MKC Digitals December Release

I'm back today with another showcase of one of the MKC Digitals new December release. This time I'm featuring Poinsettia Jar.

I printed the poinsettias and jar onto vellum as well as the base card and then added colour to the back of the vellum for a more subtle look.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digtals, Pointsettia Jar, Holiday Sentiment Set
Colours: Prismacolor pencils
Vellum and patterned paper from my stash

For my second card I printed the poinsettia onto three different patterned papers and then hand cut and paper pieced them. I used foam pads between the layers to give them a more 3D look.

The jar I simply coloured with my Copic pens.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digtals, Pointsettia Jar, Holiday Sentiment Set
Pens: Copic, C0, W1, W3, W5
Patterned paper from my stash

Please note that the shop is currently down for maintenance, but the new release will be available once the shop is back up. In the meantime there's a free digi if you join the MKC Digitals facebook group.

Thanks for looking today.   And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals December Release

I'm so pleased you dropped by today as I'm showcasing one of the new stamps from MKC Digitals December release.  Unfortunately the shop site is currently down for essential maintenance, but in the meantime make your wishlist and check back soon.

The stamp is called Gnome Girl with Gingerbread Man and can be found in the MKC Digitals Shop - HERE.

For this card I mirrored the image to create a pair of gnome girls. When I was moving them around to place them next to each other I realised that the hats formed a heart when close together. I highlighted this by colouring it with a sparkly gel pen.

I added some polka dots to the gingerbread men's bow ties using a white gel pen and used gems for their buttons. I coloured the gnome girls in the traditional Christmas colours of red and green and die cut and then matted the whole panel onto a green holographic card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: MKC Digitals, Girl Gnome with Gingerbread Man, Holiday Sentiment Set

Die: Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles

Pens: Copic, E43, E44, E50, E51, E21, YG11, YG13, YG17, R20, R29, R37, R39, W1, W3, W5, C0, C1, C3; Sakura gelly roll, white & clear star

Gems from my stash

For my next card I used pinks and blues and coloured the gnome girl using Prismacolor pencils. I kept to a Christmas theme and added a coloured and dry embossed snowy background.

I cut the gnome girl by hand and popped her up onto pads before placing her on the snowy background. I then finished everything off with some small gems and some added sparkle using Stickles.

Although gingerbread men are a traditional treat at Christmas I think this stamp could be used all year round for birthdays by adapting the colours and background scene accordingly.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Girl Gnome with Gingerbread Man, Holiday Sentiment Set
Embossing: cuttlebug, Swiss Dots
Colour: Prismacolor pencils; Copic pens, C0, C1, C3
Embellishmsnts: Bling Bling gems; Stickles, Star Dust

Thanks so much for looking today. You can catch the rest of the MKC Digitals December release and DT cards in the facebook group HERE.

And remember to keep crafting!

MKC Digitals Designer Choice

Hi! Today for my designer's choice post I'm highlighting an older digital stamp from MKC Digitals.

Have I mentioned how much I love the way digi stamps hop into your basket and are delivered almost instantaneously? And no postage to pay either!


I chose a birthday themed stamp and wanted to show you how easy it is to adapt it for a Christmas card.

Here's my card:

By choosing traditional Christmas colours, adding a Happy Holidays sentiment and some Christmas sparkle the image takes on a whole new life. Such an easy stamp to colour and such an easy card to create. Simply print, colour and mat onto a coloured card base.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Birthday Fox, Holiday Sentiments
Pens: copic, W0, W1, W3, W5, E33, E35, E55, E57, E59, YG11, YG13, YG17, Y18, Y35, Y38, R35, R37, R39; Sakura gelly roll, clear star
Embellishments: Papermania, transparent shimmer dots

Thanks for looking today. I hope I may have inspired you to go take a look at this stamp and all the others at MKC Digitals.

And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals - Black Friday Freebie

YAY! It's Black Friday and MKC Digitals has a massive 60% off all its stamps. But that's not all, with any qualifying order of $5 there's a freebie bonus brand new stamp. And it's so cute you'll want to have it in your stash!

Well I couldn't wait to get creative with this stamp and a Christmas shaker card was made:

I reduced the size of the digi for my first card as I wanted it to fit behind a die cut window. One of the benefits of digi stamps is that you can print them any size you want them to be!

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Foxy's Christmas Trees; sentiment from Uniko, Simply Said Christmas
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copic, C3, G24, G28, R29, B00, B000, E00, E33, E35, E59; Sakura gelly roll, white
Sequins from my stash


My next card uses the image printed at its original size and I coloured and hand cut it. Seems the circular window of my first card inspired the this card too!

I coloured the die cut circle and added a sentiment banner before popping the fox and trees up onto foam pads placed over them.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Foxy's Christmas Trees; sentiment from Uniko, Simply Said Christmas
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch
Dies: MFT Dienamics, stitched circles, stitched fishtail flag
Pens: Copic, E21, E35, E37, E51, E57, E59, R37, R39, B01, YR16, G94, G99; Sakura gelly roll, clear star
Embellishments: Doodlebug, star jewels

The rest of the MKC Digitals DT have also been busy creating with this freebie image - do go check them all out HERE or HERE

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been great to have your company.

And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals - Dig Stamp Week

This week at MKC Digitals the DT are sharing ways to use digi stamps in case you are new to them. So far Gail has shown how to paper piece digitally, Tania has shown how to do no line colouring and Charlotte has inspired us by mirroring with digis.

Today it's my turn and I'm highlighting one of the best things, in my opinion, about digi stamps - apart from being able to use them immediately after purchase of course - the ability to resize them.

