27 May 2012 – ShockMyPic Herb Robert

The original shot wasn’t very sharp, but editing it 3 times in the ShockMyPic app has turned a so so photo into this riot of green foliage. The little pink flower is very special to me, as it’s called Herb Robert (Geraniun Robertianum) and is the very first wild flower name that I learnt as [...]

15 May 2012 – Prisme Heart

  I was playing around with the Pebeo Fantasy Prisme paint that I was using in my workshops at the NEC in March and came up with this little heart. I was using a piece of canvas and Pebeo Cerne Relief in gold. I drew and squiggled with the outliner paint and whilst it was [...]

6 May 2012 – Percolated Doodle

I have spent quite a few hours this week getting to know my new i Pad 3. I have tried using my finger to draw in the Art Set app and wasn’t satisfied with the accuracy of the line. So I trawled amazon and found a reasonably priced stylus with a good review. It’s a [...]

5 May 2012 – Flower Head Etching

This is an etching I made more years ago than I care to remember! It was a fantasy flower influenced by studying biology combined with my fascination with fine line drawing. I do remember that making an etching plate in the shape of a flower took me endless hours of eating the plate away with [...]

30 April 2012 – Satellite Cell Doodle Overlay

I’m feeling rather tired as I have just returned from Liverpool where I was demoing at a Hobby Craft Show. I would like to say hello to all the lovely people I met there, and at Belfast the week before and also Newcastle Racecourse before that! As you can imagine I haven’t had a lot [...]

24 April 2012 – Belfast Goldfish

  I have just returned from a visit to Belfast where I was demoing at a craft show. One evening we ate in a Chinese restaurant and I made friends with these lovely fish. I don’t know what was floating in the water but I love the way the little flecks caught the light. I [...]

5 April 2012 – Alstroemeria & Freesia

Two of my favourite flowers are Alstroemeria and Freesia. I love the combination of the purple and orange together. Hope you do too, let me know.

3 April 2012 – Orange Sparkle Card

I made this card whilst demonstrating at the weekend. I used a couple of Marianne dies, a Kreaxions die and an       M-Bossabilities folder. I coloured it with distress inks and finished it off with Stickles glitter glue. I think the colours work really well together and had fun pinching and folding the [...]

30 March 2012 – Maddie

This is our family dog called Maddie. I was playing around with my latest i phone app called Camera Awesome and came up with this shot. I love the colours and antique feeling of the background. She is a lovely dog and adores being tickled, in fact she thinks that’s what all the humans in [...]

29 March 2012 – Golden Wedding Card

Last weekend my lovely sister Marion and her husband Roger who is equally lovely celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Whilst still at the NEC show and rather late at night I made this card for them. The printed elements are made by Kanban and I found the other bits and bobs whilst shopping after my [...]

26 March 2012 – I’m Back From The Hobbycrafts Show

This is a shot of one of the 20 workshops that I taught over the last four days at the Hobbycrafts Show at the NEC . Everyone had a fantastic time and really enjoyed getting to know about Pebeo products.  John Wright from Pebeo UK provided all the wonderful materials for free and the stand [...]

21 March 2012- Pre-Show Chaos

Not a very attractive picture but my reality as I prepare to go to the Hobbycrafts show! I was once accused of being a messy crafter, I prefer to think of it as creative chaos. You never know when 2 disparate things laying next to or near each other spark off the next few ideas. [...]

FREE Pebeo Workshops @ NEC Birmingham

Hi everyone. This week I will be teaching 5 FREE workshops a day at NEC (National Exhibition Centre) Birmingham for Pebeo UK. I’m busy making samples at the moment and here are a few pictures to show you how I’m doing. I have painted these buttons with Pebeo Fantasy Prisme and Moon paint The lovely [...]

17 March 2012 – Spaniel Drawing

This photo of a Spaniel was a commission for the landlord of our local pub when we lived in Norfolk. I drew him from a photograph and this is the photocopy I made to record him for posterity. My client was thrilled with it and said it looked just like him. I’d like to think [...]

HUGE Thank You

Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all the lovely people who are following my blog. 19 of you in the last month plus all my friends who check in via Facebook and friends and family who have followed me for a while now. WOW! I’ve been suffering with intense dental pain for [...]