Fishing Gnome!

Apr23

Today I’m sharing a Birthday card using KLM Digital Design – Fisherman Gnome from the new April 2024 release that I made for my dad. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “May all your fishes come true” and “…I’m hooked on you”. My dad loves fishing and goes every chance he gets!

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I had created a 5.5″ x 4.25 frame around the image before printing it out with a HP Printer. I also printed out a second image onto plain photocopy paper and fussy cut around it. I attached the mask that I had created out of the plain paper over top of the coloured image. Using some stencils that I had created previously with Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Dies and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean, I created the clouds with a blender brush.

The image was coloured in with the Copics listed below and then attached to the base card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Fisherman Gnome

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Dies \ Stencil: Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Die (D-05-01)

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000

Beard: C3, C2, C1,C0

Jeans and Hat: B99, B97, B95, B91

Shirt: E57, E55, E53

Dock: E79, E57, E53, E23

Fish: YR61, YR02, YR00, R02, W3, W2, W1, Y35, E93

Pole and Sign: C2, C1,C0, C00, W3, W2, W1, Colorless Blender

Fishing Rod and Ball: E27, E25, E23, YR09, YR07, YR04, YG07, YG06, YG03, Y08, Y06, Y04

Water: B93, B91, B45, B41, B32, B05, B02, BG10

Hope you like it and have a great week!

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Floral Envelope!

Apr10

Today I’m sharing a card using KLM Digital Design – Floral Envelope – Daisy from the new April 2024 release. This stamp also comes with 2 other sentiments, “Happy Mail” and “Just for you”.

I began with a card base of 5.5″ x 4.25″ using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cardstock. The background was created using Kraftin’ Kimmie – Mountains of Mail stencil and Krafty Kolours – Flirty Flamingo. The same ink was also used to create  a border around the card using a finger dauber.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. Copics were used to colour in the image and then it was fussy cut along with the sentiment.  U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the sentiment and image and both were popped up onto the card. Lastly, I added in a few Kraftin’ Kimmie pop dots to finish off the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Floral Envelope – Daisy

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Krafty Kolours – Flirty Flamingo

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Stencil: Kraftin’ Kimmie – Mountains of Mail

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Kraftin’ Kimmie pop dots

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Leaves: G16, YG25, YG23

Flowers: E15, YR23, Y15, Y11, Y00, RV69, RV66, RV55, RV000

Shadow: C2, C00, Colorless Blender

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.

Baking Birthday Trolls!

Apr4

Today I’m sharing a Birthday card using Craftin’ Desert Divas – Chef Trolls (Retired) stamp and sentiments that I made for my mom last month! She has always loved to bake, so I thought these were the perfect little images for her.

With a Cuttlebug and Photo-Play – Circle Windows Etched Dies, I die cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cardstock and Echo Park – Birthday Girl – Bouncing Balloons cardstock. With some scrap paper, I die cut the floral scalloped circle using dies from the same set.

I created a base card to the size of 8.5″ x 3.5″ using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cardstock.  The edges of the the scalloped circle and patterned die cut were inked with a finger dauber and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Saltwater Taffy. Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Kitsch Flamingo and a finger dauber were used to ink all of the edges of the large patterned die cut and then it was attached directly to the base card using liquid glue.

Using my MISTI and Memento – Tuxedo Black ink, the images were stamped onto the Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cardstock circles. These were coloured in with Copic markers listed below and then applied to the base card using liquid glue. The sentiment was applied to the scalloped circle using a MISTI and Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink. Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder was applied to the ink and heat embossed with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. I applied the circle from the base card into the centre circle using liquid glue and then applied some Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Saltwater Taffy around the circle. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to scalloped circle and 3 balloon brads and they were all popped up onto the card. Lastly, using various Stickles listed below, I added some sparkle to the small dots on the patterned paper to finish it off.

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Sentiments:  Craftin’ Desert Divas – Chef Trolls (Retired)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versa Fine – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Saltwater Taffy, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Kitsch Flamingo

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Echo Park – Birthday Girl – Bouncing Balloons, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Die Cut: Photo-Play – Circle Windows Etched Dies (#SIS2379)

Stickles: Grapefruit, Orange Peel, Cool Mint, Sea Glass and Seafoam

Miscellaneous: Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000

Eyes: Sakura Glaze – Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Utensils: N2, C3, C1

Boy

Hair: E57, E49, E47

Chef Hat and Shirt: C2, C1, C00, Colorless Blender

Pants: BG01, BG000

Shoes and Buttons: 100, Sakura Glaze – Black

Book: YR30, Y17, Y15, Y13

Girl

Hair: E50, E35, YR31, YR24

Apron and Shoes: R17, R14, R08, R05, C2

Dress: R12. R11, R00

Icing: RV06, RV04, RV02

Spoons: E25, E23

Bowl: C3, C2, C1, Colorless Blender

Background: R11, R05, G43, YR16, BG000

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Old Fart!

