Welcome Little One!

Hi!

I was looking through my card stash and realized I was getting low on "Baby Cards". I thought this digital image called "Duck Family" from Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz would make the perfect and adorable baby card! But it would be perfect for Mother's Day too!

I downloaded, sized and printed the Duck Family onto Copic friendly paper. Taking my Copic Sketch markers I coloured the image in. I used a Gina Marie Double Roped Circle die to cut out my image and popped it up with foam squares for added dimension. My papers today are from the Doodlebug Special Delivery 6x6 collection. Some enamel dots and the HH sentiment "Welcome Little One" finish off my card. 

Copics Used:

Y21, Y23, Y32, Y35, Y38

YR04, YR07, YR09

B0000, B000, B00

This is my last post for Kinda Cute! I have throughly enjoyed my time with them! Patricia is a sweetheart and her images are adorable! Thanks Patricia and fellow KC Designers for an amazing experience with all of you!

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Happy Stamping!

 

Christmas Mermaid!

Hi!

I haven't made a shaker card in forever!!! When I saw this cute digital stamp called "Christmas Mermaid" from Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz, shaker popped into my head! I love the idea that mermaids are making snowmen under the sea!

I started my design today by downloading, sizing and printing off the mermaid image. Next I coloured her in with my Copic Sketch markers. I made a frame out of a Stitched Scallop die and a circle die. I cut the coloured image out with a slightly bigger circle die so that I could mount the frame on top. Taking some acetate, I made a "window" and glued it to the back of the frame. I took some doubled up foam tape and added it to the back of the frame I created. Next I added an assortment of sequins and tiny beads and then glued the image to the frame. My papers today are from the Photoplay "Gnome For The Holidays" 6x6 collection. 

Here you can see how the scalloped frame is popped up. Shaker cards are always so much fun especially for younger kids when the skate, shake, shake them LOL!

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E95, R20

Hair: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Reds: R24, R27, R29

Tail: G00, G02, G03, G5, G7, G9, G14, G28

Snowman and Sand: E30, E31, E33, E34,  E37, E49

Water: B0000, B000, B00

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Happy Stamping!

 

Let's Build A Snowman!

Hello and Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by to see this adorable card today using the Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz digital image called "Reindeer Building A Snowman". This image just warms my heart!

To start designing my card, I downloaded, sized and coloured in my image. Then using my scissors, I fussy cut it out. The background paper is from the Doodlebug "Christmas Town" 6x6 collection. I picked up the snowflake frame die at Hobby Lobby on clearance last Fall and it doesn't have a name on it. I added the snowy hills and a die cut tree to create a little winter scene. Their noses and hills have some Stickles added to them for a glittery look. A nice big red bow and snowflake gem finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Reindeer: E31, E23, E57, E79/ W1, W3/ R01, R24

Snowman: C00, C0, C1, YR04, YR09, W5, W8

Red: R24, R27, R29

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Happy Stamping!

 

Snowball Fight!

Hello!

I created this cute "Bendi" card using the adorable "Boy Playing With the Snow" digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alveraz. Nothing better than a snowball fight right?!

To start, I downloaded, sized the images to my liking, flipped one image and coloured them in with my Copic Markers. I decided these two would be twins and have reversed matching outfits. Next using my Brother Cut N Scan, I cut out the images leaving a small white border. I grabbed my Cameo and cut out the "Bendi" card base using an svg file. I am using papers from the Carta Bella "Snow Much Fun" 6x6 collection. My village and fence are from a die set called "Village Edges" from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I inked all the village edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink. 

I used some acetate and made small strips to add some pom pops to. Then I added them to the card to look like the twins were having a snowball fight.

The card also folds flat so it's easy to put in an envelope and pop in the mail!

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

E43, E44, E47, E49

BG05, BG07, BG09

W5, W7, W8

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Happy Stamping!

 

Carollers!

Happy Thursday!

This sweet image from Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz called "Kids Singing Carols" brings back fond memories for me! When I was little we always spent Christmas Eve at My Aunt and Uncle's house. Santa would make a surprise visit with a small gift for everyone and my family would feast on goodies. After we ate my cousins, sister and myself would go out carolling around the neighbourhood. Those were the good old days!

I downloaded, sized and printed my image on Copic friendly paper and using my Copic Sketch Markers, coloured it in. I decided to use papers from the Photoplay "Luke 2" 6x6 collection. I cut out my image and squares using an MFT Zig Zag Square and Rectangle die. I added some polka dots to the girl's hat, scarf and mittens using a White Gel Pen. Some ribbon, bow and silver enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20, R22

Hair: Y32, Y26/ E55, E57

Girl's Outfit: N2, N3, T5, V09, R56, R59/ T6, T7, T8 (boots)

Boy's Outfit: E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49/ V09, R56, R59

Ground: N0, N2

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Happy Stamping!

 

Winter Friends!

Hello!

Today I am sharing these cute Winter friends with you! I love the look on the Snowman's face.... such a look of love to his little bear friend!! This digital stamp is from Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz and is called "Snowman and Friends".

