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
The first of my catch-up posts. This card was originally created on February 12th, which means this post is only three months late. These mini bots are just so cute, they were perfect for a Valentine card for my other half. The third bot is supposed to be a Cupid with his hand-drawn arrow, but… Continue reading Valentine’s Day: Mini bots
Another thing ticked off the “must-try techniques” list: creating a card using acetate for the base. I kept the design simple in the hope that it wouldn’t take too long to do, but I didn’t factor in all the fussy cutting that is needed to create not only the coloured elements, but also the plain… Continue reading Celebrate: Uplifting acetate card
Some months I am inspired and organised early on, some months it’s a last-minute dash to come up with an idea and get a card created, and then there are months like this one where I had a pretty good idea what I was going to do soon after getting the new challenge image, but… Continue reading Thinking of you: Monkey
What: A quick card for my other half to photograph and use as a digital card for his colleagues in the US. How: I had a quick hunt for a decent quality image of an iMac, sized it appropriately, printed it out and fussy cut it. I masked the edges and blended some Distress inks… Continue reading Christmas card: iMac Santa
What: My first “commission”. My mum has a hard time finding appropriate “brother” cards so I offered to make a Christmas card for her. Any excuse to use this adorable Santa again. The Idea: I wanted to create a card with a traditional feel and a foiled sentiment. And a cute Santa Claus. How: I… Continue reading Xmas card: Santa and sleigh
What: Another card made using Create A Smile’s snow dance card kit. I just love this little Santa! And today he’s brought some friends along. How: I started by stamping the row of Santas using my MISTI — by keeping the stamp in the same place and moving the watercolour card sideways between impressions I… Continue reading Xmas card: Santas all in a row
What: My Create A Smile snow dance kit finally arrived! I can only assume the postman was jealous and wanted to hold onto it for an extra few days before delivering it. How: This card looks like there’s a lot going on, but it actually came together quite quickly; for once I had an idea… Continue reading Xmas card: Santa and snowflakes
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
What: A card made to celebrate Create A Smile’s first birthday. How: A lot of fussy cutting and arranging of masks to finalise the layout of the flowers, followed by much stamping and masking on watercolour paper. The flowers and cup were coloured with Inktense pencils blended with Wink of Stella. I went over the… Continue reading Birthday card: Create a Smile
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
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
What: Birthday cards for twins. I set the bar high last year with mirrored cards so I had to come up with something different this year. Codepope came up with the concept (the cards are for his nieces) and I implemented it. How: I planned out the layout of the cards using post-it notes, just… Continue reading Birthday cards: Twin flowers
What: Day twenty-eight of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I have had such positive feedback since I started using Instagram earlier this year and I wanted to say thank you to everyone has liked and commented on my posts there. How: I stamped three of the large flowers off the edge of… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #28
What: Day twenty-three of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge and I thought I’d give the shiny watercolours another go, this time on watercolour paper. How: The background is one I made some time ago and it has been lurking in my stash since then. It was painted with watercolour (a different set)… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #23
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