I've been seeing Gecko Gals images in a friend's blog for quite some time now and this one grabbed my attention. I finally got around to using it in my daily journal last night and remembered it was for a challenge so thought - why not....
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About Me
- BJ
- 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.
Thursday 25 April 2024
Wednesday 24 April 2024
#777 - Freebie Taster Courses
I have signed up to the Christian "Encounters in Colour" Art Journaling Retreat May 13th-19th hosted by Jenna Burne Art Journaling. It has an associated Facebook group.
Also the Nest Fest a 12-day virtual event 8th-19th May hosted by Roben-Marie SmithAnd the latest is a Collage Kickstart with Catherine Raines which is a 5 day lifetime access course, it's on my PC screen here. Whoop Whoop 🤸♀️🤸♀️. It also has a facebook group...
Go me. 'Twill keep me busy in my craftcorner....
I finished the last taster course, but not that happy with the end results, it was a bit like the host's previous taster on colour, obviously not my cup of tea overall but I did like the floral/foliage drawing warm up on day 1.
Daily journaling continues...
I think I need a colour mix up/combo shift... don't realise till you see them together how they are a lot alike.
I did cool colours yesterday...
...and warm ones today.
If anyone would like to offer some colour combos that would be great.
Monday I popped to Ikea (if that is ever possible) just for the paintbrushes as I love them for acrylics and glue, so needed some to watercolour only. I got the rest of the stuff from Hobbycraft. The only impulse buy were the wooden eggs but at 50p I couldn't go wrong really.Happy WOYWW Everyone.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
WOYWW #776 - Happy
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).Wednesday 10 April 2024
WOYWW #775 - SAD!
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!
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.
Wednesday 3 April 2024
WOYWW #774 - April
Wednesday 27 March 2024
WOYWW #773 - Art Journal Free 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 Cross24) 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
Wednesday 20 March 2024
WOYWW #772 - Temu Order (at last)
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.
Wednesday 13 March 2024
WOYWW #771 - Journaling
So here's the other days.
The background was from the gardening magazine but the main picture from my husbands IET magazine.
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...