Artist Trading Cards or ATCs are fab for trying out new techniques on a small scale. I love them but must admit I don't do that many. Here are some of my more recent ones, trying out different ideas. The 'Home Sweet Home' ATC was actually inspired by the 'New Home' card and I have also made it into a bookmark. Shall…
So I thought I might have a go at the 'Brown, Orange and Green with Flowers' challenge on Donna's Bearly Mine Craft Blog. So here is my attempt... This was great fun to do. It uses colours I don't often try so it really made me think. Thanks, Donna.
I have a thing about dinosaurs, I love them. Of course this is quite a confession for a woman of my age. So any opportunity I have, I hide my obsession by designing dinosaur-related things for younger relatives and children of friends. It's what kids like, right? So here is a dinosaur design I drew for my boyfriend's nephew's second birthday. Had…
I'm having one of those nights were I just can't sleep. Do you have them? I thought that if I did some blogging and caught up on my reader subscriptions I might relax my brain. I think it has actually had the opposite effect. Well, seeing as I am here, I might as well put some piccies up ;) I got this…
So here are some more cards. Some mixed styles and uses. The first card I used for a friend's birthday and was one of those accidental things where I was just trying out inking a stamp with multiple colours from distressed ink pads. The card also uses tearing and one of the layers has been bronze embossed using a glue stick to…
I have recently bought a new sewing machine. The motor went on my second-hand and very old Frister and Rossman. Having two sewing projects on the go and feeling a bit lost without a sewing machine I bought a new one. Wahoo. And have now completed my skirt (one of the uncompleted projects). Wahoo again.Now just have to work on the other…
As I seem to be in the blogging mood I'm putting up some old projects I have photos for. Some of the things I've been making for friends and relatives as presents. I decorated a tray with acrylic paints and decoupage and knitted some scarfs. My knitting leaves a lot to be desired but the scarves seemed to have come out alright…
Been having a go at scrapbooking and really enjoy putting together scrapbook pages. The big scale is fun to work with after cards. My only problem is I have too many photos and not enough time :) The page with the picture from the gardens at Alhambra, a beautiful Moorish Fortress in Granada, Spain, used a mix of printing onto acetate and…
So May has arrived and it is May Bank Holiday here. The weather is warm, a little overcast but still very nice. I thought I would take some time to blog. I have just so many projects on the go at the moment that I am finding it a bit hard to focus :) I don't know about you, but I do…
I wanted to share some of the baby card designs I've made to celebrate births. With lots of family and friends having babies at the moment it is always useful to have some New Baby cards around :)