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Hello Everyone. This week is racing ahead and my days seem to have been full of the great outdoors this week. Done lots of gardening, walking along the seafront and playing bowls in the back garden. The bowls is a fun idea we started last year. We play with anything that is round and the games are just Vic and Me. It is all very competitive but also lots of fun. Looks like the game will be called off today because it is raining. :( At Art Journal Journey the theme this month was chosen by Elizabeth and her beautiful cat Bluebeard. They chose the theme Summertime Love and it is wonderful to see all the different ideas that people have thought of. I used a mop up page with shimmer paint for the background then added the wonderful VW van image. Still a few of those around and I just love to see them, all lovingly restored and appearing at outdoor shows. Go Tag Thursday has Flags/ Bunting as the theme for this week.  The little flags and the white braid were leftover pieces that I c...

Hi All. Hope you are having a good week. It seems to be flying by for me though I do keep watching the tennis so no wonder the hours just disappear. Doing lots of knitting as well so I don't just sit watching television.   At Tag Tuesday we have started a new theme chosen by our teamie  Wilma who  has given us Cake--not to eat but to use on a tag. My tag today is digital and delicious-well without the mice it would be. Now to Go Tag Thursday and the theme this week is 'Button It' so you need to add buttons or a button somewhere on your tag. So I digitized a face and printed it out with a body then added a hat with knitted flowers and a cardigan to match. Her hands and arms are behind her back so you can't see any sleeves. :) As a bonus until Next Monday evening, any tags that you make we would love you to add them to the challenge at Try it On Tuesday where you could be chosen as one our TOP 5 or even get a place as guest designer in the future. Hope to see you at a...

Hi All. Hope the sun is shining where you are and you will enjoy your day. Thank you for making me a part of your  day by calling in at Jumbled Crafts At Go Tag Thursday the theme this week is In the Garden This is a digital tag for the theme with digital painting, effects and brushes. Then-------  Is this a tag? Not sure really but I am hoping it is. I did some weaving with wooden lollipop sticks to make some garden trestle then added flowers and creatures. It does hang up like a tag. Tag Tuesday has the theme The Beach chosen by one of the team, Joan . I have gone back to my childhood here though it was all different when I was young. On Holiday men mostly wore a collar and tie and we had our best clothes on even to go on the beach. We went together as a large family and there was lots of fun and laughter for the whole week. Doesn't look very much fun does it ? If you make any tags or tag related projects during the next 11+ days I hope you will join us at Try it on Tuesday...

Hi All. We seem to be having more than our share of rain the last few days and it is cold as well so a good time to do some crafting. At Tag Tuesday ,  Joan has chosen The Beach for our theme for the next 2 weeks. Hope to see you there with your ideas for the beach theme. Any format or size of tag you like so long as it has Joan's theme on it.  For my second tag for this theme I have gone digital. The background is one of my own photographs taken at Filey  and I think the quote is true for me. Go Tag Thursday always give a head's up for the week ahead and I try to be ready with a tag for that. This week the theme is Butterfly or Butterflies This was sort of a happy accident tag as I ran it through a Cuttlebug folder then painted it with Aztec Metallics silver. It was taking ages to dry so I used my heat gun and it curved at the sides so I have left it that way. The flowers were cut from a piece of wallpaper and the butterflies from birthday cards Here are photographs of ...

Hello Everyone and thank you for the wonderful comments you left while I was away. I did have internet a few times but not for very long so I haven't been able to do my usual blog rounds. I will be back to normal now and look forward to seeing your makes. At Tag Tuesday dear Wendy chose Textures as her theme and it is going well. You still have a few days left to join us there with your textured tag so I hope to see your makes This tag is made of fabric that has metal drops on it. Haven't a clue how they do that but it was from quite a nice old tee shirt that I cut up. I used a plastic doillie and a metal adornment from a belt as well. Go Tag Thursday has Star or Stars as the theme for this week. Good to see more people joining in there as well. A bit of a tag revival going on I think. This is a digital tag with free to use tattoo designs and a background I made in Paint Shop Pro. At Art Journal Journey the theme chosen by Rosie is circles and runs until the end of the mon...

Hi All. Last post from me for a week or more as we will be visiting daughter Linda and her husband in Cumbria then off to North Yorkshire after that. Not too sure when we will be back it all depends on the weather and our energy levels. Hoping to have internet connection sometime but will catch-up when I get back if not.  At Tag Tuesday we have the Texture theme chosen by our team member Wendy. Everyone is welcome to join in with us with their take on the theme. You can use any medium you like to create your tag This tag has corrugated card and ordinary card in the form of butterflies. It has texture paste. wood, a mirror, complete with me and my camera trying to take a picture. Mustn't forget the bit of fluffy wool as a tie as well. I would like to enter this at Go Tag Thursday  where the theme this week is Anything Goes. Don't forget to enter there if you make a tag this week for anywhere else and especially if you make one for the texture challenge. Try it on Tuesday stil...

Hi All. Happy Weekend and a big thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts along the way At Go Tag Thursday this week the theme is Fruit I used a piece of a mop up page as the background and then painted the edges gold. The fruit was cut from a supermarket magazine. It is a big tag so I will pin it on the wall to remind me to eat my 5 a day. More photographs of when we went to Southport but these are all from Liverpool and the wonderful, amazing, terrific Walker Art Gallery. It is the second largest art gallery in England and I have wanted to go to it for so long. We were some of the first people into the gallery as it didn't open until 10.30. We had got an early train to Liverpool from Southport then taken an open topped bus trip around the city to find out where things were. Just some of the sculptures that greet you in the first room. It is breath taking A taster of one of the art galleries and I will sort out some of the pictures and exhibits for another day. Hope you enjoyed ...