Apr1

Today I’m sharing a birthday card using Whimsy Stamps – Old Geezer and sentiments from their Old Fart stamp set and Old Fart Word Die that I made for my younger brother this week! Couldn’t resist teasing him about getting older and entering into his 60’s!. LOL!

I began making my card by creating a 5.5″ x 4.25″ base made from Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock. I used 3 circles that were cut out with Photo-Play – Circle Windows Etched Dies and Echo Park – Birthday Girl – Bouncing Balloons from a previous card that I made. Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Salty Ocean and a blender brush were used to colour the white circle and then the same ink was used to ink the edges around the other 2 circles and card base.

The image was stamped onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card with Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and a MISTI. It was coloured in with the Copics listed below and then fussy cut. Using the MISTI again for placement, I stamped the sentiments using Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink. This was then embossed with Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder and then heat embossed with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. With a Cuttlebug and dies from Whimsy Stamps – Old Fart Word die set and Art Impressions – Journal Letter Die Set, I die cut out the sentiments with black cardstock.

To assemble the card, I used liquid glue to attach the die cut wording and “60” onto the circles. All of the circles were applied to the base card using liquid glue. The main image was popped up onto the base card using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape. I also added a few more fun sentiments from the same stamp sets on the inside of the card too! LOL!  My brother loved his card and I hope you do too!

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiments:  Whimsy Stamps – Old Geezer and Old Fart

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, Versa Fine – Onyx Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb., Echo Park – Birthday Girl – Bouncing Balloons

Dies: Whimsy Stamps – Old Fart Word, Photo-Play – Circle Windows Etched Dies (#SIS2379),  Art Impressions – Journal Letter Die Set (5562)

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000

Hair: YR12, C1, C00

Clothing and Slippers: B37, B14, B12, B00, C9

Toot: C1, C1, C00

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Let’s Go Camping!

Mar27

Today I’m sharing an outdoors camping card using KLM Digital Design – Camper Girl from the new March 2024 release. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “Make S’more memories” and “Work hard, travel harder“. As a child, I used to love going camping and sitting around the campfire at night with the family. How about you?

I began making my card by creating a 5.5″ x 4.25″ base made from Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock. With blending brushes and Concord & 9th – Cardscapes (C9 Summer Camp) stencils I created the background. I first created the sky using the mountain stencil from the set and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean. I traced the stencil onto some regular copy paper and cut it out with some scissors to get the reverse of the stencil. This was placed over the sky and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Lost Shadow was applied onto the scene. With the same stencil as before, I used the opposite side and added in the next layer using Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Hickory Smoke. Lastly, for the bottom mountains, I just inked over everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Pumice Stone. I taped off the bottom of the card and applied Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Mowed Lawn up to the base of the mountains. From the same set, I applied the evergreen trees using Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Rustic Wilderness.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. The image was coloured in with the Copics listed below and then fussy cut. The edges were all inked with black marker. The sentiment was cut using a cutter. With a blending brush and green ink left over from the forest and trees, I blended some ink over top of the sentiment. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the image and sentiment and they were both popped up onto the card. I added in some small shadows and grass using some water, #1 Paintbrush liner and some ink from Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Rustic Wilderness to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Camper Girl

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, LostShadow, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb.

Stencils: Concord & 9th – Cardscapes (C9 Summer Camp)

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000

Hair: YR23, Y15, Y11, Y00

Sweater and Vest: BV04, BV02, BV00, V09, V06, V04

Jeans: B26, B23, B21

Shoes: C9, C7, C5

Trailer: B69, B66, B63, C9, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1, C0, C00, Colorless Blender, White PrismaColor Premier Pencil – PC938 (Windows)

Basket: E15, YR27, YR24, Y35, Y08

Drapes: BG18, BG15, BG13, BG10

Trailer Inside: Y23, Y21, Y00

Trailer Hitch, Door Handle, Curtain Rod: C5, C3, C1

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.

Wedding Cake!

Mar24

Today I’m sharing a Wedding card using KLM Digital Design – Wedding Cake from the new March 2024 release. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “Wishing you both a lifetime of everlasting love and happiness!” and “To love, laughter, and happily everafter”.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. Using a Cuttlebug and dies, Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock was die cut using Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson – Shadow Box Collection- Stitched Lattice Frames and My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Layers. Momenta – Cardstock was also die cut with the larger layer die. The image was coloured with Copics listed below and then fussy cut. A black marker was then applied all around the edges of the image. The sentiment was fussy cut and applied to Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock and then fussy cut again leaving a small border.

