tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45487337139969615522024-03-19T11:52:12.360+00:00pearshapedcraftingPearshapedcrafting....well it can be occasionally, but I still keep trying!pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-48795390633419842982024-03-19T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-19T09:00:00.247+00:00Stencilling at TIOT<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, it's time for a new topic at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">Try It On Tuesday </a>and as you can see from the hint in my post title we would like you to <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">'Use A Stencil'</a></span><span style="font-family: courier;">, well at least one!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">Design Team</a> have some lovely examples of how to add a stencil - please look <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">here</a>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Dq2Oqc8ram51SPcnSB8LtRxWIjVAkBo_TtPmLUUys9SL7QiwA7fesbVbnVIHuvyP2Opa-3S7rJmRRlvm4GNyam9RSbbfigY5WoBSySoZpdUFPCKv4daW4sL4H61NP9VBcGRpH5YbWnJzffwwHlemMOr2jiaSDvEKg9nqhGTWganI7YazvzBFQt1feM8/s5023/IMG_8438.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4100" data-original-width="5023" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Dq2Oqc8ram51SPcnSB8LtRxWIjVAkBo_TtPmLUUys9SL7QiwA7fesbVbnVIHuvyP2Opa-3S7rJmRRlvm4GNyam9RSbbfigY5WoBSySoZpdUFPCKv4daW4sL4H61NP9VBcGRpH5YbWnJzffwwHlemMOr2jiaSDvEKg9nqhGTWganI7YazvzBFQt1feM8/w640-h522/IMG_8438.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I had some excess paint on the page and also a little bit of stencilling using a new stencil bought last week from Lavinia Stamps(hubby kindly took my friends and me to the Extravaganza)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I added some black paint though another stencil bought there as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The baby elephant is one of my favourite designs by Tracey Easson. I stamped him onto white paper and then onto the page so that when I cut him out the sketched edges showed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I don't know where the text stamp is from - it has been in my box for a while! I stamped it on to card, decorated the edges then mounted it on more white card. I also doodled around the edge of the page too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope that you can join us at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">TIOT</a> this time with your stencilled art. It doesn't have to be a card or a journal page, as long as you have used a stencil on it will be welcomed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am also adding this to my <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a> theme at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">Art Journal Journey.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-392799674694440732024-03-17T17:21:00.003+00:002024-03-17T17:21:55.728+00:00Adjustments - snarky style<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, </span><span style="font-family: courier;">I'm still adjusting to new medication but I am now wearing a blood glucose sensor so I can at least see that I am adjusting to the change slowly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I made a quick page using a mop up page to which I added some stencilling and stamping </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8llpVgXzLi9BXetV9LUfUyKdTqJrsWZTsB3iOdkcUOc1lHVEByKFFE1w-F9ZwKYAwhZEtmjUvxoXpMNL_XkBjdjaQzfsaYPkVEQvXrEGTCRA4MwC-N2P4K-At1VimToUNZp8KSc3WFqHoMyvO9Zwv5-2du3mlYso_xFkJ0C1F1zHqPFEH2_k0BTVVoo/s3024/IMG_8275.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2956" data-original-width="3024" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8llpVgXzLi9BXetV9LUfUyKdTqJrsWZTsB3iOdkcUOc1lHVEByKFFE1w-F9ZwKYAwhZEtmjUvxoXpMNL_XkBjdjaQzfsaYPkVEQvXrEGTCRA4MwC-N2P4K-At1VimToUNZp8KSc3WFqHoMyvO9Zwv5-2du3mlYso_xFkJ0C1F1zHqPFEH2_k0BTVVoo/w640-h626/IMG_8275.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">The cat is a cute Katzelcraft stamp and I added some white paint. The words are of course Tim Holtz Snarky words. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">It just about sums up how some days have been - I slept most of one day, not feeling unwell just very tired. Yesterday and today have been slightly better and I am last getting around to picking up on posting and commenting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Bad timing as I am hosting at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">Art Journal Journey</a> this month with my theme of <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a> - this cat seemed to fit quite well!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I will be visiting soon and have more pages ready too!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-25073331383271864542024-03-15T16:56:00.000+00:002024-03-15T16:56:18.753+00:00Going wild<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hello everyone, I can't believe how quickly this month is going, but at least we are getting lighter nights now. I'm having yet more changes to my medication and seem to feel tired far more quickly at the moment (4 days in) and of course wouldn't this just be one of the busiest weeks I have had for a while! I'm hoping for a quiet weekend.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have used a Funky Fossil horse for my page today. Ive been listening to some old CDs one of which had Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones on it....I'm so easily influenced!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoMT51lk5SYvteRXqzY_AqnwO-sKptMquzwA6I9knvqpiqbGuAeOypGYaDQdkoPxs_1LM9Lu32vtjZFmncE0-OD27jgBXy9ZpmZonTxO6wG4czIb5ef-vIaHREO7S60odpzWO4q6Sy_Vbzum4WgMYf8c1YGrpzl6uDnMNaOPX9OVTKQglq9Eo7tKP5c8/s4032/IMG_8357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoMT51lk5SYvteRXqzY_AqnwO-sKptMquzwA6I9knvqpiqbGuAeOypGYaDQdkoPxs_1LM9Lu32vtjZFmncE0-OD27jgBXy9ZpmZonTxO6wG4czIb5ef-vIaHREO7S60odpzWO4q6Sy_Vbzum4WgMYf8c1YGrpzl6uDnMNaOPX9OVTKQglq9Eo7tKP5c8/w640-h480/IMG_8357.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I had intended to mask this horse but forgot and started the background before I remembered. The background is blended NeocolourIIs I wanted muted colours to create a stormy look. The horse was stamped onto white paper and I liked him white so changed my mind about colouring him! I stamped the image onto the page and added the white horse and also added some parts of the main stamp around the page. The words are part of the same set.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am loving all of the pages you are sharing at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">Art Journal Journey</a>, thank you for the support too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Of course this page is for my <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a> theme!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris </span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-75075701245269900032024-03-11T16:06:00.001+00:002024-03-11T16:06:10.970+00:00Up A Mountain<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, no I am definitely up a mountain - not my kind of fun!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have another page for my <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a> theme at<a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html"> Art Journal Journey </a>and this goat loves mountain climbing!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZTXcx2jxHEC17nKtAzFvzOi_6UCPxILSgza7HLFhuPOlRYNk-zK9swbeIaOzJqmjaObkb8z4-qNtPOhVlxVF87UyfD6GgdcDFbur98g6PV-UIgT2QK2HmsE4xlud0bdzbuVCYDZ3BGzEsIJZ3RETVnOEVU2iByxKwOJqFBpqTs_qY_UxzAHQ5Q7WpiI/s3357/IMG_8335.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZTXcx2jxHEC17nKtAzFvzOi_6UCPxILSgza7HLFhuPOlRYNk-zK9swbeIaOzJqmjaObkb8z4-qNtPOhVlxVF87UyfD6GgdcDFbur98g6PV-UIgT2QK2HmsE4xlud0bdzbuVCYDZ3BGzEsIJZ3RETVnOEVU2iByxKwOJqFBpqTs_qY_UxzAHQ5Q7WpiI/w576-h640/IMG_8335.jpeg" width="576" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">He's a stamp designed by Bipasha for Aall and Create and I stamped him in one of my small square journals with cream pages. I wanted a rocky background for him so used some Paper Artsy Fresco paints which I dabbed onto the page with a cheap triangular make up sponge. I drew in some cracks with black and white gel pens.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">He is a bit of an old goat so the Tim Holtz snarky quote fits perfectly. I'm sure he's still good climber though. We once watched goats on a mountain in Italy - they were so sure footed but it still made for some heartstopping moments.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p><p></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-71467423679276856962024-03-07T10:44:00.003+00:002024-03-07T10:44:35.164+00:00In the cold!