What: A birthday card for an Instagram crafter who, I’m told, loves ocean colours and mermaids. How: I went on the hunt for a mermaid digital stamp that I liked and printed it onto watercolour paper; the inkjet print isn’t waterproof, but watercolour markers can be used with care. This is the first detailed piece… Continue reading Birthday card: Mermaid
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The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge round-up
The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #1 - Zig Clean Colour cat scene The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2 - Copic coloured die cuts The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3 - Sparkle gems The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #4 - Copic giraffe The second… Continue reading The second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge round-up
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #30
What: Day thirty of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A thank you to Kathy Racoosin for running the challenge and somehow finding the time to comment on everyone's pictures. How: The hardest part about making this card was leaving so much white space on it. I made a card base from Neenah… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #30
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #29
What: Day twenty-nine of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Back to my Copic markers and a cutie from Some Odd Girl. How: Another pretty straightforward card. I stamped the image and coloured it with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut a paper mask and masked off the girl and flower while I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #29
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21
What: Day twenty-one of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Our neighbour is in hospital for a few days and I wanted to make a card for her to hopefully raise a smile. How: I stamped the trash can creature and the cloud using Memento ink and then stamped the sentiment with Versamark… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #20
What: Day twenty of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A graduation card for when my brother gets his results from Uni in a couple of weeks. How: I printed out the owl and coloured him with Copic markers with the help of Sandy Allnock’s hex chart for choosing colour blends. I was… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #20
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #19
What: Day nineteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I’ve had this digi — I actually found it on a site that has printouts for kids to colour — on my to-colour list for a while, but I was worried I wouldn’t do it justice. How: I started out with the idea… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #19
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
What: Day eighteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A quick Copic-coloured vase of flowers. How: A quick bit of Copic colouring and then masses of white and silver gel pen over the top just for fun. I used the largest circle die I have to round off the top and bottom… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #17
What: Day seventeen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and so it’s time to make a card for my other half’s dad. How: Putting together the elements for this card was simple: I printed out the digital stamp and coloured it with Copics, die cut the “happy”,… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #17
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #15
What: Day fifteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I’ve been getting a bit carried away with thinking about colouring ideas that I want to try for the challenge and almost forgot about some cards that I actually need to make for upcoming events. This is one of those cards. How: I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #15
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #13
What: Day thirteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I’ve been meaning to do some embossing and watercolour since day one and I finally got around it today. Inspired by: This was on my list of things to make, but I was reminded of it by Michelle’s card over at the Card… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #13
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 #11
What: Day eleven of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I really need to redefine my definition of simple as I described this as “straightforward colouring” when I posted it on Instagram… How: Simple idea: choose a stencil, trace around it and colour it in. This takes much longer than you’d think. I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #11
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #4
What: Day four of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Another stamp set moves from the unused to used pile. I love this cute giraffe... How: I stamped the giraffe and coloured it with Copics. Choosing colours for something I haven’t coloured before is usually a matter of having a search to see… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #4
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3
What: Day three of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge and another previously unused stamp set has been inked up. Inspired by: The basic idea came from Kristina Werner’s “Simple Masked Stamping” blog post. How: After deciding on the layout, I masked off the top part of the card, stamped the gems on… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #3
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