What: I picked up this sweet little reindeer the other day and decided to use it for this month’s Make It Crafty challenge: “bright colours”. I normally stick to naturalistic colours, so choosing these bright oranges for the reindeer was definitely outside of my comfort zone. How: I started by cutting a piece of Stick… Continue reading Xmas card: Bright little reindeer
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Birthday card: Copic blackberries
What: It’s that time of year when I have to get working on a birthday card for my mum. I found the gorgeous blackberry (well, raspberry, but close enough) digital stamp a while ago and had thought of using My Favourite Things’ Harvest Mouse stamps for the mouse; unfortunately it’s been out of stock and… Continue reading Birthday card: Copic blackberries
Xmas card: Skating mouse
What: An attempt at no-line colouring with Copic markers that I’m actually happy to show to people — I had a go at this technique a few months ago and that one quickly ended up in the bin 🙂 Inspired by: Marika Rahtu’s sweet and simple cards made with this stamp set. How: I stamped… Continue reading Xmas card: Skating mouse
Autumn card: Hedgehog on leaves
What: This cute little hedgehog with his pumpkin is the image for Gerda Steiner’s October challenge. How: The trickiest part of this monthly challenge is deciding what to do with the digital stamp. It would be relatively easy to print it out, colour it, die cut a circle or square around it, and mount it… Continue reading Autumn card: Hedgehog on leaves
Xmas card: Watercolored snowflakes
What: Another card technique that has been on my “to try” list — creating a background using some of the smaller stamps from a set and then loosely watercolouring over them. Inspired by: Any one of the large number of cards with loose watercoloured backgrounds that I have seen on Pinterest, Youtube, Instagram and the… Continue reading Xmas card: Watercolored snowflakes
Xmas cards: Stencilled trees and critters
What: Cute critters with a snowy sparkly Christmas tree background. Inspired by: Giorgia’s sweet critters standing in front of a tone-on-tone Christmas tree. How: First make your Christmas tree stencil. I drew the tree shape on my Mac using Affinity Designer and transferred it to my ScanNCut, sized it to fit on a standard A6… Continue reading Xmas cards: Stencilled trees and critters
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: Snoopy on a bike
What: Time to come up with an idea for a card for my brother’s birthday. How: I started out by looking for a motorbike digital stamp to use as the basis for the card, but couldn’t find one that was neither too realistic nor too cutesy; however I did find some images of Snoopy on… Continue reading Birthday card: Snoopy on a bike
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
Just a note card: Flowers and lines
What: My contribution for day 4 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge and I actually managed to complete all four days of the challenge — not on the right days, but still, I did it. Once again I raided my colouring stash to find an image that would work with Kathy’s chosen technique for the… Continue reading Just a note card: Flowers and lines
Blank card: Framed dragon
What: Catching up on day 3 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge and I created a framed background for another piece from my colouring stash. How: I coloured the dragon with Copics some time ago, but hadn’t come up with a suitable card to put it on. It seemed like the perfect piece to use… Continue reading Blank card: Framed dragon
Blank card: Eyelash lines
What: My second card today, as I wanted to create something more in keeping with the type of lines that Kathy demonstrated for day 1 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge. How: Random lines drawn in marker on some regular cartridge paper and coloured in with Tombow markers (I really need to get some more… Continue reading Blank card: Eyelash lines
Birthday card: fox and raccoon
What: A birthday card for a male friend, hence the lack of sequins 🙂 How: I die-cut a piece of Copic-friendly card using a stitched square die and stamped the fox and raccoon in Memento ink. After I finished the colouring I gave the clouds a very light spritz with colourless blender to soften the… Continue reading Birthday card: fox and raccoon
Birthday card: Robot and coffee
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
Smile: Watermelon kid
What: My second entry for Gerda Steiner’s monthly challenge; as she was kind enough to provide two digital stamps this month, it seems only fair to make cards with both of them. How: The digital stamp was printed and coloured with Copic markers. I found a label die that fit it perfectly and die cut… Continue reading Smile: Watermelon kid
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