Lino Print Cards now on Etsy

Absolutely loving how my Linoprints have come out. Really lovely and I love how you can feel the ink on the greetings cards.

These are now available to buy on Etsy all of them are original works of art and each one is hand printed with ink. 😍

Celtic Cat

Country Fox & Moon

Hare & Foliage

Luna Moon Moth

Wood Mouse &
Mushrooms

Three Welsh Sheep

While experimenting with lino printing I came across some of my dad's vintage photo frames. These are gorgeous so I printed directly onto the mount. These are raised slightly from the background so I have added another picture mount to keep the ink away from any glass frame. So lovely. It took a few attempts to get the registration right but once I nailed that the print was nice and central. A little more experimenting needed but hopefully these will be listed shortly also.

Wood Mouse & Mushrooms
Original Linoprint

Small Spirit Dolls Listed on Etsy

In my last Spirit Doll blog I showed how I had created these lovely dolls. They are now finished and listed on Etsy

I'm really pleased, they are all so individual and have slightly different faces that make them unique. Here's a finished photo of them all 😍

Spirit Dolls

Lino Printing Test Prints

This week I have been creating lino prints and have broken down the process as below. These are the first test prints.

My painting adjusted in Photoshop.

I took one of my recent paintings that I have not published yet, turned it black and white and then added a filter to outline it in Photoshop.

Next I traced the image using Tracedown (white) and then outlined it again with a permanent white pen as this was rubbing off when I started to carve. At this stage I didn't realise I had forgotten to flip the image. Never mind I carried on to see the end result which luckily was okay.

Traced to Lino.

I continued to transfer and cut out my other image designs and this is what they looked like.

Celtic Cat. 

Hare and Foliage.

Country Fox.

Luna Moon Moth.

Wood Mouse and Mushrooms.

Welsh Sheep.

Consistency of Ink

Before I started to print I cleaned them off with alcohol, which surprisingly took off the permanent pen.

The following images were the first test prints from my linocuts. Pretty happy with most of the them, but the hare and cat need more adding to them and the mushrooms need some more detail.

I will post another blog when the final images are ready.

These have been handprinted using a baren. The lino cutter & baren kit are made by Essdee and fits my small hands a treat. Very happy with this little kit and my linocuts.

More detail needed on mushrooms

Luna Moon Moth top left

Country Fox

Welsh Sheep

Need more outline on Cat and more white in the Hare.

Small Spirit Dolls, Healing Dolls, Worry Dolls, Reiki Dolls

I decided to try my hand at creating some smaller Spirit Dolls and create the faces from Fimo clay and a small mould. These are really lovely and although I used the same mould, they all have slightly different faces, all with their own little personality.

Close Up Finished Dolls

Fido Heads and small holes for attachment

Painted and varnished

Attaching the head and scarf

Stitching the headscarfs

Feathers and Shells Added

Bodies were made from material and foam filled.

I also added rose oil to the stuffing.

Almost finished.