Sorry....it's taking a while

You'll have to bear with me at the moment guys....seem to be on a bit of a go-slow hence the lack of posts!....I think it's because I'm trying to tackle the wonderful world of Illustrator again, so it's taking me some time to get back into it....hopefully I'll get into the swing of it soon! Here's a little snapshot from a current work in progress.... 

Happy weekend everyone!!

Keeping it bright and cheery!

Following the success of my illustrator efforts at Surtex, I've decided to do a few more things....starting with some simple geos:

Birthday balloons

- Lots of bright letter balloons to complete my birthday trio!

Now....what to work on next I wonder? After dabbling in Illustrator for the past week and a half I think it's time to return to good ol' Photoshop - YAY! Come back lovely textures and patterns...I've missed you!! ;)

And one more makes three...

- a little peek at the final floral to complete the set; it was finished before the end of the working day too; woo-hoo! :)

Now onto something different....not long to go now until the next selling trip!!!

Another floral addition...

- here's a little look at illustrator design number two....I'm getting a teeny bit quicker now, so it's on to number three to complete the set. :)

A challenging week...

This week I'm trying to conquer illustrator again....I normally finish all of my work off in the comfort of photoshop, putting lots of textures and patterns into everything to create the final look, but, apparently it's all about clean-looking graphic styles right now, so I'm trying to persevere and do an entire design in illustrator; in fact....an entire set! Here's a little look at my first attempt; some bright flowers to bring on the Spring :)

An achievement

Well, I managed to get some more designs completed over the weekend, whilst also snatching  a bit of time out in the garden, so that was a bonus, but, the real achievement was this......

- I managed to create a graphic tree (just a snippet shown here) along with a stocking design, solely in...........

illustrator!

Anyone who knows me will appreciate this, as I usually do everything in photoshop.....or, do a teeny-tiny bit in illustrator before pulling it back in to photoshop to finish it off, but nope - I persevered. So, hooray for me! :) They're going to be luxury foil designs (hence the flat colour), so should look great once mocked up...