WOYWW #776 - Happy

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) light bulb (old fashioned fluorescent tube) arrived last week but sadly there was something else wrong with my light so it didn't work. We pondered buying a new light but at £100's, not a great prospect. 

Then hubby said he could try to fix it with new LED bulbs which he could fit into the inner plate, for only £20. He did and we're up and running again.

I had spent a few evening crafting in the semi darkness which was really doing my head in, so I am really pleased to have my light back. whoop whoop. Hubby sure is nifty with DIY. My craftcorner is really dark even in the sunshine so I use it all of the time, and I'm not one to lug stuff downstairs to craft either, so happy bunny now.

Here's my daily journaling.

Saturday I did my Faith Inspirations page following the video and then my journal page on the back of that...

Sunday was our church for everyone service, or as I like to think of it, crafting at church week.  We made clouds with fairy lights and raindrops and pondered things which helped us have peace in all the chaos of life.

My Sunday journal page was off the back of this so I was pondering the message all afternoon as well. 

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8

Monday I started another free art course called Flower Flow Taster Week. I did one by Laly Mille last September. I really enjoyed the first day's play..

We gessoed various papers, drew rough flowers with a "black" water soluble pencil and then used matt medium with our fingers to activate the pencil marks and smudge it.

The only pencil I had which worked well was brown, but I'm going with that, a sort of sepia vibe. Charcoal was OK though.

I used some pieces for yesterdays journal page.

Oh and that wasn't enough I did a couple of scrapbook pages for last October too. The start of picking up the 10 "X" Marks the Spot puzzle caches hubby had been working on for some time (got the last one last week as it happens).

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #775 - SAD!

Oh my life, spot the main difference between my desk photos... 

I was just sitting at my desk and it went dark and it wasn't the eclipse! 

Now I'm SAD indeed.

Hubby has ordered a couple new bulbs but thinks, now he's taken it apart, that it may be something else! Oh no!

On a brighter note my April journal has become quite eclectic, some pages I like and some less so, but by doing something daily I surely will find my vibe.

Yesterday's page reflected our geocaching walks in the woods which were very Hobbit Like. 

I love moss on rocks and it reminded be of the times I spend alone on Dartmoor as a child when I visited my Dad's farm in the holidays.

The brisk wind reminded me of walks on the cliffs as a teen along The Gower coast.

I have yet to do today's page and that will be interesting without my brilliant SAD light.

I finished off August 2023 in my scrapping. I find anything to go with these photos so ended up plain plus various handmade items, inking and stamping etc.

There is journaling on the tags behind the top left photos on each page.

For September 2023, I was obviously very conservative with my photo printing so just, the various painting courses I did and our son's annual visit for his dental appointment and car MOT plus some geocaching, badminton and chess.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #774 - April

March journal completed and started the one I made recently for April. Tuesday's page pending on desk.

Even managed a couple of scrapbook pages and YES Julia I swap out the ones hanging up when I make new ones, until the next couple are made...

March's last week. 

I particularly loved the dying process for the ribbons and fabric strips. It was done in a plastic cup and I used my silicone "brush" and tweezers so didn't need gloves either. Dried the pieces on cardboard packaging too, such great tips from the BB week.

Did a lot of stuff on Sunday afternoon, so a crafty Easter for me.

Easter Day Bible Watercolour form Devotion in Action.

The last day of BB's freebie week with the prompt of "Stitch" I also did another "Cluster" gaining great inspiration from the Facebook group which went with the course.

Here's are my dyed ribbons and fabric strips. I dug out my Tim Holtz crinkle ribbon, must have bought that over a decade ago for such a time as this - LOL.

I did my April Bible Journaling Ministries with their free mini kit

And here's my April Fool's day page - hope I can keep up with my challenge of a journal page a day this year. Three months in the bag so far, so a quarter accomplished...

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

 

WOYWW #773 - Art Journal Free week

BJ's Craftcorner. I bought a couple of those plastic storage boxes for my bits and bobs this week.

I'm still going strong with my daily journaling. Came across another freebie week of Art Journaling Prompts and Videos - BB Bash so will be attempting those to the end of the month.

I also tried a couple of Jenna Burne's videos too.

19) Mushroom and toadstool dies

20) Gnome House dies (should be Christmas but works well otherwise)

21) Very hungry "new circle punch" caterpillars 16mm & 25mm

22)Jenna Burne - Trusting #8

23) Jenna Burne - The Wonderous Cross

24) Baptisms at church, I watched live online whilst making this page.

25) Day 1 of BB Bash - Prompt Messy.

My Bible Watercolour this week was from Isaiah 53 where Christ's Passion was foretold all those years before it actually coming to pass.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 

I did some more watercolour "doodles" whilst I had them out. More leaves and also some Easter eggs which I made into a few cards.

I also made an engagement card and my friend's 60th/New Home card.

