Floral wedding – mixed media piece

My brother and sister-in-law live in London.  When they came to visit last year, my s-i-l liked some of my mixed media artwork (which she hadn’t seen before), particularly the floral steampunk one I did at the class with Finnabair. So during their visit I got hold of a black and white photo from their […]

Gaming and selling cards

Over the Easter weekend I held a card stall at a gaming convention, an alternative to running a game as I had been unwell and didn’t have time to write it.  I didn’t do my usual range of cards, instead focusing on a range that reflected the themes of the games – fantasy, horror, historical, […]

Timey Wimey

This was for my friend B’s birthday, which was celebrated last night in a Doctor Who themed party. Cream cardstock folded to a square.  Piece of Bo Bunny ‘Timepiece’ Paper on the left, and Coor’dinations Chocolate Box cardstock embossed with Tim Holtz Steampunk Texture Fades embossing folder, sanded back to reveal the core colour, both […]

Death Microbes

This is a steampunk style card I made using the Graphic 45 ‘Old Curiosity Shop’ papers.  Was for a male friend, and I was really happy with the final result. Cream A5 cardstock folded to A6.  Background stamped with honeycomb pattern and also crackle stamp in Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.  Two images cut out from […]

Victorian gentleman

I made this when I was playing around with vintage photo distress ink before Christmas (when I was waiting for my order of stamps to arrive). Base white card edged with vintage photo ink, then stamped with script stamp.  Gears stamped in top and bottom corners.  On a separate piece of card, colour sponged lightly […]