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Month: August 2017

greeting cards

The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge

August 31, 2017September 7, 2017 Crafty Rat

I think we're up to the eighth colouring challenge hosted by the inimitable Kathy Racoosin over at The Daily Marker. I still don't know how she manages it, even with the help of her team of Goodwill Ambassadors on Instagram. And this year she's doing a Coloring Challenge Road Trip as well! I shall be… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge

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Make a splash

August 30, 2017August 28, 2017 Crafty Rat

I'm used to using glossy accents to highlight eyes or make balloons shiny and things on that scale. I had never thought of using thin lines of it to create rain or water ripples though. For this card, I got out the pico embellisher instead of the glossy accents; it's much more liquid and comes… Continue reading Make a splash

Tagged colouring, dolphin, Inktense, OCCSparkle&Shine, Online Card Classes, other crafts4 Comments
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Shiny objects canvas

August 29, 2017February 9, 2022 Crafty Rat

My first mixed media canvas panel. I'm not sure what the original inspiration was, but I had the idea of standing inside a room looking through a window at the moon and once I had enough of a picture in my mind, I started creating it on canvas. The canvas is 8" square. Not huge,… Continue reading Shiny objects canvas

Tagged canvas, mixed media5 Comments
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Rose and chamomile

August 28, 2017August 27, 2017 Crafty Rat

I finally had to stop procrastinating and actually get around to making a card for my other half's mum's birthday. I love colouring Power Poppy flowers. There's so much detail in the illustrations that I swear the end result would look gorgeous even if you just coloured it flat with no shading. But, of course,… Continue reading Rose and chamomile

Tagged colouring, Copic, flower, no sentiment5 Comments
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Cake Monster

August 27, 2017 Crafty Rat

Why do I always leave making cards for challenges until the end of the month? It's not making the cards that's the problem, it's not even getting the photographs done — I've got that workflow sorted — it's writing up the blog post to go with them. Actually, it's more the "thinking about writing the… Continue reading Cake Monster

Tagged birthday card, challenge, colouring, Copic, GSD challenge, monster4 Comments
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Test: Deco Foil Transfer Gel

August 19, 2017February 9, 2022 Crafty Rat

I like foil and I like stencils, so how could I not pick up a pot of Deco Foil Transfer Gel when I saw one of my regular shops had it in stock. Rather than just grab a random stencil and quickly try it out, I thought I'd do a more thorough test with a… Continue reading Test: Deco Foil Transfer Gel

Tagged foil, stencilling, testing6 Comments
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Glitter rainbow foil stripe

August 14, 2017 Crafty Rat

This was not planned. This was the result of having a strip of double-sided adhesive sheet and a bit of the rainbow foil left lying on my desk and my head already in glitter mode for the next Sparkle & Shine lessons. I stuck the adhesive strip to a scrap of card, applied the foil… Continue reading Glitter rainbow foil stripe

Tagged birthday card, foil, Online Card Classes, rainbow5 Comments
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Presents for sale

August 11, 2017August 15, 2017 Crafty Rat

A friend of ours regularly buys techy stuff for himself only to turn around and sell it again shortly after; this inspired my other half to suggest that there should be a “for sale” sign somewhere on his birthday card. We had already decided there would be robots and this Lawn Fawn set has a… Continue reading Presents for sale

Tagged birthday card, Distress, robot, Ziggies9 Comments
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Christmas town

August 8, 2017 Crafty Rat

My first small batch of Christmas cards. I’m not sure how many I’ll make this year — I must sit down and work out how many I really need — but I think it will have to be fewer than I made last year. Either that or I need to get them all finished well… Continue reading Christmas town

Tagged Christmas card, die-cutting8 Comments
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Test: Blending Distress Oxides

August 3, 2017February 9, 2022 Crafty Rat

I recently watched a review on YouTube comparing blending tools and I was so appalled at the results they were getting with the Ranger blending tool and Distress Oxides that I had to stop and go have a try — I have some oxides, but I hadn’t tried blending them yet… I am by no… Continue reading Test: Blending Distress Oxides

Tagged Distress, testing, tools5 Comments
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Napkin-fold card

August 2, 2017July 27, 2017 Crafty Rat

I love to try new crafty things. Whether it's following through on an idea that just popped into my head or being inspired by someone else's creation, stretching myself artistically or experimenting with a new technique, successful or not so much, it's all good fun 🙂 Nearly all of the cards I make are standard… Continue reading Napkin-fold card

Tagged birthday card, napkin fold, patterned paper5 Comments

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half and our pet rats. When I’m not looking after them, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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