<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying some sunshine - we have had three days of sun, although it did cloud over on the first day!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have got lots done this week so far!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have another journal page to share for my <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a> them at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">Art Journal Journey.</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkXL9CHq3J7Vp01lR7oOYrvTa-ZlPr2Z6PqvKvoGU79zmelfxwxaTu0rJWkztyp2wUeDmOHKCR7S-o46m5E_IgufJs46Rew2nDlk6L2cpzvNyf1d36sh4WEaEp16ugfyY44MWZwtPa_c6CljW9T3CJEh10zgILSuCfdGRQArfwbfeL2iqJiDkDrX90GM/s3009/IMG_8340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2291" data-original-width="3009" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkXL9CHq3J7Vp01lR7oOYrvTa-ZlPr2Z6PqvKvoGU79zmelfxwxaTu0rJWkztyp2wUeDmOHKCR7S-o46m5E_IgufJs46Rew2nDlk6L2cpzvNyf1d36sh4WEaEp16ugfyY44MWZwtPa_c6CljW9T3CJEh10zgILSuCfdGRQArfwbfeL2iqJiDkDrX90GM/w640-h488/IMG_8340.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I made this on a mop up page (you can see the Lavinia stencil print I made mainly on the top right and bottom left)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I added some random stamps across the middle of the page and added some 'Northern Lights' using Neocolour IIs. The Arctic Wolf and the image of the Arctic circle are from Stamperia. The wonky writing at the bottom is mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I made this page the day after watching Dr Zhivago (I have lost count of the times I have watched it) so the sound of the wolf was in my head while making it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-19394992204583938392024-03-05T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-05T09:00:00.159+00:00Spring at TIOT<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, we are celebrating the arrival of <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">'Spring'</a> at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">Try It On Tuesday.</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Meteorological Spring started on March 1st although I think of Spring as starting on 21st March - which used to be my Mum's birthday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">Design Team</a> are definitely celebrating with their fabulous inspiration - please see <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I love all Spring flowers and I especially love to see them in groups of the same variety.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I made a journal page.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXBWS_DD6Kl6Z-rjCQ-F8SIsxNTuBqpr9JE_O7YIy0aPykvoPuX4V6Hv4pMnjM0yCPPNO9YzkTYQ5pZi2wB5vKVo-rXzSvs1-7Ml3tnIWaF4REXkClBihSR7KF183VOwq3Rajck_oJxevRT8tZ3x4hFwkhiUEmw10G5HYKV9WtdxW7RmPFyXG0Jblb0w/s4032/IMG_8349.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXBWS_DD6Kl6Z-rjCQ-F8SIsxNTuBqpr9JE_O7YIy0aPykvoPuX4V6Hv4pMnjM0yCPPNO9YzkTYQ5pZi2wB5vKVo-rXzSvs1-7Ml3tnIWaF4REXkClBihSR7KF183VOwq3Rajck_oJxevRT8tZ3x4hFwkhiUEmw10G5HYKV9WtdxW7RmPFyXG0Jblb0w/w640-h480/IMG_8349.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I stamped some images directly on the page - part of a Crafty Individuals stamp, a little House Mouse stamp and the birds are from Aall and Create's Janet Klein but there is a lot of paper piecing going on too! </span><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I used part of a quote from Alison Bomber's Spring quotes set.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope you will join us at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">Try It On Tuesday</a> this time - I for one will look forward to seeing more <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">'Spring'</a> flowers!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We have a small Village Green close by that we pass several times a week. Last week on a walk I stopped to take photos.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegvygDiwayjNj5M12zmkOLN8tFQvIeBq9PpwMN5Wy9krLUJBeXZqzpVP6EUvNHMp4q37G1-z3Rp3X-d3M6gSfDohUu_WwgnOUwH4d1-X3gK9QKwdpf5O9Bx8CXdhlmKHTVwtBY2PGEDLxJPkg3v7FQJ_AuboujOp3NewaryBQBjXIVZX14TX2f3o4wyU/s4032/IMG_8321.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegvygDiwayjNj5M12zmkOLN8tFQvIeBq9PpwMN5Wy9krLUJBeXZqzpVP6EUvNHMp4q37G1-z3Rp3X-d3M6gSfDohUu_WwgnOUwH4d1-X3gK9QKwdpf5O9Bx8CXdhlmKHTVwtBY2PGEDLxJPkg3v7FQJ_AuboujOp3NewaryBQBjXIVZX14TX2f3o4wyU/w480-h640/IMG_8321.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA6qxuygH1HiFqlPzewy2zWnxKwQgyWmYMxX6f5je6Oc-0UI78xGDLlo_WCEYMlT-n5yqYnkGC4Ac1qpJnWP21UChhMn2LThRD9ksfPz5wzLMGX1_6cDmbo9hgw5qYC29L4lEcKcNb3oiSue-z8X4g1amIYbi8HGk8HhKCU8chs1WGhV3ZkVtPXC77mI/s4032/IMG_8322.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA6qxuygH1HiFqlPzewy2zWnxKwQgyWmYMxX6f5je6Oc-0UI78xGDLlo_WCEYMlT-n5yqYnkGC4Ac1qpJnWP21UChhMn2LThRD9ksfPz5wzLMGX1_6cDmbo9hgw5qYC29L4lEcKcNb3oiSue-z8X4g1amIYbi8HGk8HhKCU8chs1WGhV3ZkVtPXC77mI/w480-h640/IMG_8322.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZSZnSfoqfoB09xKvli5khqWBKqUf_0ZPDckpB99STLqBdlW0rn_tvhFPsvbpLtZbXenuIbHxp5lEqKi2JvEF3aKqDPYKGxmzenlSBAAbq22MAIiqOB8I5mKPl5vSZiC8_7RYBrlTJlzJqygy9kN9v7v6CAQ01f_jJsETArvAvlVwhPi1Snw1VB95UMc/s4032/IMG_8317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZSZnSfoqfoB09xKvli5khqWBKqUf_0ZPDckpB99STLqBdlW0rn_tvhFPsvbpLtZbXenuIbHxp5lEqKi2JvEF3aKqDPYKGxmzenlSBAAbq22MAIiqOB8I5mKPl5vSZiC8_7RYBrlTJlzJqygy9kN9v7v6CAQ01f_jJsETArvAvlVwhPi1Snw1VB95UMc/w640-h480/IMG_8317.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">As you can see there are a few daffodils too.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">When we visited Dunham Massey the other week there were lots of snowdrops.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The Daffodils weren't quite out so here are last years</span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_4t54QGGQksRoupN79LXV27QQ229sEdq6NmZQfCJC3rblC5ScDQe4XvN0xjNiH8R_8XFclQOOZ1cOEg7fuHXuNzRwV6L-zP0OIxyzJFPfG3-N82nJHLUpPEYqTmwEoneiU_15TJqT_x2J8drzBdDqLOOOFO4-aZ4LFJfiGCiJJVuwozFYYplRroze-s/s4032/IMG_9441.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_4t54QGGQksRoupN79LXV27QQ229sEdq6NmZQfCJC3rblC5ScDQe4XvN0xjNiH8R_8XFclQOOZ1cOEg7fuHXuNzRwV6L-zP0OIxyzJFPfG3-N82nJHLUpPEYqTmwEoneiU_15TJqT_x2J8drzBdDqLOOOFO4-aZ4LFJfiGCiJJVuwozFYYplRroze-s/w480-h640/IMG_9441.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Just in case you are here for <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com">Tea Stands For Tuesday</a> at <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com">Bleubeard and Elizabeth's Altered Book Lover</a> blog here are some Flat White coffees that hubby and I had while out shopping last week. We were waiting for toasted teacakes so I had time to make a little journal page. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVPY8QIcwpF88DpgBpKsavUWn0zwqlxCpRlxxfC1APHgxqinuS7UkSSf3gAUtiRHr_b4IYcwAMyCOpCrf1GtX8DXDF7_U3DnSVACQObCm8yPutokT0aGcv_sG4BSrCiHHOLrOJYG3MIVOrSnvkHyGH578tEirYGzwJiX2SeLxqj_KEjFTxdHEjGPJmeM/s4032/IMG_8299.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVPY8QIcwpF88DpgBpKsavUWn0zwqlxCpRlxxfC1APHgxqinuS7UkSSf3gAUtiRHr_b4IYcwAMyCOpCrf1GtX8DXDF7_U3DnSVACQObCm8yPutokT0aGcv_sG4BSrCiHHOLrOJYG3MIVOrSnvkHyGH578tEirYGzwJiX2SeLxqj_KEjFTxdHEjGPJmeM/w480-h640/IMG_8299.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I am also adding my TIOT page to <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">Art Journal Journey</a> for my <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a> theme.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-37247924628388832322024-03-03T16:13:00.002+00:002024-03-03T16:13:30.121+00:00Calendar Journal time!<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, I actually had my calendar ready in time for the 1st this month!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I decide to have an African take on my pages.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-g4puFR0Zxlf37QvvuewePySYewZ6RRMjDh8gu6wP64RsluRQri-IO6RyUYEUCzbvbVDbjUplXj5E8cLaPUIqcjPd-OdT68kTNe4z5JIjq7d2ng4xk440Z6nTYuzPlS6JXFuTCGcMNZPoFVDTLh5RUMg_6HNY4wbT-qNwxBPOncGrI4cJAK6f_AdYao/s4032/IMG_8332.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-g4puFR0Zxlf37QvvuewePySYewZ6RRMjDh8gu6wP64RsluRQri-IO6RyUYEUCzbvbVDbjUplXj5E8cLaPUIqcjPd-OdT68kTNe4z5JIjq7d2ng4xk440Z6nTYuzPlS6JXFuTCGcMNZPoFVDTLh5RUMg_6HNY4wbT-qNwxBPOncGrI4cJAK6f_AdYao/w640-h480/IMG_8332.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">It started out like this</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xYrmlA0DDTWPrGdB2aHWIxacgCTcqykEtaFbnYjr0oWrcUk8eZeU0MD17uwK6JVR_q8plgvn16MtXhTVHpKeOxEOF3zROTlD5gtMdhVLlkEiBvn2tg9nfpkbcmxdyvmem3ofoXd6v8bPEN4wWQ9XOg3QmOimyff8pbw9Yh_AR7J0yYCpLCEf9SHS1vI/s4032/IMG_8328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xYrmlA0DDTWPrGdB2aHWIxacgCTcqykEtaFbnYjr0oWrcUk8eZeU0MD17uwK6JVR_q8plgvn16MtXhTVHpKeOxEOF3zROTlD5gtMdhVLlkEiBvn2tg9nfpkbcmxdyvmem3ofoXd6v8bPEN4wWQ9XOg3QmOimyff8pbw9Yh_AR7J0yYCpLCEf9SHS1vI/s320/IMG_8328.