Colouring is therapy...

Hey,

Happy Friday!

Hubby and I are leaving for London tonight. I'll be gone for just over 2 weeks, as I have a week off - but next week I will be working.

Because this week has been so hectic with work, getting ready to leave for our trip, a gig and introducing Clint to a new face, I felt overwhelmed and couldn't really craft.

So I coloured a lot.

I have a colouring book that I really like, it's quite old and I dug it out this week and tore out a few pages and sat at my desk for 20 mins every night and coloured away. It was lovely and therapeutic and it was bliss to colour with my Tombow Dual Brushmarkers, I almost have a full set..

I thought I'd share my colouring, as it's all so pretty.

After Kathy Rac (aka the world's most awesome colourer ever) said that she finds using 4 colours to colour with much easier, I have been using that as a guide. It really works and helps make the colouring pages look less busy.

Have a great weekend, I am looking forward to hangs with my parents.

Cx

Catch The Bug: Saturday Colour Challenge..

Hey,

Happy Saturday to you!

And welcome to my first post as a permanent part of the Catch The Bug team.

They asked me to stay after my GDT stint for their Saturday challenge and I was overjoyed and said yes!

This week we have a great colour challenge for you -

Bug Monsters 4 Block is a new set from Bugaboo Stamps and I love it. I mean how awesome is it that with my love of monsters my first permanent DT card uses a monster stamp - kismet.

I love the Bugaboo block stamp sets and I think I now have them all.

I used Tombow dual brush pens to colour the stamp.

Hope you will be playing along too. Can't wait to see which image you choose to use.

Upload your makes at the Catch The Bug blog and check out the rest of the DT makes.

Cx

Sweetness..

Hey,

I love the digital stamp on my card today.

I saw it all over instagram and various blogs and finally decided I had to have it :)

It is by Graciellie Design and it's called Sweetness -

I love all the sentiments that came with it and it was so lovely to colour.

I used Tombow Dual Brush markers to colour it and I was so pleased with how it turned out, that I entered it into Kathy Rac's Daily Marker colouring contest.

Being on the Sketch Saturday team and my GDT stint on the Catch The Bug team has really re-invigorated my love of digital stamps, it's such a great inexpensive way to get new shiny things..kind of!

Cx

Random Desk Pile: Daisy Birthday...

Hey,

Today I am showing you card no 2 that I made from the random desk pile.

I got the Unity Stamp Co. 'Daisy Girl' before I left for London and I coloured her using TomBow dual brush markers..

I bought the July TomBow VIP box, which is awesome and came with an awesome storage box for my pens.. LOVE a storage box..

The background paper die-cut, the striped washi tape and the sentiment rub-ons - yes rub-ons, were all in the pile too!

Another quick assembly job and the addition of the clear droplets and voila! another finished card.

Cx

Splattery Birthday...

Hey,

Happy Friday!

It is a glorious day here in London!

I am sharing a quick card I made for a friend before I left NYC.

The Studio Calico 'Large Sentiments' set is a fave of mine, I bought it for JT and I in their Black Friday sale last year and it was a great buy.

I stamped and coloured it using Tombow Brush Markers and added some inky splatter and some dots to the letters (comes with the stamp).

Mounted onto a fun card blank for a super easy and quick make.

Have a great weekend, I will be with JT and my colleagues in the pub tonight and off to see The Grantham family tomorrow.

Cx