Getting Organised!!

Hardly seems like the Summer has begun - and yet it's only a week and a bit until term starts again. Am beginning to think of what I need to make sure I have for school - a trip to Staples is on the cards. And I need to get organised with other things in my life - like receipts and the like. And all the inspiration I've collected for art journalling. So I think I might need to make myself a couple of these organisers from Crafter's Companion Big Score.

I made this one a while ago with card from the Below Stairs Downton Abbey A3 pack. They look so complicated - but it's actually really easy to make. All the instructions are on the Big Score DVD.

Cxxx 

Day 94 - Blog Post 500!!

Wow - 500 blog posts - nearly 100 of which have been just this year!! Been out and about today, so not much time to craft. 

But this is what has been sitting on my craft desk all day. Hopefully will do something with it tomorrow.

Cxx

Day 83 - I have a plan.....

... well, maybe. Bought some mini pots of Pebeo Moon and Prisme paints eons ago. I tried them once and didn't have much joy - don't think i was using them correctly. So, I decided I want to try to play with them again.

So, I am going to used this "That Special Touch" Jigsaw Puzzle mask and embossing paste to create a base to try them out on.

Will let you know how I get on!

Cxxx

Day 81 - Ink Blot!

Evening! I have had one of those days today. Optician this morning - new lenses needed - so cheaper to buy new frames too!! Then decided to go for a bike ride in the sunshine as I'm not supposed to run this week. Didn't really enjoy it - so was quite a short one. I then spent some time putting greenhouse staging together - made a right pigs ear of it - and managed to gouge my hand in the process. The rest of the day has been spent doing very little as I just couldn't muster the enthusiasm!!

What I did manage to do was to create charts for my new Memento and VersaFine inks - and used one of the Crafter's Companion Textures Journal Jottings stamps to ink them up!

It is, however, very frustrating that I am missing one of each set - and strangely it's a grey one in both!! Will have to rectify that soon!!

Cxxx

Day 77 - Lightning Strike!!

Evening. Busy day today, tidying up the veg patch and sewing a few peas while the sun shined! Very satisfying! But also found time to make up another of my AquaTint experiment.

This one used Bright and Beautiful 15, Pretty Pastels 55 and Perfect Primaries 12. Once dried, I used my Distress Splatter brush and blotted with kitchen towel. 

I decided to use the Textures Elements Lightning folder on this one, but didn't want it to take up the whole of the image like yesterday. So I dug out my Sheena Summer Meadow 8x6 stencil, and sponged some Pebeo Black Gesso through it.

Once that was dried, I decided to emboss just the top part of the image so that the lightning just came down over the tree.

It's almost impossible to see on the photo, but I then added some Pebeo Silver Gilding Wax with my finger.

Now, although it showed up a bit, it wasn't strong enough for me, so I used a very fine brush, and painted more gilding wax over the top.

As you can see, it's much more striking!! I inked the edges of the image with Black Soot Distress Ink, and mounted it on black, grey and pink card. The sentiment is a Die'sire Sentimentals stamp from the Memories are Made set.

Back tomorrow,

Cxxx

Day 71 - "Messy" Crafting

Evening!! My intention had been to share a picture of what I was working on today - some messy crafting for my ongoing canvas. But I have decided to do that tomorrow. And that's because as I went back to my craft area after starting to cook dinner this afternoon, the mess gave a whole new meaning to Messy Crafting! Quite funny, as I'd been watching Sheena on Hochanda with her "Messy Crafting" CDs!!

I have to admit that when I am messy crafting, I end up with piles of stuff out as I suddenly think "Oh, I could use that!" Hence the paint, inks, stamps, dies etc scattered around!! It's all packed back away now! 

Tomorrow I'll share what you can just about see on the table.

Cxxxx 

Day 40 - Organisation!

Evening. Just a quick post tonight. I haven't had a great deal of time to craft today, so instead I'd though I'd share a photo of just a little bit of my stash. And also show how obsessed with organisation I am.

As my stash slowly increased over the years, I found the need to keep track of what I had and where it was - so it didn't disappear into a black hole and never get used. And I have always been one for sorting, organising and labelling things to within an inch of their lives. So, this is part of my stash - all boxed and labelled so I know what's what. This is all my card and paper, Spectrum Noir pens, e-brush, dies, and some of my paints.

Back tomorrow - no idea what with - but I'll be back.

Cxxxxx

Day 39 - Thread Catcher!

Evening!! Well, what a horrid day!! Storm Imogen made her presence felt, and managed to break our garden gate!! I did manage a 5 mile run - along a fairly sheltered trail - so was happy with that. 

Yesterday, I shared my fabric choice for my thread catcher. Well, today I can share the finished product! I haven't done a step by step - as I followed the instructions on Sally Said Sew. The only thing I did differently, was that I quilted the top of the pincushion for a bit of decoration.

To take the photo, I used my sewing box to hang it off of, but it will normally hang off the table. And it will hopefully help to reduce some of the mess I end up in when I'm sewing - like this:

Back tomorrow,

Cxxx