Winter Days

I have been having a clean crafting session today on the computer in the digital program I use.

 I made these tags  for Joan's  theme.....

White Christmas

 over at 

Tag Tuesday

I used similar images for the  layers  and to create the winter snowy scene.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you  are having a good day.

Cats

I have  had been enjoying some cleaner crafting yesterday evening

with my feet up and the laptop computer on my knee,

creating these digital tags for  Wendy's theme....

Cats

over at Tag Tuesday

I showed my  favourite first,

   I collected so many images I wanted to use that I ended up creating three tags.

It was a good job we were recording the  episode of a serial on TV,. that I had intended to see..

 time does fly when having fun.

 I will get to watch it   later today.

Thank you for calling in your visits are always appreciated.

Notes about my digital pieces 

can be found in my sidebar.

Colourful autumn

Day 3 of Art every day month

My art piece today is a digital autumn tag,

t may be getting colder where I live but the colours of autumn are still sharing their beauty in the woodlands close to my home.

 I have still time to join the last challenge theme at Tag Tuesdays,

where Valerie has chosen an Anything Goes theme.

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

Apples and Pears

Apples and Pears is the theme  for the challenge over at

 Tag Tuesday

I remembered I had this pear stamp in one of my boxes and was happy when I found it, however apples were  in short supply except those on the trees in my garden.

So it was off to the digital program I use to add a few apples to the tag.

Thank you for calling in to see me  I hope

you all have a good day.

T day musings

Hello friends, Its Tuesday and its T day over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's, where we are always made very welcome with a drinks related post.

My cup of tea was close by as usual, next to a journal page I have been working on for Gill's theme.... Anything with eyes

over at Art Journal Journey

 This is how it turned out,  I shocked myself at leaving quite a big empty  space.

The words read......

You are a sea of light.

Open your eyes..

See yourself.

I will leave what you think about this quote up to  you.

How often do we ever take a good look at ourselves and  the things around us.

Well as I wrote this post .... I saw the clutter and mess that is my craft room and thought...

It is  my mess....

Its my happy place.....

One day I just might decide to to have a good tidy up...

but tomorrow is always another day.

I have also managed to make a hybrid  tag  for Tag Tuesday where the theme is Anything Goes
The original is on the left, stamped images, washi tape and scraps.
It was altered in the digital program I use. I don't think  the little animal can believe what he sees..... fish is not what he expected to see in the meadow.

However you spend today I hope you have a good one.

Sun, makes the garden grow.

This is a hybrid journal page from me today, I started with a  tag......
The tag had some stamping and stencils as a background and I stamped and fussy cut the flowers.
 All the shading is water colours and oxide inks.

The page  base is  a digital paper that I worked on in   my computer program, adding a variety of digital images and paint effects.

As it is a bright and sunny page it will, I think,  fit

 Erika's theme  In the  sky/in the air....over at 

Art Journal Journey

We need the sun for many of our  flowers to grow and thrive.

Another post and page to Celebrate  Try it on Tuesdays 10th Birthday.

Where we hope  you will share your Art with us there.

Thank you for the prompt Valerie
I will also link my tag to the new
Tag Tuesday

challenge theme
Gardening

Under the sea.

A tag to share with you this evening.

The theme for the challenge over at 

Tag Tuesday 

is..... Sea World.

The base  was sprayed with ink and shaded with distress oxides.

I use Studio lights pop outs for the sea horse and the fish.

The sea weed plants were added  in the digital  computer program I use.

Thank you for calling in, your comments are always appreciated.

A Tag and Diary pages.

Faces is the theme for the challenge over at 

Tag Tuesdays

I used a random stamped background for my tag coloured in oxide inks. 

The main image I used is   from a  freebie set on a magazine. I have to say I bought the magazine for the super variety of free stamps.

The trims came from my stash of ribbons and feathers etc.

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This is the page I  will be  using in my journal dairy for May

The usual stencil background from me with some

Studio Light cut outs.

Quick and easy  to create , but fun was had as usual.

When I put this page together I had no idea that my blog friend Erika would be hosting this months theme.....'In the sky/In the air at
 Art Journal Journey
I hope my little girl looking for dragonflies, on a warm spring day,
 will be acceptable for the theme.
The phrase I added suited my mood today, I was happy in my craft room, on a lovely spring day,
which although it looked bright, it was still very cold.


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

Just different....... and maybe a bit crazy

More play day shares today

First of all this tag made for the new theme. 'Hares and Rabbits'  at....

Tag Tuesdays

This was created in the digital program I use. [ notes in my side bar]

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Now for something  a bit more hands on and messy.

I have lots of  pages that need  using up.