I am using paper from the Doodlebug "Christmas Town" 6x6 collection. I inked all the edges of my papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink for a bit of added dimension! I downloaded, sized and printed the digital image and then coloured it in with my Copic Markers. I used lots of paper layers for fun combination. I added some twine, a bow and snowflake charm for added interest. A few snowflake sequins finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Snowman: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3/ C7, C9 (buttons), YR04, YR09, E29

Hat: YG17, YG23/ BG53, BG57/ RV52, RV55

Rabbit: W3, W4, W5

Bear: E55, E57, E59

Red: R24, R27, R29

Ground: B0000, B000, B00

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Happy Stamping!

 

Ballerina!

Hello!

When I first saw this image it reminded me of my daughter when she was 4 years old. She used to take Ballet lessons and wore a black leotard and a pink tutu. It was always so cute watching this age group try to be graceful. Sometimes they were more like a herd of elephants LOL. This is the adorable digital stamp called "Preparing To Dance" you can find over at  Kinda Cute by Patricia Alveraz!

I started my card by downloading, sizing and printing out my image. Then using my Copic Sketch Markers, I coloured her in to match how my daughter used to  look. Next Using a circle die, I cut her out and put a Spellbinders Lacey Circle die behind her. My papers today are from the Carta Bella "Paris Girl" 6x6 collection. A few paper layers, a MFT Beautiful Bows die cut, some enamel dots and Stickles to the edge of her skirt  and I was done! 

Copics Used:

Skin: E01, E21, E11, R20

Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37

Outfit: RV10, RV11, RV52, RV55/ T5, T7, T8

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Happy Stamping!

 

Let's Build A Snowman!

Happy Friday!

My card today is another attempt at the "no-line colouring" technique! I really like the soft and different look you get! This cute digital stamp is called "Boy Building Snowman" and is from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alveraz. This image brings back so many memories of building snowmen as a child and then again with my own children! 

To begin..... I downloaded, sized and then before printing the image, I changed the Opacity image settings. I made it light so that when the image prints there is not much of an outline.  Just enough to see to colour but that doesn't show through. I coloured the image with my Copic Sketch markers and then using a Gina Marie Pierced Dot Rectangle die, cut out the image. I decided to use this snowflake paper from the Echo Park "My Favourite Winter" 6x6 collection and backed it with cardstock to match my colouring. The sentiment is also from Kinda Cute's "Christmas Sentiments set".

My decorated inside with another sentiment from the "Christmas Set". There's a huge value to this set! You get 23 sentiment images for $2.75 ($1.93 right now on sale).

Copics Used:

Skin: E01, E21, E11, R20

Hair & Boots: E31, E35, E37, E39

Outfit: R39, R59, R89/ B91, B93, B95, B97

Snowman: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C8, C9/ E31, E35

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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Bubble Bath!

Howdy!

I love Halloween and all the cute images that goes along with it. Today's card features the adorable digital stamp from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alveraz and is called "Witch and Frog". I just love that this little Witch is giving her frog a bubble bath in her cauldron! This sweetie is certainly a "good witch" not a "bad witch" LOL!

I decided to use fun papers from the Doodlebug "Candy Carnival" 6x6 collection. After downloading, sizing and printing my image, I coloured it with my Copic Sketch Markers. I used a MFT Zig Zag Oval die to cut out the image and popped it up onto my card design with foam squares for added dimension. I also inked the edges of all my papers and embellishments with Black Soot Distress Ink. Some adorable ghost die cuts from Your Next Stamp and enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Skin: E51, E11, E33, R20

Hair: TG01, YG05, YG07

Witch Outfit: BV08, BV29, FV2/ YR04, YR07, YR09/ C6, C8

Cauldron: W4, W5, W7

Frog: G94. G99

Bubbles: YG01, FY1

Ground & Outline: W1/ Y0000, Y000, Y00, Y02

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Happy Stamping!

Happy Fall!

Hi!

Today's card features the adorable digital image called "Rabbit Among Pumpkins" by Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez. I just love this little cutie popping up behind the pumpkins!

I think Fall Papers are my favourite! I love the rich warm colours and these papers from my "scrap pile" are the perfect Fall shades! I downloaded, sized and printed my image onto Copic friendly paper and then coloured the image using my Copic markers, to match the papers. I inked all the edges of my papers and image using some Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and a foam tool. I always love a bit of glitter so I added some glitter pen to the leaves. A bit of burlap ribbon and a pumpkin embellished finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Pumpkins: YR04, YR07, YR09, YR18/ YG95, YG97, YG99

Rabbit: E31, E33, E35, R01, R22

Leaf spray: YG17, YG23, G28, Y38

Ground: W00, W1, W3

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Happy Stamping!

Happy Fall!

Greetings!

I'm  loving all the digital stamps over at Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz! This is my first "Fall" themed card for 2020 and I knew that "Girl With Wheelbarrow" was an adorable stamp to kick it off with!

