Sunday, January 31, 2021

Birthday ice skates

 Hi there!  I had need of a birthday card for a young lady.  I heard she liked pink and ice skates so I came up with a plan.  I knew that Polka Dot Orchard had the perfect digital stamp to use, Merry Christmouse.  I can hear you right, but Kristina, that's a Christmas set!!  Well, yes...and no!  Let's take a look at the card shall we?


This card came together fairly quickly.  I browsed Pinterest to find a simple card sketch as a starting point.  Then I  gathered my supplies.  Some happy Doodlebug paper, Copic markers in colors to match, some oval dies, Stickles, holographic cardstock and my digital stamps!

I printed the skates and the sentiment out onto Neennah Solar White 80lb cardstock.  I colored the skates with RV52 and 55, T9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 0 and the colorless blender.  I cut the colored image out with an oval die and the holographic cardstock in the next largest oval.  I cut the patterned papers at an angle and adhered them to a pink card base.  I glued on the ovals.  I went over the blades of the skates with a light layer of Star Dust Stickles.  The sentiment comes from the Whoops A Daisy set.  I colored it with the RV52 marker.  I popped on a bit of foam tape and added it to the card.  Added a few drops of Magenta Stickles and called it done!  I did find out the Magenta Stickles have been discontinued but I think Rhubarb or Cranb might work too.


Isn't it such a fun birthday card??  Both stamp sets are on sale for 50% off and can be found in the Polka Dot Orchard store HERE

See ya later!
~Kristina

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Copic Marker RV55
Copic Marker RV55
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Neenah Solar White
Neenah Solar White
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
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Copic Marker RV52
Copic Marker RV52
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Therm O Web Foam Tape
Therm O Web Foam Tape
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Copic Marker Colorless Blender
Copic Marker Colorless Blender
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Copic Marker T9
Copic Marker T9
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Copic Marker T7
Copic Marker T7
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Rhubarb Stickles
Rhubarb Stickles
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Copic Marker T5
Copic Marker T5
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Copic Marker T0
Copic Marker T0
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Copic Marker T1
Copic Marker T1
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Copic Marker T3
Copic Marker T3
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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Let's make a Valentine's Day card!

Hi friends!  Kristina here.  I'm super excited for my first blog post as a guest design team member for Scrappy Tails Crafts!  My card today features two products from the brand new Spring Fling release.  I'm using the adorable Sweet Bear stamp set (HERE) and the Flower Vase Pop Up Card dies (HERE).


I started with a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I then used ink blending tools with Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick and Victorian Velvet distress inks.  Once I had a smooth blend, I splattered it with water and dabbed it off.

While it was drying, I took XOXO die from the Flower Vase Pop Up dies and cut my own stencil from heavy cardstock.  I applied a clear glitter/texture paste through the diy stencil on the blended background.  I set aside to dry.

Next I stamped the bear onto the same Bristol smooth cardstock using a watercolor safe black ink. I grabbed a couple of colors of Zig Real brush markers, a waterbrush and got to watercoloring the bear. Once it was dry I fussy cut the bear.  The Sweet Bear stamp set does have a matching die set (HERE) but I haven't added it to my collection yet.  I also stamped a sentiment and trimmed it down with a banner end.  

Back to the background.  I splattered it with white paint and a black shimmer paint.  After it was dry I added it onto a top fold, A2 sized white card base.  I added foam tape to the back of the bear and placed on the card panel.  I used a little liquid glue and tucked in the sentiment strip. 



Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!

~Kristina

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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
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Therm O Web Foam Tape
Therm O Web Foam Tape
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Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper
Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper
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Ranger Tim Holtz Water Brush - Fine Brush
Ranger Tim Holtz Water Brush - Fine Brush
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Jet Black Amalgam  ink pad - Gina K
Jet Black Amalgam ink pad - Gina K
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Deep Brown 68 Zig Clean Color Real Brush
Deep Brown 68 Zig Clean Color Real Brush
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Brick Beige 75 Zig Clean Color Real Brush
Brick Beige 75 Zig Clean Color Real Brush
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Replacement blending foam - Ranger
Replacement blending foam - Ranger
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Fired Brick - Distress Ink
Fired Brick - Distress Ink
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Sweet Bear dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts
Sweet Bear dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts
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Sweet Bear -Scrappy Tails Crafts
Sweet Bear -Scrappy Tails Crafts
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Flower Vase Pop Up dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts
Flower Vase Pop Up dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts
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Victorian Velvet distress ink
Victorian Velvet distress ink
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Worn Lipstick distress ink
Worn Lipstick distress ink
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Light Carmine 21 Zig Real brush marker
Light Carmine 21 Zig Real brush marker
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Black 10 Zig Real brush marker
Black 10 Zig Real brush marker
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