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I used watercolour paints to create the sky and Crafty Individuals stamps for the trees and animals.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I drew in some Vulture like birds and wrote the month with a brush pen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Here is last month's page all filled in.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8AWIUlVVjsX8r4A7T-l_6Jcma0jlCTWR-dm2n9nxwNMY-NDA6ebA23IWQemtDpQuUgvW6-nts-mrwMoMRRAIlLSi1enZNoo5Jb83rTgL3YoMOCRycfIZGS7uyEq3hl6D8OqoApQe-A-fT0VXvF9XRcn2QaYKdAFSqflckk9Y9mSf3-NJ_LpBa8zTklI/s4032/IMG_8333.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8AWIUlVVjsX8r4A7T-l_6Jcma0jlCTWR-dm2n9nxwNMY-NDA6ebA23IWQemtDpQuUgvW6-nts-mrwMoMRRAIlLSi1enZNoo5Jb83rTgL3YoMOCRycfIZGS7uyEq3hl6D8OqoApQe-A-fT0VXvF9XRcn2QaYKdAFSqflckk9Y9mSf3-NJ_LpBa8zTklI/w640-h480/IMG_8333.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am adding this at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">Art Journal Journey</a> for my chosen theme for this month - <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-all-fours.html">'On All Fours'</a><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-79624860105574044382024-03-01T06:00:00.001+00:002024-03-01T06:00:00.137+00:00On All Fours!<div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, <a href="https://pearshapedcrafting.blogspot.com">Chris</a> here, I am mostly known as ’pearshapedchris’ a name I was given at a craft show years ago and of course comes from my blog name <a href="https://pearshapedcrafting.blogspot.com">‘Pearshapedcrafting</a>’</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I’ve been crafting a while now and my main love is art journaling - although I do make the occasional card!</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First of all Thanks to Vicki for hosting her fabulous challenge last month!</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> I’m so pleased to be hosting at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com">Art Journal Journey</a> this month</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My chosen theme is <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com">‘On All Fours’</a> which means I would love to see any animals with four legs featuring in your pages - from a small mouse to a huge elephant!</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I don’t have any pets now but I know that there are cat and dog lovers out </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">there, just as there are those that love horses or love to go out and see wild animals.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRLJaCoEXas0V79tWd_GMXrpurw5UT88Cte6v3rQU51MyX8IoOK5N1zRWNs2xvYRlv1MATIjz-2nsHY0BavEgfLM1Sme7jbqCiGAI3FC19VbqAKpy5H59O2pAhx1q0pesmk4A8DksUrbxTmGXmLkKHJjrsR6lGbT06wZI5cLcTEVlMaA8TL1j5qxOl5c/s4032/IMG_8258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRLJaCoEXas0V79tWd_GMXrpurw5UT88Cte6v3rQU51MyX8IoOK5N1zRWNs2xvYRlv1MATIjz-2nsHY0BavEgfLM1Sme7jbqCiGAI3FC19VbqAKpy5H59O2pAhx1q0pesmk4A8DksUrbxTmGXmLkKHJjrsR6lGbT06wZI5cLcTEVlMaA8TL1j5qxOl5c/w640-h480/IMG_8258.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My first page features a bear, I know from seeing blogs that some of you actually see these closer than you would like!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I used the same technique that Marta Lapowska shared in her Wanderlust class and it's one I think I will be using a lot this year! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The bear, the woodland image and the leaves are all from Stamperia 'Forest'papers</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I'm looking forward to seeing your entries and how many different animals appear this month!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks for looking, </span></span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: 14px;">Chris</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></div></div>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-6603225913406042852024-02-28T17:08:00.002+00:002024-02-28T17:12:43.095+00:00Put the lights on!<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, I have had this page completed for a few days now, I just don't seem to have had much time to get on to the computer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am still having adjustments to my medication, hopefully all will be right in a few weeks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I knew I had the big stamp at the very beginning of <a href="https://stampedsmiles.com">Vicki</a>'s <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">Art Journal Journey theme - 'Keeping It Light'</a>, got it out and then with getting used to new specs and having flu I totally mislaid it it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDKUsIYBz7EGdbmRvIzWoZIf4EBKn_VmB4Ni34uDb_0B-9QLSceC3GBGBDB3D_hRY_JYgGATRQ0CMOC-sPFe9iPPVkCmK3h-aOm6uTGSydy3G3-sEmjv4hXGrOEyzqaPMxnJvorDvRVKjZm1_JYVNlbukEOr74HEhfnklIN2sGBCy42iJcNqQl9DFktc/s4032/IMG_8307.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDKUsIYBz7EGdbmRvIzWoZIf4EBKn_VmB4Ni34uDb_0B-9QLSceC3GBGBDB3D_hRY_JYgGATRQ0CMOC-sPFe9iPPVkCmK3h-aOm6uTGSydy3G3-sEmjv4hXGrOEyzqaPMxnJvorDvRVKjZm1_JYVNlbukEOr74HEhfnklIN2sGBCy42iJcNqQl9DFktc/w480-h640/IMG_8307.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">If Dumbledore's quote is correct I am bringing you a whole lot of happiness. The large stamp is from an early Aall and Create stamp set designed by Bipasha.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The small bulbs are from an Indigoblu set, as is the quote.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The background is made with Paper Artsy Fresco paints through an Aall and Create stencil. The paint has covered most of the ink seeping through the page on the reverse due to an over zealous finger on some ink sprays!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks to<a href="https://stampedsmiles.com"> Vicki</a> for hosting this great theme during February and to all those others who have provided some great inspiration this month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-42608227533313163052024-02-24T19:34:00.004+00:002024-02-24T19:34:54.597+00:00Wanderlust light!<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, last week hubby and I made our Everything Art Wanderlust pages. The class was hosted by Marta Laposka.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We both used the same technique, as demonstrated by Marta but what difference in our pages.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgremUb0D-DseRYzj_tCjNGW8gS0QVIWwLJMoNeAmHDfO37PQsfAH9aF6MqUN5csOh1Q_Tt4YtZSk0skjEx8NYERYP8V7z8tdGTWhEUlbvsCzgeIra6UmANNUlTYGoyJYlKuQgBn4H3KaxphnDI6Of7709Km0K4kc02SXNUBdVhKYscF6Iow0wzc6DqfM/s4032/IMG_8268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgremUb0D-DseRYzj_tCjNGW8gS0QVIWwLJMoNeAmHDfO37PQsfAH9aF6MqUN5csOh1Q_Tt4YtZSk0skjEx8NYERYP8V7z8tdGTWhEUlbvsCzgeIra6UmANNUlTYGoyJYlKuQgBn4H3KaxphnDI6Of7709Km0K4kc02SXNUBdVhKYscF6Iow0wzc6DqfM/w640-h480/IMG_8268.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">This mine, which looks quite similar to the demo pages</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Here is hubby's</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1qKS6mbSLJwciNLRAhpIQwBBuLzbFXtcyCiUJIeb33vfdoxQc4xjDnq8D7J99LB8_DF_KCnkUBZQLiuGRKxspnZQiSAL0Dpmk7TKt3io4mKmv3xaqldg-WOvZygHkKyUT-ahf6MnACCDJQlj3gk_QJ8soFJUz4w5PeGWkbGSGkAuNzLsA6HEROjmY-E/s3602/IMG_8262.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3602" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1qKS6mbSLJwciNLRAhpIQwBBuLzbFXtcyCiUJIeb33vfdoxQc4xjDnq8D7J99LB8_DF_KCnkUBZQLiuGRKxspnZQiSAL0Dpmk7TKt3io4mKmv3xaqldg-WOvZygHkKyUT-ahf6MnACCDJQlj3gk_QJ8soFJUz4w5PeGWkbGSGkAuNzLsA6HEROjmY-E/w640-h538/IMG_8262.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><p><span style="font-family: courier;">As you can see hubby is much more adventurous than I am....I really love his page!</span></p>We have both made further pages using the same technique, which I will show you soon</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />For now I won't give details as it wouldn't be fair to Everything Art who run the classes.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">As there are lots of light areas I am joining in at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">Art Journal Journe</a>y and <a href="https://stampedsmiles.com">Vicki</a>'s <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">'Into The Light'</a> theme.