Happy Christmas

 

Happy Christmas everyone.

Stay safe and well. xx

Knock on our door

 

I am sharing this digital journal page with Valerie's theme..... 

When one door opens another one closes. over at Art Journal Journey

I am sure every living creature will have a entrance or doorway as we do  

to their place of comfort and safety.

 The birds are waiting   and I'm sure 

 the folk inside the tree house are all prepared for  the family to get home.

Stay safe everyone . 

Snowflakes at TioT's

 

Snowflakes.....

is  the last challenge of the year over a

  Try it on Tuesdays

Please call over to get all the details and see what 

the DT have been making.

 

I have created a digital journal page, using layers of scenery, lots of snow

 with snowflakes  falling.

 A wonderful time for children  with their families

 to get out the sledge and enjoying playing in the snow. 

We are looking forward to seeing you you interpret this theme

 and hope you will join us at TioT's.

When one door opens another closes....... at Art Journal Journey

Opening a new door can be quite challenging,

 wondering where and how  people live and  what it is like behind the closed  door.

 The doors to our homes can be similar to our neighbours or completely different

in style and the way they looks to others,

 but inside will be unique to themselves,

 their home, their place to feel safe.

This page is for the new theme that Valerie has chosen for us over at ...

Art Journal Journey......

'When one door opens another closes'.

A mop up background for the page with  some fussy cut stamped images and the two TH found relatives were the starting place for this page, which was altered and manipulated in the digital computer program that I use [notes in my sidebar]

Maisie and Alice have met two new friends while they were playing outside in the garden.

 Alice  wondered where they lived. It came  as quite a surprise when Maisie showed her the small door beside their own that  took the little people into their own home.

I hope you will call over to the Art Journal Journey blog to see the inspiration and explanation of this new theme that Valerie has posted for us there and we look forward to seeing how you interpret this new topic.

 Please read the rules while you are there as a few have been changed slightly

 and we now accept smaller pages.

Winter Wonderland....

 

Winter Wonderland.....

is the theme for the next two weeks over at

Try it on Tuesdays

We would love to see how you  interpret this topic and hope you will join us there.

Please call over to see what we have been making.

I have created a winter woodland  scene, using  layers  of snowy  digital images.

Maybe  Mr Snowman is asking the robins if they   think the woodland looks magical with all the snow falling around them.

I will also add this page  at  Art Journal Journey.

where the theme this month is All kinds of Weather.

  

Remembrance Sunday

 

Remembrance Sunday 2021  

A day when we  remember the brave men and women

 from all the countries in our world who in past and present times

 served their countries and gave their lives for the freedom and safety of others.

Our National Service of Remembrance is held on the Sunday 

closest to the 11th of November

at the Cenotaph in London

Make it magical at TioT's

 Make it magical.....

at Try it on Tuesdays

All she wanted was to wear a pretty dress 

and have a new hair style.

She  was granted one wish by a little elf sitting among some magic mushrooms

'magic' was in the air and her dream came true.

This is how the pages began...

I had  used a variety of older stamps from my stash  for this spread some time ago,

 it was left on the shelf,. I wasn't sure I liked the colour or it had to much going on

even before I added some digital images..[notes in my sidebar]

WE do hope you will join us at TioT's this time, please call over to see how we 

interpreted this theme.

All kinds of Weather at AJJ

 

A new topic starts today for November over at

  Art Journal Journey

The theme is....

All Kinds of Weather

chosen for us by Chris from Pear shaped Crafting.

Please call over to Art Journal Journey to  see the details and  the page Chris is sharing to inspire us all.

You will also find the small print regarding the rules of our challenge blog.

This is how my page began in my hands on  journal. A painted stormy but messy sky an image of a man struggling with his umbrella in the wind, which even had the tree bending in the gusts of wind.

The next stage was to add another tree and have a digital play around in the  program I use and alter it to fit on my hybrid page, calm down the splodges that were supposed to be rain drops, then  computer generate the words.

