The challenge is for you to create a project using these wonderful colours with a small twist, you must include some leaves on your project.

So here is my make for this challenge ...

I wanted to make a hanging piece and used lots of yummy distress goodies..all listed at end . I started by a piece of cardstock cut to fit my hanging board and applied Distress paints to my craft sheet and covered the background and also some spare card for the sentiment to be stamped on. 

When dry I applied some texture paste (white ...coloured with a bit of distress paint) thorough a new Wendy stencil. 

I also added some layers of distress ink and also some distress ink through a leaf stencil. When complete and dried I added to the hanging board which had been edged with the new crushed olive Distress paint .

Now the sentiment was stamped onto the spare piece of card in black archival...a gorgeous sentiment , don't you think ?

I inked the edges with walnut stain distress ink ...now onto the flowers and leaves all made using tattered floral and tattered leaves die, coloured with distress inks, spritzed with water and scrunched up...left and then unfurled, inked and spritzed with peeled paint re-inker in a mini mister with water .

Maybe they need some aged mahogany next time?

Well hope you like my make , make sure you pop over to Frilly and Funkie to see lots more fab makes .

NEW Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Crushed Olive	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Spiced Marmalade	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Fired Brick	PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Bundle of 6 New Colors	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - 2 Fancy Flowers Stencil	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Lovely Leaves	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves Die	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Spiced Marmalade
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Fired Brick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Crushed Olive	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Forest Moss	Ranger Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Ink Reinker
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Good Thoughts	Ranger Inkssentials Cut n Dry Foam

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x