BAG MAKING

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by today.

I have been doing a few sewing projects lately and have made these different types of bags for my holiday.
I have never made bags before so I was really pleased with the way they have turned out and know they are going to be useful for travelling and fitting in a journal and some pens..

To make the bags I used a pattern from a CD Rom by Debbie Shore - Bags Galore- and found them very easy to understand and construct.

Hope your all having a good week so far and see you soon

catherine

Catch up post...

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by today.

So here is a post catching up from last week and my crafty makes so far.

I have been working on planner pages for the start of this week and now ready to start filling these in.

This is a page in my scrapbook journal which I recently started and includes pics of where I live and the beautiful scene of the viaducts and surrounding area.

I attended a weekend workshop at Art From The Heart and these are the two dolls I made. Painted and stitched and quilted together.

And so great news.... I have just found out that I have been given a spotlight on Simon Monday challenge blog for their Fauna and Flowers challenge a couple of weeks age !

You can see the post here:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=6438

I am looking forward to visiting all your blogs and catching up with your news.

See you again soon

catherine

Why I Love My Art Journal....

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by.

I am on a venture in my craft room to try and use some of the "oh so many" supplies that I have collected over time.

Whilst going for my paints I noticed a box of Paperartsy paints,some I am ashamedly admitting to never having used before(yes I am like everyone else and collect things from time to time because they look so pretty!!!!).
Anyhow the story goes that I thought I would see how I could work with these paints in my journal.
So I had a page in mind and for this one it included a double page and I have to say I really enjoyed working with these colours and the Tangerine Twist has most definitley become a favourite of mine !

I love how the colours have worked together and how they pop of the pages.

And it is so hot here in the UK at the moment that these colours are just right for the day!!

See you again soon

catherine

AFTH workshop and planner

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by.
I have had a lovely relaxing day at Art From the Heart here in Harrogate. I took a workshop with Tracy Scott and we were working with texture paste and Dylusion inks. Its a good feeling sometimes to have white space on the page and really highlights the central focal points.

And here I am at my desk working on my planner pages for next week. It's funny how no matter how big a desk we have we all like to work in the smallest square of it!!!! Probably for me because the rest of it ashamedly is so full of stuff!!!!!Although I do admit to at least using it all.

Hope you are all having a good weekend and see you again soon

catherine

A photograph stirs the soul

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by today.

I as most of my followers know love working with mixed media in my journal but I also liked to scrapbook for a long time.

This page is in my journal and I love the way it has worked. I have been able to have a good play with paints, background stamps and stencils as well as  capturing a favourite photograph of mine on there . The quote" A photograph stirs the soul" is a wooden stamp from my stash but I love what it says.

I am entering challenges:
Creative Artiste challenge 16- Anything goes

See you again soon

catherine

Summertime Flowers

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by today.

Today I have had a play in my journal and just let the page go as I went along I knew there where going to be flowers and I wanted to include lovely summertime colours. I started collaging papers onto the page and then picked paints remnding me of warm colours in my garden.
I am pleased with the way the page has worked and love the summertime garden feel to it. I love sitting in the garden on warm summer nights and enjoying all the beautiful colours it has from the flowers.

I am entering challenges:
Anything But Cute challenge #15-summertime fun
Try It On Tuesdays challenge - Happy Holidays
Art Journal Journey- In my garden there is..

Thanks for looking and see you soon

catherine

Journal play time and DLP Art cards

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by here today.

I had a bit of time in my craft room this morning so just had a little play with the paints. I didn't have an idea what was going to happen and just let the page evolve as it went along. I did want to include my word for the month and think it works well with the page in total. Love these colours together as well.

I am entering into challenges:

Simon Says Monday challenge - Flora and fauna
That's Crafty challenge - Feminine

Also today I managed to do my weeks Art Cards for the Documented Life project this month. The challenge was to use stencils and I used the border stencils from Dylusions as the main focal points. The background pieces were previous stencilled backgrounds from my stash.
I placed them in the file folder and stitched around them.

Thanks for looking and see you again soon

catherine

Resuming Crafting....

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Today I am sharing my weeks pages for the Documented Life project which includes my calendar for the week.
My word this month is "Positive" and I will work on creating to include this.

I also have done some PAC's(pocket art cards) which I made from a workshop yesterday at ART FROM THE HEART with Kate Crane using Distress Crayons.

I also have bought some more Washi Tape which I am looking forward to using in my work. I wouldn't say I have an addiction to them but I may have to correct myself there and say I think it may slowly become one(lol)!!!

See you again soon

catherine