Tuesday, 30 October 2012

This years Pumpkin's.....



Just a quick share of our pumpkin's for this year.... I was a little worried when my two wicked munchkins asked me yesterday to carve pumpkin's like last year.... but they haven't come out to bad if I do say so myself, with my hand op only two months ago.... I am paying for it a little today but the smiles were worth it.....

Thursday, 18 October 2012

This Messy Playing Is Fun.....

I have been working on a Cj entry this morning for the 'Let's Get Messy Art Journal Cj', I don't really want to spoil things for who's Cj it is so I am only sharing another sneaky peek....
 
 
Sorry for only showing sneaky peeks I don't want to spoil the surprise for when it arrives home (because that's the exciting bit...)
Must tidy up now and put the kitchen back to it's normal self....
 
Thanks for popping by....

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

A Messy Sneaky Peek...

Well I am making some ground on my crafting projects now, feels like forever not being able to do the things I love to do.... and I have plenty to catch up with.... The list seems to be never ending but I am making a dent in it I just need to work out where to start lol....
 
 
'Messy Art Journal Cj', I am a few days over the posting but I am getting ther now, hopefully by the weekend I will be good to go and send my Art Journal off on a ickle trip ... I think it was a good job I had made the journal before I had surgery on my hand, but with not being able to play I have fallen behind a ickle... Yesterday I had fun and played (hubby did wonder a little as to why it was just sausage and mash for tea)... I found it so hard to start, the white page Gremlin got the better of me for a while but once the paint was on there you couldn't stop me... So here is a sneaky peek of my Art Journal as I don't want to spoil it to much for the girls in the Cj....
 
First Page
 
 
 Intro Page

 
                                                             My Page

 
I still have a ickle bit of tweeking and to add my journaling to my page and I am good to go....
 
 Part of my list of things to do...
 
Finish my Messy Art Journal Cj...
Finish my entries in two other Cj's...
Make some ATC's...
Make a Bookmark...
Get ready for Mojo III...
 
 
Good job I have a crop to go to on Saturday... Hopefully it will be a very productive day :D...Well I think I have waffle'd on enough, so will set to finding the words I need for my Art Journal page... Hope you all have a good day whatever you have planned to do...
 
 

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Crafty Happenings....

 
I haven't been to a crop for a while, I think it was June when I went last, so I was looking forward to a little crafty play at the weekend just gone... My daughter came to help me but I think I spent more time helping her oh and some how she managed to spend my money too lol .... I did have a quick play in my art journal (and it was quick, you can tell), on this background, (the face was something I had drawn before my op) it's still a work in progress.... it's a layer down...
 


Something else I haven't done for a while is made some ATC's so I have joined an ATC swap on Uks, here is a sneeky peek at my ATC's, they are a little simple but with my hand not playing properly yet I am quite pleased with them.... The background is something new for me using a highlighter pen and Distress inks and then some stamp'd images... hope the girls will like them....

 
I was hoping to have a play in a Cj I'm working on today but have woke up with a very sore hand, pain relief required, think the weekend's crafty play and the few house chores I have done have taken toll on me.... It's just the background I need to work on, planned on doing some hand drawings/doodles but holding the pen is not good will see how I feel a little later... so want to get it finished as I'm the last person to do an entry and then it is home....
 
 

Friday, 7 September 2012

Lets get MESSY....

 
OMG I haven't blogg'd since June (I've not been a very good blogger of late SORRY!!!!)..... Life has been a little hectic, and I have just had surgery on my wrist just over two weeks ago now, still a little sore but getting there.....I have found it very hard to be the patient as I'm usually the one to be looking after everyone else.... So I'm just starting to do a few thing's, looking forward to crafting again (tomorrow at a crop)....
 
 
So Lets Get Messy!!!
 
Before my op I decided to join another Cj, this one is an Art journaling one... Something I haven't done as a Cj before but have dabbled and thought this might be quite fun... This is my Journal I made (before the op)...   
 


The Cover I have just left plain at the moment (not sure what to do with it to be honest).

