I've always been fascinated with rust: the amazing texture, the beautiful contrast of colours (especially when it appears on bluish backgrounds), and the general atmosphere of historical mystery suggested by its presence. Over the years, I have tried a few ways of imitating rust in my artwork and crafts (burnt sienna acrylics, grainy orange embossing [...]
Hi, everyone! After taking a short break, I am back with a little valentine. For the sentiment and the butterfly, I used my faithful old Underwood. The background was created from scratch, using watercolour paper, pages from an old book, and acrylic paint. With Valentine's Day coming up, a few challenge blogs this week are [...]
I've been meaning to make something steampunky for a long time, but somehow never actually have (until now). So this is my first steampunk creation (many firsts for me this year)! I am quite pleased with it and hope you'll like it too. This steampunk postcard features a lot of stamping and embossing, some patterned [...]
This was my first attempt to follow a sketch, and with this card I am hoping to qualify for two sketch challenges. The letter/number pattern was made using the Tim Holtz "Typo" layering stencil. The typewriter stamp is by Cavallini & Co, and this the first time I used anything by that company. It comes [...]
If Memories Could Be Canned 