Tag: art

Painting By Numbers – Neon Giraffe

Painting By Numbers – Neon Giraffe

Hey there, fellow craft enthusiasts! I’m back with my latest DIY project, and it’s a real neon-infused beauty – a paint by numbers canvas featuring a vibrantly coloured giraffe. If you haven’t tried one of these paint by number kits for adults yet, you’re missing out on a world of creativity and relaxation. Let me take you through the therapeutic journey of this neon giraffe and how paint by numbers can become your go-to spare time craft and stress relief.

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Scratch Art Book – Stress Relief

Scratch Art Book – Stress Relief

Hey there, fellow grown-ups! Who said colouring books and playful pastimes are just for kids? It’s time to revisit your childhood with a colourful twist. I’ve already tried colouring books for adults, painting by numbers canvases and sticker mosaics. Today I’m introducing the latest fad in relaxation and creative fun: scratch pages for adults!

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Handmade Cards 2023

Handmade Cards 2023

Another year, another post summarizing my cardmaking! Making annual posts with my handmade cards has become a tradition now, and I couldn’t miss it. It’s also great for myself, having all my cards documented here every year. They serve as a fantastic source of inspiration too when I need it.

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Sticker Mosaics – Stress Relief Book

Sticker Mosaics – Stress Relief Book

I’ve tried various types of adult activity book. The earliest trend I remember was for detailed colouring books for adults. Then, I found a connect-the-dots book with hundreds of dots per image. These activity books are great as stress relief, a good one to try if yoga or meditation aren’t your thing. They’re also fun to do!

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DIY Botanical Watercolour Paintings

DIY Botanical Watercolour Paintings

It feels like forever since I posted any of my crafts. The truth is, I usually don’t spend much time on crafts in the summer. Warm weather and sunshine seem so rare and precious, I choose them over pretty much everything else. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have any older projects to share! This one came in two parts, and as it often is with my crafts, I started working on it around July last year and then life happened and I got distracted. When I finally completed it, it was… February this year, I think.

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Mandala Colouring Pages

Mandala Colouring Pages

Colouring pages for adults grew in popularity in recent years and it’s become a well-known stress relief method. I’ve talked you through the origin of mandala patterns before and over the past year I drew a good amount of mandala colouring pages. I’d like to share them with you today.

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Handmade Cards 2021 – I

Handmade Cards 2021 – I

It’s been a while since I posted photos of my handmade cards, but fear not! I definitely still make them for all family occasions! But just to have a record of them on the blog – for you, and for myself – I thought I would make a recap in two posts. This is the first of them, with cards I made for my dad’s birthday, my grandmother’s birthday and my sister’s birthday.

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Cat Pencil Sketch

Cat Pencil Sketch

A couple months ago I had that sudden urge to pick up a pencil and draw something. Even though I do a lot of crafts, I actually rarely sketch. A detailed sketch is usually quite time consuming and – having a rather short attention span – I get bored halfway through and drop the drawing unfinished. Nevertheless, I felt the desire to draw, for the first time in a couple of years, and I couldn’t resist. Here’s the process, step by step!

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Cat Painted Wooden Box

Cat Painted Wooden Box

October the 1st marks the start of Halloween season, even if the supermarkets make it look like it’s Christmas already. As much as I love Christmas, I do like to have an autumnal transition period between summer and Christmas. I can’t imagine any Halloween celebrations actually taking place this year, but it doesn’t mean I can’t decorate the house as if everything was normal.

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