What: Day 3 of the third Daily Marker 30-day colouring challenge. I’ve been meaning to try some monochrome Copic colouring for a while and this snowman seemed like a good image to start with. How: I printed the snowman onto some Neenah solar white, coloured it using just warm greys and toner greys and added… Continue reading Xmas card: Monochrome snowman
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Hello card: Autumn leaves with foxes
What: Day 2 of the third 30-day colouring challenge and I created a variant of yesterday's background and added some sweet foxes. How: I stamped a random collection of leaves in archival black ink. I then wet just the leaves with clear water, sprinkled over some Brusho powder and moved the colour around with a… Continue reading Hello card: Autumn leaves with foxes
Hello card: Autumn leaves with owl
What: It's the start of October and the first day of the third 30-day colouring challenge run by the amazing Kathy Racoosin. Inspired by her Starbucks fall cup card, I created my own autumnal background for this cute little owl. How: I stamped a random selection of leaves in gold ink and clear heat-embossed them.… Continue reading Hello card: Autumn leaves with owl
Christmas cards: Embossed snowflakes
What: A trio of Christmas cards that developed from the simple idea of heat embossing snowflakes onto patterned paper. How: I started by choosing a wintry blue patterned paper and white heat embossing a random covering of snowflakes of all sizes onto it. Then I die cut some different shapes from it (still with no… Continue reading Christmas cards: Embossed snowflakes
Christmas card: Full shaker
What: My first attempt at creating a full-size shaker card using my new Brother ScanNCut. How: The first thing I had to do was create the design for the front of the shaker. I started by sketching the Merry Xmas design on paper and inking over it. If I had been happy with it at… Continue reading Christmas card: Full shaker
Halloween card: Mouse on a broom
What: A cute little mouse flying off on a broom is the centrepiece for this card made for Gerda Steiner’s September challenge. How: First I had to come up with a layout that was sufficiently different from the cards that had already been entered into the challenge; having the mouse flying in front of the… Continue reading Halloween card: Mouse on a broom
Birthday card: Fifty bunnies
What: A fiftieth birthday card for someone who loves bunnies. What better to do than make a card with fifty bunnies on it in the shape of the numbers five and zero. How: That thought process was quickly followed by the sensible part of my brain thinking that one large bunny holding a sign saying… Continue reading Birthday card: Fifty bunnies
Birthday card: Snoopy on a bike
What: Time to come up with an idea for a card for my brother’s birthday. How: I started out by looking for a motorbike digital stamp to use as the basis for the card, but couldn’t find one that was neither too realistic nor too cutesy; however I did find some images of Snoopy on… Continue reading Birthday card: Snoopy on a bike
Birthday card: Bunny in a field
What: When I made a new baby card with this bunny my other half’s mum said she wanted one, so this is for her birthday. How: I started by stamping the bunny in Memento ink, colouring it with Copic markers and fussy cutting it out. To add some texture, I moistened a bit of microfibre… Continue reading Birthday card: Bunny in a field
Just a note card: Flowers and lines
What: My contribution for day 4 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge and I actually managed to complete all four days of the challenge — not on the right days, but still, I did it. Once again I raided my colouring stash to find an image that would work with Kathy’s chosen technique for the… Continue reading Just a note card: Flowers and lines
Blank card: Framed dragon
What: Catching up on day 3 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge and I created a framed background for another piece from my colouring stash. How: I coloured the dragon with Copics some time ago, but hadn’t come up with a suitable card to put it on. It seemed like the perfect piece to use… Continue reading Blank card: Framed dragon
Hello card: Paper piercing
What: I am running behind schedule due to a pet emergency, but this is my contribution to day two of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge. How: The flowers and leaves were left over from an earlier colouring challenge when I stamped more than I ended up needing. I worked out where I wanted the flowers… Continue reading Hello card: Paper piercing
Blank card: Eyelash lines
What: My second card today, as I wanted to create something more in keeping with the type of lines that Kathy demonstrated for day 1 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge. How: Random lines drawn in marker on some regular cartridge paper and coloured in with Tombow markers (I really need to get some more… Continue reading Blank card: Eyelash lines
Birthday card: Pisces
What: When I heard that the theme of Kathy Racoosin’s pop-up challenge was going to be “lines”, my brain started ticking over. One of my current aims is to use some of the pieces I have in my stash; both painted backgrounds and images I’ve created for previous colouring challenges. I coloured a full set… Continue reading Birthday card: Pisces
Birthday card: fox and raccoon
What: A birthday card for a male friend, hence the lack of sequins 🙂 How: I die-cut a piece of Copic-friendly card using a stitched square die and stamped the fox and raccoon in Memento ink. After I finished the colouring I gave the clouds a very light spritz with colourless blender to soften the… Continue reading Birthday card: fox and raccoon
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