Sometimes I don't plan at all. Sometimes I just see the leftovers on my desk and decide to make something instead of tidying up.
Stitch Club: plane leaf
I took one preserved plane leaf and added stitch, couching, and lots and lots of bullion knots and ended up with this response to a prompt to use materials foraged from nature.
Vintage grid
My second Collage Makers Summit project. This one is a grid of papers with a vintage feel, perked up with a pop of blue.
Beer bottle & balloons
Digi stamp design, Copic colouring, Cricut cutting, stamping and heat embossing; this masculine birthday card for my youngest nephew has a little bit of everything.
Stitch club: stitched bridge
Not all embroidery has to be neat and pristine, sometimes it's good to take tidy stitches and go full-on grunge with a distressed mixed media approach.
Bunny with daffodils, take #2
This card is proof that I can make a card quickly when I need to. It also reminded me that the slower process is ultimately more fun and more rewarding.
Photo kintsugi
I recently signed up for the Collage Makers Summit and I'm slowly working my way through the workshops. This one, imitating the kintsugi effect on a photo, is the first I finished.
Bunny with daffodils
Easter means cute bunnies and flowers and a good excuse to get out my Copic markers for the first time in ages.
Stitch Club: stitched profile
I almost didn't do this workshop, but then my interest in the techniques overcame my dislike of doing faces and I ended up creating one of my favourite pieces so far.
Layered daisy
Running short on time and inspiration, I turned to my Cricut Maker to create some flowers for the second of this year's Mother's Day cards.
Stitch Club: organic blanket stitch
I'd seen Mirjam's work on Instagram and loved her interpretation of blanket stitch, so of course it was one of the first Stitch Club workshops I chose to do.
Delightful stitch
I nearly didn't make any Mother's Day cards this year. But then inspiration struck and, instead of colouring them with Copic markers, I embroidered some flowers.
Stitch Club: paint and stitch 2
The second of my paint and stitch experiments; the stitching is more prominent on this softer watercolour-style background.
Translucent flowers
A vague idea, a very old piece of stash, some unused supplies and a touch of bling. That's what this birthday card was made of.
Stitch Club: paint and stitch
I am loving the variety of styles in the Stitch Club workshops; some focus purely on the embroidery, while others bring in mixed media elements to enhance the process. This one started with paint.
Crafty Rat 