Seeing as Cath Kidson shall soon rule the world, I thought I better start to work on the Cath Kidson look! :)
Got the cheap wrapping paper at Boundary Mill, in the sale, and thought it would make a nice wedding or anniversary card. Have lots left :)
Monday, September 13, 2010
Hero Arts Cupcakes.
Aiming for a male card using a cupcake theme. Not sure how well it went! :)
I created two sheet of paper covered in cosmic shimmer mist, one purple, one green. I stamped the images using black ink, and then pieced the images together. I really love the paper piecing technique and this is one of the several goes I have had at it.
Back ground paper is Nook and Pantry Cupcakes, Basic Grey. Not sure if this was the best venue for it, but it was luscious and I wanted to use it :)
Using Hero Arts Stamp sets -
Birthdays CL139
Happy Animals CL155
Cupcakes CL158
I created two sheet of paper covered in cosmic shimmer mist, one purple, one green. I stamped the images using black ink, and then pieced the images together. I really love the paper piecing technique and this is one of the several goes I have had at it.
Back ground paper is Nook and Pantry Cupcakes, Basic Grey. Not sure if this was the best venue for it, but it was luscious and I wanted to use it :)
Using Hero Arts Stamp sets -
Birthdays CL139
Happy Animals CL155
Cupcakes CL158
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Wenlock Priory
Uploaded my pics from out trip to Wenlock Priory at the beginning of July.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wenlock-priory/
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wenlock-priory/
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Cronkhill House
Cronkhill House is a National Trust property that is rarely ever open. So we took the opportunity in August to have a look. The building and it's outbuildings are amazing. I could have happily moved in. We were also lured by the mention of the gardens but were sadly disapointed. They were there, but empty and unloved. Obviously the current tenant is not terribly interested in anything beyond cutting the grass. I think the NT should let me live there instead :D
Uploaded a few pics onto Flickr. Have decided to include my photography in my blog...bits of it anyway.
Uploaded a few pics onto Flickr. Have decided to include my photography in my blog...bits of it anyway.
More Pixies..
And more David Parkin! I have almost used up all the ones I printed out from that set in Simply Cards. There are more unscanned sets though! So I might be bloggin them even more...:)
Link to the illustrator and magazine a few entries below.
Link to the illustrator and magazine a few entries below.
Seaside Birthday
More Cosmic Shimmer Mist love! I dont know how well the mica pigments photograph, its hard to catch them at the right angle! Masked off the bird shapes and then sprayed Golden Mint and Ocean Sunlight over the top.
I'd pop in a link to the Creative Expressions website, who make the shimmer mists, but the website I think is there's is really poor, and isnt worth looking. :p
I'd pop in a link to the Creative Expressions website, who make the shimmer mists, but the website I think is there's is really poor, and isnt worth looking. :p
Gecko Birthday
My current craft crush is for Cosmic Shimmer Mists... They are superb! I think I should have invested a long time ago. I've expermented with masking off shapes and love the effect.
This card was for my friend Merv who is an owner of a very lovely gecko. I hope he liked it :)
This card was for my friend Merv who is an owner of a very lovely gecko. I hope he liked it :)
Altered Art
I've not really embraced vintage, but my crafting friend Su has, so I thought I would have a go at a vintage altered art project for her birthday.
Mainly I discovered that I dont have the right inkpads to print on painted surfaces. I even brought some gesso! I've purchased some more bits and pieces now so I can have another go, but this was my first!
The lady was an image in the National Trust magazine, really interesting person, and I'd like to visit her studio in Liverpool - Margaret Chambré Hardman.
Mainly I discovered that I dont have the right inkpads to print on painted surfaces. I even brought some gesso! I've purchased some more bits and pieces now so I can have another go, but this was my first!
The lady was an image in the National Trust magazine, really interesting person, and I'd like to visit her studio in Liverpool - Margaret Chambré Hardman.
Take That!
Sometimes my commissions are for something totally different and it was really good fun to do this... hard to do sketches that actually look like Take That and I felt very out of practice... but I think they ended up ok... Robbie Williams was v.hard to draw indeed, I reckon it because actually his face is quite indistinctive, its his personality that you see more than the skin.
No, I am not a fan >_<
No, I am not a fan >_<
Birthday Kite
Idea swiped from a card mag, tried several versions of it and used one for a commission. I added the greeting on later.
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