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National Coffee Day Blog Hop + Giveaways

9/29/2019

Hi everybody! Polka Dot Orchard is celebrating our *NEW* Digital Stamp Release and National Coffee Day ☕️ with a huge Blog Hop with the Coffee Loving Paper Crafters with lots of inspiration and Giveaway Prizes too! You should have arrived from the Polka Dot Orchard blog and if you didn't, that's ok, this is a huge craft industry Blog Hop and the fun starts at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog "here." ☕️

So sit back, relax with your favorite cup of coffee, tea, or drink and get ready for some super sized caffeinated inspiration, prizes, a New Release and more! ☕️

Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the leaves changing colors, pumpkin spice in my coffee, and everything about Halloween! And I knew when I saw these amazing *NEW* digital stamps from Super Sponsor
Polka Dot Orchard that I wanted to combine them for this Blog Hop.

I started with a 110lb purple cardstock 8.5x11" folded in half and trimmed down to 4 5/8w x 6 1/4L" for my card base. Added a green polka dot pattern paper cut 1/4" smaller around than my card base and adhered to card. Then I cut a piece of black card stock 3 1/8w x 4 5/8L" and trimmed the top and bottom with a spiderweb border punch and adhered to the card panel. Next I combined my digital images and sentiment in WPS Office 2019, sized them, and layered them the way I wanted and printed on white X-Press It cardstock on my HP printer. Cut out the image with a stitched scallop die using a die cutting machine. And did the same with the sentiment with a different stitched die with no scallops, so as not to distract from our fabulous hat and boots image.

For today's project I combined Best Witches, Pumpkin Spice Mice (from the *NEW* Release), and a sentiment from Coffee Pumpkin Flourish sets to create this card. Aren't these fabulous!?!
I just want to color them all the pretty colors, don't you?

You'll be seeing these a lot, as I just LOVE them! And they are designed by my crafty friends, Crystal of Tawny Owl Paperie blog and Jeanie of Washi Horse Designs, as they are super talented designers that you may recognize from our Friends of Unity blog hops we do together every month! Stay tuned...
(pssst...we'll be hopping together again this Sat. Oct 5th...hope you're following along)

Then colored the images with these alcohol markers colors shown above. Once done coloring the image looked a little stark, so I used a blending brush and added some distress oxide ink in blue aroung the edges to make it a little more "spooky" looking. And did the same to the sentiment too. Adhered the main image to the card at an angle so you can see some webs and that slime green background and adhered the sentiment too. Added some bling, of course, to the spiderwebs on the boots and hat with yellow glitter glue and orange gems. Added purple gems across the bottom black spiderwebs and to the letters "i" in the sentiment to finish this spooktacular beauty!

Here's another look at this bewitching card all done with digital stamps, so fun to color, and great for many fun occasions!
I can't wait to color these in more colors. Stay tuned...
I hope I've inspired you to give digital stamps a try, as I'm still
learning and we can learn together!

If you love these images, check them out and more
*NEW* Fall & Holiday Release
in the Shop here => Polka Dot Orchard Shop

Now Go to the beginning of the
Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop =>"here"
to enter to win some HUGE Giveaway Prizes! Good Luck!

Have a spooktacular Fall ya'll!!! ~Kim

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Supplies {affils}:
Polka Dot Orchard Digitial Stamps: Best Witches, Pumpkin Spice Mice, and a sentiment from Coffee Pumpkin Flourish; Papertrey 110lb purple Cardstock; White X-Press It cardstock (alcohol marker friendly); AC Textured Black Cardstock; Reverse Confetti 6x6 Fright Night (green polka dot) patterned paper; Spectrum Noir markers; Big Shot Machine; Gina Marie Designs Stitched Scallop Die and Stitched Rectangle Die; Ranger Distress Oxide Inks-Faded Jeans; Picket Fence Studio-Life Changing Brushes; Fiskars spiderweb border punch; Ranger Sunburst Stickles glitter glue; Adhesive Gems (orange & purple); and 1/4" Scor-Tape adhesive.

Challenges:
Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ S2519
Simon Says Wed Challenge: Anything Goes
The Paper Girls Challenge #184 - Anything Goes
WWC240 - Kath's "All About Occasions" Challenge (Halloween Birthday)
FUSION - Coffee (inspired by the photo with coffee)
PP461 - A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Jaydee (patterned paper, Halloween, pumpkin)
LTCCB #38 - September Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamps Challenge #360 - Photo (The colors inspired me)
Paper Issues Sept Challenge: Rolling with the Punches

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Friends of Unity Blog Hop-Autumn Colors

9/7/2019

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Welcome to our September Friends of Unity Blog Hop where several amazing designer friends and myself share our love (and obsessions) of all things Unity Stamps each month with a new theme and lots of Unity GIVEAWAYS too!!! And we're excited to announce two more amazing designers joining our team this month too! Welcome Dawn Bryson & Alaine Tanner!!! So scroll down to enter & get hopping for some colorful Autumn inspiration!!!

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But before I get started...check back to all of our August Blog Hops to see if you are one of the many Winners and claim your prizes!
Sharon H. is our Winner here at My Kraft Kloset, for August 2019!
Congratulations!!!

