Hen

 Hello lovely people!

Somehow I missed last months challenge for RIVER OF CREATIVITY but I'm here for Octobers! 

This month is all about WILDLIFE.   It can be any type of craft medium you like and this time I have been drawing.  I just love hens and, although they aren't truly wild, this one was very free range which I love to see.  I photographed this lovely lady on a farm.  She was having a rest after scrabbling around the yard.

I used Prismacolor Premier pencils on Canson Bristol paper.  

Thank you for popping by for a look.  If you get a chance do have a go at this challenge.  I am sure that you could come up with something.  Hugs xxx

Motherhood.

 Hellooooo lovely people!

I don't scrapbook very often and often wish I did having seen some of my friends scrapbooking.  So when The River of Creativity put up there latest prompt of  'Parent and Child' I knew just the photo to use.

I love this photo of my daughter with her 3wk old firstborn.

Perhaps someone can tell me how to avoid the glare when you take a pic of a glossy photograph? 

Thank you for looking , hugs and take care x

Seashell Starshine!

 Hello folks!  Over a year since I blogged last but to be honest I needed to take that break plus I think a lot of us didn't feel like it during the last year!  

We have a massive cellar filled with old family stuff which all needs sorting and clearing.  Having a rummage the other day I came across a carrier bag full of shells which my late father-in-law must have picked up years ago.  I didn't feel it was right to just throw them away so they were cleaned and put to use.  The leftovers will be passed to young family for other crafts.

I made a 12x12inch hanging for the garden!

The base is acrylic painted MDF . The shells were attached with a glue gun and then everything was given a few coats of satin varnish.  I used wire to hang it.  It looks lovely against our fence and really makes me smile!

The limpets were strung to make wind chimes and were varnished to bring out the colours .

I am entering the Sun Hanging into a new challenge blog called River of Creativity.  It brilliant because you can make anything you like!

I know not many people are using blogger these days but if you do pop by , a big thank you

Karen x