syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
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 […]
I have been meaning to put this up for ages, it is from my friend YY’s birthday. It is also the inspiration for the card that I made for my friend Emma’s daughter, although in that case I made it more suitable for a child. However this is the one I made first, and YY […]
As I mentioned last year, I had some lovely artwork made by the daughters of a friend, which I now have on display on my wall at home. Recently one of these little girls has been very sick (the 2 year old), and so I decided to make her a card. And to avoid jealousy […]
One of my colleagues is getting married on Wednesday. I made this for our team to give her at an afternoon tea we threw her last week. Given how many wedding cards I seem to do at work, I wanted to do something different. I know the colour the bridesmaids are wearing (it came up […]
A few weeks ago I was able to get into a mixed media class – on a cancellation at the very last minute – with visiting Polish artist Finnabair (Anna Dabrowska). It was a 4 hour workshop, and I was able to take the morning off work. However as I was working til late, and […]
It has been a while since I posted here, my christmas cards didn’t happen. I had a design all worked out, and then the stamps I ordered to make it didn’t arrive in time. I played around to see if I could modify them as New Years cards but alas I could not. So that […]
A very dear family friend, one I considered an honourary aunt while growing up, received a very special honour last week. Valda became the third ever Australian to receive the Papal honour of the Benemerenti Medal. Originally awarded to military recipients, first issued in 1831 under Pope Pius VI, since 1925 it has also been […]
I made this for B’s birthday, we had a very civilised high tea two weeks ago. Recently B ran a steampunk game set on a zeppelin at a gaming convention, and I used that as inspiration for her birthday card (plus I wanted to play around with some new ideas I had). I had the […]
When someone you know passes, and they have family left behind, it is often hard to know what to make for them. In this case it was someone I had known for 12 years although I am more friends with his wife – I have done quite a few musicals with her, and we did […]
I made this card for my manager’s birthday in September. She keeps all the cards I give her -birthday, Christmas and her wedding card too – and has them on display in her office, so I need to make sure I do something different for her each year. I know she likes vintage style, shabby […]
