Hello, It’s been a while. I’ve taken a little break from the blog. I had my son come to stay and have been designing and planting a new garden. It’s been a busy time. I have still been creating of course so today’s note is a little round up of what you may have missed.… Continue reading Harvest moon
Hello friends, still hot here. Not at all like Autumn. We are building decking and are wrecked in the heat. This week’s project harkens back to the days of cool autumn mist and spooky goings on! It uses some of the recently released new Coven of curiosities stamps from Lavinia stamps . You may find… Continue reading ‘Hallowmere’
Hi there! It’s September already! Where did this year go? It’s starting to feel a little cooler thankfully. I love Autumn! Time to create new landscapes for the season. You may find the YouTube tutorial Here This is one where you can go to town on the layering and gradually build up the range of… Continue reading ‘Fall’
Hello from a very hot Spain! I’m looking out to the field next to my house where tall grasses are being bleached by the sun. No flowers, but beautiful non the less. I love creating meadows so I’ve incorporated the essence of what I see into this rather more colourful scene. You may find the… Continue reading Meadow grass
Hello friends! I hope you are well. Well today is hot! 38 degrees Celsius ! We have the fans going and blinds down! Feel really sorry for anyone who has to work outside! For this week’s project I had a request from one of my lovely YouTube members to create something with a beach and… Continue reading ‘Me time’
Hello everyone . I hope you are well and feeling creative. I had to take a break last week as at last my kitchen was being installed. I have been without a kitchen for nearly 4 months now but it is very nearly finished. Just a few more days now. Today the work tops were… Continue reading Freedom
Hello everyone. This week’s project is full of peaceful vibes. Certainly much needed in these times. It was an experiment to see how the Kuretake granular colours would mix in a little watercolour painting. You may find the video tutorial Here I hope you like it. I found the paints quite forgiving and it was… Continue reading Peace
Hello friends, I hope you are well! It was a little cooler last week thankfully but back to toasty hot this week! I’ve got the fans ready! As promised, I created a video for Lavinia stamps using the Twilight tea collection. I love creating forest scenes with animals and their magical dwellings and the new… Continue reading Twilight wood
Hello friends I hope you are all well. This week saw the launch of the new stamps launch of The twilight tea collection from Lavinia stamps. I was fortunate to have been sent the stamps by them to have a play. So, I thought that I would make a reasonably quick card, bright and cheerful… Continue reading Sunflower view
Hello from a very hot Spain! We finally found someone to groom our pups who were really suffering the heat. They are now more comfortable thankfully. We are mainly staying indoors as it feels like an oven outside! I managed after some initial technical problems with a fried memory card reader to produce this project.… Continue reading Poppy fields
