Robin Christmas Cards

 Hello All.

I've made a start on my Christmas cards, 18 so far. I treated myself to some new dies, Tim Holtz Sizzix birds and festive foliage.

Here are a selection of the cards.

I added gold sparkly ribbon and some Tim Holtz Distress Stickles to this one, so I'm linking up to Try It On Tuesday's Sparkle All The Way challenge.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison 

Autumn Colours & Inspiration

 Hello All.

Here is another page I made for my Autumn colours & inspiration theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for all the beautiful art you've been making for my challenge at Art Journal Journey!

I'm also linking my page to the Autumn Magic challenge at Try It On Tuesday.

Alison xox

Birthday card

 Hi everyone!

Here's a card I made for my aunt, using Crafty Individuals stamps. I used distress inks to watercolour the image.

I'm linking my card to Try It On Tuesday's Make It Feminine challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison

Seek Gather Create August 2024 - Week Three

 Hello All.

Here is my art journal page for week 3 of the Seek Gather Create August Instagram Challenge.

The items are... The colour fuchsia, an eye, bubbles, and ruffles.

I used a PaperArtsy tissue paper eye, as well as some other elements from the sheet. The birds are from Crafty Individuals. The text is from my art room copy of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. The pink squares are from a master board I had in my stash. 

I'm linking my page to the following challenges...

Jo's Wonderfully Wild theme at Art Journal Journey. Wild birds

Try It On Tuesday's Make It Feminine theme. Pink and lace

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison

Junk Journal July 2024 - Day 19

 Happy Weekend Everyone!

Here is another junk journal page for Meg's July Instagram challenge.

Day 19 - Tag.

I'm linking this page to Halle's I've got a notion theme at Art Journal Journey, and also to Try It On Tuesday's In The Garden challenge.

Thanks so much for visiting and commenting.

Alison xox

Junk Journal July 2024 - Day 17

 Hello All.

I have another junk journal page to share today, and this one is also suitable for Try It On Tuesday's In The Garden theme, with a paper flower and a little bee brad.

Day 17 - Aged.

Thanks so much for visiting,

Alison xox

Junk Journal July 2024

 Hi Everyone.

Here is another page for Meg's Junk Journal July challenge on Instagram.

Day 16 - Petal.

I'm linking this page to Try It On Tuesday's In The Garden challenge.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox

Junk Journal July Days 13 & 14

 Hello Friends.

Here are two more of my Junk Journal July pages.

Day 13 - Light. 

As I have butterflies on my page, I'm linking it to Try It On Tuesday's Things With Wings challenge.

Day 14 - Weather. 

The umbrellas were cut from gelliprints. Does the top right one look like a beach to you?

We've had a lot of rain in the UK this Summer, not unusual here!

Thanks for dropping by.

Alison xox

Observe

 Hello Friends.

Here's my Day 8 page for Junk Journal July. The theme is Observe, and I found a great image in an old RSPB magazine of the squirrel and camera. I also found the butterflies and moth in the same mag, and used some PaperArtsy patterned tissue, and some vellum birds and a nest. I love to go bird and butterfly spotting, which links with the theme too.

If you look carefully, you'll spot some button images behind the eye, and to the left of the nest, so I'm linking up with Halle's I've got a notion theme at Art Journal Journey.

There are also things with wings, which is the current theme at Try It On Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow ICAD Challenge 2024

 Hello All.

Here are my week 2 ICADs for Tammy/Daisy Yellow Art's annual challenge.

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

I hope you like these. I'll be back in a couple of days with the next 7  ICADs.

I linking up to Try It On Tuesday's Book Pages challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Try It On Tuesday - Small Things

 Hello All.

I'm delighted to tell you that I am the guest designer for Try It On Tuesday's new theme of Small Things.

I created an ATC for the challenge.

My base is a Stampbord ATC, which I coloured with Distress Inks. I stamped the Tim Holtz fairy children, then used Crafty Individuals stamps to create their garden, and used a script stamp to add interest to the grass and sky. I used coloured pencil to add more colour, then finished with some found words from a book page, and a few black paint splatters.

Please head over to Try It On Tuesday to see the team's wonderful artwork. I do hope you'll join in with the challenge.

Alison xox

March 2024 Art Journal Calendar

 Hi Everyone.

I have my March art journal calendar to share with you today.

Here are my two tortoises who recently came out of hibernation, and they are the inspiration for my new calendar spread. They are the same age, but males are smaller than females, half their size! As you can see I have one of each. I need to separate them soon, as little Ollie is constantly pestering poor Josie. I'm hoping my son will adopt one of them.

