This card was created on 29th July: day 25 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I was going to be good about buying more stamp sets — I have a pile of ones waiting to be inked up — but these bears! How could I resist… How: For a change, I decided to… Continue reading Birthday: Bear and balloons
This was created on 14th July: day 10 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. It’s hard to resist the opportunity to colour a rainbow and this lacy flower stamp just cried out for layers of colour. This was also a bit of an experiment to see how well colouring would work on the… Continue reading Thinking of you: Rainbow lacy flowers
This was created on 1st August: day 28 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. These kitties have so much personality and attitude. When I first saw them I immediately thought the skinny one looked shocked, like maybe he’d just found out someone’s age, and the idea for the card developed from there. How:… Continue reading Birthday: Alley cats
This card was created on 5th July: day 1 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. This design had been on my list of things to try for ages — a simple blended panel with silhouetted images over the top — but nearly all my flower stamps were outline images and I didn’t want… Continue reading Sunset silhouette flowers
The start of the month brings another freebie digi stamp in the newsletter from The East Wind and another challenge; this time the theme is “in the pink”, inviting pink projects and ones supporting breast cancer awareness. How: The second hardest part was choosing a sentiment, but I had a search for breast cancer awareness… Continue reading Positively pink
It was my brother's birthday at the start of September and, as he spent one summer working with sheep many years ago, of course I had to break out MFT's cute ewes for him. I also added a motorbike to the scene as I don’t think I can remember a time when he didn't have… Continue reading Birthday: Sheep and motorbike
After winning Create A Smile’s “blue” challenge in with my very blue light-up ocean card, I was asked to be a Guest Designer for October’s challenge. The theme for this month is “embellish”. Now, embellishments are normally the last thing I think about when making a card, usually in a “what else does this card… Continue reading Embellish!
I did originally have a far more complicated interactive design in mind for this little parachute piggy. I got close to making it work, but then time was running short and my brain gave up on me, so I decided to keep it simple this month. How: I printed out a couple of piggies on… Continue reading Misc: Just dropping by…
I had a load of ideas for different ways to interpret the “circle” theme for this month’s Create A Smile challenge, but in the end I decided to do something a bit different and make a card with no stamping at all. A bit of an odd choice when coming up with a design for… Continue reading Christmas: Sequin baubles
Another thing checked off my “things to try” list: my first box card. The latest challenge from The East Wind is to create a project with some movement in it; including either something that actually moves or a representation of movement. I chose to go with the first one and, after running through various options,… Continue reading Misc: Snow queen box card
September’s challenge over at Seven Hills Crafts is a sketch. One of these days I’ll figure out how to interpret sketches in a novel and interesting way (and still have it recognisable), but today is not that day. Instead, I’ve used the sketch as is, but divided it into layers with the pots at the… Continue reading Thanks: Succulent sketch
Another month, another freebie with the newsletter from The East Wind, and another challenge. This time the theme is “shine on” with the requirement to include a sun, moon or something shiny. How: I printed out the digi stamp and cut out a mask for it so that I could created a gradient background using… Continue reading Misc: Shine On
I’ve followed Petra Maria on Instagram for a while now, but this is the first time I’ve actually coloured one of her digi stamps myself. This girl looks so happy, surrounded by all those flowers, that I couldn’t leave her on the side uncoloured for too long. How: I printed the happy girl on some… Continue reading Hugs: Happy flower girl
Inspired by Erica on Instagram, I decided it was time to have a dig through my collections of backgrounds, die-cut pieces and bits of colouring and see if I could match them up and turn them into cards. I’ve seen these piles of odds and ends referred to as UFOs — unfinished objects — but… Continue reading Misc: Magician Mae
This card was created on 11th July: day 7 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. In response to the political mess in the UK following the EU referendum, my initial thought was to just add a single word expletive as a sentiment for this kitty, but I decided to fake some positivity instead…… Continue reading Misc: Hang in there kitty
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