Another All Occasions (Kathy Orta) mini album I made as a gift using the Tattered Time paper stack by Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) video here
Altered desk decor box
Hi, I had some spare time so decided to finish my altered desk decor box Here is my desk during the process I used gold coloured gouache on the box body and legs, then added brads and antiqued bronze chain plus a key trinket. I think it looks quite cute :) I’ve also included these…
Paper cut christmas decorations
Here are some of the christmas decorations I cut on my silhouette cameo. UPDATE! I now have a tutorial for making the paper cut Christmas wreath here https://phloem.co.uk/2015/12/13/tutorial-video-paper-cut-wreath-using-the-silhouette-cameo/ I made the banner using 2 different colours of blue, they were then sewn onto some blue ribbon using my sewing machine. I think they look…
Kathy Orta All Occasions Mini Album with Tim Holtz Laboratory Paper
Hi everyone, here is one of the presents I made for christmas, it’s a Kathy Orta All Occasions Mini Album made with Tim Holtz Laboratory Paper. I cut lots of elements on my silhouette cameo and hand painted them with Inktense blocks. it was really good fun, check out the video below too..
Gel pen heaven
Just a small selection of my glitter and metallic gel pens (am writing xmas cards), I seem to have an ever increasing variety of them but mostly uni-ball, pentel and crayola :) I cant wait to get a pen holder for my cameo, so instead of cutting it will automatically write and draw in a…
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…
Watercolour paintings
I now have some original watercolour paintings of the Kudu Antelope in my etsy shop here https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JoanneSeale?section_id=14629081
Painted antelope head (watercolour)
I decided to paint the Kudu antelope head in watercolour..
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…
Crystal Palace Park
Hi all, today Cha-guy and I went for a long walk around Crystal Palace Park in South East London. We passed some ruins of the old Crystal Palace erected on the site in 1854 This magnificent building was designed by Joseph Paxton and hosted the Great Exhibition of industry and technology. It was burnt to…
Phloem 