That Gnome House it so cute, put 60 on the door. I think the whole thing could be made into a big gnome too, pondering that.

Off to the dentist for a check up this morning, will visit you all when I can...

Have noticed I get some blog comments which don't generate email notifications and some get an email but no comment online - good job I look at both...Blogger pickle I shouldn't wonder.

Happy WOYWW Everyone

WOYWW #772 - Temu Order (at last)

Only my second Temu order but it took significantly longer to get here this time. First was 6 days, (fascinater and paper stuff) this was 10 days, but I wasn't exactly in a hurry. 

The dies cut really well despite not being packed very well. They were all just bunged in the flimsy plastic bag with 2 circle punches and embroidery wax all moving around so the dies were misshapen when I opened the package. 

My advice would be, to be careful of what you order together.

At last I am in possession of circle punches to punch half circles as finger tabs/spaces on flaps/envelopes/pockets etc. The embroidery wax is to wax threads for book binding, hopefully it is beeswax but the packaging doesn't specify that like the online did. 

As for crafting, I've done my daily journal just going with what the day brings. 

A magazine picture I liked, a surprise garden visit, 

having the wax out of my ear at last in Audiology, 

more magazine pictures which caught my eye, doodling, 

reminiscing of my time in Dublin on St Patrick's day,

to seeing the first contact physiotherapist (FCP) about my LEFT hand Carpal Tunnel. 

Laughably her conclusion was EXACTLY what I'd asked for in the first place, to see a GP with a view to having a steroid injection. Oh man!

I did my Bible watercolour but forgot to show last weeks so here they are.

Last week was refreshing generosity and this week prayer.

I had a watercolour "play" afterwards and made some "fodder" for my pages. I have used some on my pages already.

Oh my the left hand went quite numb cutting them all out and I nearly cut my finger without knowing!!! 

Gone are the days of sitting and fussy cutting for enjoyment...

Last but not least I have actually started scrapping my photos. I started with the yearly page in my 8x8 album 

Only 2 good photos of all three of us from 2023, hubby's birthday and Christmas. So I popped the spare one of me and my son, on his surprise Mother's Day Visit (last year), on a tab which will be in between the pages. (It is in the facing page for now as I won't be doing anything in here till next year now.)

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #771 - Journaling

The desk last night with yesterday's page not quite finished.

So here's the other days.

The background was from the gardening magazine but the main picture from my husbands IET magazine.

Back to the gardening magazine. Used an edge stencil and was really surprised and pleased with the black effect produced.

Badminton day so used my new die, plus the new stencil and some words from the gardening magazine.

A couple of water lily flowers from the magazine on an acrylic paint oil pastel background.

Saturday I bought some new harp music "Concerning Hobbits" and was inspired by my birthday card from Cindy. This was my last magazine addition...

Done in unison with my Faith Inspiration page (below). 

Sunday's talk was on friendships Proverbs 18:24 so I add that verse. Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.

I repeated the drips but sideways and a quote on friendships.

Faith Inspirations theme for March is friendship.

Based on Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

I did my Faith Inspirations page and my journal page at the same time following along to a recorded facebook "live" with the steps given for March.

Also I got 165 photos delivered but no scrapping as yet...

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #770 - Bookbinding

People may moan about Facebook and Reels etc tracking your interests but a free bookbinding course popped up so I enrolled. 

On my desk is my first little book made following their Washi Tape Journal video. Also on YouTube directly. Nice not to have the stitches showing through on the spine of the book and my first with more than one signature. Whoop!
Whoop!

I finished off my February Journal with

28) Sooth - found the boat mini postcard in my stash and it just oozed Sooth to me. I managed to mix the paint the same colour too and had a wax seal the same colour too. The handmade paper was from Christine in an ATC anniversary SWAP and the little note on the back said Happy Anniversary, thanks for swapping God Bless you and Keep you in his Care. How cool was finding that actually on my wedding anniversary too.

29) Leap - Got some new stash of a badminton die and a stencil and used the latter on this one.

I made a little journal for March from the cover of last weeks magazine. The much smaller size (approx 4 inch square) is much easier to manage than February's journal  which was 8"x 5.5".

Here are my first 4 pages, all using pages from the magazine. 

I'm not following any prompts, just going with what ever I fancy. I mean ....

1st St David's Day and daffodils was a no brainer. 

2nd I dyed my hair purple so chose purple pictures.

3rd I used our church sermon about Baptism and there was just the right picture for that.

4th I started with the pink blossom tree and went from there.

I've done my Bible Week 3 of Lent watercolour which was about being purposeful in our fasting.

And the March page from Bible Journaling Ministries free mini kit on the theme of "Cancel Culture". Not a concept I was really clued up on and still find it unusual.

Had our son home for the weekend too which was great, they went to see Dune 2 and I actually watched Dune 1 at home the night before too.

Happy WOYWW Everyone