I've seen quite a few people making masterboards recently so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and make one too, but I chose to use only lines. I turned it over and made some tag shapes. I was left with these two pieces so made them into tickets. Then I started to stamp on them with black and red ink. Added a red reinforcer ..read more

Gosh, I haven't posted anything for a year so here are some photos of things I've been making recently.  Most have been done before, but been inspired by watching Toni Tinker on Youtube on Crafty by Toni channel - thank you for the reminders and the inspiration ..read more

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I picked up the mdf ring and Merry Christmas sign at Donny Dome in October.   I covered the ring with t-shirt fabric soaked in bronze Powertex and once dry started to place some embellishments. I used gesso on the words. I decided to use a mix of natural elements and resin shapes. The words looked too plain so I added some more resins. I waxed the ring with gold, waxed the resin pieces in silver and added some touches of red. Added 3 trees along the bottom. Close up of the words. Close up of the trees. Close up of the resin and woodland pieces. More cl ..read more

I painted a piece of wood black and then started playing around with different elements until I was happy with the layout. Once I was happy I started to work on the background. I used gold leaf and then went over with a stencil and modelling paste. I used Finnabairs mechanical stencil. Next after I'd painted all the elements black, I glued them onto the background. I threw on different shades of brown, rust, red and orange mica powders. I then sprayed them and watched them disburse.  You don't have much control over this, so you just have to let them do their thing. Close up ..read more

  As I am one of Finnabair patreons, I had to try out this fab idea that she showed on one of her live sessions.  So off I went to the car boot to find a vinyl LP. It was dead easy as there were loads for sale, but I settled for Elvis. I added some stencilling to the background using icing paste. Next I added some woodland finds, random twigs and poppy seeds. Next I added some chipboard circles and cogs. I started to play around with the placement of some moulds, new and old. This is the finished piece. Not my usual colours. I decided to challenge myself to mainly ..read more

  I painted a piece of recycled wood with black gesso. I pulled a few bits and bobs out to go with the circuit board. I stencilled on the substrate and started to stick the elements down with heavy body gel. Gave everything a couple of coats of white gesso. Next I added paint, I used burnt sienna, raw umber, watered down. I then went on to use Prussian blue and sap green, again spraying with water and drying as I went along. I then went over some areas again with white gesso to calm some of the colour down. I literally just carried on until I was happy with the look ..read more

This is the front of a kitchen drawer that was being thrown out. Painted it with black gesso then used grunge paste through a couple of stencils. Once dried, I painted over it in black gesso. I made a mould from a skeleton that I was given by a friend. Then I cast it in fast cast resin. Got a few more bits and bobs out and started to build a composition. Dry brushed the background with silver to bring out the texture from the stencils. I used various purples and blues to paint the background pieces. Close up of the top of the composition. The skeleton clothing is colo ..read more

 Playing with Sonny on Morrisons field ..read more

  Bought him a harness to use in the car. He wasn't phased by it at all. That brown colour on the right hand side is the pond!! Bit of limbo-ing! Tearing around again. Ears up. Ears down. Ears up. On the move again. And back on the path and back to the car ..read more