It's a BIG one!

It's Nearly Holiday Time 

and LOTS More

I hope you are well and having a good morning/afternoon/evening wherever you may be.

Wee Man and I are off to London on Friday evening (7pm GMT), until next Wednesday, to celebrate his 8th Birthday in style. Check this! Doesn't it look wonderful?! 

Apart from doing that, we have several other activities planned too, which we shall share another day. We are getting very excited now :D

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Meanwhile here are our most recent Index Cards, starting with,

Wee Man's Day 43

we used embossing folders in the Bigshot and he used paint dabbers for the colouring. Wee Man is getting very good at gently swiping across the embossed areas. 

My Day 43 is for the prompt Definition

I used metallic pencils.

Wee Man's Day 44

is an embossed alphabet. This time he used two shades of blue to colour it.

My Day 44

is simple doodle flowers on a decorated background.

I am also entering this into the final week of Summer Of Colour where the colours are Orange Orange Blue. I used an Orange Souffle pen, Orange Acrylic paint and blue acrylic paint that has a slight pearlessence about it. Many thanks to Kristin for hosting this challenge once again and for her unstinting support and encouragement to everyone taking part. {{Hugs}}

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Here is my tag for the theme of Splashes, Drips & Dribbles on the Tag Tuesday blog.

I used ink pads, inks and bingo dabbers.

I think the quote is very true :D

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And last, but most definitely not least I would like to wish a Happy T Day to all my friends over at the Altered Book Lover, because T stands for T on Tuesday! :D

Wee Man and I went out shopping and stopped halfway for a treat.

Then further round the supermarket I saw this,

which goes with the coffee one I shared a few months ago :D

And then I bought these. *Drool*

I love cherries. I think cherries are probably my most favourite fruit, closely followed by Wee Man's favourite, Strawberries.

These are half of today's pickings from our garden. It's been another smashing year for our strawberry crop. 

Do you have a favourite fruit?

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Thank you so much for your patience if you reached this far, we have enjoyed your visit very much.

Now until next time, be well and be happy.

{{Hugs}} :o) Mo x

And Wee Man of course

Penultimate SoC piece and more Index Cards

Hello Everyone......

.....I hope I find you well and having a good day or evening where ever you may be.

Starting today with Day 39 of the Index Card a Day challenge from Wee Man.

He created this to end his posts on this blog with a smiley other than his usual :D

I love it!

My Day 39

for the prompt Monopoly

Wee Man's Day 40

horse shoe brads of Good Luck.

It's hard to believe there is only one more week of the Summer Of Colour challenge left to go. It has been such a wonderful project that I have enjoyed without one iota of stress about what to create and what to use. Thank you to Kristin of, Twinkle Twinkle, Like a Star, for the inspiration and for all the work that goes into creating and maintaining a challenge as huge as this one.

But without further ado, (or twaddle), here is my Summer of Colour offering for week 5, and also for Day 40 of the Index Card A Day challenge, which is also mahooosive in respect of the number of participants and maintenance required, and provided by Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow.

The colours given to us this week by Kristin are, Green Green Pink

I used acrylic paint and two gel pens.

This was actually inspired by Halle of Halle's Hobbies when I saw her piece on Facebook a few days ago. Thanks for the inspiration Halle :D

And thank You for visiting and I look forward to your visit next time.

Until then, take care, be Happy and enjoy the weekend ahead.

{{Hugs}} Mo :o)) x

Wee Man's Index Cards for Days 31 and 32 and Summer of Colour Week 5

Hi Everyone, Wee Man here

Today I would like to show you my and granny's Icads for day 31 and 32

First of all here is 31

I used lots of punches and some washi tape.

Granny's 31 for Trivia

is a nonsense one she said.

My day 32 

is Bingo Pen Patterns. I like the bright colours.

Granny's Day 32 for Weather

is also for the Summer of Colour challenge

which is on week five and Kristin said the colours for this week are Red Red and Metallic. 

Granny used Scarlet Neocolor 2, Red Wink of Stella and Silver Wink of Stella.

Well that's all for now. Until next time, thanks for popping by to say Hi.

Hugs, Wee Man :D

And granny too of course {{Hugs}} :o)) Mo x

SoC and Two New Index Cards

Hello Everyone

Here we are again with more arty endeavours from me and Wee Man. 

First of all our ICADs for days 25 and 26

Hi there, Wee Man here. This Icad was created using a new stencil from our star friend Sue Waters. I added the blue with a Neocolour 2 crayon and spread it round with a baby wipe. Then I added lots of granny's gold glitter glue. I think it is awesome.

My Icad for day 26 is me on my bike.

Bye for now, Hugs, Wee Man. Now here's granny.

I did this without thinking and only when it was finished and I realised one of the prompts was 'Organic' I thought this would fit that label for day 25.

For day 26 the prompt was 'Exotic' - I saw a flower like this in a magazine so I drew it on my tissue dye background with gel pens. The chipboard dragonflies were painted with dabs of paint leftover from teacher gift making, and then covered in crackle glaze. For a better view, click on the image to enlarge. 

