Wishing You a Cozy Day ~ Cozy Kind of Day ~ Polka Dot Orchard

 Hello there crafty friend!

I mentioned the other day that Polka Dot Orchard had just released a bunch of caffeinated goodness and I just couldn't help but play with this sweet new digi set by Jeanie Hays called Cozy Kind of Day! I am mad about plaid and the thermos in this cute digi stamp set are just so fun to play with!

Now since this is a digital stamp set, I blended my background with my inks before I printed them. I blended Candied Apple, Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks on one half of my white card stock.

 I then combined and resized the digital stamps in a Word Document, organizing them so that the thermos background would print first onto my ink blended background.

The line of thermos and sentiment printed on the bottom half of my card stock. I cut my card stock in half and got to coloring up the thermos very simply with my Copic markers.

Here's the list of Copic markers I used:

Thermos 1 ~ N0, N1, N3, R14, R20, R27

Thermos 2 ~ R14, R20, R27, N0, N1, N3, N6

Thermos 3 ~ N0, N1, N3 

Thermos 4 ~ N0, N1, N3, N6

Grounding ~ N0, N1, N2

I die cut the background and the copic colored thermos with dies from the Big & Little Chain Rectangle dies from Gina Marie Designs. I mat my layers on Real Red and True Black card stock and then adhered them all onto a white A2 top fold card base.

Here's a look at the cute Cozy Kind of Day digi stamp set!! Love it! Stop by Polka Dot Orchard to see all the new fun digi stamps that were released! All so fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Polka Dot Orchard ~ He Said Coffee ~ Book It Friday

Hey there crafty friends!

Today, I'm sharing a fun bookmark for Book It Friday with Polka Dot Orchard's fabulous digi set called He Said Coffee. But since we're close to Christmas, I decided to make my bookmark with a Christmas twist!!

What do you think?!

A quick little story behind this bookmark... every year during the holidays I read the same book, 'Twas The Night Before by Jerry B. Jenkins. I've done this since November 2007... over 10 years now. Anyhow, the book is a Christmas love story... filled with magic and wonder of Christmas, along with a couple that fall in love over a cup of coffee... and hot cocoa. I just love it and even though I know the ending and what happens every chapter... I reread it! And now I have this beautiful bookmark to mark my place in my reading of this book each year.

Ok, so on to the details for this bookmark... I started by combining and resizing the Man image from the He Said Coffee digi set along with the snowflake background from the Cozy Brew digi set in Microsoft Word. I then added and resized the sentiment from the He Said Coffee set. I knew I also wanted to use a portion of the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Magic of Christmas digi set so I added that, resized it and then cropped it down to just Christmas. I couldn't find the word "that's" in any of the digi sets so I just typed that with a similar font and added it to the same Word document. Once I had all of these images how I wanted them, I print it out. I then trimmed down my card stock and die cut the main image using the Basic Bookmark 3 by Papertrey Ink.  

And then the fun begins... coloring!! I wanted traditional Christmas colors for this bookmark with some brown tones to bring in the coffee feel. Here's the list of Copic markers I used:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E21

Hair ~ YR30, E30

Eyes ~ B000

Clothes ~ N0, N3, N5, N7, C00, C1, C3

Apron ~ YG11, YG13, G03, G07, G46, R00, R14, R29, R39

Coffee Tin ~ R00, R14, R29, R39, E30, E37

Cup ~ Y02, Y11, Y15, Y35, W1, W4

Coffee Bean Heart ~ R00, R14, R29, R39

Poinsettia ~ R00, R14, R29, YR00, YG11, G07, G46, E37

Snowflakes ~ BG000, BG01

Background ~ E35, E50, E51

I fussy cut the poinsettia and the coffee bean heart and cleaned up the edges of the images with markers... Memento tuxedo black ink for the edges of the poinsettia and just a R00 copic marker for the heart.

Now, it was time to assemble the bookmark. I mat the sentiment pieces with New Leaf card stock from Papertrey Ink trimming them by hand. I adhered those to the bookmark using a liquid glue. So now it reads... "You, me and a cup of Coffee... that's Christmas". Love love love!!

I wrapped the bookmark with gold metallic thread taping down the ends on the back just with scotch tape (I'll be adding more layers). I then adhered the coffee bean heart using mini glue dots. I added a bit of sparkle to the heart using a clear Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen. I also added some shimmer to the snowflakes but I just couldn't get a good picture to share that.

I adhered the poinsettia from the Poinsettia Greetings digi set using mini glue dots to give it a bit of dimension but not too much since it is a bookmark. I also added a touch of shimmer to the center of the flower using the same Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen. 

To finish off the bookmark, I die cut two more bookmarks using the same die... one from Real Red card stock and the other Cherry Cobbler card stock. I adhered both layers to the bookmark to make it more durable and I love the different reds... gives the edges some dimension! I added some Cherry Cobbler Sheer Linen Ribbon (retired from Stampin' Up!) and some beautiful eyelash ribbon that my sweet friend and fellow DT member, Bobbie Sue, gifted me a while ago... I have been itching to use this stuff and this bookmark was the perfect opportunity! I tied those off with some green bakers twine (also SU! but I'm not sure what color it is... maybe Garden Green?). And that's it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,
Crystal

Polka Dot Orchard ~ New Release ~ Cozy Brew

Hello there crafty friends!

I am so excited to share a card that I made using a new release from Polka Dot Orchard called Cozy Brew!! This new digi set is absolutely amazing! I love it so much and it's created by my talented friend Jeanie Hays of Washi Horse Designs.

I combined all of the images in Microsoft Word Document. I actually colored the snowflakes in Word, as well... so easy peasy!! I used the following Copic markers to color the mug:

Mug ~ E0000, E41

Coffee ~ E23, E27, E51

Cozy / Steam ~ N0, N1, N3

Button ~ V000, V04, V12

I then added a bit of shimmer to the cozy with a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen and a touch of white to the thread on the button with a white gel pen. Love it!!

I am having so much fun creating cards for the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

I hope that you are hopping along and better yet, playing along too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal