Summer Journal Page

This page is for a four season swap I am in at ATCS4all. It was due last month but I was not happy with what I had so far so I started again!! To me Poppies are summer and so that is what I did. Of course I could not find the right colour silk for the flowrs so I ended up dyeing some in grades of pink and yellow. I think it came out quite well and am pleased with it although it is a very simple design. Sometimes I have to stop myself from adding other stuff when it doesn't need it LOL Beads yarns and additional stitching would detract from the effect I think!

Whimsy Art

ATCs for all and Mail Art World have a new online class for April on Whimsy Art.May just give this a go!

I had fun doing whimsical mushrooms for a swap a couple of weeks ago!! I love the Mushrooms from Disney's Fantasia and I think that was what I had in mind when I drew this one!!

Finished the page and more

Well I finally finished the felted page and have posted a pic to ATCs for All.I am happy with the page as it does have depth I think! then I got to playing some more with the embellishing/felting machine.I did some abstract ATCs last week that reminded me of a summer night and so I decided to try for Spring. I added organza to represent the last frosts. The card didn't photograph well with a flash though and needs daylight so I will take a pic and post tomorrow!

Almost finished felted page!!!

Here is the page after the stitching and the trimming to 8x8. I had to lose my favourite cloud though!!! I think it looks much betterwith the snow highlights. I will finish this tomorrow,I need to be paying attention when edging felt, it can be really aggravating and streeeeeetch!!

Oh Joy!

Well having finally recovered my passwords etc here I am!! I spent a great part of the Christmas holiday ( christmas when was that now??) tidying this sewing/art room. We are getting there!! Slowly!

The felting machine and I are having great fun barr the broken needles. (There is a limit to thickness fo felting!!) I was doing a journal page yesterday for a swap I am in on ATCS4ALL, and yesterday I left it alone as half of me said it was done and the other half said nono no, stitch on it as well. Today I came home and now I cannot see how on earth I though it might be finished!
Here is is so far, I am about to do some free motion stitching on the top, wish me luck!!! Getting mistaken stitches out of felt is NOT fun, and near impossible!

Oh yes, with physiotherapy (Thanks Heather and David) my wrist is fully functional!!

Fourth Cast

Adults should not break bones!!! I do not recommend this sorry experience at all. I am now on my fourth cast, but, fingers crossed this one might last the next three weeks. For some reason, other than the fact that I am weird as my DH so eloquently puts it, my hands swell up when they get hot especially at night. Imagine what happens when it tries to swell up when it is in a cast. not fun. hence the forth cast which is loose and would not win any prizes for esthetic value, but it does allow my poor hand to swell up.!! I usually have the philosophy that everything happens for a reason and something good always comes out of such misfortune..... well i am still looking for the good on this broken wrist escapade!!! There was a young guy in the fracture clinic yesterday, he was 20, and has broken both heel bones. He faces 8 weeks off his feet, surgery, and is guaranteed arthritis at an early age due to the damage. Sort of put my wrist into perspective, as all things considered this`is expected to heal fully, but might take a few months and i am sure a few doses of naproxen!

Life

Over the last two years I have been involved in ATCs, our web home is ATCsforall.com Although I have only met one of my arty friends in person ANg, I feel I have made a lot of friends around the world through this medium. One if these friends is LisaB, or Queen Lisa to some of us! Not only is she an amazing artist, but she is an amazing person, very caring and funny. Earlier this year her darling husband AC was diagnosed with leukemia, and despite the efforts of the docs he lost his battle this last weekend. From Lisa's posts we felt we knew him just a little bit, they were soul mates and loved each other very much. My heart breaks for her.

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