In The Rain at TIOT

 Hi everyone! Don't be fooled by my blog post title - our new theme at Try It On Tuesday is 'Keep It Simple'. and it just happens that my journal page has rain in it!

The Design team have all been keeping it simple - please take a look here.

My A5 journal page was so simple to make and could easily have been made on a greeting card.

I used water colour paint across the bottom of my page and I blew across it to make some splashes (I could have been more accurate if I had used a straw) 

The Mabel Lucie Atwell image is a stamp from The Artistic Stamper which I coloured with Polychromo pencils.

I used a Tim Holtz small talk sticker and another typed out on my Demo machine.

 I picked up some of the water colour and spattered a little over the page before adding the image and some pen drawn impact lines.

I hope you can join us at Try It On Tuesday this time with this simply great theme.

I have grandchildren who used to love jumping in puddles, but I think there is a puddle jumper in all of us.

I am sharing this at Art Journal Journey and my 'When We Were Young' theme.

Thanks for looking, Chris

   

By the sea!

Hi everyone, it's lovely sunny but breezy day here - just right for a seaside trip!

Cleethorpes has been in our news lately as being run down and not the place it used to be when I used to go with my parents.

 

The railway station is right by the sea so it was an exciting place to go for a day trip and there is still a pier.

 I remember my Dad telling us that on one occasion my brother and I wanted ice creams before leaving - we got our ice creams but it meant that when we got back to Lincoln, instead of catching a bus all the way home we had to walk part way with my dad taking turns to carry us on his shoulders.

I used watercolours and stencils to create a background and added some watercoloured scraps and some stamped shells from a Crafty Individuals set. The main image is from my Railway poster diary. The two girls paddling is a Crafty individuals magazine freebie and the quote stamps are also Crafty Individuals.The birds are black ink through a Crafty Individuals stencil

This is my latest page for my 'When We Were Young' theme at Art Journal Journey.

I'm loving seeing what you are creating for my theme!

Thanks for looking, Chris 

Imaginary Friends (and Day 3)

Hi everyone, the best news here is that we had rain overnight and it's a lot cooler.

I have page for my 'When We Were Young' theme at Art Journal Journey.

I found this image in a magazine a long time ago and it made me think of how real my dolls seemed to me when I was young.

I made a background but then wasn't happy with it so I added a napkin and some cut out flowers from some designer paper and a magazine.I also added some sticker style washi flowers.

I used a really old quote stamp that I bought years ago at Happy Stampers.

If you don't want to see my flower photos you may leave here!

Day three outing.

We had to travel North to feed my GD's tortoise, (we're off again later) so we decided to call in at RHS Bridgewater as it's not far off the motorway.

We headed for the shadier part passing by the Japanese garden

As we walked past a tree overhanging the water we spotted that someone has hung prism balls on the branches.

They were turning around and showing off their colours 

We could see them reflected in the water but my phone camera couldn't.

There was a lovely breeze blowing through this part of the wood

We had to leave the shade

Last time we visited there was no sign of flowers on these hydrangeas

We had a quick drink at the newly opened cafe - you can see it in the distance through the gap here.

We walked back to the car park via the shortest route

I had to take a few photos on the way!!

The insects seemed to like this flower more than the others

Buds and decay all on one stem!

Just before we headed to the exit, this the view from the door of the visitor centre

I spotted something interesting on the path back to our car too.

I do hope you stayed, I love the gardens at RHS Bridgewater and love to show them to you.

Thanks for looking, Chris