Sunday, August 07, 2011

The making of...

The making of...

...a personalised greetings card.
1
The design is sketched out.
My card was intended for a friend's 30th birthday. She had just come back from visiting VIVA LAS VEGAS and she loves all things 'fabulous'. 

2
Once the sketch is finalised I like to give it an outline in black fine liner pen.

3
The outline is now complete, here is where I usually erase all the pencil marks and either scan in the image and add colour/edit on the computer or take a scanned copy but then colour/paint straight onto the drawn image.

4
The colour is being added. I've tried to stick to a colour-scheme that is the same as the Vegas sign itself. However I made my own edits due to what I thought looked better.

5
The finished design.
I hope she liked it!!!

Edit: She saw the blog post today, and said she loved her 'fabulous' card very much. hehe

A little bit of design work

A little bit of design work

My most recent attempt at a print day. :)
Plus a few sketches.

Surprisingly

Surprisingly

Even though I live in quite a student area, that doesn't mean its ugly..


I think it's lovely anyway.


Tom's Graduation!!!

Tom's Graduation!!!

It was such a nice day. :) 

An update!

An update!

Tom found my phone cable yesterday, so I can finally transfer some of the photos I have taken recently.
A few weeks ago I visited the beautiful town of Buxton, and took a walk through the park.

Monday, August 01, 2011

Supping some ice tea...

Supping some ice tea...

... I thought I would copy down the recipe for you.

1. Brew 4 tea bags in a large bowl of 4 cups of hot water.
2. Leave in the bags for no longer than 5 minutes.
3. In another large jug or bowl get 1 cup of sugar and 4 cups of cold water, stir until the sugar has dissolved
(We also added the juice of 1 lemon at this stage).
4. Pour the hot brewed tea into the cold sugar water, mix together.
5. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cool further in the fridge. When serving add ice!

Yum-lovely refreshing ice tea.