What: Day eight of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. As soon as I got the flower blocks stamp set from Clearly Besotted's latest release, I realised that the outline stamp would be perfect for the colouring challenge. I was originally planning to heat emboss it in white, but when I applied the heat… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #8
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The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #7
What: Day seven of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. One of the things I love about this challenge is how it encourages you to do the things that you've been meaning to get around to doing and to use the products that have been sitting on the side barely used. I've had all… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #7
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
What: Day six of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Rather than use circles as the basis for my geometric pattern, I raided my dies to find an alternative shape and built the repeating pattern from that. I was determined to keep this one simple and not do any blending, but I couldn't resist… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #5
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
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