Geninne Zlatkis was the woman who inspired me to start painting and creating a few years ago. She is based in Mexico and recently posted a notice on her blog about her designs being featured on a series of scented candles being sold at a large chain store here in the UK. I am so…
My work on TV
Last week whilst taking a tea break from making a book, I switched on the TV to see my work being displayed as part of a show about the Silhouette Cameo. I was very chuffed :) My Skyline Boxes were featured twice!
The Penguin Book of Ducks
A while ago I purchased some old natural history books on Ebay, including this stunning book of ducks. Whilst researching the illustrator of the book Peter Shepheard I discovered that he was an English architect who worked for the London County Council in the 1960’s. My house is an ex LCC building which I like…
Cellcutz – video paper designs
When I got my Silhouette Cameo electronic cutter in 2012 I bought quite a few svg files from other designers before starting to make my own. Some of these were stunning geometric designs which I repurposed for use in video work :) https://vimeo.com/61560947
The Northern Lights seen in the UK
Last night the Aurora Borealis gave a spectacular display over the UK due to solar winds from a coronal mass ejection reaching the UK. Unfortunately I was tucked up in bed sound a sleep whilst it happened but here is a lovely picture from the BBC Website. Nature is beautiful..
Nubian Treasure SVG Paper Cutting Template
The Nubian Treasure paper cutting template is now available in my store here I was inspired to create this svg paper cutting template after creating the artwork for a Kudu antelope vector file. I added a dimensional mask card with adinkra symbol motifs, which is ‘sculpted’ by gently folding along the perforated lines. I then…
Saturday Morning 22.2.2014
It was a delightful morning here in London so I decided to go shopping and pick up a package from the post office. I live in Bromley which is just at the edge of London and Kent, Bromley town centre has recently been revamped with a few new shops so I decided to check them…
Sneaky Peeky – Nubian Treasures
Here is a sneak peek at my latest SVG paper cutting template, the Nubian Treasures set It features the Kudu antelope design artwork, a dimensional mask card and little gift card pouch. This set will be available soon. Watch this space. :)
Watercolour leaves
I spent a windy and rainy London day snug in my ‘woman cave’ painting watercolour leaves The colours used were Permanent Rose, Rose Madder Hue and Purple Lake
leaf cuts with Dylusions
I made some leaf paper cutting templates and inked them with my new Dylusions sprays :) I found some leaves that had prominent veins, and created cutting files from them. I then inked them with crushed grape and cut grass dylusions spray inks as well as Inktense paint blocks.. then used them as stencils as…
