Wednesday, October 31, 2012

New Christmas Card Designs

New Christmas Card Design
I have been busy designing and carving new block prints for my Christmas card range. Here is a sneak peek at one of the designs..

New Christmas Card Design
This is how I start a new design. A rough sketch in pencil which I then transfer on to the lino by rubbing the back of the paper and leaving the pencil markings on the lino.

New Christmas Card Design
New Christmas Card Design
I was going to make it a cleaner image, and tidy up all the black marks around the letters but I have decided I like it that way. Now I have to get printing the design on cards!

3 comments:

  1. Oooh lovely! I really like the 'accidental' marks too. Are you planning on printing them in a variety of colours?

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  2. like the card design and the color you used for it..isn't it be more beautiful if use same Gift Card envelopes for it.

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  3. Thanks Emily! I haven't decided on colours yet but I know I will be doing some in black and some in red. I don't know why but they just seem like Christmas colours to me!

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