It is a little nerve wracking asking people to work with something new that you have designed. I don't know if other designers feel this too but there is something amazing about seeing the sketches that you did being turned into products that other people are, hopefully, going to have fun with. So seeing the way that Michelle Short and Anneke De Clerck breathed life into…
You guys know I am a bit circle obsessed and from what I've heard from you, a lot of you are too! Which is great news because my new designs for PaperArtsy. have lots of circles and circles flowers and I can not wait to see what you do with them. Yes it is NEW PRODUCT release time. I have three new stamps sets…
Happy Friday everyone! Have you got any creative projects planned for the weekend? I've got something new to share with you this weekend, so keep your eyes peeled. Try coming back on Sunday evening (GMT) to find out more! But I can not share it yet so instead I'm sharing some recent art journal page projects and I hope they get you…
How are you getting on with your DIY patterned papers? Had a chance to make any yet? Well, okay it was only Monday that I posted my current 5 favourite fun DIY patterned paper techniques, you probably haven't had a chance to make any yet have you? Don't worry if you haven't as I just have some extra inspiration to share today on…
I've been a bit obsessed with patterned paper recently. Last week you might remember that I was sharing some of my book making ideas with patterned paper and the week before that I shared a video showing the making of an art journal page with patterned paper and pen flowers. But the papers I used in those projects were all bought patterned…
I've got my January Art Slice Videos Round-up for you today, a little bit later than I had intended. It was meant to go on my blog last Friday but I got all excited about a recent gallery visit and I ended up posting that on my blog instead, completely forgetting that it was the first Friday of the month so was…
Recently I came across the 'Magic Sponge' which can lift dry watercolour paint from paper and was super curious about it, I mean who wouldn't be with a name like 'Magic Sponge'? So today I have a new video with a product test for the Magic Sponge. If you haven't come across this product yet it is actually melamine foam which has…
Do you have a problem? A problem with having too much patterned paper? I know, it isn't much of a 'problem' is it? I mean let's face it, if you are a papercrafter it kind of goes with the territory, having lots of lovely patterned paper hanging about! But still it is better to use it up than just have it to…
After many, many years of living in London I went to my first West End Art Gallery last weekend. I don't mean like the Royal Academy or any of the other big, well-known venues in and around the centre of London. No, I mean the small independent art galleries in Soho, Fitzrovia, St James and Mayfair. I know, crazy right? But I…
It's video time and this week I have an art journal page to share. For this video I thought it would be fun to use some patterned paper and a pen to make a flower cluster for my art journal page. I've got way too much patterned paper and I am trying to make good use of it, so this type of…
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself. Thanks for your support!] What art books are you reading at the moment? I have quite a collection on the go and I thought it might be fun to share them with you.…