After posting the cards made from the Winter Wonderland class images, I realised that I had missed one. When I did the class, I made a second, portrait, version of the scene from the first lesson. I wasn't completely happy with how the centre part of the horizon worked out so I had a hunt… Continue reading Monster snowscape
January was as unproductive as usual — I really need to accept that anything that actually gets done in January is a bonus — though I did manage to do a couple of bits for the Wanderlust 2019 class. February was mostly taken up with doing the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge, which included making… Continue reading Winter Wonderland cards
This is probably the first time that I have revisited an old card and made substantial changes to it. I have occasionally added a sentiment to a blank card and there are a couple of cards in my "rework" pile that need something doing with them, but other than that, if I take a card… Continue reading Revisiting elephant footprints
Although the challenge officially finishes on the 28th, some people are continuing and doing the last two days. I did consider doing that but — looks around — my priority right now is to tidy up my craft room. In theory, a month of mostly Copic colouring shouldn't create much of a mess but... somehow...… Continue reading The Daily Marker Challenge #12 day 25–28
The twelfth thirty-day colouring challenge is actually a twenty-eight-day colouring challenge to avoid overrunning the end of February. And that means that the last couple of round-up posts will be four days each... I've just worked on a couple of images this time: I paused on the first one because I couldn't decide what colour… Continue reading The Daily Marker Challenge #12 day 21–24
Yes! I remembered! I'm actually posting this on day 20, not a day or three later! And yes, I did add it to my to-do list, though I only just remembered to check it in time 🙂 More Copic colouring, but I am doing more refining of my Copic images now. I love colouring with… Continue reading The Daily Marker Challenge #12 day 16–20
I really need to set myself a reminder to do these posts on time. I'm blaming not being able to shake the last of this cold combined with recovering from spending a lot of Wednesday at the dentist (nothing serious, it just took a while and was tiring on top of the tail end of… Continue reading The Daily Marker Challenge #12 day 11–15
I'm always surprised when I don't miss a day colouring something during the challenge. I am terrible at actually getting around to most things I say I'm going to do — in fact, saying I'm going to do something is a pretty good way to ensure that it doesn't get done. Take this blog post… Continue reading The Daily Marker Challenge #12 day 6–10
I love colouring, but sometimes other things take priority. Sometimes it's other arty things, which is good, but sometimes it's just day-to-day stuff combined with my ability to procrastinate at championship level. The perfect antidote for the latter is the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge: just that extra bit of motivation needed to get me… Continue reading The Daily Marker Challenge #12 day 1–5
Just in time to give my motivation a much-needed kick, along comes the twelfth Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Any thoughts about maybe slacking off a little this time around were firmly dismissed when I was asked to help out as one of Kathy Racoosin's team of goodwill ambassadors! I've taken part in every… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge #12
(Some pretty pink flowers to help combat the grey January day.) I'm still not doing New Year's resolutions — I'm sure there must be some people they work for, but in my experience, they're just a way to set myself up for failure, which is not the best way to start the year. I also… Continue reading And January comes around again
One of the problems with trying out a new craft is that you can seriously misjudge how long it will take you to create something. This card is the perfect example of that. I haven't done any embroidery of any sort since I was a child — mum used to do quite a bit so… Continue reading Cross-stitch Christmas
I make nearly all of my cards A6 size (14.8cm × 10.5cm): it's a nice manageable size and is the most efficient use of A4 card. But once in a while, I decide to scale things up a bit. I've made a couple of larger cards already this Christmas for family, and this one for… Continue reading Ridiculous robins
Yet another image from the printed digi stamp pile. I wasn't planning on putting this on a card — I was just doing it for the Daily Marker colouring challenge — but then my other half spotted it, declared it to be the spirit of Christmas and claimed it as perfect for a friend. I… Continue reading The spirit of Christmas
Another one from the digi pile. Even relatively simple designs from Power Poppy have such a lot of gorgeous detail; they are a joy to colour. I kept the colouring simple and added highlights on the berries with a gold gel pen. Glossy accents gives a bit of dimension and a lot of shine. I… Continue reading Holly berries
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