Sarah Gray

If you aren't already aware, we are away on holiday in Spain at the moment! The weather has been beautiful and the Mediterranean colours are so vibrant from the ever shifting blues of the sea to the brilliant pops of colour from trailing bourgainvillea and the rich earthy tones of terracotta tiles. Taking a bit of time out, doing lots of walking and spending more time outdoors has given me a fresh appreciation of place. It has got me thinking about how we can translate the colours,...

Welcome to June and our new Take 3 Challenge prompts! This month we are working with pastels as our colours, using flowers as our theme and adding stripes to our makes. This is a lovely combo and I thought that I would put a few easy cards together to help get you started :) These 3 cards feature different ways to incorporate stripes in to your projects with masking, stencils and washi tape. First up I decided to use different widths of masking tape across the cardfront before blending...

I am now over two thirds of the way through the 100 day project and this little daily creative ritual has got me thinking about how valuable repetition can be.... This exercise in creative repetition has helped me to: Focus - I don't sit down every day with a blank piece of paper and a question mark about what to do which often leads to procrastination. Be MORE creative - I have needed to think about ways of adding variation within the constraints that I have set. I have been undertaking the...