Actually did some crafting!

Yeah! I actually did some crafting! Decided after seeing Lisa's Fab LO that I had to give it a go (hope you don't mind the lift - but I really loved it!). I combined it with a LO for Good Grief blog which was to create a LO about photo's you wish you had. I just wish I had more. Photo is Mum and her best friend trying to avoid the photo taking!
I'm sad that these challenges are stopping but I have got loads of inspiration and I will def keep on scrapping about Mum. So Thank you for the inspiration Ladies.

A while a go Sue mentioned a website that was all about songs, this one was "I can see clearly" this made me think of how mike sings "I can see clearly now the mess has gone!" everytime I tidy up!
I got this hambly overlay in a kit (CD I think) and wondered what to do with it, I tried painting the back but still wasn't inspired, but then it came to me that I should just document my dislike (or should I say fear!) of peacocks
This final one is for CD Scraplift this month. Sue or Lisa (can't remember which one!) suggested that I should take the stuff I do for my art journal and make them backgrounds for LO's so I did! I then put Ronda's sketch on top, I quite like how it turned out!

Finally I must just say a MASSIVE congrats to Lisa for becoming a Dasiy Diva!! Totally and Utterly deserved!

SFIO - Grief

I haven't been involved in the challenges over on Scrapbooking from the inside out, but this month the emotion is Grief and I needed to do some. So using the Sept Bad Girls kits here are a few LO's

Challenge 1: LO about the stages of grief. Journalling reads:
Grief is a cycle, a neverending cycle. It's something i think I will never get over and to be honest I don't think I want to "get over" losing Mum. I need to learn to accept that it is now part of who I am

Challenge 2: Lo about tears and crying Title reads: Sometimes you need a bloody good cry.
In the corner is a small photo of wine, ice cream and chocolate and it reads " or there's .."

Challenge 4: This was a joint challenge with the Good Grief blog. Create a LO about a conversation you would have with your loved one. There really is only one thing I would say to Mum and that is "I Miss You"

More Mixed Media Art

So the Sept challenge on Bad Girls is "Paint me Pretty" - basically use paint - alot. So here is my Canvas! Which is also for the latest challenge on Good Grief blog - which is to create something throught the eyes of a child.

When Mum died we told Will that she was in heaven which was up with the stars. This also made me think of a song from "Joesph"

"There's one more angel in heaven,
There's one more star in the sky,
There's one less place at our table,
There's one more tear in my eye."

And that was the inspiration for the canvas.
There's lots of paint, glimmer mist (my new fav thing!!), Ink and glitter.

Good Grief

Fay pointed me in the direction of a New Challenge blog, with a difference, this one is all about grief, scrapping and healing.

The 2nd challenge was to just scrap what you feel. I have done a LO and also a art journal page.
The hidden journalling reads:
I feel like if I let go of how I am feeling I won't be able to reign to all back in. I feel it all sat, hanging over me, bubblking away, but I can't bring myself to give into it, to let it out for fear of what might happen. I don't think I can handle the pain.