Tatton, Tag And Taking A Closer Look

 Hi everyone, I have another page for Aimeslee's 'Flowers' theme at Art Journal Journey. I also have some photos taken the last week at Tatton Park.

I became quite interested in taking some close up shots with my i-phone.

The scent from these yellow Rhododendrons was fantastic

The ferns are still coiled up... 

...and some Rhododendrons are still in bud

While looking at this pot of tulips nearing the end of their flowering.......

....we saw that the Conservatory was open for the first time in ages

There is also a Fernery

I hope you enjoyed the visit!

Now to my"Flowers' Journal page.I am taking a closer look at this Aall And Create Daisy.

I took a separate pic of the quote by Alison Bomber (from a Paper Artsy set). Spring is definitely here now!

In also made a tag for Valerie's 'Travel' theme at Tag Tuesday.

I recycled a card I made with Crafty Individuals stamps - I added the word and some doodling around the edge of a tag I cut from the card.

Thanks for looking, Chris

T Stands For......to Paris ...

 Hi everyone, it seems that Spring has well and truly arrived.

I've had my sandals out and it's great going out without a coat...and according to the weather forecast ..it's set to last for a while!

So..I am going to return to cool Paris where even when the sun was shining it was bit nippy at times!

We spent most of Saturday at Version Scrap where I had booked a workshop with Dounia of Paper Artsy. 

When we arrived the ticket area the queue had cleared.

I didn't have time to take photos but did take some later in the day when it wasn't so crowded.

It was good to see some familiar faces - the Paper Artsy team were all there.

..and lovely Laure Lebard was chatting to a friend.

This area was for bigger workshops

These flowers popped up everywhere.

The Paper Artsy workshop area had samples from the classes they were teaching

This was the class I attended...

..and here are mine - finished off at home

We left mid afternoon for a little look around the St Vincennes area - hubby had spotted a Brocante when he went to buy sandwiches and cake for lunch. There were still quite a few stalls around but it was these windows that caught my eye!

There was a nice modern shopping area too

The chateau always looks fabulous

I am joining Bleubeard and Elizabeth of The Altered Book Lover for T Stands For Tuesday with some drinks we had while in Montmarte. I had a mocktail and hubby had a rather decadant looking coffee.

The next day was free museum Sunday where the best things I saw were the views from the Pompidou Centre - the exhibits did little for either of us. It is a long time since we visited and works by a lot of my favourite artists have been moved to other museums.

Here is a link that explains the construction of the building and what the different colours represent

I was pleased to see this by Fernand Léger - Composition aux deux perroquets. I didn't realise it was so big.

That's it for now - I'll be back tomorrow with some flower close ups and a journal page.

Thanks for looking, Chris