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Hi, Welcome to my Blog. I'm an eclectic kind of crafter delving into many pots. I am just about managing to keep up my Scrapbooking Diary (usually about 6 months behind), plus any cards as required. I have a new found love of watercolour and Bible Journaling plus recently Junk Journaling too. Previously I've also dabbled in ATCs, Tags, Altered Books, Mixed Media, Art Journaling, Décopatch, Knitting, Crochet, and Embroidery amongst other things. I live in Surrey, UK with my husband, our son has left home now. For exercise I usually play Badminton and go Ballroom and Latin Dancing, but am plagued by a bad back. I like walking which I couple with Geocaching and sometimes Bouncing on my Rebounder (mini trampoline). I guess I am officially retired now. I am a born again Christian, currently worshiping at my local Vineyard Church.

Wednesday 13 March 2024

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.

Wednesday 6 March 2024

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

Wednesday 28 February 2024

WOYWW - #769 - 26th Anniversary

Ah, the desk, sporting the RHS magazine "The Garden" passed on to me by a friend. I'm thinking of making a mini journal for March and the cover photo is perfect for the cover. 

I've managed my daily journal so have 8 to show:-

20) Connect - dancing for me

21) Chatter - speech bubbles with words

22) Shiver - Brrr it was actually really cold last Thursday too

23) Nurture - the tree had been asking for a home so I used it here plus a few mini printed pictures.

24) Craft - as in the craft paper colour

25) Jagged - selected pointy stencils then jagged rock/cliff pictures, jagged leaves on the roses, cogs etc.

26) Imperfect - A stencil with incomplete circles and hand cut circles for the flowers. Was pondering my late Dad as it would have been his birthday so wrote some words for him on the flowers.

27) Pine - Good old Timmy Holtz stamps and peg stamps


I was a bit late starting the Devotion in Action Lent series but have 2 done now.

Week 1 was about God's Love and Mercy for us. Time for God's Love. It was from Nehemiah 9:17.

Week 2 was about tuning into God's ways. Changing the channel via the remote. It was from Job 38:36 although my version was quite a bit different to the text talked about so I wrote the other version in my Bible along the edge. So worth looking at different versions and indeed the original Hebrew OT or Greek NT.


So with that there is just the 26th wedding anniversary card. The modern theme for 26 years is "Pictures" so I've printed off a few on my mini printer and popped them inside.

I've selected most of the next load of photos to print, just waiting for March so I can include February. Phew it's a big job, and trying to be ruthless and not get so many, we'll see....


Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 21 February 2024

WOYWW #768 - Can't Believe I'm 60yrs Now!

Thank you for all the kind wishes for my birthday last week, certainly can't believe I am 60yrs now! 

Had a lovely day, we went geocaching and I had badminton in the evening and they brought me a cake.

I got some Gelatos, and Bookmaking kit, Silicone brushes, and new speakers for my car. I also got a mini printer, it's on my desk stand.

Also on the desk stand is the next screening leaflet, now for bowel cancer, I get free prescriptions and eye tests now, the thrills of being 60yrs!

I've done more daily journal pages

14) - Diary (Valentine's and birthday week)

15) - Snuggle ... in the arms of God

16) - Endure (really a birthday recap but enduring this challenge LOL)

17) - Endless - A line with no end

18) - Sculpt - used my new mini printer

19) - Stolen ... kiss - from a card/poem I wrote back in 2016, glad it has a home now.

I did my monthly page from the Etched by faith Scripture 52 elements. I even found a cassette on my mini printer software so added that.

There's a FAITH page in my scripture journal on my desk too.

Lastly at scrapbook LO from my last printed photos, back in July when it was well warm.

We were walking in the fields behind where we live and sussing out a new placement for a geocache to make a circular walk of 4. 

Finally my favourite birthday photo, sitting by the River Tillingbourne in Gomshall , so sunny.


Happy WOYWW Everyone.





