Today’s card has the honour of being my very first creation for 2015, as well as being the first colouring I’ve done since early December. I was definitely feeling a little rusty. 
I hope your New Year is off to a good start. Remember to be kind to yourselves this year and enjoy it!
Read on for the card, blog hop details and a Copic Colour Palette for the image.
Just a quick update post to let you know about some special offers from my online store Quixotic Paperie!
From now until midnight on 9th January 2015 (UK time), you can enjoy a fab 25% off the following stamp ranges:
It’s always fun to look back over your work/creations from the year. Not only can you enjoy remembering all the creative fun, but it helps inspire new creativity and goals for the coming year.
Join me as I take a look back at my 2014 in cards.
I wasn’t sure it would happen, but here I am with a final Christmas card for 2014! Read on to see the card, a speed colouring video and get some updated waffle from me.
That post title sounds quite ominous, doesn’t it? It isn’t intended that way. In a way, it’s actually quite positive.
You won’t find any creative inspiration in this post, just an explanation for my absence which will probably extend past the Christmas period.
Read on for a fun little Christmas card, tips for adding simple winter backgrounds to your stamped images and some waffle about why I’ve been so quiet recently.
My friend Zoe from Make it Crafty recently gave away a gorgeous Christmas digi free to newsletter subscribers. I think she may still be available, so pop on over to the Make it Crafty FB page to check out the details and sign up (it is worth subscribing on Facebook and via the newsletter so you don’t miss the freebies that Zoe generously gives away from time to time)!
As soon as I saw Phoebe’s Christmas Wish I knew I wanted to create a very simple Christmas card with her cropped to one side. Sometimes I puzzle for ages over how I want to use an image, sometimes I just know.
Keep reading to see the card and for some discussion about Copic reds, a marker palette and speed colouring video. Phew, you may want to grab a tea/coffee first!
In 2012 I created a fun colouring tutorial for Some Odd Girl Stamps featuring their Winter Friends clear stamp set. I thought now would be a good time to repost that information along with some new inspiration. This time I’ve created a card and video featuring one of the new Mo Manning for Stamping Bella stamps.
So, if you’re looking for inspiration on creating beautiful backgrounds for Christmas and other winter cards using your markers keep reading!
It is no secret that I love colouring hair. It is one of my favourite things to do. That said, I am a little out of practice, so to rectify that I turned to one of my favourite stamp artists for awesome hair: Krista Smith and her fantastic Saturated Canary images. I need to get back into my hair “groove”, so bear with me, but I filmed the colouring process so you can check out a speed colouring video. I have also provided a Copic Marker Colour Palette in the post, so read on!
If you’d like to check out previous Saturated Canary creations/colouring, click HERE.
Today I’ve got another Make it Crafty card and colouring video to share with you! I know, these colouring videos are like buses…
A lot of people have asked me to create more colouring videos over the past few years. I’m now at a point where I am able to do more colouring and be able to shoot footage of that colouring. In order to be able to share videos along with the other colouring inspiration and information I have been posting, I am currently sharing “speed colouring” videos. These videos are sped up because I’m sure watching videos of me faffing with an image for over an hour might be more sleep inducing than inspiring. I’m not currently adding commentary to the videos, but I will do so in future, from time to time. In the meantime, I hope you will just enjoy checking out the colouring process.