I probably started them off with an idea in mind, that somehow lost its way on the day.

The center photo on the left is where I picked up this page.

Stencils for the base and and AAll&create stamp.

Lets call her Freya.

I added the Dylusions image,  Freya's feisty alter ego, who is far from sweet and lovable.

So who's  the genius and who's the crazy one. 

Perhaps I  would say Freya,   for putting up with her alter ego as she really does like the quite gentle way of life.

I added the row of houses and extra  colours in the computer program I use.  Look close and It could be their minds met in the middle on neutral grounds.

Enough rambling from me today, 

I hope you are all  having a good day  and I appreciate you calling by

 to see what I have been making.

Favourite stamp?

The current challenge theme over at 

Tag Tuesday is.......

My Favourite Stamp

oh dear how do I choose one?

However I do have an all time favourite that never gets put away, its always on my desk.....an old French script  stamp by Hero Arts.

The base of the tag is stencils and the tag is  close to the actual colours as it wasn't a good light for photographs when I took this one on the left.. I used distress inks and oxides to colour the tag and the bird is  from a Dina Wakley set that I am enjoying using these past few days.

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

You have permission.....

I gave myself permission to play yesterday.

There are a number of mopped up pages in my journals,

 so no  excuse was needed  to have a play day.

I used one of these Prima  ' words you need'  stickers, I  think I will enjoy using these items

There was a number of stencils in the background and some raised embossed areas, obviously using left over paste at some point in time.   I also used some material scraps.

So the page evolved and I had fun.

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I also made a digital tag for the challenge  over at

Tag Tuesday

where the new theme is...

Mushroom/fungi

Thank you for calling in to see me today, I hope you have a good weekend.

Tags in the post

The challenge  theme over at

  Tag Tuesday is...

Mail. post marks or postage stamps

I used a variety of stamps and stencils for this tag, colouring with oxide inks.

The colours in  the small photo on the left , in the tags earlier stages ,  are the closest to the actual colours, grey days are not good for photos.

Adding the stamped butterlies was an afterthought, you can maybe guess I had no plans as to how this tag would end up.

I have also made this digital tag for the theme using one of my own base tags.

Thank you for calling in today,

I hope you have a good weekend.

Listen....

I have made a tag for the new challenge theme over at....

  Tag Tuesday 

New Beginnings.

The background  and blue duck are new stamps. The quote is an old stamp that I thought would fit the expression and look on that ducks face.... what is he listening to?.

All the shading is distress oxide inks and ink pens.

Thank you for calling in to see me today, you are always welcome here

Stamps used...

ALL&create 

Katzelkraft

Tic, Tac. Toe.

I have made a Tag for the

'tic.tac.toe'

 theme over at Tag Tuesday

I chose the bottom line as my guide.....

Stenciling............. a snowflake stencil on the base

Die Cut.......................... the Fir tree

Lace.........from my stash box.

I have made this second tag using the waste piece from the die cut Fir tree

I will also join in at AEDM day 28

Art Every Day

Peace and Tranquility

Diary Day....... Peace and Tranquility

On Sunday it will be Remembrance  Sunday so this weeks diary spread  was simply created using a  Poppy napkin and some stencils. I will be sharing another page   on the 11th .
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I also used this diary page to create a hybrid tag in the digital program I use
 so I could join the  folk at...
Tag Tuesday 

where the theme is....Poppies

I will also share this at AEDM

Art Every Day Month

Thank you for calling in to see me today, you are always very welcome here.

E.A.Poe and....... a glass of water!

 Hello everyone who calls in to visit me today.

 First of all Halloween is nearly here and  I am sharing this digital Trio of Tags,

that I have made for the current challenge theme of .......Edgar Allan Poe .... over at

  Tag Tuesday

They were all made in the digital program I use,[ notes in my sidebar].

I really enjoyed creating these tags.

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Now after seeing these scary tags I am off  to a more tranquil setting and a visit with the folk over at Bleubeard and Elizabeths

where each Tuesday we are made very welcome with a drinks related post

Earlier this year we visited this beautiful  Catherdral  in Ripon.

It was as I was looking through my store of photos last week , when I visited Durham  with you all that I realised that I hadn't posted these ones.

Also a plus was that we were allowed to take some photos inside.

As you can imagine there were a number of folk around, but I think you will get an idea of the beautiful interior from these photos.

Now are you sitting down?.....

No.... you are not seeing things..... its a glass of iced water to drink today.

A warming bowl of carrot and coriander soup  with a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich  was what we ordered for lunch that day.  The drinks arrived  with it,  not something that happens often here in the UK we usually have to ask.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.