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    Christmas Sprite in three different mediums
    • Dec 23, 2018

    Christmas Sprite in three different mediums

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you my second project as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps. In today’s project I would like to show you one gorgeous sprite stamp coloured three times in three different mediums, so that you can pick and choose which one fits your supplies or style best! For my first card I choose to colour the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps “Christmas Sprite“ image using Copic Markers. You can use any alcohol markers you have of course. I stamped the image onto Copic
    Computer Guy
    • Nov 30, 2018

    Computer Guy

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you the card that I created for my stepson’s 16th birthday. Like many boys he loves gaming so I decided that this was the perfect image for him! I started my card by printing this image from Mo Manning called “Computer Guy“ onto Canson 1557 paper and I die cut around the image using one of my rectangle stitched nesting dies. On the right hand side of this die cut panel I stamped one of the sentiments from the Kaisercraft “Background Bir
    Guest Design Project Crealies : Morning Glory
    • Aug 20, 2018

    Guest Design Project Crealies : Morning Glory

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you the guest design project that I created for Crealies. Crealies is a Dutch company with awesome dies and stamps in all kinds of different designs. And Annelies, the owner of Crealies, also ships outside the Netherlands, so go and check them out. I choose to create a fun flowery card with hand coloured pink flowers, inspired by morning glory colours that I found on line. So, let’s get started! Step 1: I choose to work on a crème coloured linen
    Fairy Maya with Coloured Pencils
    • Aug 7, 2018

    Fairy Maya with Coloured Pencils

    Hi everyone, today I have another card for you using one of the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps fairies: this one is called “Maya”. I was cleaning up my computer and came across this card that I apparently never had published! So let’s get started: I first stamped her on some Strathmore “Drawing” paper (not my favourite paper for coloured pencil by the way) with Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and then started colouring her with my Faber Castell Polychromos coloured pencils. I used the fol
    Happy Father’s Day!
    • Jun 17, 2018

    Happy Father’s Day!

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you the card that I created for my father for Father’s Day (which is today where I live). I used a fun digital stamp from The Paper Shelter, it’s called “Cockatoo Rules!“. I printed this image on Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper (one of my favourite coloured papers to colour on with coloured pencil). Then I die cut around the image using one die from a rectangle nesting die set (I prefer the Dutch brand Crealies since their die sizes fit th
    Lily with Tulips Mother’s Day Card
    • May 10, 2018

    Lily with Tulips Mother’s Day Card

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you a fun and cute card that I created for Mother’s Day, which is this weekend (at least where I live)! To get this card started I stamped an older Joy Crafts stamp called “Lily met Tulpen“ (Lily with Tulips / 6410/0009) on some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and my MISTI. Next I coloured the image using coloured pencils: I choose some Holbein Artists‘ Colored Pencils, some Prismacolor coloured pencils and
    Spring Card with Grafix Arts Shrink Film
    • Apr 5, 2018

    Spring Card with Grafix Arts Shrink Film

    Hi everyone, today I’m on The Crafter’s Workshop blog featuring an awesome product from Grafix Arts and combining this product with a stencilled background to create a spring flower card! -------------------------------- The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own. This post also contains affiliate links. -------------------------------- Step 1: To get today’s project started I stamped the “French Marigol
    Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway
    • Apr 5, 2018

    Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway

    Hi everyone, welcome to my stop in the Altenew 4th Anniversary Blog Hop! If you came here from the super-talented Kymona Tracey then you’re right on track (but you can always go back to the beginning HERE). Isn’t this a fun way to celebrate your birthday, together with all your crafty friends! Congratulations Altenew on your 4th birthday, hopefully there are many more to come! I’m very excited to be back as a guest designer for Altenew (thank you May!). It was a lot of fun to
    Whimsy Stamps Guest Designer - Baby Card
    • Feb 9, 2018

    Whimsy Stamps Guest Designer - Baby Card

    Hi everyone, I’m very excited to be back on the Whimsy blog and bring you today’s project as guest designer. I don’t need many baby cards in my life but one of my nephew’s became father of the cutest little girl on earth a few weeks ago, so I made this card for him and his girlfriend to welcome the new family member! For today’s card I choose two stamps from the Whimsy Stamps product line. To get this card started I stamped the adorable Whimsy Stamps “Baby Giraffe“ stamp onto
    Art Journal Page: Home
    • Feb 7, 2018

    Art Journal Page: Home

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you an art journal page that I created for my second guest design post over on the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. If you don’t know what a challenge blog is then definitely go and check it out! Today I’m working in my Strathmore “Toned Tan“ Art Journal (14 x 21,6 cm in size). I started my project by printing the Oddball image called “City of Love Image no. 379 by Lizzy Love“ onto a separate sheet of Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper, I decided on the s
    Colour Crazy Guest Designer - She Wolf
    • Jan 12, 2018