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris<br /><br /></span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-43178177261306984832024-02-20T09:14:00.003+00:002024-02-20T09:14:36.742+00:00Spotlight for Try It On Tuesday<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, we have a new topic at<a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/02/spotlight-it.html"> Try It On Tuesday</a> - <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/02/spotlight-it.html">'Spotlight It'</a> We all have favourite images but we'd like you to highlight just one part of that image. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have used one of my favourite Crafty Individuals stamps.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrksLrVCi1mV7T0wUBXPxUxaqvT10Ax2tqnWxr8XfOdYIGWlYRm2gXkV1qg8YEKyCfEmZNbLabmAD1AM8CL6Z3Sokq-XDz4CPa6Y5mkXG6GkVgSAnIAk8KnTbNYledCLbKggyOCIaOiQudZaeKf0laVdff7eVPKxW-6GDUictFiX8nTBen6HBgGZwYXI/s2884/IMG_8224.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2780" data-original-width="2884" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrksLrVCi1mV7T0wUBXPxUxaqvT10Ax2tqnWxr8XfOdYIGWlYRm2gXkV1qg8YEKyCfEmZNbLabmAD1AM8CL6Z3Sokq-XDz4CPa6Y5mkXG6GkVgSAnIAk8KnTbNYledCLbKggyOCIaOiQudZaeKf0laVdff7eVPKxW-6GDUictFiX8nTBen6HBgGZwYXI/w640-h616/IMG_8224.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I have used it in my small square journal and highlighted my flower by stamping the flower onto a card and colouring it before placing it over the image. I added some spattering and added 'ove' to the L on the stamp</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">There are many ways you can highlight, as you will see lovely examples of highlighting by our <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/02/spotlight-it.html">Design Team</a>. Please take a look for some inspiration.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope you will join us at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/02/spotlight-it.html">TIOT</a> this time as usual the topic will run for two weeks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-45380503733984696622024-02-18T15:57:00.003+00:002024-02-18T15:57:53.425+00:00Light and Dark<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, it's taken a while but I am feeling much better now, thank you for all for your good wishes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I made another page (over a few days) for <a href="https://stampedsmiles.com">Vicki</a>'s<a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html"> Art Journal Journal</a> theme <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">'Keeping It Light'</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOzwJynttZJjTmkkH9c9zQiPgOK4lW-DIES5z7-Ub90Sd28n8s6KC3OPVs3-64rAHM7aRmFqKd5zLYMct8ceqVl6ta8c0l-Xv8_QchZHN7JcNeWAT9CYMKw_IkrKu5ADCjPwkxotD3Y58Y54QYOQKlEqXp23dBJCekP3CUWPOyOixuNbdgc7qmLndGb4/s4032/IMG_8240.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOzwJynttZJjTmkkH9c9zQiPgOK4lW-DIES5z7-Ub90Sd28n8s6KC3OPVs3-64rAHM7aRmFqKd5zLYMct8ceqVl6ta8c0l-Xv8_QchZHN7JcNeWAT9CYMKw_IkrKu5ADCjPwkxotD3Y58Y54QYOQKlEqXp23dBJCekP3CUWPOyOixuNbdgc7qmLndGb4/w480-h640/IMG_8240.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I have had this Dina Wakley journal for ages but this is the first page I have made in it. I used torn leftover paper around the edges then painted over everything with white gesso</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">The Light bulb (an All and Create Stamp by Bipasha) was stamped in the centre with Versafine Clair 'Morning Mist' ink.</span><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I added scraps with flower images over the page, some Speckled Egg Distress ink through a honeycomb stencil and some random text with a favourite Paper Artsy stamp,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Finally I added the quote from Alison Bomber's Light and Dark set from Paper Artsy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am taking part in the 100 Day Project using playing cards that were in Christmas crackers - they are quite small.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">This is my first one - made today</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybGCfhDcOeGT4eDCnt_71H0rDRWoL-z-wh7q1z-D-vcNNiaHVcxS08rKQPcqVaefM8WrNV7gnFONEKFEFkpsdVSNSLovWobE8JYsyJlGCJVBypv21s8nLibHyJO0-7aFFmSjvnHzczHxUHKUmgncd7BtOTBabX-oR-0amyIxE05Rs3VqmH4AMUejLz3s/s4032/IMG_8229.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybGCfhDcOeGT4eDCnt_71H0rDRWoL-z-wh7q1z-D-vcNNiaHVcxS08rKQPcqVaefM8WrNV7gnFONEKFEFkpsdVSNSLovWobE8JYsyJlGCJVBypv21s8nLibHyJO0-7aFFmSjvnHzczHxUHKUmgncd7BtOTBabX-oR-0amyIxE05Rs3VqmH4AMUejLz3s/s320/IMG_8229.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span><p></p><p><br /></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-5320205429089720922024-02-14T17:22:00.000+00:002024-02-14T17:22:12.777+00:00Sunshine makes me happy!<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, A song I love to listen to is John Denver's Sunshine on my Shoulders. In fact sunshine anywhere makes me happy - even if I have to sit in the shade to cool down, I love looking at sun shining onto my surroundings. We haven't had much sun lately but it is warmer than usual for February.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I finally felt up to finishing the page I started last Friday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">My page today has two of my own photos taken at Tatton Park in different seasons. Whenever we walk by these tall redwood trees I just have to sit and look up at the canopy. I am so happy to be able to keep these memories as a journal page!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-yoxlVOaw9FbhTsluDtRJpn5AW9mZO-5zmpdZCArwRJouoXwl9dqJTCJRXlwJWNYqxwWYSVkUpVT91WDb1gnCRGw7MK4hkIJPwv8vW-g78ldOWI8lkG-Htun2nbU_wgzjncVV9w8uy_4we8O8FyzfQbymCFw4ddgHk_aH_En_wmrDO6EvY-AR7lhlAw/s3423/IMG_8207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3423" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-yoxlVOaw9FbhTsluDtRJpn5AW9mZO-5zmpdZCArwRJouoXwl9dqJTCJRXlwJWNYqxwWYSVkUpVT91WDb1gnCRGw7MK4hkIJPwv8vW-g78ldOWI8lkG-Htun2nbU_wgzjncVV9w8uy_4we8O8FyzfQbymCFw4ddgHk_aH_En_wmrDO6EvY-AR7lhlAw/w566-h640/IMG_8207.jpeg" width="566" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I used Distress inks in blue, green and yellow through a Lavinia Stamps stencil. Once I had decided where my photos were going to go I stamped a row of Crafty Individual trees and added the photos. I drew a frame around them and wrote in diagonally 'The light above the trees'</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Finally I stamped the quote from Alison Bomber's Paper Artsy stamp set 'Darkness and Light'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">I am joining in with <a href="https://stampedsmiles.com">Vicki</a>'s <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">Art Journal Journey</a> theme <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">'Keeping It Light'</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-7421881849585660092024-02-13T13:33:00.000+00:002024-02-13T13:33:03.941+00:00T Stands For ...the walks, the flu!<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, after a lovely week of outings and seeing friends I ended up with a bout of flu. I slept through most of Sunday and still don't feel 100%</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">So, back to the nice things of last week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We had to go to the opticians to get my new specs adjusted. I am getting used to Varifocals although I am back at the computer with my reading specs!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We decided to go to Dunham Massey to see the Winter Garden and timed it exactly right to get onto a guided tour.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp1SgC3FkFeGTmPK729KalW5Ca8ZDaUviQie30UmsDM0vz-qzT5i_wm4cNdvjHljGtQZhjuzW4Z3kRa6cedbTAtn4tDSHZsrc7jGEyxT1Hx4810ZuIruBfnrNHqdK0c6QcMmNuToCRWfRiOcdhUU58fwiUDtxxXbKo3f8ZaM0eSvEvb_rLnI5VmLGqPE/s4032/IMG_8130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp1SgC3FkFeGTmPK729KalW5Ca8ZDaUviQie30UmsDM0vz-qzT5i_wm4cNdvjHljGtQZhjuzW4Z3kRa6cedbTAtn4tDSHZsrc7jGEyxT1Hx4810ZuIruBfnrNHqdK0c6QcMmNuToCRWfRiOcdhUU58fwiUDtxxXbKo3f8ZaM0eSvEvb_rLnI5VmLGqPE/w640-h480/IMG_8130.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGtXPHuWBfi43PWdHeW9NI3hJa4Skc-DBRF_NoffeBgQpGy0NgCOz-8pXCcBs1UE6zFNV1UHk1vIY-DbDbAeLzmaScCMQcz4-PrV20fYHRa57AQeQxBwEUqF4yTBKopYSJZpCjM5KAmu3PvwjIrOmFkg7F9mUzg1mOTrDVRX38CE1f4kkbFWirNFHPzg/s3150/IMG_8110.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="3016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGtXPHuWBfi43PWdHeW9NI3hJa4Skc-DBRF_NoffeBgQpGy0NgCOz-8pXCcBs1UE6zFNV1UHk1vIY-DbDbAeLzmaScCMQcz4-PrV20fYHRa57AQeQxBwEUqF4yTBKopYSJZpCjM5KAmu3PvwjIrOmFkg7F9mUzg1mOTrDVRX38CE1f4kkbFWirNFHPzg/w612-h640/IMG_8110.jpeg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">My card came about by my doodling in a small square journal - I was quite pleased with my flowery page so decided to scan it and print it to colour.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I chose three colours for the flowers plus green for the leaves and stems. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I cut a heart with a dye that I have had for years(one of the first I ever bought) and then used a Crafters Companion Sentiment die to put on it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope that you can join us at<a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com"> TIOT</a> this time, as usual our topic runs for two weeks from 6th February.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-347932301117328082024-02-05T16:13:00.000+00:002024-02-05T16:13:07.923+00:00Calendar Journal pages<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, I'm just popping in to post my calendar pages.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-fk-ee-97NkCZnNPhRHpcg4tRJAI4RkgedanFykQg7ixx1Yibo1Zu5RdLu2_BrrgdJsUqJN-gCDh26fKXwGotjY4uOr0HJu-1V2jG4MMdKrQqo4sHmkXSHcz6Fngo6fuqtlplbPnrxuxvUuW8DXlK2Ldm8uTGI3C4mpKRHaRivpM26fw0xQlRCIPaOU/s4032/IMG_8118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-fk-ee-97NkCZnNPhRHpcg4tRJAI4RkgedanFykQg7ixx1Yibo1Zu5RdLu2_BrrgdJsUqJN-gCDh26fKXwGotjY4uOr0HJu-1V2jG4MMdKrQqo4sHmkXSHcz6Fngo6fuqtlplbPnrxuxvUuW8DXlK2Ldm8uTGI3C4mpKRHaRivpM26fw0xQlRCIPaOU/w640-h480/IMG_8118.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I made a background with different yellows to make a bright splash then stated Jo Firth Young fairy lights - all coloured in with sparkly pens.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am adding this to <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">Art Journal Journey</a> where <a href="https://stampedsmiles.com">Vicki</a> has a great theme of <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/02/keeping-it-light.html">'Keeping It Light'</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Here is January all filled in.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiqOmRZCUwTrbbZLbfCOQQ3442IsKpXdIMSrkq77Z4uOaZgKI9fFNkx1YkaSjMm_LFcVOcqE9HutJZBBbqgi5uQtqZJeq7T9yS7GX5UPnhnGlld1LCPoWZGSXDmYXbYtoWNfIzUMT8SXA3jVUFsAfwmylnh6tvKi0u-43dRK8qXe5jfrdexWBeAjPRsI/s4032/IMG_8120.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiqOmRZCUwTrbbZLbfCOQQ3442IsKpXdIMSrkq77Z4uOaZgKI9fFNkx1YkaSjMm_LFcVOcqE9HutJZBBbqgi5uQtqZJeq7T9yS7GX5UPnhnGlld1LCPoWZGSXDmYXbYtoWNfIzUMT8SXA3jVUFsAfwmylnh6tvKi0u-43dRK8qXe5jfrdexWBeAjPRsI/w640-h480/IMG_8120.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">A lot of there stickers I had on have fallen off during the month - they were old so I shouldn't be surprised they had lost their stickiness! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris </span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-48202185299583063072024-02-01T06:00:00.001+00:002024-02-01T06:00:00.138+00:00Into the light!<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone! Thanks to <a href="https://fat-emma.blogspot.com">Erika</a> for the brilliant <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com">AJJ</a> theme last month - even though I ran out of time to post some of my pages.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We have a new host at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com">Art Journal Journey</a> this time - welcome to Vicki who has 'Into The Light' as her chosen theme. As Vicki says there are so many ways to approach this theme! Please read her post on the <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com">Art Journal Journey</a> blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I made a page using an Aall and Create stamp designed by Bipasha.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09tGTnzW45TLFBJavlxhDo434lQm_QLqM3SNR7b8ndenkCVPjaDGwwFIzRUAxPvGPFrb_vGu9_OHbntYTq-tweCa1ml7ViMWMxH-plUpxufhXyWRzwpy4yQk0xo6kSZi6J0CPbaSSLUtNXM7sou-rQ1RylZwvgHrQSPm4pBZGuk8Ljaqan__nmoZX_Gc/s4032/0C934E97-8F49-4904-B1AF-3D84AE59E6CC_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2923" data-original-width="4032" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09tGTnzW45TLFBJavlxhDo434lQm_QLqM3SNR7b8ndenkCVPjaDGwwFIzRUAxPvGPFrb_vGu9_OHbntYTq-tweCa1ml7ViMWMxH-plUpxufhXyWRzwpy4yQk0xo6kSZi6J0CPbaSSLUtNXM7sou-rQ1RylZwvgHrQSPm4pBZGuk8Ljaqan__nmoZX_Gc/w640-h464/0C934E97-8F49-4904-B1AF-3D84AE59E6CC_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">My background was made with spritzed distress ink on an acrylic block. I stamped some extra lightbulbs, coloured them with Inktense watercolour pencils and drew in the wires. I also used parts of the main stamp to add more dots and text.</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;">The words are my own attempt at some lettering</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">The evenings are definitely getting lighter. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope you can join us at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com">AJJ</a> this month.</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> If you need to look the <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/p/about.html">Dreaded Rules are here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><p><br /></p></div>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-85804730746618929122024-01-30T16:25:00.001+00:002024-01-30T16:26:19.514+00:00T Stands For.....the Mans attraction!<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, here we are and it's almost February - we are well on our way to Spring now!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I feel that the title to this post should be - 'We Don't Get out Much' as last week only included a brisk walk around a park close by to where we were shopping, too cold to stop and take photos of the snowdrops we saw, the derelict pond and scruffy gardens - not much to see but we did get a walk. We kept a couple of appointments</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> and I did go to visit my friends (see the previous post to see what we did</span><span style="font-family: courier;">)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have a chance to show you my photos from our visit to Le Mans though. I looked forward to seeing Le Mans and I must say on a sunny day back in September it was every bit as good as I expected it to be.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UbJ-S8kT2tcp9uq3osl-1Ua8f449HHrHrRNiLiZ7_JidsxkbMuIvHBcc52-l6Z7eNHXBcmeGfgXYTZxChyg1__dHWiNTdxAEZwq0AiEbxdAeFOOmcAznDRjBKLQRBi3rDJRYZal1Zr8f5NEAC6Yj_A0CmdUV2xb3nQw7q4ouxITr4y2HeYftwSKwx-E/s4032/9B2BE2D4-101B-4689-B03A-F62AB1FB9662.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UbJ-S8kT2tcp9uq3osl-1Ua8f449HHrHrRNiLiZ7_JidsxkbMuIvHBcc52-l6Z7eNHXBcmeGfgXYTZxChyg1__dHWiNTdxAEZwq0AiEbxdAeFOOmcAznDRjBKLQRBi3rDJRYZal1Zr8f5NEAC6Yj_A0CmdUV2xb3nQw7q4ouxITr4y2HeYftwSKwx-E/w480-h640/9B2BE2D4-101B-4689-B03A-F62AB1FB9662.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35m5c9Suc5MTvB9wvq7ozW7w-SraZD8I5Q1-rR5llQjeU_fTalURdHlBBnjltRoiF-NL7d8dh6_-LHFobw1N2y0nriw3sM4zWuhMpJE2Kb_DfNRdu68Qyhe9X9WJb3C416r8cyjN8p_dWEklJleWqrlTFPUPKzS9QDA4wBDuUXOqbkm8Wj_Ca2eps6Rk/s4032/19DE2F7C-C7BD-4A86-96E7-6D6FEB1B360B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35m5c9Suc5MTvB9wvq7ozW7w-SraZD8I5Q1-rR5llQjeU_fTalURdHlBBnjltRoiF-NL7d8dh6_-LHFobw1N2y0nriw3sM4zWuhMpJE2Kb_DfNRdu68Qyhe9X9WJb3C416r8cyjN8p_dWEklJleWqrlTFPUPKzS9QDA4wBDuUXOqbkm8Wj_Ca2eps6Rk/w480-h640/19DE2F7C-C7BD-4A86-96E7-6D6FEB1B360B.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Our first call was to go for lunch and I am joining <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-stands-for-spice-merchant-pt-12.html">Bleubeard and Elizabeth</a> for <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-stands-for-spice-merchant-pt-12.html">T Stands For Tuesday</a> (all you need is a drink related item in your post to join the rest of the T gang)</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBXLjBA6Mji4-DLFq-vSvOmjBwgCCvnkPqByWwrDM5eERWrGG4M-siaglPp5aEc8ZPPKgxoYGfxWQvR0EOuFJvBma7yMUukwI1n4TKiYDcnkpeOazcCOcPAcCoU9O6d1rEYxl2hHcUlfTIe43DZ6E8TmPDiahTlAlBJpN9zNURP1Gs7BANSnw45znNDE/s4032/773201D3-72CC-4AD0-B1FD-78F7FD86F1C4.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBXLjBA6Mji4-DLFq-vSvOmjBwgCCvnkPqByWwrDM5eERWrGG4M-siaglPp5aEc8ZPPKgxoYGfxWQvR0EOuFJvBma7yMUukwI1n4TKiYDcnkpeOazcCOcPAcCoU9O6d1rEYxl2hHcUlfTIe43DZ6E8TmPDiahTlAlBJpN9zNURP1Gs7BANSnw45znNDE/w480-h640/773201D3-72CC-4AD0-B1FD-78F7FD86F1C4.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">We had water to drink and I attempted a shot of the glasses with the jug with the Mairie behind.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The lunch time Formule menu was quite varied for the price - some we look at only have a choice of 2 or 3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhG79yuB58PZ9dHQ16PajSRCOmEvnYwxJJL-oGau9NL901ajo76jGl8r9ejKlrn6O7bchegHnvIEaliIGb6ca1ByIaSgxhCQwYPUq-mVPPa77LywRfSHaOoLNkQ-EQ588yvu4ZzLAz291jVEnRGXNtWV4m_6xU8vtuqv9GKZIoFBn3psXKYMsbOMBH2I/s4032/9FB7B74F-87C1-4B8E-BAA5-90D6DACC746A.