Hello Friends!
Time was when someone followed a blog, Blogger notified the blog owner, however, with it's infinite foibles, it no longer tells us when we have a new follower, so this is to say Thank You for all those of you who have recently followed, and also Thank You to everyone who already follows along with my ramblings.
I have just enjoyed a delicious, warm and nourishing bowl of baked oatmeal. This time I used some leftover luxury custard thinned down with oat milk, and added a mashed banana and some frozen cherries. To coin a Welsh phrase, it was lush. I made it up the night before so the oats get extra creamy, then bake it at 190*C for 30 minutes in my Air Fryer, which I absolutely adore.
About six years ago I started filling out YouGov surveys. They reward you with cash or vouchers. It takes a long time to accrue enough points to earn £50, but over the years I've earned £200 which I've cashed in from time to time by way of four @£50 vouchers.
I decided that after my last cash in I would stop doing them as they seem to ask the same boring and repetitive questions each time; I could now answer in my sleep so it's no loner fun. However, one last voucher for Amazon and I treated myself to these Winsor and Newton professional paint pans set in a metal tin.
They are still wrapped up until I take the papers off, but I will do that when I am ready to sample swatch the colours.
Swatching is something I do with all my mediums. It gives a quick and handy reference guide to what the colours actually look like on paper.
Here's an example of some metallic paints. It's fair to say that the colour of the paper has an effect on the colour of the paint.
I have a friend with an upcoming birthday so I've made her card especially as she loves Snoopy. So do I! Here's what happened from the rough drawing when I first had the idea and sketched it out on an scrap paper envelope.
He's tiny and so I decided to reproduce him in a small version on a DL card, I will share the finished card in a few days. I have to decide whether to make the lines clean and sharp, or leave them scribbly as you can see in the doodle.
Until next time
Stay safe, stay well, stay warm {it's getting cold again this weekend}
Debbie xx