Diane's Country Cards & Crafts

A Poinsettia of a Different Color.

I have had this Power Poppy image of a poinsettia for a very long time. I have always colored it red. I went to Power Poppy today and sawa sample done in light beige and pinks for the buds. I said why not let's go for something completely odd. I decided to make it gold. I would assume there are really no gold poinsettia. But hey, artistic license! I colored the image with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils, only because I can no longer make very fine lines with my markers. My vision is going and I may have to have eye surgery shortly in the future. I planned on the background paper an olive green with gold leaves on it. When I happened across this paper in the drawer I knew I found the perfect paper.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - F is for Foliage

Digi Choosday - A/G

A Place to Start -A/G

Simon Says Stamp - Beautiful Blooms

Allsorts - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - A/G

Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends A/G

Christmas Stash (G)

I got in the mood to make some Christmas cards today. I finished four of them. This image id from Power Poppy. I colored him with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. The paper is from Stampin' Up.

This card also uses a Powerr Poppy image. He is colored with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. The paper is from Stampin' Up.

This card uses an image by Mo's Digital Pencil. The paper is from my stash. It is colored with a mix of Prismacolor, Luminance and Polychromos pencils. I used baby oil as a blending medium.

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, much easier than coloring lots of images and the kids don't care, anyways. I just realized I put them in the envelopes without the stamp "Grandma MAde This Just For You." Fortunately. I didn't seal the envelopes yet. These images were purchased on Etsy last year. The papers are from my stash.

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.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge - A/G

Tic, Tac. Toe Challenge - Frames, dimension, Embellishment

I Love Promarkers - Birthday

Try it on Tuesday - Make it Feminine

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

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.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Place to Start - A/G

A Perfect Time to Craft - A/G

Ally's Angels - A/G

Classic Design Challenge - A/G

Crafting from the Art Challenge - A/G

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.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Morgan's ArtWorld - ATG

A Place to Start - ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG

Crafty Animals - Must Include an Animal

Critter Crazy Challenge - ATG

613 Avenue Create - ATG

We Love Stamping - Wildlife (Sentiment Stamped)

Crafty Catz - ATG

Creative Fingers - ATG

CutItUp - Must Include at Least One Diecut (Sentiment)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - ATG

Krafty Chicks - Birthday

I Love Pro Markers - Birthday

Little Red Wagon - Include an Animal

The Paper Funday - Fur or Feathers

Passion for Markers - Masculine

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's Digital Pencil and are colored with Copic markers. The paper is from my stash.

This is another image from Mo's Digital Pencil. it was a gift to her Patreon subscribers. She also gave us the cute elf that I used already and a Santa I still need to color. I colored this image with Copic markers. Te papers are from Stampin' Up.

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

This is two images from Power Poppy, the tree branch and an angel ornament. I had a hard time with this one. Everything was the wrong size to put on a normal card. I decided to fussy cut the branch so I could overlap the angel slightly so they would both fit together. When I got done fussy cutting and glued the branch to the designer paper there was so much white interiors and border showing that I hated the way it looked. My husband came by and asked what the problem was. I told him I hated the way the card looks with all the white spaces amongst the branches. He just matter of factly said just pick a marker and color it in. I didn't even think of doing that. The first marker I picked matched the paper perfectly. What a great idea he had Thr paper is from Stampin' Up. It is colored with Copic markers

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!

I get such a kick out of this card every year. It may be in poor taste, but I love it. The image is from Whimsy and it's colored with Copics.

This is another Whimsy image that I found while I was looking for the above image. I thought I might as well complete her also. She is also colored with Copics. The paper is from Stampin' Up.

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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