We hope you will have fun with this new theme and join us at Art Journal Journey.

Happy Halloween

 Happy Halloween

A last page from me  to join Tracey over at

Art Journal Journey this month

The theme she chose was 

My Favourite Colour is October.

We have grey skies , dull days and not a lot of sun here in the UK at this time of the year

Edna is out flying on her broomstick enjoying her favourite  scenery  as she flies in the dusky night sky.

This is a digitally altered journal page, this is how the original looks in my journal. I did have a few more photos of the process and how I altered the shading and added the bats, but  I cannot get them ordered on this post, getting these two for you to see was  quite a task. I think the witches have joined the gremlins today.

However you spend your Halloween,

I hope you have a good day.

 

Its all about Time......at TioT's

 

Its all about Time....

 and a  new theme for the next two weeks  over at Try it on Tuesdays.

Please call over to see how we  all interpreted  this topic and to see  the journal pages our

 Guest Designer Beubeard and Elizabeth  has created   to inspired us.

A layered digital journal page from me and as many of my friends know I am a tea drinker. The kettle is always ready to be switched on and the tea bags to hand, no matter what time of the day .

 I think I have a guardian tea fairy lurking in my cupboard as she she has been working overtime in the recent months in my home.

We are looking forward to seeing how you all interpret the theme and hope you will have fun and join us at TioT's.

However you spend your day,

I hope it will be a good one for you.

Its Halloween ......... at TioT's

 

Its getting close to Halloween  and we hope you will join us over at 

Try it on Tuesdays

 and have fun  with our  new theme for the next two weeks.

Please pop over for all the details and see what we have been making.

Once again I have been creating a digital  journal page.

Lots of layers, topped with  a hand painted  mop up page,

more  layered images, can you see the crow looking over the witch's head. 

As for my witch, she looks happy to be out flying  and taking her animal friends out for a trip

on the broom.

I will also be linking this page to Tracey's theme over at 

Art Journal Journey... My favourite colour is October

Dull misty mornings, grey days and long shadows can be typical days here in the UK

and who knows what could be flying in the skies at night.

Thank you for calling in  to see me

 and however you spend your day I hope it will be a good one for you.

My Favourite Colour is October..... at AJJ

October and a new journal theme over at

Art Journal Journey.

Our host for this month is Tracey from

  New Beginnings Creating in my Corner

the theme she has chosen  for us is

......My Favourite Colour is October......

I  realy like to see the colours of the leaves   at this time of the year . 

 October   brings  Autumn to  my part of the world,

each day can be magical as the colours change

So another hybrid journal page from me ,

I used stamps and stencils and have to admit to creating this base  at the same time as  the  one for  my previous post. After uploading the photo I added the images in the digital program I use.

We hope you will join us at AJJ.

 Please  pop over to see how Tracey is introducing her theme 

 and we  look forward to seeing how you interpret the theme.

Autumn Blessings...... at TioT's

 

The new challenge theme for the next two weeks at Try it on Tuesdays is....

Autumn Blessings.

 I have created a hybrid journal page

 with a random stamped leaf background and added digital images.

 I am lucky to live close to woodland and the countryside,  to see the leaves changing colour and knowing that the trees are shedding their bounty for the animals to store for winter id truly one of autumns blessings.

We hope you will join us at TioT's. please pop over to see how we have interpreted this theme.

Remember when....

 

I'm sure fashion styles have been talked about for many, many years,

   these two sure  could be planning a  trip down memory lane 

 and wondering what they should wear on their next night out.

This is a digital journal  page [notes in my sidebar] 

for Wendy's  'Vintage'  theme 

over at Art Journal Journey

A short post  today, I still struggle to  find my crafting mojo, 

days seem to blend into each other, but I keep giving myself a talking to

 and hope tomorrow will be better.

However you spend your day I hope it will be a good one for you.

Going Round in Circles at..... TioT's

 

'Going Round in Circles'...

 is the new challenge theme over at Try it on Tuesdays

I have made a layered , circular shaped Birthday card for the new theme.

