What: Day fifteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I’ve been getting a bit carried away with thinking about colouring ideas that I want to try for the challenge and almost forgot about some cards that I actually need to make for upcoming events. This is one of those cards. How: I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #15
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #14
What: Day fourteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. More watercolour smooshing to go with the oh so pretty colour layering hibiscus stamps. How: A bit of practice making sure I knew which way up the stamp layers should go, and a few tests to make sure the different colours would work… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #14
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #13
What: Day thirteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I’ve been meaning to do some embossing and watercolour since day one and I finally got around it today. Inspired by: This was on my list of things to make, but I was reminded of it by Michelle’s card over at the Card… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #13
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #12
What: Day twelve of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge and today I really did simplify the colouring with a cute little critter and his umbrella. Inspired by: The idea for the die-cutting of the panel came from Jennifer McGuire, though I have yet to try the dot shading technique she demonstrates in… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #12
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #11
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
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 second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge
When I started the first colouring challenge I never expected to still be going at the end, much less to have posted something every day. This time, knowing that I can do the whole thirty days, I feel like it’s inevitable that something will stop me from completing the second challenge. Which is ridiculous, because… Continue reading The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge
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