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…
Art Journal pages 25.1.2014
Some recently worked on pages from various art journals This was supposed to be an abstract tree form.. A mixed media art journal page dedicated to Karl Blossfeldt I practiced painting vines with gouache.
Shwe Shwe Open Wide Zippered Pouch
I made some presents using Noodlehead’s open wide zipper pouch tutorial and South African Shwe Shwe fabric
Nature Journaling – Elmstead Woods
During the summer I did a wildflower survey in Elmstead Woods (South East London) for Plantlife.com and collected leaves from some of the plants I saw. I decided to make a nature journal page using paper copies of the leaves and thought I’d share how I made it. Firstly I pasted a brown paper bag…
Silhouette Studio Notebook Tutorial
Hi all, I’ve been making lots of these dinky little notebooks on my Silhouette Cameo lately so thought I would share a tutorial. First design the pages in the silhouette studio software Make a rectangle to the size you require your pages, it will be double the size of each page. Then using the guides…
Kathy Orta mini album with DCWV black current paper
Another gift mini album made using the All Occasions Mini Album tutorial by Kathy Orta and the Black Current paper stack by Die Cuts with a View (DCWV)