Friday 30 September 2011

Christmas Baubles collage sheet

It's unseasonally hot and summery here, which is lovely, so it seems wrong to be designing Christmas printables!
This sheet was inspired by vintage glass baubles - I loved the bright colours of the baubles which gave me the idea of moving away from just using reds and greens, like in my last Christmas set, and including pinks and blues too.
My bauble designs started as pen and watercolour illustrations which were scanned and finished digitally.  I then designed the coordinating border strips and tags to include on the same sheet.
This printable collage sheet is available to buy from my shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/82801515/digital-collage-sheet-christmas-baubles

Monday 26 September 2011

Clockwork Barn Owl

Edwin Cracknell's first noctural mechanical bird is the Barn Owl.  With it's recognisable mask like face it is a beautiful clockwork specimen with an accurate, though somewhat startling, shrill cry.
Deciding how to create each bird in clockwork form is a challenge - the tricky part on this barn owl was working out how his legs should work!  I'm pleased with how he turned out though :)
Prints of the Clockwork Barn Owl are now available in my shop www.HazelFisherCreations.etsy.com

Tuesday 20 September 2011

It's a bargain!

I don't normally make many impulse buys but I love bargains so when I saw all these magazines at my local market on the magazine stall I had to have them!  Only £2.50 for 3 magazines is an amazing saving.  I have lots of things to read and ideas for things to make... now all I need is a little more time!

Monday 12 September 2011

Sweet Strawberry treasury

I love this Sweet Strawberry treasury by LeJam on Etsy!  It reminds me of summer days and picking fresh strawberries from my garden :)
There's a great range of strawberry inspired items from art to chocolate covered strawberry earrings and from soap to an unusual strawberry themed bolero (my strawberry printable gift box has been included too!).

Wednesday 7 September 2011

New Christmas printable scrapbooking papers

A new addition to my collection of printable scrapbooking papers is this set of Christmas papers, featuring 8 designs in red and green.  There are lots of baubles as well as spots, stripes, plaid and a paper with 'Merry Christmas' bunting.
You can buy the papers to download and print yourself from my shop here.

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Edwin Cracknell's Clockwork Goldfinch

Edwin Cracknell's Clockwork Goldfinch is not only popular for its pretty appearance but also for its beautiful song.

This goldfinch is my latest clockwork bird illustration.  Prints are available in my shop... www.hazelfishercreations.etsy.com

Friday 2 September 2011

Cardmaking

I have been making a few cards using some of my printable scrapbooking papers...
This one is made using papers from the Carolina (SP008) set.  I also tried using a spirelli die cut for the first time - I was really pleased with how it turned out, and it goes well with the paper too!
For this next card I used papers from the Rabbits (SP001) set and made a shaker card:
This last card is a mini zig-zig book and was made using the Strawberries (SP005) papers and the Strawberries collage sheet (CS002).  This was a fun little card to make using different materials and techniques :)

The papers used in these projects are all available to buy from my shop. www.hfcSupplies.etsy.com  What would you make from them?