Foiled Dragonfly Dreams

Good morning!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend.  I thought I would share this fun experiment with y'all today.  I downloaded some new digital stamps from Polka Dot Orchard and I wanted to see how they would look with some gold foil.  This card is super shiny!

I printed one of the honeycomb backgrounds from the Honeycomb Backgrounds set and ran it through my Minc machine with some gold foil.  Wow!  It's so gold and shiny!  Then I printed this gorgeous bee from the Just Bee Awesome set and this sentiment from the Let Your Dreams Be Your Wings set and foiled them with the same gold foil.  This bee has some beautiful artistry on the body and the gold foil gives it a sort of steampunk-y vibe.  I fussy cut this bee and then adhered it to a die cut black hexagon with some foam tape.  I cut the sentiment in half and added black layers behind them and glued them to the background.  Then I adhered the panel to a black card base.

When you print digital stamps, as long as you print them on a laser printer with toner, you can foil these with toner foil and a Minc machine.  I've tried foiling with a laminator, but honestly, the laminator doesn't get hot enough.  Some of my earlier attempts with the laminator resulted in the foil flaking off my images.  Be sure to use toner foil or Deco-foil.  This is very different from the Spellbinders Glimmer Foil which is made for the hot foil machine.

Go check out all the great digital stamps from Polka Dot Orchard.  There are so many great sets, and the sentiments are wonderful.  If you love Winnie the Pooh, there's some great new digital stamps with Pooh and his friends.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Autumn Daisies

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing another memorydex card that I created with these gorgeous flowers from Polka Dot Orchard.  I printed out this trio of daisies from the Whoops A Daisy set (Polka Dot Orchard) and then colored these in some deep orange autumn hues with my Copic markers.  I also used a blending brush to add just a tiny hint of yellow to the background behind the flowers.  It adds a soft little glow to highlight the flowers.

I cut out the colored flower panel with a memorydex die and set it aside while I cut the sentiment.  This sentiment is also from the Whoops A Daisy set.  I cut the words apart and then added them to my flower panel with some foam tape.  I placed this card onto my memorydex "wheel" in front of the other ones I have created.  It's been fun making these cards and filling up this memorydex.  

 

Bloom with Joy

I recently purchased a Memorydex and I am filling it up with some fun little memorydex cards.  On this floral piece, I printed out the flowers and the sentiment from the Bloom with Joy set from Polka Dot Orchard and then colored the flowers with Copic markers.  I wanted an early fall vibe, so I used some pinks and oranges for the flowers.  After I was done coloring, I cut this card out with a memorydex die.  

Polka Dot Orchard has some of the best sentiments I've ever seen, and I love the sentiment on this card.  Some of the newest digi sets have some Ready Prints where the images are already resized and formatted for card fronts.  All you have to do is print them and use them as desired.  

Check out the great stuff in the Polka Dot Orchard store.  You'll find digital stamps, stencils, and some fun earrings as well as home decor items.  Have fun browsing around!