The Busy Dam Beavers are back for the Cozy Cabincore Spoonflower challenge. After building dams, celebrating Christmas and even wielding chainsaws they are taking a proper break this time, toasting marshmallows, sipping tea and curling up with a good book. Even beavers deserve some downtime! This print would make cute kids Pajamas, a cozy cushion or a warm throw.
Here’s my take on this week’s Spoonflower challenge, Added texture. I played around with a faux plaster relief effect with leaves and a simple floral creating a tactile look.
When you have been doing Spoonflower challenges for as long as I have it is not surprising that prompts repeat themselves. Back in 2021 I came 4th in the patchwork challenge . The prompt this week is Patchwork Revival.
I was inspired by applique patchworks quilts and went a whimsical route with an applique patchwork hen with a chick.
I took a whimsical approach to this week’s Spoonflower challenge. Modern Toile. My design features rabbits munching on the produce of a vegetable garden, if you are a gardener you know the scenario!
Of course I did a monotone blue and white version too!
For the elevated classic spoonflower challenge I decided to to a good hard look at houndstooth. To the layman it can look like quite a complicated pattern but when you break it down it is super simple. The repeat is a simple square of diagonal bands but when you add and remove color the results are spectacular.
Now I mucked arounds with that simple repeat block a little and came up with this. I gave a classic hounds tooth a modern preppy feel.
Oooh and of course I created a blue version too!
I really love hydrangeas and they feature quite a bit in my designs, they are the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge.
Now I know voters are going to be faced with a sea of these beautiful blooms so I took a slightly whimsical approach to the prompt.
Loud and festive is what I went for this week’s Spoonflower challenge with a jolly Santa and a wacky reindeer … all while I am literally melting away in the Atlanta heat!
phew!
I also created a little collection around my hero design
I was inspired by vintage botanical sketches for the Spoonflower challenge this week and picked a floral that in my heart is totally old fashioned but a stunner, Forget me nots.
There has been a bit of a break on the Spoonflower challenge front and it could not have come at a better time for me. The last 10 weeks has seen me sell a house, buy a house, pack up my entire belongings, drive 600 mile, take delivery of my stuff and unpack and organize the lot. Bye bye Illinois, hello Georgia.
To say that I have struggled with creative block during the stress of moving is an understatement but I am easing myself back in now and the turmoil begins to settle down.
This week’s Spoonflower challenge is opulent Halloween and I immediately thought of ghostly kings with crowns.
Is chintz making a comeback? I’m not a huge fan of the chintzy look and spun a modern moody twist on the traditional look.
It would make a stunning statement wall!
