The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1 - Zig Clean Colour cat scene The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2 - Copic coloured die cuts The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3 - Sparkle gems The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #4 - Copic giraffe The second… Continue reading The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge round-up
Month: June 2015
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #30
What: Day thirty of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A thank you to Kathy Racoosin for running the challenge and somehow finding the time to comment on everyone's pictures. How: The hardest part about making this card was leaving so much white space on it. I made a card base from Neenah… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #30
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #29
What: Day twenty-nine of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Back to my Copic markers and a cutie from Some Odd Girl. How: Another pretty straightforward card. I stamped the image and coloured it with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut a paper mask and masked off the girl and flower while I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #29
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #28
What: Day twenty-eight of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I have had such positive feedback since I started using Instagram earlier this year and I wanted to say thank you to everyone has liked and commented on my posts there. How: I stamped three of the large flowers off the edge of… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #28
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #27
What: Day twenty-seven of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I stepped away from the Copics and watercolours today and made a card with some alcohol ink instead. Inspired by: The starting point for my design thoughts was a split panel watercolour card. How: The marbled panel was created by first adding drops… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #27
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #26
What: Day twenty-six of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A birthday card for a cat-owning friend and one of my favourite cards. How: The first thing I did was stamp each of the cat stamps on masking paper and fussy cut them out. The background panel was built up from the bottom… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #26
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #25
What: Day twenty-five of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A watercolour rainbow over sparkly embossing powder. Inspired by: Laura Bassen made a colourful grid card a few weeks ago — it stuck in my mind and I just had to have a go at my own version. How: I stamped the lattice… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #25
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #24
What: Day twenty-four of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Some simple pencil-coloured flowers today. How: I stamped the flowers and sentiment in black on kraft and coloured them with pencil. For a finishing touch I outlined the flowers and leaves with white gel pen dots and added some along the baseline. Lessons… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #24
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #23
What: Day twenty-three of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge and I thought I’d give the shiny watercolours another go, this time on watercolour paper. How: The background is one I made some time ago and it has been lurking in my stash since then. It was painted with watercolour (a different set)… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #23
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #22
What: Day twenty-two of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Shimmery watercolour on Neenah desert storm cardstock. Inspired by: Julia Altermann recently painted some shimmery flowers using watercolour on kraft cardstock. How: I stamped the flowers and leaves with Versamark and heat embossed them in white. I should have done them in stages,… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #22
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21
What: Day twenty-one of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Our neighbour is in hospital for a few days and I wanted to make a card for her to hopefully raise a smile. How: I stamped the trash can creature and the cloud using Memento ink and then stamped the sentiment with Versamark… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #20
What: Day twenty of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A graduation card for when my brother gets his results from Uni in a couple of weeks. How: I printed out the owl and coloured him with Copic markers with the help of Sandy Allnock’s hex chart for choosing colour blends. I was… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #20
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #19
What: Day nineteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I’ve had this digi — I actually found it on a site that has printouts for kids to colour — on my to-colour list for a while, but I was worried I wouldn’t do it justice. How: I started out with the idea… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #19
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
What: Day eighteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A quick Copic-coloured vase of flowers. How: A quick bit of Copic colouring and then masses of white and silver gel pen over the top just for fun. I used the largest circle die I have to round off the top and bottom… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #17
What: Day seventeen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and so it’s time to make a card for my other half’s dad. How: Putting together the elements for this card was simple: I printed out the digital stamp and coloured it with Copics, die cut the “happy”,… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #17
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