Hello my friends I hope life has been kind to you this week. I feel that after the late summer sun Autumn has definitely arrived in Ireland. It’s a lovely season but not great if leaves need constantly cleared because the house is up for sale ! Oh well! This weeks project is all about… Continue reading Still waters
Hello friends! As promised I have another spooky project for you using the Lavinia stamps New release spellbound collection For the video tutorial: The links to the Lavinia stamps art supplies can be founds by pressing the ‘more’ button under the video. For my art supply curation for the non Lavinia stamp products please see… Continue reading Moon- shadow lodge
Hi there, as promised I’m beginning the Halloween projects with some new release stamps from Lavinia stamps. As you can see this weeks project depicts 3 naughty mice using the spell books without permission! This leads to some unexpected magic! This is a Lavinia stamps video with full commentary. For the version with music hop… Continue reading Audacity
Hello friends, it’s been a while. I took a little break. I’ve been planning things to come and working on project ideas etc. Now it’s full steam ahead! Time alone is always helpful. It helps to put things into perspective. It also can be challenging where loneliness creeps in. So I suppose this is the… Continue reading Round up
Hello Friends! How are you all this week? I hope you are enjoying summer (or winter depending on your hemisphere!) Today was an odd day. Overcast, very warm and still. I think a storm is brewing! Just as well we can create our own summer scenes. My favourite is a good meadow for sure! Lavinia… Continue reading Meadow wishes
Hello friends! I hope you all have had a good week. Still rain here but I’m hopeful that August will bring some sunshine. This weeks project has an Irish/ Celtic theme. A little cottage nestled amongst the heather on a Misty day. It reminds me of holidays in county Kerry and a place called the… Continue reading Thistle cottage
Hello friends! Just checking in again. I hope you all are well. For those of you who purchased the new owl Lavinia stamps I have a little more inspiration. This time a night scene. I don’t know if you ever have considered stamping with gesso? In this tutorial I suggest how to explore this technique… Continue reading Full moon
Hello friends! Greetings from a very rainy Northern Ireland! From the hottest June on record to a total wash out in July! Such is life. At least we won’t run out of water. I should be thankful! Last weekend we were treated to the #fantasyforest 4 day event at Lavinia stamps. This celebrated the New… Continue reading Patience
Hello lovely people! Today after all the sunny weather we have been having ( I’m not mentioning the thunder storms!) I thought that it was time for a summer scene by the sea. My Mum named this piece. So thanks Mum! It is a reminder to me of where she lives beside the sea. I’ll… Continue reading Tranquility
Hello again, I hope you are all doing well. In case you didn’t catch my latest video tutorial you can find it below. I saw a similar idea on Facebook and thought that I would create my own version using Lavinia stamps. The inspiration was a painting. My task was to work out how to… Continue reading Renewal
