❤ Lucky Packet Design: Customised Moleskine notebook

A friend of mine recently purchased a brand spanking new Moleskine notebook for work purposes. A bit bored with the exterior of her new notebook, she asked me to 'do something with it'. Knowing that she loves simple designs and keeping in mind that she will be using it in the workplace, I stuck to a few colours and blinged it up to the bare minimum.

The end result was simple, yet fun.

❤ Lucky Packet Design: Linocutting and Rubber Adventures

In the midst of the paper cutting project, I got a bit distracted and decided to fiddle about with some rubber and a lino-cutter.  I started off with the pattern that I was playing around with in my paper cutting project, but then decided I'd like a regular old flower instead.  

By the way, I've cut myself at least 3 times.  In Ramadaan it was hard for me to control my frustration and not yell out, 'S#!^' every time I stabbed myself.  Linocutting is not for sissies.  Keep band-aids nearby - and perhaps some protective gloves.

After creating my rubber stamp, I decided to test it on a piece of fabric (which is somewhere around) and as it turns out, I'm pretty pleased with my first shot at lino cutting and printing.  I'm going to fiddle a bit with the design and once I find a trusty roller, I'll (hopefully) create some designs to share on here! :)