One last Halloween card!

 Yep.  I did it.  I managed to get one more Halloween card done.  Woot!  My card today features a brand new digital stamp from 2 Cute Ink called Witchy Fishy.  It is brand new in the Etsy Store today.  Head HERE to check it out.

Isn't he just the cutest?  I colored the entire scene using Copic markers.  The papers are from an older Doodlebug paper pad called Boos & Brews.  I also added some matte Doodlebug sprinkles.  I used glossy accents on the glasses and the bubbles.  And there is a wash of metallic gold paint over the moon.  I hope you love this little fishy as much as I do!

Thanks for visiting!

~Kristina

Wicked Good Day

 Hey friends.  I'm here to show off one more Halloween card before the sweet day arrives!  I'm using the Wicked Good Day digital stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard.  You can find it right HERE in the PDO store.

I am also using the fabulous Tangled Web slimline stencil.  Which can be found HERE.

Let's take a look at my card!

I'm in love!  The sparkle on this card is absolutely stunning!  It's why I needed to take my picture outside so you could see all that goodness.

I used the Tangled Web slimline stencil and Deco Foil Transfer Gel duo.  I used a craft spatula to apply the gel through the stencil onto a piece of cardstock.  Once the gel was dry I added the gold foil on top and ran it through my die cut machine.  The die cut machine is just to add pressure so that the foil adheres to the gel.  Then you peel away the foil for the fabulous reveal!  I then cut the layer with a slimline die from Honey Bee Stamps.

How about that fabulous witch?  I printed the witch and the sentiment out onto Copic friendly white cardstock.  I just added touchs of the color to the witch.  I didn't want her to compete with the background and I think she looks more striking this way.

For the slimline card base, I cut a piece of black cardstock to 7 1/2" x 8 3/4" and folded it in half.  I grabbed a gold shimmer spray and generously spritzed the black paper.  I also sprayed the sentiment strip.  While it was drying, I cut a strip of black cardstock to 1" x 8 1/2".  I used a slimline stitched scallop edge die from The Ton Stamps to cut just the top edge.

The rest was pretty easy.  I adhered the web layer to the black/gold card base.  I glued the black strip on top of the web layer.  Added a bit of foam to the back of the witch and put her in place.  Glued the sentiment strip on the black strip and added some gold jewels.  That's it!

All the sparkle!

As an extra bonus, this set plus all other Halloween and Fall sets are still on sale at 31% off.  Hurry!  The sale is ending soon!

Toodles!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Cardstock Shop at: SBC	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Slimline Frame dies - Honey Bee Shop at: SBC | EH
Antique gold spray - Altenew Shop at: SBC	Golden Glitz - Delicata Ink pad Shop at: SBC | EH	Cutter Bee Scissors - EK Success Shop at: SBC	Metallic Gold Jewels - Pretty Pink Posh Shop at: EH
Jewel Picker - Marvy Uchida Shop at: EH	Transfer Gel Duo - Deco Foil Shop at: SBC | EH

Slimline Kitty

 Welcome back to my blog!  I hope you aren't tired of my slimline cards yet because I've got another one today.  I recently discovered an outstanding release of slimline stencils from Stamplorations. They have an impressive collection of 36 different slimline stencils.  Just...Wow!  I, of course, had to own some of these bad boys.  The card I created today uses the Kitty and Wavy Dots stencils.

Isn't it just lovely???  I was having so much fun I forgot to take step photos along the way!

I started with a white piece of cardstock.  I taped the Wavy Dots stencil to the cardstock and got out the Fall Harvest mini ink cube set from Altenew.  I started with the lightest color at the top and worked my way down to the darkest color at the bottom.  I removed the Wavy Dots stencil and taped down the Kitty stencil.  

I grabbed a flat back craft spatula and Deco Foil Glazed Pewter Metallix gel.  I spread the gel out until I had a fairly even distribution.  I carefully peeled off the stencil.  I cleaned off the stencil and the spatula while I set the piece aside to dry for a bit.

