What: Day five of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I didn't start out with any particular plan in mind other than a vague idea to use black cardstock as the base. Then I decided to use the Penny Black delightful stamp, which I love and which lends itself well to many different colouring… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #5
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
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3
What: Day three of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. In the spirit of the challenge — both getting into the habit of colouring and trying out new things — I pulled the set of Faber-Castell PITT artist pens off the shelf where it has been sitting since my other half picked it up… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2
What: Day two of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. The intention was to do a simple colouring-in with no shading or fuss, but then I decided to see if I could blend with Sharpies (yes, as long as the colours are fairly similar)... and then I realised how faint the stamping was and… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1
What: Kathy over at The Daily Marker is hosting a 30 day colouring challenge and I am going to have a go. The chances of me ending up having done 30 pieces of colouring at the end of this are pretty minimal, but if I don't try... So, here is a relatively quick piece to… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1
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
New baby: Pink bunny shaker
What: Friends of ours have just had their first baby; a little girl. I don't have any baby-themed stamps, so I had to find something suitable — I think the bunny works well, and it is certainly my most successful attempt at no-line watercolouring so far. Inspired by: This one was definitely inspired by Kristina Werner's… Continue reading New baby: Pink bunny shaker
Birthday card: Camper van polaroid
What: A birthday card for my brother's other half, another VW camper van fan. I've used the camper van stamp before, for my brother, and that time I used Copics to colour it. I wanted to do something different for this one, so I got out the foil and, after much fiddling (it was the… Continue reading Birthday card: Camper van polaroid
Birthday card: Eighteen
What: A birthday card for my nephew who, by some weird effect of the passage of time, has just turned eighteen. I don't have any large number dies, so I found a font I liked (far harder than it should have been really), printed it out and used it as a template to cut the… Continue reading Birthday card: Eighteen
Blank card: Butterfly shaker
What: This wasn't made specifically for anyone; I just fancied making a shaker card and using the Clearly Besotted butterfly dies that match their equally lovely dragonfly dies, which I have used before. Inspired by: The idea of using a partial die cut to create the shaker window came from seeing Michelle Short's wonderfully clean birthday shaker… Continue reading Blank card: Butterfly shaker
Birthday card: Gilded feathers
What: A birthday card for one of my other half's nieces - something brightly coloured and shiny. Inspired by: I've made Distress ink watercolour backgrounds before, but I liked the idea of combining it with the popped-up die-cut lettering that Kristina Werner used for her "hugs" card. Supplies: stamps: Hero Arts - it's your day… Continue reading Birthday card: Gilded feathers
Birthday card: Party hat
What: A birthday card for my other half's nephew. And a good excuse to expand my stash further by acquiring a set of the Tim Holtz blueprint stamps; I've liked this range since I first saw them, but this was the first time I could really justify (for low levels of justify) picking some up. Inspired… Continue reading Birthday card: Party hat
Hello
Welcome to my crafty cardmaking blog. It seems a bit weird saying that when there are already fifty-plus posts here, but then I have only just flipped the “public blog” switch. I always planned on making it public — I even wrote an introductory post way back when — it just took me longer than… Continue reading Hello
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