A splashed and splattered background, with a stamped and coloured flower image.

The butterflies and words are  computer generated.

After  taking a photo  and loading it into the digital program I use on my computer I  created this journal page with lots of  layered circles onto a dotty stencilled background

We hope you will join us at TioT's and look forward to seeing how you interpret this new theme.

Please pop over to get all the details and see what we hve been making.

Vintage..... at Art Journal Journey

 

September and a new theme 

Vintage 

 has been chosen for us by Wendy K from...Wendy's Art and  Craft Journal

our Host for this month.

 Please call over to  the Art Journal Journey   blog

 to get all the information and the guidance Wendy has shared with us for the theme.

For my journal page I have gone down the vintage  fashion style route,

 following two sisters wearing   their  Sunday best dresses as children,

to growing up and wearing fashionable  outfits . going out 

to meet with their friends.

I imagine they will have lots of stories to tell as they get older about the clothes they used to wear.

I used TH relatives for my  girls.

The background of the page is a mop up one in my Kraft card journal , I even used a few scraps of washi tape to try to create some steps for them to stand on.

Thank you for calling in today, you are very welcome here.

Use Book Pages at TioT's

 

A new theme begins today over at Try it on Tuesdays

'Use Book Pages'.

An page torn from an old book which I purchased some time ago in a Charity shop

was the starting point for this journal page.

 The edges  of the pages had torn  and they  discoloured naturally over time. I didn't even have to shade the edges simply paste it down into my Kraft journal. I did however take a short cut and add the flowers and jar from the digital  computer program I use

We hope you will join us at TioT's. 

 Please pop over to find all the details and see how the TioT gang

 have interpreted this new challenge theme.

However you spend your day I hope it will be a good one for you.

Summer Blooms..... at TioT's

 

The    new  theme at Try it on Tuesdays is

Summer Blooms.

We hope you will join us there,

 please pop over to see how the TioT's gang interpreted the theme 

 and to get all the information.

I chose to create a journal page as the title of this new theme had me thinking of childhood,  when  remembered summer days were always warm and sunny. Playing at my  grandparents house  with my cousin and picking flowers   that maybe we shouldn't be doing when there were so many pretty wild flowers just over the fence.  

I used a hands on journal page as my starting point, with texture paste, stencils, die cuts, found relatives [TH] and a piece of a torn napkin. The additional flowers and dogs were added in the computer program I  use. 

[notes in my sidebar]

Thank you for calling in 

you are very welcome here.

homemade

 A short post to share a journal page  at Art Journal Journey

 and the theme Neet chose for us this month... Type

For the background I used an old letter and number stencil,  

dropped paint onto the page that didn't go where I had hoped, so  it is still work in progress. 

 However with the aid of my digital computer program  I was able to create this page.

Layers and scraps  with different type fonts

made  what looks like a happy face to me.

Homemade Memories

Feelings are often hard to put into words but if we note or type those words they will be remembered for a very long time.

However you spend your day I hope it will be a happy one for you.

Keep it Simple at........ Try it on Tuesdays

 

'Keep it Simple'

is our new theme over at Try it on Tuesdays.

I have made this card  using a single ALL& Create image and coloured it with watercolour paint.

Leaving a large area white is not something I am comfortable with [the black edge is a piece of card that I used   as a base to get the photo ] I would have liked to shade the edges of the card and perhaps add a border, but I had to stay within the theme's guidelines.

We do hope you will join us and share your

 'Keep it simple',  ideas, cards  and projects .  

Type....at Art Journal Journey.

 

August

 and a new theme over at

Art Journal Journey

where we welcome our  Guest Hostess for this month

 Neet from Hickydorums

the theme she has chosen for us is.......'Type'

Please pop over to AJJ to read all the information and see the inspiration

 Neet is giving us for this topic.

