What: Day twenty-one of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I wasn't quite sure where I was going to go with this one, I just knew I had to use the gorgeous Avery Elle furry friends and had a vague idea of using a mask for the background. Much pondering and I ended up… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21
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The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #20
What: Day twenty of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I don't usually send Easter cards, but any excuse for making cards 🙂 The background is blended Distress inks, the rest of the colouring is painted Distress inks, and the very restrained embellishment is white gel pen. Inspired by: Julia Altermann at Just One… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #20
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #19
What: Day nineteen of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I appear to be going through a phase of things not working out as planned. On the plus side, this does mean I'm getting better at coming up with fixes. How: The plan was to heat emboss the stamp in gold and do a… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #19
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
What: Day eighteen of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I started off with the intention of doing a simple panel with the flower, a couple of leaves and a sentiment. How: I got out the Gelatos that have been sitting on the shelf unused and, well, these are going to take some practise...… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #17
What: Day seventeen of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Doodles! Colour! I really enjoyed doing this and was so pleased with the result that I just had to turn it into a card. Inspired by: In the style of Kathy Racoosin's day 15 doodled challenge card. Supplies: stamps: Clearly Besotted - sentimental type… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #17
New baby: Hello bunny
What: The second new baby of the year; this time it's one of my other half's nieces who has expanded the family. When I started making this, we knew the due date, but not whether it was going to be a boy or girl, and I wanted to get as much prepared as possible to… Continue reading New baby: Hello bunny
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #13
What: Day thirteen of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A fun bit of doodling over Distress ink panels. I liked the result, but I felt like I needed to soften it up a bit, so I added the die-cut flowers. And then all it needed was a sentiment and a few black pearls… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #13
Birthday card: Make a wish
What: I recently got some new stamps from Uniko Studio, including one multi-layer flower, which I really wanted to try out. This is the first time I've used Versamark as an ink in its own right rather than to stick embossing powder to. I didn't originally plan on putting the stripes on the background, but… Continue reading Birthday card: Make a wish
Easter card: die-cut Easter
What: I coloured the bunny and balloon for day ten of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Then it occurred to me to use it for an Easter card with a suitably spring-influenced watercolour background and a die cut sentiment. Supplies: stamps: The Greeting Farm - lucky bunnies Clearly Besotted - happy birthday (happy)… Continue reading Easter card: die-cut Easter
Birthday card: Copic girl
What: A birthday card for a friend who writes erotica for fun and profit. The original digital image has a small dog sitting in front of her, but my friend isn't really a dog person and I also wanted to simplify it a bit so the dog had to go (apologies to JadeDragonne for editing… Continue reading Birthday card: Copic girl
Blank card: Blue flowers
What: This wasn't made with anyone particular in mind; it was more a case of using some odds and ends that were lying around. The flowers were a Copic practice piece; the background was made by mopping up the overspray after testing my new Color Bloom sprays; the frame was made from some new pearlised… Continue reading Blank card: Blue flowers
Mother’s Day card: Flowers and bunnies
What: After thinking I had loads of time before Mother's Day came around, this morning I suddenly realised that it is next weekend and, as I hate having to rush things, I really ought to pull my finger out and get a card done for my mum. It's also day four of The Daily Marker… Continue reading Mother’s Day card: Flowers and bunnies
Mother’s Day card: watercolour flowers
What: Rather than creating a straight-line panel, I used stamps and masking to build up a flower pattern following the basic angled shape and then fussy cut around the flowers. This was my first attempt at slightly more complex masking and I'm rather pleased with how it turned out, though fussy cutting Distress watercolour paper without… Continue reading Mother’s Day card: watercolour flowers
Blank card: Glitter balloons
What: I've watched many card-making challenges go past in my feed reader; always thinking that I'd give them a go, but never getting around to it in time (or simply forgetting about them). This time I was determined to actually make a card, possibly even in time to enter it... I'm not one hundred per… Continue reading Blank card: Glitter balloons
Valentine’s card: Love bandit
What: A valentine's card for my other half. Supplies: stamps: Some Odd Girl - love bandit Clearly Besotted - full of surprises (heart stamps inside) Lawn Fawn - Milo's ABCs dies: Little B - hearts Copic markers: raccoon - W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9 heart - R24, R27, R29 paper and card: Hunkydory Crafts… Continue reading Valentine’s card: Love bandit
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