Lazy days

Hi everyone, I hope you have time to rest this weekend.
After a long walk on Friday with quite a few ups and downs I am not inclined to go too mad on the exercise this weekend apart from my usual - at least 5,000 steps.

I have watched Monty Don in his garden this morning and while I was watching filled in a few planner pages.
I seem to be repeating quite a few things that I don't achieve each week, I suppose they will eventually get done and they are non-essential stuff such as sorting through old mags for pics, looking through old photos for journaling....

That of course leads me to my latest journal page for Erika's 'When It's Hot' theme for Art Journal Journey.

I have used another railway poster from my bargain diary - it made me smile, as on TV yesterday there was an open air event being planned with these kind of tents providing places for folk to watch and social distance.
It made me think about those crowded beaches we saw the other week on the news - if only they had had these..

I started by using the colours in the poster  to make a Distress ink background - dabbing ink onto a block, spritzing and pressing it onto the page. I added some spatters and some some dots through sequin waste  
I was inspired by Linda's page here to make some layers - not of fabric but some of my scrap papers.
I would have left it at that, but looking through a Flow magazine that I bought in Paris last July, I found this title to an article that I thought fits in with our 'new normal' these days for outings! 

I also made a tag for Tag Tuesday's challenge set by Valerie - 'Put A Sentiment On It' 

I used a tag that I made ages ago with a DI inked background, a Paper Artsy stencil and glossy gel medium. I love this quote and the mixed up versions too, and this paper doll lady certainly looks as though she enjoys her life! 

The sun is shining here today and as I looked out of my bedroom window this morning at around 6.30 there were some beautiful wispy clouds so I dashed to get my phone and took some photos!

The flag on the church is still, and you can see the plants on our balcony here too.
I went back to bed to warm up - it was a bit chilly hanging out of the window!!
As I went to make a coffee a couple of hours ago I looked out and then grabbed my camera again...

I hope fellow cloud watchers enjoy these brush marks in the sky!

Thanks for looking,Chris