tattoo time

I got some of my new drawings turned into temporary tattoos - very exciting, in fact I was so over excited that I didn't read the instructions properly and forgot to remove the transparent film...I might sell little packs of these in my shop if anyones interested. What could be more rock n roll than a poodle tattoo?!


The toucan tattoo lasted 3 days - would've been longer but I printed on saturday and all the washing finished him off...


thanks to Harriet Gray for the tattoo tips http://harrietgray.blogspot.co.uk

show us your dogs

In another slightly hardcore printing marathon I printed dog stamps to keep the cats and birds company, I think they'll be a calming influence as the colours are quite un crazy, just a tiny bit of red...though it has to be said I kind of wanted to stop at this grey/blue stage...

  

  I can't stop myself from using gold though now I've perfected the mix

 I love the way all the separate layers come together at the end - it (usually) makes the hard work worthwhile!...above and below is the 'before and after' bit - with one layer to go...

woof, ouah-ouah, voff (as dogs say in britain, france and sweden)

colour clash

after a slightly sleepless night worrying about my splodgy, dodgy coloured bird stamp print I decided to re print it with nice new colours that don't fight each other...

 I love this blue and gold stage, I need to do some simpler prints with these colours

looking at this makes me think I'm bonkers as it's the old version next to the new one - spot the difference!! (there is a difference but I accidently focused the most on the old one) hmmm.

meow miao miauen (kittons for sail)

A while ago I mentioned that I had it in mind to do an international meow print...and after researching stamps for the 'Philatley will get you everywhere' print I found so many cat related ones that suddenly I knew how to do it (it was a beautiful moment - oh yes)...

so here it kind of is - these are the tester prints:

                           

scrap cats

I was trying to do something a bit different with my colours, and I'm really pleased with this particular combination (not so sure about the latest print that I did yesterday - I need help from the blog world and will be posting about it very soon in a hope that someone out there will say something that makes me feel better about it...look out, you could be the one who saves me) anyway here's a couple of highlights form the cat stamps...

blurry brazil cat (the brazilian shorthair, I believe), next to the big fluffy Birman...

 and possibly my favourite - the grumpy looking Persian kittens (or kittons as I once saw on the best handmade sign I've ever seen that said: kittons for sail)

and here's a sneaky peek of things to come...possibly dodgy bird stamps under wraps...