Day 30 of #thedailymarker30day challenge (August 2021)

Yey! I did it.  Finished #thedailymarker30day challenge on the finishing day! Pat on the back for me and maybe a glass of something nice to celebrate.

For my final piece, I've used a stamp from a Stampin' Up set called "Cozy Cottage", stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink and coloured with water colour pencils.

Day 12 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge (August 2021)

This is my Day 12 make for #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge. 

I've stamped a fir cone from the Penny Black "All Natural" clear stamp set twice and then coloured the image with water colour pencils.

Funky Fossil Designs "Thank You Sentiment Die" on a stencilled background

Here's another card I have made using the Funky Fossil Designs "Thank You Sentiment Die" which I have paired with the Funky Fossil "On The Shelf" stencil, coloured with water colour pencils.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 27 Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 51

Today is Day 26 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.  I was inspired by the beautiful weather this morning to do something Spring like so opted for this wreath.

I used a wreath and nest stamp from the issue 51 stamp set that came with Creative Stamping magazine. Stamped in Versafine "Stormy Gray" and coloured with water colour pencils.

The sentiment is from a Woodware stamp set called "Poppy", stamped in Versafine "Stormy Gray" ink

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge Day 26 - Little Claire Designs, Birdhouse Garland

This is my Day 26 make for #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.

I've used a Little Claire Designs stamp called "Birdhouse Garland", stamped in Versafine and coloured with water colour pencils.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 23 Penny Black "You're The Bestest - 1466K"

Here's my offering for Day 23 of #thedailymarker colouring challenge.

I've used a Penny Black wood mounted stamp called "You're The Bestest - 1466K".

It is stamped in Versafine Ink and coloured with water colour pencils.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 20 Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 68

Today is Day 20 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.

For this card, I used a stamp and sentiment which came with Issue 68 of Creative Stamping Magazine.

I stamped in Versafine "Smokey Grey" ink and coloured using water colour pencils, a Posca Pen and a glitter pen.

I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink.

Day 30 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

It's the last day of "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge".

I am one of those people that when I set my mind on something like a challenge, that I generally see it through to the end.  But I am glad that I have managed to do all thirty days as November has been a busy month of makes with Design Team work and several occasions to make cards for.

For my card, I have used a Penny Black stamp called "Caroling Bunch - 1867K" which is part of the year 2000 Margaret Sherry Collection. I've coloured the stamped Versafine Ink image with water colour pencils.

Day 29 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

It's the penultimate day of "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Challenge".

For my Day 29 card, I have used a Penny Black 2006 stamped image called "Snow Trot - 3540H", stamped in Versafine Ink.  I have coloured the image using water colour pencils and popped it onto an embossed bubble background, using a Crafter's Companion "Scattered Dots" embossing folder.

Day 20 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

This is my card for Day 20 of "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge".  I've completed two thirds of the challenge and I am pretty impressed by that, so a pat on the back for me.

I've used another Penny Black stamped image, stamped in Versafine Ink.  This time the stamp I've used is called "Hedgy Shuffle - 3541K", which is a 2006 release.  I have coloured the image using water colour pencils.

Day 19 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

This is my make for Day 19 of "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Challenge".

For this card, I have used a Stamper's Anonymous stamp from their "Childhood Blueprint - CMS229" stamped in Versafine ink and coloured with water colour pencils.

Day 14 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

It's Day 14 of "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Challenge".  To be honest, I am pretty impressed with myself as I am up to my eyes in crafting projects that I can't share with you at the moment.

As you may have gathered by my previous posts, I love the Penny Black Stamps, so it's no surprise that i'm colouring another hedgehog seasonal image.

For this card, I have used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink for the stamped image, coloured with water colour pencils.  The Penny Black wood mounted stamp is called "Sled Ride - 2517K".

Penny Black 'You're a Treasure" Wedding Card

I've used a Penny Black wood mounted stamp called "You're a Treasure".  I stamped the image in Versafine "Stormy Gray" ink and coloured the image with a mix of Distress Oxide Inks and water colour pencils.

Once the image was dry, I die cut the heart shape around the hedgehogs and stamped the "Wedding Day" sentiment, again in "Stormy Gray" Versafine Ink.

For the background, I used a Crafters Companion "Scaninavian Christmas" embossing folder.  I brayered  "Tattered Lace" Distress Oxide Ink over the embossed detail.

Once dry, I cut the embossed detail into a square and mounted it onto grey coloured cardstock.  Using foam pads, i mounted the hedgehog/heart image on to the embossed background.

Day 8 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

It's day 8 of "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Challenge" and I have coloured a tag instead of a card.

I stamped the flowers using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  The stamps are from a Visible Image set called "Creative Chaos".  I've coloured the flowers using Distress Oxide inks (Blueprint Sketch) and Water Colour pencils.

Day 3 - The Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

I seem to be on a roll with this colouring challenge and I am really enjoying taking a step back, finding the whole colouring thing very relaxing.

I was thinking that Remembrance Sunday is not far off and remembering my Father-in-law taking our boys to the local parade when they were young.  The boys were representing the Scouts and Beavers in their outfits and my Father-in-law, John, so proud of his RAF past.  So this was the trigger for the Day 3 colouring.

