Party Time!

It is a friend's birthday on Saturday so I have made her this card. She is quite girly, but not over the top, so I used my feminine patterns to create a more contemporary design with a traditional twist.

Holland Paper Biennial

                                          

                                          

                                           

                                           

                                           

I have recently exhibited a few cards at the Eighth Holland Paper Biennial. I collaged floral designs onto the cards in the same way that I designed during my degree work.

Click the post title to link to the Biennial website.

Happy Camping

It was my VW Campervan-fanatic Aunty's birthday on Saturday & what better way for her to celebrate than hire a campervan (and fancy dress!) for the weekend! I thought the VW would be the perfect theme for her card :)

scherenschnitte patterns

Today I had a quick go and creating some more scherenschnitte patterns. Last time, I traced details from architecture in my photographs, to laser cut for cards. Today I traced iconic silhouettes from my photographs to make a row of images to repeat. If I were to spend a bit more time on them, I think they could be really good. I would like to use the same method with other subject matter, like tea & cakes or flowers & plants, and try alternative colour ways. I think the ones with more feminine subject matter will turn out looking like lace, which is always a good thing!

...watch this space!

(images: man playing alpine horn, pocket watch, chalet, fork sculpture as seen in the lake at Vevey, Swiss Army knife, Chapel Bridge in Luzern, mountain flowers.)

Experimenting with a continuation of my florals.

Recently I have been playing around with Illustrator, to convert some of my collaged designs into vector images. I thought this would be a good experimentation, and although I will lose the hand-made qualities that I loved about the originals, I can now easily change my colourways.

Pretty cover letter.

I have applied to a few jobs recently, using this as my covering letter paper. I used some of my disperse dyed florals to create a traditional looking letter head in the style of the personalised note cards which you can buy. I thought this kept nicely with my overall stationery theme.

better late then never.

Here are a few more photographs which I took of my show.

Scherenschnitte patterns in Switzerland.

I have just returned from a trip to Switzerland where I saw lots of scherenschnitte designs, including this mural in Lausanne. It has inspired me to return to my Switzerland project and expand on my similar designs.

brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things :)

i have mastered paper bows i can't wait to make some with the scraps of my pretty prints :)

I'm glad they liked it :)

My Mum, Dad, Sisters and me at my show.