And here's my March calendar spread...

I started with a collaged background, then stamped the Stampotique tortoise 4 times on painty paper, cut them out and glued to the teabags, which were then glued to the spread. 

I hand cut a flower stencil, and used Butter Fresco acrylic to stencil them, and used my finger to add an orange centre, then doodled the outlines and dots.

I sponged some Butter Fresco acrylic at the top, and stamped my title using Darkroom Door Alphabet & Number stamps. I added a few orange paint dots, wrote the day numbers on the flowers, and inked the edges of my spread with black ink.

I'm linking my calendar to Chris' On All Fours theme at Art Journal Journey, and also to Try It On Tuesday's Spring theme.

Here's my completed February calendar...

I hope your March has got off to a good start.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Seek Gather Create - Week 3

 Hello Friends.

I have an art journal page to share today for week 3 of the Seek Gather Create challenge.

The prompts are...

1. The colour orange.

2. Something burnt.

3. Something frayed.

4. A crow.

I'm also linking up with Art Journal Journey's 'Keeping it light', and Try it on Tuesday's 'Spotlight it'.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox

A Trip To Bristol

 Hello friends.

I have an art journal page to share today. It's another entry for Erika's It's on the Calendar theme at Art Journal Journey.

Although the day on the torn piece of calendar is Tuesday, we're actually off to visit our daughter in Bristol on Friday. She has a bridesmaid dress that needs to be shortened, and needs her mother's amateur skills with a needle and thread. Hopefully we might fit in a country walk too.

 I'm also linking my page to Try It On Tuesday where the theme is Add Some Text.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xx

Wanderlust Live Day 3 with Iris Fritschi-Cussons

 Hello All.

I've been a very bad blogger lately, although I have been making art, and continuing with the Wanderlust Live free taster sessions. They are still available on the Everything Art website if you want to jump in. 

Did I mention that I recently had a holiday in Derbyshire, and the Everything Art shop was in the next town? I had to visit of course, and I met a lovely lady called Rachel that I met through Instagram there. And we also met the talented owner Kasia Avery, who is every bit as lovely as she appears in her videos. It was definitely a highlight of the holiday. Well that and the badgers we saw each night outside of our cottage 😊 😍 We stayed on a farm, and the farmer put out peanuts for the badgers every evening.

Anyway, I digress! Here is an intuitive art journal page I made for Iris Fritschi-Cussons' second Wanderlust Live class.

I'm linking this spread to Try It On Tuesday's Autumn challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Try It On Tuesday - Make It Masculine

 Hello All.

I'm so thrilled to be this fortnight's guest designer at Try It On Tuesday, with the fabulous theme 'Make It Masculine'.

Here's my card art for the challenge. I used some Carabelle Studio stamps, and fluorescent pink acrylic ink to add colour.

Please head on over to the TIOT challenge blog to see the teams' fabulous samples, and to join in with the challenge.

Alison xox

AJJ - Anything Goes

 Hello All.

I have another page to share for Valerie's Anything Goes theme at Art Journal Journey.

I'm also linking my page to Try It On Tuesday's Go Green challenge. My page has some green on it, but it's also in my handmade junk journal.

Thanks for visiting me,

Alison

A Play Date In The Garden

 Hi Everyone!

Who didn't love a play date in the garden when they were young? We had a little swing in our garden, and a paddling pool if it was a hot day.

Here's another page for Chris' When We Were Young theme at Art Journal Journey.

I'm also linking my page to Try it on Tuesday's Summer Blooms challenge. 

Thanks for visiting me today,

Alison

Try It On Tuesday - Summer Blooms

Hello Everyone!

There's a new challenge theme of 'Summer Blooms' over at Try It On Tuesday, and I'm thrilled to be their guest designer for the next fortnight.

Here's the art journal page that I created for the theme.

I created the background and flowers using some of the collage fodder I made recently for Collage Kickstart, and finished with some found text from a book page, and some white ink splatters.

I hope you'll be inspired to pop along to see all of the team's beautiful artwork at Try It On Tuesday, and join in with the Summer Blooms challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison

May Art Journal Calendar

 Hello All.

I have my May art journal calendar to share with you today. 

As usual, I like to use the new Art Journal Journey theme, and this month Matilde has given us the theme 'Birds'.

I used a few stencils, for the title, in the background & for the journaling circles, mainly PaperArtsy ones, so I'm also linking up to Try It On Tuesday's 'Use a stencil' challenge.

I used acrylics to paint the birds on white tissue, then glued them to my pages.

Here's my completed April calendar.

Thanks so much for dropping by today.

Wishing you all a happy May.

Alison