I rummaged through my stamps and came across a Penny Black clear stamp set called "Blooming Marvelous".  I stamped the poppies in Versafine "Stormy Gray" ink and then coloured the image with water colour pencils and a brush.

I found a word stamp saying "grateful" which I thought was apt so added that to the card and a little bug, courtesy of a Lavinia stamp set.

Week 45 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2019

The prompt for Week 45 is "Circles / Bokeh"

I decided to go with pastel coloured over-lapping circles for the background of my tag.  I used a Visible Image stamp set called "You are not alone" to stamp the three sizes of circles in Versafine "Stormy Gray" coloured ink.

I coloured the circles using my water colour pencils and a paint brush.  I used a yellow, green, blue, pink and purple colours.  On some of the circles, I have given them a glitter finish by using Stickles "Crystal", which gives a subtle beautiful shimmer.

Once the Stickles were dry, I moved on to stamping the dog.  I'm not sure who makes this stamp, but I do recall it cost about a pound.  I stamped the image across the tag using Versafine Clair "Purple Delight" shade of ink.  Using the same ink, I stamped the words.  I've had this set of word stamps for over ten years so I have no idea who made them, apologies for that.

Have a great week.

Sam x

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Design Team Make for "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog" (388) - Winter Birthday (Lavinia Stamps)

This is a Design Team card I have made for the "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog" on the theme of "Winter Birthday".  Please do pop over and take a look at the fab creations from my fellow DT colleagues.

For my card, I started by using water colour pencils with a paint brush to paint the sky and the land.  

Using a Lavinia Stamp called "Trees", I repeat stamped the image across the card using Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink.  I added the Lavinia Stamp "Birds" stamped in Versafine "Stormy Grey".

I continued to build up the image with adding more depth with the water colour.  I then cut the image down to 4x4" and mounted it onto brown card.  At this stage I added some icy/frosty sparkle using a silver glitter Signo Pen.

I cut a piece of plain paper to 4x4 size, positioned it in the middle of a plain card and marked where the line of trees was, then stamped the same tree image across card from side to side.  I lifted the paper mask and then positioned and stuck the water colour image down.

The Papertrey Ink sentiment, from their "Winter Hills" set was stamped in Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink to finish the card.

Week 2 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2019

The prompt for Week 2 of the challenge is "New".

This could be new stash, baby, home, year, shoes, phone, diary the choice is endless.  I opted for "New Year, New Diet" for my Week 2 tag.

I used one of the free stamps in issue 66 of Creative Stamping magazine for the main image, stamped in Versafine "Black Onyx" ink and coloured with Promarkers.

I gave the background a wash using a paintbrush and colour from a water colour pencil.  Once dry, I randomly stamped the tape measure (which came in the same set as the main image), in Versafine "Stormy Grey" ink.  I filled in the area with silver dots using a Signo pen.  I then inked the edges and surface of the tag using two shades of Colorbox ink.

Finally, using a ProvoCraft rolling alphabet stamp I stamped the words "New Year and New Diet" . I cut the words down and gave the surface a rub with ink, then drew a box around each word before positioning them raised on the tag using foam pads.

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You can join in with this challenge at any time, it doesn't have to be at the beginning of the year.  You can find info about the challenge here.

Why not join the challenge Facebook Group.  Here you can upload your challenge images to the weekly albums and chat to others taking part about crafty things.  It's a really friendly group and the challenge is very relaxed.  You do what you can, when you can.  There is never any pressure to keep up.  The more the merrier. Sam x

Tree With Ornaments (Hero Arts) Christmas Card

For more years that I care to remember I have made Christmas cards using the Hero Arts "Tree With Ornaments" stamp.  It has to be my most used stamp and the results never disappoint.

The image is stamped in Versafine "Smokey Grey' and painted using water colour pencils.  The sentiment is from a Hobby Art Ltd set (CS010D).

Finally, I added some twinkly gold shimmer using a Sakura Jelly Roll Pen.

Look To The Sky Card

Today I have been playing with more Lavinia Stamps creating this card.

I wasn't in the mood to get very messy, so opted for a sheet of Shenandoah, Natural Wonders patterned paper.  After studying it, I decided on the area that I would work on, as I could see sky, hills, water and rocks in the image.  I then cut it down to size.

I started by using the Lavinia Stamps "Tree Scene (LAV219)" along the shoreline in the distance, stamped in Versafine "Smokey Grey" ink.  I then stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Small Reindeer (LAV487)", the Lavinia Stamps "Birds (LAV097)",  the Lavinia Stamps "Small Fairy Fir Tree (LAV492) and finally the Lavinia Stamps "Spanish Moss Foliage (LAV505)" all stamped in Versafine "Onyx Black".

I then used a brush with water colour pencils to highlight colours in specific areas.  Finally, I used a pencil to create the look of shadows on the water beneath the tree line in the distance.

I have entered this card into #82 "Moving Along With The Times" Challenge.

I have also entered this into the Crafty Cats #433 Weekly Challenge.