I made this for a colleague’s birthday, left it until the last minute as usual, so had to photograph it at work before giving it to her! Turns out the light is really good at work, so I may just have to do that again!
Showing posts with label typewriter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label typewriter. Show all posts
Friday, 20 March 2015
Tap Tap Tap birthday card
I made this for a colleague’s birthday, left it until the last minute as usual, so had to photograph it at work before giving it to her! Turns out the light is really good at work, so I may just have to do that again!
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
All-Day Craftathon projects: Typewriter Kraft Grid Journal
I’ve asked everybody who attended my All-Day Craftathon at the weekend to choose their favourite project. This was mine… but then I do love this typewriter stamp. This little Kraft Grid Journal was heavily inspired by this project by the super-talented Michelle Zindorf. I loved the intensity of the colours … and, of course, the typewriter image!
I think I love it because it brings back memories of being a junior reporter back in the day. Having experienced all the wonders of electronic typewriters when learning to touch-type, I was shocked to end up in an office where people still worked on machines exactly like this one. The smell of the typewriter ribbon, the sheer noise... the ding as you reached the end of a line, not to mention the pain of a finger slipping between those hard plastic keys! I’d type up my story, sometimes cutting up the paragraphs and rearranging them on another sheet of paper, then hand it to the editor. She’d work her magic on it, with lots of pen marks, then one of us would have to walk to another building (known as “the giraffe house” because it looked like something from a zoo) to give these pieces of paper to the typesetters, who would type it all out neatly and print it out on special paper which was then waxed on to boards by compositors. And if this all sounds as ancient as the hot metal process, it wasn’t; it was the late 1980s, just before computers came into regular use in newspaper offices.
Anyway, back to the project... the Irresistibly Yours DSP was sponged with lots of blue colours, and just a hint of Blushing Bride. This was added to pick up the colour of the ribbon that I ended up not using, but you know how these things go. For the same reason, the typewriter itself is coloured in greys and Blushing Bride. No matter, I still like how it turned out!
I think I love it because it brings back memories of being a junior reporter back in the day. Having experienced all the wonders of electronic typewriters when learning to touch-type, I was shocked to end up in an office where people still worked on machines exactly like this one. The smell of the typewriter ribbon, the sheer noise... the ding as you reached the end of a line, not to mention the pain of a finger slipping between those hard plastic keys! I’d type up my story, sometimes cutting up the paragraphs and rearranging them on another sheet of paper, then hand it to the editor. She’d work her magic on it, with lots of pen marks, then one of us would have to walk to another building (known as “the giraffe house” because it looked like something from a zoo) to give these pieces of paper to the typesetters, who would type it all out neatly and print it out on special paper which was then waxed on to boards by compositors. And if this all sounds as ancient as the hot metal process, it wasn’t; it was the late 1980s, just before computers came into regular use in newspaper offices.
Anyway, back to the project... the Irresistibly Yours DSP was sponged with lots of blue colours, and just a hint of Blushing Bride. This was added to pick up the colour of the ribbon that I ended up not using, but you know how these things go. For the same reason, the typewriter itself is coloured in greys and Blushing Bride. No matter, I still like how it turned out!
The button, again from the Artisan Embellishment Kit (everybody received one of these to use in all four projects), echoes the metal of a typewriter.
This project was the one where I let myself down. I ALWAYS forget to take something and, in this case, it was the Coastal Cabana ink pad and the Blender Pens. Luckily, lots of people had brought them along so we managed. I do have a little confession to make, though, which I only told one lady on the day. Later in the day, I found a stash of Blender Pens in my craft kit! Oops.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Tapping away with Tap Tap Tap
I’ve been a bad blogger lately but, in my defence, it is the school holidays and we’ve been busy with lots of different things. Also I am squirrelling away behind the scenes, designing projects for my Christmas in September workshop. I am loving the new Autumn/Winter catalogue and can’t wait to show you some of the fabulous stamps which you will be able to order very soon!
My Christmas in September workshop is going to be great fun and this year it ’s customisable to suit you! Pay the basic fee and make the four projects provided, or make more and more for an additional £1 per project on a first come, first served basis. Full details can be found here.
But back to today... here’s a project from my last catalogue launch, made for me by the talented Donna. I love this stamp set, the colours she’s used and the trendy grungey design. Thanks, Donna!
My Christmas in September workshop is going to be great fun and this year it ’s customisable to suit you! Pay the basic fee and make the four projects provided, or make more and more for an additional £1 per project on a first come, first served basis. Full details can be found here.
But back to today... here’s a project from my last catalogue launch, made for me by the talented Donna. I love this stamp set, the colours she’s used and the trendy grungey design. Thanks, Donna!
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Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Tap Tap Tap from Donna
Another project from guest designer Donna Taplin today. Donna is one of my team and a great friend, too. While recovering from a particularly nasty operation, she kindly offered to make me some samples for my launch. She’s super talented so I knew she’d come up with something marvellous, and she did!
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