Woodland Cuties

Hello again my friends!  The Polka Dot Orchard shop is bursting at the seams with tons of new products.  Have you stopped by yet?  Head HERE to see it all!  Today I've got a fun little project to share, a bookmark.  Yep, you read that right, a bookmark!  I've been trying to work on little gifts I can stick in stockings and hand out to friends.  A bookmark seemed like a perfect thing to make.  So let's take a look at it.

The super adorable fox and sentiment come from the Woodland Cuties set.

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I started by printing the fox and sentiment out onto a piece of Copic friendly paper.  I then cut it out into the bookmark shape.  Next I went to town coloring the entire bookmark.  I used a whole heap of colors.

Fox: YR27, E33, YR16, YR12, E44, E42, E41

Scarf: V28, V25, V22, V12

Nose: W7, W5, W3

Hat band and ball: C1, C0, C00

Hat: BG18, BG34, BG32

Background: B37, B34, B32, BG000, BV31, B41, B45

I layered on lots of color.  Take a look at the back of the tag when I was done coloring...

A winter bookmark can't be complete without snow so I used a white gel pen to add the snow details.  I went around the edge of the bookmark with a black marker to give it a little definition before adding it to a purple cardstock layer.  I punched a hole in the top and added some ribbon and yarn.  I just adore how it turned out.

I hope you'll find new ways to use your digital stamps too.

Talk to you soon!

~Kristina

PDO 13 days of Thanks Challenge

Hidey-ho all you crafty people!  I am sad that the Coffee Lovers blog hop is over but I'm super excited about a brand new challenge for Polka Dot Orchard!  What's this you say?  Starting today and ending on Thanksgiving PDO is having a 12 days of Thanks challenge.  You simply need to make a fall or Thanksgiving themed project and post it on Instagram.  The fine details are that you need to include #GiveThanksPDO1119 and tell us something you are thankful for.  Prizes?  Of course there will be prizes, two in fact!  If the winner uses a PDO image, they will win a $10 gift card to the Polka Dot Orchard shop.  The second prize will got to someone who doesn't use a PDO image.  They will receive a $5 gift card to use on digital stamps in the shop.  Whew!  Now that we have all of the details out of the way, let's take a look at what I made.

I made a fun wall hanging using a brand new set called Let's Get Basted.  What's even more exciting that it is one of the debut sets from our newest artist Malanie Colver!  Eeeeeek!

SHOP HERE

Isn't it just the cutest?  I'm a total sucker for puns!  My sign measures approximately 7 3/4" x 8 3/4".

I printed the digi onto Cryogen White cardstock.  Then I colored it up with Copic markers to match the colors in the leaf paper.  The largest layer of cardstock is a dark green.  The leaf layer is a paper I have been hoarding forever from Carta Bella.  I layered the colored piece onto a yellow piece of cardstock.  I backed with foam tape before adhering it to the leaf layer.  

With so many layers of cardstock I found it to be thick enough to not need a cardboard backing.  I punched two holes with a standard paper punch and added a length of ribbon from my stash.  I simply slipped it through the holes and knoted it in the back.  And now I have an awesome sign to hang up for Thanksgiving!

I hope you'll find some time to play along with the PDO 13 days of Thanks Challenge on Instagram.  Don't forget #PDO13Thanks2019 and tell us something you are thankful for!!

Toodles

~Kristina

Coffee Lovers blog hop and Polka Dot Orchard

I've made it to day 7 and I have another card to share!  Did you know Polka Dot Orchard is a Super Sponsor?? And that four new coffee themed sets were recently released?   Head on over to the new webstore HERE and check out all of the great digitals stamps!

My card today features the new Sack of Beans set.

And now on to my card!

I wanted to show you that you can make a quick card using a digi stamp even if you don't have a lot of time!  I printed the stamp out onto Copic safe paper and then used just a few colors of Copics to give it a little depth.  And that was all I did for coloring!  Add some great papers, a bit of texture, sponging and a pop of color.  Then you've got yourself a card.  I'm also pleased that it has a very masculine feel to it!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hop you are having fun playing along with the Coffee Lovers blog hop!

Toodles!

