Artwork predominantly made with paper, inks, stamping etc.
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…
I have had such a lovely day on Saturday, full of creativity, receiving gifts, and ending with a really great phone conversation with a friend in the evening. My birthday present arrived from Ebay - my hubby is giving me a lovely boxed set of hardback books - the complete Chronicles of Narnia…
Storage for my spray inks It's been a good few days since I posted. I have been working hard on my ink pad/spray storage unit. This job has proved to be a lot more protracted than I had hoped, but I am on the home stretch now. From my previous post, you will…
I watched a YouTube video about creating faux rice paper today and knew I had to give this a try - it looked amazing and also a lot of fun to do. I mixed up some PVA glue and water to make a paintable solution, and separated out a small amount to which…
Multi-coloured chocolate wrappers A while back someone gave us a box of chocolate truffles, and each one was individually wrapped in very attractive plastic foil wrappers in several colours. They were far too pretty to throw away so I kept them after the chocolates were finished. Unusually, they were a different colour on…
I am delighted to have finished my inkpad storage unit. Finishing the labels Late last night, I completed the labels both for the unit and for the inkpads. The darker unit labels were written with a white pen. On the left is the scratch paper I created when inking the inkpad labels. The…
Rice Paper Most of the papers I ordered have now arrived, and I am just waiting for a few stragglers. I ordered mostly rice paper, with some napkins thrown in for good measure - I found a shop online where you can buy single napkins for creative purposes, rather than having to buy…
Inkpad Storage For many years, I have been looking for a solution to the inkpad storage problem. Many people have beautiful wooden shelf units with them all on display on the wall, but I have not got room for that, and those units are very exensive, and not expandable. Several years ago I…
The Results of my fruit "tea" experiments All the papers and teabags from the fruit "tea" experiment are now dry. They didn't take as long as I thought they would. The ones at the bottom of the pile in the sink were stuck on and some of them ripped when I got them…
Dyeing paper with fruit "tea" I hesitate to call this stuff tea because it isn't. I have never liked it - far too fragrant and sweet for my taste. I also really dislike herb "teas," most of which taste like dead grass. I prefer a cup of real tea, my favourite being Lapsang…
