Make your own...

 Hi everyone, we have a new topic at Try It On Tuesday - we'd like you to 'Make Your Own Background'. You can see the variety here that the Design Team have made. 

I must say that this is something that I love to do, whether it's just spattering some paint around, smudging ink, using my gelliplate or, as I have done today, use one(or two) of my many stencils.

 I used a favourite Lavinia stamps stencil, masked off with some copier paper with a hole torn out of the middle. I added some sponged paint around the edge. The stamps are by Paper Artsy and Chou and Flowers.

I hope you will have fun when 'You Make Your Own Background' for our TIOT challenge this time, which runs for the usual two weeks.  

Thanks for looking, Chris

I would also like to enter at Art Journal Journey where Gillena has chosen a brilliant theme 'Trees Are Awsome  Aren't They?'

Cute!

 Hi everyone, the year is moving on at quite a pace and it's time for our next Try It On Tuesday topic - 'Make It Cute'. The Design Team knows all about CUTE - just take a look here

I have made a journal page.

I have used a paper napkin for the greenery and a small piece of napkin for the lamb, flowers and eggs. My little creature is my favourite cute stamp - I think he would be perfect for delivering Easter eggs but the lamb isn't so sure! I coloured the image and the sky with watercolour paints.

I hope you will join us with your cutest creations at TIOT, where the theme runs for two weeks.

This is also my last page for my 'Spring Forward' theme at Art Journal Journey - I've had a great time. Thanks to Elizabeth and the AJJ team and to all those who entered their pages.

Thanks for looking, Chris 

 

More Spring Flowers

Hi everyone, I have other pages but this is a favourite and I really wanted to share it as part of my Art Journal Journey 'Spring Forward' theme. I suppose I am just obsessed by flowers, especially Spring flowers, and partly because by now hubby and I would have visited several of the gardens around here. It will be a while before we can go out and have a walk, although I have seen lots of signs of Spring from our windows.

When I was a child we would often go for walks with my Gran - there was field we used to pass and as soon as the cowslips appeared we would climb over the gate to pick some.

I spattered the page with watercolour paint and added some scraps of designer paper. The flowers and heading were cut from an old Matthew Rice calendar.

I have really enjoyed seeing the variety of pages everyone has produced for my Art Journal Journey theme - Thank you all so much.

Thanks for looking, Chris

 

Spring forward!!!

 Hello everyone! Just in case you hadn't remembered it really is 'Spring Forward' in the UK today, well, officially 2.00am tomorrow morning, but I'm sure that like me, you will set your clocks tonight before going to bed. I am really happy that we are going to have lighter evenings from now on.

For my Art Journal Journey theme 'Spring Forward' I have a page about today.

I used two different stencils with green inks for my background and added images from a combination of designer papers and digital papers from Collage Soup. The words are from a Tim Holtz chitchat book.

I'm enjoying using this squared paper journal that I 'found ' while having a tidy in my craft room.

Thanks for looking, Chris 

  

 

Playing Tag(s)

 Hi everyone, I am not posting as often as I thought I might, I made a lot of pages in early February when hubby was still in hospital so I have quite a few to show, it just seems that time runs away at the moment.

Hubby should have had another physio appointment yesterday but the organised transport sent a car to pick him up, as soon as the driver saw that hubby can't bend his leg he apologised and said that he couldn't take him.

The transport request was for a stretcher ambulance but that hadn't been noted so......another missed appointment. Really annoying as he really needs to start to put his heel down and he was going to shown how! I'm looking into getting a private Physio.

My Art Journal Journey page today was inspired by a card I saw 'somewhere' and thought something similar might work on a journal page. My theme is 'Spring Forward' and I am looking forward to the appearance of the Foxgloves flowering

I used an acrylic block with some spritzed ink for the background, stamped some text and music and then the Katzelkraft Foxgloves. I then stamped the middle part of the Foxgloves onto the tags and lined them up. I had intended leaving the flowers uncoloured but it just didn't look right.

I will try to post as many of my pages as I can and see if I can save some for any other challenges! 

Thanks for looking and all of your support, Chris

Officially Spring

Hi everyone, I seem to be lagging behind, hopefully I can catch up a bit this week. I have loved what I have seen so far, you have all had such great ideas!

Yesterday was officially the first day of Spring and the day my Mum celebrated her birthday. She was actually born on the 14th March but my Grandfather forgot to register her birth at the right time so when he did go to register he told the clerk that she was born on 21st March and that was the day my Mum had to celebrate her birthday!

My Art Journal Journey page for my 'Spring Forward' theme is about one of my Mum's favourite flowers the Narcissus - she especially loved a variety called Cheerfulness which always had such a lovely scent!

I used some Tim Holtz stencils for the background, the main image is a card I bought in Paris a few years ago, I used a piece of Stamperia paper and fussy cut a Narcissus flower from an old I-Spy book before adding the word Spring with some letter stamps that a friend gave me.

I hope to get around and see what everyone has been doing before hubby's next physio visit!

Thanks for looking, Chris

Spring!

 Hi everyone, it's time for our new theme at Try it On Tuesday, and it's 'Spring'. As you will see, the Design Team are definitely ready for it!

We are at last about to get some sun in the UK. I was out yesterday for a little while and saw blossom and green leaves appearing.

I may have mentioned before that I really love Spring flowers and I have another of my favourites on my journal page.

I know that Primroses are usually yellow but I have picked red for a similar flower in that family, the cultivated variety that also come in a whole range oF colours.

The stamp is by Crafty Individuals and the quote a Paper Artsy stamp by Alison Bomber.

I hope you will join us at TIOT with your Spring creations this time . As usual you have two weeks to get your entry in.

I am hosting at Art Journal Journey this month with my theme of 'Spring Forward' so I also be adding this to the AJJ blog.

Hubby's first Physio today so that's where I'll be too!

Thanks for looking, Chris

Apologies to all, I spent most of the day in the hospital.