My Birthday Celebration Card 

My Birthday Celebration Card - Birthday card celebrating a winter birthday with a girl
My Birthday Celebration Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Birthday Celebration Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Winter Wendy. It was my birthday a while back and I decided to colour this cutie and make a card to celebrate it!

The Details of My Birthday Celebration Card

Since I used this stamp for my birthday card, I decided to colour Wendy to look like me when I had long hair. So, I pulled out my Copic markers and gave her brown hair and eyes. I picked the colours for her clothes from my paper choice. The pink was a bit tricky to colour, but I discovered by adding E04 to the RVs, it allowed the shadows of the pinks to match my paper.

For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline to match the shape of the large snowflake die. I thought it would be fun having her pop out of this die cut snowflake opening with its matching snowy paper. I added a few die cut Pool Party snowflakes to bring out the blue/green in my colouring. 

The sentiment “Celebrating You Today” summed up my birthday theme perfectly! It was stamped in black and die cut with the matching flag die.

To add sparkle, I coloured rhinestones with my Copic markers to match my colour choice. I also used Star Dust Stickles on the Pool Party snowflakes and on her pompom.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35E/33
Blue/Green: BG13/BG11/BG10
Pink: E04/RV34/RV32/RV10
Rhinestones: BG13

Close Up of Girl on Birthday Card
Close Up of Winter Wendy

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Card Recipe for My Birthday Celebration Card:

Winter Wendy, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Simple Vintage Winter Woods 6” x 8” Paper Pad, Simple Stories
So Many Snowflakes Dies Stampin’ Up!
Mini Strips – Let’s Celebrate Stamp, Taylored Expressions 
Mini Strips – Flags Dies, Taylored Expressions
Versafine Black Ink, Tsukineko
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Pool Party Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 3 ½”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Winter Wendy for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Favorite Song Card 

My Favorite Song Card - a card with a girl in roller skates listening to a walkman.
My Favorite Song Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Favorite Song Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie. There are ten dolls in the Decade Collection that come in both rubber and digital stamps. You can find all the digital versions here.

Decade Doll Collection by Paper Nest Dolls
Decade Doll Collection by Paper Nest Dolls

The Details of My Favorite Song Card

I had coloured this stamp with my Copic markers a while back…in fact, since I liked her so much, I coloured her twice at the time! Lol! So, I decided to finally get this one onto a card especially since I bought the perfect Walkman dies by My Favorite Things!

For my card, I thought that the Walkman would make a fun shaker. So, I built my Walkman using the dies and even added four layers to the red foam ear pieces to give them some dimension! I used a Window Sheet for where my shaker sequins would go. Once that was built, I added Foam Adhesive Strips between the top and the cassette paper to enclose my sequins. I thought that the cassette paper was a great backing for my Walkman! The skates and disco ball paper behind my focal point was perfect for my theme!

The sentiment was from a retired Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set, but you could easily type this out on your computer and printing it. It was stamped in black ink and die cut out using the Stitched Rectangles.

To add some sparkle to the card, I used Stickles on Ellie’s pompoms on her skates. For the musical notes, I used holographic paper to give them an iridescent look! Very hip for the 80’s. Lol! The final touch was adding Glossy Accents to her Walkman case.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: Y21/Y26/YR24/E25
Shirt: B99/B97/B95/B93/B91
Shorts: R29/R24/R22/C3/C1/0
Tummy Sack: G99/G94/G21
Black on Skates: C7/C6/C4
White on Skates: C3/C1/0
Red on Skates: R29/R24/R22
Headphones: C7/C6/C4/R29/R24/R22
Walkman: C7/C6/C4/B91/B95/Glossy Accents
Socks: R29/R24/R22/G99/G94/G21/Y38/Y35/Y32/YR09/YR07/YR02

Close Up of girl on roller skates
Close Up of Roller Skating Ellie

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Card Recipe for My Favorite Song Card

Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Seventies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Ciao Bella
Portable Jams Dies, My Favourite Things
Violin and Music Notes Dies, Cottage Cutz
Holographic Trio Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
For the Record Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Versafine Black Ink, Tsukineko
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Peaceful Poppies Sequins, Stamin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red, Basic Black, Basic Gray, 
and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

My Other Card Using Roller Skating Ellie

For more information on my card, please click here or on the photo.

Grad with a girl in roller skates on it
Roller Disco Babe

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Purr-Fect Day Card 

My Purr-Fect Day Card - a birthday card with a cat holding balloons as he floats up
My Purr-Fect Day Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Purr-Fect Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the new release Cat With Balloons. Isn’t he just the cutest floating with his balloons!

