Scarborough Pictures

Here are my new artworks for my "Scarborough Fair" card collection.  

New images include images of Scarborough, Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay.

The cards will be available soon in my etsy shop here.

Prints will be available soon from The Local Art Company

Scarborough Fair collection

Freddie

Beach huts

Suncourt

Abbey

Lighthouse

Steps

Castle

Arcades

Robin Hoods Bay

Wedding Invites

Sorry I have been away for soooo long, things have really changed in my life, I have quit my job and decided to move back to the coast in Scarborough to be nearer to my Boyfriend, family and friends.  I am really excited about it!  I am also going to be a freelance designer!  So I will have more freedom (and hopefully money) to do the things I love doing like drawing, crafting, designing, making etc!

I have recently been busy doing wedding invites for friends, here are a few to show ya...

My lovely friend Lauras hen do itinery, day & night invites...

An upcoming Scarborough wedding with a vintage postcard style...

★ NEW PRINTS ★

Have got some new prints in my RANKIDOODLE ETSY SHOP.  I have a few Scarborough themed prints, can you tell I'm homesick?!  and some customised hearts that would make great gifts for valentines day.

This one is a design based on the vintage bus blinds that are everywhere at the moment, talked about on my blog here.  It lists well known and loved streets and attractions from my lovely hometown.

A set of four Scarborough prints depicting The Spa, The Lighthouse, The Seafront and The Castle.

These prints measure 20 x 20cm and are £5 each or 4 for £15!!!

Lastly I have designed some personalised prints, a valentine heart and a new baby heart!  The customer can choose the wording (names, dates, places etc) on the print so it means something special to them.

              

              

These prints are £20 each and measure 30 x 40cm

★★★ For a 20% discount enter FRIENDS1 at the checkout ★★★

Fun at the Fair

We had a stall at a local craft fair this weekend, due to bad weather we didn't do as well as expected but was fun anyway and the mulled wine was flowing nicely...

I will be placing leftover items in my NEW ETSY SHOP soon so take a look in the next few days.

Bus blinds

Love those posters that are popping up all over the place at the moment made from old bus blinds.  They show a list of all the places and streets where the bus stops.  Here is a selection of images showing authentic bus blinds and copies.  

You can buy a personalised bus blind (like below) from more than words on notonthehighstreet.com for £190

I had a little go at making a Scarborough themed one...

Final Project

I thought I would share with you my final project from university, back in 2004!  I created a collection of pop-up cards based around the theme of an Old English country house. 

The cards all opened out to dipicting rooms and gardens from the house and then folded back up to look like old books...

magnetic movable furniture

All images copyright of Kirsty Rankin

university project 2 - 'Wedding Gift Sets'

Thought I'd share another University project with you...

 

This was a greetings project and I created 'Wedding Gift Sets'

for members of the Wedding party.  It has a vintage handbag theme and the

products are decorated in 1950s style illustrations.

 

Here is a selection of the initial drawings and the finished products...

All images are copyright of rankidoodle