Hello again, Well the wind and rain has stopped and the sun has finally made an appearance! It’s so lovely here when that happens. I believe that it’s to last all week. What a treat! Another treat was when the postwoman brought my new stamps from the new Lavinia stamps kindred creatures Collection I’m absolutely… Continue reading ‘Feathered friends’
Hello everyone from a still very wet and windy Spain. The weather has thrown away the script! It feels like living in Ireland! So in this week’s project I’ve combined three things-Valentines, bright flowers and sunshine for everyone who needs a little love and cheering up! You may find the video tutorial Here I’ve been… Continue reading ‘So this is love’
Hello, from a rather damp Spain!Luckily we brought our heated throws. The world weather has gone a little crazy. Hope my friends in the North including the US and Canada get through the snow ok. I decided not to do a snow project this week. As you may have noticed my love for soft pastels… Continue reading Courage
Hello! How are you all? Still cold here at night. I’m sitting under my heated throw. Definitely a type of winter in Spain but looking forward to Spring. It’s hard to believe that this time last year I was packing up my house in Northern Ireland and preparing to drive to Portugal to my Mum.!… Continue reading ‘Winter’
Hello friends and a belated happy new year! I’ve been on a little break over Christmas . I had my daughter staying and saw lots of family which was lovely! It’s definitely colder than expected at night here in Spain and we have had a lot of rain. However when the sun comes out it’s… Continue reading The calling
Hello and welcome to my latest creative round up. I hope you are all well! Christmas is very fast approaching so here is another Christmas card or artwork gift idea. You may find the tutorial Here Also for those of you that want to concentrate on practicing with your soft pastels I created this piece… Continue reading The gift
Hello! I hope you have had a great week. The cooler air is definitely here now. We have no heating in Spain so we are cozy under our heated throws! Hopefully we will get a log burner installed in due course. This week’s project is another Christmas card idea. I have always been fascinated by… Continue reading Gingerbread snow globe
Hello, well the storms are finally over ! It’s been an experience seeing so much rain, thunder and lightening! Nice to see blue skies again today but definitely much cooler. This weeks project is a pastel painting 10 x 12 inches on pastel board using both pan pastel and pastel pencils. I always like to… Continue reading Winter’s gift
Hello lovely friends I hope you are well. It’s been busy here at the Casa, gardening, fencing and finishing the shed. Still beautiful weather. Feels strange to see not sign of autumn colours though . I really miss the colours of Ireland but not the constant wind and rain! Never mind Autumn the winter creations… Continue reading The magic tree
Hello, I hope you caught the Hallaganza Lavinia stamps event and gained plenty of inspiration! The Faelight chronicles new release stamps for Christmas are beautiful! This is my contribution. Created for Lavinia stamps. You may find the Lavinia stamps video Here For the music version on my channel you may find it Here I’m very… Continue reading Dazzle
