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
Another catch-up post; this card was originally made on February 1st on the first day of the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I couldn't share it then though, as the person it was made for also follows me on Instagram, so I restricted myself to posting the circle that was die cut from the… Continue reading Birthday: Butterflies and flowers
I’ve been meaning to take part in Seven Hills Crafts’ monthly challenge for quite a while, but I keep forgetting about it until it’s too late… This month the challenge sketch was still fresh in my mind when I got the “from all of us” set from Clearly Besotted with its lovely bluebells and I… Continue reading Bluebells
What: Time for a bit of variety — I’ve been mostly using my Copics during the colouring challenge, so I thought I’d have a bit of a change and break out the Inktense pencils, which seemed like they’d be a good match for this cute bunny digi stamp. How: The Inktense pencils live up to… Continue reading Blank card: Inktense bunnies
What: Catching up on day 3 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge and I created a framed background for another piece from my colouring stash. How: I coloured the dragon with Copics some time ago, but hadn’t come up with a suitable card to put it on. It seemed like the perfect piece to use… Continue reading Blank card: Framed dragon
What: My second card today, as I wanted to create something more in keeping with the type of lines that Kathy demonstrated for day 1 of The Daily Marker Pop-up Challenge. How: Random lines drawn in marker on some regular cartridge paper and coloured in with Tombow markers (I really need to get some more… Continue reading Blank card: Eyelash lines
What: I wanted to have another play with the Brusho colours to see whether I could get a lighter, brighter finished look. I also wanted to test out the matching dies. How: The butterflies were stamped with Versamark and clear heat-embossed. I knew I was going to be die-cutting these so I didn’t need to… Continue reading More Brusho butterflies
What: Day eighteen of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. A quick Copic-coloured vase of flowers. How: A quick bit of Copic colouring and then masses of white and silver gel pen over the top just for fun. I used the largest circle die I have to round off the top and bottom… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #18
What: Day eleven of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I really need to redefine my definition of simple as I described this as “straightforward colouring” when I posted it on Instagram… How: Simple idea: choose a stencil, trace around it and colour it in. This takes much longer than you’d think. I… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #11
What: Day six of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. My mini robot stamp set turned up this morning so I could finish off the birthday card I originally had in mind when I started working on the blueprint stamps. How: I watercoloured the balloon with Distress ink, fussy cut it out and… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
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
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
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
What: Day twenty-one of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I wasn't quite sure where I was going to go with this one, I just knew I had to use the gorgeous Avery Elle furry friends and had a vague idea of using a mask for the background. Much pondering and I ended up… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21
What: This wasn't made with anyone particular in mind; it was more a case of using some odds and ends that were lying around. The flowers were a Copic practice piece; the background was made by mopping up the overspray after testing my new Color Bloom sprays; the frame was made from some new pearlised… Continue reading Blank card: Blue flowers
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