Happy New Year everyone! We just got back from five days in the rural idyll that is the cottage in the Lake District. Fully restored to health, I not only managed to reach my feet (no mean feat given the amount of eating and drinking I have done since I gave up running in favour of being ill) for long enough to tie my laces and do two little runs, but I also managed to do four (yes FOUR) journal pages! So here for starters is my January page for Kate's calendar challenge. I always find the letters for the month a bit challenging to come up with, so this time I borrowed Kate's idea as seen in last months Craft Stamper Magazine. The past few years, the weather here has been very cold and snowy in January, so I decided to make my page cool in colour and with a background of snowflakes. The bird images are from Dyans Downloads and they are singing the song that we traditionally make a total hash of on New Year's Eve in the UK.
This is another page in my tiny journal. The background is painted with Dylusions paints and then oversprayed with Dylusions spray inks. The image is from Divas D'este and the caption from Dyan's Downloads again. A conversation this weekend about New Year's resolutions made me think about how we are always looking at our negative points rather than emphasising the positive, so this is to act as a little reminder about self-confidence.
Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and look forward to a creative time ahead!
Welcome back to another year of calendar journaling :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Sarah...love your fist page of the year...not started mine yet - will wait til kids go back to school on Wednesday....xx
ReplyDeleteTremendously gorgeous pages Sarah! I love the banner! Sorry to hear you've been ill :(
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Two fantastic journal pages, sorry to hear you've been unwell, hope you're soon back to full fitness.
ReplyDeleteGreat January page, love the snowflakes in the background. Looking forward to seeing more of your calender pages x
ReplyDeleteYour January page is so sweet!! Loving the little birds singing in the new year!
ReplyDeletelove your journal pages! your post made me giggle. getting in shape stinks! i can so relate to not wanting to do but need to. maybe this year will be a great year for both of us when it comes to that!
ReplyDeletewow your pages are fabulous!!! I have never done this type of craft before, so I am sure I will learn loads! Thanks for your inspiration! Hugs Juls
ReplyDeleteLove LOVE the pinky page with all the party hats! I'm doing the calendar pages too this year, at least I plan to .... So many people seem to have been ill over Christmas, hope you are back to full vigour soon.
ReplyDeleteI really love your calendar page!!! Your are so very creative, I really love your work!!!
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