After downloading, sizing and printing the image, I coloured it in my favourite medium....Copic Markers. I decided to use papers from the Echo Park "My Favourite Fall" 6x6 collection and coloured this cutie to match! I cut out the image using my Brother Cut N scan and popped her up with foam squares for added dimension. I love this die from Studio Katia called "Half Stripped Cover". The size of the die is 4.25 x5.5" so it fits and A2 card perfectly. After gluing it to my card base, I used 2 different papers to fill in the strip "holes". Some white gel pen, burlap bow and a button finish off my design.

Copics Used:

Skin: E02, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E35, E37, e39

Outfit: E07, E08, E09/ BG11, BG13, white gel pen polka dots

Wheelbarrow: E13, E15, E17/ W3, W5, W7

Pumpkins: YR14, YR16, YR18/ YG95, YG97, white gel pen

Bunny: W3, W5, W7

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Happy Stamping!

Be You!

Hello! 

As soon as I saw this little "Monster" from Kinda Cute By Patricia Alveraz, an idea for the card popped into my head! I knew I wanted to make something where he stood out for being different! I think the bright rainbow colours against the solid coloured monsters show just that. You should always be yourself and not afraid to stand out in a crowd!

I started my card by downloading the Monster image and creating a background using multiple images. I sized one of the monsters to be larger. I set about colouring the background monsters with Copic Markers, matching them in rows of the same colours. I decided to colour the larger Monster using a strip in each of the colours in the background. I fussy cut out the larger image and added a fussy cut layer behind him so he stands out a bit better. Now the fun element.... I added an action wobble and goggly eyes. I used my computer to create the sentiment and cut it out using a Stitched Flag Die.

See the wobble in action!

On the decorated inside, I also used my computer to create the sentiment.

Copics Used:

BV08, V15, V17

R89, RV17, RV19

YG17, YG23, YG15

YR04, YR07, YR09

Y35, Y38, R20

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Happy Stamping!

Friendship!

Hi!

I'm in love with the adorable "Flying Fairy" from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez! Loved her so much I had to use the image 3 times LOL! I love digital stamps because you can resize them to whatever you desire and in this case I also "flipped" one.

To start, I downloaded the image, sized it to my liking and then printed it on Copic Friendly paper. Next I coloured the image to match the papers from The Paper Boutique "Bohemian Blooms" 8x8 collection. I cut the polka dotted frame using 2 Stitched Rectangle dies. I cut a piece of watercolor paper for th middle and made an ink blended background using Distress Inks in Seedless Preserves, Spun Sugar and Milled Lavender. I popped the frame up with foam tape and inlaid the blended piece. The 3 fairies are also popped up using foam for even more dimension with glitter pen added to their wings. A few Studio Katia "Radiant Orchid Pearls" finish off my card!

Copics Used: 

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair: E23, E25, E29

Dresses: BV11, BV13, BV17/ BG10, BG11, BG13/ V01, V04, V06

Wings: B000, B00

Happy Stamping!

G'Day Mate!

Howdy!

Today I am sharing a slimline card I made using the adorable set of "Koala" images from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alveraz. I hope to someday get to Australia to see these cuties in person!

I downloaded, sized and printed my Koala's onto Copic Friendly Paper. Then using my Copic markers I coloured them in. Taking some Copic solution and a rag, I dabbed at the images to create a fun fur texture. I cut a piece of watercolor paper and using the SSS Delicate Flowers stamp set, embossed some leaves onto my paper. Next using Distress Oxide Ink in Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover, I blended them over the embossed leaves to create a background paper. Then using Distress Ink in Mowed Lawn and a watercolor brush, I added the deeper colour to each leave to make them stand out a bit more. I cut out circles and some lacey circles for the Koala's to sit in. The leaf background is popped up with foam tape and the cut out circles are inlaid.

Here's the inside of my card. The sentiments I used today are from the SSS "Koalaty Friend" stamp set. They matched with the Kinda Cute Koala's perfectly.

Copics Used:

E43, E44, E47

R02, R20

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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Marshmallows Anyone?

Welcome!

These are officially my first Christmas cards of 2020! I love these cute digi's from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alveraz! We've been having lots of backyard camp fires and when I saw the "Snowman and Marshmallow" image, it reminded me of us roasting marshmallows and making S'mores.

Snowmen are one of my favourite Christmas/ Winter images to use! I decided to make a bright fun card and then a more traditional one.

For this more traditional card, I used papers from the Echo Park "Celebrate Christmas" 6x6 collection. I cut the image out with a Spellbinders labels 28 die and backed it with red cardstock. I used some Liquid Applique to resemble snow. You add it to your card, let it dry and then heat it using your heat gun. The appliqué then fluffs up!

Papers from the Doodlebug "Christmas Magic" 6x6 collection were perfect for my card. Doodlebug always has such bright and fun designer papers! I cut the image out using a Gina Marie Double Roped Oval die. This time for the snow I used some Stampendous "Spoonful of Snow". I added it with some glue and then heat set it. It melts into a pretty glistening look of snow. 

Copics Used:

Snowmen: C00, C0, C1,, C7, C9, YR04, YR09, E44

Boy: R37, R59, R89, G94, G99

Girl: RV52, RV55, YG17, YG23, YG25

Fire: E43, E44, YR04, YR09, YR15

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Happy Stamping!