Michael Cattanach

Five Colours. One Winter Story. Christmas is so often dressed in its traditional reds, greens and golds. But sometimes the quieter colours tell an equally beautiful story. Christmas in Colour began with a simple idea: take a peaceful white Christmas landscape and let just one touch of colour change its personality. At the heart of each card is the same little winter world — a house nestled amongst snow-covered trees, surrounded by softly falling snow. Almost everything is left white, allowing...

It's been a while since I've felt inspired. That's a sentiment I know all crafters will utter at some stage. It can be demoralising too if it goes on for too long. So, when I started work on this project, I was already imagining it was destined for the bin like the other four or five projects I had become disinterested in. But something happened whilst I was designing this project, and here we are. Life is often remembered through its grand occasions, yet it is the smaller moments that...

There is something timeless about botanical sketches. Long before colour photography, artists carefully captured the elegance of flowers using pencil and ink, relying on light, shadow and texture to tell the story. Framed Botanicals draws inspiration from that tradition, combining delicate monochrome floral illustrations with richly embossed frames and handcrafted floral arrangements. Rather than allowing the artwork to fill the entire card front, each image is presented as though it has been...