Hello friends I hope your week has been good! Today we have beautiful autumn sunshine. I took this picture whilst walking the dogs. It’s not far from where I live. Today’s tutorial explores contrasts and textures and in particular the impact of using black. The Autumnal theme continues, this time in a forest setting. The… Continue reading ‘Vantage point’
Hello again! Hope you have had a good week! All good here except I was just eating tea and broke a tooth . A visit to the dentist tomorrow for me I’m afraid! Back to this week’s project and from dentistry to Witchery! I received the New release stamps the dream witch collection. Its a… Continue reading Spellbound
Hello friends, can you believe that the summer (winter ) is nearly over! The leaves have started to fall and the air is even cooler than normal . Unless of course if you are in southern Europe where mostly you sit beside a fan! Today’s project uses the new sticker stencils from Lavinia stamps. I’ve… Continue reading Glow
Hello friends! I hope that life has been treating you well! This week’s painting has been inspired by today’s super blue moon (19th August.) Apparently it’s larger than normal as it’s closer to earth. I may not see it myself tonight due to overcast skies but I have spotted it the last couple of nights… Continue reading Blossom moon
Hello friends! I hope you are well. We have just had the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere. Can’t believe the longer days are on the turn. The good weather has finally arrived thankfully. It’s amazing the difference a little bit of sunshine makes! So for this week’s project I wanted to create something full… Continue reading Honeysuckle hill
Hello! It seems change is in the air. I do hope so! Nothing stays the same for long. As I wait for my house to sell I still dream of pastures new. I know that change will come. I’ll be patient . When it comes I’ll gather my nap sack and off I’ll go on… Continue reading Pastures new
Hello everyone! Hope you are all keeping well! This week I’ve been having a play with the Lavinia stamps new releases Forest realm I created the tutorial for them. I decided to do something a little different and do most of the stamping before beginning the colouring . I relied of course on the handy… Continue reading Woodland wonders
Hello! Well what week!…hot sunshine, northern lights and now hail stones! Just your average Irish summer! This week’s project is an ode to the underrated and misunderstood dandelion. My son is very interested in plant medicine and herbal remedies, I call him ‘Merlin’ (not his real name). Anyway, he introduced me to the virtues of… Continue reading Misunderstood
Hello! I’m back with this week’s project. I hope you are all well! I’ve been wanting to use the Druid’s pass stamp for a while and so decided to contrast it against a colourful landscape lit up by the colours of a fading sunset. I also like to think that the little fairy is on… Continue reading Passage
Well they tell me that Spring has officially arrived… no sign here I’m afraid. As I write I’m watching the heavy rain pour down and it’s still quite cold. Oh well! The good news is that we can escape and create our own Spring. That was what I hoped to achieve with this week’s project.… Continue reading Gratitude
