MINI ALBUM DAY

It was very overcast today and quite cold although i feel daft saying that when a friend in Canada has temperatures of -40. So a short walk was taken across the fields we have had a lot of rain and the rhine was quiet full.

And of course Wilson being a Labrador just had to get in .The white you can see on the gate is tape that i have put there and written on asking people not to enter. This may seem a little mean but it is private property and we are trying to encourage as much wildlife as possible and it not helped by dog walkers.Last week i encountered a man walking his dog who panicked when he saw me because as he said his dog was unpredictable. I explained he was on private land and requested that he did not come in again. You would have thought that the fact he had to climb over a locked gate would have given him a clue.A couple of weeks ago it was a young woman i recognized from the village who had two dogs and her son .I approached her and she assumed i was another dog walker and told me she was coming in every day. We are a small village and i do not want to be heavy handed but we are a rural  and there are plenty of public places to walk.

I am always intrigued by what little animals may inhabit these holes in the field.

After the walk i decided to finish the mini albums i had cut with my new Sizzix dies.I started by inking them with Altered Originals spray ink.

These are the smaller ones and i also finished the larger one which measures 9" x 5" which i suppose is more practical i think the smaller ones are very cute though.

CUT WITH SIZZIX BIGZ  XL DIE FROM CARDBOARD BOX

COATED WITH GESSO AND THEN ACRYLIC PAINT

BIG SHOT

A PIECE OF SCRAPBOOK PAPER EMBOSSED WITH A CUTTLEBUG FOLDER IN BIG SHOT

SPRAYED WITH ALTERED ORIGINALS SPRAY INK

EMBOSSED PAPER TORN TO FIT COVER

BEAUTIFUL PAPER RECIEVED FROM  TRINE (DENMARK )

PAPER TORN AND ADDED TO COVER

FLOWERS CUT WITH SIZZIX FROM THE SAME PAPER

AND A DRAGONFLY

I now have to decide if i should used more cardboard for the pages or watercolour paper. But i think in keeping with my new GREEN way of thinking i will stick with cardboard.

I had panicked this morning when i realised the closing date for Monika's Easter bunny dotee swap was getting close.So i cut several templates from various fabrics with the trusty SIZZIX they will not be a traditional Dotee shape. I had several different fabrics to use and i also had several vintage pieces including a hand embroidered tablecloth and lace table runners. I managed to cut the shape from both.

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CUT FROM VINTAGE EMBROIDERED TABLECLOTH