The card was now ready to assemble. I began with a card base of 5.5″ x 4.25″ using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cardstock. Liquid glue was applied to the background pieces and they were applied directly to the purple die cut to join all of the background pieces together. The finished piece was centred directly onto the card base using double-sided tape. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the sentiment and cake and both were popped up onto the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Wedding Cake

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock, Momenta – Cardstock

Dies: Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson – Shadow Box Collection- Stitched Lattice Frames, My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Layers

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Leaves: G16, YG25, YG23

Flowers: YR23, Y15, Y11, Y00, RV69, RV66, RV55, RV0000, V17, V15, V12

Cake: C1, C0,  C00

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

Mar17

Today I am sharing a Happy St. Patrick’s Day card I made using Gerda Steiner Stamps – St. Patrick’s Day Cat and Hat Digital Stamp stamp for the image and Lawn Fawn – Celebration Scripty Sentiments for the sentiment. Lawn Fawn – Clover Background Stencils were used to create the background.

 

To make my cards this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5.5″ x 4.25″. I created the background using Lawn Fawn – Clover Background Stencils, and applying Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Lucky Clover for the first layer and then Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Pine Needles for the second layer along with the Lucky Clover ink in spots using an ink blending brush. Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Pine Needles was then applied all around the edges of the card using a finger dauber.

The image was imported into Microsoft Word and then printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card paper using HP Printer Grayscale. With my Cuttlebug, I die cut the image using dies from My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Die Layers. The image was coloured in with Copic Markers and then Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Mowed Lawn was applied around the edges of the die cut.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the base card using Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink and MISTI for placement. I embossed the sentiment with Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder and then heat embossed it with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to back of the coloured image and it was popped up onto the centre of the card. Lastly, I added in a few sparkly Gumdrops from Your Next Stamp.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Gerda Steiner Stamps – St. Patrick’s Day Cat and Hat Digital Stamp

Sentiment: Lawn Fawn – Celebration Scripty Sentiments

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Versa Fine – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Lucky Clover, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Pine Needles, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Mowed Lawn

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Die Cuts: My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Die Layers – MCT-D274

Stencils: Lawn Fawn – Clover Background Stencils

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Miscellaneous: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, Blending Brush, Your Next Stamp – Gumdrops

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Kitten: R02, R00, C9, C7, C5, C3, Sakura Glaze – Black (Eyes and Nose), PrismaColor Premier Pencil Black (PC935)

Shamrocks: G99, G21, YG67, YG17

Hat: G29, YG25, YG17, YG07, YG03, YG01, C9, C7, C5, C3, E27, Y26, Y15, Y11

 

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

Bride To Be Gnome!

Mar16

Today I’m sharing a Bride To Be card using KLM Digital Design – Bridal Gnome II from the new March 2024 release. This image also comes with 3 more sentiments, “Congratulations”, “on your engagement” and “on your marriage”. My niece is getting married this year and I thought this would be a wonderful card for her.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. Using a Cuttlebug and dies from Spellbinders – Grand Arch 3D card, I die cut the image and Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock was used to die cut the Trellis. The clouds were die cut using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. and Lawn Fawn – Platform Pop-Up Cloud Inserts dies. I created a base card using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cardstock and for the front flap, I used Cuttlebug Embossing Folder – Swiss dots stencil and ran it through my Cuttlebug. The image was coloured in with the Copics listed below. The sentiment and gold background were cut and layered together using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape.

The card was now ready to assemble. Using liquid glue, I applied the gold trellis and coloured image directly to the base. The sentiment was popped up and centred onto the top of the card. Lastly, using some glue dots, I added in 3 flowers from my stash to both sides at the bottom of the card to give it some extra colour.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Bridal Gnome II

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock

Dies: Spellbinders – Grand Arch 3D card (S6-138), Lawn Fawn – Platform Pop-Up Cloud Inserts

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug – Swiss dots

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Flowers from my stash

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000

Hair: E08, YR18, YR16, YR12

Dress: C01, C00, Colorless Blender

Flowers, Hat and Leaves: Y17, Y08, Y02, R46, R14, R08, G16, G14, YG25, YG23, YG21

Sky: B04, B02, B01, B00, B60 on clouds

Grass: YG07, YG05, YG03, YG01

Hope you like it and have a great week!

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It’s Always Cupcake Time!!!

Mar2

Today I am sharing a birthday card I made using Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – Birthday Lulu stamp and sentiment.

To make my cards this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5.5″ x 4.25″.

