Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Gift Wrapping Elf

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This fun little "Gift Wrapping Elf" is an older stamp from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, although it may be difficult to come by... it's worth the search. A cheerful grin is great for your holiday cards. Get started early and you'll be ready to go for next Christmas season. 

To create this card 5"X 7" card I first stamped the image and colored it up and then used Tim Holtz distress ink to dirty up the background, I used a q-tip as I got closer to the image. This was a lot more difficult then just stamping the image again on a masking paper, cutting it out, and covering the image. 

Copic Color Chart

Green : YG03 YG05 YG06 YG07 G07

Red : R24 R29 R39 R59

Ribbon : Y13 Y15 Y19

Hair : Y21 YR18 E08 E09 E19

Skin : E000 E00 E01 E02

Spool : E21 E31 E23 E44

                                                                                                                                                                The patterned paper I chose for the card base was from the Momenta Cardstock 6x6 paper pad.

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Angie

Stampin' Up - Christmas Cutie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  This stamp is definitely appropriately named as a "Christmas Cutie".  I stamped the image on white 110lb coverstock.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I created the base of the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" side folding card by first folding it it half and then cutting off 1 7/8" from the cover piece. I covered the top flap with a piece of yellow cardstock measuring 3 1/2" x 4 1/4". I also covered the inside back piece with a piece of yellow cardstock measuring 2" x 4 1/4". I covered this inside piece using red Magic mesh and cut it to size before adhering this yellow piece to the card base.

I colored this cutie using the following color guide:

Copic Color Chart:

Scraf and Mittens: R29 R59

Yellow: Y11 Y13 Y15

Boots and snow suit: N4 N6 N7 N9

Snow Suit : B21 B23 B34

Hair : E21 E23 E25 E27

Skin : E01 YR00 E02 E04 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I used the stampin' up adorning accents edgelits to create the red border detail. To create this I used the scalloped border and secured it to red cardstock using washi tape and the moved the die down a 1/4" secured it with washi tape and then ran it through the big shot again. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I used the same die to cut a matching border on a piece of striped paper from the Bo Bunny Surprise! Collection 6x6 paper pad. I then secured the red border to this piece, and cut the striped piece to a width of approximately 3/4" by 4 1/4".

I cut a piece of the same red cardstock 3 1/4" x 4 1/8" to create a base for the image. I cut the image 3" x 3 1/4". I used my Stampabilities Happy Birthday #1 stamp for the sentiment and used Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler ink pad to stamp the "Happy Birthday" on white cardstock that I then cut to 7/8" x 2 7/8". I cut a red border piece 1" x 3" using the red cardstock. I secure the sentiment to the card base only where it met up with the top piece and not the overhang.

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Angie

Quilled - Thinking of you

If you enjoy twirling paper paper then quilling is for you. I really enjoyed working in fine detail with making these little flowers. At the time I wasn't sure is quilling was for me so I used paper I had and cut my own strips with a 1/8 inch thickness. I would not recommend this because I wasn't easy to be consistent on the width of the strips and for quilling to look at it's best a better practice is to use the machine cut packs. They are economical and available in a vast array of colors.

I used a fine tip clear glue to secure the piece together and adhere them to the base of the card.

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Make a Splash!

This card makes a rainy day bright using this wonderful stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Although I usually make the base of my cards in bright white for this card I decided to change it up and use grey given the rainy image. The base is a top folding 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" using 110lb coverstock.

The dotted base I used was from the Bo Bunny Baby Bump collection and was cut the 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". 

I used my Copic markers to color up this image as follows:

Copic Color Chart

Coat : Y11 Y13 Y15 Y19

Dress : R14 R29 R59

Water : B00 B02 B04

Eyes : B02

Grey pant stripes :  C1 C3 C5

Skin : E000 E00 E01 E02

Mouth : R89

Tongue : R29

Hair : E35 E47 E49

Once the stamp was colored I cut the piece to 4 3/4" x 3 3/8". I cut a base in crimson red 4 7/8 x 3 1/2". I adhered these pieces together and added foam to the base before securing it to the card. 

I cut the "sending sunshine your way" sentiment from the Pebbles Spring Fling 12x12 sheet "From me to you". I added foam to this piece before securing it to the card.

To finish off the card I found in my case of dies a great raindrops confetti die. I cut a bunch of smokey blue raindrops in various sizes and pasted them to the card.

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