Happy New Year deskers - here we are, meeting for week 657 with the WOYWW gang.
I've been relatively busy since we last met...
I added to the journal page from last week and now it IS finished -
I still haven't managed to photograph it in daylight though and not likely to now I am back at work
I did some scribbly lines round the purple stencilling areas and then wrote across the middle section
I've made my brother a birthday card - he reminded me it would be his 60th when we swapped Christmas presents
It's on Thursday, but he won't see this so I am safe to share it here.
I don't do ultra elaborate or fancy cards but happened to see a YouTube video with circles across a double journal page which sparked my imagination.
I dusted off some punches (literally dusted off, to my shame) and sprayed them with Dina Wakley gloss sprays.
the card I used is a bit thin so have stuck two circles together.
Then I went back to the kraft journal.
the black circles were already there, stamped with a lid of a modelling paste pot
and that is the total of the time off work - not much to show, but better than it looked at one stage.
I did get a trip to Kew on Saturday - check the post here there was even sunshine!
Julia's early again, so publishing now.
21 comments:
Hi Helen. Great makes. Thought of you last week when my nephew's wife posted some fabulous photos from a trip to Kew. I believe they live not too far away. They moved to UK from Chile at beginning of Pandemic. She is Chilean. Then later moved to London. We don't see them very often.
I have found a lot of dust as I have been having a sort out. I moved all my punches to a new shelf! Take care and stay safe. Anne x 7
love your journal pages! thanks for sharing. Robyn 8
Glad to see you have had some time to get creative over the break Helen. Happy birthday to your brother for tomorrow. Happy New Year, stay safe and Happy WOYWW. Sarah #12
Lovely pages and a good start to 2022 journaling. Love the Kew photos, as ever, and one day we will visit there again :)
Happy 1st WOYWW of 2022!
Mary Anne (11)
Happy New Year, Helen. Oh, how I love that picture of the Cornus at the bottom of your post! It's gorgeous, and planted in just the right place to catch the sun. I went to Bodnant the other day and their's were the same - brilliant colours.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #14
Happy New Year to you too. Lovely to see you’ve managed some creativity during your break from work. Sadly I’ve been too poorly to feel creative and I’m back open for business today (just hope I don’t get too much yet).
Hugs,
Annie x #16
Good to see all the crafting you have been doing - well done - a good start to the new year.
Happy New Year, Hugs, Neet 2xx
Looks like you've been a busy girl - happy play! Amazing what a difference a bit of sunshine can make to the colours! It's refreshing to finally see a bit of blue sky - I guess the lower temperatures are the payoff! Happy New Year! xx zsuzsa #25
Love that quote “you can do anything, but you you can’t do everything “. We do try sometimes! Angela #1
Happy 2022, hope it’s full of fun and crafting! Great journal pages, the sentiment is apt too, really don’t worry if there are dreams you’ll never achieve, that’s perfectly fine and the world will still keep turning, lol! Those dogwoods are almost glowing in the sun, glorious!
Hugs LLJ 6 xxx
Just chuckling at you "dusting off" your punches - my crafting revolves around dusting off any items that are lurking in the depths of my sewing room. Happy New Year! xx Jo
I was nodding and grinning in agreement at the sentiment on that first page and then outright laughing at dusting off the punches!! It's interesting when you move something and start calculating how long it must have sat there unloved because of the inch of fluff round it..... anyway, well done you! Look at those gorgeous cornus stems, they always look so stunning en masse. Thanks for stopping by, happy WOYWW, stay safe, stay well, love n hugs Cindyxx #18
Hi Helen, Happy New Year. I think you've done more crafting than me over the holidays. I do like your journal pages - I will find and dust mine off, and start again, New Year good intentions and all that- see how long I last this time! Have a lovely week, Heather xx #23
Dust is created by turning pages and cutting paper, so no shame in dusting off a punch or two, they create it! Seems that once you got going, you were inspired, and did a lot! The pages are fab, I really like the scribble lines around the figure, not sure that would have occurred to me. And the figure on the birthday card is great too, love that scribbly text. I think Kew may be a bit artic this weekend, but I doubt that’ll put you off!
Hi Helen, I'm trying my best to get going again with the art journal though you don't have any problem with that and your brother is going to love the card. Pleased you managed to get to Kew too, it must be lovely to have somewhere to escape to. Have a lovely woyww and a great week. Hugs, Angela x20x
Fun card and pages! Love the circles.
Beautiful photos of Kew!
Happy New Year!
Carol N #4
Thanks for the visit. Taking a visit WOYWW break, been redoing an area downstairs and I'm beat. What a mess. BUt I want to put Christmas away and needed some containers, doing room by room so next year will be easier to decorate. Hope you have a great week.
Hi Helen, your finished journal page us fabulous and I like the card you've made for your brother. I love circles and use them, punched or die-cut, on my scrap pages a lot. Glad you finally got to Kee and the sun came out for you too. Have a lovely week ahead. Hugs, Elizabeth x #28
Hi Helen, lovely journal pages. The winter colours of Kew in your photos are beautiful.
Hugs
Lynnecrafts 5
Hi Helen, that's a great journal page - I know it's frustrating when you can't get a picture in good light but it looks really cool. Envy your trips to Kew, it used to be one of my favourite places to go when I was a kid and my Granny would take me there, lots of happy memories. Wishing you and yours a very happy and healthy 2022 :) Arty Farty Annie #26/Annie C #29
Oh Helen, you may not think you've done much but it is LOADS to me. Love the circles card. I have loads of bits and bobs from playing ages ago might need to give that a go. Loving your journaling. The "I Am" page is everything God thinks of you(us), so positive and special super job. BJ#22 in 2022
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