Rennie MacIntosh time

 Play time with a new 4” embossing folder, some smooshed ink 4” scraps and some Art Deco Charles Rennie MacIntosh stamps that I have coloured with distress inks & finally some flat gems. The purple one has been done with silver embossing powder, the orange is the debossed side + gold gilding wax, blue is gilding wax and the pink is black ink rubbed over the raised pattern.

Silly season

 I’m like a dog chasing its tail at the moment! Workmen, appointments….. all I’ve done recently is the following 

Documented Life Project:

Another card…..

Colour me positive:

I got my elbow nudged by the dog as I was writing the quote so that Practice definitely needs more PRACTICE!

Rain & hail has interrupted my day again so I’m just going to have to put up with it!

Oops I have been MIA!

 May seems to have passed by in a flash! I did go away for a week to Andalusia so that was part of the problem but then when we came back to Scotland the weather was so nice that I was outside most of the time….

So here’s what I have managed to accomplish in the quieter moments 

For Colour Me Positive 

Then these ones for the Documented Life Project…I was clearly influenced by the trip to Spain!

Wax crayon & watercolour resist

Oil pastel resist & scratch 

A picture in our hotel caught my eye, reminds me very much of the Camargue area that we visited almost 20 years ago and also a bull breeding area!

These dogs were guarding the entrance to the shop across the street from the hotel…

I just loved the idea of the sign being spaghetti on this one!

The good weather has meant that the rhododendron plants have been amazing this year, this is the most recent addition to the garden 

Then I managed to sneak in a few birthday cards as well using some existing backgrounds….

I’m trying to get my workroom tidy LOL so who knows what or when I’ll be done but I’m hoping to get back to the blog again soon. 

Colour me positive

 Another week goes by and I have got my CMP quote done…

The weather is still pretty chilly and the knee pretty sore so no gardening much to Brodie’s disgust! 

Come play with me mum!!!!

Slow down….

 Well, the knee is still a pain and I have become very weary of it all so I try to distract myself with art but I’m not sure it’s really doing the job!!

These are the most recent Colour Me Positive quotes…

Across at Life Documented it’s been all about mono printing and let’s just say that it’s not been the most successful time of my life!

And I have also been making a few more cards…

A simple anniversary card to celebrate 48 years 

And a few cards for the boys…

This one was to try out a new set of stamps on some scraps that were sitting on my desk…

Colour me positive

 The two most recent ones…

Getting messy ….

 …. Is the order of the day! I signed up for the BB BASH free course- I know it’s a fun one as I have done a couple of her courses before .

The first 3 are under papers with some additional marks.

Here’s the messy stuff!

Over the next few days I have worked on the pieces and intend to make a small book for some of my favourite art pieces in this colour scheme. 

These two are the inside of the covers: scraps and fake stitches 

And then the outside 

And then I decided to weave some of the off cuts and used a tracing wheel to get even spacing for the stitches around the edges 

Some clusters 

Some of the pages are now started but not necessarily finished 

More still to be done but I m suffering with sciatica so I’m going to be taking my time!