Category: Spoonflower

It is the first challenge of the 2022 and I am dilly dallying over which design to enter for Ditsy Adventure.
I recently got a space themed design prompt from my nephew which was turned into a duvet cover but on a small scale it works really nicely as a ditsy print.

Ditsy Alien Rocket Blastoff

But I also drew inspiration from the ocean and all the wonderful unexplored expanse it offers and created a whimsical submarine adventure.

Ditsy Submarine Adventure

I think I am going to go for my space adventure … for now.. who knows I may change my mind!

French for “Trick of the Eye” Trompe Loeil was super fun to design for. It also wraps up the Spoonflower design challenges for 2021. I have kept to my personal promise and entered every single one… just as I did in 2020. I will have another round up of how I did in the new year.

Down Deep Floral Trompe Loeil

It was pretty fun doing research for this week’s Spoonflower design challenge, Comeback Species.

I came across the Bermese Star tortoise and when I saw the beautiful pattern on it’s shell I knew this wonderful creature was I wanted to draw inspiration from, for this challenge.

I riffed on it’s geometrical nature and went full geometrical in my design!

Bermese Star Tortoise Geometric

I would really love a greenhouse in my garden to extend the short growing season here in Chicago …maybe one day!

Victorian Greenhouse was the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge so I channeled my desire and came up with this – Bountiful Botanical Greenhouse

Love is in the air for this week’s Spoonflower challenge Kitsch Valentine where the prompt is to channel #lovecore, vintage, sweet, sickly and lets face it tacky stuff.

I came up with Valentine Kitsch Birdies

I also turned some of my sweet birds into whimsical stickers!

For this week’s Spoonflower challenge – Quirky Amphibians, I ended up creating two designs and bounced back and forth on which one I should enter!

I ended up going with Frog Swamp Party

Here was my other contender, Frog Pond Band

Let’s hope I made the right choice!

We are back again this week to a limited color palette challenge and unlike the last limited color challenge , the colors don’t send me into the depths of despair. My goodness that challenge morphed itself into a two week creative block. Yikes!

This week the challenge is to create something cozy, suitable for throws, curtains and wallpaper. There is nothing more cozy than soft fuzzy knitwear, my inspiration for this week’s design

Cozy Snuggly Knitwear

The design works well for a throw and curtains… not so sure about wallpaper … it may be a bit loud!