Archive | March 2024

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!

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.

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!