With my MISTI and Memento – Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card and the sentiment directly onto the base card using Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink. I embossed the sentiment with Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder and then heat embossed it with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut all around it. Spectrum Noir – Sparkles – Crystal Clear was applied to the icing and dots on Lulu’s hat.

With a Cuttlebug and We R Memory Keepers – Quickutz Nesting Scallops, I die cut the smaller scallop circle out of Doodlebug Design Inc. – Made With Love paper (3.5″) and the larger scallop circle out of Doodlebug Design Inc. – Spring Solid Assortment cardstock (3-7/8″). Doodlebug Design Inc. – Made With Love cardstock was cut to the size of 4/3-8″ x 1″ and Doodlebug Design Inc. – Spring Solid Assortment cardstock was cut to the size of 4.5″ x 1-1/8″ for the rectangles. Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick was used to ink around the edges of both scallops and the smaller rectangles.

The card was now ready to assemble. With liquid glue, I applied the smaller rectangles onto the large rectangles. Then using double-sided tape, I applied each of the rectangles to the base card. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to both scallop circles and the coloured image. All 3 were centred and popped up on top of each other to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment: Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – Birthday Lulu

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versa Fine – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Doodlebug Design Inc. – Made With Love (6″ x 6″), Doodlebug Design Inc. – Spring Solid Assortment (12″ x 12″)

Die Cuts: We R Memory Keepers – Quickutz Nesting Scallops (15 Dies)

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Miscellaneous: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Spectrum Noir – Sparkles – Crystal Clear, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000, R37, R30, R22, Sakura Glaze – Black (Eyes)

Hair: YR31, YR24, YR23, E99

Dress, Socks and Shoes: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, BG10, N7

Cupcake Wrapping: RV29, RV25, RV23, RV21

Cupcake Icing and Sprinkles: Y08, Y06, Y04, Y02, BG57, BG32, RV29, RV23, Spectrum Noir – Sparkles – Crystal Clear

Party Hat: RV29, RV25, RV23, RV21, BG57, Spectrum Noir – Sparkles – Crystal Clear

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

Entered into: Kraftin’ Kimmie – Bday Krop Ch #1 – Birthday plus Dots!

Sweet Note of Thanks!

Feb29

Today I’m sharing a Thank-you card using Your Next Stamp – Music Bunny – CYNS262. I was on a cruise last year and we met some wonderful couples that sat at the tables next to ours and we exchanged information. Unknown to us until the final evening, the couple that sat directly beside us was Steven Gilliland and his wonderful wife Diane. Steven happens to be a very well known acclaimed author and public speaker. My husband and I were so happy when Steven sent us a few of his books, “Making a Difference” and a “Cherry On Top”. Steven had personally autographed them to us as well. What a kind and awesome gesture and it was very much appreciated. We are currently reading his books and just love them. As a thank you for their kind generosity, I sent them this card from my husband and I.

To create the card, I began with a card base of 5.5″ x 5.5″ using Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock. I cut Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock to be the same size as the base card and applied double-sided tape to it. This was adhered directly to the base card. Next, I cut a piece of Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock to the size of 5.25″ x 5.25″. I sprayed some water onto the paper and then using Kraftin’ Kimmie – Musical Melodies stencil I placed it on top of the paper and ran it through my Cricut Die Cutting machine to emboss the paper. Once the paper was dry, I placed the stencil over top of the paper again and this time, using Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Black Soot and a blending brush, I coloured in the musical notes. I also inked around the edges with the same ink and a mini dauber.

Using my Cuttlebug and PinkFresh Studio – Essentials – Blanket Stitched Square 4″ dies, I die cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. The main image was stamped onto this die cut using Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and my MISTI. I coloured in the image and created my own background. Once this was completed, I put the image back into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment using Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink. Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder was applied over top of the ink and then heat embossed with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. The little notes were added with Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink and a miniature stamping block. I just chose several notes and stamped them randomly around the image. I felt like the image was still missing something, so I decided to take my Copic black marker (100) and using the lines from the die cut as a guide, coloured in every second stripe. I thought this made it look like a piano keyboard. Lastly, My Creative Time – Stitched Squares Inside and Out 4.5″ were used to die cut Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock.

