Let your imagination give you wings!

Hey there bloggers,
Well this time I will get this post right!!!
Hope you are having an inky day,
It is challenge time over at stampotique and create a tag, http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/sdc40-its-tag-time.html , which I love making, so here she is:

I love Halloween stamps but it was so nice to do a non halloweeny coloured piece (as I seem to have made lots of orange lately!!) and that is why I decided on some of my favourite colours, blue and green.
I started off with some masking, stamping the stampotique girl, then masking off using eclipse tape, then I inked up some TIM wings in perfect medium and heat embossed.
Can't remeber her name, sorry .. that is really bad , when I had a classfull Iwas really hot at names, now I can't remember one, even if she is a stamp!!!!
The background was made using my favourite background technique of the moment, colouring tag with distress inks,then splatting with big drops of water and blotting dry with kitchen towel , if only I was that creative in the kitchen, which believe me I AM NOT!!!!I then let this dry ( no I wasn't that patient, I blasted it with my heat gun!!!!). Once dry I buffed off the wings with kitchen towel to remove any DI left on them.

The tag was then stamped with Tim script stamp, in peeled paint DI.
To add that last bit I added my brand new, much sought after Tim flourish, gosh it is yummy!!!
To finish I added this great quote from Tim stamps and some vintage cream seam binding which I coloured with DI and spritzed with water so the colours blend.

Bought a huge roll of this ribbon and thought I must be mad to spend that on such a massive roll, but it is GREAT..you can colour it , crinkle it, stamp it..so much fun!
Anyway enough rambling, I am entering this for the following competitions,
Tag time @ http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/sdc40-its-tag-time.html
Tag using a quote @ http://rogueredheaddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/10/rc004-tag-lines.html
taking to the skies tag @ http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by,
Have an inky day
Hugs trace x

Oh my golly!!

Hey there bloggers,
if you accidentally got a whiff of my post, it will be back but I pressed post and hadn't finished or added any pictures, that is what comes of trying to post with 3 children already up!
Ta trace x

woyww, my first ever entry!!

well hey there bloggers,
 and for my second post today I decided to pluck up the courage and enter my desk into the woyww..
I don't often craft during the day as I have little Lucy to keep me out of inky mischief, however she went into town with daddy on a rare day off and inkyness called...nothing finished quite,but boy I have made some inkyness today!
so here goes..my desk..

Anyway why don't u hop on over and have a nose around other peoples desks..really love looking at what people far cleverer than me are doing.. and where they get inky! WOYWW @  http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/

thanks for stopping by, stay a while if you have time

ta trace x

We are all mad here, orange and black for the Octopode factory

hey there bloggers,
Well it is challenge time over with Lily at the Octopode factory..@ http://toffchallenge.blogspot.com/
The theme is orange and black so I decided to use Alice to make a Halloween themed card.

The background is DI which will come as no shock to anyone if you have happened across my blog before..I Love them!
I used wild honey, spiced marmalade and black soot.
The background, is yes you've guessed in two halves...another trace trait!!!Both are coloured in very similar colours this time.The left had side has then been stamped with cobwebs from TIM and the right hand side using a fab stampotique swirl and some Tim bats.
The sentiment is one of Lilys and I love it!!The design elements are Lilys and I have used snowy runs elements to make the poles for the pumpkins heads.

I used Alice and coloured her rather differently and used black glaze pen to add stripes to her hair.
I then put the card together and hope it makes you smile?!..it makes me smile!

Why don't you hop on over and have a play..
I am entering this for the following competitions:
Orange and black@ http://toffchallenge.blogspot.com/
Pumpkins @ http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/10/fbc-67-prize-challenge.html
Halloween@ http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/
spooky@ http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/
halloween @ http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/
halloween @ http://gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/
happy halloween @ http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
Thanks for stopping by, your comments make my day
ta trace x

Time flies, using chipboard letters for anything goes.

Hey there bloggers,
Well it is challenge time over at anything goes @ http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/
here is my design for the to the letter challenge.

I decided to go for something other than a card and decorated a Notebook.I firstly crackled the outside using crackle medium and paint.Once dry I coloured using distress inks, these and lots of other supplies are available at the craft den @ http://www.craftden.co.uk/
I used tumbled glass and broken china. I used a Tim holtz mask of a clock to leave some of base colour of book showing through and then removed.The letters were plain chipboard letters, coloured with DI and then over stamped with a clock stamp, then I applied clear rock candy..which crackles when it dries.

The butterfly is a grungeboard butterfly (Tim ) and this was coloured, stamped and crackled in same way as the letters.

The mini butterflies were cut using movers and shapers die from card and coloured using DI, then I added pearls to centres.The flourishes were also cut using Tim Holtz die.

The flowers were made using fantastic paperartsy stamps and the coordinating die, the centres were made using |Tim Holtz washers and brads.

Finally,the centre of the main butterfly was a pen nib.Then the whole piece was assembled.Sorry I forgot to take some step by step photos, will try to remember next time, just got carried away making!!!
Why don't you hop on over to anything goes challenge@ http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ and have a go and see all the dts fab work. For supplies hop over to the craft den @ http://www.craftden.co.uk/
I am entering this for the following challenges:
 anything but a card @ http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/
no patterned papers @ http://blingitonchallenges.blogspot.com/
flowers @ http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/
flowers @ http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.com/
free and easy @ http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/
Have a great day,thanks for stopping by
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 hugs trace x

Spookylicious for forever nights...

Hey there bloggers,
Well here I am with my black and creepy card for the challenge over at forever night challenges @ http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/

I started by, yes you have guessed it, my two backgrounds for each half...the left hand side was created using my dylusions paints and then adding distress inks when dry.

the right hand side was created using DI in pumice stone and black soot..then over stamped with stampotique skull heads to give hopefully an eerie feel.

The main image is another new stampotique stamp, masked so that I could add these super cool bat wings!!!
I coloured the image using pro markers and then added some black glaze pen.
To complete I added a spookylicious sentiment from chocolate baroque and then, yes I know more staples!!!I am officially HOOKED!!!!!

Anyway, hope you like it, why don't u hop on over to forever night challenges @ http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/  and see the fab entries, have some creepy fun!!
I am entering this for the following challenges ;
forever night challenges as above,
simon says stamps, halloween/goth @ http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by
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Hugs Trace x

why this watch is exactly two days slow!!

hey there bloggers,
well here is my entry for the tiddlyinks challenge, boys/men...I chose to go with the madhatter from tiddly inks which was an image which appealed to me....and then dived into my Alice goodies and time themed things!
so here it is:

I am more than happy with the outcome of this card, which is more than can be said for some of my crafty escapades today!!
I started by printing and colouring the image and I am now a dab hand at resizing, for me a MAJOR achievement!!

This background is in three pieces - the first using an Alice watch stamp in pumice stone DI and then blending over the top.The middle piece is embossed and coloured using DI pumice stone and black soot and the third piece is coloured with dusty concord and stamped with pocket watch in black.

I added a quote stamp and a little pocket watch charm from ebay and a piece of chain from a broken bracelets safety chain..and voila!
Oh and a few staples from my addiction of the moment, my tiny Tim Holtz stapler attacher.
I am entering this for the tiddly inks challenge @ http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-68-boys-will-be-boys.html
thanks for stopping by,
I really appreciate and love all the kind and wonderful comments that are left!
thanks ta trace x