Seeing the most-liked cards on Instagram made me think about which cards I would put on my own personal favourites from the last year. This was hard. I could have easily picked more — there are two or three other Christmas cards that are definitely good enough to be on here and several others from earlier in… Continue reading Personal favourites of 2015
Month: December 2015
Most-liked cards of 2015
It's always interesting to see which cards people like so I joined in with posting my most-liked photos over on Instagram. Cards from earlier in the year do miss out though — I only started posting regularly in March when I joined in with the first Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge — and the more… Continue reading Most-liked cards of 2015
New domain name
I created this blog in 2014 as a means of recording the cards I make. I made this blog public in January 2015 once I'd caught up writing up the cards I'd already made. And now I've got a domain name for it. The old WordPress URL still works and will redirect to the new… Continue reading New domain name
Happy Day card: Shaker tag
What: I bought a fuse tool a little while ago, but I hadn’t got around to trying it out. It seemed daft to get these things and leave them unused so I pushed myself to give it a go. And I’m really happy with the results. How: In an effort to use up some of… Continue reading Happy Day card: Shaker tag
Christmas card: MST3K bots
What: The last Christmas card of 2015 and I finally came up with an idea for a design for my other half. He’s a big Mystery Science Theatre 3000 fan so I went in search of Christmas inspiration there. Wassail!!! How: Of course, there are no MST3K stamps or digis out there so I had… Continue reading Christmas card: MST3K bots
Christmas card: iMac Santa
What: A quick card for my other half to photograph and use as a digital card for his colleagues in the US. How: I had a quick hunt for a decent quality image of an iMac, sized it appropriately, printed it out and fussy cut it. I masked the edges and blended some Distress inks… Continue reading Christmas card: iMac Santa
Christmas card: Violin Gwen
What: As soon as I saw this digi stamp from Some Odd Girl I knew I had to use it to make a card for one of my other half’s nieces who plays the violin. How: Before I started colouring the image with Copic markers I printed it out on regular printer paper and planned… Continue reading Christmas card: Violin Gwen
Christmas card: Mice shaker
What: Cute critters are a must-have for any card for my mum. I spotted these mice a while ago and knew I had to make mum’s Christmas card with them, but it’s quite a skinny image so I had to come up with a way of using it on a card and not have it… Continue reading Christmas card: Mice shaker
Christmas cards: Batch set
What: So, I checked my stash of Christmas cards. And then I checked my Christmas card list. And then I had a little panic. And then I came up with a design that I could create multiple variations of. How: First I stamped a load of critters and snowmen and coloured them with Inktense pencils.… Continue reading Christmas cards: Batch set
Christmas card: Christmas Bently
What: A Christmas card for my other half’s sister. She loves bunnies, so what better than a bunny bearing gifts. The idea: To make a Christmas bunny shaker card and to use some paper from my collection of paper pads. How: Bently bunny was printed onto Neenah solar white, coloured with Copic markers, and fussy… Continue reading Christmas card: Christmas Bently
Xmas card: Peace Santa
What: A peace-loving Santa for the December instalment of Gerda Steiner’s progressive challenge. The idea: Taking inspiration from the banner that Santa is holding, I wanted to create an aperture for the banner to be hung across. How: Colouring Santa was the most straightforward part of making this card. Fussy cutting him was pretty simple… Continue reading Xmas card: Peace Santa
Crafty Rat 