Hearts and Flowers at TioT's

Hearts and Flowers

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

Its a multi layered hybrid journal page from me today

The design team are sharing fantastic examples on the TioT's blog, 

 I hope you will pop over to see what they made.

This inky tag was my starting place, 

Next a  photo  which Elizabeth at

 Bleubeard and Elizabeths kindly shared and said we could  use. It was taken when she visited the zoo, you can see the post here

Yep,  I think they go well together as a starting point.

You will see on my finished page that many digital layers were also added.



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If you've called in for Tea day,
 please scroll down to my earlier post.

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 about my digital additions.

Mimi needs a coffee

Hello T. day friends 

and everyone who takes time to call in , you are very  welcome.

First of all my T day related post,  for Bleubeard and Elizabeths.

I have been trying to get some crafting done to take my mind off other things that are happening  at  home, our old Meg is not so good these days.

Anyway, I had  a few things to use up, a die cut cup, a fussy cut cat  as well as a rather messy background in my journal. I also used this calendar page, I had used the day by day pages in my daily planner I shared a short while ago.

It  has a bit of a story going on so I will be just in time to add this to Erika's current theme of Tell me a Story at Art Journal Journey

Mimi loves cooking with wine, but much prefers to taste it before she puts it in the dish. By the look of her here, she has had a few tastes over the top and needs a coffee to get over it.

Now for me I would pass on the wine, move the cat to her own dish and make myself a cup of tea.

So I did go and make a brew,  and settled  in front of the computer with my trusty TeaBag

If you are interested in seeing the digital page I was creating ,

 its here  on my other Blog..

Thank you for calling in to see me 

Happy Tea Day

Year of the Rooster

Happy Chinese New Year.

I started off making this digital page for Art Journal Journey

 where Erika's theme  for this month is Every journal Page Tells a Story.

I have been thinking a lot recently about animals and if only they could speak to us and maybe  tell us, what they think, how they feel, are they well, are they happy.

In my imagination these two birds are discussing  their  morning call,  ''crow,''

 and perhaps it may sound better on the ear  of the humans if it was set to music.

Now that would be something to hear.

So as its Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rooster

 I was able to add a the internet searched medallion. 

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

Smile and make someone happy.

A journal  page for Art Journal Journey

where Erika has chosen the theme...

Every journal page tells a story.

This page  has  a background made a while ago and until now

 I wasn't sure how it would be finished off.

The flowers stamps are Paper Arty, some fussy cut as they didn't stamp so well on this heavy paper..

The smiling faces were computer generated.

As for the story,  when every thing is cold and grey in the winter months, nothing can  cheer me up as much as a smile. from  a family member,  friend or even a passing stranger.

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Earlier this week a friend had a significant birthday and I took her a large bunch of roses and other blooms, needless to say there were many smiles .

We cannot know how folk feel inside, so give a smile and make someones day.

Thank you for stopping by to see me today.

Your visit and comments are always very much appreciated.

Its T day .---teapots and tags

Hello friends a warm welcome to all who  call in to see me  today.

At   Bleubeard and Elizabeths   its 

T stands for Tuesday

So this is my tea related post.

I had some new Paper Artsy stamps last week and this is the first chance I have had to ink any up.  I decided on a tag, this may stop me from adding too much.

The tag is also a reminder for the current TioT's theme...Anything but square.

 A sprayed ink base, 

I did try to stop here, but went on to add a little texture through a stencil,. Not a good idea when I found I had gone over some of the image. This had be re -stamped and fussy cut.

As you can see Mr Robin is still hanging around ,  he is my mug of choice for today.

Tea Pots for T day.

I do have a few teapots on  the dresser and I did try to get photos,  but  its  in the hall,  I had to move them to a lighter shelf so I could get a better picture.

The elephant one  is about 40 years old  bought in France, if I remember it was a promotion pot for  a brand of tea. It has been well used over the years, but is now in retirement.

This little stove has never seen hot water, It would only hold half a cup.

These two pots were presents from my sons. Those of you who follow my ramblings will know that one of the  family's main outdoor interests is  competing in Off   Road Land Rover competitions.

So the blue one has special memories for us all. 

This last teapot was a gift from my hubby . I have to  smile, as it is always known as the" choose your own".

 My brew of choice would be a Hot cuppa,

while the rest of the family would like a nice glass of wine with their cheese. So one pot  suits all.

Thank you for calling in to see me.

Happy T day .

Imagination

Imagination is a wonderful thing.

Children have it when they play, theirs can be a magical world of make believe,

 as well as the reality of learning and growing up.

  But stop and think.... how as adults do we use our imagination.

Easy to answer for folk who love crafting and creating, 

we use it without thinking when we sit down  and pick up the first pencil or piece of paper.

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 Read a good book and you can be transported into another place, or time.

Do you ever get so engrossed in a book, that you cannot put it down

 and it becomes real in your head, as the story unfolds.

Faced with a problem do we wonder/ imagine how we can sort it out

My   hybrid journal page started off with this, inky and stamped   ATC 

We had no TV's when I was a child , toys were mainly home made and the garden was a magical place for me.  At bed times we always  had stories.

 I think this is where my imagination all began.

Back then,  I thought there was a fairy living among the flowers, something  I have never forgotten.

It made the huge garden feel safe  with her

 watching out for me.

My own boys always loved adventure stories at bed time and probably would have wished for something entirely different to live in the garden and laughed at their mom for wanting a fairy to live there. 

So I am linking with friends over at Art Journal Journey

and Erika's theme for this month

Every Journal Page tells a story......... this was one of mine.

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

Pieces of paper

The other  day I shared some pages from a diary/planner  I have been making.

I had lots of scraps  and left over cut outs. that were much to good to throw away and after visiting  one of my  blog friends  Chris

 and seeing how she had been using up her scraps, I decided to use some on this collage page..

Now,  as to the story behind this page, it is known that  I am a hoarder.,

Pigs will certainly fly,   if I ever have a 'proper' clean up in my craftroom.

I never know when to stop adding things to my journal pages

 and have to give myself a talking to,  about when enough is enough,

so no changes here.

A few paint smears and a digital word stamp added ,which kind of says it all for me today.

''I don't want to get down from my cloud.''

If I do I will be back in the world of,   'the now'  

 and I would much rather spend more time crafting.

I will be linking up with the folk at

Art Journal Journey

where Erika's theme is ..., Every Journal Page tells a Story

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