Friday Catch Up - 1st August 2025

I actually managed to do a painting this week, not for a Doodlewash prompt but because I came across a picture of puffins. the boat with photographers wasn't in the picture. I didn't do any others until today [WIP] because a couple of the Grandkids were staying.

I'm linking with Friday Face Off

More pages from the Gelli Print Book

which features a lot of collage and cut outs using my MKN cutting machine.

Photo Challenges

at Sandsend, Yorkshire

Pull up a Seat

It started raining so we went in here for a drink

Monday Window

Flower of the Day

That's it for today, have a fun week!

 

Friday Catch Up - 25th July 2025

No Doodlewash again but I did manage to do a Lino Print

I added more details to the bird I showed last time. I've not got the paint/pressure amount right, guess I need more practice.

I've got faces so I'm linking to Friday Face Off

More pages from the Gelli Print Book

The face and hand are cut from a magazine. gem added on the ring.

The cat is a cut out that I did on my cutting machine, my design.

The snail and frog are also a cut out of mine.

The flowers are cut outs. The butterfly I copied from a door hook.

Some of the patterns were made with paper cut outs on the gelli plate.

Photo Challenges

Pull up a Seat, Monday Window, Thursday Doors

all on one photo in some cases.

Looking through the cafe window at the interesting building across the road - Loftus, Yorkshire

The same cafe

On the Pier at Saltburn by the Sea

Beach huts also at Saltburn

Thursday TreeLove - on the beach at Tsoutsouros, Crete

That's it for now, enjoy your week.

Friday Catch Up 11th July 2025

I've been lucky enough to have been away again, this time in Crete.  

I haven't done any Doodlewash work at all. But I've still got some of the gelli print book that I have not shared yet.

And I'm linking with Friday Face Off

Yesterday I managed to do a small lino print using soft sculpt. I've altered it a bit since then but have not printed it yet. I get a bit messy with the ink and get it on the back which is not good if I want to send it as a gift card. I'm fairly new to this technique and would like to do more and improve hopefully.

Photo Challenges

Flower of the Day - Peony

Monday Window - a bus at Beamish Museum. I grew up in Doncaster but I no longer live there.

Thursday Doors or in this case a gate in Washington, UK

Pull up a Seat - The balcony of the apartment we stayed in at Crete with fabulous views over the sea.

I'm away again with my two sisters for a few days next week in England, a girlie break.

I'll be back in two weeks. Enjoy your time.

 

Friday Catch up - 20th June 2025

Friday Face Off

Inktense blocks and pencils on fabric.

I'm afraid I don't have anything for the Doodlewash prompts this week, I've actually been gardening [a little] and sewing for the hare among other things.

Gelli Print Book

I used metallic paints on the left page. The birds I cut on the MKN cutting machine.

The pears etc is a drawing I collaged onto a gelli print page.

I used a page from a magazine to get the print on the right hand side [blue/pink]

Some more magazine transfers

Left - the top leaf with text was a rough cut out

Right - This is not a gelli print, it's painted and the gold circles are from such things as chocolates etc. All the little 'tree' texts were found in a magazine.

Photo Challenges

Thursday Doors

Monday Window

Pull up a Seat

Flower of the Day

Kendal

Another view of the row of houses shown last time at Kendal

Burton-in-Lonsdale - A window seat in the bedroom of the cottage I was staying in.

In the same cottage there was a window on the stairs looking down into the dining area of the kitchen.

Seats among the other antiques and salvage at Ingleton

A lot of bluebells grow in my garden

Have a good week, see you in three.