Diane's Country Cards & Crafts
Easter Cards 2026
Sweet Little Girl
I have had this image for many years. The image is by Sugar Nellie. I have many of their images which I should use more. The image is colored with Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils and pastels. I have been enjoying that combination of mediums a lot lately. The die is an old one from Spellbinder's and the paper is from Stampin' Up. I saw this color hair done by someone about a year and a half ago and really loved the way it looked. fortunately, she listed the color markers she used for the hair. I wrote down the info and posted it on my board to use when I wanted to try it. Well, that day finally came but, I had moved the note a couple weeks ago. I almost threw out the note, but had decided to keep it. It took a while, but I found it again. It was colors that I would not have thought of coloring blonde hair with, E50, 51, 53, and E55.
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Apples on the Tree
My husband pointed out a major error with this picture. I didn't see it at all. The tree doesn't have flowers and apples at the same time. He's right, but I already colored it so I'm using it. Maybe, nobody else will notice. He is such a perfectionist. The image is by Power Poppy. It is colored with Copics, Prismacolor pencils and pastels. The paper is from Stampin' Up. I had fun coloring it even with the imperfection.
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Gray Wolf
This card uses an image available at Morgan's Art Studio. I have used this image approximately five times over the years. I love it for making male birthday cards. The image is colored with Copic marlers. Prismacolor pencils and pastels. The paper is from my stash.
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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.
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Easter Cards 2026
I am kind of burned out so I decided to make all my Easter cards for the grandkids and my Dad using digital images. It was much, muc...
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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...