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
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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 #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 #9
What: Day nine of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A more CAS card than yesterday’s, but technically trickier. And yes, I do still have the stinky cold and no, I don’t know why I chose today to try partial double die-cutting. Inspired by: I had tried partial die-cutting before, but not partial… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #9
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
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2
What: Day two of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I thought I’d do something simpler than the detailed scene I did for day one. I think it needs something else, but I haven’t figured out what yet. Inspired by: This was on my list of techniques to try during the challenge anyway,… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #2
Card: Elephant footprints
What: Copic-coloured elephant with a homemade footprint stamp. Inspired by: Gerda Steiner’s 72H weekend challenge. How: The elephant digital stamp was printed on Copic-safe Neenah solar white card and coloured with Copic markers. The bottom edge was shaped using a border die. Then I realised that neither of the elephant stamp sets I own have… Continue reading Card: Elephant footprints
Blank card: Stinkin’ cute
What: A card with a similar layout to this has been in my Pinterest for a while — I really wanted to have another go at the split panel background (I did a simpler version for the wedding card that will be posted here after the wedding next week). It also gave me the opportunity… Continue reading Blank card: Stinkin’ cute
Birthday card: Amigos shaker
What: This card started off with the idea of having the amigos hanging their signs out of windows and developed from there. I had a long think about what to use to fill the shaker windows — as the card was still quite masculine at this point, I didn't want to add pretty sequins or… Continue reading Birthday card: Amigos shaker
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #30
What: Day thirty — the last day — of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. The motivation behind this card is simple: to say a huge thank you to Kathy Racoosin for organising this challenge; it pushed me to use supplies that had been sitting unused on my shelves and to try things that… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #30
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #28
What: Day twenty-eight of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Today I revisited Gerda Steiner's sheep and bunny digi stamp. This time I used Copics to create an Easter card for my mum. Supplies: stamps: Lawn Fawn - happy easter digital stamps: Gerda Steiner - sheep and bunny dies: Lawn Fawn - small stitched… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #28
Birthday card: Monsters
What: A birthday card for my nephew. Supplies: stamps: Lawn Fawn - monster mash Hero Arts - it's your day Uniko Studio - classic numbers dies: Waltzingmouse Stamps - gift card it colour: Colour Bloom - spray mist - gold foil Judikins - embossing powder - black detail Copic markers: Monster 1 - R24, R27,… Continue reading Birthday card: Monsters
Birthday card: Copic girl
What: A birthday card for a friend who writes erotica for fun and profit. The original digital image has a small dog sitting in front of her, but my friend isn't really a dog person and I also wanted to simplify it a bit so the dog had to go (apologies to JadeDragonne for editing… Continue reading Birthday card: Copic girl
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
What: Day six of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Rather than use circles as the basis for my geometric pattern, I raided my dies to find an alternative shape and built the repeating pattern from that. I was determined to keep this one simple and not do any blending, but I couldn't resist… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
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