Handmade Sketchbook - Pages 16-25

Digital artwork - inkjet prints, waste from cutting

Recycled greetings card on clear glossy paper, stamping, drawing

I didn't put anything on this side but the show thru is quite interesting

A page from a magazine and painted paper, the birds are a Zing cut 

Printed painted papers, most of the ram from a magazine

Painted papers, the flowers are Zing cut and painted

Recycled greetings card on clear glossy paper

Digital art print, Zing cut flower

Handmade Sketchbook - Pages 8-15

I used one of my round cutouts as a stencil.

The rabbit cut out is not my design. I filled the spaces with Glossy Accents.

The trouble with painting on envelopes is that the paint bleeds thru.

 I used the cut out from a greetings card as a stencil for this tree.

Handmade sketchbook.

Mixed media.

Painted, stamped, art work and inkjet prints of art work. Drawings. Cut work. Stencils.

 Reused envelopes, book pages, recycled greetings cards, waste from cutting machine, sequins

Glossy Accents [Inkssentials]

Handmade Sketchbook - Pages 2-7

Painted, stamped background. Waste from cutting machine cut-outs. Heart jewels.

Recycled greetings cards, postage stamps, snowman cut from paper, sequins. Background - recycled envelope.

Handmade label on recycled envelope

Painted, stamped background. Waste from cutting machine cut-outs.

Painted, stamped background. Waste from cutting machine cut-outs.

Print out of altered photograph of door.

Door opens to reveal printout of hare [my art], painted background.

Handmade Book [Book 45]

This is a hand made book, the pages are made up of hand painted papers, music, maps, prints of work, envelopes, greaseproof backing paper etc The cover is hand painted fabric embellished with freehand machine embroidery and hand embroidery. I finished the book itself in February last year but didn't use it straight away, but I've been working in it recently and have almost completed it.

I forgot to take photos of the front and back straight on when I did the top two so I took the pictures of these just now [at night] when the lighting was not so good but the colour is not quite right.

Resist marks made with candle, then collage and painted

Digital Flowers on Photos

Miniature Garden

I started a miniature garden a few weeks ago but I don't know if you can tell what's what from the photo. I made a house from twigs using a glue gun, then covered the top with soggy moss. The doors were made from a couple of corner stretchers that come with a blank canvas. There is a little chair also made of twigs. The steps made from broken plant pots. Trees are rosemary, hebe and fir and plants include ameria martima, a tiny thyme and some kind of succulent. We shall have to wait and see if it thrives.

Butterfly Postcard and Digital Art

Digital postcard. The butterflies were from the Naturalist Library and the text, stamp and marks from a vintage postcard. Painted background

Flower drawn on my tablet then grown in the garden below.

A picture drawn on my tablet blended together with a photograph.

2017 Tea Towel

My tea towel arrived today, a fat quarter of linen cotton canvas ultra.

Spoonflower are offering 2 for 1 fat quarters at the minute.

Toucan

I copied an image from a brochure onto fabric and painted it with Koh-I-Noor watercolour paints. Then I used enhanced it with freehand machine stitching.

Feather and Stitch

Painted background fabric. Real feathers. Embroidery and beading on aida fabric.

The Witching Hour

Skeleton in a Graveyard

Altered photo

Pear

Another one drawn on my tablet using the Corel Painter App

Rose Doodle

Beetles

Drawn on my tablet.

Tulips

Drawn on my tablet using Autodesk Sketchbook

WIP

Tea Towel Calendar Design 2017

This is my entry for a Spoonflower contest, the t-towel calendar design for 2017.

This month I've also been taking part in the Inktober challenge. The idea is to do one ink drawing every day for a month. I've been posting my drawings on my other blog and Flickr.

Dress Apron and Glass Bird

This is a design I did at college many years ago and I had it printed on a linen type fabric in a dress shape for a display. I found the sample recently and thought I would make it into an apron. I sewed it to a background fabric to make the sides a bit bigger. It isn't the best thing I've ever made and it certainly needs ironing!

 My sister and mother were staying last week so I didn't do a lot of creative work. We went around a garden centre with a big Christmas display and I saw this bird which I thought would be nice for any time of year hanging against the window with the light catching the shapes.

More Angelina and Embroidery

I used open cretan stitch and fly stitch to decorate. I was given the background fabric from a blogging friend.

Angelina Fibres

I found some Angelina [heat bondable fibres] in a drawer which I've had for years so I thought I would use it.  I layered it and trapped some sheer fabric in between and after melting it I cut it into four and turned two sides over. It looked like a different fabric on the other side, a different colour as you can see. I up-cycled a shisha mirror with a stitched surround from some fabric I had then applied all to a background fabric with running stitches.

Butterflowers and WIP

I drew the flowers and butterfly on fabric with a pen, painted them, cut them out and stuck them to a re purposed  hankie. Then I enhanced with running stitches - thread not drawn on.

I think this one looks better in real life.

I'm working on a bigger piece, bet you can tell what it is.