Tag Tuesday-Cups and Cutlery

On Tag Tuesday

this week's theme is a really nice one.

For my Cups and Cutlery tag I used

a background of coffee spoons from one of my

favourite sites, The Graphics Fairy.The sheet of 

 printables had the names of all the spoons on it,

and came from an antiques cutlery catalogue.

My cups are from my collection of Polish blue and

white pottery, which I jazzed up with gel pens. The

photos I used were from my stash, so I hope I get

extra points for that!

I finished it off with some lace, like a lace edged 

tablecloth.

I have been encourage by all the taggers being so prompt to

actually post on a Tuesday!

Gelatos

Here are my new Gelatos , by Faber-Castell, which arrived in the post for me!

I chose the " Brights" pack as I liked the colours. I had noticed various mixed media work

created using these crayons, and thought I would try them.

I particularly like their names;-

Lemoncello, Margarita Mix, Red Cherry, Orange Soda, Lime,

Snowcone, Bubble Gum, Passion Fruit, Lavender, Lemon,

Mango, Boysenberry.

Gelatos can be used in a variety of ways, as crayons, with water

as paints, and added to acrylics and gesso to name a few.

I liked drawing with them, it feels a bit like using lipstick! They are

very soft.

I have created a board on Pinterest, as I have been looking for inspiration

on how to use them. I find Pinterest a useful tool for filing ideas.

Tag Tuesday-Down the Street

I was very pleased with this week's theme on Tag Tuesday.

Down the Street gave me

chance to draw some of my collection of Polish ceramic

houses. My husband and I, together with our 2 very young

sons lived in Poland for a couple of years in the early

1990s. We used to travel to Krakow from Warsaw for 

weekends away. Each time I acquired one of these

beautiful ceramic houses. My tag is a fond memory 

of our stay in Poland.

Tag Tuesday-At the Beach

The theme on Tag Tuesday is 

At the Beach

This week really feels like summer in

Britain! We even have some sunshine!

This makes me think of going to the seaside.

I thought about a beach hut tag to

 suit the theme. I made my beach hut from

card stock and washi tape. I added some

sea shells and a written tag

 "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside".

Now where did I put my bucket and spade?

Colouring pages from Alisa Burke

Alisa Burke has some free printable colouring pages on her blog.

I have found it fun to do some  colouring with my

Sharpie pens. Alisa produces such intricate designs, which

are a challenge to fill in. She also has colouring pages for sale.