Archive | August 2024

Pilgrim Gnome!

Aug20

Today I’m sharing a Thanksgiving card using KLM Digital Design – Pilgrim Gnome from the new August 2024 release that I made. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “There is always something to be thankful for” and “Oh my gourd, you’re handsome”. Canadian Thanksgiving is only a couple of months away, time to start preparing now!

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 Copic markers and then fussy cut leaving a thin white border. I wanted the image to stand out on the card, so I attached the image to Recollections – Black cardstock and repeated the process. The sentiment was trimmed down to 3.75″ x  1″. The edges were inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Aged Mahogony and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Fossilized Amber. The sentiment was attached to Recollections – Black cardstock using liquid glue and trimmed down to 3-7/8″ x 1-1/8″.

The card was now ready to assemble.  I began with a 5.5″ x 4.25″ base card using Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.. Thanksgiving paper was trimmed to be the same size as the base and was attached with liquid glue. Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Aged Mahogony and a finger dauber were used to ink around all of the edges of the card. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to both the image and sentiment and both were popped up onto the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Pilgrim Gnome

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Aged Mahagony, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Fossilized Amber

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

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000, R22, R20

Hair and Beard: YR68, YR31, YR18, Y38

Man’s Top and Socks: E79, E59, E57, E55

Man’s Pants: W5, W3, W1

Shoes, Man’s Hat and Belt: W9, W7, W5, W1

Hat Band: C5, C3, C1

Buckles: E15, Y28, YR24, YR23

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.

Floral Horseshoe – Cosmos

Aug19

Today I’m sharing a CAS card that I made using KLM Digital Designs – Floral Horseshoe – Cosmos from the new August 2024 Release.

The image was printed out with my HP Printer onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using High Quality Grayscale. This prevents the image from smearing when you go to colour it in. The image was coloured in with Copic markers and then cut to the size of 4″ x 5.25″. The base card was cut to the size of 4.25″ x 5.5″ out of Hammermill – Premium 110 lb. cardstock . A Sharpie – Gold Medium Point – Water Based Paint marker was used to go around the image and the base card. The image was then adhered to the base card with liquid glue. YNS Gumdrops were applied to finish the card off!

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment: KLM Digital Designs – Floral Horseshoe – Cosmos

Inks: HP Printer High Quality Grayscale, Sharpie – Gold Medium Point – Water Based Paint, Sakura Glaze – Black

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

Miscellaneous: YNS Gumdrops

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Horseshoe: C5, C3, C2, C1

Flowers: BV17, BV13, BV11, BV000, E15, Y38, Y18, Y04

Leaves: BG99, BG93

Bird: E99, E97, YR20, YR16, YR15, YR12, Y32, B39, B14, B12, B06, B05, BG01, C7

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.

Retired – Bye Bye!

Aug17

I finished my last day of work on Friday, August 16, 2024. My official date will be Saturday, September 14, 2024 as I tacked on my vacation pay on the end. 🙂
My co-workers gave me an amazing retirement party and parting gifts and we all had a wonderful time. I shall cherish the memories for a long time to come.

Today I’m sharing a retirement card that I made for my co-workers who were on my immediate Systems Administrator’s team and also the Networking team whom I had worked closely with over the last 13.5 years. Each of the card fronts were created using various stamps from Art Impressions – Pack Your Bags Set.

With My Creative Time dies listed below, a Cuttlebug and papers from Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, I die cut the rectangles and ovals. Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. paper was used to die cut the circles. Recollections – Midnight Navy Cardstock was then cut into rectangles 3-7/8″ x 2-5″8″. Using my Cricut and Cricut Design Space, I measured the circle die cut and oval die cut and then created my own solid cuts. To do this I used some white plain printer paper until I was satisified with the cut, then I set the device to cut out 19 of each out of the Recollections – Midnight Navy Cardstock.

The images were stamped onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card with Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and a MISTI. The MISTI was so perfect to use because I made 19 cards in total, so I just positioned the stamps once and then kept substituting the die cut papers until I was done. This made the stamping so easy. I used the same process for the sentiment, except I chose to use Versa Fine – Majestic Blue this time.

