cards, cards, cards

Hi everyone ...

As you might know I am not really a card maker but over the weekend at the Scrap girls retreat I ended up making 60 or so cards which I am delighted with

I will show them in my next post as I haven't taken photos of them as yet.... I will be hopefully selling them on Etsy too....

They are of my original watercolour paintings (prints) and then onto a card and finished by a cute Japanese Bookbinding technique using cute beads..... so simple and so effective

The Scrap Girls retreat was really awesome. Wonderful girls, great company and fabulous activities and prizes...... loved it all. Thanks girls for making it so much fun.

The count down is on for the LSBS retreat in 6 weeks - I am sooooo looking forward to it too.
I have a great little mixed media class to teach at the LSBS retreat so I cannot wait to see the faces of the ladies as they do their thing.... what fun!

It is so cold outside and so lovely in my scrap room - I see some hibernation going on during the weekend and a heap of creativity.....

See you soon (with photos of cards on the weekend - promise)

Love
C

Busy uploading watercolour prints

Hi everyone

What a busy time I am having as I learn to do the Etsy thing....... I have loaded 10 prints for sale.... some watercolours that I really enjoyed painting in A4 size..... please have a look and tell me what you think! My link to etsy; Tatteredinspirations



It is a pretty user friendly place but there are some tricks of the trade to learn - like size of images and how to make things work to get people to have a look.....


I am excited too - I have three people who 'heart' me..... oh makes me feel warm and fuzzy.



I haven't sold anything as yet - but it has been just a couple of days .... so I am loving finding out all about it....

So these prints are now available (plus 5 more) on Etsy - I would love you to visit and tell me what you think.....

Love
C

Isn't it funny

Isn't it funny when you find something that you had forgotten and it is a nice surprise! When I was in NZ I wandered around taking photos and picking up things to paint! Very normal for me - I am the gatherer!

Shells, seaweed, wood, grasses and what ever I could find. Have I told you how amazingly patient my husband is???? Well he puts up with this flotsam on most of our journeys - whether they be from the sea or flora from the bush or gardens - nothing is safe! The car is always full of things to paint - I even carry a couple of ziplock bags in my camera bacgs for such gathering.

I then go about painting the items in watercolours - pencils that is - much more travel friendly that the tubes or pans and love the way they mix and bloom.... I have a couple of step by steps on the Scribbly Gums Art blog if you ever wanted to try watercolour pencil paintings but don't know where to start..... here is the link.....my suggestion is that you try the tulip first - it is the easier of the two!

Tulip & Gum Blossom

So my surprise today was finding a whole lot of these lovely little paintings (I divided an A4 into 4) and each one is different.... a completed little piece of a memory from my NZ trip.

Now some of you know I do mixed media - but I also do watercolours and pottery as well..... so I live in a constant state of choice - unfortunately I also work full time which does impact on my art time I can tell you.

Anyway enough chatting here are 8 paintings for you to look at....... I hope you enjoy them

Shells - little visions of NZ

Seaside findings - NZ South Island

There are 14 singles in all - I hope perhaps to sell these separately soon as they are rather cute - and would look lovely grouped on a wall in a single or separate frames..... what do you think.... do you like them??

Love
C