My journal page began with some stamped letters and numbers,

torn scraps  of book, dictionary paper a few scraps from the bits box and some paper dolls [TH]

There are so many styles of print to choose from to add to a journal page 

and these children just couldn't make up their minds.  I do hope that one day they will get to type  their own story  in their chosen font  perhaps using old fashioned pen and ink, or a typewriter,  although these days it would probably be  typed up using a computer.

We look forward to seeing how you interpret this theme and hope you will join us at AJJ.

Feathered Friends at TioT's

 

A new theme starts today over at Try it on Tuesdays....

'Feathered Friends'.

How you interpret the theme and materials you use is entirely up to yourselves

 We hope you will join us and have fun  and look forward to seeing what you make.

My mop up  journal page began by  adding  some torn music paper, die cut grasses/flowers

 and a fussy cut stamped bird. 

The bees and the words I added in the digital computer program I use.

The bird may be singing while the bees add the backing tune, it is a real pleasure to listen to them sing .

Thank you for calling in today, stay safe and keep well.

Travel and Adventure ..... at Try it on Tuesdays

 

A new challenge theme begins today over at Try it on Tuesdays.

Travel and Adventure.

Please pop over to TioT's to see what we have all been making.

We also have some good news to share 

Tammy from My Craft Central

is joining us there.

We are all looking forward to seeing how you interpret this theme .

With restrictions, visiting other countries isn't allowed in many parts of the world, so my page represents a hope that if your destination of choice is to somewhere hot to see the animals in the wild. you will enjoy the  adventure and the journey when  we are free to travel again.

My  digital  journal page began  with a hands on page

 using  a stamped image of a mother and her baby elephants...layers including paper and material scraps

  I created the page with the giraffes

 in the digital computer program I use

Thank you for calling in to see me.

Stay safe everyone

Summer Countryside at......... Art Journal Journey

 

Its July and we have a new theme over at Art Journal Journey

hosted by......Alison  from Words and Pictures.

Please call over to AJJ to  see how Alison has inspired us

 and to read all the information she is sharing for the theme.

I am sharing another made over journal  page using a photo taken  among the apple trees at the top of my garden.  A fussy cut stamped bird and a die cut or two, and  some computer generated leaves in the foreground which covered most of the die cut branches.

 One of the joys of a local country walk was for me.... to hear the birds singing  and see  the bushes and trees with all their abundant foliage and if we were lucky to see the deer in the distance..

These days a trip to the countryside isn't possible for many folk due to restrictions, I am lucky to live close to woodland but   don't get to walk there now, the uneven ground   is a hazard for me    I'll stay with my memories of many happy walks in the countryside  and enjoy  a few  walks with my sons when they are able to be with me. 

We hope you will join  us over at Art Journal Journey and look forward to seeing your journal pages following Alison's theme.

Spread your wings

 

Nearly the end of June  and  a last journal page from  me for

 Mia's theme over at Art Journal Journey

This is how the mixed media page began in my journal, some time ago I have to admit.

You can see its had a bit of a make over using my computer  and had some pretty butterflies added.

All my good intentions to try to do more crafting  these past few weeks hasn't happened, I'll be positive and hope it will pass and I will get round creating again soon and visiting you all

on your blogs.

Stay safe everyone

Here cones Summer .....at TioT's

 

Here Comes Summer....

is  the theme for the next two weeks over at

Try it on Tuesdays

Please call over to TioT's to get all the information and see how we have been 

interpreting this theme, we hope you will join us there.

Enjoying the sunshine  down by the sea

 for many over the years has been a wonderful way to spend a warm summer day.

I think the ladies in the vintage swimwear on this digital  journal page would love to be wearing what  the two modern girls are wearing.  

I'm sure they will all have had fun in the sun.

\Thank you for calling in here, I hope you all are safe and well.

For the man in your life at TioT's

The new challenge theme over at Try It on Tuesdays is.....

'For the Man in Your life.'

It could be a Birthday, Fathers Day, Retirement, New Baby Boy et.. etc.

Please pop over to see how we all interpreted the theme.

I made a  masculine card that could be suitable [I think] for a few occasions.

