Five for Friday and some drawings-Warning, one a bit naughty!

Hi! Just catching up with a few things here in blogland. I have been really pushed for time lately and have not spent much time on blogs at all so sorry if I have not visited your blog as often as I normally do!

Just a little warning if you are of a sensitive nature-one of my drawings below is a little on the naughty side-but totally in context-so I hope I don't offend anyone!

This is my week 11 Five for Friday page. The challenge is run by Laurie over at her blog. This week was list five things you consider lucky.

Now, I am a bit OCD so I really pay attention to signs and things that pop up in my life, especially the number 5-that's my lucky number.

 Other lucky signs for me are the robin that appears in my garden, dragonflies, white feathers and as I couldn't really think of another personal one I included the four leaf clover. I tried to do 2 image transfers on this page but they didn't come out very well! I used Dylusions paints and sprays, stencils and a white tippex pen.

I have been doing some Faerie drawings over the last few days (as I am hoping to take part in classes to make a faerie doll).

I have really enjoyed sitting in the evenings just doodling away at these drawings while watching the TV with the kids.

Yesterday I was thinking about our May Day celebrations this year which I am organising and as I sat doodling in the evening this came out! The poem is one I wrote last year for May Day and is about the sacred union of the God and Goddess which brings the summer back to the earth. I know it's a bit 'naughty' but i love how its turned out and may see if I can turn it into a painting.

A couple of weeks ago I also made this this little leather journal for Paige for her birthday. I used my wood burning pen to draw the pentacle on the front cover and then I roughed up the edges of the pages and inked them so they looked old.

Well, that's it for today, thanks for dropping by,

Sami x

Handmade art journal

I bought this old bird book a little while ago to turn into an art journal. I finally completed it last saturday at the Wight Craft Circles monthly crop.

I removed the pages of the book then made 4 folders, each with 6 pages, to stitch back inside. I used different types of paper, fabric, lace, old text, music sheets, maps, pages from an old stamp collectors book, old patterns, digi download images and stamps to create each page. I used lots of sewing on the pages for more texture.

I aim to paint and draw and write over each of the pre made pages. I don't know yet whether I will have a theme for the book...I am thinking inspirational quotes or just using it to write down day to day stuff.

Here are the photos.

Front and back

(I was going to decorate the outside but have decided I prefer to keep the original look of the book)

The pages

A maya road envelope stuck to the back inside cover

Ledger paper, tissue tape, downloaded images (from Ceremony) and stamps

Downloaded image and TH glassine paper

An old pattern

A pull out section, butterfly printed on tissue paper, string and old music paper

Tabs made with a tab punch from Stampin up (I think!)

Front cover

Thanks for looking,

Sam x

Truthful journal!

I have decided that the art journal I made at the weekend will be my 'truthful' journal!

It won't be about pretty pictures or art work,it will be about capturing a feeling and reflecting truthful emotions. I am not going to be precious about what I draw or how it turns out and I am going to be honest with the journalling. As such I probably won't share as many pages from it as I do my other journals, but these two are not too personal!

The phrase for this bottom page was coined at The Wight Craft Circles monthly crop on Saturday! We were all talking about how we felt we put everyone else's needs before our own.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sami x