The card was now ready to assemble. I added U-Line Double-Sided Foam tape to the back of the music square, gold square and image. Each of them were popped onto each other and centred onto the base card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: You’re Next Stamp – Music Bunny – CYNS262

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Black Soot, Versa Fine – Onyx Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb., Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock

Dies: PinkFresh Studio – Essentials – Blanket Stitched Square, My Creative Time – Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Stencil: Kraftin’ Kimmie – Musical Melodies

Embossing Poweder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Sakura Glaze – Black pen

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Bunny: C3, C1, C0, C00, R30, R02, R00, Colorless Blender

Mice: W7, W5, W3, R30, R02, R00

Ribbon: R59, R37, R35

Flower: B29, B26, B23, Y17, Y11

Piano: W9, W7, W5, C9

Piano Chair: W9, W7, W5, R59, R37, R35

Floor: E49, E34, E29, E27, E25, E23

Wall: BG32, BG11, BG10

Border: 100

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Mandala #5

Feb26

Today, I’m sharing a Thank You card using KLM Digital Design – Mandala #5 from the new February 2024 release.

Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. was used to create a 5.5″ x 4.25″ card base. Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Silver was cut to the size of 4.25″ x 4.25″ and applied directly to the base using double-sided tape. Using a Cuttlebug and PaperCrafter Today – 15 Die Cut Sentiment Set, I die cut “Thank You” out of the same cardstock. With My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out dies and Cuttlebug, I die cut a 4″ x 4″ square out of Craft Consortium – Ink Drops – Ocean Cardstock. Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch was applied all around the outside edges. I also cut 2 small strips of 3/8″x 4.25″ out of the same cardstock. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the smaller square and it was popped up onto the silver background. Liquid glue was applied to the 2 smaller stripes and sentiment and they were all applied directly to the base card.

The image was imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in the image with Copic markers listed below and then I fussy cut around it leaving a thin white border. The Mandala was popped up onto the top part of the card using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape. Lastly, using liquid glue, I attached gems from Buttons Galore and More to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  KLM Digital Design – Mandala #5

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Silver – 8.5 x 11″, Craft Consortium – Ink Drops – Ocean Cardstock (6″ x 6″)

Dies: PaperCrafter Today – 15 Die Cut Sentiment Set, My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Buttons Galore and More Jewel Mix

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Mandala: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, BG09, BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01, RV66, RV55, RV19, RV17, Y38, Y35, Y32

Hope you like it and have a great week!

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Gnome One Else – Valentine’s!

Feb24

Today I’m sharing a Valentine’s card using Whimsy Stamps – Gnome One Else Clear Stamps that I made for my husband this year!

The image and sentiments were stamped onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cut to the size of 7″ x 5″ using my MISTI and Memento – Tuxedo Black ink. I created a base card to be 7.25″ x 5.25 using Recollections – Red cardstock. I coloured in all of the images with Copic markers listed below. The hearts were applied using Kraftin Kimmie – Happy Hearts Stencil and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Lumberjack Plaid using a blending brush. Once this was completed, using the MISTI for placement, I applied the sentiments using Versa Fine – Onyx Black from the same stamp set. Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder was applied and then heat embossed with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. Using a finger dauber and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Picked Raspberry, the edges of the Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card were inked all around.  The coloured image was then applied to the base card using double-sided tape.

My husband loved his card and I hope you do too!

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Sentiments:  Whimsy Stamps – Gnome One Else Clear Stamps

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Picked Raspberry, Versa Fine – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Lumberjack Plaid

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections – Red cardstock

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Stencil: Kraftin Kimmie – Happy Hearts Stencil

Miscellaneous: Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000

Hair: E99, YR24, YR23

Beard: E79, E70, E29, E27

Male – Clothing: B26, B23, B21

Male Hat: R59, R37, R35

Female – Clothing and Hat: BG32, BG15, BG09

Shoes: C3, C2, C1, C0, C00

Swing: E35, E33, E31, E25, Y17

Mushroom: E42, E40, E09, E08, E0000, BV31, R08

Grass and Boat: G16, YG25, YG23

Flower: V04, V01, V000, Y08, Y04, Y00, E13

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Added into contest: https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/12/hqfcb-is-formerly-known-tfatu-2-agf.html

Added into contest: https://hqcelebrationsoflovechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/02/hqcolcb-2-competition-of-ewa-with.html

YAY! My card was one of the TOP 3 for Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love Challenge Blog. Feeling so grateful!


 

Flower Hexagon!

Feb23

Today I’m sharing a Birthday card using KLM Digital Design – Feb Floral Hexagon from the new February 2024 release. This hexagon is very easy to colour and you can change the colours of the flowers and background to whatever pleases you!

I began with a base card of 5.5″ x 5.5″. Using my Cuttlebug and My Creative Time – Stitched Squares Inside and Out, I die cut the smaller K&Company – Kelly Panacci – KP Valentine square (4.5″ x 4.25″) out of the larger pink square (5-3/8″ x 5-3/8″) and also the green paper (5″ x 5″). I added some glue and attached the largest square (K&Company – Kelly Panacci – KP Valentine) directly to the base. Next, using double-sided tape, the green and blue square (4.75″ x 4.75″) were attached to the base.

