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Mouse among blackberries

November 4, 2020October 28, 2020 Crafty Rat

Time for mum's birthday again and I've used most of my critter stamps in the past, so this year I've done something a little different. A couple of years ago she was running low on her card stash and hadn't been able to get out to pick up a card for my other half's birthday,… Continue reading Mouse among blackberries

Tagged colouring, Copic, critter, mouse2 Comments
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Critters & snowflakes

December 23, 2019December 25, 2019 Crafty Rat

When I printed out the digis for the mouse and bunny, I did a few extra at the same sort of size. I haven't done much Copic colouring recently and these are all nice simple images that can be coloured without too much effort. I kept the card design similar to the previous cards, but… Continue reading Critters & snowflakes

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter, die-cutting, Some Odd Girl2 Comments
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Farmyard Christmas

December 19, 2019December 23, 2019 Crafty Rat

Way back in June 2016 I made two Copic farmyard cards and they have been sitting in my stash ever since. When I went to visit my mum last month I asked her if she would be interested in them because I thought one of my uncles might find them amusing; she said yes, but… Continue reading Farmyard Christmas

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter, My Favorite Things2 Comments
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Ratty Birthday

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Crafty Rat

I've been feeling rather uninspired when it comes to making cards this year. I've enjoyed colouring images, but coming up with layouts that I like has been a struggle, and it's doubly hard when it's a birthday card for a fifteen-year-old boy... Originally I was going to do a card with a footballer on it… Continue reading Ratty Birthday

Tagged birthday card, colouring, critter, Inktense, Katzelkraft1 Comment
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Medieval dragon sheep

August 20, 2018August 18, 2018 Crafty Rat

So I was tidying up my desk and there was this scrap of paper that I’d used to do a quick crackle paste test on a few days before and it was too interesting to just chuck in the bin. So I tore the excess paper off, glued it onto an art card and put… Continue reading Medieval dragon sheep

Tagged acrylic paint, art card, crackle paste, critter, gold, mixed media5 Comments
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Quackers

July 2, 2017April 28, 2017 Crafty Rat

These ducks are quite ridiculous. But such fun to colour, and those big eyes just begged to have a layer of glossy accents over them. There are only a few feathers on the digi stamp, but I added some extra texture to the body by mimicking those shapes using a slightly darker Copic colour than… Continue reading Quackers

Tagged birthday card, colouring, Copic, critter, Just Inklined, My Favorite Things1 Comment
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Wolf, fox and bear

June 26, 2017April 28, 2017 Crafty Rat

It’s always fun to see different styles of images and these forest animals are unlike any others I’ve seen. I kept the colouring simple, adding some basic texturing to the fur and giving them a grassy patch to sit on. I always find it hard to create a layout for coloured pieces like this. After… Continue reading Wolf, fox and bear

Tagged colouring, Copic, critter, hugs, Some Bits and Pieces2 Comments
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Penguins tag

June 23, 2017April 24, 2017 Crafty Rat

This blog post is a little bit different from my usual card write-ups. Towards the end of last year Create A Smile put out a call for card tutorials for a winter mini-magazine they were planning. I made a card, wrote it up and sent it in and then, I guess, life happened and the… Continue reading Penguins tag

Tagged colouring, Copic, Create a Smile, critter, Distress, tutorial2 Comments
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Elephant & kite

June 8, 2017April 24, 2017 Crafty Rat

When it comes to interactive cards, the trickiest thing for me is coming up with a design that makes good use of the movement — I don’t want to add moving parts just for the sake of it. Then I had the idea of having a kite floating in the sky. The background was created… Continue reading Elephant & kite

Tagged Avery Elle, colouring, Copic, critter, Distress, Lawn Fawn4 Comments
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Clean and simple fox

June 2, 2017April 24, 2017 Crafty Rat

Like the dragons, this fox was coloured for the critters lesson in Sandy Allnock’s Copic Jumpstart class and I am really happy with the fur texture I managed to create. It is possible to get really fine lines with a Copic marker, but you do need a very light hand to do it... The fox… Continue reading Clean and simple fox

Tagged colouring, Copic, critter, The Greeting Farm, thinking of you2 Comments

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half and our pet rats. When I’m not looking after them, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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