#dailyart2025: September Part I

 Still on track to complete my #dailyart2025 challenge based on the prompts on the 365 days of drawing prompts and other art FB group.  I am still working in my Clarity petite watercolour journal (#6).

My mother and both sisters are/were nurses - these represent some of the uniform changes when hats were worn.

I followed an online tutorial for this but added colour.

Thought the big apple was a good representation.

Inspired by the Triangle People stamps designed by Barbara Gray.

Caught up with these two afterwards as I was feeling poorly those days.

Farewell Card

Even though I am now retired, I still like making cards to celebrate my former colleagues.  I made this card for a wonderful cover supervisor who is moving to Scotland with her family.

Paint Splodge Mini Makes

For my last samples using the Mr Painter stamps from Clarity Crafts, I went with a pair of mini makes using all the paint splodge and sentiment stamps.

From My Home To Yours

I had a play with the roof stamps from the Build a House Clarity Street set and used the stamp off card to create a background for the sentiment.

Mr Painter Shaving Foam Background

I thought that a shaving foam background combined with using actual paint with the mask, would make a fun card using the Mr Painter stamps from Clarity Crafts.

Clarity Street New Home

I mixed both sets of Clarity Street stamp sets to make this new home card.

WOYWW 849/69: Full of Cold

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. 

My desk shows my latest goodies from Clarity Crafts - the most recent collection from Timestamp Creations.  No time to play yet though, as I have more samples to make.  Talking of which, my last lot have been officially declared lost so I am awaiting a refund from Evri.

I followed a cool online tutorial for this one, but added my own colour.

I caught up with everyone at work last Friday as I had to drop off some bits and pieces.  It was good to see everyone but won't be going in again unless invited as I don't want to wear out my welcome.

I started with a horrible cold yesterday thanks to #3 son passing his on.  Still made it to u3a recorders though.  It was our last rehearsal before our concert on the 19th.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Exam Congratulations?

This time I had a play with some of the worker stamps which accompany the painters in the Mr Painter stamp set.  This could make an exam congratulations card.

Clarity Street Notelets

These Clarity Street stamps make lovely New Home cards.  Here I created a pair of notelets.

A Rainbow of Painters

You can tell I was having fun playing with these new Mr Painter stamps and masks from Clarity Crafts - I forgot to take photos of some of the steps as I was so caught up in the process.

Clarity Street Rainbow House

These Clarity Street stamps are so versatile.  Here I used the house blanks as building blocks and added all the windows in rainbow colours.

Floral Stencil Corner

I realised that I had still not used my Clarity New Design Stencil Club offering from April so decided to make a card with it.

Floral Flourish Home Made Washi Tag

I have had a tangle of low tack tape that had been spritzed with Distress Oxides sitting on the side for quite a while after making the project HERE.   I finally decided to untangle them and use them as a background on a tag.

WOYWW 848/68: Officially Retired

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.  

This month's ATC theme for the Clarity swap is Travel and the colour pink, so I had some potential stamps out ready to make.  I have also offered to make a card for a former colleague so I need to get that done before popping into school on Friday.  I must admit that I am missing my colleagues.

Thanks for all the retirement well wishes.  I celebrated my first official day of retirement on Monday with a lie in, visiting desks after a hectic weekend, and going over to Mum's for dinner with her, sister, BIL and the friend that I gave a lift to from Kent.

Last page in my 5th Petite watercolour journal.

The start of #6 - I won't quite fill 8 this year.

This was done late in the day after my recorder play day in Lichfield which was very enjoyable.

Wow - September already!

I am getting used to this retirement malarky, although I still wake up early on 'school' days even without an alarm.  I am also hoping that all the samples I made last week and posted on Saturday actually make it to Clarity as there hasn't been an update by Evri since 8am on Monday and they were due by yesterday.  As I paid for next day delivery I was expecting them to be delivered on Monday! 

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW everyone.

Mini Leafy Birthday Card

 I had a play with the August stamps from the Clarity New Design Club and created this autumnal mini birthday card.

#dailyart2025 Two-Thirds Done

I have just started my sixth Petite watercolour journal from Clarity Crafts for my #dailyart2025 drawings as August ends.  It will be well into October before I have to start the next one. As usual I have been using prompts from the 365 days of drawing prompts and other art group on FB.

Never like seeing demi-semi quavers in a piece of music lol.

One of the more specific prompts!

First page in my new journal.

A nice easy one to finish the month.