31 Days of Halloween...Day 4

I thought to myself that today should be a cat day on my 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. I just love this funky cat design from the wonderful Goblyn Workshop. Now I know that the cat associated with Halloween are usually black but for my first cat page (there will be more coming..lol), two of my coloured cats are making an appearance. The reason they are featured is that they were part of a Halloween magic moment. First let me introduce Princess Milky,,she is one of my smaller cats but has a whole lot of attitude. She is well known around the village for trying it on..telling people that she is starving..when if you look at her..you know that she doesn't miss a meal..lol

And my other little beauty is called Sprout. He was dumped at my cottage just before one christmas and was so hurt and so scared we were so worried for him. But with lots of love he has come out of himself and is the most adorable furbaby.

 And now for their Halloween story. As most of you know, my parlour is upstairs and I can look out of the window at the mountains while I craft. One Halloween I was sat by the window, watching for trick or treaters. A group arrived. The cats were sat on the studio roof and Milky and Sprout were sat on the window sill. A little girl noticed the cats and seemed to be fascinated that they were all watching. Without thinking I spoke and the little girl shouted Mummy the cats are talking for Halloween. There was a gasp from the group and even the older ones were convinced that the cats were talking. It was one of those magic moments that stay with you..and the children still talk about it..I have many visitors on Halloween..just checking in case it happens again..lol

As I said the lovely image that I have used to honour the Halloween cats is from the Goblyn Workshop. I hope that you will pop over and take a look at the fabulous images that are available.
The sun is shining here in the mountains today and all the cats have disappeared into the field to play. I'm just hoping that today is not a day for presents..lol. My friend Sparkle has had to deal with many bodies that have arrived. I know that my cats love me but sometimes I wish that they didn't want to honour me with a gift..lol
Well the coffee is calling and then I shall be back with a design team make. So until later..take care and happy crafting.

Left of Center.....New Challenge

Todays card is a design team make for the wonderful team over at Left of Center Creative Challenges. A new challenge is due to begin later but due to the performance of BT and my internet connection, I thought it was better to do it now and ensure that I can publish the blog. Later in the day you can never guarantee being able to get online. It's one of the things that you have to put up with living in these mountains. This challenge will run for the next week.
The theme for this challenge is Tic Tac Toe and I have included the grid below. You can pick which line to go with down, across or diagonally. For my card I have used Purple, Black and Pink. As always you have the option of going LOC. For all the details of that..please pop over to the LOC blog.

We are so lucky this week to have 2 sponsors...Art by Miran and The Goblyn Workshop. For my make I have chosen to work with this pretty image from Art by Miran. It is quite different from my usual choice but I just thought it was such a pretty image.

For my design team make, I chose to colour the image with my promarkers. As I'm writing this Jeffrey is sat directly opposite me and he still has a lot to say about his injured leg. It is healing very well and Jeffrey is definitely needing some extra cuddles.All the rest of the cats are outside, stretched out on the studio roof. I'm watching the athletics as I'm writing this. I do so admire the athletes..I've never been any good at any thing like that. When I was much much younger..in the days before my accident..I did enjoy playing netball,hockey and tennis. My friend and I were members of a tennis club..but I do seem to remember that we liked the boys as much as we enjoyed the tennis..lol It seems like a different life now looking back...and I suppose it was. I have to count my blessings though...the wheelchair gives me a type of freedom and I'm happy with that.
I am planning to do some messy crafting this afternoon and I can't wait. All the inks and brushes will be coming out...I wonder what the cats will do to help? I've just watched the pole vault and goodness me the nerve it must take to hurl yourself into mid air.I just wonder when do they get the urge and think to themselves I'm going to grab this pole and fling myself off into the air..lol? It never ceases to make me cringe but I do so love it.
Well the coffee is calling and then with caffeine in my system it will be time to get messy. Some days there is nothing I like better than a play with my inks. I will be back tomorrow with another design team make. So until then...take care and happy crafting.

Left of Center..............New Challenge

Today's creation is a design team make for the wonderful team over at Left of Center Creative Challenges.A new challenge is set to begin soon today and the theme for this week is Mixed Media. As always you have the choice of going LOC...for all details of this..please check out the LOC blog.

We are so lucky this week to have been sponsored by the great team over at The Goblyn Workshop. Knowing me as you do..you just know that I had to pick this funky cat. He made me smile and looked as if he was having a similar day to the one I was having..lol

For my make, I began with the canvas. I grabbed one of my stencils and randomly inked through it, continuing to turn the stencil as I covered the whole area.I then inked the edges of the canvas with the same green. I then added orange glitter glue in different areas. The cat...I coloured with my promarkers, then cut him out and added him to the canvas. Finally I wrote out the words, inked them, cut them out and added them to the canvas.
The sun has decided to shine today here in the mountains but your guess on how long it will last..lol. Yesterday we had sunshine, rain,hail snow and wind. The other day it snowed for about 10 minutes but they were the biggest snowflakes that I have ever seen. They must have been at least an inch square..I was fascinated..Nosey and I just sat watching them...me because I'd never seen ones so big and him because he'd never seen snow.
I'm still working in the parlour. I have put down the rules to myself that nothing is going into the cupboard until it has been sorted. Last night I even sorted by my chair..in my corner. Now to my left there is only paint boxes, canvases and items to be altered. So if the urge comes upon me..everything is now in place. Everyone says to me oh you don't know what is down there..but I did..so there was nothing forgotten. But one thing did make me smile. About 4 years ago I lost a small mistletoe die..Henry looked for it and so did I...we had the whole corner out. In the end we both came to think that it must have gotten thrown away alongside the waste paper. But last night as I picked up a piece of paper..there it was. The number of times in the last 4 years I have had to clear out by my chair following a long work session, I still can't believe that it has turned up. I had given up hope that I'd even bought the set it belonged to again because I loved this tiny die so much..so now I have two. Blessings indeed..I'm sure Henry was watching and is now probably giggling to himself.
Well the coffee is calling and I will be back later..BT willing of course. I got up early today to do this blog and it is only now that BT has allowed me to get online. The hub has been flashing away until about an hour ago. I'm expecting bad connection simply because it's a bank holiday and all the holiday homers will be up.And as usual there will be nowhere for anyone to park as the second homers get into a twitch if they can't park their four huge cars outside their holiday homes. I shall also be expecting dogs running loose and of course my favourite bank holiday sound..chainsaws..lol. With that in mind..I hope that you all have a great bank holiday. So until next time...take care and happy crafting.

Left of Center...Inspired by a movie

Todays creations have been made for the wonderful design team over at the Left of Center Creative Challenges.

We have been lucky enough this challenge to have been sponsored by two great companies.

The image that I chose to work with is called Fairy 026 and comes from the creative force that is Ronne Barton. I just loved this image and I was inspired by the great film..Voyage of the Unicorn. I had so much fun with this image that I decided to do it in both a light and a darker colourway. Both backgrounds were created with H2o's painted onto a canvas. Both of the fairy images were coloured with my promarkers. On the second image I created some grass simply by colouring some paper with my promarkers and then cutting it into grass shapes. On the second image, I also added some black glitter to the edges of the wings.
As I've said, I have really enjoyed working with these images. The new challenge is 'Inspired by a Movie'...so why not pop over and join in the fun. The other members of the design team have created some fantastic work, it is really worth having a look..if only for inspiration.So what film could be the source of your piece of your inspiration. I just love challenges like this and cannot resist having a play.
Well the coffee is calling and I will be back later with another design team make.All the cats have run out to play in the sunshine...it seems very quiet here..lol. So until later..take care and happy crafting.