my Tim's tag for April 2013

well talk about last minute.com! I am so late with this tag and not entirely sure that I have mastered the crafty master Tim's technique..needs more play time me thinks..
Anyway here is my make , and Tim's fab make can be found here ;

I love Tim's technique, not sure I have enough metallic distress or enough blue in mine...so a few more pictures and I will leave you in peace!

 

have a fun and inky one!

trace x

be a designer of dreams, studio 490 style..

hi there, i want to a huge thanks to everyone who has taken the time to stop by here,

the fact that you have taken time to be part of my journey

means a lot, so thanks

also welcome to followers new and not so new!

 so today here is an arts part piece for 2 of my favourite challenges

..simon says stamp and show and the stampman...

so here she is:

 

 

simons says wants studio 490 inspired pieces and the stampman are looking for birds, bees and butterflies..

I love arts parts and know that there are lots of people

 who can make beautiful creations using them

..and are far more skilled than me.

.but i loved playing!

 

 

i covered my large circle frame with Tim papers,

 inked, spritzed and flicked..and inked again!

the flowers and leaves were inked, overstamped with Wendy script..

and some rock candy distress stickles lightly applied with my finger..

the leaves, were inked..

and covered in rock candy distress loose glitter..

can you tell I LOVE this!!!

i am not a glitter girl but this stuff is fab!

 

 

i made some butterflies from grungepaper..love this too.

and some out of clearly for art...LOVE this too

it is a fab clear, heat able and mold able medium..

 

 

finally some idea-ology for good measure and some

hearts and keys from stash..

oh and some crochet ribbon.

 

 

 

 



I am entering this for the following:

studio 490, inspired by the fab Wendy Vecchi @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

birds bees and butterflies @ http://thestampmanuk.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 



have a fun and inky day!

and thanks for stopping by!

 

alter it for the stampman, a wooden block to....

well it is time for another challenge

over at the stampman, and this time the theme is ...

alter it ...

so i altered ..a wooden block...

so here it is:

 

 

and the other side..

 

 

I started with a a blank wooden block, which i crackled and covered

with various pieces of card stock treated in different ways

in an attempt to cretae various tones and textures.

 

i have added all sorts of idea-ology, die cuts shapes..

 

 

dimensional flower,

butterflies,

stamping and more...

 

 

I am entering this for the following challenges :

 

alter it @ http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

 



have a fun and inky day!

simons says ...one for the girls..

well one for the girls ..was so not me..

i am having a grunge kind of feel to my makes so this really put the pressure on...

so this is as girly as i could get today...

 i started with a selection of wendy vecchi arts parts, some distress inks and off i went...

i coloured all the arts parts with blue distress, spritzed with perfect pearls,

dried then added picket fence from my craft may mixed with DI,

dried then added dusty concord DI.

Once all the spools had been put together ,

I added flowers made from Tims tattered floral die,bottles ,

a wendy vecchi arts part pocket watch..coloured in same way

and some butteflies..stamped onto grungepaper

and then cleary for art layer added.

i tried to add detail to the back so that

the piece looked good from behind too..

I am entering this for the following competitions:

one for the girls @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

anything goes @ http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.co.uk/

monochrome @ http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/

anything goes @ http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

one for the girls @ http://letsinkitup.blogspot.co.uk/





have a fun and inky day!

enjoy the olympics..not enough hours in my day!!

Dream a little dream...

Some dreamy play with new stamps and arts parts...makes me happy!
So here is me, indulging myself and playing with no idea where i will end up...so here is where it ended:

I have hung my nose over this set of stamps for some time and sold some old stash to

 pay for it! I started by inking some arts parts with DI, drying between each layer of colour.

 Then when dry I added the number strip  in DI,

dried and then added the same strip in DI and embossed on back and across frame front.

 The main man image is layered with DI coloured parts, manila face, and ranger foil crown

 and to give more depth to wings I used clearly for art...

The dream was stamped in archival ink, coloured with DI and a layer of

fab rock candy added! I love this stuff...

To complete some idea-ology...and voila..my dreamy piece was done...no where near where I thought it may end..but a fun one the less!!!

Let me know what you think...we all need to dream sometimes?!right?!

I am entering this for the following challenges:
anything goes @ http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
layers @ http://cupcakecraftroom.blogspot.co.uk/
wings @ http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/
for the men @ http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fab fun and inky week!

Imagine...another ...tag!

Hi there,
So the sun is still shining, which must be a record!!!and today, here is a tag!!!

This time over at dragons dream tag it on, the challenge is a tag, with a splash of green, buttons and a butterfly or two...now I had no problem with the green and butterflies, but buttons..boy I did struggle!
So I made an inky background with distress stains , added some Tim stamping for the flourishes and added some distress stickles.
The flowers were Wendy vecchi ones, cannot remember which set sorry! These were painted with wild honey DI and the tricky buttons added.

The butterflies were made by gluing tissue wrap to clearly for art..the clear flavour as quoted from Hels!! then the images were coloured with distress markers, and heated and shaped!

The ribbon was coloured with wild honey, to link in with flowers. I am not very good with recipes, in or out of the kitchen, as my family will tell you...cooking is not ME!!!! But, i am fairly pleased with this tag.
I am entering this for the following competitions:
a symphony of flowers, recipe @ http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.co.uk/
flowers @ http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
thanks for stopping by, i love your visits and comments!!makes me smile!
have a fab, fun and inky day!!

a dream is a wish your heart makes!

hey there,
well here I am today with yet another non tag !!! how shocked are you!? I am here with my first ever foray into a spool piece using Wendy Vecchi arts parts, so here she is :

Not sure this photo does the colours jsutice!?sorry
I have always admired the fab spools others have made and Hels here makes fab pieces using them..so I wanted to have a go. i started by colouring the pieces using one of my all time favs in DI..broken china, i then over stamped some script in picket fence distress stain, blasted, re - inked and then stamped the script in black archival.

The watch was arts parts coloured , glued and then script stamped across top layer.Once the main elements were ready I played making butterflies with the fantastic clearly for art film and butterflies onto grungepaper coloured with DI. I love the way these two layers gives a fab effect.

 The flowers were made using Tim's movers and shapers tattered floral die and spritzed with perfect pearls mist when ink dry.

To complete I added a large bottle to help support the watch part, a little bottle,the word dream from a Wendy quote, and a quote at the base.

I am chuffed with this monochrome piece and can see me playing with these lots more!! for more fab arts parts inspiration be sure to visit Hels here as she is the Queen of arts parts!
thanks for stopping by,
I am entering this for the following competitions:
butterflies @ http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/
butterflies and add some flowers @ http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
anything goes @ http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fab fun and inky day!
hugs trace x