Diary Day..... week 28

This week I am so pleased that there are pre coloured pages in my diary.

I am not one to give up  on plans made and my weekly diary is one of those , even though I may have been tempted to decorate the pages later.

I have been able to use some stencils , held in place with tape,   it was a bit of a performance to get the lids off the inkpads with
 only my right hand.   

  Okay,  its not a crisp outline to Mr U, and he is a bit smudged around the edges, I used pens for outlines  and the words.  but hey, this a goal achieved for me this week.

I have to thank Chris, using Mr U came from a fantastic journal spread
 I saw on her blog the other day.
I'll join in at Art Journal Journey  and the theme of Art for Art's sake

Thank you for calling in today,

Your visits are always very much appreciated.

Add a quote....at TioT's

The new Try it on Tuesday's

challenge the theme is.....

Add a Quote.
Please pop over to see what we have all been making and get the details,

we hope you will join us there.

 This is another piece that I am pleased  to have made before I had my fall.

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I have gone all pink  and girly for this hybrid/mixed media project, mainly because I wanted to use one of

 Audrey Hepburn's quotes.

I believe in pink.

I believe that  laughing is the best calorie burner.

I believe in being strong when

everything seems to be going wrong.

I believe that happy girls are

the prettiest girls.

I believe that tomorrow is another day.

I believe in miracles.

I began with a water coloured page in my journal. Some stencil  and  random  stamps. The two stylish women are Tim Holtz stamps. The quote is also a stamp, but I have no note of who made it.

You can see I used this page after I had taken the photo,

 to frame up in the computer program I use.. It could be used in this way as a gift for someone who likes ''pink''.

But for me I think it will be staying in the journal, to have a smile at  and remember the time

 I went just a bit girly.

Thank you for stopping by you are always welcome here.

Who said this is not art

Hello  friends who call in from

Bleubeard and Elizabeths

where........ T stands for Tuesday

 and we are welcome with a drinks related post.

Thank you all for your kind wishes last week, as you see I am managing to craft.....digital pages.

 I am lucky to have had some  DT and diary projects  already  made.

This weeks drinks  photo was taken in the caravan,

hubby had assembled a cherry scone for me to have with my cuppa.......

filled with orange jam with a spoon of thick cream on top.

have my word for it , it tasted yummy.

My digital page was fun to make and kept me occupied for quite a while,
as did typing up this post

and the quote is one I really can relate to.

I would be stir crazy if I didn't have this crafting path to follow. until I can get hands on ink  again.

I've never been one to sit around, indoors  knitting, sewing, embroidery  were  my hobbies

 before I got the crafting bug.  

 I do however enjoy reading,there is nothing better than  getting engrossed with  a good book in the evening.. I am currently reading ...... The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton..... half way through it and I find it hard to put down, its a super book..

I will add my digital page to 

Art Journal Journey

and Chris's theme...

Art for Arts Sake

Happy T day wishes and thank you for calling in today.

Old ways won't open new doors.

Well,  as you know I am having to learn many ways to do things  with only one hand at the moment.

Crafting withdrawl symptoms  are coming high on my list of things to overcome .

 I have  to find a way around this matter.

Only another 24 days  until I may be able to say, goodbye to the splints.

I have sprayed a couple of pages with ink, looked at some stamps, but that is as far as hands on pages have  progressed.

 I will be sharing  digital pages here on my main blog for a while,[ notes in my sidebar]

 so you can see how I am spending my time.

I have a few new  digital kits to explore and use,  no inky fingers to wash off with this page.
 Lots of layers and effects, that I think,  look a bit  like a mixed media page

If the folk from
Art Journal Journey

won't mind my all digital pages, I will happily come over and join Chris's theme.
Arts for Arts Sake.
Thank you Elizabeth and Susi, I have been over to AJJ and joined in.

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

Sometimes I just sit .....Diary day Week 27

Diary day week 27

I am so pleased I have  a few diary  pages made in advance,
one arm to use is not helpful when I am used to both.
and I have done a lot of sitting this past week
The things I  have taken for granted would fill a book and the broken arm seems to get in the way all the time, it wants to help, but it cannot.

A  pre printed page covered  with white gesso was the starting place for the  page.

Book print scraps, stencils, a bit of stamping and a sweet dog torn from a napkin.

I will add this page to Art Journal Journey.
Chris is hosting the new theme
Art for Arts Sake.
This page is the kind of art I enjoy creating, with lots of paint and stencils involved.
It was made before I went away on holiday, but luckily for me it will enable me to join friends at AJJ


Thank you for calling in to see me and for all the kind thoughts you wrote on my last post.
I am reading your blogs, but my comments may be short for a while
 until I get used to typing with one hand.
Have a good weekend.

Heat, caravans, arm and art,

Hello everyone who calls in to see me today

and what an eventful week its been for me.

We went on a caravan trip to Kendal in the Lake District

 to take advantage of our lovely weather, I was not the only one on this beautiful site to say it is tooooooooooo   hot. You will gather that we are not used to such heat in the north of the UK.

The down side is that I tripped in the caravan and spent a couple of hours in the local hospital. I have fractured my radius.

So here I am showing the latest day wear of a plaster cast.

I really miss my arm and the fact they had to cut off my wedding ring because of the swelling was a bit distressing. .

  Some days do not go well.

I will be home  Tuesday and to my own hospital on

 Wedesday to find out what happens next.

We have also had not email use on this particular site and to add to the tale of woe

I haven't been able to access  one of my favourite sites in blogland Art Jounal Journey.

A problem with the caravan clubs internet provider.

However we have had restful days.

I am linking to

 Bleubeard and Elizabeths 

blog to share these 

 photos  of   a couple of our outdoor meals

a prawn salad and ice water. I mean't to take the photo before we started eating, the bottom pic is  gathering it all together. The top one is with the salad half eaten.

A BBQ  on another occasion,

chicken to go with the salad and iced water this time.

  

The page at the start of my post is all digital,  

created in the relative coolness of the evening.
Using the digital programs I use and a couple of trusty fingers on my good hand.

I am pleased I can create in this way as everything seems impossible with one arm at present.
Even reading a book is difficult, especially turning the pages when you are trying to balance the book on a plaster cast.

It makes me applaud the folk  with disabilities, 

you are awesome.

I am  a little in advance with projects and diaries at home with photos taken, so that is also a plus.

So from one armed  me..

Happy T day wishes.

A reminder  for the current theme

at Try it on Tuesdays as my page has got wings.

Chirpy Chickens .......Diary day week 26

Friday is Diary Day....... week 26

I remembered to get a photo of my page before I added the stencils this week.
The chickens were fussy cut ,  the sentiments  and microphone were stamped.
 I added a few scraps of washi tape  and used distress oxides  for  the stencils.

In case you are wondering about the page I showed a few days ago trying to cover the print it is still work in progress, I have another couple of weeks to get it sorted, when I get home.

Gosh,  week 26 and half the year is nearly over.
Thank you for all your  visits to  my blog.
It really makes my day to read the comments you leave for me here.