Creating A Life Less Ordinary Through Art

How to Create an Underwater Garden for an Octopus

I do love Dyan Reaveley's adorable fish, octopus and crabs with their cheeky attitudes! They're just so much fun to stamp, colour and cut out. Swimming along with these creatures are...

How to Create an Underwater Garden for an Octopus

I do love Dyan Reaveley's adorable fish, octopus and crabs with their cheeky attitudes! They're just so much fun to stamp, colour and cut out. Swimming along with these creatures are...

Twilight Pumpkin Patch

These totally adorable Tim Holtz Pumpkinhead Stamps (CMS309) were happily growing in the veggie patch when a flock of ravens flew in for dinner.  Not many photos were taken when...

Twilight Pumpkin Patch

These totally adorable Tim Holtz Pumpkinhead Stamps (CMS309) were happily growing in the veggie patch when a flock of ravens flew in for dinner.  Not many photos were taken when...

Gypsy Art Journal Page

Life of a gypsy has always appealed to me... living in a gorgeous wagon drawn by a huge, friendly Clydesdale horse, with beautiful surroundings and a peaceful lifestyle - nothing...

Gypsy Art Journal Page

Life of a gypsy has always appealed to me... living in a gorgeous wagon drawn by a huge, friendly Clydesdale horse, with beautiful surroundings and a peaceful lifestyle - nothing...

Butterfly Flower Garden Art Journal Page

Butterflies are incredible creatures that are in thousands of different shapes, sizes and colours... such variation - some wander for thousands and thousands of kms, others stay close to home,...

Butterfly Flower Garden Art Journal Page

Butterflies are incredible creatures that are in thousands of different shapes, sizes and colours... such variation - some wander for thousands and thousands of kms, others stay close to home,...

MultiColour Stamping with Patchwork Butterflies

A quick and easy card to make for Mother's Day using a big beautiful butterfly with different background stamps. A pretty card that can be used to say anything  at...

MultiColour Stamping with Patchwork Butterflies

A quick and easy card to make for Mother's Day using a big beautiful butterfly with different background stamps. A pretty card that can be used to say anything  at...

Flying Friends in a Sea of Pink

This has to be the pinkest artwork I've created for many years! Usually I opt for greens but I guess sometimes we need a change. I made it for an...

Flying Friends in a Sea of Pink

This has to be the pinkest artwork I've created for many years! Usually I opt for greens but I guess sometimes we need a change. I made it for an...

Dylusions Challenge for January 2018

An art journal page created for a monthly challenge with The Dylusions Facebook Challenge Group :) January 2018 theme was - Red, Orange, Squares. I've decided I really need to do something with...

Dylusions Challenge for January 2018

An art journal page created for a monthly challenge with The Dylusions Facebook Challenge Group :) January 2018 theme was - Red, Orange, Squares. I've decided I really need to do something with...

Perfectly Happy Cast of Characters

A flock of galahs are the feature of my journal page for Janie's beautiful book of Simply Whimsical as part of a swap. Janie loves animals as much as I...

Perfectly Happy Cast of Characters

A flock of galahs are the feature of my journal page for Janie's beautiful book of Simply Whimsical as part of a swap. Janie loves animals as much as I...

Must Love Crazy Dogs

Must Love Dogs ... not only one of my favourite movies but a fun choice to use for this journal page (theme was "movie quote"), especially when put together with...

Must Love Crazy Dogs

Must Love Dogs ... not only one of my favourite movies but a fun choice to use for this journal page (theme was "movie quote"), especially when put together with...

Everything's Rosy in My Garden

Life laugh love in a world of art ... creating a beautiful garden with Dylusions and Tim Holtz cling rubber stamps, watercolour pencils, paints and crayons and a black Archival...

Everything's Rosy in My Garden

Life laugh love in a world of art ... creating a beautiful garden with Dylusions and Tim Holtz cling rubber stamps, watercolour pencils, paints and crayons and a black Archival...

Under the Sea Creatures ATCs

ATCs (artist trading cards) are such fun things to make. This theme was "Creatures of the Sea". Of course I had to use the Dylusions "Under the Sea" stamp set...

Under the Sea Creatures ATCs

ATCs (artist trading cards) are such fun things to make. This theme was "Creatures of the Sea". Of course I had to use the Dylusions "Under the Sea" stamp set...

Finding Nemo Meets Dylusions

This is what happens when Dylusions' Under the Sea critters meet the theme "movie quote". I know its the seagulls that are famous for the quote "mine mine mine..." but I'm...

Finding Nemo Meets Dylusions

This is what happens when Dylusions' Under the Sea critters meet the theme "movie quote". I know its the seagulls that are famous for the quote "mine mine mine..." but I'm...

Silhouette Art for Roz

Deciding what to create for Roz's book of silhouette art wasn't easy... I went from seadragons (cos I had a couple left from last time) to fairies, then wildflowers in...

Silhouette Art for Roz

Deciding what to create for Roz's book of silhouette art wasn't easy... I went from seadragons (cos I had a couple left from last time) to fairies, then wildflowers in...

The Leafy Sea Dancer Art Journal Page

Seahorses and Mermaids is a brilliant theme :) I love creating with the gorgeous colours of the ocean. My clever Dad used to cut out amazing shapes by hand on his...

The Leafy Sea Dancer Art Journal Page

Seahorses and Mermaids is a brilliant theme :) I love creating with the gorgeous colours of the ocean. My clever Dad used to cut out amazing shapes by hand on his...

Love Birds ATCs

These ATCs were made for a swap with the FB Art Swap Group for the theme "Feathers". I used Darkroom Door stamp sets 'Feathers' and 'Love Birds' with Distress Inks,...

Love Birds ATCs

These ATCs were made for a swap with the FB Art Swap Group for the theme "Feathers". I used Darkroom Door stamp sets 'Feathers' and 'Love Birds' with Distress Inks,...

Calypso

Calypso was my inspiration for my art journal page. She is a Sea Goddess well known for sinking ships, making big waves in stormy seas and putting curses on pirates....

Calypso

Calypso was my inspiration for my art journal page. She is a Sea Goddess well known for sinking ships, making big waves in stormy seas and putting curses on pirates....

Fishing Felines

Fishing anyone? I do love my stamped feline friends by Tim Holtz :) Crazy Cats are such fun to play with! This was supposed to be mostly red but the...

Fishing Felines

Fishing anyone? I do love my stamped feline friends by Tim Holtz :) Crazy Cats are such fun to play with! This was supposed to be mostly red but the...

Full Moon DAJ

A magical piece of art is this beautiful painting of the Moon and Earth. Created for the theme "Moon" in a DAJ swap (deconstructed art journal)... basically you create a...

Full Moon DAJ

A magical piece of art is this beautiful painting of the Moon and Earth. Created for the theme "Moon" in a DAJ swap (deconstructed art journal)... basically you create a...

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