Collage Cards on Etsy

I had a rotten throat bug last week that left me without my voice for a few days, not that it mattered, when I work from home I don't get to speak to many people during the day. I was confined to the house, very lethargic, so didn't get an awful lot done. I'm back in action again now so have made some more collage cards for my Etsy. These cards can also be mounted and framed.

Card 1.

Detail of card 1.

Card 2

Detail of card 2.

I will have more listed as they become available.

I also photographed this beautiful detail in a window a couple of weeks ago. I love how it looks like a piece of decorated or printed paper.

Decorated papers and collage kits

I've been busy decorating more papers for journal making and decided to add some to my Etsy. They are decorated on both sides so are ideal for journal making. They are the same papers that I use in all of my journals, including the one in Cloth Paper Scissors.
I've also added some collage/mixed media kits. These consist of a selection of my papers used to demonstrate techniques in class. Some are gelatin prints on tissue, papers from my decorated papers workshops, some of my foam printed tissue paper and scraps of fabric papers, a mixed bag of a variety of styles and colours.

The above two images show one pack of decorated papers, 10 sheets per pack.

This shows both sides of the papers.

Theses two photos are pack two.

The above four photos show the selections of papers in the collage kits.

Off to bed now then sketching class tomorrow. Loving life and art.

Hand carved stamps

I've been carving up a storm recently making stamps. I've added these to my Etsy .

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If you're looking for more great things on etsy you should visit this site for these gorgeous, character filled cuddly mascots, one watches over me everyday as I work in my studio. They're delightful.

Finally, on a sad note, one of Australia's finest icons passed away last week. She was an inspiration to us all. Margaret Olley, a magnificent artist died in her sleep at 88, she was painting right up until her death, what a life.

At work in her 'studio' which was her whole house. What a lady.

Printing workshop

I held a printing workshop last Saturday with another fabulous group of students. There was lots of laughs and great productivity. We made foam printing plates which were then used to print various weights of paper.

These are some of the plates I made for the demo.

This is one I made after the workshop, still in it's pristine state.

These are a selection of papers waiting to have more paint added.

The plate is not so pristine now, this is a print taken from it.

These were printed onto tissue paper and given a final colour wash.

These are the wonderful students.

I always seem to be wearing black or purple, can't seem to get away from it.

Biggest journal yet

I've been busy assembling and working on the cover of my biggest journal ever. This is a commission that I've been working on for quite a few months. Just as I think I might have finished I find something else to add. Hopefully it will all be completed by next week.

These are some of the pages.

Another side view.

This is the cover. I'll have more photos when it's all complete.

I've also been making felt, it will have lots of stitching added to it.

A close up of the circles.

Now back to my journal. Thanks for visiting.

New paintings on Etsy

I've added some new small paintings to my Etsy store. I also added a journal but it sold straight away, which was wonderful, it's now winging it's way to the UK along with some sun printed fabrics.

This one's acrylic on canvas and is 8" x 8"

I always like to continue the painting around the four sides.

The Lollipop tree series are acrylic on 5" x 5" canvas. This is number 1.

Again I continued the painting around the four sides. These can be hung or stand on a shelf.

No 2

side view

No 3

side view

Thanks again for all of your lovely comments in my previous post too.

I'm still trying to find the floor in my studio after the past few hectic weeks.

Cloth Paper Scissors

With all of the excitement of the exhibition, I didn't find time to thank all of the wonderful staff at Cloth Paper Scissors, especially Jenn Mason, Barb Delaney and Sally Murray. They published six pages of a journal I created for their CPS fabric special - the July August edition. They were wonderful to work with, a very competent team. It was a thrill to receive CPS in the mail along with the return of my book this week.

This is the July/August issue.

This is the cover of the journal.

This shows how thick it is.

This is the spine.

Two more of the fabric pages.

And a couple more.

I've decided to keep this journal as I don't have one for myself. I'll be adding a smaller one to my Etsy along with some other things over the weekend. It needs restocking and I have quite a few things to add, I just have to find the time.

Thank you to everyone once again for your support in commenting on having seen my journal in the magazine, it's nice to know people appreciate what I do.

I'll be teaching a two day workshop making a similar journal to this one in March 2012 at the

Art is You Retreat in Sydney.

I'll also be teaching a one day workshop making a smaller decorated paper journal in April 2012 at Queen of Hearts Retreat in Melbourne