Calendar art journal project – October

Hi all :) It’s that time again, I recently completed the October calendar art journal page, where I took an old calendar and painted on top of it :) This months theme is Halloween and gothic. I sketched the gothic window and coloured it with pencils and water-soluble crayons before adding paper cuts :) There…

Calendar Art Journal Project – September

Wow, September is nearly over and I’ve only just managed to complete this month’s calendar art journal page. It was inspired by autumn colours, leaves falling to the ground, that rich golden sunshine that seems to permeate the air at this time of year. I love autumn, it’s a time of change and anticipation for…

Calendar Art Journal Project – August

I was about to throw away a wall calendar when I thought, hmm this would make a really good art journal once I’ve added gesso to the pages. So here is the first page of my calendar art journal project and time-lapse video. Why not play along too, with an old calendar of your own…

Art Journal Play

I was busy playing in in my art journal over the weekend, whilst it was cold and wet in London. I wanted to throw as much colour around as possible and use a number of different art supplies found in my ‘woman cave’ to make a few mixed media pieces. This one was made using…

Life book 2014 final lessons

Hi all, I’ve finally finished all my Life Book 2014 lessons.. YAY! Here is one of my favorites, it was a Serena Bridgeman lesson that I used as a prompt, it looks nothing like the original lesson as I want to start developing my own ideas using Life Book as a spring board :) I…

New painting – Brave courageous

This was a life book lesson where we had to show the passage of time by painting a young face with white hair. It was also a celebration of everything we have learnt during our year long course, which is now coming to a close.. However I have also signed up for Life Book 2015…

Art journaling in bed

Watercolour and gouache Inktense blocks and a Geninne Zlatkis journal activity page

New mini-album ‘Kiss Hinge’ binding system tutorial

I wanted to share with you a new binding system I created for mini-albums, I’m calling it the ‘Kiss Hinge’. I wanted to make something that was easy to cut on the Silhouette Cameo (it can also be cut by hand) and also very easy to assemble. So pull up a chair, grab a cup…