The background is embossed and layered onto a plain white card. The main image [ I think its a TH stamp, I never keep  the packaging] is on a lightly stamped background.

One of my sons had a cycling holiday planned for 2020 and because of the pandemic situation

it was  moved to this year,   it is on hold and will be for quite a time longer.

Another friend's son was going to have a year out and go travelling, also on hold.

I've heard of many other plans that have been  stopped over the past months.

Birthdays celebrated without friend or family close by,

this list could be very long

So I hope this card will appeal to many and that you know that one day we may be free to meet freely with each other and go out to explore again..

Thank you for calling in to see me today, your visit is always appreciated.

Stay safe.

Butterflies for...... Art Journal Journey

 June

and a new theme for the month

'Butterflies'

  chosen for us  by Mia from  Craftartista

 our  Host for this month over at Art Journal Journey

Please pop over to AJJ to read the details and to see Mia's inspiration page for her theme.

Butterflies are  lovely to see in our gardens at this time of the year,

 they are not as colourful  here in the UK

 as the ones I added digitally to my journal page,

 but they look so delicate and magical as they flutter round the flowers.

This is how the page started before the butterflies were added.

A second print from a stencil, a really old script stamp and finally  a  piece torn from the corner of  a floral napkin .

Thank you for calling in to see me today and I hope you will join us at AJJ this month.

Stay safe.

Butterflies..... at TioT's

 

The new challenge theme over at Try it on Tuesdays is.......

Butterflies

I have made a layered card using a single stamped image , with a fussy cut butterfly, 

which was stamped onto acetate and coloured green.

 The base cards are  white, the image layered onto pale green  but its been so dull and wet here these past few days its been hard to get a good photo.

We hope you will join us ,  please call in and see the inspiration from the  TioT team.

As always what you create is up to yourselves, as long as you use the chosen theme.

Thank you for calling in to see me, my blog is sadly a bit neglected these days, but I 

hope to  get myself together and spend some time crafting  soon.

Stay safe. everyone.

Make it Feminine at TioT's.

 

Make it  Feminine ....

is the new theme over at Try it on Tuesdays

We hope you will join us there

and please call over to see how we interpreted this topic.

I've gone  to Paris for this page, well the background was already started,

 with a few random stamp images and words. 

Its an old fussy cut recycled  image of the  pretty gal, maybe she is  one of the dancers

 from the Folies Bergere wearing a dress like this. 

I added more  glitter to the image  for  a bit more glamour and sparkle.

I am adding  this page to the current theme 

 at Art Journal Journey hosted by Elle at Empire of the cat. the theme is.....Language

and as you can see I have used  the French language on this page. France was a country my family always enjoyed visiting in our caravan.  Using basic school French we soon expanded our vocabulary over the years.

Thank you for stopping by  to see me here.

Stay safe and keep well

Language ..... at Art Journal Journey

 May

and a new theme over at Art Journal Journey.

Our host this month is Elle from Empire of the Cat and the theme she has chosen is......

'Language.'

Please call over to AJJ to read the details and see Elle's inspiration for her theme.

Language 

 and words are  something I do not take for granted.

 It  can change how we feel,  communicate with other people,  how we interpret  what we see,

 instruct, educate, even escape to a private world  of fantasy and dreams

My journal page started out with torn book pages, lots of green mop up paint and a flower image.

Next came the flower fairies  you will have guessed I'm now using my computer digital program.

Next I added the words, the language that  could explain what I was thinking about as I created the page.

Was it a world of make believe with fairies at the bottom of the garden or was it going out into the garden to do a tidy up, or,  was it  to pick  up the book I am currently reading. Adding language to a page even just one word changes what we see.

As its a cold day

 I think the book will win.

Thank you for calling in today, stay safe and keep well.

 .

Inspired by a Song ..... at TioT's

 

Inspired by a Song...

is the new challenge theme over at Try it on Tuesdays.

We hope you will join us there,

 please pop over to see which songs we all chose for inspiration.

