Hello all, and happy Halloween! I hope you've got a spooky night ahead on 31st October if that's your thing. And if so, I just wanted to drop in to let you know that I've got a couple of helpings of Halloween Storytelling for you over on my YouTube channel, Words and Pictures.
I'm travelling into a new way of working, a new country, a new language, and a new hobby which I'm passionate about. Come with me for some of the journey...
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Halloween Storytelling
Monday, 28 October 2024
Stencil It - Guest Designing for Simon Says Stamp
What a joy to be in the Designer Spotlight for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this month. Thank you to the whole team for having me. I had a glorious time with all the challenge themes, but I think this last one may have ended up being my favourite of the lot... see what you think!
Some paint, a Pumice Stone Distress Crayon and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide all add to the distressed look of the bricks. (I recently did a whole YouTube video on creating similar kinds of brick and stone backgrounds, so if you're interested in more details, take a look at that Few Minutes of Fun episode here.)
Watch out tomorrow for a really exciting post (yes, two posts in two days... it's almost like the good old days!). Happy crafting, all!
Friday, 25 October 2024
Designer Focus at PaperArtsy
Happy weekend, all! It's an exciting focus for me at PaperArtsy this month, and well-timed with my Winter Botanical Textures stamp release. As part of the Nature theme, the PaperArtsy bloggers are all going to be creating projects with my Eclectica³ Alison Bomber stamp sets. Expect inspirational creations with lots of words and lots of botanicals!
To kick the whole thing off, there's an extensive Q&A with me over on the PaperArtsy blog, diving in to my creative story, and especially the journey with PaperArtsy towards designing stamps (with lots and lots of photos of projects past and present!)
I hope you'll find time to head over there... I hope it'll be a lovely weekend read for you, with hot drinks and good food to hand!
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Maya Angelou
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
Osho
The creative adult is the child who survived.
Ursula Le Guin
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
New Stamps at PaperArtsy - Winter Botanical Textures
Hello all! I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to introduce you to three new stamp sets I have designed for PaperArtsy. Meet the Winter Botanical Textures, launched today.
Do hop over to the PaperArtsy blog to discover a bit more about the inspiration behind these new designs, as well as to see some of these samples in more detail. (They will also be appearing on Instagram and here on the blog over the next days and weeks, so keep an eye out.)
And of course, I would love you to hear all about the stamps from me personally, by watching the launch video in the PaperArtsy People Group over on Facebook. Just click the link to watch the launch video on catch-up.
I hope you will love them as much as I do...
There’s a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons...
... When it comes, the Landscape listens –
Shadows – hold their breath –
Emily Dickinson
Monday, 21 October 2024
Something Spooky (and Purple!) - Guest Designing for Simon Says Stamp
And those crepuscular times of day have their own inbuilt eerieness, I think - so as soon as the Tim Holtz Moon Masks came out to play, the creepy element became inevitable in the gathering dusk.
The background layers are stamped in Pebble Beach Ranger Archival Ink, so as to stay put if I'm adding any moisture later. The Umbellifers are stamped in a secondary imprint of Scorched Timber Distress Ink (oh, how I would love to have Scorched Timber in an Archival formulation!)