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhG79yuB58PZ9dHQ16PajSRCOmEvnYwxJJL-oGau9NL901ajo76jGl8r9ejKlrn6O7bchegHnvIEaliIGb6ca1ByIaSgxhCQwYPUq-mVPPa77LywRfSHaOoLNkQ-EQ588yvu4ZzLAz291jVEnRGXNtWV4m_6xU8vtuqv9GKZIoFBn3psXKYMsbOMBH2I/w480-h640/9FB7B74F-87C1-4B8E-BAA5-90D6DACC746A.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">The top of the menu states that this menu is only served Monday to Friday lunchtimes except on public holidays. It is mainly for workers. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">If you know me you will know which dessert I went for!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPjIhIwp1D_QmUI3errdNOq30q170-16AU-gea7QbpMlL5tTpsT3YJZsZ-rgkyt1CWB-AhfnDSGcrHhy0pxrA-Me_0Jd99t_lnSOVJJ5eHddNbFlcqyVbfVmXOKrWavn10y_Dp3Gw_fZNxF-DiKUvTJBk0x_xGn1Z5V-YflYtfn7Xwfj8wRMzmUv1hzQ/s4032/93028E55-C959-4038-A09A-B654391A0186.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPjIhIwp1D_QmUI3errdNOq30q170-16AU-gea7QbpMlL5tTpsT3YJZsZ-rgkyt1CWB-AhfnDSGcrHhy0pxrA-Me_0Jd99t_lnSOVJJ5eHddNbFlcqyVbfVmXOKrWavn10y_Dp3Gw_fZNxF-DiKUvTJBk0x_xGn1Z5V-YflYtfn7Xwfj8wRMzmUv1hzQ/w480-h640/93028E55-C959-4038-A09A-B654391A0186.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Hubby chose a Chocolate Liégoise and I of course chose the Café Liégoise. You can also see that as well as water I had a tonic water with lemon.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">It was then time to go and explore.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiorwvWVBKra8YlhQ7qzrO6EtC2juJRDZ1mqT10p-0yX90Te8eYIK_orE5zrFMWI1PZOIQJb7o1Aoq-0aKr6mXQsO9lLGfsoHQWAs_r2qZ6-PJrV6mp7inugMGCM6ddlhinjC_jg7lvwEdig7CX1w9sdKBN79ibZX-2gN9HWNMr36e_W1vhZj3Cmb-f2U/s4032/289288F0-B86A-410B-9D0D-B9EC051A47B8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiorwvWVBKra8YlhQ7qzrO6EtC2juJRDZ1mqT10p-0yX90Te8eYIK_orE5zrFMWI1PZOIQJb7o1Aoq-0aKr6mXQsO9lLGfsoHQWAs_r2qZ6-PJrV6mp7inugMGCM6ddlhinjC_jg7lvwEdig7CX1w9sdKBN79ibZX-2gN9HWNMr36e_W1vhZj3Cmb-f2U/w480-h640/289288F0-B86A-410B-9D0D-B9EC051A47B8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He also told us things to look out for in the Cité Plantagenet.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiALttlw471fhzNx7cnmtmYSIIqeGf3KYOnYyLkgCzeXcbh8sH_xjeWdUG8mWFBCVXXktEtUDePONODT2EFPiv8mh9Nq0LGIHCXzDmnpmXLaq7-Dratl30v6vfC5yxOF_9VVJ5BUlr_QPtUWGQ3Ks3_hsCBQa8facAQ3uno1cmYSpif9MLy3hinImXGqQ/s4032/0CEC5C67-C586-4457-B155-DB4484310ADC.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiALttlw471fhzNx7cnmtmYSIIqeGf3KYOnYyLkgCzeXcbh8sH_xjeWdUG8mWFBCVXXktEtUDePONODT2EFPiv8mh9Nq0LGIHCXzDmnpmXLaq7-Dratl30v6vfC5yxOF_9VVJ5BUlr_QPtUWGQ3Ks3_hsCBQa8facAQ3uno1cmYSpif9MLy3hinImXGqQ/w480-h640/0CEC5C67-C586-4457-B155-DB4484310ADC.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Hubby took this photo of me with what he calls my Cheshire Cat grin after the man had gone back into the Cathedral</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We set off down the cobbled streets.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-992481374212988292024-01-28T15:25:00.003+00:002024-01-28T15:25:37.737+00:00Cutting and Sticking and then some!!!!<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone! Last week I went with my friend Helen to cheer up our friend Sarah who has had a really bad chest infection since before Christmas. We have made several visits. Sometimes we do some art journaling sometimes not but when we went on Thursday Sarah had been trying something new that she had seen on Instagram. It looked great so we decided to have a go and made a start during the afternoon. I finished my first zine on Thursday night while watching TV. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Well, I am ever so slightly addicted!!! So much so that I decided to make something for <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-on-calendar.html">Art Journal Journey</a> and <a href="https://fat-emma.blogspot.com">Erika</a>'s <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-on-calendar.html">'It's On The Calendar'</a> theme.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkVGgR5dRuvooao2dzwN9-9hiQklJ0Hk1BZ7ED_M8qp4shyphenhyphenYAjZpxw9SNp-EUbs6k3fZBNi-55_-ihE3OYWLcSVFfuh9EaKjSNYEz2jpzKZZczy_qxy1wEL8UlIdfqoAvmQnw6c4tQY8YWDzYHUmF1RoPZvxFs-gXevnse9f97ls81ZjGWQVvwES5q2U/s4032/63FD794B-1D88-40A3-B81A-A4BDA503834A_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkVGgR5dRuvooao2dzwN9-9hiQklJ0Hk1BZ7ED_M8qp4shyphenhyphenYAjZpxw9SNp-EUbs6k3fZBNi-55_-ihE3OYWLcSVFfuh9EaKjSNYEz2jpzKZZczy_qxy1wEL8UlIdfqoAvmQnw6c4tQY8YWDzYHUmF1RoPZvxFs-gXevnse9f97ls81ZjGWQVvwES5q2U/w640-h480/63FD794B-1D88-40A3-B81A-A4BDA503834A_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I started by folding a piece of copy paper into 8 (just for guidelines) then collaged one half lengthways before turning it upside down to complete it. I used images and dates from an old calendar along with some designer pages, music paper, book text, a doily, some paper flowers some gel prints - in fact just a lot of things that I have kept in a box for a very long time!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCaKxZXFJXB1UH47YFCp_kRKiiU0d3EwuBeF9pPfezH1VsceeiKMEXy27MGiwWapAzMdtEKqM1hFzV2nwup7bj5f9fWgwhor5REm-lx_NBvHU2gWddwQCrBg7kvwtUmZdot0GiTY4J50PeXw6vroTJe2bl0LdzG-I68gC8n_rMA4xK8_yByycQDmCnm4/s4032/69CCBEE9-D674-450E-88AA-DB8C60BCA539_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCaKxZXFJXB1UH47YFCp_kRKiiU0d3EwuBeF9pPfezH1VsceeiKMEXy27MGiwWapAzMdtEKqM1hFzV2nwup7bj5f9fWgwhor5REm-lx_NBvHU2gWddwQCrBg7kvwtUmZdot0GiTY4J50PeXw6vroTJe2bl0LdzG-I68gC8n_rMA4xK8_yByycQDmCnm4/w480-h640/69CCBEE9-D674-450E-88AA-DB8C60BCA539_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Here is this years calendar - very similar style to last years</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Next I made a photo copy and folded that into eight, folded it in half widthways and cut the centre line between the 2nd and 3rd fold </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2Lk3AZevvezXRyyzGXMn5ownOJice8M3Tf860iG9RAxIYCueY1zNj8nLnKB3LS89W_VgGTo7XmIHNqViLPBub9yewgbP_P_REwJQcwF9xC7wL1utfbDFywCvNUrUkXaaPQbVUNDAycNcQaW3FqlmETSt-6DFg-4vWa9OxPzZACoRs2oVNWsXT9gd7bQ/s4032/967DA0C8-1FA3-4154-B4C3-9CFF0E638315.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2Lk3AZevvezXRyyzGXMn5ownOJice8M3Tf860iG9RAxIYCueY1zNj8nLnKB3LS89W_VgGTo7XmIHNqViLPBub9yewgbP_P_REwJQcwF9xC7wL1utfbDFywCvNUrUkXaaPQbVUNDAycNcQaW3FqlmETSt-6DFg-4vWa9OxPzZACoRs2oVNWsXT9gd7bQ/w640-h480/967DA0C8-1FA3-4154-B4C3-9CFF0E638315.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">This way it folds into six inner pages and front and back covers. The real collage elements make it difficult to fold. I will cut them up and add more bits to them to make some journal fodder</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXaqsfKLPhz03k_rRIrIqizbUxY6XlFWNW7OOg7RG9kgVdABS2cV7pz9nNVCGeQG6AiFQe0-VEDuNqywRq-_TQUOvgjqtRHCOd__K0nLgTQy7NMAIpUCd2RaKvtAOVJXpTALf9HiMhpD38qNii9OtYwsWr9szc8PEt53f7ZsPuILa_qc_Gm0mL1B_Czc/s3099/EBDDE4F2-A06E-491F-A747-7F7F120C6F51_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3099" data-original-width="2955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXaqsfKLPhz03k_rRIrIqizbUxY6XlFWNW7OOg7RG9kgVdABS2cV7pz9nNVCGeQG6AiFQe0-VEDuNqywRq-_TQUOvgjqtRHCOd__K0nLgTQy7NMAIpUCd2RaKvtAOVJXpTALf9HiMhpD38qNii9OtYwsWr9szc8PEt53f7ZsPuILa_qc_Gm0mL1B_Czc/w610-h640/EBDDE4F2-A06E-491F-A747-7F7F120C6F51_1_201_a.heic" width="610" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">At this stage you can leave it or do as I did and glue the pages together</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">So here it is - you will see that I need to look more carefully at the way the zine folds as the dates are not in the sequence!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Every Autumn I ask myself which time of year is my favourite - I do love Autumn, especially as the leaves begin to change colour but I always come back to the same answer - it is definitely spring. The days are getting longer, there are signs of new growth everywhere and with a bit of luck there will be warmer days too!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Here is my page, using a March calendar page and some gold paint stenciling.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd2YZWrr_DSooigEPXNESY3509f7euP5p4jIuJe9O1c_nbFu7Q9877BP-5xldp4TX7g-2tY3DaUNfgiPTzhvQVRDD4x_zUs8IQLi7fyUdJuKPcEafGAPneOuV21SAv55VQlkj-CYM4U7rDNgDL4vwe8m56F83K7wyhCMxT400A5G1zkNnmgjdqHpUabU/s4032/AA9D45D9-4EC3-431A-A054-A211182AEA6E_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd2YZWrr_DSooigEPXNESY3509f7euP5p4jIuJe9O1c_nbFu7Q9877BP-5xldp4TX7g-2tY3DaUNfgiPTzhvQVRDD4x_zUs8IQLi7fyUdJuKPcEafGAPneOuV21SAv55VQlkj-CYM4U7rDNgDL4vwe8m56F83K7wyhCMxT400A5G1zkNnmgjdqHpUabU/w640-h480/AA9D45D9-4EC3-431A-A054-A211182AEA6E_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I must admit I was almost too late to catch the last daylight of today so this has the aid of a daylight lamp.