Summer is over

 Summer in France was lovely, we came home briefly and then we went to New England to visit the family. Thank goodness we were not relying on seeing Fall as the drought has had a big effect on the trees this year. Anyway, we are back and have been busy on all fronts catching up with paperwork etc - I also had to try to get some of my art journal pages done before I go into hospital for knee replacement surgery (tomorrow). So far I have only worked on the Colour Me Positive pages ….

Joy

 As we are strangers in real life I have to explain the humour of this one…. I am totally bilingual & a lot of French people, on meeting me when I’m with my husband or english speaking friends who don’t necessarily speak or understand french and that I therefore translate to, will often comment on what good english I speak for a French person. I have spoken french since 1960, could read it before I was able to read english, it is very definitely a habit for me although I came away from my first year of school with the “Prix d’Excellence” (40 pupils- 27 nationalities including French) This little “frog” leaping with joy called to me for the prompt! Bonjour les amis 👋🏻

Catch up time

 Colour me positive pages:

Documented life project 

July is about Doodles:

Then August is based on a travel journal page:

#1

#2 is then abstract elements from the previous page:

September comes with a new chapter 

High mountains, deep blue skies, shade from the larch trees, twitter of little birds & the occasional skirl of an eagle make this a beautiful place to chill/read … oh wait, there’s also the occasional roar from a passing motorbike that rudely interrupts!

Kaisa Hart free course: mindful layers - thankful that you cannot read the scribbles whilst I deal with stuff!

You have now reached the end of my latest chapter as I am off on my travels again (USA) and will be heading to hospital on my return for knee replacement surgery so I will be back on here as soon as I can!

Holiday season

 I’m away from my desk…. I have done some art while I am in France but not a lot and some of these are from before I came away. 

I’ll be playing catch up with Life Documented next month!

Rennie MacIntosh time

 Play time with a new 4” embossing folder, some smooshed ink 4” scraps and some Art Deco Charles Rennie MacIntosh stamps that I have coloured with distress inks & finally some flat gems. The purple one has been done with silver embossing powder, the orange is the debossed side + gold gilding wax, blue is gilding wax and the pink is black ink rubbed over the raised pattern.

Silly season

 I’m like a dog chasing its tail at the moment! Workmen, appointments….. all I’ve done recently is the following 

Documented Life Project:

Another card…..

Colour me positive:

I got my elbow nudged by the dog as I was writing the quote so that Practice definitely needs more PRACTICE!

Rain & hail has interrupted my day again so I’m just going to have to put up with it!

Oops I have been MIA!

 May seems to have passed by in a flash! I did go away for a week to Andalusia so that was part of the problem but then when we came back to Scotland the weather was so nice that I was outside most of the time….

So here’s what I have managed to accomplish in the quieter moments 

For Colour Me Positive 

Then these ones for the Documented Life Project…I was clearly influenced by the trip to Spain!

Wax crayon & watercolour resist

Oil pastel resist & scratch 

A picture in our hotel caught my eye, reminds me very much of the Camargue area that we visited almost 20 years ago and also a bull breeding area!

These dogs were guarding the entrance to the shop across the street from the hotel…

I just loved the idea of the sign being spaghetti on this one!

The good weather has meant that the rhododendron plants have been amazing this year, this is the most recent addition to the garden 

Then I managed to sneak in a few birthday cards as well using some existing backgrounds….

I’m trying to get my workroom tidy LOL so who knows what or when I’ll be done but I’m hoping to get back to the blog again soon.