I created a card base by cutting a piece of mustard colored cardstock to 7 1/2" x 8 3/4".  When you fold it in half you get a card measuring 8 3/4" x 3 3/4".  I cut of a piece of dark gray cardstock using the largest die from Trinity Stamps Slimline Scalloped die set.  I glued it to the mustard card base and then added the cat stenciled layer.

Now I just needed a sentiment.  I cut the word 'Bestie" out two times from the same dark gray cardstock.  I used the PinkFresh Studios Phrase Builder: hello set.  I cut the shadow layer out of white cardstock and glued them all together.  To add a bit of bling I went over the gray with a Nuvo shimmer marker.  I stamped the word hey on a white piece of cardstock.  I trimmed it down and cut it at an angle.  Then I added a piece of foam on the back and added it to the card.

For the final bit of bling I added some flat backed gold gems.  There you have it!

I'm linking my card up to enter the STAMPlorations Stencil challenge.

https://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2020/10/october-stencil-challenge.html

As always, I appreciate you stopping by!

~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.

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Slimline Scalloped Card Panels die - Trinity Stamps Shop at: EH | T	Cutter Bee Scissors - EK Success Shop at: SBC	Glazed Pewter Metallix gel - Deco Foil Shop at: SBC | EH
Metallic Gold Jewels - Pretty Pink Posh Shop at: EH	Jewel Picker - Marvy Uchida Shop at: EH	Slimline Modern Embossed Frames - Trinity Stamps Shop at: EH | T	Phrase Builder Hello - Pinkfresh Studio Shop at: SBC | EH

SheetLoad of Cards

 Hey friends!  I know it's been a bit since I had a blog post.  Life has been keeping me busy.  I found Crafty Al over on YouTube who does these awesome templates to create "SheetLoads" of cards!  You can find her channel HERE.  I've been meaning to try one of them out but hadn't made the time.  Then she came out with a slimline "SheetLoad" for September.  I knew this was the time to jump on in!

I combined this with my current favorite patterned papers from Stampin Up called Gilded Autumn.  It has such an amazing fall color palette accented with lots of foil!  Let's see what I created.

I'll start with the group shot of all six together and then show the individual cards.

These cards were so much fun to make.  Fall is really my favorite season!  Remember to go check out Crafty Al on YouTube and her awesome "SheetLoad of Cards"!!! #suyssep2020 #showusyoursheetload

Thanks for poppin' in!

~Kristina

You've got this

 Happy Sunday friends!  I'm here today with another slimline card featuring a svg cut file from My Scrap Chick.  I may have mentioned my excitement for the availability slimline svgs.  I had to use this as soon as I got it downloaded to my computer!

I am in LOVE with this card!  I had absolutely no plan when I started.  I grabbed some stamps, some inks, some dies and the cut file and just played around.

The lattice layer is cut from white cardstock.  The solid layer is actually navy, not black.  Then layered onto a white card base.  

The flower and leaves are from Altenew's Zig Zag Floral set.  I stamped the flowers using Altenew's Golden Sunset mini ink cubes set.  The leaves were stamped using Altenew's Lapis Lazuli mini ink cubes set.  My mini Misti came in really handy to help me line up the stamp layers.  The gray centers were stamped with Smoky Slate and Basic Gray inks from Stampin Up.

The sentimet is from Gina K Design's Just Because stamp set.  I used the darkest blue ink from the Lapis Lazuli ink set.  I stamped it onto a stitched diamond die from Gina Marie Designs.

I don't have the dies yet that match the Zig Zag Floral set so I fussy cut them out using my favorite scissors from EK Success, Cutter Bee.  I laid all of my pieces out and messed around until I was happy with the layout.  I used a piece of Glad Press 'n Seal to pick up all of my pieces.  I flipped it over and carefully lifted the edges of pieces so I could glue the pieces together.  Then I added liquid glue all over the back of the whole cluster.  I picked up the piece of Press 'n Seal and laid it in place.  I gave it a firm press a let it sit for a minute or so before I peeled off the Press 'n Seal.

The picture does not pick it up but I gave the whole card a spritz with Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spray in "Sparkle".

