flutterby butterfly for creative expressions DT

well here I am with another make using the floral silhouette set, a great set full of some very useful stamps. So this week I am back in home comfort land of neutrals , tags and texture paste!..oh and of course , just so you are not disappointed ....some wire! so here is my make:

For this I added some ultra fine glitter into my texture paste , which gave it a rough texture that I quite liked...I applied some to torn cardstock and then stamped the flourish stamp into it, I spritzed my stamp lightly with water first, and also applied some through the tiny dots stencil.

When dry I applied frayed burlap DI and edged in vintage photo..to warm the tone up. I added the rose stamp inked in frayed burlap  to create another area of interest in the background.

The butterflies from the same set were inked in coffee archival and coloured with DI...I then made twisted wire bodies and added some seam binding dyed with distress stains.

have a fun and inky day!

trace x 

short and sweet from me today ...more doctors with james x

just playin' the blues ... for creative expressions DT

well here I am better late than never with another make for Creative Expressions DT using the great and versatile floral silhouette set.  ( i will be back later in the week with another make ...as i missed one last week...)

So here is my make for today:

I love my neutrals but blue is also a firm favourite and I loved working in mono- colour...so decided to let some of my under used blue ink pads off the shelf to play!

I started by adding some studio 490 white texture paste through a leaf stencil...but Creative Expressions have new texture paste out in lots of yummy colours...and oops some fell in my basket..so more texture play to come me thinks!

Then I clear embossed some of the flower heads and flourish from the set to create a resist.(.because I added some water and heat set the ink,  some of the clear has melted ...but I quite like the effect.)

 I then added lots of yummy layers of distress ink in faded jeans and chipped sapphire. I then spritzed with water and heat set. 

 

The sentiment is from art sayings set and is jam packed full of fab sentiments/sayings. I also added a bit of bubble wrap stamping. The butterflies were stamped and cut out .

Finally I added some scrummy seam binding , dyed using faded jeans distress stain.

well hope you like my make and will be back later this week with another..

have a fun and inky day!

trace x 

April in Paris dt make for Frilly and Funkie

well it is time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie and the theme this time is April in Paris ...so here I am with a very me make in very un-me colours!!
Make sure you pop across and see the fab Dt inspiration and there is still time to join in...you may be winner.. and get a winners  blog badge or be a random pick winner and get some money to spend in Linda's lovely store here.

All the items I have used from the Funkie Junkie Boutique are listed at the end.

I broke out some under used distress inks in un-me colours and set to work..
so here is my make :

 

 this is the outside and then the inside...

 

 

I started by cutting the arch shapes using my new Tim die, from mountboard and also from cardstock. I needed four from cardstock and two from mountboard . I joined the mountboard ones together  together using tissue tape.

 

The front two pieces of cardstock were coloured using shaded lilac, and brushed over with some shabby shutters. Then I added some dusty concord around the edges. When dry.. I  added some stamped flourishes .

 

 

Inside I embossed the pieces using the new release embossing folders and added colour using same distress colours and and edging with dusty concord.

 

 

The tiny arch for the sentiment was cut using the 3 arches dies..movers and shapers which also fell in when I was shopping!

 

 

Onto the flowers..I sprayed my craft mat with Dylusions sprays in dirty martini, crushed grape and white linen and sploshed cardstock in. When dry ..ok I blasted it with my heat gun I die cut lots of flowers using tattered floral strip die. The leaves were from the same die.

 

 

 

The seam binding was coloured using distress ink from craft sheet and I added some butterflies stamped in purple and then dipped into UTEE using melt pot.

 

 

 

Well hope you made it to the end..the shopping links are below...

 

Tim Holtz Arch Frame Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Die	Tim Holtz Sized Arches Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Dies	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Tiny Things	$17.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Way With Words	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Simple Sayings	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Fabulous Flourishes
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Shaded Lilac	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Dusty Concord	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Shabby Shutters	Dyan Reaveley′s Dylusions Ink Spray - Dirty Martini	Dyan Reaveley′s Dylusions Ink Spray - Crushed Grape	Dyan Reaveley′s Dylusions Ink Spray - White Linen
Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Eiffel Tower & French Script Set	Rayon Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams
Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet

have a fun and inky week

trace x

more butterflies for countryviewchallenges DT piece 2

well there is still plenty of time to join in all the butterfly fun over at country view crafts challenge site and the theme this month set by the lovely Gabrielle is butterflies. So here is my second make for the month and my first can be found here.

