Series: The Daily Marker Art Card #02 I've said it before and I will say it again: Power Poppy digis are gorgeous and even the simplest colouring makes a beautiful image. There is so much detail which means that any cropped section is still full of prettiness. After colouring with Copics, I added texture to… Continue reading Flower spray
Series: The Daily Marker Art Card #01 Another 30 Day Daily Marker Colouring Challenge started in the middle of June and, to be honest, there was a brief moment when I thought I might give it a miss this time around; the last one was in February, but it really doesn't feel like it was… Continue reading Overthinking bear
I was checking through my to-do list and it reminded me that I was going to do a quick update post. It's not often I go back and make changes to past projects — I might add a sentiment to a card that didn't have one, but that's about the extent of it — but… Continue reading Update: resin-glazed dragon
So I was tidying up my desk and there was this scrap of paper that I’d used to do a quick crackle paste test on a few days before and it was too interesting to just chuck in the bin. So I tore the excess paper off, glued it onto an art card and put… Continue reading Medieval dragon sheep
This wasn't so much an unfinished project as a barely started one. In fact, I really had no plan for this at all. When I made my golden ivy piece, I ended up with more coloured texture paste than I needed; not wanting to waste it, I grabbed an art card and covered it with… Continue reading A very wonderful place
Another stamp rescued from the unused pile and another play with the Peerless watercolours. I am loving the colours and also the convenience of the Peerless — which reminds me, I really ought to do a quick blog post about how I organised them. This has to be the simplest design I've done recently. I… Continue reading Flutterbye trio
I am loving using ATC-sized paper, card and even MDF to experiment on. It's not that it's easier than making a card — other than not having to think in terms of creating something you would give someone for an occasion — it's just this condensed format that forces you to really focus on what… Continue reading Golden dragon
The things we do for our art. Specifically, emptying, washing and drying used teabags. Ever since I came across Ruby Silvious and her tea bag art, I've wanted to have a play. Now, you can buy unused tea bag paper, but it's hard to find in non-industrial quantities. I did find one art place that… Continue reading Tea bag art cards
Another challenge from That's Crafty; this time the requirement is to add stitching — either real or faux — to a project. I decided almost immediately that I wanted my stitching to be real and I even contemplated getting my sewing machine out. Machine stitching is on my list of things to play with, but… Continue reading Pink, fabric and floss
I've decided that art cards are the perfect size for testing out ideas and techniques — small ones anyway... This was inspired by seeing a large abstract artwork with a big drippy glittery motif across the centre of it; that got me thinking of ways to make glitter drips without ending up with glitter everywhere.… Continue reading Birds together
When I decided, at the last minute, to take part in The 100 Day Project my only plan was to "leave the house every day and take a photograph". I certainly wasn't planning to do anything more complex than that. To be honest, my main intention wasn't really artistic: I just wanted a bit of… Continue reading Art card: fencing
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