What: A Christmas card for my other half’s sister. She loves bunnies, so what better than a bunny bearing gifts. The idea: To make a Christmas bunny shaker card and to use some paper from my collection of paper pads. How: Bently bunny was printed onto Neenah solar white, coloured with Copic markers, and fussy… Continue reading Christmas card: Christmas Bently
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Blank card: Inktense bunnies
What: Time for a bit of variety — I’ve been mostly using my Copics during the colouring challenge, so I thought I’d have a bit of a change and break out the Inktense pencils, which seemed like they’d be a good match for this cute bunny digi stamp. How: The Inktense pencils live up to… Continue reading Blank card: Inktense bunnies
Birthday card: Fifty bunnies
What: A fiftieth birthday card for someone who loves bunnies. What better to do than make a card with fifty bunnies on it in the shape of the numbers five and zero. How: That thought process was quickly followed by the sensible part of my brain thinking that one large bunny holding a sign saying… Continue reading Birthday card: Fifty bunnies
Birthday card: Bunny in a field
What: When I made a new baby card with this bunny my other half’s mum said she wanted one, so this is for her birthday. How: I started by stamping the bunny in Memento ink, colouring it with Copic markers and fussy cutting it out. To add some texture, I moistened a bit of microfibre… Continue reading Birthday card: Bunny in a field
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
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 #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
New baby: Hello bunny
What: The second new baby of the year; this time it's one of my other half's nieces who has expanded the family. When I started making this, we knew the due date, but not whether it was going to be a boy or girl, and I wanted to get as much prepared as possible to… Continue reading New baby: Hello bunny
Easter card: die-cut Easter
What: I coloured the bunny and balloon for day ten of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Then it occurred to me to use it for an Easter card with a suitably spring-influenced watercolour background and a die cut sentiment. Supplies: stamps: The Greeting Farm - lucky bunnies Clearly Besotted - happy birthday (happy)… Continue reading Easter card: die-cut Easter
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #9
What: Day nine of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. The bunny was watercoloured with Distress ink and is destined to be the centrepiece of a new baby card. Supplies: stamps: Crafter's Companion - bebunni - magazine freebie colour: Distress - ink pads - antique linen, gathered twigs, lipstick paper and card: Ranger -… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #9
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
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
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