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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 28 December 2022

WOYWW #708 - Happy New Year

Met son's girlfriend yesterday at last, spent a lovely few hours with them in Cambridge. I sobbed when we left, such an emotional time.

Journey up was hampered with traffic jams and took nearly twice as long as it should have, coming home watching the crescent moon lying so low in the sky before it eventually set was magical. 

Anyway here's my desk full of goodies... 

Jigsaw and watercolour paint set from my son. 

Metallic water colours, some dies and other craft essentials from my hubby.

Got some Spikenard essential oil too. The one mentioned in the Bible poured on to Jesus' feet...



Had a little play today. Inspired by a church card edge which I cut out and glued to the page then it went from there. The new paints pool lovely and dry with darker edges.

Been adding the metallic watercolour paints to my previous Bible pages and also on this Christmas Day one.

Love this scripture, "But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart" Luke 2:19

Made an Angel for my son's tree as the star in the set I gave them was too big! I saw a red one in a garden centre and created my version. Had my hot glue gun out, now that's been a while. 

Bought the white glitter baubles some years ago for the purpose, who knew!

Ran out of white felt so couldn't make myself one but have the other bits ready, although quite like the see-through and filled with the pieces version on my desk.

Got a Posca white pen at last. Got the other two types locally and have mixed results with those, wondering if the Posca one will prove any better.... Not holding my breath.

Happy WOYWW Everyone 

and Happy New Year too

2023 here we come!

Wednesday 21 December 2022

WOYWW #707 - Merry Christmas

As much as I love snow, pretty glad to see it all go especially with the sub-zero temperatures and treacherous driving conditions. 

So here's a non snowy view of desk/window (What's Out Your Window Wednesday - LOL)

This week, I've Scrapped some old photos whilst awaiting delivery of the 288 new ones I chose for February to November!

Here's me around 3yrs old, and confirmation of my REAL name - had to explain it yet again this week!

I followed a craft video for a page in my mini journal.

The theme was "Joy to the world" but I made it into an affirmation for my mini book.

Fortunately had some snowy critters in my stash to use instead of buying the printable they used.

I then did a "magical" page using up bits and bobs in my stash.


Here's my latest Bible Journaling page for the 4th week of Advent plus a mini journal page too.

Again Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament, here all the way back in Numbers 24:17.

His light in my life - Psalm 27:1

Then in my journal a homage to Angels 

Luke 2:10-14


And a Winter page from free printables on a FB group.

John 14:27 


The non-rehearsal Nativity at church was brilliant, everyone took part in one way or another. 

The different characters went up the front whilst the story was narrated. Hubby joined me the first time at church and went as a shepherd!


Just leaves me to wish you All 
A Very Merry Christmas And 
A Super New Year 

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 14 December 2022

WOYWW #706 - A prophecy told long ago.

Through the window to the snow on the roof tops today.

Journaling Bible, Journal and Mini Journal out on my desk.

Week 3 of Advent took me back to the Old Testament and the book of Isaiah  just like week 1. 



I'm still amazed that the birth of Christ was foretold so many years before. 



I'm really pleased that this special place in my Bible is now illustrated.



I did another page in my journal too. 





I finished the Angel costume, here's the Angel on a phone!

Nativity this coming Sunday at my new church, for such a time as this....


Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 7 December 2022

WOYWW #705 - Christmas Stuff & Birthday...

Had a lovely couple of days with my son home and cried buckets when he left, what am I like!

Made him a Birthday card for 21st and a Christmas card for him and his girlfriend, who is coming over from Germany on 22nd. We'll get to meet her after Christmas sometime.

Desk is usual tidy state as I'm about to embark on making an angel costume for my new church's no rehearsal nativity. You just go as your favourite character and take it from there, going to take my little harp along too, good job I already have wings and a halo - LOL.

I've made a few Christmas cards. Used my new angel diecut, but in the main I have been using old cards as toppers and trying to use the peeloffs I seem to still have!

I made my mini green page into שלום - Shalom which means Peace.

And I've been back in my Bible doing water colours again. 

A week late but did the Thanksgiving page, following an online video tutorial which came with the printable.

I then started the Advent series.

I painted the candle on my own as the online video tutorial isn't available yet. I didn't think I had enough confidence for this but it is OK.




I used one of the extra images and the carol music the series is based on to do a journal page too.


Sparked by my new found confidence, I jiggled with the week 2 image to make it fit my little journaling 2" margin and have started painting that one on my own too. 

It needs lining out with black pen after it is dry so I did a little mini page using the carol music as the background and the tiny image as it came.

