Cats for AJJ and Moo Mania

I saw that the new theme over at

 Moo Mania and More...... is

Cats

This was such a coincidence as I was thinking about using some Paper Artsy stamps that hadn't seen ink for a while, that might go with this  new one of a cat.

So here is a simple tag,  with pre- printed  paper background and coloured with ink pens.

But as July is just about to end, I wanted to create one last page for

Bleubeard and Elizabeths 

Summer Love theme at.....

at 

Art Journal Journey

Tiger, my spotty cat loves spending her Summer Holidays in the company of good friends.

They love the  hot summer nights when they can stay out late and enjoy being together.

Similar to us humans I think, Don't you?

I have used the tag you can see  at the top, to make this hybrid page.

Tiger has invited Bleubeard and Squiggles over for  a visit.

I hope they enjoy themselves.

I, for sure have enjoyed making my journal pages this month for their human Mom's AJJ theme. 

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

Share the love of Summer Laughter

 Share the love of Summer Laughter

Friends who you love to spend time with and   enjoy their company on  a perfect summers day.

These were my thoughts when I made this page

The base started off  when I accidently dropped an ink pad on the blank page. I have used old nearly dried out pads this way before, but  decided to give it a go for real with some juicy pads . The laughing trio of girls are from a Jane Davenport tissue and the word sentiment a stamp .

I used the same colours to stamp up the wild flowers.

I am happy with my original page, but many of you know I like to play with my photos in the digital program as well.

A few more digital  inky layer on the top photo

I added  summer flowers  as I;m sure the girls would  enjoy seeing them as well.

I will share this page over at 

Art Journal Journey

where I have really enjoyed creating pages this month for 

Bleubeard and Elizabeths

theme of Summer Love.

I may even find time to join in one last time over the weekend.

Thank you for calling in to see me today,

I always appreciate you stopping by.

What are my favourite colours

My Favourite Colour Combination 

is the new theme over at Tag Tuesday

I enjoyed making this tag and used two Oxide inks as my colour choices.

Chrissie is hosting this theme and it wasn't at all easy to pick out  what I like best.

Choosing colours for me can depend on many things....is the sun shining..... is it dull

....am  I happy....... what am I making  ....... etc.

So for this tag I chose to go blue and green, for me, two colours of summer.

I

I used a coat of white gesso as a base.

Blended on the two colours, then spritzed  the tag with water. After drying  I stamped  some flowers and script.. The same colours were used on the die cuts.

The butterflies were digital additions.

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

Summer mornings.

Digital  journal pages today to share over at

 Art Journal Journey,

where there is still a few more days for me to join  in with Bleubeard and Elizabeth's

 fantastic theme of Summer Love.

This first one had me thinking of a misty summer morning ,

 when the sun is trying is best to break through the haze.

 We live close to the River Tyne and often the valley is hidden by mists and low clouds ,

a scene perhaps we take for granted as we know it doesn't last for long.

My hazy summer sunshine has moved a few hundred miles

 and taken me on a trip to Paris for this next page.

Its many years since I visited this city, but it was summer time and I loved the trip.

Thank you for calling in today to see me, your visit is always appreciated.

Digital information  can

be found in my sidebar.

Cats and Tea

Hello friends who call in to see me today.

First of all I am sharing another hybrid journal page for

 Art Journal Journey

where our lovely T day  hosts Bleubeard and Elizabeth   are also hosting this months theme of Summertime love.

I got my inspiration  for this when I saw our neighbours cat, lying on our patio

 in the summer  sunshine on Sunday  morning.  It never came anywhere near our garden when we had our Meg, but I think it is feeling safe now  and we didn't mind it calling in. 

Most of my pages seem to be starting off the same way these days. With a fussy cut piece from a colouring page and a napkin.

Followed by extra shading and then some  digital additions.

I think I may be getting into a rut, but I have so many pretty napkins and lots of coloured pages to use, I am on a mission to get them into a journal.

Now to grab a cuppa and visit with the folk at

Bleubeard and Elizabethswhere T stands for Tuesday 

and we are always made to feel very welcome

 and share a drinks related post

On the subject of cats I think Elizabeth, Bleubeard and Squiggles might have enjoyed visiting  this
workshop we found whilst
we were in Yorkshire








--The Cat Pottery

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The outdoor cats were enjoying the sunshine.

I spent ages looking around the pottery garden, which was situated behind the owners home.









They were cat lovers in real life as well and  you could tell,  each cat was named.
Yes they were displaying a price if you wanted to take one home, but it was their business. Some however were not for sale and when I asked it was because it was there special one off piece to remember a family cat.

Now for some of the indoor cats.




These were cast metal and to tactile to the touch.











Some of the china cats on the right, it was hard to get a good photo of these ones.

This is  a small metal cat  that I fell in love with,  we have renamed her Tiger.
after a cat we had many years ago. She used to sit on  a chair or  the garden wall,  in this same position and pounce on the dog we had at the time, as he  walked past.

Where is the cuppa you may be wondering,
I should have had a cup the size of this one that  we saw holding plants in a Garden center we visited recently.









But as you can see the tea was as usual. placed close to hand beside the computer as I was sorting through  these cat photos.
I have been working on holiday photos for the past two hours and  I still have loads to sort  out, but not today.

I will leave you with this selection of photos. The owner of the pottery suggested we walk to the bottom of the village take a right turn..... we did and this is the scene that met us. A  beautiful waterfall in an  equally lovely location.

Happy Tea day Everyone

Summer is colourful

Can you imagine a summer without colour?..........I can't

What if  the summer  flowers we love had no colour at all...

I think colour can brighten anyone's day, don't you.

This is a hybrid, mixed media page for

 Art Journal Journey

where  Bleubeard and Elizabeths

great theme is Summer Love.

On the left is how this page began. The first layers are a colourful background , a layer of checked tissue in the top corner. A fussy cut lady from the same paper stack..

Some Washie tape and scraps of a printed ribbon.

 I used some Jane Davenport items I purchased on holiday.

 However this didn't stop me from altering it in my digital program  as you can see in  my first photo.

Thank you for stopping by, I  hope you are loving  summer like  I am..

Walking Boot?

Another hybrid page today that started off with a colouring in page.

It was my own base layer  for a journal page. 

I added some digital layers for the background, Removed quite a bit of the white  background digitally then added leaves and the words.

Sun flowers for me always seem to signify hot summer days. Maybe a walk in the country side and enjoy looking at the wonderful scenery.

But... what do you wear on your feet I wonder.

For me these days, its comfortable walking sandals

 or boots. I  do notice what other folk  wear and over the years have seen some rather out of place  footwear.

Flip flops on at hilly walk,

Wellies on a hot summer day,

High heels on a beach,

to name a few.

The folk all seemed to be enjoying the walks, so as long as they were comfortable, that was  all that mattered.

I will be joining the folk at Art Journal Journey

where Bleubeard and  Elizabeth's  theme is Summer Love..

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This page luckily,  fits the theme for this week at the 

  Three Muses Challenge

Footwear.

So I will pop over and join in there as well.

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

Digital information can

 be found in my sidebar.