This afternoon we were getting cards ready for the next couple of days using spray inks and glitter brush pens with lots of spraying and splatting going on. This is how our hands look - after washing. It was so much fun!

And finally here is my entry for the Summer Of Colour week three.

The colours this week are Purple Purple Yellow

I used Neocolour IIs, on a watercolour greeting card, to make a plaid pattern, and a waterbrush to smooth the lines out a bit. I haven't decided on a sentiment yet, but it's a useful card added to my stash.

If you would like to know more about the Summer Of Colour challenge, hosted by the lovely Kristin, then just click on her name and you will be transported to her blog where you can read all about it and view lots of gorgeous entries using this weeks colourway. 

Thank you so much for your visit.

Take Care, Be Happy

{{Hugs}} :o) Mo x

Late ICAD Post

17, 18, 19, 20

Hello Everyone

It's been a very busy week, but here are my and Wee Man's latest Index Cards.

First up is Day 17 by Wee Man who came 3rd in his Egg & Spoon Race on school sports day

His Day 18 is a collage of postage stamps

Day 19 - Highlighter pen spots.

Wee Man's Day 20 is lots of washi tape

Here are my cards for days 17 - 20

Day 17 also doubled up for my Summer of Colour entry 

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

If you have any questions about any of these, feel free to ask.

Many thanks for visiting and we look forward to reading your comments.

Until next time

Take Care.

Be Well.

((Hugs))

Mo & Wee Man of course :o)) xo

Week 2 Summer of Colour

Pink + Pink + Orange

This week our colour theme from Kristin's Summer of Colour challenge is, as above; and how striking they are together, don't you think?

Again, I decided to use a handy index card, seeing as how the Index Card A Day (ICAD) challenge is in full swing, and on day 17, as we speak.

I used Guava pink Gelato on the text paper background, and for the lettering and doodles, I used a deep pink Stabilo Fineliner and an orange Stabilo Fineliner. 

I envisioned it as a lot more striking than it seems, but alas, it looks rather washed out in this photo. I promise, it is brighter irl. In fact, the Guava pink is rather a lovely colour. 

Thank you for the colour choice Kristin, they clash beautifully! :D

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Now, as it is Wednesday, I also have an Anti Journal spread to show you.

I rather love how this looks. I used a home made quill pen and black acrylic paint, (because I didn't have any ink), that I thinned down with water to make it easier to use. 

I was inspired to this by Tammy Garcia's fabulous, and free Draw Your Words Workshop on her blog.

The actual page prompt on the left, was Shout Colourful Language, but I spread to both pages, and on the right at the bottom it says, Uglify Beauty,  Most of the black splodges were already there; I just added to them and enhanced them a little. 

Btw, under the feather is the letter G for GOLD, (just in case you thought I'd written 'old purple', lol) 

I'm looking forward to seeing what Karen and Carolyn have done in their journals this week too. Click on their names to jump over to their fabulous blogs, anytime you like., 

Thank you so much for popping in, I really appreciate your visit and your comments. 

Take Care. Be well.

{{Hugs}} Mo :o) x

Summer of Color.......

This fabulous, Summer challenge, hosted by the lovely Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle Like A Star, is just six weeks long and jam packed full of fun, colour and prizes. 

Click on the link above to find out all about it.

Each week Kristin gives us a palette of colours to work with and this week they are 

Blue + Blue + Green 

This means two shades/hues of blue and one of green.

As I am also working on the Index Card A Day challenge I did my piece on a handy index card

I used a stencil called Staggered Brick Work and Gelatos. I mixed Blueberry with Lemon to make my green, (isn't it lush!?), added Blueberry to the top half and Cotton Candy to the bottom half. I wrote the words on card and edged them with Blueberry gelatos. Et voila!

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Our Day 11 & 12 Index Cards.

Wee Man's Day 11

Letter To a Friend.

My Day 11

One Staple Collage.

Wee Man's Day 12

Blue Die-Cuts. 

We took lots of photo's of this one as Wee Man was desperate that you saw the Wink of Stella sparkle that he added to all the blank die-cuts. If you enlarge it I'm sure you can ;)

My Day 12

Doodles.

Thank you so much for your visit, we really appreciate you taking the time.

Until next time, Stay Well and Be Happy.

{{Hugs}} :o) Mo x

And Wee Man of Course xx

A Wee Pre Warning and a Final Flutter

What is Coming up Over the Next Few Weeks

Hello Everyone 

I hope I find you well and looking forward to a new week and a new month. 

For many of us, June is a particularly busy crafting month, with the start of both the Summer of Color and the Index Card a Day challenges. Also known as SOC and ICAD respectively. 

Wee Man and I are both doing ICAD together and I am also doing SOC. 

Both of these start on June 1st, but don't let that stop you clicking on the links above, or on my sidebar, taking a look around and joining in at any point you like. 

