ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM PART 2 Please see part 1 for the introduction, and details of the cover and closure. Time to open the book. Page 1 - Waterfall Inside the front cover, I have created a waterfall with papers from the DCWV paper stack "The Far East." The waterfall of four flaps is…
ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM PART 1 BREAKING NEWS - UFO crash lands in Shoshi's Studio! No alien bodies reported found Great news. One of my longstanding UFOs (UnFinished Objects) is now complete! I began this project in the spring of 2023, with one or two bursts of enthusiasm to work on it further in…
UV RESIN USING NAIL ART MATERIALS AND JUNK MAIL IMAGES This was supposed to be an entire session dedicated to making inroads into my UFOs (UnFinished Objects) but as usual I ended up doing something else! The second half of the session did go according to plan though, and there will be details…
MASTERBOARD BOOK - BOOK PAGE COLLAGE I have just added another page to the masterboard book which I recently started. It is a book page collage. This was relatively quick to do, because I had a pile of book pages after trimming away the white borders, ready for making tags and other projects.…
ALL MY GOLDS - AN UPDATE In my previous post on this subject, I thought I'd remembered all the golds I have in the studio, but there were several that I forgot. In this post I hope to remedy the situation, and this time I hope I haven't forgotten any! This is page…
TAGS FROM CAT FOOD BOXES My hubby was throwing some cat food boxes into the recycling bin the other day and I intervened on their behalf, offering them a new lease of life. These boxes contain several small tins of the food we get on subscription online. The boxes have some nice plain…
TAG TOPPERS I am currently making a collection of tags from recycled packaging, and as part of the process, I am making tag toppers. This project is also a stand-alone one, because I'm making a large number of these toppers which will go in my stash, ready to be used when required. The…
WATERCOLOUR FLORAL DOODLE Following on from my recent watercolour doodle, I thought I'd have another go at this gorgeous technique. Building it up layer by layer, the result is deceptively complex, when it is actually really easy to do. Layer 1 - Creating the grid I began as before by creating a grid…
VINTAGE GERMAN BOOKS For some time, I have been looking for old German books with their classic Gothic typeface which is highly decorative. I love using old book pages in my art and wanted to include this, to go with a stamp and stencil in my possession which feature it. Book of Hours…
MASTERBOARD BOOK - SCRAP BUSTING PROJECT After quite a lot of precise, detailed work recently, I felt the need to splurge a bit, and have a session splashing about in the studio and getting inky and making a general mess (needing to mop the floor afterwards!). Tea and coffee-dyeing, inking, stamping, stencilling... all…
