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 for a friend’s 40th birthday. The theme of the birthday party is actually the Roaring 40s, but as it is going to be a very civilised Sunday afternoon lunch I have gone with a vintage French design. I guess it is more Fin de siècle than Roaring 40s, but hopefully she will like it. […]
They obviously breed them tough in Western Australia, my grandmother was 92 when she passed away a few years ago. Although she moved to Sydney as a war bride, she was originally from Perth and met my grandfather when he was billeted with their family during shore leave. And now her sister is celebrating her […]
This was a birthday card for one of the girls at work. I used a cameo embossing folder with my Bigshot machine, and some Co’redinations cardstock which has a different colour core. That allowed me to lightly sand the embossed surface and expose the different colour beneath. The papers and image were from a crafting […]
I made these for B, she asked for them as part of her semi annual order for friends and family. There are two outstanding that I have yet to complete, they will be fantasy themed. these ones are all blank inside except the Green Flower which has ‘Happy Birthday’ stamped there. Assorted cards, stamped images […]
For a friend’s birthday tonight. I have used this quote quite a bit in the past, but have rested it for the last few years. However this design and layout is new, I wanted something fresh and colourful. Envelope is below the cut.
Following on from my previous post, this is from an article in Simply Cards and Papercraft, UK Edition, Issue 7 (not sure why this was published first, I think it is information that follows on from the previous information). The seven elements of design are: Point Line Form / Shape / Space Movement Colour Pattern […]
While these are fairly standard in art theory, I like the presentation and examples given and wanted to record it for my own information. This is from an article by Natalie O’Shea in Simply Cards & Papercraft, UK Edition, Issue 9 (published in 2005 I think). The five principles of Design: Balance Proportion Rhythm Emphasis […]
This was for Daedalist’s birthday, which is today It took around 2 hours to make, including the interior (torn white linen paper, edged in raisin, shadow block in 2nd impression tea dye, ‘Happy Birthday’ in raisin, pocket watch stamped randomly around the edges. Given I am still learning how to use my embossing machine as […]
I got myself a manual die cutting machine for my birthday (a Big Shot). I had been thinking about it for a while, and weighing up options. When they initially came out a few years ago, it was mostly cutesy scrapbooking images and I wasn’t interested. But as available options have changed I have seen […]
This is the design I did for my New Years cards. I made about 12 of them, and once again I challenged myself to used papers and colours that I would not usual use. The tag has been punched with a new doily border punch I got, I really like it. I had to swipe […]
