SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE

Hi everyone, I haven't blogged for a while it's not that I haven't done any crafting I have been making ATCs but can't blog them yet as they are for a swap this month and the people who I swap with haven't got them yet.

Today I dashed off to AFTH very early this morning for the Art Journal workshop. I spent ages last night packing all my stash to take with me and loading it in the car and guess what when I walked into the studio Kate (Ben's partner) and Dyan both had hysterics, I had gone on the wrong day, this weekend was the "Altered Book" weekend. Sometimes I wonder where my brain is 'cos I know full well that there is exactly a month between Art Journal days, however, I had a good day and enjoyed myself sitting in the middle of all the ladies making fantastic altered books. Dyan very kindly said I couldn't go home and made a place for me. There were quite  a few  there who know me as they are fellow art journalers and so we had a good laugh at my goof. I actually achieved a lot more than I would have done if I had been at home and here is one of my completed pages done today using Dyan's downloads, Deviant Scrap and Tumble Fish Studios.

HELLO MARCH

Well today felt like Spring in this part of the world, reasonably warm and sunny, it was nice not to have to wear hat, scarf and gloves while walking the dogs. My pages for March are coincidentaly very spring like. It is also the Marie Curie month so I have included daffodils which are there emblem. My little daff figure is another Stampotique and my squares are from Dyan's papers "Spring Fling"

BYE TO FEBRUARY

Here are my February finished pages for the Art Calendar challenge. I always intend to add to each day to illustrate what I have been doing but I never actually get around to doing that, when I look at other peoples with lots of little drawings and I feel inspired but then it disappears where it goes I don't know. Well that's enough rambling for one day so here is the photo.

MARCH NOT QUITE

I am well in advance this month for the Art Calendar, Idon't know why as I have had a very busy month. I prepared these pages last week of course they are not finished but I thought I would show you the basic background. I used all of Dylusions new paints and sprays I just love the colours. For these pages I sprayed, splodged and splashed using mustard, yellow, sienna, white and grass green ink spray.

Now I must go and add to my pages and make sure I stay ahead of myself.

BUZZING BEEZWAX

This is another project that myself and 3 friends have been working on over the last 2 Fridays. These Play Days are certainly fun with lots of chat, laughter,drinking (coffee I might add) and eating although the eating has been getting a bit out of hand and we have had to tone it down.
Hels Sheridan has a Beezwax canvas in this months Craft Stamper,it is fab so we "girls" decided to have a go. Some of us are not very experienced using Beezwax but it worked out quite well especially when you look at the size of the canvas (14"x18") We used Claudine's Trad Tan as a base and Kaiser colour paints here and there mine is blue. Stamped on tissue paper with Stazon Timber Brown and the stamps are a combo of Paper Artsy, Crafty Individuals and Tim's. Ann had a sack full of old watch parts which Lynne's DH very kindly cleaned for us, they are scattered here and there and glued with Bostick as are the mini canvases. All the edges are finished with Inka Gold, fab stuff.

It's real fun crafting with friends as there is no pressure or stress to finish 'cos we know we can come back and finish another day as these Play Days are on going.

A MONTHLY SWAP

I made this ATC for a friend, for two friends actually. We do a monthly swap and I have made the same ATC for both friends. I used Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet on the background, stamped the Stampotique hearts in Archival Crimson and then filled them in with Glossy Accents to give some 3D and a shiny effect. The image is a Stampotique called Joy although he looks far from joyful, I gave him a little diamante at the tip of his hat, coloured him in Copics,stuck the red heart on his chest and outlined him in black. The sentiment is from a Beatles song "Love Me Do" he looks like he could do with some loving. They are holding a Heart/Love challenge over on the Stampotique challenge blog so I may enter him in that.

THE EYES AGAIN

I seem to have a thing about eyes at the moment and I appear to be in a negative phase. This actually is 2 seperate journal pages but I have done them side by side. The painted background is with Dyan's range Dylusions. I have used gel medium through a flower stencil, painted a piece of bubble wrap with white paint and stamped on the page, splattered here and there with black paint and used an old credit card to make some splodges here and there. The border is a mixture of downloads from various people and the images are from Tumble Fish Studios apart from the head and hat of the man which are from Dyan's downloads. Even though the sentiments are negative I was quite pleased with the look of the background on these pages which again is in my A5 Moleskine. Now I must fly as I am working today byeeeeee.