The image was imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using a HP Printer.  I coloured in everything and then fussy cut around each hexagon. I took a picture first before I began cutting everything to know the proper placement. After cutting all of the pieces, I used my black Copic marker to go around all of the edges. Once this was done, I ran all of the pieces through my Xyron Creative Station to make stickers out of them. This made it very easy to place them on the smallest pink square. I arranged all of the pieces and then using a finger dauber, inked around all of the edges of the square with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Picked Raspberry. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the back of the finished piece and it was centred onto the card. Lastly, a few pop dots from Your Next Stamp  and “Happy Birthday” Starform Stickers were added to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  KLM Digital Design – Feb Floral Hexagon

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Picked Raspberry

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Green, Blue, K&Company – Kelly Panacci – KP Valentine – 30-599338

Dies: My Creative Time – Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Miscellaneous: Xyron Creative Station, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Your Next Stamp – Pop Dots, Starform Stickers

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Background: B04

Flowers: RV66, RV63, RV55, Y15, Y02

Leaves and Stems: G16, YG25, YG23

Outline: Black (100)

 

Hope you like it and have a great week!

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Happy Chinese New Year Dragon 2024!!!

Feb11

Today I’m sharing Chinese New Year cards I created for my friends and some co-workers using Whimsy Stamps – Birfday Party Dragons – DP1055, Craftin Desert Diva’s Dragon Festival Stamps (Retired),  SVG Year of the Dragon Alphabet by Sarah Christie and  Gina Marie Designs – Ric Rac Nested Circle Dies.

The same procedure below was used to create 10 semi-identical cards.

Recollections – Christmas Cards and Envelopes Set cardstock was used to create a 6.5″ x 5″ card base. Using my MISTI Craftin Desert Diva’s Dragon Festival Stamps and VersaMark ink, I stamped the dragons and sentiment at the top of the card and then embossed the ink with Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing powder. This was then heat embossed with Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. The MISTI really helped speed up this process because once I had positioned the stamps for the first card on the MISTI, I just had to keep adding and stamping each additional card.

For the next step, I die cut all of my gold scallops using Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock and Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using my Cuttlebug and Gina Marie Designs – Ric Rac Nested Circle Dies. I stamped out one more image onto a piece of Post-It Note paper and fussy cut around it to create a mask. The mask was  applied over top of the dragon image. Next using a blender brush, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean and stencils made from Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Die (retired), I created the cloudy background sky. Once this was completed, I coloured in the image with the Copic markers listed below. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the backs of each of the scallops. I applied the gold and coloured pieces together and then popped them up onto the centre of the cards.

Lastly, I used a freebie from Extraordinarychaos –  SVG Year of the Dragon Alphabet by Sarah Christie. I was so happy when I had seen this, as I knew I just had to used it on my cards this year. I uploaded the .SVG file into Cricut Design space and sized the numbers. The numbers were cut out on my Cricut Explore using Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock. The die cut numbers were applied with glue and attached to the each of the cards to finish them off.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps – Birfday Party Dragons – DP1055, Craftin Desert Diva’s Dragon Festival Stamps (Retired)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, VersaMark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections – Christmas Cards and Envelopes Set, Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock

Dies: SVG Year of the Dragon Alphabet by Sarah Christie, Gina Marie Designs – Ric Rac Nested Circle Dies, Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Die (D-05-01) (Retired)

Embossing Powder: Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing powder

Miscellaneous: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape

Dragon: YR24, YR23, YR21, R56, R39, R37, R35

Balloons: YR24, YR23, YR21, YR20, R37, R27, R24

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Flower Pot Gnome – Girl!

Feb6

Today I’m sharing a Thank You card using KLM Digital Design – Flower Pot Gnome – Girl from the new February 2024 release. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “You are loved” and “Carry on with courage“.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I had created a 5.5″ x 4.25 frame around the image before printing it out with a HP Printer. I also printed out a second image onto plain photocopy paper and fussy cut around it. The image was coloured in with the Copics listed below and then I attached the mask that I had created out of the plain paper over top of the coloured image. Using some stencils that I had created previously with Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Dies and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean, I created the clouds with a blender brush. Once this was done, I coloured in the grass. The image was then cut to the size of 5.5″ x 4.25 and attached with double-sided tape to a card base of the same size using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Flower Pot Gnome – Girl

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Dies: Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Die (D-05-01)

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000

Hair: E08, YR18, YR16, YR12

Jeans and Hat: B26, B23, B21

Shoes: E27, E25, E23, E21

Shirt: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11

Flower Pot, Flowers, Leaves: E13, E09, E08, V04, V01, V000, Y17, Y04, G16, YG25, YG23

Grass: G16, YG25, YG23, YG03, YG01

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.

