Kobi Bearing Gifts at Your Door Card

Hello Everyone!

I am super excited to share with you my first card for Studio Katia's Blog, featuring the new Kobi Bearing Gifts Stamp Set. I wanted to create a doorway scene where Kobi is coming to your house with his arms filled with presents and balloons.

For this card, I began by coloring out Kobi and his gifts using Zig Clean Real Brush Pens and then used the Coordinating Dies to dies cut the images. Next, I worked on the card background, I wanted to make it look like Kobi was also carrying a bunch of balloons with him. So I used the Bubble Stencil and Distress Oxide inks and blended out a bunch of different sized bubbles to create the balloons in the background. For some extra sparkle, I used some multi medium matte glue and added some drops here and there to glue down some sprinkles of the Just Chunky Glitter.

Did anyone notice my doormat? In hindsight, I wished I had filmed the process, but my time is so limited these days so the next best thing I could do was to take process pics. This way you can refer to them if you want to do the same. I had so much fun making this cute little mat and it was super easy to do! 

The first thing I did was die cut the middle sized Stitch Border Die using a similarly colored piece of paper of the string I was using. I then trimmed length of the mat to a size that would fit the window of the card.  BTW, I did not use embroidery string as I didn't have the color I wanted, so I used a crochet yarn which worked just as well.  

Here is how I achieved the carpet-like effect.

• I doubled up the thread, this way it fills up the entire mat with minimal effort.
• As I worked on each row of stitches, I used a crochet needle to lift up the thread from the die cut. You could use a thin straw or a skewer to do this as well (see image below).

 

• As you can see from the above image, I have an odd number of rows. So I just did the same thing with the crochet needle and wrapped the thread around it without creating a cross stitch.

• Now that the mat is all stitched, I used a sharp pair of scissors and cut down the center of each row.  I had a few spots that the lengths of the thread were longer than others so I trimmed as I found necessary. 

• I also used strong double sided adhesive to hold the stitches in place from behind. I then removed the adhesive backing and then stuck it down to the card base. 

• Next, I added doubled up foam tape behind Kobi and adhered his feet to the carpet using some multi medium mate glue and attached the gift to the carpet/mat the same way.

To finish off this card and to create the illusion of a doorway,  I used the largest die from the Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon Dies and also the largest frame die from the Dotted Patterns: Set 2 Dies and used foam tape to pop up the frame. Before adhering it to the front of the card I stamped one of the sentiments from the Birthday Greetings Set.

I hope you learned something new today and were inspired by my Kobi Bearing Gifts Card. I appreciate the time you spent here, so thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

SUPPLIES

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Kobi Bearing Gifts Shop at: SSS | SK	Kobi Bearing Gifts Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Bubbles Stencil Shop at: SSS | SK	Stitch Borders Shop at: SSS | SK	Dotted Patterns - Set 2 Dies Shop at: SSS | SK
Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Birthday Greetings Shop at: SSS | SK	Just Chunky Confetti Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK	Strathmore 20 Sheet Smooth Bristol Pad, 9 by 12" Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink Shop at: SSS | IO3
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Kuretake Zig CLEAN COLOR 60+ 80 SET Real Brush Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ	STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Shop at: SSS
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Bonbons Yarn, Nature Shop at: AMZ	Non Stick Micro Serrated Snips, 7" Shop at: AMZ	3M Double Sided Tape 0.125" Shop at: AMZ	Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll Classic Medium Point Pens Set Shop at: SSS | AMZ	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
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Lilac Dreams - Thinking Of You Card - Watercoloring and Smooshing with Distress Oxide Inks

Hello Friends!

Today I'm sharing this super easy and fun to make card featuring the Lilac Dreams set from Ink On 3. At first, I was going to do a no line coloring for this card and then changed my mind when I realized I wasn't going to have the time to finish it. I've been wanting to try this technique out for a while and I am so happy I did because I love the results! 

I first began by stamping out the lilacs onto the cardstock using Juicy Ink, then heat set the images using a fine white embossing powder.

I then smeared some Seedless Preserve and Wilted Violet Oxide ink onto clear acetate sheet, sprayed it with some water then used the sheet to smoosh onto the cardstock, using my heat gun to dry every layer.  I repeated that process a few times until I was satisfied with the coverage. Then I spritzed the entire panel with water and soaked up the droplets with a paper towel, which left behind some watermarks.

Next, I used a detail watercolor brush and added more distress oxide ink to the flowers using the same colors as the background. Then to the leaves added a mix of Forest Moss, Evergreen Bough, and Lucky Clover Oxide Ink.

I finished the card by adding a sentiment from the Water Lily set to a piece of vellum which I wrapped around the card front and embellished with some green crystals.

Today also kicks off the 30-day coloring challenge hosted by Kathy Racoosin of the Daily Marker which I hope to be able to keep up with. 🤞 Wish me luck! This will be my post for Day1 (Shhhh, technically I did this yesterday so we will see if I have time for another coloring today) Anyone else doing the challenge? Make sure you follow me on Instagram for the challenge as I will not be posting everything I make here on the Blog.

Hope you were inspired by my card today and want to give this fun water coloring technique a try! I appreciate the time you spent here, so thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

SUPPLIES

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Lilac Dreams Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | IO3	Water Lily Shop at: SSS | IO3	Strathmore WATERCOLOR Shop at: SSS	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Juicy Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | IO3
Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Embossing Powder, .60 oz, White Shop at: AMZ	Black & Decker HG1300 Dual Temperature Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Shop at: SSS
Oxide Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad EVERGREEN BOUGH Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger Shop at: SSS	Brutus Monroe Ultra Fine Embossing Powder Raven Shop at: SSS
Vellum Value Pack 8.5"X11" 50/Pkg Shop at: AMZ	May Crystals Shop at: SSS | SK	Silhouette Pick Me Up Tool Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Applicator Bottle Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Shop at: SSS | AMZ
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Elmers X-Acto 12” Base Guillotine Shop at: AMZ	Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board 12x12 Shop at: AMZ