One last artsy blast before school starts!

Yes, the start of the school year is looming. I've spent the last few days playing with artsy things (or, as some might put it - avoiding doing work!) and thought I'd show you some of the results. It all started with Adele coming over one day to make fabric paper (basically, a muslin base, with lots of glue and scraps of paper and paint layered on top of it) and issuing a challenge that we should actually make something using the fabric paper!

You'll be stunned, I'm sure, to hear that I decided to make one piece of paper into ... yes, a prairie landscape!! (I'll pause for a moment while you get over your shock!)

And here it is ...




I cut up another sheet of fabric paper and used it in this little piece, which also uses some of the charms I've bought:



I've also been making little books (based on an idea in the latest Sew Somerset magazine). It's a fun way to use up some of the paper I've been accumulating, and I like the way it combines paper and stitching and rubber stamping and pretty much whatever else you want to include! I'm not sure what (if anything) I'll use the books for; maybe they're complete as is.

Here's the cover and a few pages from my first attempt:










And here's my second one:








And, finally, a little accordion book, which uses up some old Artist Trading Cards I had lying around (sorry about the slightly blurry pictures!):



And now, it's time to start doing some work. No, really!