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I used some 49andMarket diecuts that have been in a bag for far too long and I added some Stamperia rub on transfers too. The quote using a Tim Holtz stamp set of words and quotes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am experimenting with something at the moment - I will see how it goes before I decide whether to post it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-59022730637520122452024-01-23T15:54:00.004+00:002024-01-23T15:54:55.774+00:00T Stands for.........the mixed bag edition!<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone! What a strange week it's been weatherise - as I reported at the end of last weeks TFST post we had snow which didn't last very long but with the temperatures being low last week had it lasting till the weekend in places. Please note that when I say low I mean around -3 to 3 degrees C (so around 26F at the lowest) so I know this isn't really cold! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We did get some sunshine but we stayed home most of the time. I did go and spend some time with two of my friends (one of whom is off sick and liked the company)We had a pleasant time doing some mini pages and chatting lots! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeIYPxyQFRqzT1Dyq0PzrwRsizI3_EMV5Syh3JzFdSyIh0ySrbuOsrEOA3UzBMUj2KHqXGQL4edh_t-pZfS4JgS6svTkJIql12uXusiqGElnwjzUj1dekjg6IbJZ5iqkn9FFquEf5o9y4jCtH2-f2TodhC2yOWOU4NFxQY1ZZDLgBW0l-GjbKWJxOwzI/s4032/94A34FA4-6249-420E-A954-AA7D9E35FE5B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeIYPxyQFRqzT1Dyq0PzrwRsizI3_EMV5Syh3JzFdSyIh0ySrbuOsrEOA3UzBMUj2KHqXGQL4edh_t-pZfS4JgS6svTkJIql12uXusiqGElnwjzUj1dekjg6IbJZ5iqkn9FFquEf5o9y4jCtH2-f2TodhC2yOWOU4NFxQY1ZZDLgBW0l-GjbKWJxOwzI/w300-h400/94A34FA4-6249-420E-A954-AA7D9E35FE5B.heic" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Hubby and I started our Wanderlust Classes at the beginning of the month and couldn't wait to get started on this one<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BSUx1ARyMYa7HXjaCZKZ7HQqcuwKURhlMG0XOxT_AR8hJoyWAdyHqbrIHMSFUANtU7vg-2taaGPNLP5_ftlWj-HoCpiujboyEP_uqIBe7RiqPg_nW2lxpF3dt9saRr3R0lQGvB1fMlFSeP4NZ5xEaYaj3kLtupllm9KaBk2vFbtH4IxLXy_i8Rb9TfE/s4032/0083C110-28D5-4EA8-899D-4DFD032499AA_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BSUx1ARyMYa7HXjaCZKZ7HQqcuwKURhlMG0XOxT_AR8hJoyWAdyHqbrIHMSFUANtU7vg-2taaGPNLP5_ftlWj-HoCpiujboyEP_uqIBe7RiqPg_nW2lxpF3dt9saRr3R0lQGvB1fMlFSeP4NZ5xEaYaj3kLtupllm9KaBk2vFbtH4IxLXy_i8Rb9TfE/w640-h480/0083C110-28D5-4EA8-899D-4DFD032499AA_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49cD_WVmar-ocplcIOuQ13R-spEJdUlFn95a9t0VhSR85PY18Zd2WEDu8lgBDRRE45sY0JuUPNcMPGwVQN_rBYK94XA4fpfvi6SFvdplPsiiokvyY1pKYeH5wAun1GxQMuc5YCq_oNxhJxjnaXQaCr3fqRCXhcx52J8qwqN8vqQJzsQrYtuwjVG7IhnA/s4032/096212AF-994B-4160-B15B-E82771F9095D_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49cD_WVmar-ocplcIOuQ13R-spEJdUlFn95a9t0VhSR85PY18Zd2WEDu8lgBDRRE45sY0JuUPNcMPGwVQN_rBYK94XA4fpfvi6SFvdplPsiiokvyY1pKYeH5wAun1GxQMuc5YCq_oNxhJxjnaXQaCr3fqRCXhcx52J8qwqN8vqQJzsQrYtuwjVG7IhnA/w640-h480/096212AF-994B-4160-B15B-E82771F9095D_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We had to feature a main image so hubby opted for drawing an owl and adding leaves instead of flowers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We attempted a walk at The Carrs on our way to shop Saturday but had to turn back as the route was icy and I worried about falling over.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">We went for coffee at Petit Delice in Wilmslow though, and I did a little bit of mini journaling.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLpLfWjKqNtzo7duyCzv9hRR5AtrwtQSfTuS3k6U3geVHeigfVyB55dYDR7By-j3qb9fg4h-vfaiPWC45gk4Ms03FOzsi0PjHRu0qX0uCqQvG5-6LNpP2R3TtkfnOLfs7hIqBzED-w3EJJ2gZXANWWzT3ZvyFKbVTy6iTqid5VgdF5T9kqfzXdst5LKc/s4032/2B8F20EB-5E77-4143-AA4F-5A6DA8C2B568.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLpLfWjKqNtzo7duyCzv9hRR5AtrwtQSfTuS3k6U3geVHeigfVyB55dYDR7By-j3qb9fg4h-vfaiPWC45gk4Ms03FOzsi0PjHRu0qX0uCqQvG5-6LNpP2R3TtkfnOLfs7hIqBzED-w3EJJ2gZXANWWzT3ZvyFKbVTy6iTqid5VgdF5T9kqfzXdst5LKc/w640-h480/2B8F20EB-5E77-4143-AA4F-5A6DA8C2B568.heic" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">As you can see I had nearly polished off the Almond Croissant that I had chosen for a change (our server warmed it up too) and I have enough of my Flat White coffee to join <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-stands-for-college-hill-deli.html">Bleubeard and Elizabeth</a> at <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-stands-for-college-hill-deli.html">T Stands For Tuesday</a> at <a href="https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2024/01/t-stands-for-college-hill-deli.html">The Altered Book Lover</a> blog.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Would you like some French sunshine?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Assuming yes - here it is! 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Can you see the sun streaming in through the Shower room window?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVBNeJAXkhEpHQTwgnXtZyyV_OkChJan9YPOQKlxrazgo9-Rtd4uH-Gz3-bB1e04TYJK5HMKEnFNrDjtej2Gl7KALnyiKjYJVtODWbTtdD4aatcdZVnWuLrsTsARL2m0L59JuR5p3DKuuRLnHXGIB90HuipKybqvHjX-kaCIVsN9M44C6CIwBDD5Wfvc/s4032/99724800-AC85-4283-BBBB-2729FC244894.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVBNeJAXkhEpHQTwgnXtZyyV_OkChJan9YPOQKlxrazgo9-Rtd4uH-Gz3-bB1e04TYJK5HMKEnFNrDjtej2Gl7KALnyiKjYJVtODWbTtdD4aatcdZVnWuLrsTsARL2m0L59JuR5p3DKuuRLnHXGIB90HuipKybqvHjX-kaCIVsN9M44C6CIwBDD5Wfvc/w640-h480/99724800-AC85-4283-BBBB-2729FC244894.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4qV2lWrA_EuFnHTbjCDtPDpGxKfuzVwY1uHyz0M59jhZCSG900MZG1Gnp2xu_c-08uV5WPu0U4859Y6-rK4cEo8k9rJIOYktamme5vS1WG_Cu4TcdaBZb-w9eBebOak7ghEWjqtN24LeMRj3jzDSVa7xcjvTa0pqkepiHdohtCGwEHWRi_sN-Jrpt0M/w480-h640/CF663FF3-C990-488A-B1F0-FB072597BF86.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">We passed through Le Blanc ....and I'll show you photos of Le Mans another time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking,Chris<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-75620258561323087572024-01-23T09:00:00.001+00:002024-01-23T09:00:00.257+00:00Using Text!<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, it's already time for our second challenge of the year at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">Try It On Tuesday</a>. We are being asked to <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">'Add Some Text'</a> to whatever we choose to make.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The<a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com"> Design Team</a> have added text in such fabulous ways - please take a look <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have made a journal page.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYteUIxpI1yu5qAoThfxZTybOGDeQLwPXsB_mmNGuwl_cCtlNdVHiotJ_dDfbtpW9jl9ekwj19IZy0EB7qdjBB2YTWgL67kFkEp_p4cp8WN0mNICyo8ZnntqKBui8mrCyk9CjASwqlwRPhf8Y-kKd_GjaqmWWXaSSbflfP0sif-XcCxBeynE7kYOyv4A/s4032/C77B2686-C0FC-4C30-8039-0C496AF017A2_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYteUIxpI1yu5qAoThfxZTybOGDeQLwPXsB_mmNGuwl_cCtlNdVHiotJ_dDfbtpW9jl9ekwj19IZy0EB7qdjBB2YTWgL67kFkEp_p4cp8WN0mNICyo8ZnntqKBui8mrCyk9CjASwqlwRPhf8Y-kKd_GjaqmWWXaSSbflfP0sif-XcCxBeynE7kYOyv4A/w480-h640/C77B2686-C0FC-4C30-8039-0C496AF017A2_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">For various reasons it has been a long time since I had a 'proper' play with inks, paint and sprays. It was also great to use one of my favourite stamp sets by Lynne Perrella (Paper Artsy).</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I used a TH stencil which I used first with Distress Spray then with gold paint.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I stamped some random text over the page then added the lady with the birds - she is so lucky, not just to have the bird on her head but one has flown straight into her arms! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I stamped the quote which has three different kinds of text too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Finally I just had to spatter some gold and black paint over the page.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I have made the page on a piece of old calendar and I drew a circle around the date I started to make the page.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope you can join us this time at <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com">TIOT</a>, the <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/p/rules-and-guidelines.html">Rules</a> are <a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/p/rules-and-guidelines.html">here</a> if you ned to take a look! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I am also entering my page at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-on-calendar.html">Art Journal Journey</a> - <a href="https://fat-emma.blogspot.com">Erika</a> has chosen <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-on-calendar.html">'It's On the Calendar'</a> as the theme for January.