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

live everyday ... a sneak piece for my autumnal make over at CVC blog

Well here is a sneak peak of my latest make for CountryViewCrafts blog here . I have chosen another autumnal piece and a fairly simple one this time.

So here is the sneak peak:

For all the details please hop across here and have a look.



Hoping to have some more crafty makes to show soon and some exciting changes to a page I have on facebook...I hope to showcase some of my makes for sale on the page when I get sorted! keeping my brain busy I guess!!!

my link is here :  https://www.facebook.com/SplatteredInkDesigns
for when I get organised or if you want to follow me on facebook my link is here : https://www.facebook.com/trace.metcalfe

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

something spooky is going on... for Country View Crafts DT

Well it is the first of the month and time for a new challenge over at Country View Crafts Challenge , so the theme this month is something spooky...so what will you decide upon...you have the whole month to have fun and join in! make sure you pop across and see my fab team mates inspiration...

So here is my make using the great pop n cuts card die...I know cardmaking! whatever next ?!

 

So here is the front of my card using lots of yummy Distress paints...and the gorgeous and I mean gorgeous new pumice stone one! I love it! 

and the inside....

I started by creating the backgrounds using pumice stone, brushed pewter, black soot and picket fence distress paint...smooshed into my craft sheet, dried and then smooshed in again. then when dry I added layers using the fab layering stencils and distress ink.

I also stamped the skulls in picket fence and then dried and I love how they eerily seem to disappear and re-appear...they are up the right way inside.. I also added script from apothecary set stamped in the fab new archival...watering can.

For the front of the card I used one of the new blueprint stamps and painted using Distress markers and a waterbrush.

 for the inside I added some die cut cobwebs from mop up card...using the remaining distress paints form my craft sheet...waste not ...

I also added some skulls on the inside and on the pop up piece in the centre ..

 

and a sentiment from simple sayings ..

Well hope you like my spooky make and hope you find time to join in the fun here ...

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

Sorry i have not had time to link up the products but they are all available at Country View Crafts xx