Week 51

Well, Im typing this for the umpteenth time today....but blogger keeps shutting down on me and I lose everything I've done & have to start again! Fingers are crossed!

I've had the painter in since Wednesday & have made most of the fact to stay in my workroom- throwing out, sorting, using scraps....

I have made a start on my colour me positive page: share your soul through creativity 

And today I got stuck into art prompts galore: winter 

And here are some close ups...I made sure to gesso the pages as I was using spray Dylusions 

Diecut foliage...

And let's not forget that a new week means a new inchie....ugly

I also found the one I meant to use last week!

Sneak peeks

Just a little glimpse of what I did whilst the painter was here.....

Green

Yesterday's efforts whilst the painter is in.....a big tidy up of my desk but only after I had made my art Prompts Galore page!

Pick one of the classic Christmas colours (red, green, gold, silver) and make a page in the colour. (Doesnt need to be a Christmas page) SCAVENGER : red, security envelope pattern, paper doily, die cut or cut out of leaf or leaves, black acrylic paint, white paint splatters, something from your stash, stamped images

Fun

A weekend away in the Scottish capital means that I have not done much journal art

Water of Leith....viewed from the apartment 

Cocktails at The Dome 

Suspended Christmas trees at the first floor level 

After all the fun, food & cocktails it was time to return home to old clothes & porridge as they say around here!

I have managed to get a page made for Journal 52: Fire or Ice

I stamped in silver + silver, holographic & clear EP, added some die cut snowflakes and a layer of snowflake cellophane.

More die cut snowflakes over the top and some letters for the message, a stamped & coloured fireplace

I started this post yesterday and Blogger is bugging me...it keeps shutting down!

So I now have a colour me positive page to share too. The theme is " a flower does not compete with the flower next to it, it just blooms.  I've given it a winter slant by using poinsettias 

And finally my regular Monday inchie....grin

Dictionary Y

Not many of these left to do now! The latest letter is Y and I've decided to go with year....

A random scrap that was on my desk as the background, dictionary definition and some stamping....and I must also decide what I'm going to do with the £10 voucher that I got for my Iris page!

Tuesday

....a new colour on my hair....sorry, no photos but it's a touch more ash blonde this time around....and I will try to get a decent picture this weekend when I am down in Edinburgh but I hate having my picture taken so no promises. I managed a few more cards today so we are almost done for this year and I have done 2 pages....

Journal 52: sorry/ not sorry

I went to boarding school & later lived in a different country so a lot of time away from my parents.

Art prompts galore: 49. Bling// SCAVENGER: red, foil, 3 die cuts or punch outs, 2 pieces of fiber or fabric, texture paste or gesso through a stencil, acrylic paint, a circle, a tag, words

There's bling, red, foil, die cuts, circles (bling & sequins) all the little trees along the bottom are paper scraps that I have diecut.

December

How on earth did it get to the last month of the year already?

I've been busy this week, not so much on the craft front however but here is what I can share with you...

A few postcards for an upcoming swap,

A decorated Christmas tree!

A colour me positive "new beginnings" page. I chose to die cut the clock the wrong way round in a very vain attempt to make time slow down....

Some versamark ink & shimmering eyeshadow for subtle stamping (Paper Artsy)

Also some DI / stencils.

I got a Christmas card made for the Mainers

And another made for the Californians ...

This shows the shimmer & texture...

I've absolutely no idea what or where 1942 comes into the book hitchhikers guide to the galaxy which is the book that all our inchies have been linked to but I've thought outside the box this week and given you all my husbands birth date! 

It's actually a slightly different colour IRL but with dodgy lighting this is the best that I can get.

More later in the week... Maybe!