Tuesday 13 February 2024

WOYWW #767 - Prolific

Yes Prolific was today's journal prompt! Oh my! Just finished my page and tidied up so I could reach the keyboard to write my post.

Sorted cards for my friend's girl/boy twins who are 16yrs today.

Plus an extra birthday card whilst I was at it.

 Also a hand painted heart for hubby's Valentine.

The paper doesn't seem to want to stick so am taking action!





I've managed another week of daily journal pages.


7) Adore - apt for last weeks wedding

8) Hunger - being hungry for God

9) Introspection - oh my!

10) Glimmer - shiny bit in middle and the glimmer of Spring

11) Approach - approach God's throne of grace

12) Simplify - had a play with my oil pastels

13) Prolific - did a similar page over a decade ago, this time I used my collected and made papers..

Even did some scrapping, had this laid out pending since BEFORE Christmas!

Glad to get it sorted. Only enough photos printed for another double LO and then its photo choosing time again.... Really must rein it in some more.




And here's the fascinator I wore to the wedding last week. 


Friend told be to come as ME, be myself,  so I did...60yrs tomorrow- Yikes!








Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 7 February 2024

WOYWW #766 - Wedding Day

I'll probably be able to link up first thing then I'm off to my friend's wedding down in Brighton. 

Hopefully next week I'll have a photo of the fascinator I mentioned last week, but just in case my friend looks, not till then.

Here's my desk with some cards I need to sort for Valentine's birthdays let alone Valentine's itself! 

My Cervical Screening leaflet as I've just made my appointment. This might well be my last one.

My notebook art journal with the somewhat interesting prompts for February.!

I tried not to look at the list beforehand and they are a bit of a challenge. Not so easy doing this alone I have to say.

1) Cloak - used a couple of mask dies over a collage.

2) Restless - Gelli plate background and acrylic painted lady black posca for the squiggles. It was more the restless mind of a crafter with all the creations whirring around in your head, and not sleeping!

3) Relate - more of a connection and lead to the Holy Spirit for this one

4) Smoke - Smoke on the water by Deep Purple watercolour

5) Howl - I used up some magazine pictures which I had cut out yonks ago with collage and abstract stuff. Although quite "dark" in many ways, I like this one the best so far.

On a much brighter note, my Faith Journal with February's pages. 

Not sure I am a fan of using wax crayons as a background as you can't then write on it. So I ended up writing on the elements instead.

The focus for the month is God's Big, Bold, Beautiful LOVE.

God chose us, He dwells in our hearts, His love stands firm forever, He is faithful, compassionate, gracious, and slow to anger. His love is selfless and sacrificial.

The faux washi is really collage with patterned papers so that was interesting. 

The little feet were poignant as I have had a couple of falls in the past weeks and it has shaken me a bit. Last Saturday I went out for a walk and ended up flat on the pavement only a couple of doors down, and some passers by picked me up and walked me home. Oh my. 

The focus, God directs our paths.

EDIT - and 6) Confront - to which I took the lighter side and thought about confronting age and it not being what you feel inside....


I love to dance....if only....



Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 31 January 2024

WOYWW #765 - JJJ finishes today

Gosh I've had a ball doing Junk Journal January and today is the last day. 

Pondering doing February in the notebook I made at my mate's Hen-do, we'll see... 

I have the bits out to do my day 30 page on my desk last night but the videos don't drop till 6pm which is dinner time here and then dancing....

I really liked Day 25 - Ombré. I followed the watercolour example on the left and did inks on the right. Even got out my Dymo for the wording, had forgotten about that one.

And Day 28 - Grunge. Got my oil pastels out for the first time and used one of the windows from an old envelope as a pocket (didn't want to cover all the music paper I had as the page). 



Also on my desk is my Faith Journal I've done the Faith Inspirations catch-up for November and December, so all ready February now.

I fell for my first Temu order! Mainly for a fascinator for my mate's wedding next Wednesday but I added a few journaling bits and bobs too.  Oh my, worth the week's wait on delivery...

Happy WOYWW Everyone.