Inchie and Journal Page

Hello Everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and you are ready for another crafting week ahead. Thank you for calling in and I hope you like what you see here at Jumbled Crafts.

Every Inchie Monday is asking for Yarn this week. Just to say that after weeks of not being able to find my first 20 inches of the year, they turned up at last. They had slipped down the back of a drawer and because I had sewn them together they were all intact--Yipee.

Art Journal Journey have Post and Postage as the theme for July and Moo Mania and More would like to see swirls for the next 2 weeks so this page is for both challenges.

The background is Rangers ink sprays and I added some die cut circles, used stamps and the bird image which I think was from Gecko Galz. I used various stamps to fill in the spaces and one stamp had a swirl and good luck-just right for Moo Mania and More.

Have a good day everyone

Love Chrissie xx

Pergamano

Hi All and happy July 4th to my friends in the Us. Thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts to see what I have made for today.

I did say last week that I would try Pergamano as I found the tools lurking in the bottom of a packed box of things I never use any more. These were never meant to be really but, years ago, our local craft shop had invited someone to come and give a demonstration and needed people to make up the numbers. It was quite expensive at the time but included lunch and the tools. I just loved the magical samples that were on show but came home with a card that was rubbish and nothing like any of the samples. All I had to bring home were five tools. Three with round bits each end, one with a big round end and a pricking tool.

 During last week I looked online to see what I should be doing and while they were changing ends and having a rest between sets at Wimbledon tennis' I was having a go at Pergamano

I am going to enter this in the challenge at Crafting by Designs where anything goes for the whole of July

I drew some simple flower shapes and printed them out different sizes on parchment. I just used plain parchment but backed the picture with pink card and Sharpies to colour the other things.The ribbon is covering the sticky tape.

 I couldn't get the light quite right for the photograph so used my own camera and Vic's as well and the colours were different. I think the real colours are something in between.

Have a wonderful day all

Love Chrissie xx

Journal Page and Photographs

Hello Everyone from a very hot and sunny NE UK coast. Yesterday evening we were so hot we went to the beach and Vic had a swim in our freezing North Sea and I paddled up to my knees. Then we sat and dried off on one of the beautiful marble type beds on our promenade. I think it would have been better to have slept there all night as it was very hot indoors last night.

Art Journal Journey has the theme Post and Postage for July.

My page is quite a simple one. It started out as a background I had done a few days ago with H20 paints and I printed out the balloon image from a children's colouring book then made them different colours.  I added the bundles of letters and the birDs and stamped and scribbled around the edge.

A little dove has found a new place to 'live' in our garden.

It tries top get the nuts from the bird feeder just to the side of it but can't manage it so I have put some on the floor and some seeds as well. Yesterday it's mum came crash landing onto the sign, which is on chains, and they were both swinging for ages. The little one looked quite happy and calm but his mum less so.

Wings fluffed up and enjoying the shade and the gentle breeze.

Have a great day everyone and enjoy your long weekend if you are in the US

Love Chrissie xx

Tag and Journal pages collage

Hi All from a very hot and sunny NE UK Coast. I have been awake for ages as heat and sleep don't mix for me at all. Thank you for your visits to my blog which mean so much and are always appreciated.

The beginning of every month sees lots of new challenges for us to join in so don't forget you have another week left to join us for the Tea/ Coffee Cups challenge at Try it on Tuesday. We always love to visit your blogs and see what you make of the challenges.

Tag Tuesday have the theme Faces this week so I thought I would show you what I made as I used Sadie and Miley on my tag and as you were the first to see them when I drew them I thought you might like an update.

Nice to see them hiding along in the flowers and enjoying being together for a change.

Now to Art Journal Journey where there is a brand new theme today 'Post and Postage'. I couldn't wait to see what Valerie and Susi have thought up for us this time and I am sure lots of us will be joining in with this as we do with their other fine challenges.

I copied Valerie's idea and made a collage of my entries I did for June when the theme was Masculine/Feminine

A weird mix for sure.

Have a lovely day and keep cool if you are in a warm part of the world.

Love

Inchie and Journal Page

Hi All. Nice to have you visit Jumbled Crafts and thank you for calling in. I hope your weekend went well and that you are looking forward to the coming week. I will be glued to the television watching the tennis from Wimbledon but with crafty things to hand to stop me falling asleep.

Every Inchie Monday this week wants to see what we enjoy-well the theme is Enjoy anyway. I enjoy making inchies and this year I have been using felt and bling on all of them. The idea was to stitch them together but I lost the first few month's of them when I cleared-up the craft room. sob sob. My intention is to redo them but I haven't got around to it yet.

At Art Journal Journey it is almost the end of the Masculine/ Feminine month and I must say there have been such wonderful ideas and art pages.

Yesterday I made lots of backgrounds with H20 paint and unusual items used as stamps I used a large jigsaw piece as stamp for this background Sorry it looks a bit creased but the journal was slightly too small for the page and I never trimmed it before it was stuck in. The images are from a book I bought to cut up for the images. It has old articles and pictures from Good Housekeeping magazines. Such a fun read. Can you imagine the females today being so thrilled with a gift like this?

Have a great day Love

Quilling-not for me

Hi All. Hope your day is going well and thank you for calling in.

 I have decided to sort out some of the boxes of 'little things' I never use.

The first thing out of the box was a quilling tool. I have a vague recollection of using it years ago but being useless at quilling. I thought it would be a good way to craft and watch sport so I would give it a go. I cut lots of strips of thin card and set to work making the circles.. I said to Vic that it would be nice to have a board with different size circles in it to hold the quilled shapes. He said that he made me one way back when  and that I never used it. I asked where it was now and he said that he had used it to mend part of the old shed because I had thrown it out. I soldiered on and made shapes and then made a card with them. It looks awful and quilling takes so long and is messy, it is still not my thing so I need to find another use for a quilling tool I think.:(

Next out of the box are lots of embossing tools and, somewhere, in a drawer, I have parchment to use them on. Another thing I was totally useless at but will give it a go again just to see if I have improved.

Strange how things go in and out of fashion with the crafty world.

Have a great day

Love Chrissie xx

Journal Page

Hello Everyone. Nice of you to visit and thank you for all the support I receive from you all.

At Art Journal Journey there is still time to join in the Masculine/Feminine challenge.

I asked at the art shop which paper was best for chalk drawings and I was sold this book of canvas paper. I am so disappointed with it as I didn't seem to have any control over the chalk at all using it. This is the third face on this same page as the others were damped down and blended into the rough background. One good thing is that the paper is so thick none of the 'mess' went through to the other side so I can use it for another project. I made up the quote as it fits this so well.

Have lovely day