Journal 52 week12

The Journal prompt for week 52 was a Mandala. I may have deviated a bit with my take on this, but I could only use what I have to hand in the caravan. There is a circle, I used a small plate for the template, its decorated  using   some of my Sheena Douglas stamps and colouring pencils..   If you have read my earlier post about 'mud' you will see that things have been a bit different recently for us in caravanland.

  So we have had a change of location today. Waved goodbye to the family who have returned home to clean the muck off the motors.  We are now staying  at a beautiful  site at Chatsworth in Derbyshire.

All firm ground, so the rain just bounces as it falls and makes a few puddles.

I hope to be catching up soon with you as we seem to have internet reception.

Sharing a little MUD

Hi every one. Have managed to get some internet today and thought I would show  you a little of  what I  have been up to in,  my my non craft world of Caravan land. This past week we have been with the family at the National Off Road Land Rover event and as forecast there was MUD, lots of it and constant rain

Now you would think that was enough mud,  'but',  in the early hours of Wednesday morning at approximately 5 a..m. this was our wake up call.

Out side Chez Meggy's joint

 That's us on the right, with our friends who all  enjoyed the same pool.

Don't think we'd all been up that early in years and at times like this its good to know you have good friends.

Time to leave  with our family's  Big Boys' Toys .

It took  the two landies to get the caravan out .

We are now on firmer ground, weather update, still raining

Again, not sure when I will get to visit with you all, hope you had a smile when you saw these phiotos

and yes I was wearing my Union jack Wellies.

Feminine and Fancy

We're  going  all ' Feminine and Fancy'  at Try it on Tuesdays  for our new theme. please pop over for all the details and see what we made.

This card was made using layers of papers and images. from Graphics 45,  and my stash.

It only needed a few trimmings to finish.

One of the easiest cards I think I've made in ages.

This is another scheduled post, I  have my fingers crossed it goes out okay.

Thank you for stopping by and I will catch up with you all soon.

Eat, Drink and be Merry

Our new theme at Sugar Creek Hollow  is  'Eat and Drink'.

As always our style is vintage/Shabby Chic.

This is the card I made for my husbands birthday earlier this month and yes he did like it.

All the stamps are from the same set, but  I have not got the original packaging but I think they are from Creative Expressions. . The wine glasses were stamped on acetate

All the shading is distress inks, Antique linen, vintage photo and Seedless preserves.

Thank you for stopping by I appreciate your comments.

This is a scheduled post as I will be at the National Land rover event with the family this week.

I have packed the wellies in the caravan, so ready for all weathers.

I will catch up with you all as soon as we get an internet connection again. 

Journal 52 Books

Journal 52 and its already week 20. 

The prompt we were given this week was Book Inspiration.

I love reading books, and like many  authors,  I  choose a book to suit my mood. One thing comes that  high on my list  when reading a book, is that it must have an ending. Not necessarily  happy, but a definite conclusion. I went back in time for my inspiration book, . A Secret Garden by Fances Hodgson Burnet.
Using the title  as the prompt for the background and flowers.  The actual cut out book print pieces I used  came from old books picked up in junk shops.

I have been seeing some fabulous journal pages in many of the inspiring blogs I visit.
 Many times I have have thought I would join in at the Art Journal Journey but never quite had the courage to do so. However,  the theme is Circles and maybe , my round flowers  and background splodges will be okay.

Thank you for taking the time to visit, the comments you leave are always appreciated.

I may not get to visit you all for a few days, but will catch up soon.

Say Cheese

At Fashionable Stamping Challenges the  new theme is to make/alter something that is, ' 3 D '   it could be a bag, box, jar etc... Please pop over for all the information  and see what my design team sisters made. We have our regular sponsor Flonzcraft and as always stamping must be the main feature on the project.

I think you may have guessed  how this box started off, you know the famous round cheese  variety, thats even better when its a bit squidgy in the middle.

The box was first painted all over  with cream acrylic. The inside is plain cream. 

 I then cut a circle of card to cover the lid and a strip for the side and stamped them up. 

 All the images and background are from  Stampers Anonymous sets.

The trimmings were scraps of fibres etc

The shading is all Tea dye and vintage photo distress ink, with a touch of gilding wax here and there.

I think I may be making more of this masculine style box, fill  them with a few nice chocolates when I need a small gift for a male. This one is going to be used by my OH .

Other challenges entered--

At A Vintage Journey they have just announced the new theme for Challenge No 6 which is 

'All About Him'.  The girls here would like us to be inspired by the work and products of Tim Holtz.
 I use  his products on a regular basis  and am always inspired by the way he can take things from everyday usage  and totally transform how they look.

 At the Craft-Room Challenge  the theme is ' Recycle'. [Thank you Annie for mentioning this to me].

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, I do so appreciate your comments.

Flying by.

Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge 2

This week Linda at StudioL3   has us turning to page 56 of Tim's book, we are asked  not to go into the details of the technique, but  it did  involve some sparkly stuff,  something I don't often use.

 Also  there is a  super prize being offered from The Funky Junky

Again, I have made my piece into a card. Layers of Kraft card, one of them a resist paper and one embossed on a piece of an old cardboard box.

 Then out with the vintage photo and  tea dye distress inks  for the shading.

I will also join the new challenge over at  Thats Crafty the theme is That's Krafty

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, the comments you leave me are always appreciated.