Play Date

I invited a new friend over to craft today :)

I sold my Chameleon markers a few months ago on a local buy and sell site. 

The lady that purchased them was very excited....and like all creative people do, we started to talk about the different crafts we do. 

Flash forward to a week ago, I messaged Tessie to see how she liked the markers. 

She admitted that she hasn't really tested them out yet....but inquired about how I blend my coloured pencils. 

So I invited her over to come and play. 

I put together a little card kit for us to make.  

Here is the card I made. 

Here is the card Tessie made. 

 Here are both of our cards together.

The image is from Stampin Up coloured with coloured pensils and Gamsol. 

 I really enjoyed the day creating with a new friend.

I did have to laugh when I received a couple of texts from my girls.....one right after the other. 

Kristy's text "how was your new friend?" 

Ashley's text " how was your first date?"

They are so sweet....and motherly. Lol. 

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :) 

Matchstick Challenge Take 1

I had mentioned before, that my friend Denise likes to challenge her crafty friends with different things to incorporate into our cards or crafts.

This time she supplied us with match sticks.

Everything on this card were goodies I had won from CanadianScrapperGirl from YouTube….all except the image, card base and the matchstick :)

I had a few ideas for this challenge, but this one won out ;)

I used the match stick as a post for the mailbox.

The matchsticks were pretty vibrant, so I coloured this one up with my Copics.

I coloured this cute Pure Innocence stamp with my coloured pencils and blended them with Gamsol.

I made this card when my friend and I went away. Debbie wanted to know how to make a easel card so thats what I did for this one :)

I am still loving banners (or fishtails) at the moment :) 

Why do they make me smile :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Coloured image and a peek of our Cottage Life

I thought I would share a bit more of my colouring I did over the weekend.
I didn't bring my paper trimmer, so wasn't able to make any cards.
Ok, truth be told, I can make cards without a paper trimmer, but didn't feel like fussing with a razor knife and a wooden ruler ;)

This image here is from Sarah Kay.
Isn't she so sweet. Reminds me of the "Little House on the Prairie" days.
Or when my girls were young and I use to put these cute bonnets on them :)

I coloured her up with my coloured pencils and gamsol.
I am really enjoying playing with them :)
Don't get me wrong here, I still LOVE my Copic markers :)
I thought I would share my colour choices with you. I use Blicks coloured pencils, so if you use a different brand I am sure the names and colours will be different.

I did a video of a card I had made and the last few images that I have coloured.
I also shared a bit of our cottage life in here as well ;)
If you would rather watch it on my YouTube channel, just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and that it was a Creative one :)

Tracy :)

Colouring with Pencils..No Joke ;)

It is my friend Lynne's birthday.
Actually it was last Friday, but I wasn't here.
So I altered this $1.00 kraft gift bag to put her gift in.
I stamped the butterflies on the background and then added designer paper, some flowers, butterflies and my image I coloured up with my new coloured pencils :)

This is the first time I have tried using coloured pencils and gamsol.
If you know me, then you know that when I try something creative, I go all out.
I want to use what I make, even if it for practice.
So not knowing what I was doing, I coloured her face…it looks a bit on the yellow side for the shaded areas, but all in all, I think it is usable.

For her hair, I used only 2 colours of brown.
I left some areas uncoloured as that would act as yet another colour or a deeper highlight.
I then blended it all with my Gamsol and blending stump.

Then I went on to the other parts of the image.
Not to bad if I say so myself ;)
If any of you pro's out there have any tips for me, I would love to hear them :)

Here is a close up of the finished image on the bag.

I know most use Prismacolor pencils, but the artist at Blick's told me she preferred the Blick's brand of pencils.
I had a bit of a dilemma when choosing which brand, as I know I could find beautiful colour combinations on YouTube, where if I bought the Blicks brand I would have to figure out on my own, which colours would work good together.
So, I asked to try both brands. I found the Blicks brand to be more smooth when I coloured with them.
The price was quite a bit cheaper as well, but the deciding factor was the smoothness of them.

To help me decipher the coloured pencil colours, I am planning on making a colour chart.
I don't usually do this, I just normally wing it.
But I thought I would with these coloured pencils.
I made a grid on the type of paper that I will been using for the pencils and then I stamped this open image on the grid.
I will add the colours as I go along. This way I don't have to clean my blending stumps after each colour as I would be using them for whichever image I am colouring at the time.
I think I will be copying this chart as it took a few tries to get this perfect and without smears, lol.

Onto My Day:
Ashley had an appointment early this morning and wanted me to come with her.
We had a storm last night, and her jeep doors and windows were frozen. She had to pour hot water on the windows for them to thaw out.
When I went to open the door, the handle (and the whole door) was so frozen, Ashley had to open it from the inside.
When I got home, I stayed in the rest of the day.
Tomorrow is suppose to be more of the same….sadly, this isn't an April fools joke :(

I hope you all had a very creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)