Having Fun!

While we were away with my Son and Grandchildren last week my Granddaughter requested that I show her how to make a journal page - this is is our joint effort for Gill's theme at Art Journal Journey, which is 'Nature's Wonders'

We both enjoy our woodland walks and can spend time looking at things we see there - Ok!, we have never met a bear in the woods - but you never know!!

When I take stamps up to our caravan I often stamp images and leave them for another time.

We had great fun using parts of stamps and Twistable crayons along with whatever stamps and stamped images we had!

Just in case there is some doubt about whose is whose (and I wouldn't be surprised if you had difficulty)….

mine

Em's

Em made her own choices about what to use - I added the purple on mine to link them together!

That's it for now as we are off…again..but only for a short while!

Thank You for your patience in waiting for me to catch up with my blog visits!

Oops! Back again - I would also like to Link to Moo Mania and More where the new theme is Nature's Beauty

As Em is 10 years old (last Friday) she would like me to link to Simon Says Stamp Summer Vacation Kids Challenge

Thanks for looking, Chrisx

T stands for TIRED!

A very short post tonight - lots of photos of our Wedding Anniversary outing to Chatsworth House and that's about it I'm afraid.
It was a very hot day, although by some of your standards I suppose 25C isn't so hot but we did quite a lot of walking and to put it politely - I am 'rather tired'!!

The photos are pretty much in the order we saw them - not many in the house as I suspect hubby's photos will be better than mine so I may borrow them another time!!

 We heard a rush of water and by the time we had walked round that ball was open and then closed up again

This prism shape was revolving to catch the light

 This gentleman told me he was born in  1540!

If anyone know what this gorgeous flowers are please do tell me!! They are more like coloured leaves.

Of course I am here for T Stands for Tuesday at Bluebeard and Elizabeth's place so here is my treat for today
After our visit we went around the corner to the Chatsworth Farm Shop and cafe for coffee and cake for me and a cream tea for hubby.

See, he's even pouring you a cup!

I will be round to visit tomorrow as I fear if I carry on to much here I shall fall asleep and bang my head onto the keyboard!!

We are off to the caravan tomorrow afternoon - gardening to get done while the forecast says cooler but dry weather is on the way!! 

Gone Fishing at Simon Says Stamp Blog- Monday Challenge

I am still enjoying my time in the Spotlight at Simon Says Stamp Blog - Monday Challenge! - Thank You to all of the Design Team members for your encouraging comments - it really is such an honour to be here with you! 
I would also like to Thank everyone for your visits and lovely comments - it does mean a lot to me! 

So, a new challenge…'Go Fish'..…something I used to do with my Dad on the river banks.
My Paper Artsy - Boy with a fish is by the sea though, somewhere he knows and loves. 

I stamped him onto smooth card but wanted a stronger look than the ink was giving me - so Paper Artsy Fresco paint to the rescue - dabbed onto the stamp with a sponge (just remember to spritz your stamp with water straight after and clean it off or the paint may stick in the grooves)

I coloured him in with Tim Holtz Distress Markers - I then decided he looked better by cutting part of the background away.
Now what to do with him..
I bought this ugly framed picture at a charity shop a while ago - just because it had a hessian background already stretched for me!

Now to make some changes..

First a coat of Dina Wakley Media Gesso

..…and then some Paper Artsy Fresco Paints - Sky and a touch of Snowflake in it to lighten it a little.

Next - a good coat of Paper Artsy Crackle Glaze… 
Over this(once it had dried) a layer of Snowflake - which I thought I had photographed!
But just look at the crackle effect...

..the cracks appeared so quickly! Once thoroughly dry I used my Tim Holtz Sanding Grip tool to take some of the paint off to give a shabby look! I then painted the hessian - using Snowflake and Sky randomly across the hessian…ready for my next stage..
I saw this photo in a bird magazine we get as part of our subscription to RSPB and knew it would fit in with the theme.
I coated it with Ranger Multi Medium Matte Gel..

…placed it face down where I wanted the image..

My Speedball brayer came in handy to ensure a smooth image - then I left it overnight to dry
Next step - wet it again!!!
A good spritz of water..

 ..and then rub off the paper with my finger - a little bit came off without leaving the image.. 

..so I just stuck it down again and left it for a few hours before trying again - much better..

..and the bits that weren't I just filled in with paint!
I really love making image transfers as you never know what you will get! 

Next a napkin beach hut stuck with Multi Medium Gel too

My fisher lad now has some shelter and somewhere to store his fishing gear before he takes his fish home for tea!!

Some moss, coloured with Ranger Alcohol inks - I used Blending solution to get a range of greens..

 ..and stuck it on with some food container netting using Glossy Accents…can't fault this for holding onto anything!!

My shells were also stuck on with Glossy Accents and then some Distress Stickles added.

Finally the cloud - an Impression Obsessions quote onto a hand cut cloud  - with a Silver Signo Uni ball Pen lining

I am taking this to our caravan - a little reminder of how close we are to the sea!

Don't forget when you enter the challenge you are in with the chance of winning a 50$ voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp shop! 

 

Edit - we lost our internet connection here at home this morning - hopefully back to normal now and I can come visiting!!

Thanks for looking, Chris 

Book Pages at Try It On Tuesday

If you are a bookworm then our new challenge at Try It On Tuesday may be just the challenge for you! The title of the Challenge? - Book Pages  - which gives you quite a lot of choices as you will see from the inspiring examples from the Design Team!

I have made a card to spur someone on through some difficult times.

I started by spritzing my card lightly, then sprinkling some Paper Artsy Infusions - Royal Blood and A Little Jaded - then spritzed again and made the colours blend by tilting the card around a little too.

I stamped some text randomly when the card was dry.

I stamped the Dina Wakley Scribbly Bird onto three different book pages - all with just a slight colour difference and in three different languages then paper pieced the bird together.
My bird needed something to stand on - My favourite croissant container has lovely wavy lines of corrugated card (I would still buy them even if they changed the wrapping - they are my twice monthly treat)

I coloured a strip with my new Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - I held out over these for ages as I do love my Crayola Twistable Slick Stix, but as the colours are so different I can use them alongside each other!
Finally I used the 'green bough' sentiment from Dina's set and one of Tim's small talk stickers.

We are off to our caravan this week - so please forgive me if I don't get to your blog until we get back! 

Hope to see you at Try It On Tuesday!

Thanks for looking, Chris