Author: Deborahwainwright

I loved Jo's first project of the week and was inspired to make a canvass myself. The size canvassed I used was 14x 10 which is larger than Jo's but I wanted to hang it in my dining room so needed something bigger. I painted the canvass with vintage lace and and squid ink ( I… Continue reading Canvas

A colleague of mine has a birthday in a few days time, so I thought I'd make her a card. I know she doesn't like cards to be too fussy or pretty so thought I would keep it simple.I started with Centura Pearl and and some dark pink cardI embossed the pearl card with a… Continue reading Simple birthday card

I wanted to make something nice for my sister in-law. She always make us such nice cards using cross stitch pictures that she sews, and which are nice to keep as pictures. So what could I do I thought... Well this is what I cam up with. A card with an embellishment that could be… Continue reading Not just for the birthday but to keep…

The afternoon marched on and just could not motivate to make more cards. I wanted to paint and after tweeting with Hazel decided that I would do just that so here is my face. I started drawing her and decided to draw an upturned face. I have never drawn the like this before so re-… Continue reading Painted face

Here is my entry into the challenge using JOFY 20Joanne's Challenge so simple but so affective for details check out Paper Artsy blogThanks for looking

I thought it would be fun to use the inspiration from Alison Bomber' Challenge over at Paper Artsy I couldn't enter the challenge as I didn't finish in time but still thought it would be good to try. I was inspired to try out Alison's technique on two tags.  I used Fresco acrylics in Pansy, Lilac… Continue reading Paper Artsy Challenge by Alison Bomber

Darcy from Art and Sole set a challenge last week, to design 6 cards using one feature stamp. I wasn't going to enter as I didn't think I could do it, but today I thought why not so here are my cards.I decided to use the robin from JOFY 20 as the one that I… Continue reading Darcy's 6 card challenge

Darcy from Art and Sole set a challenge last week, to design 6 cards using one feature stamp. I wasn't going to enter as I didn't think I could do it, but today I thought why not so here are my cards.I decided to use the robin from JOFY 20 as the one that I… Continue reading Darcy’s 6 card challenge

some more cards completed - nearly all there.Thanks for looking