Conjurer of Dreams Guest DT

 I was asked by Kim, the owner of Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group if I would like to be a guest DT for September.  I jumped at the idea especially when I heard the theme for the month was "Steam Queens".  

My Steam Queens journal is the first project I would like to show you. I have used at least one image from many of the steampunk sets Kim has in the Etsy shop so I will just give you the link for the search of  steampunk.   I have used papers and elements from the Steampunk JJ Kit and also Steampunk Backgrounds  I also used the Aged Papers range and my own coffee/tea stained copy paper.

My second creation also involves Steampunk. I have made a set of 3 ATCs.  I have used 3DSteampunk backgrounds, Steampunk Pets, Photo corners, Steampunk Quirky woman, Steampunk quirky man and Vintage Torn Edge paper frames

My third project is another set of ATCs.  When i bought the Fortune Kitty set, I knew I just had to do a bit of creative work to incorporate some lyrics of The Who! and here they are! I don't know how to add my words to the crystal ball in the set, so I used one I found years ago on Google when needing a crystal ball.  I have used foam tape to lift the crystal balls.

My final creation is my inspiration for an accordion box mini book. I have used quite a few products again.  I started with a white box which I decorated with washi tape., flower and leaves and one of the images from Lady Bugs.  Other products I have used are - Floral Borders clipart, Flower Garden Friends, Cute animal stage acts, Flamingo Fancy Hats, Cute Cats, Spring Morning, some freebies available in the Facebook Group, my sentiment ideas and Gecko Galz sentiments.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my creations and I thank Kim, Carole and all the lovely DT members for my guest spot.

See you again soon,

Gail

Positive Changes

It is time for SheepSki Designs October Blog Challenge with the theme "Autumn".  I chose to use as many autumn colours on my project as I could. 

I have been contemplating this project for a while, as a matter of fact, ever since I made a purchase from Vectoria Designs.  I hadn't really got into steampunk until I saw their Steamtime junk journal.  I didn't even know what a junk journal was, but the picture of this on the Etsy site, drew me in to its world.

I have now only this year come to the conclusion that I cannot cope with all the negative things in my life, yes, I probably bring them on myself by my own negativity: my husband does call me Miss Negativity, but some are real.  I can't cope with problems like I used to when I was a lot younger.  When my two children were very young, my truck driver husband would be away most of the time and I was mother and father to both of them most of the time.  I worked full-time but still managed to get everything done, take them here and there for their activities and coped with it all, as well as working full-time and sharing the running of our own business with my husband.  Through all the ups and downs I coped and got through everything that presented itself.

Well now at 65 it is not that easy, decisions to make about the end part of our lives seem harder than when we were young.  I have had quite a few things happen in the last few years, little in comparison to what some people go through on a daily basis, but still big things to me.  AND, when I saw this steampunk journal kit, I thought, that is going to help me, help me get through the negativity in my life and teach me to be more positive.

I have mentioned before in my blog, I love looking for quotes, so what better, than using my journal pages for Positive quotes, that I can turn to when I am feeling BLAHH.

And here it is, a work in progress, but it's a start and I am going to fill it with quotes to change my thoughts and feelings into positive outcomes, not negatives.

When I saw Andrea's theme for October, I just knew this was the time to start this project, well the colours of the journal reminded me of autumn.  I knew I had some steampunk images from SheepSki Designs.  Any of you who are digital stamp users, will know that sometimes you follow a digital stamp artist for their talent, not necessarily because of the subject.  I put my hand up as one of those buyers, I love SheepSki images, so I have a fair collection in my stash and I admit with some, I buy because of the artist.  There are just some you buy, not knowing what you will do with them, but you like it, just because.  When I went through my collections, I found quite a few images that can be used in my journal and I didn't even particularly like Steampunk when I bought them.

However, the pages you will see in this post are all SHEEPSKI DESIGNS.

Using "Bryan's Baby"

Using "Victoria"

Using "Bartholomew"

I hope you like this project, I probably didn't write in this blog everything that has been going through my head, but this is the most personal blog I have written since starting my craft blog.  

I hope I have inspired you to use your talents with your craft to make something for yourself, not just for everyone else.  We are always doing something for others, but we don't always take care of ourselves.

Don't forget if you are looking at Andrea's stamps, please use this code to get 10% off your order.

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I hope to see your October project over on the blog.

Thank you for reading and I hope some of the quotes I have on these pages, help you too!