Look who it is!

So last October I got married to my lovely Husband in the beautiful and historic Victoria Hall in Saltaire. I lived in Saltaire for my first 4 years in West Yorkshire while I worked at Hallmark Cards, after leaving University and the North East behind. I have always loved the building and been to many a vintage fair and Zumba class there. The Venue was perfect for us, it was a very small and relaxed wedding and suited our vintage theme. We had the very talented Craig Goode to photograph our special day from Mr & Mrs {boutique wedding photography}. We have been lucky enough to have 2 of our photographs featured in the new wedding brochure for Victoria Hall which is a really nice keepsake to have and a lovely surprise. 

Robin Williams what a legend, such sad news!

Well I couldn't end the week without a quick post to say how sad I was to hear of the news of one of my childhood faves! I grew up with his films and characters and have slowly been introducing Maggie to them. She loves Hook, Flubber, Mrs Doughtfire and Aladdin. This weekend we will snuggle up on the sofa for a Robin Williams marathon and remember what an amazing Actor he was!

So this is what I've been up to!

I've been working on some lovely cute character ranges this year, which even managed to get a little feature on Print and pattern which was nice. These cards were great to design as I could have little googley eyes on them. I have also been working on some fun sticker scene cards. Below is an owl woodland card with stickers, there is also a crazy alien sticker scene which was quite fun.

I'M BACK FROM HIBERNATION!!! FINALLY YAY!

Ey Up!! Well, where do I start!!! After what seems like forever I'm returning to the blog! I will gradually fill you in on all the many things and adventures that have been going on while I've been in hibernation.

The big news is.... I got MARRIED! Last October was the big day and I can't believe it's nearly coming round to our  first Anniversary! My Little Maggie is now 6... going on sixteen and is now riding a bike free from stabilisers! Whoop!

 Still working here in West Yorkshire as a greetings card designer and having fun here in the studio, although we have lost and gained some new members along the way, nothing much has changed!

Still designing crazy characters and fun colourful stuff which I will post some samples of this week so you can see what I've been up to!

Cards up your street- Print and Pattern Feature

Lovely to see some of my designs featured on Print and Pattern this morning, it's always a nice surprise!

There are a number of my designs in the new range of cards for Tesco 'Cards Up Your Street'.

Also featured on print and pattern were some juvenile cards I designed for  Tesco everday.

The Saltburn Yarn Mystery!

There has been something lovely going on near my home town of Saltburn by the sea! The wonderful and imaginative anonymous knitters of the north east have been busy creating a masterpiece to celebrate the Olympics! The amazing creation has been knitted to the railings of Saltburn Pier. The nice part is nobody seems to know who is responsible as it was done over night! what a challenge! It has brought a lot of smiles to the town! Well done to all involved!

Cards up your street!

Some of my recent designs in the new range of cards for Tesco 'Cards up your street'

Spring is here!!

Lovely illustration by AMMO

Well spring is here and I have finally come out of Hibernation!! It's been a while but the winter months are always the busiest for us greeting's card folk!
January was had me turning 29 and my little Maggie turning 4!
February had me bunged up and loved up! I loves valentines day but not the flu!
And well March has me smiling!! Had a lovely mother's day which was made even better by seeing Florence and the machine, she was amazing!!

Maggie is 4!

Awesome Florence in Newcastle!

Greetings from Mr Dutton!

Only one and a half days left till we finish in the studio for Christmas!! YAY!! Received a really beautiful card this morning from the mega talented Mr Ian Dutton!! He seems to be on a role at the moment, his work was recently featured on print and pattern.

Spotted in tesco!

Spotted my very glittery cards in Tesco the other day, the question is do you think there's enough glitter on them!! funny!Also saw my designs in social stationary which is a huge change from doing Christmas all the time!

Secret Santa!

So its deffo Christmas now, it's the studio Crimbo Bash tonight, we are all off to The Wardrobe in Leeds, we'll be busting some moves and getting VERY jolly!!

Yesterday was our secret Santa day at work and I got a lovely Gift from Studio Steve, which was surprising because I was expecting something rude and inappropriate with JLS on the box LOL!

And if any one was wonering where the reindeer go just before Christmas I found out last week!
Yes you guessed it IKEA!! They must have stopped off for some tea light candles and meatballs with the rest of us!!

CHRISTMAS!!!

Hey peeps! Well in a flash it's nearly the end of another year!! Its always our busiest time between September and January designing cards. But I got a lovely surprise this morning to find my Christmas designs for Cancer Research had been featured on Print and Pattern which makes all the craziness seem worth while!!

Libby McMullin

Whilst in London Rachael Introduced me to the very lovely illustrator and designer Libby McMullin. We went to visit her cute little stall at the Camden Lock Market on Sunday. It was lovely hanging out with her for the afternoon drinking tea and chatting about life as a fellow designer. It was refreshing to find out that Libby was just as crazy and passionate as us!

If you can't make it down to Camden you can buy Libby's Prints Online this is one of my personal favourites!

London street art!

Thought I'd share with you all some cool street art that i spotted on my recent visit to London (Hoxton), I thought they looked awesome!