I cannot believe it has been three weeks since my last post, but I do seem to be catching up with swap commitments.
I have completed my pages for another journal travelling around Europe.
This was fun re acquainting with paper dolls.
I have made two more pages for the monthly swap over at http://milliande.ning.com/
Rain Rain Go Away
I printed a vintage image on to acetate and sewed it onto the page which I had sprayed with Altered Originals GRANITE ink spray.
I was not quite so happy withe other page
Favourite Number
But it did mean I could use some embossing powder ,which I tend to overlook these days.
I have also done a 4x4 self portrait for Nina’s swap also over at http://milliande.ning.com/
Nina asked us to dig deep and create an image that represented ourselves, I wanted to paint but had a mental block ,so this is what I came up with.
It is done using Neo colours ,portfolio pastels and Derwent crayons. on watercolour paper,this was then stitched onto watercolour paper.
I am not this blonde in real life ,just a bit of wishful thinking,and I have added silver thread to represent the grey hairs that seem to be appearing more often
I made a box (SIZZIX ) of course so that it would stay flat on its journey to Canada.
Because it has been so wet here I decided to have yet another sort out in my craft room ,and discovered this by chance
I am used to using sequin waste (punchinella) for creating backgrounds ,it creates a nice dotty effect,
But did you know that if you fold it over at a angle it creates another effect.
and different sizes create different effects.
Not sure if this was already common knowledge.
I also have made this
Tim Holtz really does have a lot to answer for.
Just a couple of Photos of little Miss X
she loves bubbles,and these little touchable ones hang around for ages.
Finally I was hoping that i would not have to write this again,but
THE HORSES ARE BACK
Ok not the same ones and as yet not in our fields, but this is how it started last time,and there is no way I want to go through that again .At the moment they are on the other side of the rhine, two mares and two very small foals, which will be unable to cross the water,but when the sluice gates are opened to let the water out we will have to be on guard.
By the way we are in a drought YES drought ,hard to believe it has been raining for days and the fields are water logged.
So I am pleased that I treated myself to a new pair of shiny purple wellingtons
They really are purple not blue as they look here,does anybody know why it is so hard to photograph Purple ?
Thank you for stopping by .
