This is my section of a "Home Decoration" spelling out Halloween .. can you find the "L" ?

These are 2" Paisley shaped chipboard pieces for a swap on UKS.

I used patterns a bit like the ones they use to do the henna designs
on hands etc .. even though Paisley isn't Indian at all ... its English!!

I am hosting a cj based on Sketches. These are the first two ... my own "Sweetie to Sweetheart" - my Mum; and "Deceiving" for Dusty Fairy ... a broken roadway in Florida that looks more like one of those Japanese garden lanterns than a full blown (sorry - just remembered this was destroyed by a hurricane!!) road.

This is my version of the LO for August on
Scrapology. The picture is a tinted postcard,
and I think the young lady is very pretty, hence
the title. I used three kits to make this:
Irene Alexeeva's Altered Ego, Kathryn Estry's
Roses For Elizabeth, and Faith True and Tracie
Stroud's Got Beads ... although I have changed
the colour of most of the elements!!

These are my tags .. all digi ... for
the Alice in Wonderland Tag swap.

Another LO for Scrapology .. this time from the June sketch.

This is my version of the July sketch challenge on
Scrapology. I knew as soon as I saw this piccy that I had to do something with it .. and I quite like how it has turned out!

Yet another long gap between posts .. really must do better!!!

This time I am showing off the gorgeous CJ that everyone made for me .. the names are in the picies. The theme was Monotone ... choose a colour and stick to it ... sounds simple but what a great job everyone made of a not so simple task.!!

Oh dear, it is so long since I uploaded anything!!!! They do say "better late than never" don't they ... but who are "they" anyway???

OK, here we go ..... this is my page for Dudette's Sketches cj .... the outer circle(ish) and the photo positions were the original sketch .. and she did say she liked colour and "bumpy" embellies, honest!

These are my pages for Moxie's "Fire" cj .... it is supposed to be an "Art Journal" type entry but my mojo went heywire and I resorted to what I know best - digi !! I hope the style is "arty" enough and I haven't disappointed too much.

These are the "zentangle" type ATCs I received .. they are all gorgeous!!! Considering some of the members had never done one of these before I think the results are superb!!!

Top Row:

AllycatD, Magpie, StarBeval:

Next row:

Elysian Angel, Dragonfly, Wisher:

Top of trio:

Gosie, Alipeeps:

beneath: StashKeeper:

Top of 4:

Gingerscraps, lacemaker:

bottom: new2this, Lurkio

Yet more "Zentangle" type designs.
I have just found out that the name
"Zentangle" has been copy-righted
by Rick and Maria .. apologies if I
have misused it, I thought it was a
general term for a doodled design!!

These are my Frangles .. made up by me
without reference to their site ...
which I have never visited.
The four ATCs are Christmas, Easter,
Halloween and Harvest based designs.
The other five are try-out for Christmas
cards.

Can't seem to get away from these Zentangles!!
This is my LO for the Colour My World Art Journal/CJ.
It's for Pange, in Brown, Cream and Gold. All hand drawn
and using two colours of gold and three browns. I'm hoping the watercolour paper can be the cream!!

This is the next stage of our Take Ten CJ ... based
on old fashioned Theatre Posters.
Mine was a play by Augustus Thomas - Arizona.
The LOs are digi with a little Glossy Accents on
the conchos to make them stand out a bit and
a couple of extra leyers on the poster to make it look
worn and aged.

Three more, this time based on Indian type patterns.
Hand, Paisley and Hefalump.

Boy, are these zenty thingys addictive!!!
These are three more that are based on Mucha ..
again these can be traded ... with my take on the
patterns and a rather feeble attempt at faces!!

Received a gorgeous ATC from Alipeeps .. a zenty Visage .. a face surrounded by super patterns ... it reminded me of Mucha, so I got out my book and these three ladies are the result. The blue one is a compliment to the fishy one .. whales and dolphins. They are for trade.


EDITED: Whales and Dolphins now Traded.

