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Saturday, 30 November 2019
Yay!
We did it! We created something every day for the whole of November.
So, today I'm thankful for you - the AEDM participants and my other blogging friends.
Thank you for visiting faithfully.
Your lovely comments are SO much appreciated.
To celebrate today, I did what I enjoy most - I made cards 😁 and they are - for me, anyway - unusually CAS!
The first one is for Art Every Day participants...to Congratulate you/us for sticking with it!
(I just noticed the hair isn't coloured and I haven't added finer details, such as flowers - oops! I'll finish that in a mo - I have someone in mind for this card)😉
The second is simply to say a huge
Thank you
to all my blogging friends.
Thank you, very, VERY much!
I'm also linking to Simon Says Stamp Monday's Tape it up Challenge (Washi tape borders)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesdays Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious, Anything Goes
Words 2 Craft By, Thankful
and
Addicted to Stamps, Anything Goes Challenge.
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Cath
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Friday, 29 November 2019
Today I'm thankful for my morning coffee!
I allow myself three mugs of caffeinated coffee a day and oh how I love it!
My page is a mishmash of Oxide inks over an acrylic paint wash, using stencil, stamps, die cut alphabet, Posca pens, splatters, Inktense pencils and washi tape
I'll add the personal journalling later...
Linking to Art Every Day... Day 29!
Also to Simon Says Stamp Mondays, Tape it up
Thanks for calling in
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Thursday, 28 November 2019
Today, I'm thankful that there is always light, always hope, even - and perhaps especially - in dark and/or difficult circumstances.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating!
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating!
Linking to Art Every Day
Love the way the gold crackle shows up on the dark greys and black cracks.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Beware what you say...words have power!
I'm thankful today for the power of words.
One kind word can change someone's entire day - and vice-versa.
It's taken me a long time to learn that a harsh or critical word can badly affect the rest of the day for both the speaker and the hearer 😉
One kind word can change someone's entire day - and vice-versa.
It's taken me a long time to learn that a harsh or critical word can badly affect the rest of the day for both the speaker and the hearer 😉
This was a quick page - or would've been had the white Posca Pen cooperated 😖 Please tell me why of all Posca pens it's only the white ones that inevitably seem to be temperamental, lol? Fortunately, I'm laughing and I don't mind the odd smudge.
The stamps just dropped through my letterbox, Thanks to Visible Image 😊 but I finished it in the dark! That's my excuse, anyway...
Background Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics.
Background Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics.
Linking to Art Every Day Month
(Off to touch up those words..the white gel pen needs toning down on the words!)
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Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Try it on Tuesday - Inspired by a Song or a Carol
19 very kind comments from lovely people at Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Good Morning!
It's
and time for a new challenge
INSPIRED BY A SONG
OR a
CHRISTMAS CAROL
What a great challenge for this time of year.
Christmas is less than 4 weeks away - scary - and I'm sure you're all working hard to get everything done in time.
I hope you'll find the time to join us all over the next two weeks, even if you are super organised and have been doing things gradually. Why not take time to kick back and play for an hour or two in your journal? Or make an extra card just for fun - maybe for someone special, or even ready for next year!
My card is inspired by a Christmas carol - We three Kings!
I'm not quite sure how penguins are associated with Christmas - it can only be the cold weather - but there is something so cute about them, especially the babies. (Would you believe I had to look up photos of different species of penguins to get the colours right, lol - as if it matters!) I love this stylised image, which came complete with words and snow border.
I used Oxides for this background, stamped, embossed and coloured the Penguins with Promarkers and gel pens, then added pearlescent embossing paste through my random snow stencil and highlights of white gel pen. The ground is washi tape. Super cute 😊
Don't forget to visit Try it on Tuesday to see the inspiration provided by the Design Team...they are SO talented!
Also linking to Art Every Day Month
Day 26 of Thankful November is a thank you for Christmas Carols - and for singing 😊
Dragonfly Dreams, Christmas/Winter,
We Love 2 Create, ATG Mixed Media
and to
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
(the bottom border is washi tape)
Also linking to Art Every Day Month
Day 26 of Thankful November is a thank you for Christmas Carols - and for singing 😊
Dragonfly Dreams, Christmas/Winter,
We Love 2 Create, ATG Mixed Media
and to
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
(the bottom border is washi tape)
Thanks for calling in today
Hope to see you soon
Cath
xxx
Monday, 25 November 2019
Wow!
November is almost over and Christmas will soon be here...!
Thankful November 25 is my thank you to God for his mercy and grace.
'By grace I have been saved, through faith.
And this is not because of anything I've done to earn it; it is the gift of God.'
Linking to Art Every Day Month
And here's a little Bible journalling on the same theme...
Thanks for calling in
And here's a little Bible journalling on the same theme...
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Cath
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Sunday, 24 November 2019
Happy Sunday!
I love these cute Crafty Individuals penguins, but ever since I first saw them, I can't get the idea of them looking back at a disappearing world out of my head. Whimsical though they may be, there seems to be an air of sadness about them - or maybe that's just me anthropomorphising 😉
I'm sure it is, but I almost used 'We have children, too' as my words.
So, today I'm focusing on being thankful for our world and for the fact that the earth has all the conditions necessary for life to exist.
So, today I'm focusing on being thankful for our world and for the fact that the earth has all the conditions necessary for life to exist.
I know we can't change the world overnight, but we can all do 'our little bit' to go towards preventing further destruction of what we have.
I've sized this to fit my smaller journal and I'm linking to
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Saturday, 23 November 2019
Today's playtime is just that - a playtime - my thank you is for imagination and for art 'just because' - art for fun! The measure of play isn't in the end result, but in the fun along the way...my thought for the day 😎
This little birdie popped into my mind so I decided to play with him and with whatever was hanging around on my desk, with no aim in mind.
