Category: craft

Paper cut christmas wreath

I’ve just finished making this christmas wreath, I cut everything on my silhouette cameo, firstly cutting some leaflets in 2 different shades of green. I then curled them a bit with a stylus then created a 2 inch wide ring and sized it to fit on 12×12 inch cardstock of which I cut 3, then…

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Design inspired by nature

Hi all, I’ve been in my craft studio all weekend as its cold and damp here in London. Yesterday I felt inspired to make an antelope head style motif, I knew how I wanted it to look, I just couldn’t remember the name of the species etc. After a good look around the internet I…

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Hortus Folio Album

I made a steampunk Kathy Orta folio mini album using a Kathy Orta tutorial and a paper stack called Tattered Time By Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) I was inspired by an amazing youtube video by Bellajucielove Here is the front, most of the embellishments are papercuts painted with gold gouache then inked with…

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Paper Graphic Design by Natasha Molotkova

The ‘new’ art of paper graphic design is portrayed here in the work of Natasha Molotkova and her company http://www.papergraphic.co.uk. Natasha grew up in Siberia, studied Fashion and Surface Pattern at the University of Worcester and now produces colourful tangible campaigns for a variety of clients.

Sarturday Morning Mini-Album

Hello folks, I hope you are all having a great weekend so far. I spent the morning finishing a mini-album for my niece. Its the first I’ve ever made!! :) I used the hidden hinge binding system by Kathy Orta which creates a neat book with plenty of space in between the pages for photos,…

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Sunday afternoon at the V and A

On Sunday I spent a lovely afternoon at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I was supposed to be going to see the Beatrix Potter exhibit on the 5th floor but got sidetracked by the wrought iron, metalwork and recently opened ceramics galleries :) We also had an amazing meal in the beautiful cafe…

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Silhouette Sketch pens

I’ve been playing with sketch pens on my electronic cutter the Silhouette Cameo. I replaced the blade with a pen then converted some cut files to sketch designs in the Studio software then sketched onto watercolour paper before painting them with my new Gouache paints… I luv gouache!! :) I’m looking forward to the weekend…

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Funky 3D Boombastic Box SVG

Hi, I just thought I’d make a quick blog post about my new Funky 3D Boombastic Box. It was inspired by memories of playground break-dancing and body-popping with electro and old skool hip hop mix tapes :) and features a working cassette tray, mini cassette tape and realistic graphic equalizer sliders :) The SVG files…

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