Happy Labor Day Weekend!!! I'm popping in today to share one last project for August as a Guest Designer for Polka Dot Orchard. I hope you've enjoyed seeing all of my digital projects for July and August, because I had tons of fun layering, learning, and creating with them! As they really have beautiful digital images.
And Jessica, the owner of Polka Dot Orchard liked my projects and team support so much, that she invited me to join her Design Team!!! Yay!!! I'm so excited!!! So you're going to be seeing a lot more digi (digital) creations and we can learn together, because I'm fairly new to digital stamps!!! And let me tell you, in just 2 short months I've had some trials and tribulations on my digi journey, that I will share with you, because you are not alone!
If you missed any of my Polka Dot Orchard projects, don't fret, you can click "here" and see them all or on my other social media channels too!
And Jessica, the owner of Polka Dot Orchard liked my projects and team support so much, that she invited me to join her Design Team!!! Yay!!! I'm so excited!!! So you're going to be seeing a lot more digi (digital) creations and we can learn together, because I'm fairly new to digital stamps!!! And let me tell you, in just 2 short months I've had some trials and tribulations on my digi journey, that I will share with you, because you are not alone!
If you missed any of my Polka Dot Orchard projects, don't fret, you can click "here" and see them all or on my other social media channels too!
I'm once again honored to be using these digi stamps designed by my crafty friend, Jeanie May Hays, of Washi Horse Designs, and you may recognize her name from our monthly 'Friends of Unity' blog hops we do together too! (Pssst... we'll be hopping again next Sat, Sept. 7th)
For today's project I'm using Jeanie's gorgeous rose stamp again because I just LOVE it!!! Isn't it gorgeous? The colors and stripes on this card reminded me of a carnival or fair days, which to me signifies the end of summer. So, I thought it was only fitting to share this beauty on the last day of August, as summer is winding down.
Check them out and Shop here at => Polka Dot Orchard Shop
For today's project I'm using Jeanie's gorgeous rose stamp again because I just LOVE it!!! Isn't it gorgeous? The colors and stripes on this card reminded me of a carnival or fair days, which to me signifies the end of summer. So, I thought it was only fitting to share this beauty on the last day of August, as summer is winding down.
Check them out and Shop here at => Polka Dot Orchard Shop
How I made this card: Birthday Roses
I started with a 110lb navy cardstock 8.5x11" folded in half and trimmed down to 7 3/4" x 5 1/2." And two 6x6 striped pattern papers trimmed down to 4x6" and adhered to cardbase, not overlapping, but meeting in the middle, that will be covered up with the sentiment panel, and trimmed one side off, so it's 7 3/4" across.
I knew I wanted 3 roses across, so I needed a fairly large card base. When you get your Polka Dot Orchard digital sets, you can then copy and paste the images into other programs to layer or manipulate or resize your images to however you want. Not all digis are like this, some are already preset and sized for you, but I love that these aren't. I'm not very high tech and like things easy to use and easy to explain to others.
I started with a 110lb navy cardstock 8.5x11" folded in half and trimmed down to 7 3/4" x 5 1/2." And two 6x6 striped pattern papers trimmed down to 4x6" and adhered to cardbase, not overlapping, but meeting in the middle, that will be covered up with the sentiment panel, and trimmed one side off, so it's 7 3/4" across.
I knew I wanted 3 roses across, so I needed a fairly large card base. When you get your Polka Dot Orchard digital sets, you can then copy and paste the images into other programs to layer or manipulate or resize your images to however you want. Not all digis are like this, some are already preset and sized for you, but I love that these aren't. I'm not very high tech and like things easy to use and easy to explain to others.
I opened this gorgeous rose image, right clicked my mouse, copied and pasted it into a blank WPS Office 2019 word document three times and saved this document with a new edited name, in case I wanted to use it again someday. Then you can play with sizing, layering, and all kinds of things. For today, I just copied and pasted 3 roses onto a page, getting them as close to each other as possible, and resizing them enough to fit across a 7" card. There are all kinds of neat and fancy photo programs out there to buy and use, but using what you've got works too! Now you're ready to print...which is where most of my trial and tribulations have occurred. I have an HP allinone inkjet printer, nothing fancy, very fussy about paper thickness, but gets the job done! I have tried all kinds of cardstock from thin to thick, cheap and expensive, and what works well for alcohol markers, water coloring, and colored pencils with my HP ink cartridges.
I'm sharing my own personal experiences and I'm not endorsing or disrespecting any companies products, because I used all good products that I will still use for traditional rubber stamping. This is just simply what worked for me on my digital stamp journey with my HP printer and what I like to color with, based on those experiences.
I have found the X-Press It brand white cardstock works the best in my HP printer, with my ink cartridges, and with alcohol markers, water coloring with dye ink pads, or water color pencils. I found the American Crafts and Stampin Up white cardstocks also worked really well. And I found The Paper Studio thin white cardstock from Hobby Lobby fit through my printer, but didn't work well with alcohol markers, because the ink bled or smeared some when colored. So, it's a good back up for maybe colored pencils and certainly rubber stamping.
