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Birthday Card Dreams

Birthday Card Dreams

I have written before about capturing your real life in art - I think it's a wonderful way of keeping hold of your memories.  It was with this principle in mind that I made my husband's birthday card this year - while on holiday in Lanzarote! We had been visiting the landscape works of visionary artist Cesar Manrique, including his... View more
Pop Up Along 7

Pop Up Along 7

Well, it's week 7 of my pop up along - and I'm doing a cheat's post!  This is where real life, art, and a weekly blog post collides...  I did not have time to finish my Easter pop up card on time.  So let me share what I was able to do... I created the background of a meadow of flowers.  This... View more
Pop Up Along 4

Pop Up Along 4

Week by week I'm sharing the design process behind making a pop up in 'real time' - I'm making a pop up for Easter!  This week, I've been creating the art work for it, now that I know the measurements for the mechanism to work. I'm going to have two rabbits popping out of their burrows looking at one another. ... View more