... and I am finally updating my blog! With all the things I have to do, the blog just doesn't seem to get a look in!! I have been creating though ... here's a little something I did tonight:
It's actually a mini canvas ... 5cm x 7cm ... I've done the back ground with the new Tim Holtz crackle paint. I love this stuff - I applied it last night, quite a thick coat and left it to dry over night. Actually it was a whole 24 hours before I got back to it!! I then wiped some copper paint over and wipped most of it away, just to highlight the cracks more ... and then did the same thing with Vintage Photo distress ink, until I was happy with the look. And I have to say, I really like the effect. I have also applied the crackle paint to the german scrap wings ... but have scanned it before it is fully dry, so who knows it may have cracked even more by the morning.
And yes, there is some paint on my scanner now!! I am so impatient.
What else? Here are some Christmas cards I did a couple of weeks ago ...
Exciting news for me but relatively boring for everybody else ... we got our pergola done so now the people that are building a big two storey mansion 1 metre behind our fence (feels like in our back yard) can't watch what I am doing all day and harass me like they have been ... a big difference to my life, let me tell you. I can finally be outside and feel like I have some privacy. Not only that, but I bought a laptop on Monday and organised mobile broadband - so I can sit outside under the pergola while I watch the kids play and do some work on my putey all at the same time. This should mean I can get more of my work done during the day ... should make my life easier for sure.
I feel a bit stressed about how quickly Christmas is approaching. I have to be honest, it is not a time of year I particularly enjoy. My mum and my husband share a birthday just two weeks before Christmas, and my birthday is two days before ... and the whole month is so busy and I just miss my Dad who I know is over there in another state spending Christmas alone. I love that my mum and I can spend it together and my girls have my mum here and their other grandparents, even great grandparents on Christmas day. But wish Dad could be here too. I love you Dad, you may not be here in person but I know you are with me always.
And I have done no Christmas shopping at all - not that I usually do, I am a week before kind of girl when it comes to Christmas presents!!
Ok, gotta go and get some sleep. Goodnight all!
xx