I read somewhere to let the image "cure" or dry after you print it. So I usually print my images and let them "cure" for 1-2 hours or even a day or two, until I'm ready to color. And it seems to work. I'll have to experiment and see what happens if I don't let it "cure." And get back to you next time.
I have found the X-Press It brand white cardstock works the best in my HP printer, with my ink cartridges, and with alcohol markers, water coloring with dye ink pads, or water color pencils. I found the American Crafts and Stampin Up white cardstocks also worked really well. And I found The Paper Studio thin white cardstock from Hobby Lobby fit through my printer, but didn't work well with alcohol markers, because the ink bled or smeared some when colored. So, it's a good back up for maybe colored pencils and certainly rubber stamping.
I read somewhere to let the image "cure" or dry after you print it. So I usually print my images and let them "cure" for 1-2 hours or even a day or two, until I'm ready to color. And it seems to work. I'll have to experiment and see what happens if I don't let it "cure." And get back to you next time.
I colored with Tim Holtz water color crayons. Remember those? I know right, it's been awhile since we've played with those, so I got them out again. And they're so bright and fun. Water color cardstock is recommended for any water coloring projects, but I can't get watercolor cardstock through my printer...yet! I'm still on the look out for a thin water color cardstock and any recommendations are welcome! So, I kept it simple and just used these 3 colors shown above and mentioned in my supply list below. I colored them directly on acrylic blocks, dipped a water brush into the color to dilute and began to color the roses and dab off any excess water quickly with a paper towel, as to not buckle the paper. If it does, allow to dry, and place a heavy book over the top to flatten. I fussy cut the roses out. But if you have a fancy machine that scans and cuts, that's awesome, and will certainly work with these images too! I do have a Silhouette machine with a pixscan mat that will also scan and cut images, but these were fairly easy to hand cut with scissors. Then I brushed on some Wink of Stella-clear sparkles and some stickles glitter glue for more sparkles. And set aside to dry.
Next I printed a nice big sentiment on the same white cardstock as our focal point, and my color ink cartridge was running out, which created a bluish lined design that still worked with my card colors. So I used, as to not waste anything. Using a die cutting machine and a stitched die I cut out the sentiment and adhered to the stripe panel. Once dry, adhered the roses and added some glossy enamel dots like confetti.
Here's another look at this beautiful birthday roses card all done with digital stamps, so fun to color with many mediums, and great for any occasion.
I hope I've inspired you to give digital stamps a try, as I'm still
learning and we can learn together!
Check them out and Shop here at => Polka Dot Orchard Shop
Have a Safe & Happy Labor Day Weekend!!! ~Kim & family
I hope I've inspired you to give digital stamps a try, as I'm still
learning and we can learn together!
Check them out and Shop here at => Polka Dot Orchard Shop
Have a Safe & Happy Labor Day Weekend!!! ~Kim & family
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Supplies (affil):
Polka Dot Orchard Digitial Stamps: A Sprinkle of Flowers-rose digi stamp and sentiment; HP Home Printer; Papertrey Ink 110lb Enchanted Evening (navy) Cardstock for card base; Doodlebug: Color in Kraft 6x6 striped patterned paper; X-Press It white Cardstock; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, and Peeled Paint; Water Color Brush; Big Shot Machine; Tim Holtz Scissors; Gina Marie Designs Stitched Die; Ranger Diamond Stickles glitter glue;Wink of Stella-glitter clear; My Minds Eye Jubilee enamel dots; and 1/4" Scor-Tape adhesive; and Tombow Multi Liquid Glue.
Challenges:
Addicted To Stamps Challenge #356 - Anything Goes
KCC #470 CRAZY EGG/JUST A SENTIMENT
WWC236 - Heidi's "All About Occasions" Challenge (birthday)
Simon Says Wed Challenge: Anything Goes (showcasing Tim Holtz products) - I used Tim Hotlz water color crayons
Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2819
Simon Says Mon Challenge: ‘S’ is For: (Sprinkles of Flowers digital Stamp Set)
Polka Dot Orchard Digitial Stamps: A Sprinkle of Flowers-rose digi stamp and sentiment; HP Home Printer; Papertrey Ink 110lb Enchanted Evening (navy) Cardstock for card base; Doodlebug: Color in Kraft 6x6 striped patterned paper; X-Press It white Cardstock; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, and Peeled Paint; Water Color Brush; Big Shot Machine; Tim Holtz Scissors; Gina Marie Designs Stitched Die; Ranger Diamond Stickles glitter glue;Wink of Stella-glitter clear; My Minds Eye Jubilee enamel dots; and 1/4" Scor-Tape adhesive; and Tombow Multi Liquid Glue.
Challenges:
Addicted To Stamps Challenge #356 - Anything Goes
KCC #470 CRAZY EGG/JUST A SENTIMENT
WWC236 - Heidi's "All About Occasions" Challenge (birthday)
Simon Says Wed Challenge: Anything Goes (showcasing Tim Holtz products) - I used Tim Hotlz water color crayons
Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2819
Simon Says Mon Challenge: ‘S’ is For: (Sprinkles of Flowers digital Stamp Set)
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