What: It’s that time of year when I have to come up with an idea for a birthday card for my other half. It had to have a shaker element, as he has liked the ones I’ve done so far (and didn’t want to give away the first one I did). He likes sci-fi and… Continue reading Birthday card: Robot and coffee
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More Brusho butterflies
What: I wanted to have another play with the Brusho colours to see whether I could get a lighter, brighter finished look. I also wanted to test out the matching dies. How: The butterflies were stamped with Versamark and clear heat-embossed. I knew I was going to be die-cutting these so I didn’t need to… Continue reading More Brusho butterflies
Birthday card: Monster TV
What: My first easel card. A birthday card for our neighbour, only four days after his wife’s. He was amused by the googly eyes on the shiny bunny card I made for her, so I took that as my starting point. Unfortunately he’s not a big fan of animals, cute or otherwise, which limited my… Continue reading Birthday card: Monster TV
Birthday card: Shiny googly-eyed bunny
What: A cutesy birthday card with all the shiny thrown at it for my neighbour. How: I sketched out the rough layout I wanted, fussy cut some masks and used them to figure out the correct stamping order for the bunnies, cupcake elements and flowers. I stamped the bunnies and cupcakes with Memento ink and… Continue reading Birthday card: Shiny googly-eyed bunny
Birthday card: Mermaid
What: A birthday card for an Instagram crafter who, I’m told, loves ocean colours and mermaids. How: I went on the hunt for a mermaid digital stamp that I liked and printed it onto watercolour paper; the inkjet print isn’t waterproof, but watercolour markers can be used with care. This is the first detailed piece… Continue reading Birthday card: Mermaid
Birthday cards: Twin flowers
What: Birthday cards for twins. I set the bar high last year with mirrored cards so I had to come up with something different this year. Codepope came up with the concept (the cards are for his nieces) and I implemented it. How: I planned out the layout of the cards using post-it notes, just… Continue reading Birthday cards: Twin flowers
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #26
What: Day twenty-six of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A birthday card for a cat-owning friend and one of my favourite cards. How: The first thing I did was stamp each of the cat stamps on masking paper and fussy cut them out. The background panel was built up from the bottom… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #26
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #16
What: Day sixteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Balloons! How: I randomly stamped the balloons in different colours across the card panel and then went over them with coloured pencil in a less than successful attempt to add some shading. The gaps between the balloons were filled in by stamping the… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #16
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #15
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 #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 #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 #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 #1
What: I was asked if I would join in wishing a happy birthday to Maggie on Instagram. Her birthday coincides with the first day of Kathy Racoosin’s second Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge, so some colouring was definitely called for. How: This started off with a bit of masking and quite a lot of… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1
Birthday card: Radio shaker
What: A masculine birthday card for a radio-loving friend. How: After mocking up the layout, I started out by cutting the window for the shaker element. Then I stamped and fussy cut the radio from masking paper so that I could apply the embossing paste through the stencil and still leave space for the radio.… Continue reading Birthday card: Radio shaker
Birthday card: Simple stencilling
What: A simple one-layer card that finally gets me using my stencils. How: I stamped and embossed the sentiment and then positioned the stencil over it. I picked three colours and carefully inked areas of the stencil, masking with scrap paper as needed. I originally left some white space around the sentiment, but then I… Continue reading Birthday card: Simple stencilling
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