Just Us Chickens

These are my chickens, they have free roam of the garden at the moment, but that will be restricted next year when I plan to do a little landscaping. Manicured gardens & free roam chickens do not mix, as they will scratch & eat your garden to pieces. However, for now although it is messy, they are fertilizing it nicely for next years plans :)

I have Queenie (black maran) Bluey (blue maran) 2 Welsummers, Rosie & Mz Henny Penny [aka HP] & Bella (cream legbar) Bella is the one with the funny head of feathers that reminds me of a grannies bonnet.

After The Storm

This is the view I took while stood on my front door step immediately after a heavy storm, when the sky had been so black I needed the lamp on indoors. I love my neighbours monkey puzzle tree & that you can just see the top of the tradition red telephone box, beyond that the hills & of coarse that lovely rainbow.

Mail Art

This is the Mail Art (postcard) I created for the 2nd mail art swap over on UK Stampers.
I built up various colours of acrylic paint, starting with a metalic brown & loosely blending flat colours on the top. I then stamped images that reminded me of Autumn using Stazon Ink, added a touch of colour to the breast of the bird & more to the toadstools. I finished it off by adding gold leaf Rub & Buff paste to the edges of the card to lift it a little.
I wrote a message, along with the recipients address on the back, complete with a postage stamp just as you would with a holiday postcard, then posted it naked. I just hope that it doesn't get too wet & it arrives nicely postmarked, but still nice on the front
*fingers crossed*

New York City Blues

I made these 3 ATCs for this months 3 x 3 swap over on UK Stampers where this months theme is Shades of Blue.
The stamp I used for these is by Inkadinkado, I also used 3 shades chalk ink direct to the card for the coloured background, then various pens to highlight parts of the image along with glossy accents.