Spritz and Stitch by Tracey Fairgrieve

Hello Everyone

Today I would like to share a couple of pages from my
A5 That's Crafty Mixed Media Journal.

I had so much fun playing with this kit these two pages show how vibrant the 

flat matte sprays are and just how much they react on calico.

Onto pre-washed Calico I sprayed each flat matte spray, you can see how those colours blend. 

Using water I spritzed into the colour letting them drip down the calico.

Adding machine stitches I then glued the decorated calico onto one of the greyboard 

pages within the kit. 3D gloss gel medium was pushed through Lynne's Affirmations 

stencil 4 and the words highlighted with white pen when dry. 

Glass beads and a trickle of 3D gloss gel medium replicates those raindrops.

On the reverse side of the left over calico those matte sprays make an appearance.
This piece I used to mark out stitches tracing through the Stitches Stencil with a pen.
This gave perfect markings for me to follow and hand stitch blanket, cross and 

running stitch in bright coloured thread.

I also traced through Lynne's Affirmations stencil 2 with a pen and had 

planned to embroider that too but sadly ran out of time.

Glued onto another greyboard page, strips of coloured rice paper have been applied 

to the fabric using 3D gloss gel. The looped thread I also glued down, 

left over from the hand stitching it seemed to belong there.

Frayed around the edges with a doodled thoughts these journal pages are complete.

A gentle reminder that there's still time to join in with the Stitch in Time
That's Crafty Blog Challenge over HERE.

I hope the stitching may give you a little inspiration.

Wishing you a creative week ahead.
Hugs Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty A5 Mixed Media Journal Kit

That's Crafty Flat Matte Spray

That's Crafty Stencil - Lynnes Affirmations 4

That's Crafty Stencil - Lynnes Affirmations 2

That's Crafty Stencil - Stitches

That's Crafty: 3D Gloss gel Medium

That's Crafty Multi Purpose Glue Pen

Black Pen/White Pen

Needle and Threads