Happy Valentine's Day

I did this watercolour sketch for the Doodlewash challenge - Hearts

I drew this one during one night when I couldn't sleep. I didn't paint it then though.

 

Wedding Cushion

I was at the wedding of one of my nieces on Sunday. It's been 'tradition' over the last few weddings that I've attended that I've made a heart, usually a small embroidered heart although last time I decorated a wooden heart. This time I made a cushion. I cut the letters out with my Zing and used a Heat'n bond backing, then ironed in place. I used wadding so that it would have a quilted feel and embroidered around the letters and hearts with a running stitch. I put more stuffing in the hearts from a cut in the backing fabric, like trapunto quilting.

Wedding Card

A card a made for a couple who were married last Friday. 

My own design but I used my Zing cutting machine to cut it all out.

Pink Book [part 3]

I've just noticed that there are 4 pages [8 sides] that are not stitched around the edges, these are just stuck together so I will probably take the book apart to stitch them. I guess it is a good job I didn't do a book binding technique as the pages would have to stay like they are but taking a book like this apart is very straight forward.

The page above - painted, stamped wallpaper, dyed lace, fabric flower with stitching and sequins [recycled from an old t-shirt]

This one is a fabric page, the art was done on the fabric, dyed laces, the little fabric hearts and beads.

Textured layered papers painted with acrylic paints and metallic crayons, stamped paper. Appliqued paper bird [the spotty paper was wrapping paper, googly eye and she is holding a string of beads.

Painted and stamped paper and glitter. Dyed lace [net curtain], large gem and beads.

Layered and textured paper, painted, with metallic threads incorporated, part of a doily and hand stitching, glittery ribbon and hand stitching, heart beads and beads on metal string, secured with cross stitches.

painted wallpaper, the fancy paper, hand made fabric trim - flowers under net with free style machine embroidery and beads, decorative machine embroidery

Pages from Sketchbook 26

 I worked on the backgrounds first by adding texture and painting over with watercolours. I came back to the pages after a few weeks and did a bit of doodling with pens and promarkers.

Pages from Sketchbook 19

All the pages include texture transfer, watercolours, pen drawing and collage except the teddy bear which has no collage. All the pages have a dark section at the top right, this is just a shadow - it is difficult to get the pages totally flat to photograph.

The animals above were part of a greetings card which I altered

More from my sketchbooks

I did the above after looking in an English Heritage magazine.

Below - more fantasy creatures I made up

and doodles of the heart

Robin & Decorated Hearts

More Hearts

All Hearts - brooches and hangings

Above are heart brooches with machine stitching, beads etc  and below are hearts for hanging. These were made for favors at the recent wedding

All Hearts - Happy Valentine's Day!

Heartful

sketchbook doodles