14 May 2012 – PictureShow Clover

I edited this shot of some clover in PictureShow and I am really pleased with the blended colours and the composition . Hope you like it too, let me know.

13 May 2012 – The Dandelion

Didn’t this turn out a treat? I am thrilled with the result. I processed the shot 3 times in ShockMyPic and love the way it’s gossamer quality has been enhanced by the app. I wrote this verse to accompany the image.

The Dandelion sways gently

Patiently awaiting the childs excited breath &

Counted launch of her gossamer brood.

12 May 2012 – A Sea Of Sulphur Petals

Whilst driving the other day I saw lots of fields of oil seed rape. I edited this shot with 100 Cameras to get the contrast I wanted between the sky and the yellow field. I wrote this little piece of poetry to go with it.

Before a leaden sky

I glimpsed a sea of sulphur petals

Through tender budded trees.

11 May 2012 – ShockMyPic Pieris

I shot this photo of a Pieris plant on our recent walk. I love the beautiful colours of the foliage. I edited the shot in ShockMyPic app, I processed the original photo 6 times to create this effect. Click on the picture to see the fantastic detail in the leaves.

10 May 2012 – King Edwards Bay Tynemouth

I took this shot of King Edwards Bay yesterday whilst we were walking. This little beach is only a 5 minute walk down the road from where we live. I edited the shot in Mobile Monet  app and then in 100 Cameras which created extra colour in the sky and the sand. The North Sea looks a bit more inviting here than it does in real life!

9 May 2012 – Bluebells All In A Row

It has been very wet and rainy here lately, but the sun shone for a while today and Gordon and I took Maddie for a walk  around the village via the seafront. Whilst walking back I was looking for things to photograph and these beautiful bluebells in someones garden caught my eye. I leaned precariously over the garden wall and took this shot. I was really pleased at the result as I couldn’t see what I was doing, I just pressed the button and hoped it would turn out OK. Bluebells bring back happy memories of visits to the New Forest in Hampshire, my lovely Dad & I used to walk in the woods there and pick armfuls of them. I remember the wonderful scent as we drove home to Gloucestershire and on arriving home, standing them in deep buckets of water in the conservatory to be distributed to family and friends so they too could enjoy their heavenly colour and fragrance.

8 May 2012 – Do You See Hollyhocks Too?

I have been playing with the doodle I drew on my i pad at the weekend and after a whizz through the Percolator App and an edit in Abstract Me I took it for a spin through 100 Cameras and this is the result. It looks like a country garden to me. You might have to stand on one leg and squint hard but I think it looks like Hollyhocks or Delphiniums, quintessentially English garden flowers. Let me know if you see them too, or perhaps you see something totally different?

7 May 2012 – SketchMee Freesia

I had lots of fun editing these flowers in the SketchMee app. I love the fact that you can control the thickness of line, the type of drawing medium and the colour palette. It turns any photo into a work of art.

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 BoxWave Compatative Stylus and only costs £7.00 and I have to say I am impressed. I started off by drawing a simple doodle on a white background and then edited it in Percolator. Percolator makes the colours more vibrant and turns a simple design into a thing of beauty. Hope you like it, let me know.

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 acid and then filing it smooth so that it wouldn’t tear the paper when it was printed. After working the ink into the fine lines etched into the plate I applied a pink layer of ink to the flat plate before printing. I was very proud of the result at the time and I still am, all those years later.

4 May 2012 – Photoforge Orchid

I edited this orchid shot with ShockMyPic and finished it with PhotoForge. I absolutely love the effect, hope you do too.

3 May 2012 – Kreaxions Butterfly and Flowers

Whilst in Liverpool demonstrating for Craft Habitat I made quite a few samples. Some I gave away, some I made to be displayed on the design boards which are displayed at shows. This is one of my samples. The lovely Spike gave me Peeled Paint distress ink and I used it for all three days of the show. I also used the new dies that Kreaxions have just brought out. I think the butterflies are beautiful and I have combined several of the flower designs together. I used the leftover pieces from the diecut paper to stencil a matching background and then decorated it with silver Stickles glitter glue. Hope you like it, let me know.

2 May 2012 – Liverpool Ferns

Whilst I was staying in Liverpool last week I spotted these newly emerging ferns. I edited the shot with PictureShow.  I like the contrast between the colours of the bricks and the green of the plants. I think I spy a bramble or two growing as well. It was pouring with rain at the time and I took the photo from inside a van with the zoom at full range.

1 May 2012 – PictureShow Rose

I edited this shot of a rose in PictureShow a great little app which has lots of different effects. I love the depth of the colour and the grungy border.

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 of time to create anything new, so thought you might like to see my original Satellite Cell Doodle which I blended with a smaller scale version of the same drawing. I would absolutely love to project it onto a large canvas and recreate the lines so that I can paint them in, in glorious colours…… a hint of turquoise perhaps? Hope everything in your world is great. Glad to be home as my lovely husband just bought me an i Pad 3, YIPPEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!