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Kit and Clowder – Cosy Reading!

Dec28

Today I’m sharing a Birthday card for my sister-in-law that I made following a video from the Kit and Clowder – Bonus Class – Sept – Oct 2025 – Cozy Reading Colouring class by Alyce Keegan. My sister-in-law loves books and so I thought this would be the perfect card for her. I changed her hair colour to red which is different from the class to match my sister-in-law’s hair.

The base card was created to the size of 5.5″ x 5.5″ out of Hammermill – Premium 110 lb. cardstock. The large die cut pattern was die cut using a Cuttlebug and die from Hunkydory Moonstone – Floral Tile Frame and blue metallic paper from my stash. Then using pink paper from my stash, I cut another square to fit inside the larger die cut. I applied both of these directly to the the front of the card using liquid glue.

The image provided by Alyce was printed out with my HP Printer onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using High Quality Grayscale and coloured in with Copic markers. Once I finished colouring the image, Waffle Flower Crafts – Nesting Squares were used to die cut the image with a Cuttlebug. The sentiment was cut from Paper Rose Studio – Happy Birthday Sentiment Sheets. The image and the sentiment were then popped up onto the card using U-Line double-sided foam tape. To finish it off, I used Spellbinders Color Essentials Gems – Crystal Mix. Prior to adding them to the card, I applied Copic colours to the gems to match the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Kit and Clowder – Cosy Reading

Sentiment: Paper Rose Studio – Happy Birthday Sentiment Sheets (SKU 30720)

Inks: HP Printer High Quality Grayscale

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

Die Cuts: Hunkydory Moonstone – Floral Tile Frame (MSTONE284)

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Spellbinders Color Essentials Gems – Crystal Mix

 

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Happy Valentine’s Day Bear!

Feb14

Today, I’m sharing a Valentine’s Day card that I made for my husband this year using Kit and Clowder – January – February 2024 Markers – Valentine’s Bear Bonus Class on-line colouring class taught by Alyce Keegan for the front of the card and Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps  – Your Gnaw-some! by Neda Sadreddin for the inside of the card.

The base card was created to the size of 5.5″ x 5.5″ out of Recollections – Red cardstock.  I printed out the image for the cup and bear from the card class using a HP Printer onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card.  The bear, cup and hearts were coloured in following the instructional video by Alyce Keegan from Kit and Clowder. Once this was completed, using a Cuttlebug and Waffle Flower – Nesting Square dies, I die cut the image using the 4.25″ x 4.25″ die. The background was coloured in with a BG000 marker and then I added in the sentiments using Cloud 9 – Matt Blending Ink – Strawberry Sundae for the “I Love You” and then restamping it again using VersaMark. Versa Fine – Onyx Black was used for the “Happy Valentine’s Day” sentiment. Both sentiments were embossed with Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder and then heat embossed using a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. Anna Griffin – 3D Square Cardcentric Compendium Dies were die cut using the Cuttlebug and the 5-1/8″ x 5-1/8″ die out of Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock. I applied the finished image onto the frame with liquid glue. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the back of frame and it was centered onto the front of the card.

For the inside of the card, the image for the beavers was stamped onto the same Copic paper using Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and a MISTI. This was coloured in with Copic markers listed below and then fussy cut. The sentiments were all stamped using the same method and inks as above that were used for “The Happy Valentine’s Day” sentiment. I coloured in the heart and the lettering with Copic markers and then fussy cut around all of the sentiments. Liquid glue was applied to all of the pieces and they were adhered onto the card. Lastly, to finish everything off, some Kraftin’ Kimme Hearts Krafty Dots were added.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Class and image front: Kit and Clowder – January – February 2024 Markers – Valentine’s Bear Bonus Class on-line colouring class taught by Alyce Keegan

Stamp Sentiments: Art Impressions – Valentine Critters Set – 5117 and Lawn Fawn – Your Just My Type

Stamp Image and Sentiment Inside of card:  Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – Your Gnaw-some! by Neda Sadreddin (Retired)

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

Inks: Cloud 9 – Matt Blending Ink – Strawberry Sundae, VersaMark, Versa Fine – Onyx Black, Memento – Tuxedo Black, HP Printer 

Die Cuts: Waffle Flower – Nesting Square dies, Anna Griffin – 3D Square Cardcentric Compendium Dies

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail

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

Copic Markers:

Beavers: E79, E27, E25, E23, E21, R02, C1, C00

Flower and Lettering: R59, R37, R24

Hope you like it and have a great week!

KC – FEB2022 – Tigers

Mar7

Hi There,

Today, I’m sharing with you my finished In The Wild – Tigers card after completing the February 2022 Markers class from Kit and Clowder. Image is called “tigerscene1” by LeeHollardArt. My mom really loves pictures of wild cats so this card class came at the perfect time to make my mom a card with Tigers on it.

 

For this project I used Copic markers. Alyce from Kit and Clowder also teaches you how to use alternative markers as well. Which I really love, since I also have the full Spectrum Noir collection. I had a lot of fun doing this class as it taught me a lot of new techniques. Really loved learning how to colour the water and the images in the water. I also loved the vibrant colours in this class.

I framed the picture with some black cardstock and added die cut the sentiment twice out of gold cardstock and stacked it on top of each other to complete the card.

My mom loved her card and I hope you do too!