Let me introduce myself. I’m Jaine, wife, mother, grandmother and mess maker from Basement Studio in Luxembourg. I’m a freelance graphic designer with a passion for watercolours and nature. I hand make bespoke greetings cards and invitations but more recently I’ve been illustrating designs to be printed on a wide variety of products from notebooks to fabrics.
I’ve been creating in one form or another since I was a child, first learning to knit, sew and draw from my grandparents, you could say drawing is in my DNA. I started out hand crafting cards to satisfy a longing to be hands on in the creating process and loved it. Once I’d discovered the world of stamping I was seriously hooked. This changed the way I made cards for ever. I wanted to use my own hand drawn designs on my cards but wasn’t sure how to go about it. A few encounters with some amazing people and businesses who gave me the opportunity I was looking for was the start I needed.
I am self tought in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and now love to combine a passion for sketching with graphic design to create cards and gifts. I’ve designed stamps and stencils for the craft industry for many years now and as I’ve said I’m lucky enough to have worked with some amazing companies over the years from Kuretake, WOW Embossing Powders and Canvas Corp Brands amongst others.
I’m very proud to have been published in the UK based publications, Beads and Beyond magazine, Sewing World, Scrap 365, Making Cards and Papercraft and Craft Stamper magazine where I also held the position of assistant editor.
You can find me in my Etsy shop simply click on this link to visit. I also have an Instagram account where I post what I’m up to at www.instagram.com/basementstudiolux/ I’d love to connect with you there.
I can be contacted at jaine@basementstudio.lu if you want to know more.
Jaine