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Thanks for looking, Chris</span></p>pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-84903568323179866562024-01-16T12:12:00.000+00:002024-01-16T12:12:28.207+00:00T Stands For ........The First Signs Of Spring<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Hi everyone, we set off for a walk at Fletcher Moss the other day only to find our path blocked.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEh9a6IdIqCm-quvzjdA7hYRN_HcPyTg5x4s4DBJa0gkMnUAPRbo48wGD0NG6yiluPhahid-VkXVm7KGhebBMfHiqyqUbxhbqp3DGF6bsSwlx-xKwtkY4jLKF3dB-HiP87c3OtCFPouwkO_cfYMMtZSVpfdgRbORCKMzlIjZu6Fou6RGKtQ8id_gOsME/s4032/78BF46DA-C923-4872-BAEB-45B9BE6C90E6.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEh9a6IdIqCm-quvzjdA7hYRN_HcPyTg5x4s4DBJa0gkMnUAPRbo48wGD0NG6yiluPhahid-VkXVm7KGhebBMfHiqyqUbxhbqp3DGF6bsSwlx-xKwtkY4jLKF3dB-HiP87c3OtCFPouwkO_cfYMMtZSVpfdgRbORCKMzlIjZu6Fou6RGKtQ8id_gOsME/w480-h640/78BF46DA-C923-4872-BAEB-45B9BE6C90E6.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">There was no way we could walk around it</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFSFV0vEninLv7-ekHJY_4yC22JbE2l7LehGt8AaNetycpcGo8hoL01Inq3E25Ld0jpNbFB-vnqvE1L2q43W0LrbAQcYEN-nk9vLIHjRxiDTlVqjp2A-w1xB7OTeZlYmZJ4dPEgM74vlES_BpPR0Ru74pjMuPn7G35Kw81KwfcjB3Swhf6uEn5t3EHkY/s4032/785D96F7-3DE0-4553-8F35-FACE5064397A.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFSFV0vEninLv7-ekHJY_4yC22JbE2l7LehGt8AaNetycpcGo8hoL01Inq3E25Ld0jpNbFB-vnqvE1L2q43W0LrbAQcYEN-nk9vLIHjRxiDTlVqjp2A-w1xB7OTeZlYmZJ4dPEgM74vlES_BpPR0Ru74pjMuPn7G35Kw81KwfcjB3Swhf6uEn5t3EHkY/w640-h480/785D96F7-3DE0-4553-8F35-FACE5064397A.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu5AgrOlhNmEGXgLwLnzzGfELfFl1EZho1Orvg-4rcwmHqcjxKi1pv7HXPTvJWkC7bNc3vOrSJl7DbSNUgFntPm8sDlI1wMHsRdh3JtzDW4JPQEaLhN6sg5FppQPWrMe7ZY37axNFU6DQtY9hInHgjaFwpeAP7JoYtRvDpldQueOiy2LxGdZiluGHtIA/s4032/F5CE112A-4C5E-4C6D-80E5-049EDDD5BB4F.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu5AgrOlhNmEGXgLwLnzzGfELfFl1EZho1Orvg-4rcwmHqcjxKi1pv7HXPTvJWkC7bNc3vOrSJl7DbSNUgFntPm8sDlI1wMHsRdh3JtzDW4JPQEaLhN6sg5FppQPWrMe7ZY37axNFU6DQtY9hInHgjaFwpeAP7JoYtRvDpldQueOiy2LxGdZiluGHtIA/w640-h480/F5CE112A-4C5E-4C6D-80E5-049EDDD5BB4F.heic" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I think I have mentioned that Fletcher Moss is part of a scheme to prevent flooding in residential areas and that river has a flood plain here. The river itself has gone down now but this is obviously going to take a lot of dry sunny days to get back to normal.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cBOcAuK0sZv9OXm5QaoN9Tsn2EuI3oDitR2rgSQPOEVy3dIbMJMFCcbiBroHXEv7pkDSlRUVNySGbHLvxQSU1scFUp2vaLHXAVMA7Zc6nWxfZxgt6auQ2bfS3dip_PAZ1Y6q1SuHBJt3D521VQgrnQQgt53h1HhxwFPCfmyAxliMiL6c0o1VurLZJiE/s4032/14B03722-BB19-482C-8910-FCCCECBCDED0.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cBOcAuK0sZv9OXm5QaoN9Tsn2EuI3oDitR2rgSQPOEVy3dIbMJMFCcbiBroHXEv7pkDSlRUVNySGbHLvxQSU1scFUp2vaLHXAVMA7Zc6nWxfZxgt6auQ2bfS3dip_PAZ1Y6q1SuHBJt3D521VQgrnQQgt53h1HhxwFPCfmyAxliMiL6c0o1VurLZJiE/w480-h640/14B03722-BB19-482C-8910-FCCCECBCDED0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">From here we drove to Wilmslow to shop and have a coffee at our favourite coffee shop - Petit Delice where hubby gets his favourite Pistachio Croissant...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72oo7OEgJAZtqlCHtUK3PjWqaAs23VuY9FPY9X086F7udlJ96tdp9ApXOMr57C2ybM0SrjLW7p2ZQcte0hmiZDKKTGmZfbhyphenhyphen4dQsddAwN2l1z5TtC5sXI5ZovBviqM1rUR-hFtqZT4JLO-iqA0vW-bAyE-2t8mdDMEOeZ7DDw0HwEcpjCsMWhEU8DYTA/s4032/2A8E490F-90B8-4C9F-A6D8-5B38C6A117D8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72oo7OEgJAZtqlCHtUK3PjWqaAs23VuY9FPY9X086F7udlJ96tdp9ApXOMr57C2ybM0SrjLW7p2ZQcte0hmiZDKKTGmZfbhyphenhyphen4dQsddAwN2l1z5TtC5sXI5ZovBviqM1rUR-hFtqZT4JLO-iqA0vW-bAyE-2t8mdDMEOeZ7DDw0HwEcpjCsMWhEU8DYTA/w480-h640/2A8E490F-90B8-4C9F-A6D8-5B38C6A117D8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">...and I have the one of the best croissants in England (and a tiny piece of hubby's)</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A couple of shopping trips( food and new boots) a meal out (with grandson), dealing with health stuff(and my medication changing yet again!)and a nice walk.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I took the photographs a few days ago but never seemed to find the energy to get to the computer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Today didn't start so great but now feeling much better so here are a few pages for <a href="https://fat-emma.blogspot.com">Erika</a>'s <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-on-calendar.html">'It's On The Calendar'</a> theme at <a href="https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-on-calendar.html">Art Journal Journey. </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I usually show you my calendar journal each month but at the same time I also keep a planner diary - nothing fancy, I have used the same Japanese company's diary for at least the last six years. I also have some of the same reminders on my wall calendar in our kitchen</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">It has a weekly page for keeping dates and a page opposite that I write down a list of things to do and also plan our main meals for the week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">In between I draw, use stickers, washi, scraps and anything else that takes my fancy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">November started like this</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCpmf66tCD2x2kZQoqDtNNsvH55gONp0PqcCwgaIvoJpiaEAU3gQUmH5_BZaG7pD9Ul5oN-pKFvEH7jcxcLV_xyutMvP7lqAZYPjcA10Td3ftblfpNVI7ZBKMcnqXRbilyvvCJNndRVGTlD1s1rZyKuQ_zYMnNLvJj7EuSZeZOtikSQbjcRlaHFe06bQ/s4032/54696DD6-7A8A-4179-95E4-9914D5C93619.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUwzQQ-F4rMUS4TVrzq7fC2A-DF1RPSOqdyPbTgWvLqRVcs7kKArWwWfzTT_hcxrSppMbDQhtjVDVCn27l_j1F7JDCdMJ4BqhCsUh74YsB04-Ed_lmvjm2PTk2mJ_JFkhcJwuNxpO3BCE0Kzz00WcEgD_iS-A_fwvvfVGo_lC6Kjj8eNL4XycrHwLB3A/w640-h480/8ECA2C22-8019-4EE6-9765-59AF8E90D64E.heic" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: left;">New tapes arrived from Miso paper and London Gifties so I used the circles from the ends of the tapes to make a little collage (with a few additions of said tapes!)</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">At the beginning of December it turned cold for a while and I used some washi tape to make a little scene.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />pearshapedcraftinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05744515186281908192noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548733713996961552.post-61765245421863279172024-01-09T22:34:00.003+00:002024-01-09T22:37:39.151+00:00T Stands For The Great Outdoors<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Hi everyone, I'm keeping it short today as I have been out most of the day! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Last week we managed to get two walks without getting wet!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Our first was a trip to RHS Bridgwater with middle son and our Grandson. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">It wasn't brilliant weather but at least the rain had stopped. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">There aren't a great deal of bright colours around at the moment</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3OWOBrAsDNBkTeWGa2gC0CRbYMSqR6RTvfS5BE4FR0rVb2hA1zOIPUWwotGAPvhHNa4Xv0_F3sHWdnyqp7jxzN5AMeBcvM5XE7H3sapi8-PvL2R2ehEWKAZHl06FmQlOMS7joBlxQUD6Mld7N-TZA-nryrFtfi1PztREF9bucCEDcnFi3uHzhsg0QH4/s4032/3CC100BD-7BEA-48A4-9256-DF97CDC74870.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As we got into the car it became mistier than it had been earlier but as we drove along the main road the sun shone brightly around the airport area and blue skies began to appear...then suddenly we we were driving into mist again!</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;">We arrived at Styal and weren't sure whether we wanted to walk but I am so glad we did!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WsstzHVvQpMV1zM8VFgWzttp8VGIz7Qpfxa4DFJgFp3vewnzaaddZYEJCBb4xrbO0qA3vETVnlasQ4z8jBphHx6F3QFJY8VTB6wU9IqpjhyphenhyphencBX64NtOknNKDhMrPfYT0fuKcu-N8deMDLDvYAjvbn6AuzurCCuj9y_Dn8581GshhCzDW_ClNT5EhlDE/s4032/1932D599-1C1E-49CE-9B01-5535E572D2AF.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WsstzHVvQpMV1zM8VFgWzttp8VGIz7Qpfxa4DFJgFp3vewnzaaddZYEJCBb4xrbO0qA3vETVnlasQ4z8jBphHx6F3QFJY8VTB6wU9IqpjhyphenhyphencBX64NtOknNKDhMrPfYT0fuKcu-N8deMDLDvYAjvbn6AuzurCCuj9y_Dn8581GshhCzDW_ClNT5EhlDE/w480-h640/1932D599-1C1E-49CE-9B01-5535E572D2AF.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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