Polka Dot Orchard: Love & Friendship Inspiration BLOG HOP!

Happy Friday everyone! Valentine's Day may be over and done for this year, but Polka Dot Orchard is still celebrating with our Love and Friendship Inspiration Blog Hop! The creative team has amazing creations to share with you featuring some of our newest releases. We have two $10 Gift Cards for two lucky winners chosen randomly from the comments. You have until February 24th, 11:59pm EST to leave a comment on each of the blogs, including the Polka Dot Orchard Blog letting us know that you completed the hop. We will announce the lucky winners on February 25th on the Polka Dot Orchard Blog. 

Here is the HOP List!
 Crystal
Rosemary
Pam
Kim
Kristina
Lisa
Kirsty
Larissa
Polka Dot Orchard Blog

For my card today, I combined two sets. I used one of the gnomes and the background image from the GNOME MATTER WHAT Digital Stamp Set, along with a sentiment from the GNOME TALKIE BEFORE COFFEE Digital Stamp Set. I did something a little different for a change and colored up some of the elements digitally in Adobe Photoshop Elements, along with using my Copic Markers. That's the great thing about digital images....you have so many different ways to size and color them. 

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E04
Hair: W0, W3, W5
Gloves: R83, R85, B01, B05
White: C0, C1, C3, Colorless Blender
Pink/Blue: colored digitally

By coloring the background and her clothes digitally, I was able to get an exact match on the color. For the sentiment, I loaded it into Photoshop and added the pink background before printing so I could match the pink color. The polka dot patterned paper is from my stash. 

For added dimension, I raised the girl gnome and sentiment on foam tape. 

Your next stop on the Hop is PAM. I'm so excited to be a part of this team! There are so many new images that were released recently, and more to come in the next few weeks...including more gnomes!! It's AMAZING!!

Happy Hopping!
Rosie