~Kristina

Coffee Lovers blog hop day 6

I'm still on a roll and created my 6th project for the Coffee Lovers blog hop!  Go me!

This is another SVG file I purchased from The Cutting Cafe and can be found HERE.

Here is a side view.

The plaid piece you can see on the inside is actually a pocket to tuck a gift card!

I can't wait to make a whole lot more of these. As always, you can find details and the link up for the hop below.

HERE

Thanks again for stopping by!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	My Favorite Fall - Echo Park Shop at: SBC	Whisking leaves embossing folder - Carta Bella Shop at: SBC

Coffee Lovers day 5

And....I'm back!  Today's creation is a card but it was created using a cut file from the The Cutting Cafe.

The patterned papers come from Echo Park's Coffee collection paper pad.  The navy card base is Stampin Up! cardstock.

I used foam tape to pop up the letters from the base.

I also splattered gold paint over the entire card.  AND I used the Gold Sheer Shimmer Stix dauber from Imagine to add even more bling.  You can't see it when you look straight at the card but if you turn it just a bit, magnificent!

Not the most flattering view but I was able to catch the shimmer in this photo.

As a reminder, you still have three more days to link up your own creations!

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See you soon!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Echo Park Coffee Collection paper Shop at: SBC	Gold - Sheer Shimmer stix Shop at: EH

Coffee Lovers/Coloring Challenge day 4

Well hello again!  Day 4 of the Coffee Lovers hop and the Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge.  Today I am back to making a card.  Let's take a look shall we?

I remember how excited I was to purchase this Jill Girl stamp from Picket Fence Studios many months ago.  I think this is the first time I have inked her up!  I need to do it way more often.

The plaid paper is from Echo Park's Coffee collection.  The olive cardstock is from Stampin Up!  I ran it through a coffee bean embossing folder and then lightly applied olive and gold ink over the raised portions.  The sentiment is embossed in gold and is from Lil' Inker Designs Coffee Talk 2 set.

Here are the Copic colors I used on the girl stamp:

BG75, 72

YG99 ,97, 93

E51, 50 and E000

E59

E35, 33, 31

YR24

W5, 3, 1, 0, 00

One more look at the card.

Here is where you can go to link up for both events!

HERE

HERE

I hope to be back again tomorrow with another project to share!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	VersaMark Watermark ink pad Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder Shop at: SBC
Copic Marker BG75 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker BG72 Shop at: EH	Echo Park Coffee Collection paper Shop at: SBC	Copic Marker YG99 Shop at: EH
Copic Marker YG95 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker YG93 Shop at: EH	Golden Glitz - Delicata Ink pad Shop at: SBC | EH

Coffee Lovers/Coloring Challenge card 3

Welcome back my friends!  I actually have a tag for you today instead of a card.  I love that the Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge and the Coffee Lovers blog hop are overlapping right now!

I cut a piece of patterened paper from the Echo Park Coffee collections with a tag die from Paper Smooches.  Next I stamped the coffee cup image from Jaded Blossom's Coffee Art set.  For the foam art I stamped an image from Jaded Blossom's Fall Coffee Art set.  I stamped all of the images on Bristol Smooth paper.

The entire image was colored using Zig Clean Color real brush markers and a water brush.  I did add Wink of Stella to the spoon and the leaf in the center.  The sentiment is actually a strip I cut down from the Echo Park paper pad.  It was perfect!  I added a bit of foam tape to the back and attached it to the card.  The white and silver edge ribbon is from my stash.

You can link up to the Coffee Lovers blog hop HERE.

And the Daily Marker 30 day Coloring Challenge HERE.

Hope to see you again tomorrow!
~Kristina

Supplies used:

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Wink of Stella - Glitter Clear Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Hybrid black ink pad Shop at: SBC
Echo Park Coffee Collection paper Shop at: SBC	Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper Shop at: EH	Marine Green 400 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Shop at: EH	Gift Tags 2 - Paper Smooches Shop at: SBC
Dark Gray 95 - Zig Clean Color real brush Shop at: EH	Pale Rose 230 - Zig Clean Color real brush Shop at: EH	Deep Red 260 - Zig Clean Color real brush Shop at: SBC | EH	Blush 69 - Zig Clean Color real brush Shop at: EH