Bodysuits for Baby and Hippopotamuses

I bought plain white baby bodysuits and decorated them with heat transfer vinyl.

I cut the animals out on my KNK cutter and then used an easy press to adhere them to the bodysuits.

The model for the bunny was a crochet bunny I made a few weeks ago. The teddy and chick were also drawn from scratch but I altered clip art for the zebra and elephant. 

More drawing practice

Happy Paint Party Friday

Handmade Sketchbook - Pages 26-31

Painted and stamped artwork, printed digital artwork.

The bear was made from a greetings card which feels like suede. Reused bow.

Page from a map book, butterfly shape, coloured, pig - cut out, car and tree - recycled greetings card 

Page from a map book, butterfly and insect shapes, coloured, car - recycled greetings card 

Painted, stamped background. Animals from greetings card.

Page - painted and stamped artwork, the birds are the offcuts [waste] from a Zing cut out.

Stamped page, with offcuts. The background is actually white but it looks blue here.

The Blue Book - pages 13-19

More pages from the blue book - handmade mixed media art book with machine stitched fabric pages which includes collage, applique, embroidery, artwork, beads ....etc.  Click on images to enlarge.

Page 13 [019] above

Striped vintage background fabric, paper artwork, paper and acetate artwork, a piece of found sheer bag, bead and sequin & stitched flowers, torn paper bird, machine stitching.

Page 14 [020]

Stamped blue background fabric, layered stamped fabrics, buttons and beads, art button and pebbles, star fish charm, electrical wire, earring under plastic, plastic mesh, hand embroidery, machine stitching.

Page 15 [021]

Stamped blue background fabric, layered vintage fabrics, digitally printed fabric with stitched outlines, apple button, ribbon, sheer bag containing 5 ATC's [removable].

Page 15 [021a]bag contents - 5 ATC's - 1 x original watercolour/pen art, 2 x original textured art/paint and decorative machine stitching, 2 x inkjet prints.

Page 16 [023]

Striped vintage background fabric, sheer paper, painted textured wallpaper with stitched squares of other wallpapers, dyed lace, beads and sequins, hand embroidery, bead necklace.

Page 17 [024]

Plain background fabric, painted artwork, foil image with deer was originally part of a bought picture, decorative machine stitching, bird charm.

Page 18 & 19 [027]

Plain background fabric, furry teddy bear applique with check bow and bead eyes.

Pages from Sketchbook 19

All the pages include texture transfer, watercolours, pen drawing and collage except the teddy bear which has no collage. All the pages have a dark section at the top right, this is just a shadow - it is difficult to get the pages totally flat to photograph.

The animals above were part of a greetings card which I altered

Sketchbook 16 pages 133-143

Textured background and watercolours, pen drawing and collaged found images

The one above is just texture transfer and watercolour

The chickens are pen drawings

Teddy Bears Picnic, Cakes, Wolf and a Poem

Three paintings from sketchbook 12

Can you spot the frog in the picture above and below?

There is no frog with the wolf, maybe he gobbled one up [do they eat frogs?]

I was sent this poem by email, thought it was cute, about a grandma and computer

 The computer swallowed grandma. 

 Yes, honestly it’s true!  

 she pressed 'control' and 'enter'  

 And disappeared from view. 

 It devoured her completely, 

 The thought just makes me squirm.

She must have caught a virus 

 Or been eaten by a worm.  

 I've searched through the recycle bin  

 And files of every kind;  

 I've even used the Internet,  

 But nothing did I find.  

 In desperation, I asked Jeeves     

 My searches to refine.  

 The reply from him was negative,  

 Not a thing was found 'online.'     

 So, if inside your 'Inbox,'  

 My Grandma you should see,  

 Please 'Copy, Scan' and  'Paste' her

 And send her back to me.  

  

   

 This is a tribute to all  the Grandmas and Grandpas who have been fearless and learned to use the computer.........   

 They are the  greatest!!!         

      

 We do not stop playing because we grow old; 

 We grow old because we stop playing  ...  

   

 NEVER Be The First To Get Old!

Willow Pattern Knitted Blanket and Doodles

Another blanket made from the knitted samples which were try outs of new patterns knitted many moons ago, but made into a blanket a few months ago.

Mail Art [TM], Silent [IF]

Above for Three Muses - Mail Art

drawings, vintage postcard, recycled postage stamp - arranged digitally

Check out my Mythical Mail book for more mail art, as you can see I love doing it - link at the side

Below for Illustration Friday - Silent [at the moment!] 

liner pen, brush pens

Shape Collage and Doodles

I used a free download from shapecollage to arrange 199 of my flower photos in the shape of a teddy and the flower below. Click the images to enlarge.

 More doodles from a sketch book. I used a letter/number stencil in this one.