They aren't races or competitions; they are both for fun, stretching your imagination and are all about 'the doing'

Now, as well as the above, I am continuing with T on Tuesday with Elizabeth from Altered Book Lover and the rest of the 'T gang', Tag Tuesday and my fellow Taggers, and also with my weekly sharing of some Anti Journal pages with Carolyn and Karen.

Now the 'Wee Pre Warning' mentioned above, is just to let you know that my intent is to blog about everything as much as possible, some of the posts will be quite long, particularly on a Tuesday, and I'm hoping that you don't get fed up seeing this blog in your email or feed, perhaps, every day (now there's a challenge for myself huh?, Haha). 

Oh, and I'm also here to ask if you will keep your fingers crossed that I don't drive myself demented? Will you? 

Thanks ;-) Lol

Now, the final look, for this year, at our Painted Lady butterflies;

well actually it's just one; the last one of four that made it out into the big wide world to go make more duplicates of themselves, I hope. 

The first three got swept briskly away on the wind, but this final one went on my hand and then I put it onto my wee Lilac bush.

Hope you enjoyed that. Did you see it 'dive in' for a drink? How marvellous and wondrous nature is.

Well, thank you for visiting;

stay well,

and be happy.

See you again soon (very, hehe)

{{Hugs}} Mo :o)) x

Anti Journal Pages and Another Little Flutter

Hi there Everyone!

I hope this finds you all well. I am delighted to say that my migraines have stayed away for a few days now so I'm hoping that cluster has gone and may it be a long time before the next! 

Now this week I am sharing a fun double spread in my Anti Journal using the prompt 

'A Crowd of Faces'

I used a napkin, some faces from a sticker booklet, I cut faces from magazines, I used a magazine freebie to stamp some faces onto tissue paper, (that enabled me to reverse them too), and I stamped some faces from Rubber Dance stamp set Celestial Images also onto tissue paper.  I added some water colour to the stamped faces and I added watercolour to the remaining white spaces on the page.  

I enjoyed creating this and am indeed, still very much enjoying using this book. I've heard a whisper that there is a new one coming out after Summer, so I am excited to think that may be true, as I will definitely want to get it. 

I am looking forward to finding out what Carolyn, if her internet is behaving, and Karen have done in their Wreck It journals lately. If you want to see too, just click on their names and you will be transported to their wonderful blogs. 

In the meantime, for those of you following the Butterfly Project, here is the latest photograph, taken just yesterday of our four Painted Lady butterflies.  A 100% increase on the first batch. YiPpEe!

I will of course try to get some photographs when these beauties are released 'into the wild'. And then that will be the end of the project for this year, but Wee Man and I are definitely going to help with more next year.

We are going to be busy in June doing the Index Card A Day challenge, hosted by Tammy Garcia, which you can read all about over here,

And I will also be taking part in Kristin's Summer of Colour challenge which you can read all about over here. 

As well as keeping up with my regular things like T on Tuesday and Tag Tuesday and Wreck it On Wednesday with my Anti Journal, I am going to be juuust a little too occupied for more caterpillar rearing this Summer. 

Righto - I thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoyed it enough to leave a few words.

Wishing you good health and happiness

{{Hugs}} Mo :o)) xx

Summer of Colour Week Six and Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Week 14

My piece today is done on an index card because I have been taking part in the Index Card A Day, (ICAD), challenge on Facebook and today's prompt was 'Darla Horse'; and with Kristin's colour palette of Raspberry, Tangerine and a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Lemon for week six of the Summer of Colour being posted, I thought that I would combine the two.
Furthermore, the new words at the Craft Barn for the Quotes & Lyrics challenge were posted on Sunday, and they are Imagination and/or Logic, so I thought - go for it - make it a triple hitter! So I did **grin**

A Darla Horse, made from wood, has become a symbol of authentic Swedish handicraft and one of Sweden's most popular souvenirs.

Just click on the link above if you would like to learn more about these beautifully decorated wooden horses.

Mine is much more simplistic

I traced the outline image off the internet, then coloured with watercolour paints and outlined with a black micron. The colours seemed to weaken the longer they sat, but they had looked pretty much right, to my eye, when I first mixed them *sigh*. My pop of lemon is the eye, nostril, flowers and some wee dots at the ankles; the 'raspberry' and 'tangerine' are the stripes. This is the final week of Summer of Colour and I would like to say thank you to Kristin for hosting this event again, for the fourth year, (my first), and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope to participate again next year. 

The words popped into my head and I think them fitting as I often look back at what I have created and think, 'if only I had done this or that, or not done the other' and I need to learn to let it go. I used Imagination as my word of choice for the Q&L challenge hosted by The Craft Barn. For those that can't read my chicken scratch, my quote says, 'don't let your imagination keep you in the past with 'if onlys' but let it forge ahead with limitless possibilities'.  

I'm sure someone will have said them before, tho' not necessarily in that order, lol :D

Well until next time..........

................thanks for popping by to say 'Hi' *hugs*