Baked me some cupcakes

I had a bit of a cupcake feeling today and made these this evening:






I used a standard cupcake recipe, adding chocolate and peanut butter. The frosting is vanilla and on top are malteasers, m&m's, and fairy sprinkles. yummmmmmmy
they are perfect to munch on with a hot cuppa tea whilst it is snowing outside :o)

Jellyfish project

It's a jellyfish!

Lilac nails & Barry M nail effects - NOTD

'Berry ice cream' nail polish by Barry M. rather pretty!


This is Barry M Nail effects over the top. Crackly!!

Lino cutting process

This week I have been getting to grips with lino cutting and in particular lino reduction. I made a few initial samples with lino reduction but didn't get to photograph the process, however whilst scouring the web I came across an awesome tutorial for linocut reduction - it can be found here.

Here are some pictures of the linocut prints I am currently working on for my project which is based on jellyfish.


I used tracing paper to transfer my outline of a jellyfish onto a piece of lino.


Ouch, small cuts on the fingers from scalpling lino hurts a lot. I have been going through a fair few hello kitty plasters this week.


The lithography ink is so sticky. Rolling it out, mixing and clearing it off the worktop is a real workout on your arms, no joke.


My first sample of this print, you can see it needs work! I'll probably cut around the jellyfish to avoid that background texture. Will also experiment with the colour palette to try and create a stronger contrast in the silhouette.

Here's the press I used in the print room. It seemed to have a friendly face!

Hello there RP1.