Last post for this month

Good evening all, so far this evening hasn't been going well thanks to Windows and their never ending updates. I have been sitting here near on one hour waiting to use the laptop while they hijack MY device to update...and then make the laptop run ever so slow. Annoying!
I have some craft to show but its mostly if not all art journal pages. I do not pretend to be a artist, more like, I enjoy messing about with paints and pencils and glue and getting a bit messy and seeing what becomes of it! But first of all two new photos of my little dog Leo. I took these this afternoon.

now, the craft stuff.

This developed from my finding a large bat made of MDF. I decided it would make a great mask. I drew the face around that using it for a starting point. I used acrylic paint markers for the hair and Jane Davenport mermaid markers, for the skin and normal acrylic paint for the lips

                                                      above is a close up of the face. All images are my own so any thing similar  is by chance. I Know she looks like a sort of super hero but I didn't have that in my mind when I painted her. remember the little faces? well this   page below, I made to go next to it. I used the cling wrap method to get the background with pearl paints. then inks to add a small design on top. MDF wings and bits of bobs all brought from FERNLI. Metal wings  were in a treasure tin I brought from Craft Box..

                                                two close ups so you can see the detail better

My wooden boy. FERNLI  are makers of MDF laser die cuts. When I brought something from them ages ago they sent a little bag full of tiny, tiny off cuts. Thinking people maybe could use them for mixed media. Well, this is what I made with some of them. I just sat on the floor with the bag of bits and glue and had fun!

has you can see, they really were tiny bits and all shapes and sizes.

Meet All-sorts! Coloured in pencil.Like I say I don't pretend to be a artist! LOL and I have never seriously attempted to draw a dog before!

Well, I think I have added enough for this time. I will have scrapbooking for you next time and hopefully some parchment.

So take care and be nice out there! I really have been  disgusted this past week over the awful press reaction to two guys announcing they are going to be Dads.Everyone deserves respect. You may not agree with them but there's no need or place for the vile abuse that was out there. So understanding each other and agreeing to let people be who they want to be, as long has they are not hurting no one, seems to be a easy thing to do but sadly in some cases and areas of the press that basic seems to be sadly lacking. so please spread the love and treat folks has you want them to treat you.

until next time....

mid February post

Good evening, Here we are on the eve of Valentines day. Time is slipping by fast don't you think?  Its cold and snowy outside, best to stay warm and craft. Unless I need to walk the dog! and when a dog needs to go..he needs to go! Right!?

At last I can show you the pages  held back because of the whisper swap on Facebook. If you don't know what a whisper swap is I'll explain. Each week I received a message with a picture of someone else's page attached . Then I had to do my version of their page and the following week pass it on to the next in line. very much like a round robin. At the end the host revealed them all in order so we could see how each person's page had changed. There were four in each group this time.Leo was the page I set off on week one.

below is week two.

Below week 3

and below week 4 with a close up below that. So that is the scrapbook pages for this time. 2,3,4, are all from my holiday at Christmas. I used maps and mixed media, plus on page 3 used some volcanic stones we were given from the tour of the site of the main eruption on Lanzarote.

On-wards to my art journal! I can hear someone saying "That's art!"? LOL I started by drawing the face with the blonde hair and red hairband. I didn't like how she was coming along, then I decided to fill the page with different faces. I used blendable pencils for this. Three different makes. Jane Davenport Magic wands, which I love. The leads are creamy and the colours wonderful. Then I used Prisma  crayons.I love the colours but the leads are a little too soft and break so easy no matter which sharpener I use. Because of this I wouldn't buy this brand again. Last of all I used W.H.Smiths brands. These are a good starter crayon that are blendable and nice colours. I would and do recommend them to beginners on parchment. On parchment I love polys, but they are expensive and over £100 for a full set.

Below the above are close ups. I think I shall call this page. Diversity not division. we are all different in any number of ways and how we deal with those differences is what matters.  

 

Last of all parchment. Julie Roces pattern. from Parchment craft magazine. Front and side view. I enjoyed making this one. Something a little different from cards.

it will hand from a branch on my fairy light tree.

Well, that's all folks! I hope you enjoyed seeing the craft I have been busy with. What is next? Who knows? I have nothing on the table that is work in progress. Tomorrow I'm sure that will change!

Until next post, keep safe and keep warm. and be kind to yourself and others. I saw a quote on social media today. Remember   just because its bad day doesn't mean it's a bad life!

keep smiling.

Happy February

Hello, It doesn't seem that long ago I was on here up dating my blog, yet here I am again with the first post of February!  Time flies when you are having fun right! Its freezing cold up north in north west Cumbria. first scrapbooking, these are photos taken by Chloe my granddaughter. One as taken of us waking away and she called us to look back. I raided my junk journal bag for this page. I used tissue paper, sand paper, cardboard box, a old map which had been stamped on, and a old film strip and tags. close ups show the mixed media I used.

Two more Disney pages, one of Minnie and below that one that shows my fave statues from Disney Paris. Thanks to Pol Prince for cutting the file for me. I did some fussy cutting for the Minnie page.

I just love the Donald and Daisy one!

Mixed Media! I dabble. I'm no expert. but my friend Chrissie is always telling me, the main thing is you enjoy it! She is right of-course! I used a couple of punches for this lady. one a tiny butterfly to make her hair and the other a tiny flower to make her dress. I added a ribbon bow in the hair and gems for a necklace and bracelet. I love Jane Davenport products. They are designed for mixed media by a lady who understands the art form.I used one of her stamps for the face outline. Which were sent to me kindly by a friend in the USA. The lady is painted with Mermaid pens. which are watercolour brush pens. I used a stencil for the background over the mermaid pens.

This was sketched when I couldn't sleep. It was some silly time like, 1 am. I painted it at a more sensible time later in the morning! LOL I used  Pitt brush art pens for the colour. I have no idea where  the idea of ladies sitting in chairs came from, it just happened!  

Well, that's it for this post. I hope you found it interesting to see what I have been doing with my time. remember to spread the love, let people be who they want to be without judging them. A hug costs nothing so give them freely and often! Until next time, keep warm and keep safe!