I covered chip board with some leather and stitched the edges and used a Coptic stitch to bind my signatures.... Sorry I've loaded the photos back to front.... long time since I have done this :D
 
 

Monday, 25 June 2012

Paper Beads

I had a little spare time yesterday and wasn't really sure what I wanted to do... I have this mini album idea floating around in my head but not enough time for that, So I decided to try and make some paper beads to maybe use as charm's on my mini book.... so this is what I have after my little bit of crafty time... The mini is possibly going to be quite vintage so it will probably be just the brown beads I use, but it was fun to try other colours too....


These are quite fiddly for me and made my wrists quite sore but if I only do a few a time I'm sure I'll be fine lol.... (the things we put are selves through for the love of crafting :D)

Sally B and the Reds....

The Sally B, B17 Bomber and the Red Arrows... 

These are photos my brother took yesterday at Norwich Airport. Sally B and the Red Arrows had been staying here for a local air show this weekend.... I didn't get there in time so to see Sally B taking off , she left earlier than planned... :- ( But got to see the Reds though :- )....







 I managed to get this one...




But the best seat in the house was on top of my brothers van... (health and safety was taken into account, they were told to sit still lol lol)....

Friday, 22 June 2012

Don't get to excited......



I found a little time yesterday to have a crafty moment....  My friend is off in her caravan next week so I made this little journal for her son (hes 7)...

The pages are plain printer paper so he can do what he wants with it and I just used the BIA (which I had to dust before I used it) to bind it, the caravan is hand drawn from an image I see on FB somewhere coloured with Promarkers... just something pretty simple... Hope he'll like it....

Still feeling pretty creative which is handy really cause when my little peeps saw it this morning it was "can we have one for our holiday, please mummy can we please", guess I'm going to be busy lol......

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

So it's now June....

Oh where as the time gone....


I have not had much of a creative time of late and daily living has taken over but here's hoping for a change... well there is a creative spark just hope it ignites and I can get back to playing with all the lovely crafty goodies I have... Hoping to find some crafty time soon to get creative and have a good ol' play....

Monday, 6 February 2012

Doodling....

I have just a little creativeness to report... The other night I sat at my craft table while everyone else was watching tv.... I just started doodling, came up with this little entry in my art journal... I just had a background of left over paint that I had slapped on a page so not to waste it, so nothing really creative... and with my journaling pen just went off on a doodle journey...



This was something I also did, got carried away with the pencils this time.... Had to cut her out as I did her on a scrap piece of paper, I have now stuck her in my art journal... need to come back and do something not sure what just yet but happy with her to wait a while...




This is something I did this evening... just can't seem to stop drawing again... The photo is not the best, lights not so good at this time of night....





A little scared to add colour to her, but might do it some day...






Friday, 3 February 2012

Art Journal... It's your life.....

Uks has a journaling prompt this week.... My head spins at this thought but I have been sitting at my craft table this morning thinking about words and using magazines to find these words... and have come up with this... (I have just realised that I need to add a word to this and that word is TOO!!!!!!)

It should read "It's Your Life Too Live It".....



The only thing now is to believe it and live my life.... being a stay at home mum and a wife I have slipped into a blur and have lost a little of me and who I am... I now have to find the happy medium and start to live my life as well without feeling selfish for doing so....

Thursday, 2 February 2012

The things I do!!!!

With my little lady off school at the beginning of the week and me not feeling the best laryngitis (more antibiotic) we decided to get one of her Christmas presents out and work on it together, well I say together I knitted, Lolly stuffed and stitched (with assistance)... The knitting kit had the pattern for the larger dog but there was plenty of yarn left over so I knitted up a smaller one... So this is 'Lucky' and her puppy, don't think puppy has a name yet though probably just pup at the mo!!


I feel slightly chuffed as I don't call myself a knitter and was really unsure if I could help Lolly to do this, but I am really please with myself and how 'Lucky' turned out and more so that Lolly is pleased too!!!!

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Art Journal update....

