Journal Page :)

So today I woke up to pouring rain outside and as plans were cancelled I decided I was going to stay in the warm for the day with youngest, as it was his day off, and Craft for the day.

I have two Layouts almost complete just haven't the lettering I want yet for the titles so decided to have a play with my Art Journal. I started a page which I will hopefully be able to share later today and as I started on the right side of a double page in my journal I used the left side a a mopping up page so not to waste the excess ink I had used. I then added some acrylic paints in brush strokes not really thinking of what I was doing as Shattered doesn't even cover how I feel today lol.

I bought the Dylusions Doodle Part Stamps recently and wanted to use some of the bits for hair for some time but I don't own any of the face stamps so I attempted to draw my own face. It's not to bad. I then layer the Doodes I wanted to use to make it look like hair shape as I could and coloured them with just ordinary felt tips as I used copier paper. And they actually give a look of texture where they are so old and drying out.

Then as the page still looked a little empty I used the arrows from the doodle parts stamp and I did the writing with a Black Glaze Sukura Pen.

Off to go and finish the first Art Journal page I started :)

Yippee it would appear my Mojo is making a return at long last. I have completed a layout ok I'm still undecided if I like it or not but hey ho its a Layout.

The photos are of my youngest Connor playing on the computer and his concentration on the game he was playing. He used to show no interest what so ever in wanting to play now that has all changed and its like world war three breaks out when I say no to any of my three boys now when I want the consoles turned off.

I used a Bella Blvd Mr Boy Sticker to write my journalling on:

I used some Chipboard Arrows coloured with a Black Promarker and some white Acrylic Paint to give some Dimension

I mounted the Photos on to Blue Cardstock to make them stand out and I also inked the edges too in Black Momento Ink.


For the bottom and top of the layout I used a strip from a Kaisercraft Paper Range which I can't remember the name of but it looks like its discontinued as I can't find it on their site to get the name, Sorry.

My New Stencils and Stamp set has arrived today going to attempt another Layout and have a play.

Colouring with my Promarkers :)

I have been getting back into Colouring with my Promarkers and being getting some new stamps from a Crafty Selling Page on Facebook, My first port of call in the mornings checking out for bargains :)

First up is my colouring of a Rachelle Anne Miller Stamp, I have been following her blog for some time and love her work and was over the moon when I found one of her stamps for sale on the site. I have my eyes peeled for more :)

I used Grass for the Feet and Head and then Poppy, Yellow, Orange and Cyan for the shell. Then for the Flowers I used Magenta and Gold.

Again I used Grass for the Feet and Head and then for the shell I used Magenta, Yellow, Orange and Cyan. Then for the Flowers I used Yellow and Orange.

Next up is a Teddy Bear Image not sure who the artist is behind this one but its adorable. I used Cinnamon for the Bears along with a Blender Pens. For the chair I used Sky Blue and Yellow and Grass for the Cushion and Slippers and Poppy for the cup and Present.

Then I used the Cinnamon for the Bears again with Blender Pen, Really is the best colour I have for Brown Fur :) I used Pastel Blue for the Newspaper this time and Poppy and Gold for the Chair. Sky Blue for the Cushion and slippers and then Gold and Poppy for the cup :)

Hoping to use these Images to make some Cards but will see. I have some new Promarkers on the way so looking forward to some new colours to play with.
Thank You for Popping by :)

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Hi So it was my Sister in Laws Birthday on Friday and as I am loving colouring stamped images again at the moment I decided to have a go at making a Birthday Card for her.

So using this sketch I found here:

I used a Elephant Stamp from the Daisy and Dandelion Pickles & Onion Collection as I saw this fitting as my SIL's nick name is Nellie :) I used scrap paper and card from my scrap box so not sure the names of the papers I used.

For the image I used Promarkers to colour. Cool Grey 1 and Blender Pen for the Elephant and then for the cake I used Sky Blue for the cake case, and Buttercup for the Icing, Poppy Red for the Cherries. Cinnamon for the cake and Gold for the candle flame.

Finished my Oil Pastel Lion picture and wanted to share so here it is:

Lion Pics to share

Hi Peeps, Really sorry I haven't posted in some time. To be honest I haven't been all that Crafty since my last post. Family life has kind of got in the way, I'm trying so hard to get our house the way I would like in amongst teaching youngest to Skateboard, doing reading with Middle Son and helping Eldest out with homework and then having Driving lessons for myself. And as I don't have my own personal scrapping space I tend to find it hard to get it all out only to find it has to go back pretty soon after :( Been seeing some fantastic projects people have done and feel inspired so hope one day I can get back in to it.

How ever I have been going to Art Group on Tuesdays still and completed my Lion Pencil Drawing. Think the head looks perfect but feel I went wrong with proportion sizes for the rest of the body, but considering I haven't really drawn anything since leaving school its a good first attempt :)


I'm now working on a Lion Oil Pastel Picture, First time of using Oil Pastels properly and I am impressed with the results so far and can see me framing this piece :)

This is a photo of the work I had done so far last week on it:


And here is how it's looking at the moment, nearly there.:

Sorry the Photo isn't great and I have a boat in the way lol it was put on the shelf and then I decided I wanted to take a photo but couldn't be bothered to get it down as the board its on is really heavey.