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
I coloured the three astronauts as part of the last Daily Marker colouring challenge. This was another of those sets that I'd picked up because it was really cute (and sci-fi-themed stamps are always good to have to hand), but I hadn't got around to actually using it. Time for it to move from the… Continue reading Space: 1999
Birka loves pink. And it was Birka's birthday. So the Happy Crafty Friends had a pink blog hop for her and invited everyone to make a pink birthday card. This looks nothing like I had envisaged. Apart from the background that is, that went as planned. It all started so well: the heat embossing and… Continue reading Pink flowers on pink
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
I'm not really doing Easter cards this year, but I had to make one for my mum. I like colouring bunnies, but it is nice to do something a bit different — a little unexpected — so I had a think and came up with a non-traditional chocolate dragon in an Easter egg. I had… Continue reading Easter: Chocolate dragon
I was still feeling a little uninspired when the time came to make a birthday card for the older of my two nephews, so I kept it simple with a variation on a card I made at the very start of the year. This alternative personalised layout occurred to me almost as soon as I’d… Continue reading Personalised birthday banners
In the week before Christmas I was laid low with the horrible cold-flu thing that seems to have been doing the rounds recently; I rallied enough to enjoy Christmas dinner with the neighbours (just as well I didn’t have to cook that day), but I am still not one hundred per cent over it… All… Continue reading Christmas: One last yeti
A friend of ours really doesn’t do Christmas, but I hate to leave him off the Christmas card list. This year I was inspired to make him a solstice card instead, as celebrating the passing of the shortest day of the year is far more appropriate. Supplies: stamps: Create A Smile - snowflake whispers Lawn… Continue reading Solstice card
These cards were created on 17th November; day 17 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. Yes, even more yetis… The last ones for the moment, but I can’t promise I won’t be using them again 🙂 These were inspired by my other half suggesting that I should have a yeti peeking from behind… Continue reading Christmas: Peeking yetis
These cards were created on 11th November; day 11 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. Yes, more yetis… They are a nice, fairly simple, shape which lent itself well to being used for testing a bunch of different ways of adding texture and sparkle, and it would be a shame to waste those… Continue reading Christmas: Yetis with trees