Oh, if you want to get your hands on the lattice svg cut file you can snag it from the My Scrap Chick store HERE.  It includes four different lattice pieces, the layering piece and the card base!

Thanks for stopping in!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Mini MISTI Shop at: SBC | EH	Sheer Shimmer Spritz, Sparkle Shop at: EH	Zig Zag Floral - Altenew Shop at: Altenew | EH
Zig Zag Floral dies - Altenew Shop at: Altenew | EH	Golden Sunset ink cubes - Altenew Shop at: Altenew | EH	Lapis Lazuli ink cubes - Altenew Shop at: Altenew | EH	Just Because - Gina K Designs Shop at: EH
Cutter Bee Scissors - EK Success Shop at: SBC

Llama talk about it

 Hi there!  I was looking around for a fun card to make and found the latest SVG release over at My Scrap Chick.  The Llama slimline card totally stole my heart!  Here is my version of it.

He is just so darn fun!  I paired it with a sentiment stamp from the Frantic Stamper Llama Sentiments set which was just so perfect for this card.

I wanted you to be able to see the layers I created.  The head was adhered with foam tape and then the fluff portion was also adhered with foam tape.  I love all of the dimension!

Can you see all that awesome gold splatter?  And you can see the shine from the black glaze pen I used to add the dot details.

If you love this cut file as much as I do, you can pick it up right HERE.  I am not affiliated with myscrapchick.com I just love their products.  I'm so happy to see them starting to carry slimline items since it is so popular right now.  And you can find the llama sentime stamp HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope to be back soon with more new cards to share!

~Kristina

Let's get tropical!

 Hello and welcome!  Right now I'm dreaming of lounging on a beach with a fruity drink or two.  Well, it's just not possible at the moment.  The next best thing?  Channel my dreams into a card!

Isn't it just so fun??

It features images from two different Polka Dot Orchard digital stamps sets.  Foundations of Friendship and Pool Hair Days.  These sets and many more are on sale right now in the Polka Dot Orchard store!

Here is another view of the card.

I cut a panel out of Cryogen Curious Metallic White cardstock using the Slim Braided Circles die from PinkFresh Studios.  I grabbed my blending brushes and some distress inks.  For the beach I used Scattered Straw and Antique Linen.  For the sky I used Mermaid Lagoon near the beach and Tumbled Glass near the top.  Then I went back in with Mermaid Lagoon and the awesome Cloud Edger stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.  This makes it SO easy to make very realistic looking clouds.

Next I lightly spritzed the panel with water.  I let it sit for a few seconds and then dabbed it up.  Once it was dry I went in with Copic markers to some detail and shading to the sand.  I used E87, E84 and E81.  After that I printed the two drinks and the sentiments out onto the same metallic white cardstock.  For the pineapple cup I used an undercoat of YG61 and YG63.  I went over it with E39, E37, E35 and E33.  Umbrella is Y19 and RV25.  The straw is V05 and the drink is BG05 and BG02.  For the cup on the right I used some of the same colors with the addition of RV23 and BG0000 for the cup base.

I lined up the colored images behind the open circles in a panel and glued them in place.  Then I glued the whole thing to a brown slimline card base.  That's all there is to it!

Thanks for stopping in!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

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Pinkfresh Studio Slim Braided Circles die Shop at: SBC | EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass Shop at: SBC | EH	Copic Marker Y19 Shop at: EH
Copic Marker Y15 Shop at: EH	Trinity blending brushes Shop at: EH | T	Copic Marker YG63 Shop at: EH	Scattered Straw Distress Ink - mini Shop at: SBC | EH
Antique Linen Distress Ink - mini Shop at: SBC | EH	Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink - mini Shop at: SBC | EH	YG61 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	RV25 Copic Marker Shop at: EH
V05 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	BG0000 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	BG02 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	BG05 Copic Marker Shop at: EH
E81 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	E84 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	E87 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	E39 Copic Marker Shop at: EH
E37 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	E35 Copic Marker Shop at: EH	E33 Copic Marker Shop at: EH