Is That Cake???

Feb1

Today I’m sharing a birthday card that I made for my manager who is an avid hunter using Art Impressions – Ole Buck Set.

AC White cardstock was used to create a 6″ x 6″ card base. I cut Creative Memories – Hot Fudge paper to the size of (6″ x 6″) and (3.75″ x 3.75″). Using the same paper, and my Cuttlebug, I die cut the larger circle using My Creative Time – Little Gift Tags – 1.25″. Photo-Play – Camp Happy Bear paper was cut to the size of 5.75″ x 5.75″. My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out was die cut with my Cutttlebug to the size of  (3.5″ x 3.5″ ) and a (1″) Circle using a circle punch from Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card.

Using a MISTI and Memento – Tuxedo Black, I stamped the image onto the Copic paper. For the circle, I first stamped the Bull’s eye with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Pumice Stone and then over top of this, I stamped the sentiment with Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink and then applied Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder. This was then heat embossed with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool and set aside.

To create the background, I first applied the blue sky using a blending brush that still had some blue ink on it from another project. Using Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Peeled Paint and Memory Box – Snowy Pine Landscape rubber stamp, I applied the trees in the background. Using a blending brush and the same ink, I applied the greenery below the trees and then blended in Krafty Kolours – Sandy Shores with another blending brush. The picture was coloured in with Copic markers and then I fussy cut all around it. Once I completed the cutting, I applied a black marker all around the edges to make it stand out more against the background.

The card was now ready to assemble. I attached the 6″ x 6″ paper directly onto the base and then centred the background paper over it using double-sided tape. The die cut square was applied directly to larger square using double-sided tape. This was then popped up onto the card using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape. I applied the U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape to the back of the image and popped it up onto the coloured background. Using what was left on my blender brush, I coloured the copic paper green with a little touch of blue and the applied the 2 circles together with liquid glue. The larger circle was attached to the card using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape in the right corner.

On the inside of the card, I added the sentiment “Happy Birthday Ole Buck” and the dear from the same set.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Art Impressions – Ole Buck Set – 5403, Memory Box – Snowy Pine Landscape (F1900)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Peeled Paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Pumice Stone, Krafty Kolours – Sandy Shores, Versa Fine – Onyx Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, AC White Cardstock, Creative Memories – Hot Fudge (12″ x 12″), Photo-Play – Camp Happy Bear (6″ x 6″)

Dies: My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out, My Creative Time – Little Gift Tags (Retired)

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Miscellaneous: Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Cuttlebug

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R22, R30

Greens: G99, G94, G82, G43

Browns: E87, E84, E81, E55, E50, E49, E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E37, E35, E34, E31, E30, E27, E25, E23, E21

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Flower Pot Gnome!

Jan21

Today I’m sharing a card using KLM Digital Design – Flower Pot Gnome from the new January 2024 release. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “Something about you made me feel a little more alive and a far less lost” and “You will forever be my always”. I love these sentiments because they can be used for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries or just to say “I love you”.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I had created a 5.5″ x 4.25 frame around the image before printing it out with a HP Printer. I also printed out a second image onto plain photocopy paper and fussy cut around it. The image was coloured in with the Copics listed below and then I attached the mask that I had created out of the plain paper over top of the coloured image. Using some stencils that I had created previously with Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Dies and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean, I created the clouds with a blender brush. Once this was done, I coloured in the grass. The image was then cut to the size of 5.5″ x 4.25 and attached with double-sided tape to a card base of the same size using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Flower Pot Gnome

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Dies: Avery Elle – Pierced Clouds Die (D-05-01)

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000

Beard: E08, YR18, YR16, YR12

Jeans and Hat: B26, B23, B21

Shoes: E27, E25, E23, E21

Shirt: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11

Letter: C1, C00, Colorless Blender

Flower Pot, Ribbon, Flowers, Wrapping and Leaves: E95, E25, E19, E17, E16, E13, V04, V01, V000, Y17, Y15, Y08, Y04

Grass: G16, YG25, YG23, YG21, YG03, YG01

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.

Happy Mail

Jan5

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are looking forward to an amazing year ahead!

Today, I’m sharing a card using KLM Digital Design – Floral Envelope – Henna from the new January 2024 release. This stamp also comes with 2 other sentiments, “Sending you love and wishes” and “Just for you”. I chose to make the Happy Mail card, because who doesn’t love “Happy Mail’? I know I do.

Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. was used to create a 5.5″ x 5.25″ card base.