The Details of My Purr-Fect Day Card

For my card, I decided to create a slimline slider card so that the cat looked like he was floating up as the mechanism was pulled!

So, I created a scene with the slimline clouds die from Whimsy and the stitched sun from the Spring Showers Dies. Next, I layered the Sunny Days Designer Series Paper behind it to add more clouds. Once that was done, I added a house that I fussy cut from the P13 paper and layered a few stitched hills in front.

To keep my card simple since I didn’t want to detract from the slider, I added a sentiment die cut with a stitched rectangle.

Now that the front of the card was done, it was time to create the mechanism for the slider using the Slimline Pull Tab Dies by Heffy Doodle. Tip: I used the Foam Adhesive Strips by Stampin’ Up! to create enough dimension between the front of the card and the card base to help the slider mechanism to move smoothly.

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Copic Markers:

Cat: YR18/YR14/YR12/Y17/R22/R22/C3/C1/C0/0
Pink Balloon: RV66/RV55/RV63/RV52
Blue Balloon: BG13/BG11/BG10
Purple Balloon: V17/V15/V12/V01

Close Up of Cat With Balloons
Close Up of Cat With Balloons

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Card Recipe for My Purr-Fect Day Card:

Cat With Balloons, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Sunny Days Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Hello Summer 6” x 6” Paper Pad, P13
Clouds Slimline Die Set, Whimsy Stamps
Slimline Pull Tab Dies, Heffy Doodle
Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Stitched Rectangle Dies Stampin’ Up!
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn
Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!

Old Olive, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight and Thick Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 ½” x 3 ½”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Cat With Balloons for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Go Boldly Birthday Card 

Boldly Go Birthday Card - a space birthday card with Star Trek Next Generation characters on it.
Go Boldly Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Go Boldly Birthday Card using The Next Space Explorers Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps! It was my brother’s birthday recently and he loved Star Trek Next Gen growing up! He loved it so much that one year we even had a Next Gen murder mystery birthday party for him! Lol!

The Details of My Go Boldly Birthday Card

For my card, I wanted to include all the characters on his card. So, I went with a fun fold that is like a booklet where you open each page to a new layout! I have included a video at the end to show it in action.

First Page of Booklet Card with two more characters
First Page of Booklet Card

But first, I coloured all the characters with my Copic markers and cut them out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut. Once that was done, I built my booklet using the template that I have included at the end of this post. 

Next, was decorating the pages. The Stargazing Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! was perfect for my space theme. I even used the Reach for the Stars Dies by Stampin’ Up! to create my ringed planet with Holographic DSP for the rings.

Second Page of Booklet with a final character
Second Page of Booklet Card

I used two sentiments from The Next Space Explorers stamp set and one with the Star Trek Symbol from the Space Explorers stamp set to fill the pages facing the characters.

Since the card was so bulky already, the only embellishments I added were a scattering of Holographic die cut stars throughout the booklet.

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Copic Markers:

Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Skin
: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: C3/C1/C0
Reds: R29/R27/R24 
Blacks: C9/C6/C4

Commander William Riker
Skin
: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23
Reds: R29/R27/R24 
Blacks: C9/C6/C4

Lieutenant Commander Data
Skin
: E42/E41
Hair: E49/E59/E57/E55
Golds: Y28/Y26/Y21 
Blacks: C9/C6/C4

Close Up of Characters on Cover
Close Up of Characters on Cover

Counselor Deanna Troi
Skin
: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: C9/C6/C4
Outfit: V17/V15/V12
Grays: C4/C3/C1

Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge
Skin
: E15/E13/E11
Hair: C9/C6/C4
Golds: Y28/Y26/Y21 
Blacks: C9/C6/C4
Visor: W6/W4/W2/W0

Close Up of Two Characters on Inside of Card
Close Up of Characters on First Page

Lieutenant Worf
Skin
: E15/E13/E11
Hair: C9/C6/C4
Golds: Y28/Y26/Y21 
Blacks: C9/C6/C4
Bat’leth: W6/W4/W2/W0/E27

Close Up of Character on Second Page
Close Up of Character on Second Page

Star Trek Symbol
Golds: Y28/Y26/Y21
White Gelly Roll Pen

Close Up of Star Trek Symbol
Close Up of Star Trek Symbol

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Card Recipe for My Go Boldly Birthday Card:

The Next Space Explorers, Kindred Stamps
Space Explorers, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Reach for the Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Stargazing Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Holographic Trio Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Brother Scan n’ Cut
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!

Night of Navy and Tahitian Tide, Card Stock Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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Downloadable Booklet Card Template

To download a PDF of the Booklet Card Template, please click here or on the picture.

