GRAPHICS FAIRY LABELS, A LARGE WINDOW ELEMENT, ANKLE WOES, AND THE TIME IS TICKING! Bits of this and that today. Graphics Fairy Labels Some time ago, when I got my new colour laser printer, I printed out a lot of material from the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership site, including sheets of blank labels.…
WINDOW ELEMENTS, GLUE WOES UNSTUCK AT LAST, AND A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY I've been pottering in the studio and office, tidying up a bit and finding stuff I can make use of, and I've finally sorted my glue problems! I've also had an important birthday... Window elements I wasn't sure what to call these.…
MIXED MEDIA ON OLD CHRISTMAS CARDS, DIY WASHI TAPE FROM KITCHEN PAPER, AND AN ORDEAL Today I had fun in the studio just playing, enjoying the creative flow and feeling myself recover from yesterday's ordeal (more later). I get so little time for this activity and it was very fulfilling. Mixed media on…
ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM - A COMPLEX POP-UP, AND SOME VIDEOS AT LAST! ALSO KITTIES AND EASTER I have been busy with the Oriental Style Album, creating more elements and working on some videos of the work in progress. Eventually I shall make a flip-through of the whole album, once the project is completed,…
SOME EMBELLISHMENTS FOR THE ORIENTAL ALBUM, AND A FAN POP-UP I've been working on a few embellishments to go in my 8 x 8-in Oriental-style album. Some of the pages really don't need much adding to them so I'm keeping them simple, and splashing out on the other ones. I've been following various…
A PINK PAGE IN MY ORIENTAL-THEMED ALBUM Having made a large collection of elements ready to create embellishments for my 8 x 8-in Oriental-themed album, I was keen to start working on the pages. I decided to leave the second spread for now and work on the next one which has a pink…
PREPARING EMBELLISHMENTS FOR THE 8 X 8-IN ORIENTAL ALBUM, AND A NEW CUTTING BLADE Before making the various pockets and interactive elements for this album, I thought I would prepare some embellishments. Once these are done, I will be able to determine the size of the various elements. New paper cutting knife I…
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…
Warning: This is a very long post! Click on the links to take you to the relevant posts for more details. Quite an eventful year, one way and another. On the artistic front I have embarked on some new ventures, I've acquired quite a bit of new stash, some lovely books... Several gorgeous…
