Yes, it's another Power Poppy digi stamp — I love the quirky arrangement of the baubles and it's something a little different. I wasn't really thinking about the layout of a card when I coloured this (I was not making Christmas cards, I was just doing some relaxing colouring) so I had to do a… Continue reading Forest finds baubles
Today is one of those days where I keep staring at the text editor and try to come up with another way of describing my card-making process, al the while my brain is sitting there resolutely refusing to come up with any relevant words. So, as this blog post is supposed to go up tomorrow… Continue reading Violet bow
Well, I thought I'd bought this digital stamp the year before last, but apparently it was four years ago! Where does the time go...? Anyway, this was the first time I've coloured it — I love the ornaments, but I was having problems figuring out how to make them work on a card. Then I… Continue reading Acorn ornaments
When I coloured this (and a handful of other images) for the 30 Day Colouring challenge back in August I was quite clear that I was not making Christmas cards, I was just doing some colouring that happened to be wintry in nature. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I sat down and turned them… Continue reading Snowman under the moon
This Christmas bunny is just right for the last of the individual cards I needed to make for those relatives who really appreciate them. The sky background is the first lesson in the Starlight Starbright class from Sandy Allnock over on Art Classes. It's a really simple one, but anyone who uses with Copic markers… Continue reading Christmas bunny
My only real plan when I started making these cards was that I wanted to make some striped panels to use as the base. I have a box of card scraps and the smaller bits get cut into randomly sized strips to use on things like this. I quickly decided that I didn't want a… Continue reading Striped joy
This is the basic design I planned to use when I was thinking about making this batch of cards, but it is not the technique I was hoping to experiment with. I had thought that I would use the Alcohol Lift Ink pad that has been lurking in my stash for ages along with the… Continue reading Alcohol ink Merry Christmas
Another simple, small batch of Christmas cards. I'm not sure how many more cards I'll make this year — I have a couple more ideas that I definitely want to have a go at, but I'm also super aware of time passing and also that Royal Mail deliveries have been getting a bit sluggish since… Continue reading Let it snow snowflakes
This little batch of cards was inspired by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Hand-stamped Trees. Over the years I have carved a handful of small stamps; I gathered them up and selected a few that felt like the patterns would work together. Rather than use tape, I cut out a simple triangle stencil for the tree shape… Continue reading Stamped Christmas tree
After making the set with the gold snowflakes on red, I pondered making a more contemporary set with silver snowflakes on purple — I quickly decided that it would be a nice alternative and would give me another much-needed small batch of cards — and so I did. It's very rare that I repeat designs,… Continue reading Silver snowflakes on purple
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