Bloom

 A trip back to a simpler style of journal page for me today.

I do always want to add more, so today my aim was  to

 leave as much space as I felt comfortable with.

I used my 8 x 8 inch Kraft journal, adding a white gesso wash as a starter..

Just a few random stamps.

 Then I sprayed this and a plain piece of white paper with some home made  colour.

 Don't ask what colour, it could even have been some paintbrush cleaning water that

 I liked the look of  to use in the spray.

The flower stamps [Carabelle] were coloured   and I cut these into three panels. 

A few word stamps and I decided to stop and stuck down the pieces, edging them with an old Spectrum Noir broad nib pen.

As this is made up with some

 Geometrical shapes

  The theme  that  Alison's  has been hosting this month at....

Art Journal Journey

I will go link the page over there.

Thank you for calling in to see me today.

Your visit is always very much appreciated.

Work in progress and lots of cuppa's

The words on this journal spread say it all.

I've had a day when I cannot seem to catch up with myself,

or get that owl to stick to the fabric on the page.

 This spread  is still work in progress as my muse went walk about as well.

 Those words  about coffee,

 which as a tea drinker was  not 

one of my better idea's either.

Coffee didn't work for me and I had  tried it before I brewed my cuppa.

I began the pages with good intentions, my cuppa beside me, a bit of morning sun,

 shhhhh don't tell , its a rare sight here at this time of year and it has appeared a few times lately.

I added some random stencils to the  right side page, they didn't work on the fabric side.

I stamped out the bird onto rice paper and managed to get it to stick to the page. I fussy cut the stamped owl, the body stuck down fine but, those legs simply refuse to stick.

A bit of random stamping came next.

At this point I felt I was wasting my time and decided to  leave it for another time.

I added  the words and the stack of cups in the digital program I use.

So I can call by and say hello to the friends over at

Bleubeard and Elizabeths 

where its T stands for Tuesdays

and we  always made very welcome with a drinks related post.

So my day has a happier  outlook when I can visit with like minded folk .

My last share today are a few photos of  a visit to....  an American style diner.

at a food complex, near the cinema  in  our nearest shopping center.

Never having been to  America I  have no way of knowing how authentic this place might be.

We chose to order the Breakfast bap.

Sausage ,bacon, burger, relish and topped with a fried egg and fries on the side.

 I ate it with a knife and fork as there was no way I could have held it in my hand.

I will be interested to read the thoughts of my American blog friends about this 'diner'.

Thank you for calling in, I hope you have a good day.

Time passes

I am sharing a couple of digitally created   birthday cards  here today. 

They both have  quotes relating to.....

Time.

So I can add a reminder  about the current  challenge theme at....

Try it on Tuesdays

'Time Flies'

There is another week for  you to join us there.

The first card  will go to   a friend with a fun sense of humour,

This second card is for a friend who rightly thinks,

 'age is just a number'

so we will celebrate the day and time can pass by at its own speed..

Notes about my digital pages

can be found in my sidebar.

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

Spread your wings

A page today for 

Art Journal Journey

and Alison's theme of Geometric Shapes.

I remembered to take a few photos while I was waiting for the paint on the

 layers to dry.

No 1..... the 8 x 8 inch kraft page with the pieces of scraps I wanted to use from my table.

No 2....... more white gesso 

and some modeling paste through a favourite stencil.

No 3......more  white paint and some stencils this time using distress ink to colour, also a bit of random stamping [the grids ]

No 4..... The brusho coloured piece that I used to stamp out the TH  image.

The round shapes were added using a round foam pad. Next I  added the words and the scraps of material and decided to stop there.

I saw that the new  theme over at

  Moo Mania and More  is...

Squares.

I  will try to add my link over there as well

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

Time Flies at TioT's

Time flies....

is the new challenge theme at

  Try it on Tuesdays.

Please pop over to the TioT's  blog to see what we have all been making
and we hope you will join us there.

We are also sharing some 'good news',  there  this week.

This is how the page as it looked after adding the stamped images to the stencil background.
I wanted to add the TH found relatives to the page as children and then growing up , with the romantic in me thinking they may fall in love and spend the rest of their lives together.

The news print was a digital addition, I had pondered over adding some actual print but  took the easier way for me, because once stuck in place there would be no going back, in 'time'.

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

Mosaic art

I have been gifted some photos from old calendars  and decided

 to use one for a page in my  8 x 8 inch Kraft journal.
This calendar featured Art Nouveau posters.

I meant to get more photos but as usual when having  messy, crafting fun I forgot and   the sun was actually  shining  on Sunday,   I had to even close the
 window blinds a little .

First of all using gesso  to create a square in the center with some random leaf stamping.

The picture I wanted to use, I cut into geometrical pieces using the guillotine this gave me much neater edges than the scissors would have done. I was aiming for the page to look  a bit like a mosaic .
A bit more random stamping came next and I couldn't resist adding a couple of stencil corners  using modelling paste.

I will link my page to Alison's theme at
Art Journal Journey
for her Geometric shapes theme.

While the  sun was shining through the windows I took   photo of another of my kitchen herb plants...Thyme
I have had this oversized cup for many years and we always smile at the words.
 I will  join the friendly,  folk over at
 Bleubeard and Elizabeths
T stands for Tuesday
  we are always made very welcome with a drinks related post.
My cuppa on the craftroom table  was filled with my usual brew.

Thank you for calling in and I hope you all have a lovely day

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.