Downloadable Booklet Card Template
Downloadable Booklet Card Template

For more of my Kindred Stamps cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Go Boldy Birthday Card using the
The Next Space Explorers Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Tool Time Father’s Day Card

Tool Time Father’s Day Card -  a pop-up card with tools on a tool bench
Tool Time Father’s Day Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Tool Time Father’s Day Card using the Trusty Tools Bundle and the Trusty Toolbox 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I love that the Trusty Tools Dies can cut out the tools from the Trusty Toolbox 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper which is free during Sale-a-Bration!

For my card, I decided to create a fun free standing pop-up card to display the die cut tools from the DSP on a pegboard! I made this card for a swap and used different tools from the DSP like the hammer, paint brush and wrenches while others, I fussy cut out. The thing that is great about these cards is that they fold flat to be mailed, but the recipient has that Wow! when they pop it up! 

Card Folded Flat for Mailing
Card Folded Flat for Mailing

The Details of My Tool Time Father’s Day Card

For my pegboard, the die didn’t run the full length of the Crushed Curry card stock. So, I placed the die at the top leaving a small border. Next, I used liquid glue to adhere it to the Basic Black piece with a Basic White piece on the back for the message. I stamped the nuts and screw in Gray Granite in the corners of the Basic White piece to add interest. For the tools, I adhered them with liquid glue, as well since I wanted the pegboard piece to be as a flat as possible to allow it to slide.

Next, I scored and cut the Poppy Parade piece according to the instructions below. I have created a template that you can download at the end of this post.

Side View Of Card
Side View Of Card

Once that was done, I inserted the pegboard through cut and lined it up with the bottom of the folded Pappy Parade piece. Then I adhere it in place and then glue the other side of the bottom to it. This will create the pop-up mechanism.

To decorate my “work table”, I used Gray Granite strips embossed with the Metal Plate Embossing Folder to make it look industrial. The pencil and measuring tape were fussy cut out and laid down like they were just set down. The silver piece of Holographic Trio Specialty Paper was perfect for my nuts and screw to give them a metallic look.

The sentiment was stamped in Black with a trio of Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots to add to my masculine theme.

Top View of Tool Bench
Top View of Card

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Trusty Tools Bundle (162723)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad (147118) 

Paper: Poppy Parade (119793), Gray Granite (146983), Crushed Curry (131199), Basic Black (121045), Basic White (159276), Holographic Trio Specialty Paper (161744), Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper (162978)

Accessories: Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder (160766), Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots (159082), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

One of the Pop-Up Cards
Single Pop-Up Card

Measurements: 

  • Poppy Parade:
    • 11” x 4 ¼” scored at 1”, 2 ¾”, 3 ¾”, 5 ½”, 7 ¼”, 8 ¼” and 10”
    • Vertical cut at 5 ½” score that is ¾” from the top and ¾” from the bottom
  • Gray Granite (4 pieces): 
    • 4” x ¾” (2 pieces)
    • 4” x 1 ½” (2 pieces)
  • Basic Black: 2 ¾” x 5 ½”
  • Crushed Curry: 2 5/8” x 5 ¼”
  • Basic White (2 pieces):
    • 2 5/8” x 4
    • Scrap (Sentiment)
  • Holographic Trio Specialty Paper:
    • Scrap
  • Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper:
    • 3 tools, pencil and measurement tape

More Information on My Tool Time Father’s Day Card

Downloadable Free Standing Pop-Up Card Template

Downloadable Free Standing Pop-Up Card
Downloadable Free Standing Pop-Up Card Template

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

My Puppy Valentine Card

My Puppy Valentine Card - A Valentine Card with two puppies enjoying spaghetti
My Puppy Valentine Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Happy Valentine’s Day! I am sharing My Puppy Valentine Card using Puppy Love Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps that I used for my Hubby’s Valentine card! We love Disney and the Lady and the Tramp movie is a favourite of ours! So, when I saw this stamp set, I knew I would use it for his card.

The Details of My Puppy Valentine Card

For my card, I decided to make a mini slimline card to match my Falling Hearts Etched Metal Die by Photo Play. So, I used the Flirty Flamingo hearts paper from the Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! with this die. This DSP is free during Sale-a-Bration 2024 and is perfect for those Valentine cards with its hearts and gold accents! I also used a solid Real Red plaid piece from this DSP as a base peeking through the hearts and extended it beyond the die cut Falling Hearts to create a mat.

Since I had the Candy Hearts Dies out already out from my other cards, I decided to use them again! Two hearts were clustered around the sentiment from Conie Fong Art & Design and the other two hearts with a heart doily above the puppies.

The only embellishments that I added were some Red Rhinestones scattered to add sparkle.

