I’ve been
nominated for the creative blog hop by Sandra van Blaricum, who met through the
Outlawz. I used to enter the sketch challenge they run and am now a proud member of the design team where Sandra
makes the most wonderful sketches for everyone to play with. Hop on over to Sandra’s blog to see all her wonderful
creations.
Here are my
answers to the blog hop questions…
1. What am I working on?
A Tim Holtz folio
collection that I am turning into a scrapbook, I also have a few images on the
go. I colour for relaxation so I usually
have a few images I’m working on.
2. How
does my work differ from others of my genre?
I’m not really
sure what genre I’m in, although other people say my style is “grunge”. I like to mix things up so you’ll see all
sorts of styles on my blogs, the images tell me what style I should do from CAS
to shabby chic. I do love Steampunk and
metal bits and pieces and flowers. I’ll
also give most things a go at least once and like to try new things.
3. Why do I
write/create what I do?
I love having a
creative outlet, I have an office job that keeps me very busy so colouring is
relaxation. I also love to put cards
together, I adore paper and that love has now extended to embellies and flowers
in particular. A lot of my cards are
made with people in mind too, I give them to friends, family and colleagues and
love being able to give something handmade and unique.
4. How does my
creative process work?
With an image
usually, I pretty much print everything at 4” tall as I almost exclusively make
6x6 cards. Colouring first puts me in a
bind at times as I let the image pick its own colours and then find I might not
have the right colour papers. Printing and
colouring first also constrains me if I want to die cut and I end up fussy cutting
some impossibly detailed images sometimes.
I am useless at layouts so after I’ve coloured my image I go hunting
challenge sites for sketches (hence why I’m happy to be on the Outlawz sketch
team), I also tend to use challenges to help me embellish my cards. I find bingo/tic tac toe challenges particularly
good for helping me use stash items. Once
I have my sketch and theme/embellie type chosen I then go hunting my enormous
stash of paper for the right patterns/colours and my embellies for the right
ones to fit the theme/type. Then it’s
just a matter of putting it altogether.
Now to nominate three people for the Blog Hop:
Corinne is an amazing colourist, does the most gorgeous cards and is just the loveliest person.
Kay is another amazing talent with a dark side, a wonderful person who is also about to become my partner in travelling crime.
Jenny is an awesome colourist
and her creations are true works of art, as sweet as she is.
So happ to have you on the team Emily, and glas the sketches work for you :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in the fun!!
Hugs!!