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…
MORE BEADS - PAPER AND TYVEK, AND SUCCESS WITH PACKAGING PAPER At last I have finished this week's batch of cooking and other domestic tasks, and have been able to spend some time in the studio. Packaging paper One task I had to deal with this week was the delivery of a large…
NEW STASH, A BIT ABOUT FOOD, AND MY PANTRY REVISITED New stash from Ebay After thinking that plastic lace table mats were well-nigh impossible to get in the UK, I have suddenly found them in abundance on Ebay! Perhaps I had been putting in the wrong search parameters... After my extremely successful coffee-staining…
MORE PAPER EMBELLISHMENTS, AND COLD WEATHER KITTIES I've been having fun with paper, mostly in the comfort of the sitting room on the recliner. The weather is quite cold now and we are trying to conserve the heating, and it's easier to heat just the one room. I do want to spend some…
COLLAGE STRIPS, MIXED MEDIA PIECE, AND SUCCSSFUL COFFEE STAINING Collage strips Our neighbour Margaret, who recently gave me another box of crafty stuff she no longer wants, included a lot of old Christmas cards. After I had ripped them up and sorted them into colours: I made several collage strips. I used PVA…
