Little Love

Hi!

Though it's January (but it's almost over!) I've started some preparations for St Valentine's Day. In fact, nothing really special, just a pack of simple cards for friends :)

I wanted the process of making these cards be really easy in order to do many cards in short time.

So, all I had to do was just to print the words and cut the stencil. And then, using a sponge and acrylic colour named Aztec Gold I printed all the cards. And to finish the look I added some pretty twine. Done!

It's as simple as can be :)

All the best,

Ann

Happy New Year

Best wishes to you and your families in the coming year!
May all your dreams come true!
May the New Year will happen to be merry, bright, full of happy events and creative plans!
Be happy!

Hollow

Hi there!

I have never tried to create pictures with Photoshop and yesterday I (being in rather a pessimistic mood) started to work with this piece. Well, I should say I like it! I'm eager to continue experimenting with other backgrounds, colours, effects and so on :)

As for the picture itself, I was inspired by a song by Hoah and the Whale. It's called Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down. You can listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F030M5fRNUw&noredirect=1 The whole look is a bit gloomy, ah? But that's alright.
Oh it doesn't agree with cheerful New Year mood, but that's because it's cloudy and wet here in Russia, we lack good frosty weather :(

Hope you had a merry Christmas!

New Year Is on the Way!

Hello!

Yes, I haven't been here very long, but now when I've got some spare time I can share my holiday cards with you :) I made them within a week, but all the materials had been prepared beforehand. It was such a pleasure to a card per day. Every morning I sat down at my sewing machine, arranged all the details of the cards and so on and so on :) I was really great... and here are the results!

 Hope you'll have the happiest New Year!

LM

Hello! How are you getting on? I'm fine.

Well, I've got a lot of studies but sometimes during breaks I find some time for drawing.
So, this is a portrait of my beloved Laura Marling. I had to scetch a few different ones before it turned out more or less well :)

So, hope you're well and in an excellent mood.

Friendly Wooden Cat

Hello!

Ahhhh, I wish I had much more than 24 for hours a day. Well, quickly share with you one of my latest things. I was asked to make it more like a cat. The branch itself looks very much like it, you see these ears :) So everything I had to do was to paint a funny muzzle. He looks amiable, doesn't he? :)

May your week be full of nice things and pretty surprises :)

Fa La La

Hi everyone!

I've already started my holiday preparations. Now I can say that I'm completely mad about New Year. And about this green + red + craft paper combination :)
It's such a pleasure to make cards for friends! I hardly can put it into words. These two are tiny ones, only 8 cm. But I have bigger ones. And yes, I like to create cards in the same style.

I was very interested in how much time it takes to create such a little card. Well, I prepared all the necessary stuff and noted the time. It took me only half an hour. So, it's a good idea of a small urgent present :)

Hope youre doing well.

Bits of Harvest

Hello! I'm back again after a month's break. I'm already busy with my studies :) But I found a bit of time for some creative work.

These cards are made for a Teacher's Day. I like to visit my beloved teachers from time to time. They were so kind and friendly! I do miss them. Hope they'll like these cards.

I spent a lot of time doing these flowers. May be you know any interesting ways of doing something of this kind? Will be glad if you respond.

Well, now I'm going back to work. Hope you're having a lovely week.

By the way: congrats! Autumn has come. That's why my photos are a bit gloomy.

Dreamcatcher

Hello! After four or five dull rainy days it's sunny today! And I've tried something new with my hands. It's a dreamcatcher. It's very simple to do, you don't need any special stuff and... well, it's so relaxing :)

This one is really plain but it will look great if you add some lovely beads, or seashells, or feathers (it's a pity I don't have any) or anything you want.

I'll be out till the end of August. I think I'll have a good rest, get more inspiration from nature and from meeting new people. May your last summer month will be full of warm sunshine, good creative things and everything you need to be happy.

See you soon :)

SteamPunk

Hello!

Recently I came across an interesting tutorial here http://duyveterok.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_26.html and decided to do something of the kind myself. It's quite easy and very enjoyable. The hardest thing was to cut pieces out of cardboard, I used quite thick. Well, that's the result! I like it :) It looks shabby and ragged and cool.