The song I chose for my inspiration was....

We are family---- by Sister Sledge.

Families- sisters, brothers, cousins........

 have not been able to get together for many months but  imagine the joy 

and fun that  they will be able to have when  the restrictions

 we are all living with just now are raised.

My digital  journal page relates to a few of the cousins dancing with joy 

to the beat of the music, while maybe their parents are sitting  watching, talking,

 glad to be in each others company again. 

Happier, carefree days that hopefully  will return soon

.I will also link this page to  Art Journal Journey

where we are remembering Eileen with a theme she had chosen .'.Inspired by.' 

My inspiration was the song  I chose to use on the page.

Stay safe and keep well.

Make a Rainbow..... at TioT's

 Make a Rainbow.....

 is the new challenge theme over at Try it on Tuesdays.

Please pop over to see how we all interpreted this theme  at TioT's.

We are looking forward to seeing all   the rainbow colours you use to create your art or project.

This was how the page looked before I added the computer generated images in the digital program I use. Some areas were covered up with lighter shades and even though the computer is a clean way of adding colour I did enjoy creating this page.

One of these days I hope to get out paints and get properly messy again, but its hard for me to  focus after all that has been going on in my family these past months.

I hope to get  calling in to visit everyone soon.

Thank you for stopping by, stay safe and keep well.

I will also link this page to  Art Journal Journey

where we are remembering Eileen with a theme she had chosen .'.Inspired by.' 

My inspiration was the bright colours  I chose to use on the page.

Inspired by...... at Art Journal Journey.

 

Inspired by.....

 is the theme for April over at Art Journal Journey

This theme was chosen for us by Eileen from the Artful Crafter, sadly Eileen

didn't make it after  heart surgery and  passed away last month.. In her memory we are 

 using the theme she chose for us, with Erika and Chris hosting.

This has been a hard journal page for me  to complete. The theme wasn't the problem,  it was my thoughts going off  sideways. knowing how her family and friends must be feeling .

The inspiration for my page came from a   session in the garden.  My eldest son had fun with a  tree saw and cleared some large branches and I  got started in the greenhouse  tackling the vine that decided  it was taking over the whole space.  It was good to get out in the fresh air, I  had a few  smiles   as I remembered  my sons as youngsters going out and bringing me in bunches of flowers as well as weeds that had to be  given pride of place  in a pot on the window ledge.  

 Once again my journal page was completed in the digital program I use. It started off with paper scraps, paint and  embossed stencil layers.

I hope you will join us at AJJ we all look forward to seeing what inspired you.

Take care and stay safe.

Hello Spring.... at TioT's

 Hello Spring...

is the  theme for the next two weeks over at

 Try it on Tuesdays.

The team have lots of inspiration to share with you for this theme, please pop over to TioT's for all the information and we do hope you will join us there.

Springtime has me thinking of    flowers   bringing colours to our gardens

 and in  the days before the pandemic 

 being able to walk freely  in the countryside, seeing the wild rabbits

 and the new born lambs in the fields.

The background journal page is made up of scraps of paper, thick splodges of gesso left to dry, creating texture and finished in the digital program I use on my computer.

I wonder if the little bunny is hoping one of the eggs will fall

 so he can hide it for the children to find on Easter morning.

This is a digital card I created using this  journal page....

Happy Easter

 to  everyone who celebrate this special time of the year.

Stay safe.

Stencils at TioT's

 

Use a stencil or two........

is the new theme over at Try it on Tuesdays for the next two weeks.

Of course you can use a many stencils as you would want to as long as you use more than one.

Please pop over to see what the team have all been creating and we hope you will join us there.

I used two stencils for my base layer, the completed page photo is closer to the actual colour shades. The cute guy bringing the flowers is a die cut from an Art by Marlene booklet.

Sorry I cannot name the stencils as I store mine 

 altogether in a drawer, all the good intentions to store by maker or by theme are long forgotten memories.

Thank you for calling in today.

Stay safe and keep well.