DANGLES WITH UV RESIN DISCS AND BEADS Having finished adding UV resin to the small circular floral images, I have now made them into a set of dangles with beads. I have spent two afternoons and an evening working on them. It's a pretty fiddly job and I was glad of my magnifying…
UV RESIN - SMALL CIRCULAR DIGITALS Shoshi is resinating with a new art form! I've done a bit of UV resin work with a small starter kit, but the lamp proved rather inadequate. I have now bought a new one which is much better. Some time ago I downloaded some digitals from Dragana…
A TINY FOLIO FROM A BISCUIT PACKET I think this is the first time I have ever produced an album or folio in a single day! I spent all afternoon and most of the evening yesterday, working on this project, and it was a joy to produce. It is very small, measuring about…
VILLAGE FETE 2026 On Saturday we returned to the village where we used to live, to attend the annual village fete which always takes place on the last Saturday in June. After the extreme heat of the previous days, the morning began slightly overcast and there was a tiny bit of rain, after…
STASH BUSTING - TAGS FROM TRASH I'm on a stash busting binge at the moment because I've got far too much stuff in my studio, and it's time I used some of it. Today I used recycled packaging as the base or initial embellishment for several tags. I have some odd sheets of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 9 - COMPLETING THE PROJECT - THE CLOSURE, DECORATING THE COVER, AND FINISHING TOUCHES On Saturday night I completed this project, working till 2 a.m. to get it done!! I wanted it complete to show to my friend at our lunch out on Sunday, and it took…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 8 - DECORATING THE CHECKATRADE FLIER Change of plan My original plan was to introduce some fun interactive elements into this late add-on to the folio. However, over two afternoons, I spent many hours trying to perfect these elements, without success. I found video instructions online showing…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 7 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now completed the decoration of the inside of the second folio of this project. I am continuing the vintage theme, with red as the focal colour, but in this case with the addition of a little bit of green…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 5 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now begun work on decorating the second folio in this project. Again, as you open it, you see the inside of the first panel and the outside of the third. At this stage, I have completed the inside of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 4 - DECORATING THE FIRST FOLIO I had a very productive long session in the studio today and completed the decoration inside the first folio. I didn't take WIP photos but just ploughed ahead, so the following photos are all of completed panels, which I will describe…