The images were coloured in with the Copics listed below. Once all of the images were coloured and the sentiments were stamped, I assembled the 2 pieces for each shape together with liquid glue and set them aside.

The bases of the cards were created using a 5.5″ x 4.25″ base made from Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb.cardstock. Papers from Creative Memories and PhotoPlay listed below were then cut to the size of 5.25″ x 4″ each. The edges were then inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Chipped Sapphire.

To assemble the card, I used liquid glue to attach the background papers and each of the shapes. These were all adhered to each card. To create the notes on the inside, I used Microsoft Office Word and created 4 sentiments per 11″ x 8.5″ sheet of landscaped paper by creating text boxes at the size of 5.25″ x 4″. Once they were all printed out, I just cut them to size and adhered them with double-sided tape.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiments:  Art Impressions – Pack Your Bags Set – 4392

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versa Fine – Majestic Blue, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Chipped Sapphire

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb., Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Creative Memories – Deep Blue Sea (12″x12″) Designer Pack, PhotoPlay – SetSail – Sail Away (12″x12″), PhotoPlay – Anchors Away – Sun Deck (12″x12″), Recollections – Midnight Navy Cardstock

Dies: My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Dies, My Creative Time – Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies, My Creative Time – More Stitched Circles MCT-D136, Cricut, Cricut Design Space Shapes

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000, R46, R20, R14, R08, YR02

Hair: E35, E34, E31

Clothing and Accessories: BG09, BG05, BG02, BG01, R46, R14, R08, G14, YG23, C2, C1

Glasses: N2, R39

Ship: C3, C2, C1, C0, C00, B29, B63, B28, B26, R46, R14, R08

Water: BG32, BG13, BG07, BG01, B02

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Thankful!!

Aug8

Today I’m sharing a CAS card using KLM Digital Design – Pilgrim Gnome – Girl image and sentiment from the new August 2024 release. This stamp also comes with 2 more sentiments, “Hello Pumpkin” and “Oh my gourd, your awesome”. Thanksgiving is not that far off, but as the sentiment says, even without the season, “There is always something to be thankful for”.

To create this card, I began with a 6″ x 6″ card base using AC Cardstock – White. Craft Consortium – Happy Harvest patterned paper was cut to the same size and adhered to the base using double-sided tape. I thought this paper was the perfect background for the new stamp and sentiment.

I printed out the main image and sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using an HP Printer. After colouring in the image with Copic markers listed below, I  fussy cut around it and the sentiment. The sentiment was put through a Xyron Create a Sticker and attached to Recollections black cardstock. Then I fussy cut around it again. With a black marker, I inked around the entire image to give it a solid black line. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the backs of the image and sentiment and they were both popped up onto the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment: KLM Digital Design – Pilgrim Gnome – Girl

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, AC Cardstock – White, Craft Consortium – Happy Harvest (6″ x 6″), Recollections – Black cardstock

Tools: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Xyron Create a Sticker

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R22, R20

Hair: E47, E44, E43

Clothing: E08, YR18, YR14, YR12, E87, E84, E81

Shoes: C9, C7, C5, C3, YR23

Pie: C5, C3, C2, C1, E34, E33, E31, YR21

Flower: E49, E47, E15, YR24, YR23, E17, E15, E13

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.

When Someone Means So Much!

Aug3

Today I’m sharing a simple card using KLM Digital Design – Pen Pal Gnome from the July 2024 release that I made. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “I miss you everyday, but today you get a card” and “Better than a text”.

To make this card, I began with Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. cut to the size of 5.5″ x 4.25 for the base card.

The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card and the image was coloured in with Copic markers listed below. For some finer lines for the feathers, Prismacolor Premiere pencils were added after doing the base with the Copic markers. The finished image and sentiment were cut down to the same size as the base and applied to the base card using double-sided tape.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  KLM Digital Design – Pen Pal Gnome

Inks: HP Printer Grayscale

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

Miscellaneous: Double-Sided Tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000

Beard: W3, W1, W00

Shirt: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11

Hat and Pants: B99, B97, B95, B91

Shoes: E27, E25, E23

Feather and Ink: BV29, YR30, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, (Prismacolor Premiere Pencils: PC1076, PC1074, PC1072)

Shadow: C2, C1, C0

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.