The image was imported into Microsoft Word and I copied the image multiple times varying the size and changing the direction to create my own background using a 5.5″ x 4.25″ rectangle for the positioning of the graphics. A larger copy of the image was created and I added the wording on top of it in Microsoft word as well.  Once I was satisfied with the look, I printed everything out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card.

The image and background were coloured in with the Copic markers listed below and then a cutter was used to get nice clean lines. The rounded edges of the large envelope were fussy cut and then inked around the edges with a black Copic marker. The background was adhered to the base card with double-sided tape and the rounded corners were cut with a 1/2″ We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the large envelope image and it was popped up onto the card. Lastly, PinkFresh Studio Essentials – Ombre Glitter Drops: Sparkle & Shine were added to the centres of the background flowers to give the card a little bit of sparkle and to finish it off.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Floral Envelope – Henna – KLM Digital Designs

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, 1/2″ We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, PinkFresh Studio Essentials – Ombre Glitter Drops: Sparkle & Shine (#PF113ES)

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Flower: RV19, RV17, RV14, RV13, RV11, YR23, Y15, Y11, Y00

Leaves: G16, YG25, YG23, YG21

Shadow: C1, C0, C00, Colorless Blender

Background: RV00

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.

Penguins Christmas!!!

Dec24

Sharing another Christmas card I made using It’s Penguining To Look A Lot Like Christmas! by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from our family to yours!

To make my card this week, I began with a Recollections – Winter 4.25″ x 5.5″ card base. I die cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card and Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock with my Cuttlebug and Creative Expressions – Industrial Chic – Gear Flower dies . With my MISTI and Memento – Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto the die cut. The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink and then embossed with Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing powder. Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool was applied to the powder to heat emboss it. I cut some notches into the sentiment piece and then inked around the edges with some blue that I still had on a dauber.

The image was coloured in with Copic Markers listed below and then Stickles – Diamond was applied to the ground to add some extra sparkle. Wink of Stella – Clear was applied to the ribbon on the gift. U-Line double-sided foam tape was applied to the back of the die cuts and sentiment and they were all popped up onto the card. Lastly, I applied some small snowflakes from Recollections – Snowflake Specialty Polyester Glitter to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment: It’s Penguining To Look A Lot Like Christmas! – Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, VersaMark ink

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections – Winter 4.25″ x 5.5″ (Assorted Box of Cards), Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock

Die Cut: Creative Expressions – Industrial Chic – Gear Flower (CED3163)

Miscellaneous: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Wink of Stella – Clear, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, Recollections – Snowflake Specialty Polyester Glitter

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Penguins: W9, W7, W5, W3, W0, E15, YR14, Y17, Y11, RV00, E43, E42, E41, E40, R30, R22

Scarves: BG09, BG05, BG02, R85, R83, R81

Present: E15, YR27, YR24, YR13, Y04, R29, R27, R24, Wink of Stella – Clear

Globe: R39, R35, E35, Stickles – Diamond

Sky: B05, B04, B02, B01

Snow: B00, Stickles – Diamond, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

Mandala #3

Dec23

Today, I’m sharing a Christmas card using KLM Digital Design – Mandala #3 from the new December release. Being close to Christmas, I also made this to look like a Christmas ornament. Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to everyone!

Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. was used to create a 5.5″ x 5.5″ card base. DCWV – Holiday Cheer paper was cut to the same size and inked around the edges using a Sharpie – Gold Medium Point – Water Based Paint to create the gold border. This was applied directly to the base using double-sided tape.

The image was imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in the image with Copic markers listed below and then traced around the entire image using a combination of Pental Slicci – Gold 8.0 pen for the thin lines and UNI Posca Pen – Gold for the thicker lines.

The Mandala was popped up onto the top part of the card using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape. With a Cuttlebug and Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson – Festive Collection – Ornate Holly Framed Noel die, I die cut the Noel out of Recollections – Matte Gold Foil 3 times. I layered the 3 pieces together with liquid glue and attached the sentiment to the card. Lastly, I added in some rhinestones to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Mandala #3 – KLM Digital Designs

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., DCWV – Holiday Cheer (6″ x 6″), Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock

Dies: Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson – Festive Collection – Ornate Holly Framed Noel – CED3073

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Pental Slicci – Gold 8.0 pen, UNI Posca Pen – Gold, Sharpie – Gold Medium Point – Water Based Paint

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Mandala: BG09, BG07, BG05, B18, B16, G99, G16, YG67, YG63, YG61, YG25, YG23, YG21, R59, R37, R35, R29, R27, R24, R22

Hope you like it and have a great week!

You can find more cards to inspire you at KLM Designs, KLM Digital Design Team and KLM Digital Designs on the Facebook Fan page from the rest of our design team.