I saw a Mouse

A giant mouse in the kitchen at Cragside

Busy Bird

I drew this ink drawing in a large A3 sketchbook

then I chose a part of it

and painted it digitally on the computer

then I 'messed' about with it to make it it into a repeating pattern which could be used for fabric, gift wrap or wallpaper.

Happy Paint Party Friday

Buffalo at Large

Watercolour Painting and Bibs

One from my A3 sketchbook. Ink pen and watercolour.

And a couple of baby bibs made from leftover fabric.

I'm linking with Paint Party Friday

Birds of Prey

Zebra

Coaster, Gelli Prints, Drawings, Flowers

I had my first attempt at foundation paper piecing, a coaster made from some leftover scraps.

I had read that everyone makes mistakes when they first try this but I thought I would be careful. They were right, I made mistakes.

Some gelli plate printing. I did do more than these two sheets but these were best of the bunch. I've been cutting up and collaging in a little book which I'll show at a later date.

Practicing drawing bugs with ink pens in a handmade sketchbook

We've a lot of these popping up in the garden at the moment, they must be spreading because I've not planted that many. It's nice to see a bit of colour in the garden.

Joining in with Paint Party Friday

Kangaroos and Place Mats

Some of my floral place mats were looking scruffy so I thought I would try and do something with them rather than throw them away. I recovered them using contact paper in a marble design. I don't know how long they will last because some of the edges were worse than I thought but they do look better.

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

Crochet and Racoons

Another attempt at crochet, a jacket for baby. 

I used multi coloured yarn and followed a video on you tube.

More drawing practice.