What: Day eleven of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I really need to redefine my definition of simple as I described this as “straightforward colouring” when I posted it on Instagram… How: Simple idea: choose a stencil, trace around it and colour it in. This takes much longer than you’d think. I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #11
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The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #10
What: Day ten of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. And this will also be my entry for Gerda Steiner’s monthly challenge; it may not be my only entry as she was kind enough to provide two digital stamps to play with… How: I printed the bunny out onto lightweight watercolour paper and… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #10
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #9
What: Day nine of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A more CAS card than yesterday’s, but technically trickier. And yes, I do still have the stinky cold and no, I don’t know why I chose today to try partial double die-cutting. Inspired by: I had tried partial die-cutting before, but not partial… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #9
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #8
What: Day eight of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. This is what happens when — rather than giving in to the stinky cold I’ve come down with — I start making a card with no real end design in mind. Inspired by: I’ve seen the watercolour smoothing technique used in various places… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #8
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #7
What: Day seven of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. My first Christmas cards of the year. How: When I’ve used digital stamps before I’ve always printed them on Neenah solar white cardstock and coloured with Copics, but I wanted to use the Zig real brush pens for these Christmas images and that… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #7
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
What: Day six of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. My mini robot stamp set turned up this morning so I could finish off the birthday card I originally had in mind when I started working on the blueprint stamps. How: I watercoloured the balloon with Distress ink, fussy cut it out and… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #5
What: Day five of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I had an idea for a birthday card for someone that would use one of the birthday blueprint stamps, but I also needed a mini robot and it didn’t arrive in today’s post, so I used the other blueprint stamps to create a… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #5
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #4
What: Day four of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Another stamp set moves from the unused to used pile. I love this cute giraffe... How: I stamped the giraffe and coloured it with Copics. Choosing colours for something I haven’t coloured before is usually a matter of having a search to see… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #4
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3
What: Day three of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge and another previously unused stamp set has been inked up. Inspired by: The basic idea came from Kristina Werner’s “Simple Masked Stamping” blog post. How: After deciding on the layout, I masked off the top part of the card, stamped the gems on… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2
What: Day two of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I thought I’d do something simpler than the detailed scene I did for day one. I think it needs something else, but I haven’t figured out what yet. Inspired by: This was on my list of techniques to try during the challenge anyway,… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1
What: I was asked if I would join in wishing a happy birthday to Maggie on Instagram. Her birthday coincides with the first day of Kathy Racoosin’s second Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge, so some colouring was definitely called for. How: This started off with a bit of masking and quite a lot of… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1
Wedding card: Vellum flowers
What: My other half's nephew is getting married, so I had to figure out how to make a wedding card. How: I started with the idea of heat embossing flowers in white on vellum, fussy cutting them out and arranging them on a white-on-white stamped background. Try as I might, I could not come up… Continue reading Wedding card: Vellum flowers
Card: Elephant footprints
What: Copic-coloured elephant with a homemade footprint stamp. Inspired by: Gerda Steiner’s 72H weekend challenge. How: The elephant digital stamp was printed on Copic-safe Neenah solar white card and coloured with Copic markers. The bottom edge was shaped using a border die. Then I realised that neither of the elephant stamp sets I own have… Continue reading Card: Elephant footprints
Blank card: Stinkin’ cute
What: A card with a similar layout to this has been in my Pinterest for a while — I really wanted to have another go at the split panel background (I did a simpler version for the wedding card that will be posted here after the wedding next week). It also gave me the opportunity… Continue reading Blank card: Stinkin’ cute
Birthday card: Radio shaker
What: A masculine birthday card for a radio-loving friend. How: After mocking up the layout, I started out by cutting the window for the shaker element. Then I stamped and fussy cut the radio from masking paper so that I could apply the embossing paste through the stencil and still leave space for the radio.… Continue reading Birthday card: Radio shaker
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