Vintage Ladies

I sometimes struggle to use vintage pics effectively, but the lovely texture of these handmade papers works really well with glamorous ladies. The combination of the two creates some really feminine, tactile-looking journal or altered book pages.

Birdy ATCs

Artists Trading Cards - sheet music, acrylic glaze, birdy stickers, flourish stamps, pablo pencil, distress ink, bronze gel pen.

For some reason I've never tried making ATCs before, but once I got started on these I found it was relaxing and fun to work on such a small scale. I think I might make some to use as business cards!

Home Sweet Home

Now that I've started art journalling again, I'm really enjoying it and find I can't stop! I wanted to try using some super-bright colours and create a child-like feeling for this page about how much I love being at home.

It actually took a lot of reworking and several layers of collage before I was happy with it, but I hope the effect is spontaneous and energetic.

Art Journalling

After a break of several weeks I've finally got my art journals off the shelf, and am having fun experimenting with ideas and techniques.

'Make One Mark' is a favourite prompt to help me get over that 'blank page/blank mind" feeling!

Girly Handbag Cards

I'm going through a card-crazy phase at the moment. My altered books and art journals are sitting on the shelf gathering dust because I'm having so much fun making cards.

I created a template for this handbag-shaped card on my PC (using autoshapes) and sized it so it can be printed directly onto A4 card/paper, ready to cut out. It works best with heavyweight double-sided scrapbook papers. Inside the card (which fastens with a tiny velcro dot) is a birthday greeting embossed on a mirri plaque.

Perfect for girly birthdays!

Fresh Daisy Birthday Card on a Budget

I'm feeling very summery at the moment, and am having fun playing with my new Nestabilities. Having bought the Nesties, I'm now on a strict no-spend, so I'm busy using up all my scraps of card and patterned paper which have been sitting around for ages.

Large Patchwork Collage

I've been meaning to make a new piece of framed art for my living room wall for ages and was keen to try working on a larger scale (2ft x 3ft). Inspired by my love of patchwork quilts, embroidery and exotic textiles, I decided to go for a patchwork effect, but also included lots of gold to reflect light and create a sumptuous feel. Unfortunately the gold does not photograph well, but you get the idea!