Inspiration from Tracey Coates - Part 5

 

Well, I've been posting these as I've managed to get them ready so far and we are already on part 5!  Tracey has used her designs from Aspects of Design 55 Butterfly Garden.

Again I love the texture Tracey has with Tim's crackle paint

The key designs are from Aspects of Design 62 Artistic Elements another stamp sheet designed by Tracey.

I'm afraid the next photos aren't brilliant, I must have changed the settings on my camera, anyway I'm sure you can see enough to get an idea.

Here's another from the Artistic Elements stamp sheet, it looks like Tracey has used wild honey distress ink over white embossing.

These last designs are from Tracey's Aspects of Design 63 Alluring Ladies stamp sheet.

This is the smallest elegant lady design.

Even the dress has texture

That's all for now, I hope you are having a great weekend!

Jill

Prairie Wildflowers Starburst Stains

I've posted about this set before and again will say it is much more versatile than it looks on the colour chart as you have all the primary colours, this gives endless shades when they are mixed. The colours in the set are:

Bachelor Button Blue, Bells of Ireland Green, Mission Bells Brown, Peony Scarlet Red, Yellow Rose of Texas

I have posted this card before, it is an A4 card, I have used a mask at the bottom and the scrunch on the side panel. The butterfly is embossed with Moonglow Embossing Powder Morning Glory Azure Teal, (just love these colour names!). The tag book has also been made with this set.

Moonglow Mica Pigment Cards

I separated the 6 colours in the Outback set into 2 sets, using the lime green, green and blue together and the yellow, rust and browny copper to give a metallic finish. As I mentioned in the instructions, I've reduced the price of this set for a while so you can try it at a good price. Click here to go straight to the page on our website. The other items I have used are available on our website too. Pop over to Debbie's Blog (Made With Love, link on RHS) she has made a beautiful tag with mica powders.

Aspects of Design 55 Butterfly Garden Stamp Sheet

Here are the images on the Butterfly Garden stamp sheet that was designed by Tracey Coates.

Another Tag Book with French Country Starburst Stains

Here's another tag book, I've used Moonglow Fusible Webbing on the panel showing on the first picture with white detail embossing powder to create a lacy effect.

French Country and Lace Tag Book

I used the French Country Starburst Stains to create the backgrounds in this book, I misted through a doily for some of the backgrounds and them used the coloured doily as well.

I embossed the large lace background stamp onto white vellum using white detail embossing powder. Some of the pages have the lace border designs that are embossed with Venus Violet Blue Moonglow Embossing Powder as well as the white detail. I can spot a noodle brush background that has been embossed with the same EP.

The front cover is acetate stamped with white Stazon ink with words from the Aspects of Design Butterfly Garden sheet. I coloured some of the ribbon with the stains so that it would co-ordinate with the book and added some charms.

Prairie Wildflower Tag Book

This tag book was made using Prairie Wildflowers Starburst Stains combined with the Agapanthus stamps and the Butterfly Garden stamp sheet (which I am also finding very versatile). I've used different techniques to create the backgrounds and have chopped up one of the wording phrases and popped them in order throughout the book. I used some of the greeting stamps on the sheet on the last tag in the book, so that it is not just a book to look at, it's a useful book that can be given for an occasion.

More Agapanthus...

This is an A4 card made with French Country Starburst Stains. I splodged some stains onto a non-stick craft sheet then swished white card on the mat to pick up the colour. I then misted it as well.

I made the UTEE embellishment with Moonglow Embossing Powders

Agapanthus Bloom and Butterfly Garden stamps

I've used another of collection of Agapanthus stamps, this time the Agapanthus Bloom. The wording is again from the Butterfly Garden Stamp Sheet. I've used the French Country Starburst Stains this time, (another of my favourite sets). For the embossing I've used Moonglow Venus Violet Blue and then White Detail on the Vellum wrap. The curly clip helps hold it in place.

Prairie Wildflower Starburst Stains & Butterfly Garden Stamp

I decided to make a HUGE card with some more of the papers I'd made with the Prairie Wildflower Starburst Stains. I used the new Tim Holtz Flourish Mask and sprayed, splattered and splodged onto an A4 piece of card. I removed the mask and sprayed again to take away some of the white where the mask had been. I stamped the smaller filigree butterfly stamp with white Stazon ink onto the acetate panel. The border is the scrunch technique. I misted a piece of white card then when dry I embossed the large filigree butterfly with Moonglow Morning Glory Azure Teal embossing powder. The words are from the same stamp sheet and the vellum is attached with white brads. I used a wide organza ribbon, threaded through a ribbon to hide the joins in the panel.

Prairie Wildflower with Agaphanthus Long stamp

The first card I am adding is a simple design where I used some of my favourite things, these being Starburst Stains and one of the 3 Agapanthus stamps from Stampendous.

I used the Prairie Wildflower set of stains for the first time recently. From the colour charts I made of all the sets it wasn't one that leapt out and said "try me". Also, it was neglected as I was too busy playing with all the other yummy sets. Anyhow, I was truly amazed at the variety of colours I achieved from the set, not surprising really as it contains primary colours, but I just hadn't focused on it's potential. I demonstrated with this set at the Harrogate Papercraft show in March and came home with a huge variety of background papers in various shades of greens, browns, pinks, purples.

I am into lime and purple at the moment so this card got me warmed up to make the tag book that I will be adding here another time. I took the words that are embossed on the vellum from one of our latest stamps sheets, Butterfly Garden (designed by Tracey Coates). The front of the card is covered with a piece of scrunch paper, and the topper has been misted. I embossed the design with Moonglow Venus Violet Blue embossing powder.

Ha ha! Now you can see how much I can ramble on... even for a simple card!!