Happy Halloween

Day 31 - Doodlewash - Pumpkin

Inktober- Ripe

I saw these beauties in Vancouver

Back home I saw these at Beamish Museum

Shop window decorations at Heathrow Airport

These were seen in the bakery shop window at Beamish Museum

Swedes were used before pumpkins around here. 

Pumpkins were expensive and I doubt they were available when I was a child.

More things at Beamish Museum

Heads Up

While in Malaga we also visited the Museo Automobilista or Automobile Museum.

As well as a range of cars there was also art, some unusual seats and fashion.

There were some strange heads on some of the fashion models.

Skeleton in a Graveyard

Altered photo

Halloween

Bird with background and skull drawings - Naturalists Library

2 Women and face - Women: A Pictorial Archive from 19th century sources

I created altered image of face and animal skull

Skeleton - my image from photo of plastic figure

Fat Book Pages - 9

Velvet background fabric, dyed lace, handmade paper

Velvet background fabric, dyed lace, handmade paper, clay embelishment, embroidered brooch, stitching.

Fine cord background, layers of sheer, net and metallic fabrics, embroidery and beads.

Take a stitch Tuesday 106, 107 - looped cretan stitch, beaded looped cretan stitch

Transfer printed fabric [ie paints and pencils used on paper and transferred to fabric by ironing], dyed laces, machine embroidery.

Transfer printed fabric [ie paints and pencils used on paper and transferred to fabric by ironing], dyed laces, hand embroidery and beads.

Fine cord background, layers of sheer, net and metallic fabrics, embroidery, sequins and beads.

Take a stitch Tuesday 109 - rice stitch

See pintangle.com for Take a stitch Tuesday

Painted/stamped background fabric, black plastic skeleton, patchwork skirt with machine embroidery, ribbon.

Painted/stamped background fabric, organza scraps, plastic creepy crawlies under net, stitching.

This is the last page of the Fat Book.

Mummy Says

Happy Halloween from the mummy

Insects and Altered Photographs

Something strange has happened to the photos I took on my recent mini break.

This bee has gained an extra head. The background is a Norfolk Broad and the head is part of the Westminster Abbey building. Click on the images to enlarge.

The geese below have crowns.

And the skeletons have risen and are having a cuppa.

OK, I admit I have been messing about. My husband bought me a wacom pen for my birthday and with it came a copy of Photoshop Elements, so I have been trying them out.

The extras are from The Graphics Fairy as is the lady below. I gave her a bee necklace to join in the challenge at Take a Word - this week the word is insects.

TAST 12, Catkins and Chinese Lanterns

Take a Stitch Tuesday

The stitch this week is 'barred chain stitch' and 'alternating barred chain stitch'. I have never done these stitches before, in fact they are not even in my stitch encyclopedia either. I did have trouble at first, my excuse is that I was trying to remember from memory how to do it, but  think I got it right in the end.

The work which will be a journal page is on a background of navy fabric which looks black from here. The other colours do not look as they should either, it does look better in life but it is not my favourite. The four patterned pieces are actually paper, two are hand printed/painted/stamped and the other was a laser print which I painted. There is also machine embroidery, painted lace, bits from a patterned sheer bag, French Knots, a section of tape measure and a flower charm. Click on the image to enlarge.

It is the season for some lovely catkins, this is a small willow tree.

I actually did this digital collage last year, but forgot to post it.

A friend gave me these skeleton Chinese Lanterns, aren't they great?

I like the shadows on the lower two photos