And if you have made it this far, here is my gorgeous boy before he went "home".

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 30 November 2022

WOYWW #704 - Advent Messy Desk!

I think it is fair to say that even my messy desk is somewhat tidy! 

There's my pink spotty journaling Bible with a printable on top which I have already traced inside, now waiting for painting. It's the Thanksgiving one but also on my desk are the 5 Advent themed printables based on carols, I've also traced the first in...

I have recreated an Advent page in my journal using the techniques of 4 pages I did back in 2012. 

Hope, Preparation, Joy and Love, which are all on my old blog! 

It would seem I did ATCs of all the Sundays too which are on blog posts with the meanings for each of the 4 Sundays before Christmas as well, First, Second, Third, Fourth... 

This will be jolly useful as I've been delving further into the meanings and even the names and order as loads of google sites have different ones/orders. I'm going to update my journal accordingly as I find out more.

Honestly no idea what stencil I used for the original Joy page, looked everywhere, so used a different one.

The Preparation page reminded me of a stamp on tissue technique so I prepped a whole sheet of tissue with 3 different stamps.

(on desk under printables)

I have used this technique on my mini journal (size based on index cards so 3"x5"). 

It's sitting in front of my main A5 Journal and each of its spreads are smaller than a 1/4 of that one!

I've done 5 other double pages in that one and the front inside page. 

Add to that we've got our tree and new outside lights which hubby has put up and I've decorated the house, as we always do starting on the First Sunday in Advent.



Son is coming home tomorrow for the weekend and a concert but won't be home for his Birthday/Christmas so really glad he'll get to see us decorated for Christmas, good timing.

I've done a stocking for him and his girlfriend, who we've yet to meet, but we are going to visit for the day over Christmas sometime, so that will be nice.

Just main presents to get and cards to make, oh my!

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 23 November 2022

WOYWW #703 - Gone Mini & Praying for Ukraine

Desk just before I go dancing (Ballroom/Latin) Tuesday night as tomorrow is my shopping week/day!

There is a list of the photos to print so far from February to August (231) Think I might need to slim that down somewhat! 

My Praying for Ukraine page in my Journal. The elements were from a free printable (some things in the shop are $0 some on sale for $0 you need to look through them).

The village stencil wasn't planned, nor the barbed wire but I thought they both gave a thought to what the people of Ukraine are going through.


Loving my mini journal. 

Decided to make it a little book of affirmations of "Who I am in Christ"

Did the first page from a live video on Facebook.

"I Am a Child of God"

For the second page I literally dusted off my Dyan Reaveley Spray Inks.

Forgot how strong they were so they bled through to the first page!

Still have enormous problems with white pens, tried two different ones. Oh MY!

"I Am Forgiven"


Hadn't liked my writing on the first page so after the bleed through I decided to cover it up.




Sorted

For the last page I used one of the Ukraine elements...

"I Will Not Be Forsaken"

Finished my post after dancing!

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

Wednesday 16 November 2022

WOYWW #702 - Mini Journal and more

Good morning ladies, what a fine morning it is. More so as it is my week off the Asda shop! 

Since hubby retired we take it in turns to do the shop, so I guess this is my retirement day!

My Cuttlebug is being used a lot these days although mainly for its weight. (3.385 kg / 7.74g) I use it to weigh down my Bible after the water colouring to minimise the pages wrinkling. 

However last night, I made a mini journal (from a facebook video) before I went dancing, so that is under there too.

A second cover paper is on the desk as well so you can get a feeling for the size. 

I filled it with various papers, including book pages, music score and printed squares/dots. etc. The latter left over from the conference downloads.

Also on my desk is my usual journal with the craft items from my new church's all age service last week. 

They were summing up a years worth of their monthly all age services on the Fruit of the Spirit, so just had to add them to my journal.

It was remembrance Sunday too of course. 

I added remembrance poems to the poppy round the edge, and my talk notes to the page itself.

Other pages this week have been on Grace, that Jesus says, come the door is always open.

Got the little girl printable from Charlene Warwick's freebie section under the Extras tab. Trying to find free printables mainly as my bank heaps on bank charges for foreign transactions which are unproportionate to the actual cost of the printables.

And finally a water colour in my Journaling Bible. On the theme of Incandescence, based on Exodus 34 when Moses saw God on mount Sinai and returned to the people shining so radiantly that he had to hide his face with a veil.

Oh that reminds me of Chapter 31, where Bezalel and Oholiab are chosen and filled with the Spirit to do all the CRAFT work on the tabernacle, just bookmarked that one for future illustrating. Makes finding these special verses so much easier.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.