Tell me a story for AJJ

The new theme for January over at

Art Journal Journey

has been set by Erika.... 

........Tell me a story.
I have always loved to weave a story around a picture,
 often unrelated to what is seen , but very vivid in my own mind.
So for this digital page  I am my hero of the story ,
 I sure want to get off that page
 and  get on with life.
What ever life throws at us, it should be lived to the full.
We can make it happen.

Thank you for stopping by, you are most welcome .
I hope you all have a good New Year.

Digital credits 

see sidebar.

Let the light shine from within

My last page for
  Art Journal Journey
this month where Valerie's theme is Light and Darkness. 

These words by Maya Angelou got me thinking of our troubled world. 

Lets hope that in the coming year,  those that live in fear, strife and darkness,

 will find the hope and peace that they all deserve.

I am also just in time to  join  the folk over  at
Take a Word
where the theme this week is..... Lights

Happy New Year wishes everyone, I hope 2017 will be kind for  you all.

Made using Mischief Circus,

 Oscraps kits and my own elements.

Tea, cake and a candle to light the way.

Hello to all  friends who call in to see me today.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Holiday.

I have a couple of photos to share, this first one is for

  Art Journal Journey

where there is only a few more days left to join Valerie's theme of 

Light and Darkness

This has been work in progress for a couple of days, starting off with a painted base layer of my own then added digital images. Snatched' me'  time,  was last on the list,  with the family staying.

Over the Christmas holidays there has been much laughter in the house

 and of course lots of food consumed.

So before it all gets eaten here is a slice of my cake rich fruit cake, that I showed you last week, while I was adding the marzipan and icing..

Happy T day to all my friends to stop by, to visit from

Bleubeard and Elizabeths 

to share Tea this Tuesday.

I have so enjoyed your company and I hope that the coming year will be good for you all.

Christmas wishes

 To all my blog friends and followers.

I wish you all a Happy Festive Holiday and hope that the coming

New Year will be a good one for you all.

  

Yvonne xx

Tread softly for AJJ

Taking time out again from the preparations for the Festive weekend.

Not that I am thinking about doing  much more,

house tidy,  shopping done,  gifts  wrapped,  think you get the idea.

Why get stressed out and forget about the real meaning of Christmas.

I could not believe how busy and frantic folk were,  doing their grocery  shopping today.

Our stores only close for one Day and yet I think they were buying food for a month.

Anyway, back to the journal page, I have always enjoyed reading poems, 

  last night a poem by Yeats came to mind. 

 I thought how  I could maybe use it on a  page   for 

Art Journal Journey 

and Valerie's theme of Light and Darkness.

Thank you for calling in, your visit is always appreciated.

TioT's spotlight post.

There is no new challenge this week at Try it on Tuesdays. 

instead we wanted to showcase some  of  your  fantastic entries

that  we have had to our challenges this past year.

We hope you will pop over to take a look,. 

This is another of my hybrid journal pages.

Starting off with this card ,  made with sprayed Brusho powders and stamped with

 a Tim Holtz image. 

 My own base layer and digital additions.

Thank you for calling in here to see me today, 

we would be thrilled if you would

 visit TioT's  as well.

If you have called in for Tea this Tuesday, please scroll down to my earlier post.

Tea and cakes

Hello  everyone and thank you for stopping by to see me today.

Christmas is fast approaching and everyone seems to be in a rush.

Welcome to friends who call in from

  Bleubeard and Elizabeths.

Where we get to share a drink related post and are made to feel very much at home 

by Elizabeth and Bleubeard.

At the back end of last week,

I decided to have some  'me'  time.

Relax with cup of my favourite brew and do some colouring   and for sure it worked.

The page was from the Colouring Studio Magazine/Book .

I didn't finish it all in one session, it did take a couple of days including finishing the page in my digital program.

So after relaxing I felt I must tackle icing the Christmas cake. First up,  the  marzipan rolled, 

the cake painted in jam so it would stick.

Iced in the traditional  way for my family, with a thick layer of Royal icing  flicked up

 to look like snow .

It will have a few decorations added when I find them, they are currently stored in a safe place from last year.

Yes we use the same ones, fir trees and a snowman.

Only a few more days now until  Christmas is celebrated, if you are busy .

I hope you take a little time out for yourself, relax, I can really recommend it.

Christmas wishes to you all friends who call in today

Happy T day.