A new member of the extended family was imminent, so a card had to be made. And I thought this cute little elephant floating away with his balloons would do the job nicely. A quick check back on Facebook confirmed my vague memory that it was going to be a boy, so I took out… Continue reading Elephant and balloons
It's been quiet here on the blog this last week, but I have been busy making cards. I just can't show you them yet. March is quite a busy time for card making: two Mother's Day cards, two birthdays, two or three Easter cards depending on how inspired I am. And then this year there's… Continue reading Sneak peek
Every month the IG Crafty Crew sets one easy and one hard just-for-fun challenge over on Instagram. I normally forget to join in, but I had no excuse for February as I was already doing the 30-day colouring challenge and this month's easy challenge was to use the Copic colour of the month — ultraviolet.… Continue reading White tiger
Valentine's Day. We don't make a big deal about it but, as a cardmaker, I could hardly miss the opportunity to make a card for my other half. I spotted this digi the other day while browsing through The Paper Shelter's large catalogue of images (so many lovely digis; I restrained myself and only… Continue reading Barber shop Valentine
And that's the last day of the colouring challenge completed. Thirty days and I coloured something on every one - my stack of printed digi stamps is much smaller now, though of course my stack of coloured images is substantially larger 🙂 https://www.instagram.com/p/Be-kZoDHa8x/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BfBF5MXHVcn/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BfDrnwuniG0/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BfG3Z1RH9Z_/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BfI5XJLHZCx/
Another month, another challenge image from Gerda Steiner. And, thanks to the Daily Marker challenge, I have actually completed my entry in the first half of the month for a change. This time we had a cute pair of bunnies to work with. I always like to take the "challenge" idea to heart and actually… Continue reading Spring bunnies
Only two digistamps from the pile this time, though I do have excuses reasons for the others. I've had the elephant for a while, just not printed out, and that one is destined for a new baby card. The bunnies are for the February challenge from Gerda Steiner (yay! not left until the end of… Continue reading The Daily Marker challenge 21-25
My eldest nephew has just turned twenty-one (!). So I had to make a card. A masculine card. While terminally uninspired... I was just going to keep it super simple: fussy cut numbers from something shiny and then do some paper layering. Then my other half said that he could 3D print some numbers for… Continue reading 3D printed 21st birthday
I took a few days' break from colouring digi stamps to finish the Autumn Scenes course from Sandy Allnock's Art Classes; I started it last autumn but then got sidetracked after doing the first two scenes. I have a bunch of classes in my "I paid for this, I must do it" pile — mostly… Continue reading The Daily Marker challenge 16-20
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