Purse card

• Hi everyone

Today I have a fun different card to share with you that I made as my inspiration for the Polkadoodles challenge blog this week. I made a purse card for my son`s grilfriend`s birthday using the absolutely beautiful digital papers and pre-colored images of the Flower Meadow Collection. I kept my embellishment really clean and simple, letting the design and the papers be the star of this purse card. I love the classy looking pearls and bling though.

If you haven't tried to use digital papers before then go check them out because you are in for a treat. I`m always amazed at how well printing at home turns out. I print my digital papers on my non fancy Canon Pixima printer using 120 gsm copy paper. I just used HP color choise 120 gsm that I got from my local bookstore. 

I started with a 8*11" card stock. On the 8” side score at 0.50” and 7.50”. Turn your paper and on your 11” side score at 3.25 and 3.50” and again at the 8” mark. Cut away the 0.50" fold on both sides on your top and bottom flaps only leaving them in the middle piece. I used an edge die on my flaps but you could also just taper the egdes. Having these small flaps will make the purse look more finished and neat at the edges when closed.

I used a strong magnet for my closure so the purse keeps nice and closed. On the inside I created a little tuck space for a tag to write my personal message on. You could easily add a gift card in there as well. Since we were on vacation traveling, I just printed out a picture of the gift I bought her. The sentiment I used on the inside is from the Winnie Daisy messages bundle. 

I think this turned out so cute and will be doing different versions of this purse card in the future. I hope this got you inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Go share and play along on the Polkedoodles challenge blog.

I`m entering this to:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-add-some-sparkle-2/

 My IG: ckndesign_craft  

Thank you for stopping by,

Hugs, Christine💮

Gnome fishing

 Hi everyone.

Today it`s time for a new challenge over at the Polkadoodles, and as always the theme is anything goes. I had lots of fun creating a scene with my little gnome fishing at the lake. If you follow me, you know that I`m loving the Gnome for men collection and I have used several of them in the past. To really make the colored scene the star of my card I kept the design clean, just backing the image on some black cardstock to frame it before I glued it on a white A2 card base.

I had fun with lots of markers this time. Here are the Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-13-04

Beard: W1-3-5

Hat and bag: YG03-95-97-99

Outfit: YG91-93-95-97

Shoe: W1, T7, YR04-18

Sky: Y00-11-13-15-17, YR68

Lake: B41-32-34, Y00-11-13

Riverbank:21-23

Grass:YG03-63, G94-99

Dragonfly: BG01-09

Chair: E35-37-29

I really enjoy practising on these little colored scenes on my cards lately. I hope you like it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Grab your favourite coloring medium and enjoy some stress free "me-time".

I`m playing along at:

Copic Norge #153 http://copicmarkernorge.blogspot.com/2024/06/team-2-utfordring-153-gult-oransje.html?m=1

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/07/challenge-188-animals.html?m=1 A gnome fishing

Crafty Catz: CRAFTY CATZ CHALLENGE 675 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/classic-design-challenge-06-2024-junjul.html?m=1

 My IG: ckndesign_craft  

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

-Christine💮