so fast!

Good evening all.
        Well , January certainly seems to have flew by fast! it'll soon be the month of love and hearts and flowers LOL.
               I have been busy, I can't show you everything I scrapped this time. I am in another whisper swap and we are not allowed to show the pages until the end when the host will reveal all! All hush-hush until then!
                The month is coming to a close so quickly now and the weather feels a tad milder. I had a wonderful walk today with my little dog Leo, sunshine and dry. Can't complain about that while we are still in winter. I do have a bad cold, but so does everyone else! It seems that way anyway! I'll start with scrapbooking. Jordan, the lovely chap that he is!  He really does need to take my advice and Look before he leaps! He thought a  hop over a low wall would land him on a walk way, but NO! he found a 36ft drop down the cliff instead. Lucky lad, it could have been a whole lot worse. I just had to scrap about this  mishap, couldn't resist it. GET WELL SOON!

So, now my effort with watercolour paints. I sketched this while on holiday. the tree and wheel being by the border fence at the villa where we were staying. I am not very good with water painting and drawing. I enjoy trying and that's what it is all about isn't it? Having fun. I finished the painting when I got home. I took a travel tin of watercolours with me on holiday. I have to say, they were really great , there was a small brush included   in the tin  I have two of these books on the go. One I am keeping for painting things like this , the other I'll use  as a art journal (AJ) for mixed media.

Lastly parchment! A design by Judith Maslen Coloured with blendable pencil.

well, that's it for this month folks. Thanks for taking an interest and feel free to leave a comment on here or Facebook/twitter. Its always good to hear what you think.

Take care of yourselves and remember to spread the love! 

see you all next time! 

Good Evening

Good evening all, How are you all? I hope free from colds and flu. I have a heavy cold and a throat that feels like its full of razor blades at the moment. The weather is cold and showers and to be honest the best places to be are either crafting in the dining room or sat in a comfortable chair in front of a toasty fire watching old films! I have some craft to show you, so lets begin!
I am at the moment trying to craft and keep a tidy space. I am selling my house hoping to move closer to family. You have no idea how difficult it is! To be cutting paper and card and snipping at parchment and keeping mess to the minimum!  So, below, this is painted with a damp brush and felt tips. A modern design in Parchment Craft mag.

Below, the card with the bird  I thought was cute. It is a design by Alison Yeates. I used blendable pencils and a blending medium.the cats is a design by Mary Kerr and in one of the latest issues of Parchment craft mag. Normally I am making designs from back issues,  as I love the older style designs but these two caught my eye.

Next is a design of Wendy Walters and is in a older parchment craft mag.

Now scrapbooking, back to Disney pages. This shows the double lay out (DLO) of myself and Goofy  

 

I thought I would also post  them as single pages so you can see them better.

Next I used a sheet of paper from the Sandylion collection of Disney papers. One photo is not that good quality but when you are trying take so many photos over a short time there is bound to be some that suffer and Capt. Hook was one!I used metal charms and gems on this page. Plus a flair button available from Bramble Fox

Goofy again, this time in the parade.

close up below. I used a project life acetate card to go over the photo and to frame it.

Last but not least is King Louie! Rocking away to the music in the parade. On the tag (part hidden) I have added a little journalling.

so, that's it for this time folks. I hope you enjoyed seeing what I have been making. Thanks for looking.

Remember to spread the love and  that life is a gift so live it and be nice. We are all different, think differently and have different views on all sorts of things. Debate is good but it doesn't have to end up in a fight or falling out with each other. We can learn a lot from each other if we would just stop not just to listen but the hear the other   persons point of view. Then try to give a little understanding and patience. 

until next time take care!

  

Happy New Year

Hello and Happy New Year! I hope 2018 will be a good year for everyone. Whatever your hopes and dreams are, I really do hope you see them come true. I didn't get a chance to blog again in December 2017. I have had a brilliant holiday with family in Lanzarote  and I have heaps of photos to scrap. My family are great at sending copies of the photos they have taken so I can pick and choose which ones to scrap. But I need to finish Disney photos first! so, I will show you what I   made at the end of December and the start of this year.
 First parchment pieces,I have to say a huge sorry to most of the designers because I can't remember who designed which! Before my holiday I had a huge tidy up of patterns and sorted them out into folders by designer. So I could find patterns easier and know what I had. I discovered a few doubles of patterns and that happened because I was so disorganized. This first one was a pattern in Parchment Craft mag. It is a ink drawing, coloured slightly with a mid grey.

Below is a design I was asked to make and is a Tina  Cox design.

Below is a Judith Maslen pattern, one of my favourites.

Last of all is another pattern from Parchment Craft mag. I hate sewing and this design required the work to be attached by thread! But it was worth the effort. The flowers are 3D.

Now scrapbooking. Below is a double page lay out (DLO) It shows me and Goofy having a fun time. Funny how you know its a real person inside a costume but the child in you still just "sees"Goofy! I kissed his nose!

Below is a picture showing youngest daughter Angela. We were watching the parade at Disney Paris and Angela was wearing a chipmunk headband, he spotted her and ran over and gave her a hug. I think he surprised her! I had to be quick to take this snap, I used texture paste through the silver sequin waste and then used the waste on top, and added some star shaped sequins.

Opps, the  PC lost my server so things got uploaded out of order. These are the DLO pages snapped separate, you can see the pictures more clearly now.

So, thats all for this post folks. I hope you enjoyed looking. I am looking forward to showing you more crafty makes over the next year. Any questions please ask in the comments box. I'll do my best to reply. Until next time. remember be nice, spread the love and treat others has you  yourself like to be treated. See you next time.