I have been experimenting with zentangles ... hadn't a clue what they were or how to do them, so I looked at lots of sites, got totally hooked, and these ATCs are the result!!! These are for trading, so anyone on UKS who has an opinion as to whether they are good enough to trade .. please let me know!

edited: TRADED =
Coloured .. No 2 Hearts
No 3 Fish traded
No 4 Green Bubbles
No 6 Blue Weather
No 7 Purple Crown

Black .. No 2 Yarn
No 4 Circles.
No 3 Key

Not very "Arty" really, but certainly not digi either!! This is my take on the first verse of The Highwayman for Emma (Cosmic). I hope she likes my attempt. I think, seeing it here, I may darken the writing a bit .. it looks a bit anaemic for such an heroic tale.

OK, this is the latest LO for the Colour My World CJ .. made for Cathu .. Aqua. I have fallen under the spell of Art Journals and the "Zen" thingy, so this is a sort of zentangle . It is meant to have styalized nets, clams, fish, bubbles, anemones, aquamarine gems and rain!!! All the silly things that came to mind when all I could associate with aqua was water! I hope my fellow cjers approve.

Carnivale cj

The last two ...
new2this
CraftyBarbie.

I am so thrilled with them .. well done all.

These are the GORGEOUS cj pages that my fellow cjers did for my Carnivale cj.

Pennyk

netyb

Westiegirl

mistyrat

Wisher

These are my latest efforts for our Art Journal/CJ.
This time they are for Hellosister and her theme ..
obviously .. is Green.
I used liquid watercolours for the background, alcohol
inks and some markers for the drawing and words and
tinted some gel medium to give a bit of shine. (doesn't the
gel take aaages to dry completely!!). The black/white/gold
tag is the "sign-in" page in the colours I chose for my cj.

This is the latest LO for our e-mail cj ... from Plumtree's original.

This is the next entry in the "Colour My World"
art journal/CJ. It is for JaneH and is based on "autumn" colours
of red, yellow, orange and burnt browns.
I drew the face, figure and leaves; used watered down acrylics as the background and - because I didn't have any tinted glaze - added some alcohol inks to gel medium for a slightly glossy transparent look. I hope it's OK.

More e-mail cj LOs.

I have been rather lax in uploading these .. just realised I have three that were just sitting in the file!!! All of these are my versions of the LOs Liz sends me ... Just a Bit Closer is the April one, Family Day Out? is May and this month's is Water Reigns.

There was another place available in the swap ... so these
are my second set for "Midsummer Night Dreams" .. with
the emphasis on Dreams.
Again the piccies are from the web .. with wings added by me
and backgrounds from ACA_Iridescence, Nicecrane Designs_
Gothic papers, and two kits from Stacey Mann - Designer at
Digitals .... Surreality and Not Your Mother's Papers (!!)

I joined this months "Tag" swap , theme Midsummer Night's Dream",
and these are my six .. made digi and then printed out to
attach to ready cut tags. I hope my fellow swapees like them.
The main designs are all from copyright free art work (where the copyright has expired) and the backgrounds are from a
very old kit from Dedicated2Digital called Inner Storm ... I think it is discontinued now ... all of them either contrast enhanced or colour changed to blend.

This is a new adventure for me .. an Art journal/CJ. I am not used to the "freedom" in styles and application that an Art Journal uses but I am going to give it a go and see what happens!! I hope I don't let my fellow arties down.
The welcome page speaks for itself.. a printed and collaged scroll with vermicelli and doodling all round; The mainly white page has cut out papers and figures with doodled flourishes and "spots"; he black one .. a pair of stamped legs and some cut out borders together with squiggles and diaper patterns.

These two gorgeous jiggies are the ones made for me by my fellow jiggers ...the silvery one's theme is Metallic .. reading from left to right, top to bottom they are .... megbaby, T-Ann, me,sixofone,paddy,crafty barbie, material girl, scrappy dandy doo and Xmasbaby; the gold one is based on a Klimt painting .. dusty fairy, Ginger66, me, pip, mel81pop, nettyb, kikimama23, sabulous and Terris Chocolat. Thank you all ... I LURVE THEM.