Diane's Country Cards & Crafts
Wise Men and a Reindeer
Angel
I used to be on the Creative Team for Morgan's ArtWorld. I bought this image years ago, but she no longer has it in her store. I colored it a few years ago, but never quite finished it. I found it while I was clearing out under my desk. I decided it was about time!
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Paper Funday - Anything Goes with Fur or Feathers
Christmas Craft All Year 'Round - F for Feathers
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - ATG
The Twelve Months of Christmas - ATG
Morgan's ArtWorld - ATG
Santa Needs a Nap
This is an image by Mo''s digital Pencil, one of my favorite artists. I colored the image with Copic markers. The paper is from Stampin' Up.
Switching Art Work Again!
This is an image by Coloriage Wild. They produce coloring books with many, many unusual images to color of children. I have six of their coloring books. I have done many pieces, but it's been quite a while since I finished one. The picture below shows my VERYmessy craft desk while I'm working. I used Polychomos, Luminance and Prismacolor pencils to color this image. I used baby oil as a blending medium. I usually use either unscented mineral spirits or baby oil. It was a fun little switch in coloring mediums. I may scan it and downsize so I can put it on a card.
More Power Poppy Images
I am working my way through the twenty or so Power Poppy images I printed off. This germanium image is one of my favorites. It is colored with Copic markers. I'm not sure where the paper is from.
This is one of their many rose images. It is also colored with Copic markers.
Power Poppy Images
I decided to get away from Christmas images for a while. That probably won't last long1 Anyways, I decided to print off a bunch of Power Poppy images to color and make birthday cards. Who doesn't need extra birthday cards sometime. All images were colored with Copic markers, pastels on the daffodils and pencil on the hollyhocks.
Angel Ornament
Two Cards I Forgot to Post
I am off my craft desk for a few days. This is killing me already. We had to rearrange the furniture in my craft room to get an appliance delivery through the room on Friday. I had to take my husband to the emergency room on Friday and missed the delivery. They rescheduled the delivery for this week so I don't want to rearrange the furniture until after it's here. We thought my husband might have had a blood clot after his surgery a week ago. We went to the emergency room because his left hand was extremely swollen. Surgery was on his left side. they put new wires in his heart and a new pacemaker in. When we first got to the ER they did every test imaginable. They also thought he had a blood clot. They even thought they may have seen a spot on his lungs that looked like maybe piece of a clot broke off. Turns out after additional testing. The is no blood clot, thank goodness. His hand is still swollen, just not as much. It appears to be cause by the sling he has to wear. The adventures never end when you get older!
Birthday Tulips
This was a fun and surprisingly fast image to color. It's from Power Poppy. Yesterday I printed off about twenty of their images. I thought I'd try to get away from Christmas cards for a couple weeks. I colored this image with Copic markers.

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Drummer Boy 2026
I have done this image before, but for some reason, I really enjoyed doing it this time.I got this image back in 2009, I believe. I colored the image with Copic markers and the paper is from Stampin' Up. I actually have enough cards now for doing my mailing list four times over. I think I may consider doing a craft sale in town this year to try to sell some. I am switching to birthday cards for a while.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Antique Santa
Christmas Stash (G)
Another fun part of Christmas has always been decorating. This image is by Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored it with Copic markers. The paper is from my stash.
This is my favorite card of the bunch. I just love this Power Poppy image. I colored it with Copics. Spreading holiday cheer also brings enjoyment.
This is another image from Power Poppy. I saw it done in bright colors and decided to go for it. This one is definitely on the bright side. It is colored with Copic markers. Relation to enjoyment...presents!
Power Poppy image.
This is another addition to my male birthday cards. I finally have enough made for the year. There are 12 males on my birthday card list (not including the five grandsons.) I now have enough for them all. This image is from Power Poppy and is colored with Copic markers. The paper is from Stampin' Up, I believe.
Baby Forest Critters
I have always loved this image. I have a whole set of baby animals done by the same artist, Angels Landing. They even come with a coloring diagram to follow to make the coloring easier. Unfortunately, with all the 300 or so Copic markers I have, I was still missing five or six that the diagram recommended. I just substituted something close. The paper is from Stampin' Up.
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A Couple of Men's Birthday Cards
I'm not sure who this lighthouse design is from. It is colored with Copic markers. I cannot figure out who this image is from. I printed in, nut now when I look back I can't find it. Not surprising, I have about 12,000 images.
Wise Men and a Reindeer
This card is for the September Christmas Card Challenge at Splitcoaststampers, the Epiphany. This is a set of three PNG images from Mo...
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This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored it with Copic markers, pencils and chalks. The paper has been in my stash foreve...
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I actually completed two quilts this week. I can finally say I'm back in quilting mode. The above quilt was made for my bio mom....
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I made this card for my final CT entry for Morgan's Art World. I am struggling with vision problems. I have had three sets of glass...