8 X 8-IN ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM The other day I watched an excellent video from Dawn's Inspirations on how to make an album using an 8 x 8-in paper pad. I have got a couple of these that I bought at craft shows and have never used. I am trying to use up…
CURIOUS CABINETS MINI-ALBUM A little while ago I came across a wonderful YouTube video showing how to make a "one-page wonder" mini-album from a single sheet of 12 x 12 inch card, which you score and cut, and then fold and glue. This results in a 3 x 3 inch mini-album with alternating…
STUDIO HOUSEKEEPING, CURIOUS CABINETS, DECORATIVE STRIPS AND KITTIES I've been pretty busy lately with a lot of cooking (why does everything run out at once in the freezer?) and various other domestic tasks, and by the time all that gets done, there's usually no energy left for studio time which is very annoying.…
EXPERIMENTING WITH MY NEW LASER PRINTER, FOILING, STENCILLING AND A NEW PUNCH TOOL Discovering new features on my laser printer I've been having some fun and games with my new laser printer. The first prints I made came out beautifully, but when I attempted to print on 160 gsm card, the toner was…
PHOTOSHOP AND FAUX CYANOTYPE, AND MORE ON MY CURIOUS CABINETS Photoshop Elements 2023 For more years than I can remember, I have been using Serif PhotoPlus as my photo editor. This software has been unavailable for several years, and I did venture into their replacement software for a while but never got on…
TISSUE BOX CARDS Over the past couple of days I have made two cards - a birthday card (due next month) and a Valentine card for my hubby (cutting it fine - got to be ready for tomorrow!). I thought I would make the two cards together as they would be using the…
NEW INSPIRATION IN DIGITAL DOWNLOADS, MY NEW PRINTER, AND STEAMPUNK ASLAN Graphics Fairy For several years I have availed myself of the many beautiful free images downloadable from the Graphics Fairy website, and was aware that there was a Premium Membership section for paid content but never took much notice of that. The…
A LITTLE BOOK OF ENCOURAGEMENT A very dear friend of mine is currently facing some distressing family news. I thought I would make her a little gift to encourage and bless her at this hard time. I made this over a week ago but couldn't upload this post until I had given it…
NEW HOME CARD This afternoon I made a New Home card, using one of my recently created teabag collage elements. I had cut out quite a few little houses from New Home cards we had received, and I chose one of these teabags for the focal image of my card. Here are the…
NEWS FROM THE HOSPITAL I had a phone call on Wednesday 18th from the hospital saying that there is an opportunity for me to have my parastomal hernia repair surgery done at St. Mark's Colorectal Hospital in London. I told her, as I have told the Devon Referrals people in the past, that…
