Things I’m probably playing with
Copic Markers
Coloured pencils
Distress Oxides
One layer stamped and masked scenes
Who Am I?
I am a stamper and paper-crafter with particular enthusiasm for colouring. Since childhood I have enjoyed experimenting with a variety of crafty pursuits, rubber stamping and playing with paper are a couple that stuck! Around 2008 I discovered Copic markers and my love for colouring took over.
While markers are my “go to” colouring medium, I love to play with a variety of different products and learn new techniques. You will see a variety of media in use here on this blog. In 2024 I have rediscovered the joy of die cutting and ink blending.
I live in the South West of England with my partner Paul. In October 2019 we said goodbye to our beautiful Staffordshire Bull Terrier girlie Taika. She was almost 14 years old and we miss her every day. At the end of October 2022 we welcomed a gorgeous Staffordshire Bull Terrier boy to our home. He’s called Arthur and he has been keeping us very busy ever since!
Alongside posting and creating content for this website, I also work for Stamping Bella, coming up with ideas for new stamp designs and preparing them for manufacture. I also colour and create video content for Stamping Bella.
Why “Marker Geek”?
Pretty simple! I love markers and I’m a bit of a geek. Stick around and you’ll get a good sense of that.
From June 2009 to June 2015 I ran an online paper-crafts retail store – a fantastic journey that ended in the realisation that I would much rather be creating and sharing, rather than posting products to other people to play with!
- Craft Stamper Magazine August 2010 – “Beach Babes” – Copic Airbrushing tutorial p40-42
- Craft Stamper Magazine November 2010 – Stamping Contrasts – Stempelglede Angelic Greetings p21
- Craft Stamper Magazine December 2010 – Christmas Cheer – Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps p40-41
- Craft Stamper Magazine September 2011 – Idea Gallery – Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps card
- Let’s Make Cards! Issue 33 June 2010 – 3 Ways With Sketch Feature – The Greeting Farm card p30
- Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine August 2011 – Copic Skin Tone Tutorial & Make it Crafty/Whimsy Stamps merged scene card
- Craft Stamper Magazine April 2012 – Stamping Contrasts feature – Whimsy Stamps Vintage Transportation card.
- Splitcoast Stampers Weekly Inkling 28th March 2012 Tutorial – “No Lines” Colouring with ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.
- Craft Stamper Magazine August 2012 (p28-30) -Fairy Magic – alcohol marker background step by step featuring Make it Crafty stamps and lasercut chipboard.
- Craft Stamper Magazine February 2013 (p20) – Stamping Contrasts – “Stand Out” card featuring Susana Loves Stamps Blank Canvas collection stamps.
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine – PE93 April 2013 – Coffee Break Feature – SCACD Oddly Sweet Curiosities – Clueless card
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine – PE96 June 2013 – Cut Out & Keep Feature – Stamping Bella Uptown Girls 7 cards
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine – PE99 September 2013 – Cut Out & Keep Feature – Stamping Bella Christine Grove 7 cards
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine – PE100 October 2013 – In The Spotlight – Stamping Bella Christine Grove Seniorita Magda card
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine – PE101 November 2013 – Cut Out & Keep Feature – Tiddly Inks 7 cards (featured on cover)
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE107 May 2014 – Cut Out & Keep Feature – Tiddly Inks 7 Cards (featured on cover)
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE109 July 2014 – Cut Out & Keep Feature – Personal Impressions Lindsay Mason ZenDoodles 7 cards (pic on cover)
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE110 August 2014 – Free Gift Inspiration 6 cards using foiled diecuts/papers (pic on cover)
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE113 2014 – Woodware Christmas Cards (featured on cover)
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE115 – Free Gift Inspiration using Bebunni (pics on cover)
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE116 – Creative Expressions Dance stamps cards
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE117 – Design a Flower stamps & embossing folder projects
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE118 – Riverbank Revels stamp & paper pack cards
- Papercraft Essentials Magazine PE133 – Stamping Bella Tiny Townie cards
- Quick Cards Made Easy 161 – Stamping Bella Bella V2.0 cards
- Quick Cards Made Easy 165 – Stamping Bella Tiny Townie Garden Girl cards
- Quick Cards Made Easy 170 – LDRS All Dressed Up cards
Little things I get fixated by!
- Hedgehogs
- Toadstools
- Cute snails
- Pumpkins
- Halloween themed images
- Galaxy backgrounds
- Read books.
- Play video games.
- Walk in the countryside.
- Watch true crime documentaries.
- Listen to true crime podcasts.
- Stamping Bella September 2012 – current (previously May 2010 – June 2011)
- La-La Land Crafts Guest Designer October 2013 – February 2014
- ShinHan Artisan & Product Education Specialist – Touch Twin Marker Blog & Touch Twin Challenge Blog September 2011 – January 2014
- The Greeting Farm – Guest Designer – March 2013 Release Previews
- Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – September 2009 – 17th February 2013
- Susana’s Custom Art & Card Design / SCACD Stamps (past May 2010 to November 2011)
- Make it Colourful – colouring challenge blog associated with Make it Crafty (past April 2011 – October 2011)
- Mo’s Digital Pencil “Dream Team” (past October 2009 to July 2011)
- Sunday’s With Crissy – Crissy Armstrong’s monthly digital challenge blog (past February 2011 to July 2011)
- Color Me Copic (past)
- Copic Colour Challenge (past)
Connect with me
How I work & who I work with
I would like to share with you some details on how I and this website work.
First and foremost, I want to be clear that I only work with companies and products that I love.
You will see a lot of Stamping Bella related content on this website. I am proud to have been the colourist for Stamping Bella since around 2014. At one time I coloured all of the images for the packaging inserts and website product images. Now I work for Stamping Bella coming up with ideas for new stamps and seeing them through to manufacture.
Here in the UK I also support one of our wonderful UK based online retailers – Dies to Die For. I do receive a discount against purchases, but select and purchase all of the products I use. I choose to link to them here as a reliable and trusted supplier of popular overseas brands here in the UK/Europe.
I currently also work with Sweet November Stamps as a member of their design team, mostly working with their clear stamp releases.
In order to offset the costs of running the website and allow me to spend more time creating content to share with you I also sometimes participate in affiliate programs. Affiliate links incur no extra costs for you, but do give me a small commission when you use them to make purchases, and are a great way for you to support me in sharing with you at no cost to yourself. I only link to products and services that I use and value.
Affiliate Programs I Use
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