New pieces

Art prompts galore...

31. blue and green/ SCAVENGER : something that starts with k, lace, peach colour, something with wings,something summery, random element from your stash, 5 round things, lines created with ink (ie: using corregated cardboard to stamp)/random splatters of black or white paint

So I've got knot lace, peach panel, something with wings, something summery (lady in a het), random element (punched border), 5 buttons, lines created with ink (faint!), 

Journal 52 Holding on // letting go

It's been 53 weeks since I last saw my dad alive, he'd been visiting us at the chalet for the Tour de France....

Every inchie Monday....sheep

These are done using a free stamp & shrink plastic 

We had thunder & heavy rain Saturday night but a very nice day, by evening we were back to thunder/ lightning & some seriously heavy rain/hail....all blown over again now so I'm hoping for an undisturbed sleep tonight & a sunny visit to Barcelonette tomorrow....night!

Late

Yes! Late with my colour me positive page, its the one from 2 weeks ago.

Some prepped stencilled background using worn lipstick/ stormy sky / scattered straw / shabby shutters and assorted bits from my stash to represent the arts of painting- poetry- music - fashion to accompany the quote all who are creative, in whatever way, are doing something very important to the well being of the world (Sandra Chantry) 

Sparkle

The colour me positive prompt for this week is every day life begins to sparkle when we realise our friends are the glitter. 

I've had a picture in my stash for ages in the knowledge that one day the occasion to use it would come about and this week I finally get to use it:-)

I did some stencilled backgrounds before coming away ( peacock feathers/ picked raspberry/ spiced marmalade/ mustard seed) added a border diecut from some happy mail and all I had to do was add the picture and Marilyn Monroe's famous words!

ATC time

2 birthday cards went out today with ATCs enclosed - here are 2 of the 4 sent.....

No crafting today....loads of reading in the sun :-)

A journey....

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step by Lao-Tzu is our quote at colour me positive 

I did 1199miles to reach this marvel of nature....the gorges du Verdon, and we drove both the south & the north banks pausing to watch mad fools hurl themselves of the Pont de l'Artuby, enjoy a mid morning coffee at Aiguines where we saw the beautiful chateau with its glazed tile turrets, pedalos/ electric motor boats, paddle boards at the entrance to the gorge from the lac de Ste Croix, lunched in Moustiers Ste Marie and a well earned cold drink + ice cream at La Palud sur verdon. Every one of those miles was worth it!

Rain stops play....not!

After a week of fabulous weather...we have now had 2 days of mountain summer storms, temperatures drop, rain pours, thunder and lightning then the sun comes out again! This means I've done some catching up on my journal pages 

Art prompts galore

SOFT / Scavenger : dark blue, silver, legs, diamond shapes, bling, rub ons or stickers (3), 3 pieces of book pages, foil or metallic paper, envelope window, letters cut from magazine or newspaper

 STARTS WITH B//SCAVENGER :Three things that start with A, pale blue, dark green, a mode of transportation, 5 random letters, texture , paint through a stencil, spray with paint or ink, coffee stain ,a feather (drawn, cut out, painted or real) 

Journal 52

28. Summer nights // dog days

29. Camp out / pow wow. 

I needed to do something after the atrocities on the Promenade des Anglais so I went off at a bit of a tangent with this one!

30. Mirth // reverence 

DLP 

Use a stencil

Start with a dark base

These all called for a degree of improvisation as I'm still on holiday!

My inchie ....underground off the back of my very ancient London A-Z!

 Thanks for looking & have a good week :-)

Holiday snaps

Bamburgh castle great hall...

View from the beach

I just had to have this one taken at Lindisfarne!

The place was closed for maintenance sadly but we had a nice walk.

Warkworth castle 

And Bailey got to share an adventure! He was like a little kid, going up every staircase & peering through most openings!!!!

Inside the main tower...

The craft pods at Amble...

And for those of you who wondered where my chateau was....

I will be back again soon....