I forgot to add this to my previous post so I'm back again!
I made a tag - I've been thinking about the seaside a lot lately -it used to be very easy to visit when we had our caravan.
I pasted various scarps of paper onto a greyboard tag. The Crafty Individuals Beach huts were stamped an coloured and I stamped a cheapie seagull and extended the column by turning the stamp upside down. The sun is a punched circle with a little doodling!
I found this sign in my stash and wrote on it with a micron pen, some woven ribbon was added along with some cotton threads and some shredded cheesecloth. Finally I scuffed the edges.
I am entering at Tag Tuesday - The Sea
and
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Day At The Beach
Thanks for looking, Chris
Hi everyone, the other evening I developed a really strong craving for fruit! Eating fruit daily is not unusual, and we are always well stocked with fresh fruit, we had eaten a satisfying meal but about an hour afterwards I helped myself to a peach, grapes, half a pear, half a kiwi fruit and some strawberries.
When my delightful new Aall and Create cute stamps by Janet Klein arrived yesterday I stamped some out and sat colouring them in while watching TV last night. I also cut out quite a few.
Today I started a journal page by splatting pink and orange Distress Inks with an acrylic block onto my page - something I really love to do.....hold on there, this is going somewhere...
A few weeks ago a free magazine was delivered with our groceries with a fabulous article on fresh fruit and veg - Georgina Luck had illustrated it and I remembered the peaches in particular looked fabulous..so here it is on my page..
..I added some text from another A and C stamp set and gave the girlies some peaches (you will see that one greedy girl had a whole pile of them!) I think the cute puppy has either eaten too many himself or he just likes rolling around in the juice!!
I added some circles made with a hole punch (pinched an idea from my friend Sarah Anderson)
I am entering at
Art Journal Journey and Erika's 'When It's Hot' theme fruit (and water)a definite 'must have' in hot weather!!
Country View Challenges 'Do What Makes you Happy' - a new journal page, splatting ink, playing with new stamps, using cutie stamps by Janet Klein, using gorgeous magazine clippings...and eating fruit!!!
Thanks for looking,Chris
I love warm days, not hot days....certainly not days when it feels as though there are three suns in the sky!
I started by spritzing my page and adding water colours in reds, oranges and yellows, then spritzing and allowing the paint to run.
I added some scraps of tissue that had some text on and some other bits and pieces and I found the piece of watercoloured paper that gave me the idea of three suns. I was thinking of Erika's 'When It's Hot' theme at Art Journal Journey. I added a few bits and pieces and stamped the palm trees and the cacti and coloured them in...what next? There was too much red so I added some yellow distress oxide ink and spritzed along with some gelatos, addded some spattering with orange and red DIs. Finally I added some bright stickles to the 'suns'
I really just enjoyed 'faffing around' with ink, paint, doodling, stamps etc. to make my journal page.
I am entering at :-
Country View challenges - Do What makes you Happy - I really enjoyed just 'faffing' with my journal page, no rush, no deadline, just playing!
Penny Black and More - In the Garden - my ideal garden is an English country garden but if I had to live somewhere tropical I would have to have plants in bright pots and some palm trees for shade
More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Pastels - there are actually some accidental pastels here in my background.
I posted last night but then went back to my tablet where I had started to write this post and it deleted everything-including everything I had added on the computer and the post????
Sorry for the confusion!!
Thanks for looking, Chris
Hi everyone, I did actually think that Summer had arrived on Sunday but yesterday after a very bright start the sun played hide and seek again!
We did get out again last week, we went to Dunham but gave the gardens a miss and went into the woods.
This was on the pathway that everyone had to take..
..but when we reached the little moat with the little tracks in the water where the moorhens had been...
...we turned off and into the woodland area
This is the back of the saw mill
There are lots of fallen trees in Dunham - they are left to rot naturally unless they fall across a path
We see this in the distance from the top of one of the paths usually...
...this is Langham Grove
We walked by the deer sanctuary
A picture of decay
This is one of the ponds.
We loved how this den has been created. One of the volunteers was picking up litter. She told us that a lot of litter is picked up weekly...in a deer park....for goodness sake....!!!
We got quite close to some by the path!
...and here is hubby's photo
Here is the front of the saw mill
The cafe is open..
..and so is the shop..we looked in...only one other person there..so we went in..and I bought another roasting tin book!!
On Friday we went to Tatton Park, only a short drive away. We had booked to go in the gardens.
You may recognise this
Lovely tall redwood trees
There were quite a few people having picnics
The Oriental Gardens are my favourite part
We found a bench to sit on and enjoy the view, although the planes have now appear in the skies close to the airport
The formal gardens in front of the Mansion
We went back to the car and drove out onto the estate - there were a few people walking around but there is so much space we didn't get within speaking distance. We had our picnic and then went for a walk.
Sheep and deer in the distance
There is a Mediaeval Hall inside these walls but out of sight to us!
A very small patch of blue appeared briefly!
On the way out in the car hubby stopped so I could take another photo.
We enjoyed our walks. The gardens at Tatton were one way once again but only the way we normally walk any way - apart from the closed walk under the roses. In the woods we found it easy to avoid folk so we shall go to both of these places again.
My new cook book is great and I have already tried two recipes both were delicious!
It is here of course that I will join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for Tea Stands for Tuesday
Here is my new Cook Book
I made peanut chicken last night
It was very tasty and hubby said he would like it again!
I think I would have less chilli in it!
Thanks for looking, Chris