So here it is :

I started by cutting the bottom off from a large tag using the torn edge from the on the edge die. I added some embossed card using the music script embossing folder to the missing piece ..hope that makes sense. I coloured the embossed pieces with black soot distress ink and also coloured up a couple of torn pieces to add to the finished tag.

The background for the tag was made using the new distress paint ( picket fence ) and distress stain in pumice stone. I added to craft sheet, spritzed and smooshed tag into it! Then I heat dried and edged with black soot distress ink.

I over stamped the background with the text script from the attic treasures set. I covered some grungepaper in an old book page and die cut a bird cage which I edged with black soot.

 

 

To complete I added butterflies from the papillon set stamped in black archival, long fastners, more idea-ology and the sentiment stamped from simple sayings set. A pen nib and some twirls of wire complete my second make ...make sure you pop across during the month as there will be more Dt inspiration to come...

have a fun and inky day!

trace x

Butterflies for countryviewcrafts challenge DT

well t is a new month and the start of a second challenge over at countryviewcrafts challenge and the lovely Gabrielle has chosen the new theme for this month which is butterflies. make sure you hop across here to see the rest of the wonderful DT makes

So here is my make , playing with the fab new distress paints..a canvas and some stamps.

 I started by creating a painty background using the fab new distress paints in weathered wood, broken china, frayed burlap and antique linen. I added paint using my fingers and then of water spritzing and heating later it was done. I then set to adding stamped layers using Mixed media stamps and stamping in walnut stain, frayed burlap , weathered wood and coffee archival.

I also added some stamping in antique linen distress paint and some text from attic treasures. I then edged in walnut stain distress ink.

To decorate the canvas I made two ATC's using the fab die ( a real snip of a price as on sale at the moment!) I cut these from cream and corrugated cardstock to give them more depth. I applied distress paint to the craft mat, spritzed and then dragged the ATC's through. When dry I added some distress ink and stamped the butterfly from the tiny things set and also the background from attic treasures.

To complete I stamped lots of butterflies from the Papillon set in coffee archival and inked. I added some walnut stain distress marker using a waterbrush to the body of the butterfly.

To complete I added dare to dream from simple sayings set and butterflies and moths words from Papillion set. I also added a little butterfly at the top of the easel.

a couple more pics...

Make sure you pop across and see the other fab Dt makes here and maybe join in the fun, you have a whole month. I will be back with another butterfly make later in the month!

have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

feeling blue

well life has been and still is a little bumpy but my hand has appreciated the rest and is still improving albeit slower than I would like!! my missing mojo was last seen lurking under the desk, sulking in the corner..and finally James hospital appointment is next week so fingers crossed some good will come...

thanks to everyone who has been so utterly kind and sweet it means a lot!!

so there is a whistle stop tour and here I am ..with my blue make for the first indigo blu challenge all details here.... talk about last minute .com!

I decided to have a go at a hanging inspired by the super talented Alison aka buttefly in parts..as I ,ove her use of corrugated cardstock and decided to recyle a piece of a box from my latest goodies from the lovely Linda from funkiejunkieboutique, so hope Linda likes what I have done with her box... I need some playtime with the fab new goodies now!

so here is my make :

the theme is to use blue and only indigo blu stamps and I used grand tour 2 set. I started by cutting a piece from my box and removing patches of the cardstock from the surface. I then covered in gesso and left to dry..honest I really did !

then I coloured the background using Paperartsy mermaid paint mixed with gesso. When dry I layered broken china and faded jeans ink. In patches I added deco art two step crackle and then inked faded jeans into the crackles. I applied some wendy vecchi embossing paste in silver through a stencil to create texture and then added sapphire and pewter treasure gold..

The beautiful butterflies were inked in black archival, as were the words and wonderful sentiment.

 I then painted the butterflies with distress markers and a waterbrush and spritzed with perfect pearls.

 

Finally some wire, rude not to eh?, and some little bottles for the butterflies bodies.

Hopefully you haven't forgotten me and like my make .. chuffed that I made this from a box that would have been thrown . had so much fun and am sure there will be more of these to come!


I am entering this for the following:
blue @ http://community.indigoblu.com/?p=3086

 

thanks again to everyone..

have a fun and inky one

hugs trace  x