The C Word

I know it seems far too early to be thinking about Christmas but here's one of my latest seasonal designs.

It's available from my website, Folksy and Etsy shops, as usual. More designs coming soon!

Christmas Card Exchange

This is the second year that we've taken part in the Dogs with Blogs Christmas card exchange whereby participants send Christmas cards to pals all around the world. Most people use straightforward photos of their dogs on the cards but we wanted to do something a little different.

I thought I might experiment with my gocco printer and print a photo of our dog Jackson with a difference. I decided to use this photo as I like the way he's looking directly at the camera.



Firstly I edited out the background and then superimposed a cartoony big nose and added the antlers. When trying to print a photo using a gocco it's best to add dots to the image so that it comes out like a newspaper photo. I could have done it in Photoshop, but I like the lo-fi photo screens that the gocco manufacturer Riso produce for this so I used one of them instead. It's placed directly on the photocopier screen and the image is put on top and copied. All images for gocco have to be photocopied or drawn using a special pen to get the right amount of carbon to work properly. It's all a bit technical for me, I'm afraid.

I then added the message using Lionel Text Diesel in red and silver ink.



I like the way it looks sort of faded, although the photo doesn't really do it justice and the writing is actually straight on the original cards, not slightly skew-whiff as seen here!

Happy Holidays!

Why do Americans say "Happy Holidays"? It's not really an expression used here in the UK, but in a bid to please my US-based customers I thought I'd try it out on a new greeting card.



Do you like it?

Christmas cards

With the holiday season fast approaching I have been working on my new Christmas card range. I was very excited to be able to use my newish Gocco printer (yes, I know supplies are dwindling, yada yada yada, but I couldn't resist buying one). For those still uninitiated in the delights of Gocco, please click here to find out what all the fuss is about.

My first new design this year is fairly simple; two fox terriers under the mistletoe...



It's currently available to purchase from my Etsy and eBay shops and will be loaded onto the Forever Foxed website shortly.