Have a great weekend!

Changes

It's time to change something here, don't you think so?

Nest Head

Hello! I haven't been here quite long time, though I promised to show something new. Well, here I am. And my new doll, my second one. Her name is Lucy. She's sitting here thinking about... can't say for sure, but I believe she has good thoughts. That's why a bird created its comfortable nest just on Lucy's pretty little head. Hope you like her. I do :)

Thanks for visiting! Hope you're having a nice weekend!

Early Autumn

Hello! How busy I am! But I've got a minute to share my new custom made birthday card. I'm glad that I saved some good leaves last autumn :) Well, I have to go now. Hope I'll have something new for you tomorrow! Bye!

About Light

Hello! I'm back with a new card! But at first I should say that me sessional exams are over and now I can enjoy doing my favourite stuff to my heart's content :) If only the weather was fine.

Well, now about the card. I decided to try using a little electric bulb quite a long time ago, but I didn't have a good idea. Well now you see the result of my modest efforts to do a fun birthday card :)

In fact, I'm quite busy this week, but this is very good, because otherwise I'd be very very sad. Hope you have a lot of creative things to do. Have a good day!

Birthday (Post)Card

Hello, I'm back again! I'm sorry for my long absence, I had a lot of studies. I'm afraid I'll appear only in a month, because of my sessional exams.

This is a birthday card for my father, hope he'll like it and appreciate my efforts :) I'm glad to say that I sew on my machine a little better now than I did it before.

Wish you enjoy this beautiful sunny June, hope you have a lot of interesting creative work to do.

See you!

Take a Chance

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New

Hello!

I've made a flowery card for my grandma. I've never tried embroidery with ribbons before, but I found it rather simple and interesting.

I wish I had more free time to devote myself to other interesting occupations and things such as drawing or fabric painting :) Cardmaking doesn't take so much time and I do it in case of somebody's birthday or something else. I'm longing for summer holidays to make my plans come true.

Have a nice day!

Birthday Card

Hello everybody!

I've made a new card. Frankly speaking, I made it a couple of weeks ago, but had no time to share it with you. Such busy days! But it's funny, though sometimes I'm rather tired.

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

A New Card

Hello! Today I'm with a card. I decided to use embroidery and I like the look, it's very cosy.

Fun with Potatoes

Hello!

We have such a strange weather! It's the end of March, but it looks like the beginning of December!

Well, it's not the reason to fret, because the sun is shining brightly :)

Quite long ago I read that stamps can be carved out of potatoes, though they wouldn't be long-lived. Today I tried this and it was really fun! If you like stamps carving I suggest trying :)

Have a nice mood & excellent weekend.

Cook Figs

Hello! I'm here to tell you that my Fig Pie recipe is posted on They Draw & Cook! I'm waiting for the results of their funny contest. About the recipe: at first it was just watercolour and coloured pencils illustration, but I found it so cool to play with Photoshop effects that I decided it to be in sepia.

Hope you're in a nice mood :)

Just Paper

Hello! I'm back to share a new work with you.

I became keen on papercutting nearly half a year ago, but my trials were rather modest. Well, I tried some inscription with little details and then I made a simple birthday card of it. It looks lovely to me, I really love simple things :)
Hope you're having a nice weekend!

Nature Inspired Pendants

Hello!

 I'm back with a portioin of pendants I made finding inspiration in books about nature and blogs of various artists, especially I enjoyed photos from this magnificent blog. I made them of plastic and then painted with watercolours. I like them for their pretty natural look... they are so plain :)
Have a nice day!

Spring Mood

Hello!

A bit of spring embroidery is so cheerful! It creates beautiful mood out of nothing :)
I made this pretty little brooch with a piece of fabric I found somewhere in my stock. Then I embroidered it and I really enjoyed the process.

Wish you a beautiful mood and inspiratioin with the beginning of the spring :)

Spring...

Hello!

In fact it's winter, but I feel that spring is coming already :)