Just sharing my next page in my art journal... this took some doing as I really struggled to journal on it... This seems to be my main trouble the journaling, not sure always if what I am trying to say comes out the way I want to say it or even how to say it... I often think of something good (well I think it is good) but either forget it before I've had chance to write it down in my journal or don't think it is good enough in the end...



I really lack confidence in me and feel this is something I so need to work on... So hopefully working along side the girls on the UKs Art Journey will help me find myself so to speak...

Friday, 27 January 2012

Flower Card.... a quick post

I had to get my crafty stash out to make a special birthday card.... I have a friends 40th Birthday Party tomorrow.... and it's a bit of last minute . com here.... So I have been a little busy, it has taken me nearly all day to make this just not had any energy... think I might have to rest so I have plenty of energy for the party :D..... I'm looking forward to catchig up with some old work pals....









Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Still in The Making.....

I managed to find some time and be a little brave this morning to add some colour to my doll image.... I used acrylics, something I don't feel very confident using when it comes to colouring an image... Fine to slap on for background though... need to tidy a few edges and define areas but that might come with a journal pen....


Need to add a background, and journal.... She's getting there slowly...

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Loving it!!!

Oh what fun I am having with my Art Journal (when I get the chance), I am loving it.... so just sharing a couple of backgrounds... Might add some collage/images and then its time for some journalling...





While watching a little tv last night, I just sat with my journal and a pencil and this little doll of a girl appeared on my page... She is just waiting for a little colour now, hopefully will be able to play later and brighten her up a little...








Friday, 20 January 2012

Art Journal... Messy/Funtime!!!

Well I have managed to have a couple of hours of fun this morning, with the house to myself and no one asking what on earth are you doing???

I have just done an intro page really, so still have the prompt page to do. But I have had fun and I'm pretty pleased with how it has turned out.... I might doodle somemore but thought I'd share what I have so far...




I used Acrylic paint's for the background straight onto my watercolour paper (slightly watered down), made a couple of circle mask and sponged through different colours, I then used old bottle top's dipped in the paint for the bubble effect, the edge of a piece of chipboard dipped again in the paint and printed on... I then stamped my title on text paper from and old book cut this out and stuck on, the rest of the title I stamped straight onto the page then coloured in... I then had a brave moment and let some paint drip down the page.... Had a real fear moment of OMG!!! at this point I was saying 'what am I doing?' but I like how it turned out....


I did however have a messy time, managed to dip my arm into the tile I was using as a pallet but cleaned up before I had the brain wave of printing my elbow so as not to waste the paint... lesson for next time this happens :).....

Monday, 16 January 2012

Uks Art Journal Step 2....

With my journal made, step 2 is up and out there already on uks. I now have some research to do 'Preconceptions and Fears' ready for some fun on Wednesday... So time to get my thinking cap on and see where I want to take this.... There is an idea floating at the moment ? but needs somemore thinking time, fears are setting in so maybe I'm thinking in the right direction... lol....

I need to get some other creative project's finished first before I get to really play... 2 Cj's need my attention and and I have a few ATC's to make...

Ok off to give this a little more thought.... ;D

Friday, 13 January 2012

Art Journal 2012

I proberly shouldn't be playing with the lappy today with it being Friday 13th.... But here goes....

This is my Handmade Leather Bound Art Journal, using the idea from the instructions on uk's... my binding is slightly different but the idea is the same, iykwim......






Sorry the photos are not the best but the lighting not good and photography is something that needs working on lol...... Hope you like though I'm pretty pleased with how it has turned out........




Tuesday, 10 January 2012

A New Year..... and it's 10 day's in already...

Happy New Year to everyone, (eventually)


I have been away for so long I had a mental block on my password now that is bad, and talking of bad I have some catching up to do on my Cj's. I have totally lost track of time over Christmas and with all the dec's away now I am able to at least see my stash, still need to go through it to see what basics I need as before Christmas I was starting to get low on some of the basics, like cardstock and nice new pp's.... Guess I need to break into the budget to get back on track....


I do believe I am running on, somethings never change well when I eventually blog LoL....


I am hoping to take part or at least try Art Journaling over on Uks, Looking forward to seeing where this takes me..... This time....