Carved stamps

Finally I had a go at stamp carving, I wanted to do this for ages but never got around to it. Below are my efforts; I searched for inspiration on the net and some ideas were from my friend Margaret (sadly she doesn't have a blog). I also used some art books for ideas. This is soooo much fun, the only reason I stopped was that I ran out of rubber but more is on its way, lol.

It is fun using every little piece of rubber to create small pieces which can be joined as a border, squares and little houses, the possibilities are endless.

Some pencils:

Painted picture

This is a picture I did recently, a friend who took an online class shared this technique with me. It took a lot of steps to achieve the final result.

This is how it started:

After some painting:

More painting and stenciling:

Some stamping added:

Covered with medium:

Final result after applying matt varnish:

Journal for Gaye

I made this small journal recently for my friend Gaye. I experimented with the inside pages and used dies to cut out images or words for more interest. Here are the results:

Projekt Zeszyt - Journal Project

Recently I took part in my first Polish exchange organised by Michelle, it was called "Projekt Zeszyt" which loosely translated means "Journal Project". It had 50 participants who all send 50 journal pages (undecorated) to Michelle and she bound it into a journal ready for your journaling.

This is how it was wrapped:

Journal with some inside pages:

It was fun, thank you Michelle and all participants.

Birthday pages for Princess Judy and Princess Marilena

The Paper Princesses celebrated Princess Judy and Princess Marilena's birthdays recently. For an art present I decided to alter a desk calendar so that they can have a rotating piece of art to display. I made two pages for each Princess.

These are my two pages for Marilena:

And these are the two pages for Judy: