Create with your soul Art board

Hi all
It is Tracey here with my inspiration post for this month .. I have been doing a lot of mixed media pieces lately and thought I would create something in that line for you this month instead of a card . The pretty ribbon I had from my MPP pack inspired this piece . The ribbon colour was a perfect match for my blue distress inks..
The art board is 18cm tall and is made of MDF . I painted the base and sides with black gesso. I prefer to work on mountboard  rather than straight onto mdf for my techniques as it has a lovely smooth surface and reacts well to lots of mixed media techniques,.so I cut 2 pieces of mountboard for the front and back of the mdf piece . I then inked them  up using tumbled glass ,broken china and peacock feathers Tim Holtz  distress inks . I used black versafine ink and stamped the foliage using sheena douglass stamps. I cut a smaller mountboard square ,inked it in the same colours and stamped the sentiment onto it . the sentiment is one I have had for a while and I think it was from visible image. I also added a freehand edge to the sentiment just it finish it off.

The triple looped bow was made using my Craft-Dee BowZ bowmaker . It is my go to bow creator as it makes perfect bows every time so easily you can get yours HERE

 

I added a pretty flower to the bow centre which I made using an Ek success flower punch and a swirly vine embossing folder to give the flower texture.
The butterflies are made using a crafters companion mixed media butterfly die set.

 Challenges entered
 Artistic Inspirations anything goes
Crafting from the Heart anything goes
Get Creative Challenges anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - anything goes
613 Avenue Create  anything goes
Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine -anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends anything goes
Brown Sugar  anything goes
Crafting-With-Friends  anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Morgan's Art World  add ribbon
QKR Stampede  anything goes
Simply Papercraft  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
PDE Linky Party  anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft anything goes
Anything Goes link-up  anything goes
Making Memories Crafting anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges anything goes
A Perfect Time To Craft  anything goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper anything goes with patterned paper
The Sisters of Craft  anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door anything goes

I hope you like my project and have a go at one for yourselves . 

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US IN THE CHALLENGE

Happy Crafting

Tracey

Just Like Mum

Hi
It is the first of the month so that means its time for a new challenge over at Craft-deebowz. The   I theme as always is "ANYTHING GOES WITH A HANDMADE BOW."
The sponsor for the challenge this month is the wonderful Bugaboo Stamps .

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was six years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

 For my Dt project I have used the sweet image  and matching sentiment called Just like mom and you can find her Here .

I used papers from my DCWV Meet Me In Paris paper pad which I distressed with Tim holtz antique linen  and gathered twig distress inks . I used promarkers to colour the image.

 The rose was made using a classic sue Wilson rose die. The dies used behind the image are also sue wilsons , They are the teardrop edge dies. I added a metal cabouchon to the bow and a metal butterfly from my stash...The ribbon was from my mpp pack and I used my trusty bow maker  from Craft-deebowz to form the 4 looped bow.It is my go to bow maker as it makes perfect bows with ease every time.

Challenges entered
Artistic Inspirations anything goes
Crafting from the Heart anything goes
Get Creative Challenges anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - anything goes
613 Avenue Create  anything goes
Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine -anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends anything goes
Brown Sugar  anything goes
Crafting-With-Friends  anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Morgan's Art World  add ribbon
QKR Stampede  anything goes
Simply Papercraft  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
PDE Linky Party  anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft anything goes
Anything Goes link-up  anything goes
Making Memories Crafting anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges anything goes
A Perfect Time To Craft  anything goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper anything goes with patterned paper
The Sisters of Craft  anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door anything goes


Well that's it from me and I hope you will join us over at Craft-deebowz.  for the challenge .
Happy Crafting
Tracey x