What: A peace-loving Santa for the December instalment of Gerda Steiner’s progressive challenge. The idea: Taking inspiration from the banner that Santa is holding, I wanted to create an aperture for the banner to be hung across. How: Colouring Santa was the most straightforward part of making this card. Fussy cutting him was pretty simple… Continue reading Xmas card: Peace Santa
Tag: GSD challenge
Winter wishes card: Foil and Copic bear
What: For November’s challenge, Gerda Steiner offered up this little bear with his scarf and mug. Inspired by: The colouring on the bear was inspired by a tutorial I found over on the Color Me Copic blog. The idea: My initial idea was to foil the digital stamp and sentiment and also to have the… Continue reading Winter wishes card: Foil and Copic bear
Autumn card: Hedgehog on leaves
What: This cute little hedgehog with his pumpkin is the image for Gerda Steiner’s October challenge. How: The trickiest part of this monthly challenge is deciding what to do with the digital stamp. It would be relatively easy to print it out, colour it, die cut a circle or square around it, and mount it… Continue reading Autumn card: Hedgehog on leaves
Halloween card: Mouse on a broom
What: A cute little mouse flying off on a broom is the centrepiece for this card made for Gerda Steiner’s September challenge. How: First I had to come up with a layout that was sufficiently different from the cards that had already been entered into the challenge; having the mouse flying in front of the… Continue reading Halloween card: Mouse on a broom
Make a wish card: Snoozing puppy
What: A cute dreaming puppy for Gerda Steiner’s August challenge. How: This card started with a single thought: this snoozing puppy needs a place to curl up and the Avery Elle furry friends set has the perfect cushion for him. But that means creating a mask of a digital stamp and I daren’t risk putting… Continue reading Make a wish card: Snoozing puppy
Smile: Watermelon kid
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
The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #10
What: Day ten of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. And this will also be my entry for Gerda Steiner’s monthly challenge; it may not be my only entry as she was kind enough to provide two digital stamps to play with… How: I printed the bunny out onto lightweight watercolour paper and… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #10
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
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