Not blogging ...

I'm hardly blogging these days but this is still a useful place to add pictures and keep a record of my 'makes' - so picture heavy post coming up ...

Wings of Summer Junk Journal for a swap. You can see videos of this and my Vintage Lady J J here ...

And here ...

Two new cards and some stickpins and charm dangles ...

Cards and JJ

A Junk Journal made ready for a swap later in the year at Junk Journal Junkies FB page

More Pinterest cards I've made

Originals are here, here, here and here

Three months!!!

Ok - no apologies just some photos of 'art' completed in the last 3 months

Journal pages ...

Card Candy for a swap ...

Junk journals also to swap ...

and some Christmas bits

Art Journal

Not really a blog post - lol - just a share of some completed Calendar Art Journal pages inspired by Art of the 5th group - I have completed a whole (small) journal and am beginning to think i can embrace this process - i like some of the pages much more than others but even those I really disliked I have been able to rescue to some extent - yay!!

PaperArtsy Weekly Challenge 2nd try

I wasn't at all happy with my first entry into this challenge and wanted to try again ... I have really loved Pam Thorburn's posts this week and wanted to carry on Gelli printing ... I don't 'scrapbook' but I do 'junk journal' and often use photographs ... usually I use patterned papers as backgrounds but Pam and a recent Gelli Arts video inspired me to try making my own ... I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints in Guacamole, Claret and Snowflake and stamps from Plate ELB01 to make the pattern ... it turned out really well ...

When I started the page I had in mind the photograph I wanted to use which was a black and white one of my Dad chopping down a very large tree ... while I was looking for that photograph I found this one and the colours were just perfect (there's even some Guacamole coloured green moss on the rocks at the back) ... I love how that kind of thing happens when you work through a project! 

The prints I started off with are below ... the first yellow one didn't work and the sheet on the left is where I brayered off my paint. I then tore some strips from this to make the paper ruffle which picks up the (very stylish!) ruched swimwear. I stamped the leaves from ELB01 onto off cuts from the original print to embellish the page ... and found some ribbon with a bit of sparkle ... all very simple. Oh yes I'm the one on the right - in orange - never worn this colour since!

Below are a few junk journal pages made some time ago in a similar style ... just trying stuff out and recording a little about the photograph/event.