I didn't get around to blogging yesterday, but I made a card - for fun - using the 'Oddball fairy' on a Carabelle Studio alphabet background...I wanted some sparkle but didn't want to use glitter, so I used an Opalite gold shimmer reinker to colour her wings, splattering some for the fun of it. It's irridescent, so it surprises you when the light falls on it.
As you can see above, the little black mark isn't actually on the card, so it must be on my scanner - again!
(Note to self: I really ought to wait until things dry before scanning them.)
(Note to self: I really ought to wait until things dry before scanning them.)
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Thursday, 21 November 2019
Today, I'm thankful for PEACE.
That peacefulness that stays with you in spite of the problems in your life.
Nothing on this page went as I wanted it to but I like the feel of it, so I'm including it in my month of thankfulness.
The background is a mishmash of all kinds... Distress inks, acrylics, Inktense, lots of water and charcoal. My stamp of the words is tiny, so I used my labeller.
I'm linking this to Art Every Day Month
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Wednesday, 20 November 2019
My November thankfulness yesterday was for night skies... the good side of colder, clearer weather is clear skies and it's so good to see stars! We don't see that many in NW UK- too much light pollution. My best memories of stars are from times spent with a very dear friend in late summer in the Loiret. They're far enough out of Paris to be in the agricultural area and the skies there are amazing! I was often there late August/early September, so we'd spend evenings lying in the garden, counting all the shooting stars.
It's amazing how insignificant the vast expanse of sky can make you feel... it has a way of putting things into context. Those of you who live close to wide open areas where you see thousands of them are so blessed. Maybe one day I'll get to see them!
My family in NZ tell me the skies there are amazing 😊
I didn't get to finish it, 'cos having added the texture paste stars the night before, I hadn't realised they'd soak up the inks - blue stars, eek! I should have, but I didn't... yesterday I was MIA, so had to go back to it late. I finished it, it was late.
The Visible Image Man looks the way I feel. The moon image (from my stash - thanks, Sarah) fits the song in my head.
Today, I'm thankful for a new day and the chance to start again 😉
It's a stencilled Oxide background again. I stamped, embossed and coloured the image, then cut it out and added it over the one I'd stamped in my journal. I changed my mind about the way I was doing it as I was about to glue it...and used the width of the paper as the table. So I then cut out the images on the stamped work table. I love both sets of words, so had to use them. The second one is a tiny font, sorry. It says, "The pages of yesterday cannot be revised, but the pages of tomorrow are blank, and you hold the pen. Make it an inspiring story."
I like that. It's a blessing to to let some days go, but tomorrow is always a new day and doesn't have to be the same - thankfully. I added a (rough) nose and mouth to the face...I just can't handle blank faces 😨
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Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Round and round in circles, Thankful November 19
17 very kind comments from lovely people at Tuesday, November 19, 2019
I created this background by using a babywipe to wipe colour off an Oxide background through this (favourite) stencil... it's also in one of my favourite colour themes - not those below, but those of the card.
I really wanted to join the current challenge at Day of the Month Card Club, which is 'Looking for Circles Day'. I noticed this stamp set when rooting through my collection for something else and thought they'd be perfect. Since November is my month of thankfulness, I thought these words would fit perfectly. I clear embossed them and simply added bits of white gel pen for contrast.
and I'm joining
"When asked if my cup is half-empty or half-full, my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup"
Simon Says Stamp Wednesdays, Thank you, Thanksgiving
Shopping Our Stash, So Thankful
Dare 2B Artzy, Thankful
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Monday, 18 November 2019
Today, I'm celebrating books... oh, the joy of reading a good book 😊
I have to admit that I still prefer paper books, something I can curl up with, put a bookmark in and even pass on to a friend to share the pleasure...
Kindle books are far more convenient at times, but it definitely isn't quite the same - nor is the internet. I think I prefer to root through a good old reference book to find information, unless it's something I need to know quickly.
I tend only to keep those I really love though now and occasionally go back and reread some of them, loving the pleasure of 'slipping back into that world'. I've even cried when I've come to the end of some books, especially when it's a series of books, simply because I'll miss the characters...that's a good sign of a well written book 😉
Linking to Art Every Day Month.
These two colours rarely scan correctly and I don't think my trying to put that right has helped... it's Toasted Marmalade and Peacock Feathers with Mermaid Lagoon stencilling.
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Sunday, 17 November 2019
Today, I'm thankful for one of my favourite things...trees!
I'm sure I've done this before because I love them so much.
I just think there's something very special about them, especially the huge, old trees that have seen so much history and been around hundreds of years...maybe even longer. Just imagine all the things they've seen...
There's a real sense of a beating heart in them and you can almost feel it pulsating through the trunk. This time of year is very special because they've shed their seeds as well as their leaves...ensuring that they will live on.
There is so much about them that fascinates me, including recent(ish) results in the field of quantum biology... go here if you're interested. Despite the fact that I can't always absorb the details, let alone get my head around them, Quantum physics amazes me. It literally makes my head hurt 😊😉
But it doesn't stop me being fascinated and trying to understand!
There is always so much more to learn and yet there remains so much mystery...
I used Distress Oxides over gesso with lots of water droplets and spatters of ink.
Linking to Art Every Day Month
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Saturday, 16 November 2019
...almost didn't happen, but I put on some music, let it do its work and played in my 8x8 journal, with (very) old music score, music dictionary scraps (by chance), gesso, Neocolours and White acrylic paint, adding bits of (crooked) washi tape and a bit of gold foiling...
Today, I'm thankful for music - I love music of any kind - but today it was worship music that helped me focus on things that are far more important than everyday life 😊
Linking to Art Every Day month.
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