Thursday, 28 June 2018

A Rose for a Rose by Tracey Fairgrieve

Hello everyone,

Today I share more pages from my A5 That's Crafty! Mixed Media Journal,
this time using the Roses stencil, paints and crackle glaze.

Here's those how to do's.

Preparing the A5 greyboard pages with a mixture of Buttercup and Mustard Yellow Multi Surface Paint the edges where painted in Chestnut Brown. A quick coating of crackle glaze and dried with a heat tool both surfaces were painted in Ivory letting the crackle glaze work it's magic allowing those cracks to appear.


Testing on a piece of painted card I layered up one of the roses from the 
Roses stencil using texture paste left to dry then repeated the process. 

Using a mixture of Multi Surface Paints and alcohol markers I added detail. 
When happy I copied the design onto both journal panels.


One single Red Rose for Love..


..and two Yellow Roses for Friendship.
The stems of the roses have been hand drawn and painted.


Sentiments from Lynne's Affirmations Set 8 and 6 were used to compliment 
and leaves from the Textures Collection Set 3 stamped, cut and applied with 
glue to the single red rose completing my double page journal spread.


Thank you for sharing your time today.

Creativity wishes
Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:
That's Crafty! Mixed Media Journal Kit
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints
That's Crafty! Roses Stencil
That's Crafty! Crackle Glaze
That's Crafty! Texture Paste

35 comments:

  1. Tracey! These are gorgeous roses and I love that you have them on pages in a journal! The textures are marvelous!
    huge hugs,Jackie xx

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    1. Thank you Jackie, the pages are a little sparse for me really but sometimes we have to let the image do all the talking and the stencil is fabulous xx

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  2. Oh wow ... this is so beautiful Tracey - the roses and that fantastic background! I am in awe of the spread and the lovely quote added to it! Simply GORGEOUS!Mixed Media ART at its finest!
    Love from Susi

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  3. Dear Tracey,
    your roses are gorgeous, the details so beautifully painted and makes them come to life- with paint details , especially the yellow ones are marvelous, dear- and standing so strong on the crackled backgrounds- with your wonderful drawn and painted leaves and stems. So amazing dear friend.
    Hugs, Dorthem, xx

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    1. Aww thank you Dorthe, it's the stencils yet again that make it so easy to form and create these images. So lifelike I love them xx

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  4. Stunning texture, crackles and fabulous roses....Amazing and wonderful project. Thank you for the inspiration and step by step x

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    1. Your so welcome, I'm so happy you like it. Thank you for your kind comments x

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  5. Your roses look amazing Tracey and so true to life with those wonderful built up textures. The pages are just gorgeous and love the simplicity which really makes those gorgeous flowers pop.
    Fliss xx

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    1. Thank you very much Fliss, I struggle closing the book and walking away from many projects but as I said above sometimes the image just says it all x

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  6. Oh my goodness Tracey, wow, wow, wow, these roses look simply amazing, both the red and the yellow ones! What an incredible journal spread, simply stunning!!!! I absolutely love Lynne's affirmations and just today wrote up a blogpost where I used them in a journal for one of my DTs, but it won't go life until the first Friday in July... Don't know why I mention that here, it was just such a coincidence I guess....

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    1. Hee hee Astrid I'm so glad you like my pages.. great minds think alike eh..??
      Look forward to that post xx

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  7. Tracey, all of the roses are stunning! They are so dimensional which gives them such a look of realism, your painting, as always, is superb and the highlights you added look amazing. And then that crackled background - just fantastic! Hugs, Anne xx

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    1. Oh Anne, it's a pleasure to create with such kindness given back in words Thank YOU xx

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  8. Absolutely beautiful, you feel like you can pick them from the page and smell them, stunning
    Love
    Amanda x

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    1. Hee hee easy to pick as they are thornless.. just how I like them ;) Thank you Amanda x

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  9. Oooh what Beautiful roses so cleverly created with the fab texture paste and stencil, brilliantly and realistically painted as always xx

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    1. Thanks so much Jannet, I like to try and push the boundaries with the paste, happy that this one worked x

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  10. Ooohhhh... those cracks and the gorgeous colouring of your roses are just divine, you are the colouring queen Tracey. Absolutely beautiful. Xx

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    1. Aww Thanks Jane, it's the best crackle glaze i've ever tried and i'm not being biased. Happy you like my journal pages xx

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  11. LOVE roses and love this fabulous project of yours, the colours are gorgeous.xx

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    1. Thanks so much Annie, they are such beautiful flowers xx

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  12. These are absolutely gorgeous Tracey! xx

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  13. Stunning! Your gorgeous pages should be framed Tracey :)
    The roses are both beautiful and so 3d looking and the crackle effect brilliant.
    Beautifully created and painted.
    Gill x

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    1. So kind Gill, Journals can hold so many precious things. Thank you so much x

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  14. Wow - totally brilliant use of that stencil (I knew I should have bought it... ah, well, next time I come shopping!)... and the roses look so amazing against the crackle.
    Alison x

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    1. Hee hee.. Sorry Alison, you will have to add it to the list and if it's anything like my list its as long as Santa's Good List :)) xx

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  15. So beautiful Tracey, I love all the texture and those gorgeous roses! xx

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    1. Thank you so much for popping over Chris Thank YOU xx

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