May Calendar Journal

I knew what I wanted to do for this one, but I had to fiddle about sketching it on scrap paper before transferring it into my journal.  It's a bit different to my previous pages, as it was drawn on and then painted, before having stamped flower borders added to add interest;  but at last, here it is!

As you can see, the journalling spaces are on the ribbons of the maypole, so some are a bit limited size-wise!

Calendar Journal: April

Another month has arrived, and again I was rushing at the last minute to prepare pages for the start of the month.  At least this time I knew what I wanted to do: I wanted a bold and bright rainbow in the background, done with Dylusions sprays, with raindrops to journal on.  I practised on a spare piece of paper, which gave me due warning how messy the rainbow was going to be, but I love it anyway even though some of the colours have run into each other too much! 

I also wrote the month freehand onto a spare raindrop and coloured it in, I was pleased how it came out as I usually use stencils, stickers or die-cutting for titles.

Easter Fun

The staff council at work held an Easter Craft competition last Thursday, to make an Easter bonnet, card, cake or decorate an egg; there was also a competition to guess the number of chocolate eggs in a jar (I didn't win that, which is probably a good thing!) and a cake stall plus a raffle of a beautiful cake.

I decided to make a papier mache egg using an Easter Egg mould, which I then painted and decorated.  I was so pleased to be told I had won first prize, for which I got a lovely Thornton's Easter egg.  As the winner I also got to choose the charity to which the proceeds of the day would be sent, and I asked for it to go to the Smile Train, a charity dear to my heart which arranges for the repair of cleft lips and palates in children in some of the poorest countries in the world.  The £188.00 raised will pay for one lucky little one to have their surgery.

 

 

 

Inchies and Twinchies

I have signed up for some more swaps on UK Scrappers, one was to make a set of ten Inchies which will be swapped with other crafters so I will get a set of ten back all different (Including one of mine)  At the same time I made a set of Twinchies for the same swap.

Inchies:

And Twinchies:

 

Sapphire Wedding Card

I don't make cards very often, but a colleague asked me for a Sapphire Wedding Anniversary card.

March Calendar Journal

I was all out of inspiration for this month's pages, but had some new Dylusions sprays so decided to use these as a bright background, since Spring is due to arrive this month!

Calendar Journal

In December I decided to join in with Kate Crane's Calendar Journal, as I had a few friends who were taking part and I had promised myself I would do something for me this year, craft-wise.  I have so far completed the pages for January (by the skin of my teeth!) and February,s (which I finished last night.

Hopefully I will be able to keep it up through the coming year!