    Colour Crazy Guest Designer - She Wolf

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you’ll the card that I created for my first guest design post over on the Colour Crazy Challenge Blog. If you don’t know what a challenge blog is then definitely go and check it out! I started my card by printing this gorgeous digital stamp from The Paper Shelter called “She Wolf“ onto some Canson 1557 paper (I like this particular paper because it takes coloured pencil well, it’s white and it’s thick enough but not to thick to run it through my
    LOTV Male Birthday Card
    • Dec 20, 2017

    LOTV Male Birthday Card

    Hi everyone, today I have a fun and easy male birthday card for you all. To get this card started I stamped a Lili Of The Valley image called “Vegetable Patch” onto some Strathmore “Colored Pencil” paper with Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and I coloured the image with my Faber Castell Polychromos coloured pencils. I used the following colours: 155 /168 / 173 / 115 / 186 / 188 / 132 / 189/ 231 / 271/ 272 / 175 /101 (white: for burnishing) and Holbein “Naples Yellow” (from the Pas
    Whimsy Stamps - 12 Days of Christmas
    • Dec 13, 2017

    Whimsy Stamps - 12 Days of Christmas

    Hi everyone, I’m very excited to be back on the Whimsy Stamps blog and bring you today’s project as guest designer. Today I would like to show you my project for the Whimsy Stamps 12 Days of Christmas Blog Celebration! If you don’t know what this event is all about: the Whimsy Stamps design team and some guest designers are holding a fun celebration over on the Whimsy blog in the run up to Christmas. Each day from the 12th of December a member of the design team or a guest de
    Blue and Silver
    • Dec 11, 2017

    Blue and Silver

    Hi everyone, today I’m on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with a mood board inspired card. I don’t use blue as a flower colour very much but on this card I really love the end result. This is the mood board all the KGC Design Team Members are working with this month: To get this card started I stamped the flower image from the Kennedy Grace Creations “Kindness Medley“ stamp set onto some Canson 1557 (180 gr./extra white) paper using Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and my MISTI. T
    Flower Baby Card
    • Nov 27, 2017

    Flower Baby Card

    Hi everyone, today I’m on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with a fun card combining both baby elements and flowers! To get this card started I die cut a stitched square panel from some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper and then I first stamped the giraffe from the Kennedy Grace Creations “Sweet Baby Mine” stamp set with Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink onto this panel (I also created a mask from Post-It paper and adhered that over the giraffe) and then I stamped the sunflower from the
    Hollyberry Christmas Cards
    • Nov 15, 2017

    Hollyberry Christmas Cards

    Hi everyone, today I have another hand coloured set of Christmas cards for you all. Today’s project is featuring the beautiful Power Poppy “Hollyberries“ digital stamp set. I first printed this beautiful design, together with one of the sentiments that also comes in the same stamp set, onto some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper twice and then die cut around it using one of the dies in the stitched rectangle Crea-Nest-Lies XXL die set. I coloured one traditional holly card and one
    "Power Poppy" Guest Design post: Hues to Use!
    • Oct 31, 2017

    "Power Poppy" Guest Design post: Hues to Use!

    Hi everyone! I‘m very excited to be sharing a project with you today as a guest designer for Power Poppy stamps! I love the beautiful stamps this fabulous company makes: they have both clear stamps and digital stamps, all their stamps have a lot of detail and there is a lot of variety to choose from! There are a couple of things that I would like to show you today: first I would like to show you what a different colouring medium can do for the effect that you want to create (
    Christmas Card Swap - Part 1
    • Oct 26, 2017

    Christmas Card Swap - Part 1

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you a set of cards of which one I created especially for the Kit and Clowder “Christmas Card Swap“: how does this event exactly work? You could sign up for the card swap on the Kit and Clowder Facebook page, you get assigned a designated partner, you create a card for that person and that person for you and then you sent each other the card. The card should be Christmas themed. You have about two weeks to create and sent the card. I al
    Power Poppy ATC’s
    • Oct 22, 2017

    Power Poppy ATC’s

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you a set of ATC’s featuring Power Poppy stamps. ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards) are the size of a sport collectable card (6,4 x 8,9 cm). I started this project by measuring 6 x 8,5 cm twice onto Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper and cutting the panels using a craft knife and a ruler. On each of these panels I stamped one of the sentiments from the Power Poppy “Planning for Magnolia’s“ stamp set using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink. Next I also sta
    Hello Color Doodle Card
    • Oct 11, 2017

    Hello Color Doodle Card

    Hi everyone, today I have a fun doodle card for you all. Did I draw these doodles myself? Nope, it’s a stamp! I was crafting at my friends house a while back and she had this Stampin‘Up stamp set called “Hello Color”, so I started colouring this image that night but wasn’t able to finish it, but since I brought my own coloured pencils I finished it at home. To get this card started I stamped the image on some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and m
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