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Monday 27 November 2017
Number 9
Saturday 25 November 2017
Cold
It's been a busy week with the collection of our new car on Monday then a trip down to Edinburgh on Thursday for Bill to see the eye specialist & we have a date for his cataract operation next month! There was snow on the hills when we left so it was a chilly start and a lorry had been surprised by the conditions and skidded into the stream, fortunately the only damage appeared to be to the bridge.
On the journalling front I have done my journal 52 page:
TOUCH
Come into contact with. Have an effect on. Make a difference to. Produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in. Synonyms: Pat, stroke, caress. Prompt:
Create a spread that explores the things that touch you (literally or figuratively). Use hands or other symbols of touch in your spread. Oracle: What touches you? What impact are you having on people around you? Whose touch are you longing for? How much touch are you getting? How could touch enhance your life right now?
Art prompts galore
NOV 20-26 is: BALANCE// Scavenger List: red, yellow, piece of lace or trim, security envelope pattern, magazine cut outs, text from book page, 3 words, stamping with ink , non commercial sticker ( price sticker, name tag, etc)
I sprayed some cotton lace with dylusions and you can see the negative on the right hand page! Added some stamped lace, magazine images in red & yellow as well as some stick on buttons....calling this one done.
Sunday 19 November 2017
Arting about
Life documented
.Week 46 with Julie Leggett
Prompt: A doodle week in colour incorporating a tip in and tag.
Technique: Use any pens of your choice
Quote: 'Just trying to find some colour in a black and white world' Anonymous
Journal 52
SELF-CARE
The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of the self.
Synonyms: Safekeeping, protection, succour, concern, consideration, thought, regard for the self. Prompt: Create a spread that celebrates your self-care practices or explores the lack thereof. List your current self-care practices in a journal spread. Paint yourself as a young self, needing your care and protection. Oracle: What are your self-care needs at this time? What does your body want from you? Your heart? Your mind? How can self-care assist you in doing your work in the world? How can you be gentler with yourself?
Art prompts galore
NOV 13-19: Tea// Scavenger: metallic colours, piece of game score card, stamping with random household object, scrap paper from your scrap box, something to do with music,a quote, make marks with a marker/doodle,ink from a source other than a normal pen,numbers, piece from an envelope
Week 46 with Julie Leggett
Prompt: A doodle week in colour incorporating a tip in and tag.
Technique: Use any pens of your choice
Quote: 'Just trying to find some colour in a black and white world' Anonymous
I wrapped rubber bands around a stamp block to do my background & different colour inks.
And finally the inchie this week is hedgehog
Thursday 16 November 2017
And eight
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Number seven
Saturday 11 November 2017
This week
Journal 52
BOUNDARIES: Something (such as a river, a fence, or an imaginary line) that shows where an area ends and another area begins. A point or limit that indicates where two things become different. Synonyms: Limit, confine, extent, limitation, line, edge. Prompt: Create a spread that explores your current boundaries. What will you *not* stand for? What lines will you not allow anyone to cross? Oracle: Where are you needing better boundaries? Looser ones? What is your relationship with the word ‘no’? With the word ‘yes’?
No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all. Integrity is everything
Art journal journey
- Image: stars/ space/ rocket. Word: infinite . Prompt: what gives you hope. Technique: use aluminium foil on your page. Quote: the power of imagination makes us infinite (Romtam Kangsawiwat)
Monday 6 November 2017
Pages
Journal 52
LINEAGE. Lineal descent from an ancestor. Ancestry. The line of descendantsof a particular ancestor. Family. Synonyms:Clan, descent, genealogy, origins, kin, line, tribe. Prompt:Create a spread that pays homage to someone in one of your chosen lineages, be that familial, artistic, or spiritual. As you work, keep that person in mind. Oracle: Whose shoulders do you stand upon? What strength can you draw from your lineage? What messages might your lineage have for you at this time? What part of your lineage is asking for your attention?
Week 45 with Monica Smith
The theme is changing colors, colors of your life. We hadn't picked one yet so Monica used a lot of color but went with friends.
Prompt: Start with a black background
Technique: Using Black Gesso on white card stock
Quote: “Friends are Flowers In the Garden of Life” Mary Engelbreit
NOV. 6-12: Shapes//SCAVENGER:beige/tan, blue, a bird image, security envelope insides, circles, stripes, dots, postal ephemera, something from your stash, 3 words
Sunday 5 November 2017
Busy
I have managed to get all six of Linda's tags made up as cards ready for Christmas and a new design will be released today so I look forward to seeing what ideas she's had for this!
Her shop https://m.thefunkiejunkie.com/ sponsors the challenge every year and I apologise if my link is not working properly - it did on the first card but I appear to be having problems linking :-(
Linda's image
This is actually number 5 if taken in published order but as I screwed up yesterday with my images....
I have gone with the "logs" background and some stamped postmarks, stamped a large stags head onto cream card and aged the edges before mounting with brads onto a dark red piece of card. I came across some holly sprigs that I diecut last year but never used so they have also been added and some tine cream pearls as berries.
This is linked to Linda's post http://thefunkiejunkie.blogspot.co.uk/ so please go and see what others have been creating.
I have done some journal pages and have more or less caught up with my backlog...
ART JOURNAL JOURNEY
Image: batteries. Word: energise. Prompt: live in the moment- journal about what is on your mind at the moment. Technique: use plastic wrap to create texture. Quote: energy flows where attention goes.
COLOUR ME POSITIVE
- It’s hard to imagine that one person can make a difference in the world. Sometimes I think it is easier to believe that this is true, if you bring your thoughts closers to home.Instead of thinking of ‘how can I make a difference in the world?’, why not start with ‘how can I make a difference in ?????’s life?’. If this seems too big, then why not start with ‘how can I make a difference in ?????’s day?’ (Obviously the question marks represent someone’s name. Whoever you choose.)
Just making someone smile can have a huge impact on the rest of the day. Why not smile at someone today?
This one came with a very weird quote!
- Believe in what you want so much, that it has no choice but to materialise
and as it's Monday there's my inchie to share too....owl which was a favourite of my mum's
And five
Friday 3 November 2017
Number 4
Week 4 is hot on the heels.....in the challenge sponsored by https://m.thefunkiejunkie.com/
Linda's tag is this one....
And this is my take on it using some holly paper, holly diecuts + tiny red gems and another deer...
So that's another to be linked at http://thefunkiejunkie.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2017-10-23T07:17:00-04:00&max-results=30
Why not pop over and check out all the lovely creations!
Thursday 2 November 2017
Three
And onto number three in the challenge sponsored by https://m.thefunkiejunkie.com/
Here is Linda's tag...
I'm not a huge fan of red but I liked the idea of the stripes and the letters down the side so after a rummage through the stash.....here's what I came up with:
A "tartan" style paper (that is still set on the bias as are Linda's stripes) with some tags spelling out MERRY down the left side - I've attached them with brads also from the stash! No ornaments for me, it's another deer and this one is set in a circle of diecut holly that has had some tiny red gems added for the holly berries and before my non crafting friends ask... yes it was a fiddle getting them stuck on! I did think about turning him into Rudolph but decided that might just be a step too far so without further ado I'm linking to: http://thefunkiejunkie.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/2017-challenge-12-tags-of-christmas_9.html