Gerda Steiner decided to host a Surf Challenge over on Instagram and created this cute surfing duck for it. I thought I’d keep my entry simple and just add him to a sea/sky background, but I changed it up a bit by breaking out my alcohol inks and some Yupo. How: The duck was simple:… Continue reading Celebrate: Surfing ducky
I love this grumpy Persian kitty. I’ve coloured him up once before — as a white cat — so this time I thought I’d challenge myself to see if I could get the necessary depth of colour for a black version without it just turning into a dark blob. How: This was not a quick… Continue reading Birthday: Grumpy black cat
This was an unplanned card. When I was about half way through colouring the bear for the Father’s Day card, I realised that he was sitting in MC Escher’s deckchair and, once I had noticed that, there was no way I could use it on a card. But I didn’t want to waste the work I… Continue reading Birthday: Bear on deckchair
I didn’t have anything in my stash that was inspiring me to make a Father’s Day card for my other half’s dad so I went on the hunt for digi stamps; unfortunately my usual sources weren’t sparking my imagination. A quick search later and I came across Di’s Digi Stamps which looks like it will… Continue reading Father’s Day: Bear on deckchair
For this Copic Jumpstart homework, Sandy challenged us to get our flower stamps out. Rather than trying to create loads of dimension on each petal, I chose to go with the more pastel approach, mainly because I usually go for stronger colours and contrast and I wanted to stretch myself by doing something out of my… Continue reading Thanks: Split bouquet
June is a busy month for card making, and not only that, but most of the cards are for men. On top of that, I've been doing this Copic Jumpstart class, so that is a lot of crafting to be done. I did manage to combine one piece of class homework — practising balancing… Continue reading Birthday: Bear and books
Create A Smile have just launched their monthly challenge and, being a lover of their stamps (and stencils and embellishments and kits and…), I just had to join in. The theme this month is “favourite” so for this card I went with my favourite colouring medium: Copic markers (though I do love the cute snails… Continue reading Happy mail: Snails
Space bears! This was the first time I’d coloured these stamps and I originally only got them out of my stash pile because they were ideal for a bit of Copic Jumpstart class homework, but then I realised they were perfect as the main element on a card for Seven Hills Crafts' latest sketch challenge. How: The… Continue reading Birthday: Coloured space bears
For the “colouring round objects” lesson in the Copic Jumpstart class, Sandy Allnock masked up a comical pile of vegetables and coloured them. The only vegetation in my stamp collection is floral, so I went further up the food chain and found these decidedly round farmyard animals and stacked those up instead. How: I hadn’t… Continue reading Blank: Copic farmyards
Another catch-up post; this card was originally made on February 25th as part of the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I love Some Odd Girl stamp designs, and this pixie is so cute she deserved to star on a nice simple background. How: The pixie was coloured with Copic markers and then fussy cut… Continue reading Blank: Green pixie
Another catch-up post; these cards were originally made between February 13th and 22nd as part of the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. Earlier this year Santoro came out with mini versions of their Gorjuss girls and my other half picked up a bunch of them for me. I decided to make a selection of blank… Continue reading Blank: Mini Gorjuss girls
It’s nice to go back to basics sometimes and that’s just where we’ve started in the Copic Jumpstart class run by Sandy Allnock: colour wheels. Not just the usual “here’s a colour wheel, this is how you use it”, but “here’s a colour wheel, now go make your own”. It’s a process that makes you… Continue reading Copic colour wheels
Another catch-up post; this card was originally made on February 9th as part of the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I've seen people colouring on kraft card with both Copics and coloured pencils, but it's not something I've tried much. I thought that the colouring challenge was a good opportunity to test both mediums… Continue reading Be original: artist Mae
Another month, another cute digi stamp for Gerda Steiner’s progressive challenge. This time it’s a little mouse with a very tall glass, looking like he belongs on a hot beach; so that’s where I put him. Checking back, I realised that I've been taking part in this challenge for a year now! How: The mouse… Continue reading Blank: Mouse with drink
Another catch-up post; this card was originally made on March 21st, although the monsters were coloured at the start of February during the Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge. When I picked out the monsters stamp to colour, I knew that it would end up on a birthday card for my younger nephew. Designing cards for adult… Continue reading Birthday: Monstrous party
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