Our theme for this months Blog Hop is...Autumn Colors!!!
I love all holidays, but Autumn is my favorite time of year with all the leaves changing colors, pumpkin spice everything appears, and we have lots of family birthdays to celebrate too! So, that means...I make A LOT of cards!
This month I was inspired by the 200 foot trees in the park by my house. And I kid you not, they are really that tall and surround our neighborhood too. I took this picture last Autumn when the trees were full of all the colors of autumn and it was magnificent.

So because this is my favorite time of year, I couldn't help myself and made a few cards with some old and new to me techniques to share with you all!

My 1st card I knew I wanted lots of leaves and color with ink smooshing, alcohol markers, and die cuts on a fairly large card.

My 2nd card I used masking, ink blending, and distress micro glaze techniques on a layered card with die cut frames.

My 3rd card is similar to my 2nd card with masking, ink blending, and distress micro glaze techniques on a layered card with die cut frames, but slightly different with a mix of Autumn patterns and colors.

Below is another peak at all 3 of my Autumn cards for this month!
I hope I've inspired you to mix and match your stamps, products, and techniques and maybe try some new things and see where it takes you!
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for stopping by! ~Kim

Hover over the pictures below or click on them to get a complete tutorial to re-create these cards! And see supply lists below.

Pssst! Are you still with me???
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The more boxes you check the greater your chances.
One winner will be selected randomly at each giveaway
and contacted via email or private messaging.
And announced in our next Blog Hop on Oct. 5, 2019.
Good luck!!!

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==> The HOP starts below <==
so go back to the beginning & make sure you hop with
ALL of these talented
Friends of Unity Designers
for more Inspiration, more Giveaways, *meet our two new members, and leave us some love in comments to win!

Crystal O. Minkler
Eileen Mathys
Robyn Jordan
*Dawn Bryson
*Alaine Tanner
Kim Klinkovsky <= you are here
Dawn Fields
Joyce Verdon
Jean ie M. Hays
Bobbie Sue McConathy

Disclaimer: We designers on the Friends of Unity design team appreciate every single comment we get. That's why we use our own stash every month for a giveaway. We are NOT paid or sponsored by Unity Stamp Co., but they do approve of our hop, and that makes us all very happy. We started this hop because we love Unity Stamps. That's it. This hop is our way of showcasing our cards made with our favorite Unity Stamps and to inspire others along the way!

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Supplies {affils}:
(Card #1): Unity Stamps: Obsessively Grateful by Graciellie Design; Papertrey 110lb Orange Cardstock; White X-Press It cardstock (alcohol marker friendly); BoBunny Very Vintage Orange Dot 6x6 patterned paper; 3x4" Acrylic Block; Ranger Ink Mini Mister; MISTI stamping tool; Ranger Distress Oxide Inks-Fossilized Amber, Lucky Charm, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade; Gina K Designs Amalgam black ink;  Spectrum Noir markers; Big Shot Machine; Gina Marie Designs Label Dies; Glue Dots on the button; Glitter enamel dots; Tim Holtz Ideology Twine; 3D Foam Tape; and 1/4" Scor-Tape adhesive.

(Card #2): Unity Stamps: Autumn Grunge and sentiment from Nuts but I love ya; Papertrey 110lb Dark Orange Cardstock; White X-Press It cardstock; BoBunny Very Vintage Brown Dot 6x6 patterned paper; Carta Bella (Echo Park Paper Co)-A Perfect Autumn 6x6 yellow patterned paper; MISTI stamping tool; Ranger Distress Oxide Inks-Fossilized Amber, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, & Walnut Stain; Picket Fence Studio-Life Changing Brushes; Big Shot Machine; Gina Marie Designs Rectangle Stitched Dies; Kat Scrappiness Postage Die;  Purple Tape; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Micro Glaze; Glitter enamel dots; AC natural Twine; and 1/4" Scor-Tape adhesive.

(Card #3): Unity Stamps: (leaf) Full of Fall and (sentiment) Warm and Cozy KOM 8/19; Papertrey 110lb Peach and Black Cardstock; White X-Press It cardstock; Carta Bella (Echo Park Paper Co)-A Perfect Autumn 6x6 tree patterned paper; MISTI stamping tool; Ranger Distress Oxide Inks-Fossilized Amber, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, & Walnut Stain; Picket Fence Studio-Life Changing Brushes; Big Shot Machine; Gina Marie Designs Rectangle Stitched Dies; EK Success Notebook Border Punch;  Purple Tape; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Micro Glaze; Graphic 45 metallic pearl gems; AC Ric Rac Ribbon and Bakers Twine; Glue Dots on the Buttons; and 1/4" Scor-Tape adhesive.

Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #357 - Make Your Mark (I used markers, inks, and brushes)
LTSCB #125 - Anything Goes
LTCCB #38 - September Anything Goes
HLS August Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
FUSION - Autumn
The Paper Girls Challenge #183 - Falling in Love (Fall inspired)
Double Trouble Challenge #37 "Fall Theme" Partnering w/The Paper Girls "Falling For You"
Simon Says Wed Challenge: Stamp It
Repeat Impressions DCC S419 ~ Things That Start With “B” (Card #1-#2 I used Buttons)
Simon Says Mon Challenge: Something Clear ( Card #2 and #3 I used Tim Holtz "clear" Distress Micro Glaze, to brighten up the cards colors)
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2019 challenge
Brown Sugar Challenge #293 - September 2019

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