Tuesday 6 December 2011

Just a few more

 

I do not seem to have done very much art lately  as the dogs were taking up my time.

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I have made 10 more since this was taken.

I am taking part in my first circle journal swap starting in February, I find this quite daunting as I will be adding my art to someone else's which is quite a responsibility.

I have got as far as making my journal ,but knowing me I may change it before we start.

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That is a circle cut from the front, done with my Sizzix of course.

I struggled with last months prompt for the monthly journal pages,Liz over at Milliande does a great job with this swap but I really had to think hard.

Inner Critic depicted as a monster

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and a page about something we take for granted

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I chose birds for this because when I returned home yesterday i was greeted by a Robin singing which was wonderful.

These pages are going to Beckie in the USA and it is her first swap,because I was not truly happy with them I have done a extra one,

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Which I am happy with.

Trine over at  http://timeout-trine.blogspot.com/  will be doing guided hiking tours in Scotland next year ,please check out her website

http://www.timeouttravel.dk/tot/forsiden.html

Trine ask the members of our circle group to create a page incorporating the words Time Out, and using a specified list of supplies.

This was my first attempt which is OK ,I thought I was being clever using a page from a map of the destination area

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I think it is a little washed out,

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Then on reading the list again I saw that we could use acrylics,so I made another one.

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A little more colour this time.

Last winter when we had a burst pipe a lot of my paintings got very wet ,but this little lady survived ,and she is now brightening up my kitchen.

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And of course this other little Lady will be in my care tomorrow,and as you can see she is a budding artist.

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When she leaves I am spending the afternoon demonstrating my Sizzix to a friend who has just bought one for herself.

And just to finish I would like to say thank  you  to Jackie Nicholls from Texas one of my Facebook friends who sent a lovely card and letter to my mother and made her day.