The Tree Doormat

The Tree Doormat

One afternoon I went over to see my Mum for lunch and I saw she had bought a new doormat. It was a nice design of a tree, with branches etc and I appreciated the design. As I sat and had lunch, I thought about the design and wondered if I could recreate it in...
In memorium to my Dad

In memorium to my Dad

On 7th August 2016, my Dad passed away. My Mum still misses him a lot, being married to him for over 40 years. Being the loving son I am, I wanted to give her something special and personal from me, so she knew I was still thinking of him as well, as it is coming up...
More cardboard etcher testing

More cardboard etcher testing

After the success of my first cardboard letter test earlier today, I thought I would have another go.This time I thought I would use the tag that I use in my email signature, which I created years ago.The original design is shown below. So I used the same process I...
First original works in cardboard

First original works in cardboard

I have really lost my creative mojo during the lockdown. I’m starting to get some spark of creativity back but it’s been really hard. I had an idea on trying to cut out some letters with my etcher potentially in cardboard, as I have a large stock of it...
My first proper project

My first proper project

It’s my Mum’s Birthday tomorrow and I have got her some nice bought presents, but I thought I would make her something nice as well. My Mum i a crafter herself, interested in Card Making, Dcoupage and similar, so she appreciates the effort put into a...

First laser design

Right, so I have finally got the Etcher Laser set up and configured properly. I did have to go and find some articles online aboput power settings etc to use, as I have previously tried to get somethin to etch and literally nothing happened! So this was my first...