The frenzy of Christmas card making, Christmas itself, and New Year always combine to leave me run-down and uninspired in January. Add in having a horrible cold over Christmas, the exceptionally cold grey miserable weather, and the horror show that is UK and US politics at the moment and it has been a nightmare trying… Continue reading Hello: Bird and bee
In the week before Christmas I was laid low with the horrible cold-flu thing that seems to have been doing the rounds recently; I rallied enough to enjoy Christmas dinner with the neighbours (just as well I didn’t have to cook that day), but I am still not one hundred per cent over it… All… Continue reading Christmas: One last yeti
I had intended to make more cards with this set, but I ended up not needing to. It will definitely get used for some birthday cards though (and there’s always next Christmas)… Last year my mum asked me to make a card for her to give to her brother — he always gets her cards… Continue reading Christmas: Candles over snow flurry
I originally coloured Unicorn Mae in October last year and she had been languishing in my stash before finally being put on a card as part of a brief blitz on my PHD (projects half done) box. Her red and blonde colouring suggested she’d fit nicely on a Christmas card, so I got out the… Continue reading Christmas: Unicorn Mae
I have to take a break from my Copic markers every now and again — just for a bit of variety — and I do enjoy playing with the Zig real brush markers, even if I do need way more practise with them. When I pulled the digi print from the stack I’d prepared for… Continue reading Christmas: Duck with presents
I love this gorgeous digi stamp from Polkadoodles; with the cute fox, the fur and the fabric, it provided the perfect opportunity to practise adding texture in my Copic colouring. I wasn’t sure what to do with the background at first, but then I started adding dots… and more dots… and different coloured dots… Challenges:… Continue reading Christmas: Octavia with fox
Happy Christmas! This is pretty much the nearest I get to clean and simple card design: a single digital image and sentiment, coloured with Copic markers, on a white panel bordered with matte gold tape. Luckily these are such sweet images that they don’t need anything more. Supplies: digital stamps: Digistamp Boutique - cute nativity… Continue reading Christmas: Cute nativity
This card was created on 28th November; day 28 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. When I saw this stamp being used by a couple of other crafters, I knew I was going to have to get one for myself to make a Christmas card for my brother — he had a VW… Continue reading Christmas bug
This card was created on 15th November; day 15 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I love this stamp set by Sandy and I’m so glad I managed to finally get it to the top of my “to be coloured” stamp pile. At this time of year my mind is firmly fixated on… Continue reading Christmas: I heart books
This card was created on 21st November; day 21 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. Skimming around Pinterest, I saw a Craftsy article on “watercolouring” with Copics and I was intrigued… I have a small selection of Various ink refills, so I thought I’d give it a go. How: First, open a window. I didn’t… Continue reading Christmas: Painting with Copics
These cards were created on 12th and 13th November; day 12 and 13 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. Working my way through some of my unused stamps, I decided to use this poinsettia to make a couple of more traditionally styled Christmas cards. I kept the layouts simple, and stuck to a… Continue reading Christmas: Poinsettia and pine
This card was created on 28th November; day 28 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I made this card with my mum in mind. I’m always on the lookout for cute critters when it comes to creating cards for her, and Diane Carubia’s mice are just adorable. How: I decided to have a… Continue reading Christmas: Poinsettia mouse
This card was created on 30th November; day 30 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. This was going to be my entry for this month’s progressive challenge over at Gerda Steiner Designs, but I’ve finally been caught out by last minute creations. Normally the link-up is open until the end of the last… Continue reading Christmas: Puppy with gift
This card was created on 4th November; day 4 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I don’t have a lot of full-size background stamps, but I just had to pick up these balloons from Create A Smile. For some reason my brain came up with the bright idea of colouring it and then… Continue reading Thanks: Balloons
I just love these yetis. Last year it was the Create A Smile santa that got used repeatedly; this year it’s these yetis. They are just too adorable. How: First I created a background panel by stamping lots of small images from the beast friends set. Once I’d coloured them, I was very brave and… Continue reading Christmas: Yetis on stamped backgrounds
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