Where did September go!!????

I can't believe it is already October!!!

I thought I better drop by and let peeps know I'm still around lol

The craft fayre I'm joining in with a friend is sooner than I thought(2 weeks sooner!!!) so I am really busy making stuffs to sell.

Currently I am knitting half mitts in funky colours....

...and I am varnishing paintings to be prizes for Magaly's annual Samhain celebration "All Hallow's Grimm" 

(haven't even thought about my own project yet, but you know I will pull something creepy out of my witchy hat...mwahahahaha) 

...and then, of course, there is the continuing Christmas card production. Don't know if I'd have made any yet if it wasn't for the Hunkydory card kits I've been collecting....

I think taking part in Ayala Arts "29 Faces for September" was great fun yet again, and I did just manage to get all 29 in on time. I will create a new page for anyone interested in seeing them all together :D

Nearly forgot...I have also been doing a bit of doodling for a friend....

So that's what I've been up to the last couple of weeks...back to the knitting for now :D

Hope your all well and happy

Enjoy :D XXX

On a much lighter note...

Didn't have a plan for a painting this week, so have taken the opportunity to cut out a few more stencils. 

These are A4 in size, and the leafy one was cut freehand, as was the curvy lines one, using the flap from the plastic folder :D

...and this is me playing with them on a drop sheet :D

When I don't have a project in mind, I like to play. I saw a project on one of the group pages I visit which just looked so much fun. I am calling it "Stripy Mitts" and you can see the original post HERE

Basically, you just draw round your hand....

then draw stripes across the page, curving the line as it crosses your hand shape...

and colour in the stripes. Outlining with a darker colour adds to the finished effect.

I drew the straight lines "outside" the hand shape first and this lead to a couple of lining up issues, so it is probably better to just draw them freehand and work right across the piece with each line.

Quite a fun effect don't you think :D

I used the chisel end of my promarkers to colour with, which made it quite a quick play too...

If you like the colour combi, I used Pear green/Leaf green/Tulip yellow/Gold/Honeycomb for the stripes, and Tan for the outline :D

I think we are all in need of a splash of colour at the moment, so why not give it a go...who knows where it will lead :D

Enjoy :D XXX