#dailyart2025 October Part I

 Half way through October already, so here is the latest round up of my #dailyart2025 from the beginning of the month, using prompts from the 365 days of drawing prompts and other art FB group.  As always, I have been working in my Clarity Petite watercolour journal and using Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour pencils.

I still remember the contours on the map I followed for my Silver DofE expedition when I was at school.

Some straight forward prompts in a row.

Followed by some more challenging ones.

Another challenging one.

All places I would like to visit - or in the case of Berlin, revisit.

First page of journal #7.

Autumn Colours Art Journal Page

 The current theme over on Try It On Tuesday is Autumn Colours and I thought this art journal page fitted the bill.

Cover a double page spread in transparent gesso and dry thoroughly. Add Tea Dye, Gathered Twigs and Frayed Burlap Distress paints liberally over both pages and blend out. Dry thoroughly.

Add Sepia Archival ink through one of the Clarity petite leaf stencils. Cover both pages.

Blend Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon Distress paints. Pounce through the Clarity Maple Leaves stencil using a foam blending tool. Add leaves to both pages.

Add three leaves from the NDSC #46 stencil by pouncing Tarnished Brass Distress paint through the stencil.

Fussy cut a magazine clipping of a boot. Add it to the page, sealing with Distress Collage medium.

When dry add shading with Faber-Castel Big Brush markers blended out with a finger.

Die cut the #8 NDDC leaf aperture from a range of orange, rose gold, kraft, and gold card as well as offcuts of autumnal coloured Clarity designer papers.

Cut out as many individual leaves as possible ad add along the bottom of the page. Add three further maple leaves by pouncing metal leaf glue through the same stencil as before, adding metal flakes and burnishing.

Add ‘kicking’ using wooden letters glued into place with acrylic glue.

To finish, print the rest of the sentiment using the large font on a Dymo Letratag and clear plastic tape. Add to the left hand page.

WOYWW 854/74: Get Well Soon

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch. 

Sending healing prayers and gentle hugs to Neet who is poorly in hospital.

I am still working at my jigsaw desk - there has been much progress.  I did make a birthday card but can't show that until next week.

A mix of prompts for my #dailyart2025 this week.

It has been a musical week.  The showcase went really well last Wednesday afternoon.  Saturday was the monthly SRP meeting and I think I have just about got the hang of the membership system now.  Yesterday afternoon was the normal meet up of the U3a recorder group in Lichfield.  I am meeting up with Eva for a walk around Trentham Gardens tomorrow which will be good exercise.  Heading over to Mum's for the day on Friday too.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Love You Mum

I used the Bip the Bear Alphabet and mini sentiments to create this card.

It's Elementree!

 I have had fun with the Elementree stamps and the Leafy BOW-WOB papers from Clarity Crafts.  Here is a round up of the projects I have completed so far using them - there will be another project on my blog on Saturday using them too. As usual, links to the original project instructions are below each picture.

Smaller stamps in rainbow colours (see HERE).

Bip the Bear Wears a Sombrero

I coordinated the colours on this Bip the Bear card with some ribbon from my stash.

October PTC - Autumn Leaves / Orange

 I recently bit the bullet and decided it was time to join in with the PTC (Parchment Trading Card) swap over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes and ATCs.  The prompt for October is Autumn Leaves and the colour is orange.  This was my first ever PTC.

October ATC: Words/Orange

 I really like the fact that the prompts for the month's ATC swap on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes and ATCs are released before the the list of pairs is announced.  That way I can get ahead and be prepared to post mine out at the start of the month.  The prompt for October was words/orange and this is what I ended up with.

Bip's Many Hats!

I focussed on Bip's hats from the stamp set Bip the Bear Wears Many Hats stamp and mask set, to create this colourful card.

WOYWW 853/73: Crafting With A Difference

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch.

Another desk with a difference today.  I have taken to doing jigsaws and this is the latest one ready to be sorted.  We pass them round in our family and this is one that I got for Mum for her birthday last year.

I finally completed the one that was a gift from Eva a while back and which I will pass on to Mum.  I bought a few at Lidl at the weekend then realised I would need a bigger board - so I have ordered one.  I will then be able to work on two at once.

Eva and I took part in a workshop with Tilly Tea Dance on Saturday and this was the result.  It was good to meet up with Twiglet too, although if I had known it was her birthday the following day I would have brought a card!

I met up with a group of retired former colleagues yesterday lunchtime from my very first teaching job.  I hadn't seen most of them for nearly 30 years so it was really good to catch up.  

Later today I am heading to Lichfield for the U3a showcase.  It is the first time I have been able to play for this as previous years I was at work.  I love retirement.

Stay safe everyone and Happy WOYWW.