New Year 2021

What a challenge 2020 was this is the only project I completed since April following anonline tutorial by Shawn Petite. 

It turned out different as I used texture paste through a Stamperia stencil and gold metallic lustre creme and one of my flower bases lower papers showed through so I made a focal point top right and stencilled the word  Hope - which continues to be my word for 2021. 

Here's hoping 2021 will be a happier, brighter and peaceful year although it sure hasn't started that way yet !!

Take care stay safe and well and be gentle to yourself xxx

Seamus Postcard - Stay Safe

 I had fun altering a postcard with Tracy Easson's Seamus Mouse from the Clan McGregor !

He is a joy to colour with Copic's both the background and image

 So much fun doodling with Posca white pen and doodling the message

Thank you for dropping by I would like to enter the following challenges

Country View Challenges                         April Animal Magic
Addicted To Stamps                                  Anything Goes
The Three Muses                                      Mail Art
Through The Craft Room Door                Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers                                    Anything But A Card
Colour Crazy Challenge                           Anything Hand coloured Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft                       #114 Anything Goes 
2 Crafty Critter Crazies                           April Anything with A Critter
ABMTTC Extra                                      April Anything Goes
Love To Craft                                          April Anything Goes
Crafts Galore                                           April Anything Goes

First play with Paperbabe stencils and stamps - Alien

Well despite the fact that I ended up going green to cover inky marks the process to create my Alien was a joy I can see me having lots of fun with these Paperbabe Dinky's

Thank you Kim - they are brilliant i will shop again!!
Paparbabe Stamps   Challenge # 115 Picture Inspiration xx

A Different Alice

 It is fun to be challenged - it is years since I followed a sketch but the current Paperbabe Challenge is a sketch!!
 I love all thing Alice so after thinking and playing with ideas I came up with this journal page - inspired in kind by a trip a couple of of years ago Alice Underground - which was a truly memorable day!!

The theatre company have twists in the tale and I decided to have the same in my page.

I used a page from an old book - the Dodo Race, mounted on a used brown envelope (recyling)

The lady image and background are digital - the image I  coloured with copics love the quote and I think it is very apt for all of Alice!!The background I altered with acrylic paints / glaze / splatters.

 The entwined circles / bubbles are a sizzix die cut - I used them to also highlight some of the book text.

Had a lot of fun making my page and enjoying the processes

Have a lovely week everyone

I am entering the page into the following Challenges
A Bit More Time To Craft (#111)                                              Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra (March)                                  Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft  (#3 March)                                         Anything Goes
Art Journal Journey  (March)                               Green (coat and recycled envelope)                         
Country View Crafts (March)                                                     The Eyes Have It
Crafts Galore Encore (March)                                                     Anything Goes
Digi Chooseday  (8)                                                                     Anything Goes
Frilly and Funky                                                                          Odd
Love To Create                                                                            Anything MM Goes
MIUCB (March)                                                                          Anything MM Goes
Paperbabe Stamps                                                                        Anything Goes
TIOT                                                                       Green (Coat and recycled envelope)

WL 2020 #1

OOPS  It has been a while since I blogged still creating just haven't posted for a long time !!

Once again I joined Wunderlust - although I may not attempt all the lessons I love seeing all the processes and love belonging to the FB group.

This page is relationships 

Under the paint is a whole page of journaling - it's great to reflect write and then cover - very cethartic !

The female image is from Gecko Girls (dress and hair decoration re coloured)

House image from Crow About Studio

I played with my new to me Finnabair Impasto paints - they are a breeze to work with. 

TH stencil .

Freehand cut heart from old book page

My scruffy handwriting!

Thanks for dropping by

I hope to post more regularly !! xx

I would like to enter the following Challenges
A Bit More Time To Craft #109                                       Anything Goes
Country View Challenges                                                Slatters Splashes and Drips
MIUC                                                                               Anything Goes
Crafty Catz                                                                       Anything Goes
PaperbabeStamps                                                             Picture Inspiration
Simon says (Weds)                                                          Anything Goes

Bokeh Page 2

As the inks were out I decided to play on the next page. I decided this time to do the water flick on DI before the Bokeh technique and think I may prefer it!

 This pic was taken indoors the second in the garden - I love the clearer definition I achieve outside in natural sunlight :)

 Not sure which of my pages I prefer.

 Pic showing my DI colour choice.

Thank you for dropping by :)

I would like to enter the following challenges
Country View Crafts                                                          Bokeh Challenge
TIMI                                                                                   Anything Stamped Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft                                                  Anything Goes

Bokeh Technique

I enjoyed this technique and made time for journaling using the technique with images from Bee Crafty stamps and quotes from Visible Image using TH Distress Inks and Versafine Black onyx Ink . I made the stencil myself using 2 hole punches.

 as you can see the poor light makes the page so dull :(

Luckily today the sunshine is out so I took a much better pic out in the garden :)
I like the way the White DI acts as a resist to the black ink when I stamped images over the Bokeh back ground.

   Thank you for dropping by :)

I would like to enter the following Challenges
Country View Crafts                                                Bokeh Challenge
TIMI                                                                         Anything Stamped Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft                                        Anything Goes

Chieftain McTavish

 I have been playing with Tracy Easson's lovely McTavish stamps .

Today is one of my projects using  Chieftain McTavish  I stamped him in versafine ink, coloured him very loosely with copic markers.

I prepared an MDF plaque Shawn Petite style .

Below are the paints used to create the background .

The wee fella is a joy to colour and work with .

I would like to enter my project to the following challenges

TIMI                                                                                                  Anything Stamped Goes
Crafty Catz                                                                                         Anything Goes
Paperbabe                                                                                          Anything Goes
Creative Artiste                                                                                 Anything MM Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft                                                                Anything Goes
More Mixed Media                                                                           Anything Goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies                                                                   Anything With A Critter Goes