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

Supplies used:

Compensated affliate links may be used - I may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you should you make a purchase using my link.

Copic Marker RV55 Shop at: EH	Neenah Solar White Shop at: SBC | EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Copic Marker RV52 Shop at: EH
Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Copic Marker Colorless Blender Shop at: EH	Copic Marker T9 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker T7 Shop at: EH
Rhubarb Stickles Shop at: SBC	Copic Marker T5 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker T0 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker T1 Shop at: EH
Copic Marker T3 Shop at: EH

It's here! Coffee Lovers blog hop!

 It's that time again!  The Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop is here!  I love this one because I love coffee, and tea, and hot cocoa!  So many people linking up their wonderful creations!

You can link up and find all of the details (TONS of prizes!) right HERE.

For my first entry I brought out an older digital stamp from Polka Dot Orchard called Winter Bear.  It's even on sale right now for 37% off during the big birthday bash sale on stamps and stencils!  Set can be found HERE.

Shall we take a look at my card?

Tried to get a close up so you can see the Stickles.  I colored the images on watercolor paper with Karin markers.

The Coffee Lovers blog hop goes November 13th.  I hope you'll find time to play along!

See ya soon!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

Compensated affliate links may be used - I may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you should you make a purchase using my link.

Neenah Solar White Shop at: SBC | EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Crystal Stickles Shop at: SBC
Canson Watercolor paper Shop at: EH	Permanent Adhesive Roller - Scrapbook.com Shop at: SBC	Fitted Indented Rectangles - Elizabeth Crafts Shop at: SBC

Meow!

Happy Wednesday!  I'm over on the Dies R Us blog today sharing my very last post as part of the design team.  Here is the first card I created.

Now click right HERE to go to the Dies R Us blog to check out the second card I made and all of the details!

Hope to see you there!

~Kristina

Faux Floating Frame

Hiya friends!  Ever started to do a technique card and realized it wasn't going to work out?  That's what happened to me so I improvised and created a new (to me anyways) technique!  You can find all of the details on the Dies R Us blog right HERE. 

I'll tease you with the first card but you'll have to come on over to see the second one!  Sneaky aren't I?

Toodles!
~Kristina

Summer Fun

It's Wednesday which means it's my turn to post for Dies R Us over on their blog.  How about something summery? 

Come check out all of the details HERE!

Hope to see you there!

~Kristina

Penguin Love

While I know that June is not typically the month of "love", I have a friend who loves penguins.  She also happens to have a birthday this month.  I mean, not all birthday cards need to have cakes and cupcakes, right??  Besides, the Penguin Love set from Polka Dot Orchard has the most adorable penguins EVER!

This card design is fairly simple and would be easy to recreate.

I created a random pattern of hearts from the Penguin Love digital stamp set and printed it out onto a piece of Bristol cardstock.  Next I used foam blending tools to create a blended background.  The colors I used are Tattered Rose, Abandoned Coral and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide inks.  I just kept blending until there was a smooth transition of color.  I splattered on some clean water and then dabbed it up with a paper towel.  I love the extra bit of detail that it gives.  I also cut it out with a dotted rectangle die from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I went ahead and glued it to my card base using liquid glue.

Next I printed out the penguins in two different sizes, also on Bristol cardstock.  I then used Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to add the color.  I used light gray, gray, orange and brown.  The actual markers will be linked below.  I applied the color and then used a waterbrush to move the color around.  The cheeks and the heart are colored with Abandoned Coral.  I just squished it down on my glass mat and used the waterbrush to pick up color.

Aren't they cute?  I went ahead and fussy cut them both out.  I also went around the edges with a black marker to make it looked more finished.

I applied foam tape to the back of the large penguin and added it to the card panel.  I plan on using the little penguin either on the inside of the card or another project.  The Hello sentiment I used comes from the It's Your Day digi stamp set.  I also printed it out onto Bristol so my whites would match.  I trimmed it down and added a piece of gray cardstock to give it a very thin border.  I glued this directly to the card panel.

While I loved the card as is, I had some Liquid Pearls sitting out on my desk from a recent purchase.  These just happened to be colors that matched my project!  So I added Pewter, Coral, and Hydrangea to the center of the hearts.  A few of the hearts have Icicle Stickles.  For the larger heart that the penguin is holding I added lots of Icicle Stickles dots.  As well as a dab on each cheek.  I did add a couple dots of the Pewter Liquid Pearls by the sentiment.  

I hope my friend loves her penguin birthday card!  And I hope you guys enjoyed it too!

~Kristina

Supplies Used:

Neenah Solar White Shop at: SBC | EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH
Stickles - Icicle Shop at: EH	Stitched Rectangles Elizabeth Craft Design Shop at: Dies R Us	Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH	Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper Shop at: EH
Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH	Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH	Light Gray 91 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker Shop at: EH	Orange 70 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker Shop at: EH
Brown 60 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker Shop at: EH	Gray 70 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker Shop at: EH	Penguin Love - Polka Dot Orchard digi stamps Shop at: PDO

Let's Flamingo

Hey Gang!  It's my turn over on the Dies R Us blog today and I've got something a bit on the tropical side to share.  Come on over and check it out HERE.

See you over there!

~Kristina