I'm using Flower 1 and for my first card I wanted to make a cluster of flowers along a horizontal strip. So I printed Flower 1 once in its original size and then two more times with the size reduced.  I used Photoshop Elements for this and just clicked in the corner of the image box, made sure the constrain proportions was ticked and dragged it up slightly. I believe this is a pretty standard way to reduce or increase the size of an image in many other software packages.

I created a horizontal strip on my card using distress ink and also coloured the flowers the same way before handcutting them and clustering them together.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Flower 1; sentiment from HLS Butterfly Birthday
Paper: Hobbycraft, watercolours pad
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, picked raspberry, mustard seed

On my second card I used the Flower 1 digi repeatedly. In Photoshop I simply copied and placed the image a couple of times in its original size, then reduced it in size and copied it and placed it a few times, then reduced it even more and copied and placed it a few more times. You may notice that some of the flower images are rotated and this is done by simply clicking on the rotate symbol - a sort of line with a circle on the end.

I then printed the whole thing and added colour by sponging through circle templates. I die cut this panel and matted it onto purple card stock. I finished off by adding an additional hand cut flower coloured in an amalgamation of all the ink colours.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Flower 1; sentiment from HLS Doodled Flower
Inks: Mememnto, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, picked raspberry, wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, spiced marmalade, mustard seed
Dies: MFT, stitched basic edges

There's still a few more days of the MKC Digitals Digi Stamp Week left and we're finishing in style on Black Friday with a special stamp release and a great offer on all the digi stamps currently in store. Be sure to go check it all out on Friday and perhaps come back to my blog too where I'll be sharing a couple of cards using the special release - it's a very cute and seasonal one!

Thanks for your time today, I really appreciate you visiting my blog.

And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals November Challenge

I'm here today to encourage you to play along with the new challenge over at MKC Digitals. Mari has some glorious colours for you to use.

For my card I am using the beautiful quote stamp set Ecclesiastes 3:1

I started by printing the stamp onto white card stock and then die cut a stitched square from the centre ensuring all of the quote words was captured within. I then added colour to just the parts of the stamp outside of the square and used foam to lift the quote before adhering it back in place.

The whole thing was then matted onto narrow gold card and finally onto pearlescent brown card. I'm leaving this card as it is and hoping to get a frame for it to go on my craft room wall.

Supplies:
Stamp: MKC Digitals, Ecclesiastes 3:1
Die: Lawn Fawn, large stitched square stackables
Pens: Promarker, chestnut; Copic, YR04, YR16, Y38, YG63, YG67

The rest of the MKC Digitals DT have been busy using these glorious colours too, check their projects out HERE.

Thanks for looking today, it's been fabulous to have your company.  And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals November Release - Candy Cane Gingerbread Man

I'm back again today to remind you about the fabulous new November release at MKC Digitals.

I'm featuring the Candy Cane Gingerbread Man digi today:

And they just screamed banner to me! I printed them onto some dark kraft cardstock, coloured them using Prisma colors and hand cut them.

I smooshed them all over with Versamark clear ink and then heat embossed them with hologram embossing powder. I used black gems for the eyes.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Candy Cane Gingerbread Man
Ink: Versamark + Funstamps Hologram embossing powder
Colours: Prisamacolor pencils

I also made a card using the same image. this time I printed the digi onto white card and coloured using my Copic pens.

I used a sentiment from holiday Sentiments and matted the die cut white card onto some patterned paper before adhering the whole thing onto a white card base.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Candy Cane Gingerbread Man, Holiday Sentiments
Die: Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles
Ppaer: SU
Pens: Copic, E33, E35, E37, E59, R29, R39

Do go check out these new MKC Digital stamps - HERE - where you'll find them all at an introductory 25% off. Bargain! And as they're digis you get them immediately and can start creating straight away.

Thanks for looking, it's been so much fun to have your company.  And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals November Release - Sunflower Mug

Hi! I'm here today to tell you all about the new November release at MKC Digitals.

I've been playing with the Sunflower Mug and Banner Sentiments digis and have created a couple of cards to highlight these stamps.

Here they are:

These flowers are such a delight to colour that I just kept everything simple - my preferred style anyway.

I hand cut round the banner sentiment and popped it onto pads for extra dimension.

I printed the Sunflower Mug digi onto vellum and patterned paper for this card. The colours were added to the back of the vellum and then I hand cut them.

I also hand cut the Banner Sentiment and popped both the banner and flowers onto foam pads.

Supplies:
Stamps: MKC Digitals, Sunflower Mug, Banner Sentiments
Die: Lawn Fawn, large stitched square stackables
Pens: Copic, R22, R29, Y35, Y38, YR16, YR04, E33, E35, E37, E55, E57, E59, G99, W1, R35, R39
Paper: Graphic 45; Vellum from my stash

Do go and investigate the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the MKC Digitals DT. Find links in the facebook group HERE. And go shopping HERE.

Thanks for your time today, I'm so pleased you visited my blog.

And keep crafting!

MKC Digitals October Challenge

Fancy playing along with a digi stamp challenge? Well check out the Halloween theme at MKC Digitals facebook group.

I used Skeletonbanner Spooktacular and Fatty Batty Background for my card.

I choose purple card stock to print the background and white for the skeleton. I added crystal eyes and coloured the bat tongues with a white gel pen. the skeleton i hand cut and mounted onto foam pads.  I added large crystal eyes

Supplies:Stamps: MKC Digital, Skeletonbanner Spooktacular , Fatty Batty Background
Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3
Gems from my stash

I hope you'll be inspired to play along with this challenge and I'm sure they will be loads more fabulous inspiration for you from the rest of the MKC Digitals DT.

Thanks for your time today, it's been spooktacular to have you visit my blog!

And keep crafting!