Saturday, December 18, 2021

A Tall Thanks - Polka Dot Orchard

 Happy Saturday!  Hello and welcome!  I should totally be wrapping Christmas presents right now but I'm here sharing my latest card instead...  I recently fell in love with the A Tall Thanks digital stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard.  So, it hopped into my cart and here I am with a card!


I printed the image onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I also printed it out onto a fun holiday patterned paper.  I fussy cut the cup from the patterned paper.  Then I cut the sleeve and the lid out of the Neenah cardstock.  I colored up the sleeve with Copics BG78, 75 and 72.  I added some shading to the patterned paper with R85 and 83.  I used N5, 3, 1 and 0 to the lid. 

Next I added foam tape to the back of the sleeve and the lid and applied them to the cup.  I got out my Star Dust Stickles and added it to the lid.  I set the cup aside to dry.

I had a another complete image on cardstock.  I cut it down to 3" x 6" and colored it with more Copic markers.  I did put down a light layer of color on the cup in case anything showed around my fussy cut pieces.  The car is colored with R89, 85 and 83.  The grays I used were N7, 5, 3 and 1.  I used E39 & 36 to add color to the rope.  For the headlights I used Y02 and 00 and BG0000 for the glass areas.  

I glued the patterned paper cup onto the colored panel.  Then the whole thing went onto a 3 1/4" x 6 1/4" card base.  And that's a wrap!  You can check out the entire Polka Dot Store HERE.





Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
~Kristina
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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Vintage Snowman

Hello friends!  Welcome to my blog!  I'm back with another project for Scrappy Tails Crafts.  The star of my card today is the Slimline Snowman Spinner Add-On die.  While he looks fabulous as a spinner, I'm using him on a mini slimline card.

I thought it would be fun to use patterned paper for all the different pieces.  I dug through my collection and pulled out several patterns.  I first cut the whole snowman out of cardstock for a layer of stability.  Then I cut him out using a creamy patterned paper with winter words all over it.


Then I gave it some definition with warm grey Copic markers.


Here he is all put together!  I did use Copic markers to add some detail to the scarf.  I also added some Stickles to the white parts of the candy cane.


Now he just needs a card base!  I used the smallest layer die from the Slimline Shadow Box dies to cut out a woodgrain patterned paper.  It already had snowflakes printed on it but I added some more fun with white splatters.  I inked up the edges lightly with some purple ink and used foam tape to add it onto a mini slimline card base.  Then I glued on the snowman.  It was at this point I added the white gel pen details.

For the sentiment, I used the Hot Foil Bold Christmas Sentiments.  I colored a smooth piece of white cardstock to match the other blues with a Copic marker.  Then I used silver sparkle foil with the Be Merry foil plate.  I cut it down to size, added some foam tape and popped it on the card.  




This card was so fun to piece together.  I can see many more snowmen in my future!  Thanks again for visiting!

~Kristina
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Saturday, December 4, 2021

You're the coolest!

Just poppin' in real quick on this sunny Saturday morning to share my latest card.  It features the Cool Penguins set from Rachel Vass Designs.  I think this cutie makes a fantastic winter card!



I happened to have the perfect paper to match the embosing folder that I used.  I carefully used a brush to apply ink to the raised portions of the embossed panel.  The penguin was colored using Copic markes.  Cute and simple!

Have a wonderful day!
~Kristina