A LITTLE BOOK OF ENCOURAGEMENT A very dear friend of mine is currently facing some distressing family news. I thought I would make her a little gift to encourage and bless her at this hard time. I made this over a week ago but couldn't upload this post until I had given it…
NEW HOME CARD This afternoon I made a New Home card, using one of my recently created teabag collage elements. I had cut out quite a few little houses from New Home cards we had received, and I chose one of these teabags for the focal image of my card. Here are the…
STEAMPUNK CLOCKS BOOKLET Another gorgeous little project from VectoriaDesigns. It's actually more of a mini-folio than a booklet. It is one of her free printable downloads, and I made it over the past couple of days. Steampunk Clocks Booklet Here is the video showing how this little project is made. This time I…
VINTAGE BUTTERFLY MINI-FOLIO, AND A LITTLE BONUS Another gorgeous free download from VectoriaDesigns! I made this lovely little project yesterday, with a few extras this afternoon. Vintage Butterfly Mini-Folio Here is the YouTube video with the tutorial on how to make this. As with the Forgotten Library Accordion Folder, I had to make…
"FORGOTTEN LIBRARY" ACCORDION FOLDER - AN EXCITING NEW PROJECT USING PRINTABLES I haven't ever done very much with downloadable printables in the past - just some small images for collage and things like that. It is only recently that I have ventured into downloading kits and collections. This is something different from my…
TEABAG EMBELLISHMENTS AND KITTY CONTORTIONISTS Teabag embellishments A few days ago I had my first session in the studio for 2023. I recently watched a YouTube video showing how to make gorgeous little embellishments from teabags and book pages. I started the project without re-watching the video so ended up doing things in…
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…
COLLAGE FRAGMENTS, RECYCLED PAPERS, AND A QUIETLY PERFECT CHRISTMAS DAY A few days prior to Christmas and a couple of days subsequently, I have found time to be in the studio. Much of the time was spent organising things and trying to tidy up a bit (an ongoing struggle!) but I have did…
ALTERED BOOK: "THE JOURNEY" - PAGE 4: SOUTHERN SPAIN AND MOROCCO Interesting factoid: while editing and naming my photos for this book page, I vacillated between two spellings - is it Marocco, or Morocco? I finally settled on Marocco, but before writing this post, I thought I'd better check. Ooops. I was right…
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…
