Chrysanthemum - by Deb

I was inspired by Shell's three flowers to paint one of the chrysanthemum blooms from the bunch I bought on Valentine's Day (a lady's got to do the spoiling herself when her man is overseas! ^^). The background is a page out of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which I found while I was out wandering. Reading those two pages so intrigued me.. I think its about time I read the novel!

Three flowers - by Shell

The cut out I've been working on is too huge to lay out and snip at just for a few hours, so I wanted to create something smaller to share on SK sooner (I've been trying hard to resist the urge to post pics of my unfinished cutout!). Yesterday I discovered a nearby giant craft store and stocked up on all manner of unneccessary luxuries. I spent hours browsing the aisles, soaking up ideas and marvelling at the variety of crafts to be created. Bliss! A few of the items I couldn't leave without were a pad of heavily textured watercolour paper and a pack of black Faber Castell pens ranging from very thin to brush size. They inspired this mini watercolour. Since I love snail mail I've turned this pic into a postcard to fly over the seas soonest.

Summer Flowers - by Shell

Summer flowers - by Shell

Here's a sneek peek at my latest cut out...inspired by our beautiful english summer wildflowers