Thursday 1 September 2016

Autumn already!?

Where has the summer gone? I can't believe it's the first of September already.

Aaanyway, in August I spent just over a week travelling around the beautiful British countryside in our camper van (with my OH), followed by 4 nights in a hotel in Glasgow (work-related).

When I'm away from home I usually take some prepared backgrounds and my little travel kit because I like to create little pieces of art when I have the time. I've whittled down my travel kit over a number of trips and it works very well for me. Here it is:


On this trip I decided to make some ATCs as I have just joined a swap group, so it seemed like a good idea to stock up...


I absolutely adore anything miniature and it's very satisfying to have a stack of these completed by the end of a trip. I always keep a couple in my bag in case I need a little gift for someone - you never know!


Thursday 4 August 2016


Sooo...it's been a while!

After having a conversation with some very talented arty friends who also have blogs it seemed like a good idea to try and revive this little blog of mine and rejoin the blogging community. 

Over the last 2 and a bit years my interest has changed quite dramatically from "nice clean" card making and scrapbooking to "the messier the better" mixed media. I knew nothing about acrylic paints, ink sprays, structure paste or gel medium back then but I have it all now, and then some! Amazing how quickly a new collection of "stuff" can grow!

As I explained all that time ago when I first moved to this lovely little town I had my first taste of mixed media at The Artistic Stamper which is right on my doorstep (how lucky am I). Jennie is an expert on all things messy, not only does she have great workshops but she also has all the goodies that your heart may desire in the shop.

I will post some of the art I have created so far over the next few weeks by way of a little recap, and then hopefully blog current stuff as and when. It's good to be back!