ArtyFartyAnnie

Hello to all my lovely friends out there in Blogland, I would like to wish you all the happiest possible Christmas wherever you are and whatever you're doing, followed by a happy, healthy and creative 2019 :o) Here's a little felted friend I made for Christmas. He hasn't told me what his name is yet ...  One of my Big Plans for 2019 is to really get into felting - what creative plans do you have for next year? Thanks for visiting today, see you again soon! Love Annie xxx

Hello to all my Bloggy Friends, I've been almost totally AWOL lately, lots of other stuff going on and not much time to play at the moment, let alone blog about it, but I did want to quickly show you what I got in my last couple of ScrawlR boxes, because I am so smitten with these little kits - for £15 a month, you get a neat box full of a variety of pens, pencils and other art supplies, along with some inspiration to get you started. Here's the November kit ... Lots of things in here I haven't tried working with before - such as coloured biros, a graphite stick and an eraser pencil, along with some gorgeous coloured pencils, a white gel pen and several other useful items, plus a really nice quality plain paper notebook. The featured artist for November was  Taylor Brooker , and the challenge to inspire us was "Body Parts". Here's what I came up with, using only items from the kit ... I did use the coloured pencils to add some subtle tints of ...

Hello Bloggy Friends, It's time to reveal the latest Case File #267 over at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration and you have until the end of the month to have a go at cracking this case yourself to be in with a chance to win one of the smashing prizes on offer. Hop over to the CSI blog post to find all the clues you need to solve this case and be inspired by all the other CSI Detectives' pages. There is a definite festive feel to this month's Case Files, but I chose to go in a different direction with this one and scrap a picture of Yours Truly and my good friend Trina on one of our crafting jollies this year ... It looks a bit flat in this photo, but in fact this page is quite three-dimensional, with the outer frame raised off the page and embellishments tucked in and around all the layers. The background of the photo was very busy, with an area of very lurid green and some people I don't know, so I cut us out and backed us with a softer green which...