Arigato (Thanks)!

Hello friends!  Today, I am sharing a sweet card that I created for the February Artful Angel Instagram Hop! 

Did you know that Artful Angel carries The Greeting Farm stamps in the shop?  They are some of my absolute faves, so I was so excited to get to use the darling Anya in Japan stamp set. 

I colored Anya using Copic markers and added some white accents with a gel pen before cutting her out.

I also colored up a few of the cherry blossom branches, the origami bird and dragonfly before cutting them out. 

I used the Stitched Scalloped Borders Dies from Kat Scrappiness and die-cut several panels from solid card stock and digital papers.  I layered everything up, stamped the sentiment and created a banner and added a loopy bow behind the origami bird. 

This was a really fun card to create!  Truthfully, any time I get to use The Greeting Farm stamps is a happy day!  I hope you will join us over on Instagram for a fun hop with the rest of the Design Team! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Xoxo, Kim

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Thanks SO Much!

  Hi friends!  What is the weather like where you are at?  It is cold here, and mostly rainy!  Hopefully, we are done with the snow for a while.  

I needed a thank you card for a friend, so I went with a wintery theme. 

To create my card, I adhered the Glitter Tree Washi Tape to a piece of white card stock and die-cut it into a banner.  I dry-embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder, leaving the portion covered with washi tape hanging out of the folder.  I also used the same embossing folder on a white card panel.  I die-cut the large sentiment from shimmery blue paper and I layered up all the elements of my card.

I added the Snowflake Brads and also used one to embellish the bow.

I love, love, love how this card turned out! 

Shopping List: 

Glitter Tall Tree Washi Tape

Snowflake Brads

Thank you so much for hanging out with me! 

Xoxo, Kim

Girl Power!

Hi friends!  Recently, a friend asked me to create a special card for her.  Her daughter plays competitve softball and will be traveling to Spain to play next summer.  She needed a thank you card for an incredibly generous donor, so of course I said yes!  

I found this adorable digital stamp on Etsy from Mujka.  I colored her up with Copics (listed below), cut her out and set her aside. 

I paired her with some softball themed digital papers from Scrapbook Gems (also on Etsy).  If you have ever wondered how I determine what Copic colors I will use, here's my trick.  I try to select and print my papers before I begin coloring.  That way, I can select my color blends to coordinate with the papers. 

I die-cut a few ovals and layered them on top of some baker's twine and then adhered my image.  I added a few black rhinestones and voila!  Card front finished.  I didn't get a photo of the inside, but I layered up some panels and I printed a panel that says, "Thank you for your support!" 

Colors Used: 

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair - E42, E81, E41, E50, E40

Uniform (Black) - C10, C8, C6

Uniform (White) - C2, C0, 0

Uniform (Coral) - Stampin' Up Calypso Coral Light and Dark

Softball - Y08, Y04, Y02, R29

Mitt - E18, E15, E13

I am so happy with how this card turned out!  I hope you love it too!  

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Xoxo, Kim

PPC&F - All Dressed Up - Summer Trainers

Happy Saturday, friends!  I hope that you are doing something fun and relaxing this weekend!

This week, All Dressed Up Digital Stamps is sponsoring us over at Passionate Paper Creations & Friends.  I was so excited to get to create with the Summer Trainers digital stamp.  It is so incredibly beautiful!  

Clean and simple (CAS) cards are a huge struggle for me.  I have a hard time with white space, but I wanted the image to be the star of this show, so I went for it.  

I colored the image with Copics (colors listed below) and adhered the card front to a shimmery black panel.  I die-cut the sentiment from the same black card stock using the Altenew Signature Words dies.  I finished by adding some Obsidian Rhinestones from Honey Bee Stamps. 

Copics Used:

Shoes: V09, V06, V04, V01, N8, C2, C1, C0

Blue Flowers:  B69, B66, B63, B60, G07, YG25, YG11, YG00

Daisies:  G07, YG25, YG11, YG00, YR23, YR21, YR24, 0

I hope that you will hope come visit us at Passionate Paper Creations & Friends to check out the rest of the AMAZING inspiration that the Design Team has cooked up for you.  Oh, and while you are at it, check out the surprise that All Dressed Up has provided for our members (it will be in the pinned posts)!  Not a member?  That's OK... It's not too late to join and be able to take advantage of the surprise! 

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!  

Xoxo, Kim