The Beacon of Light

Continuing with Lifebook 2015 the next lesson was the Beacon of Light, a whimsical character representing our connection to something bigger than ourselves, however we want to interpret that. This was pretty much a copy of the lesson, rather than being my own interpretation

Lifebook 2015

Having loved the previous versions of Willowing's Lifebook I decided I would miss it if I didn't sign up again.
http://willowing.ning.com/
Here is my version of the warm-up lesson

Art journaling

Time to get the journal out. I thought I'd start with a simple page about our recent day out to a local nature reserve. When I showed my grandson, aged 7, my page he wanted to take my book and do a page himself. I was worried about giving him my book, but told myself not to be silly and handed it over. I love the result.

A new Christmas stocking

This stocking is larger and chunkier than the others. Because of its size I added some padding. I also added 3 large bells

Christmas stockings

I bought some Christmas material to make stockings and these were the first attempts. I think I'm going to use a chunkier pattern for stockings for the children but this design is good for an adult stocking

Junk Journal 3

The technology beat me here and the photos didn't upload in the order I wanted. I was very excited last week when I got home and found a parcel from Rebecca waiting for me. This was a swap on UK Scrappers. We all sent covers for our journals and 20 pages to go inside. Rebecca swapped the pages around so we all got a variety including our own and other peoples. She then punched holes in the pages and cover an added the bookrings. The result was a packed journal with lots of unusual bits and pieces. I particularly love the paper beads, which I attached to the cover, and the art doll made by Rebecca. I have loved these swaps and have signed up for 2 more themed junk journals - Halloween, which should be winging its way home soon, and Christmas, which I'm thinking about at the moment.

Free your imagination

This was my entry for the last circle journal. The theme was "Free your imagination". The background is acrylic paint and the web is net fabric. The wings are stamped onto trracing paper with patterned paper behind them