Julie Nutting Doll House Book

I bought this blank chipboard book last year and haven't known what to do with it. So at the weekend I put a layer of gesso and then added acrylic paint and Dylusions sprays through stencils. Then I used striped paper for the roof and door.

I'll have to plan the inside pages next but at least it's a start

Vintge fabric circle journal

Months ago my vintage journal set off round a group of fellow enthusiast from UK Scrappers. Today was the day when it arrived back home and it is just amazing. I love all the fabulous entries and keep finding new things to exclaim over and stroke.

This was my own page that was the start of the journal. The photograph is of my grandmother and probably dates bac k to the first world war, so about 100 years ago.

This is the page by Frances (New2You from UKS). The picture is of her great grandmother so very special. I wud love to be able to embroider names like that!

 

Another fabulous page by Sarah "Flo" Harris

 

A really sumptuous page by Natasha (Teeshirt) with ribbons and charms

Vintage embroidery by Gill (Wisher). Thus reminds me of vintage tray cloths and tea cosies. Very evocative.

 

 A very clever threaded sewing machine by Tracy Mumof4girls)

Thank you so much ladies for these fabulous pages

Time for tea

Posting day for these circle journals comes round only too quickly. Having decided what I was going to do I had just left the stitching as I had eye surgery 2 weeks ago. Today really was the last opportunity to get it sorted on time so I was very relieved to have finished. Unfortunately I wasn't prepared to leave it that that so after tea I did more stitching. It really is finished now.

The theme was "Cupcakes" but I wanted to find a slightly different take. Hopefully this ties the other entries together.

Bejewelled

The theme for this month's fabric circle journal was bejewelled. Thinking what to do was a challenge especially as I collected it from the sorting office on my way on holiday and wanted to make a start while I was away so materials were limited. The first picture is truer re colours but the 2nd one shows the richness of the beads and materials better

More drawing

Painting, drawing and doodling in my journal continue - recently I've been continuing to make use of odd moments and trips away to do more journaling. Packing the materials I want/need whilst away is the biggest challenge so it was good to go away on Sunday with a small overnight bag that included my journal, paints and pencil case (and yes I still had a change of clothes, toiletries etc as well as my kindle)

Circle journal

 

This month the theme of the circle journal was "A letter to my childhood self". I started with a simple background, painted the girl and then just started to paint and doodle. Thinking what to write was probably the hardest part

Junque Journal

The post yesterday brought this fabulous junque journal. It came from a swap hosted via UK scrappers. Everyone taking part had to make their journal covers together with 20 pages which were distributed between the participants.
The resulting journal is amazing. Thank you to Rebecca who hosted the swap and all the ladies who took part.