BOOK ALTERING, GEL PRINTING AND DIATOMS A busy couple of sessions in my studio today. Altered book A while back, my hubby gave me some old large format hardback books he no longer wanted, which were perfect for altering. I have never altered a book before (apart from my recent Organic Journal which…
Shoshi's brainstorm When I was doing the work for the last blog post on the subject of my stencils, I think I was having some sort of brainstorm! Later, I couldn't believe how stupid I'd been - somehow I was unable to wrap my head around the whole stencil/mask business, and added bridges…
I have not blogged for a while because I have been extremely busy designing stencils and masks for my new gel press. This has been very time-consuming as Inkscape, the powerful free vector drawing program, is a continuous learning curve for me and I have encountered various problems along the way which took…
Teabag Mini-Album Number Two After setting this aside for a period while I was busy with other things, I was keen to get back to it and complete it. Please refer to this post for details of recent progress. What I intend to do in this current post is to show the photos…
The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal, truth be told. After my recent card making marathons I'm taking a bit of a rest! I've had a few bad fatigue days, especially yesterday afternoon and evening once I'd sorted out all my grocery delivery in the morning. I spent the time…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Another week when I have had the most tremendous amount of fun in the studio. I just wish I had more time to spend in there. Stamp storage This week I returned to my new storage project, using the plastic baskets purchased from the Range. The die…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? What fun I have had this week! Mosaics All last week, there was a craft festival at one of our neighbouring churches, with an exhibition and daily workshops each afternoon. I wasn't able to get to them all, but I went for the Thursday workshop, which was…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? More fun in my revamped studio! Die cuts I've been using the ToDo to do lots of die cutting this week. Several years ago I went to a craft show and bought quite a lot of new dies, and immediately afterwards, I was taken ill and never…
What's On Yur Workdesk this Wednesday? First of all, apologies for my appalling showing on WOYWW last week - it's been such a busy week and I simply didn't have time or energy to get round to visiting everyone. I will try and scroll back when I visit this week, so that I…