Copic Markers:

Boy Dog: E47/E44/E43/E42/E41
Girl Dog: E18/E17/E15/E13E11E00/B28/C3
Spaghetti: E42/E41

Close Up of Puppies
Close Up of Puppies

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Card Recipe for My Puppy Valentine Card:

Puppy Love, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Bella and Benji Kiss, Conie Fong Art & Design (Sentiment)
Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin Up!
Falling Hearts Etched Metal Die, Photo Play
Candy Hearts Dies, Lawn Fawn
Heart Doilies, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Silver Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Real Red, Flirty Flamingo and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6 5/8” x 3 7/8”

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To view my other Kindred Stamps projects, please click here.

Hope you like My Puppy Valentine Card using Puppy Love by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Will You Be My Gnomie?

Will You Be My Gnomie? - A Valentine Card with a Boy and Girl Gnome infant of a heart shaker
Will You Be My Gnomie?

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Will You Be My Gnomie? as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Gnome Couple. You can also draw the Boy Gnome using the video on the Draw with Conie YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HZtUnru5-VM?si=nE7dFjqjFEtH9im7. Don’t forget to subscribe to her channel while you are there for more tutorials that come out each week!

You can also share your drawings in her Draw with Conie Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/339082068864209/

The Details of My Will You Be My Gnomie?

For my card, I thought I would create a fun Valentine Shaker card using these cuties! So, I coloured them with my Copic markers in Valentine colours and cut them out with my Brother Scan & Cut.

The Radiant Heart Backdrop Die was perfect for my shaker part, but I need to make the card larger to fit my gnomes and the shaker. So, I made my card 6” x 6”and placed the shaker element at the top with my gnomes on either side of it.

For the shaker, I used the Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips around the heart and again around the perimeter of the rectangle to create two shaker parts. This allowed the sequins to look like they are loose throughout but kept a nice selection visible in the heart at all times. The “Love” heart shaker elements and sequins were perfect colours to match my colour scheme. Some die cut candy hearts and a heart garland decorated my shaker element.

The sentiment was from Sassy’s Cards & Gifts. She gives out downloadable sentiments each month for free and this one was from the recent video! I was visiting my friend while putting this card together and she let me try out her Mini Minc Machine to red foil the sentiment. Love the shine! I need one of these! Lol!

To add sparkle, I used a scattering of red rhinestones and Star Dust Stickles on gnomes’ pompoms, the boy’s heart, and the girl’s flower.

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Copic Markers:

Boy Gnome
Skin
: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: C3/C1/C0
Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22
Blues: BG02/BG01/BG000
Whites: C3/C1/0
Shoes: C6/C4/C3

Close Up of Boy Gnome
Close Up of Boy Gnome

Girl Gnome
Skin
: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35/E33
Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22
Pinks: R85/R83/R81
Blues: BG02/BG01/BG000
Shoes: C6/C4/C3

Close Up of Girl Gnome
Close Up of Girl Gnome

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Card Recipe for My Will You Be My Gnomie?

Gnome Couple, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Gnomie Hugs 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Paper Rose
Radiant Heart Backdrop Die, Lawn Fawn
Candy Hearts Dies, Lawn Fawn
Heart Garland Backdrop: Landscape Dies, Lawn Fawn
Valentine’s & Galentine’s Day Sentiment, Sassy’s Cards & Gifts
Mini Minc Machine, Heidi Swapp
Red Foil, Deco Foil
Brother Scan & Cut
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Peppermint Stick Sequin Mix, Neat & Tangled
Love Hearts Shaker Elements
Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red and Polished Pink Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 6”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Gnome Couple for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Kitty Love Card 

My Kitty Love Card - a Valentine Card with a cat beside a mailbox filled with letters
My Kitty Love Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Kitty Love Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the New Release Kitty Love with the Snow Globe Bundle!

The Details of My Kitty Love Card

For my card, I decided to combine the Snow Globe Bundle with the Kitty Love stamp since the kitty fits so perfectly in the snow globe! I used Microsoft Word to size and insert the kitty into the globe. In addition, I used Word to add Happy Valentine’s Day to the plaque on the base.

I haven’t coloured a snow globe before and wanted to challenge myself. So, I used the 3.0 Mini Class Bundle from Kit and Clowder as a reference and used my Copic markers to colour the image. It was a lot of fun getting the shine on the glass! Once it was coloured, I added Glossy Accents to the plaque on the globe base and Stickles to all the hearts.

I decided to use the French Kiss Doodlebug Paper since it had hearts, envelopes, and happy mail on it. Perfect for my card! To ground the snow globe, I used a solid piece of red paper that was already embossed with hearts to add to my Valentine theme.

Next, I added some die cut hearts in opposite corners for balance. A die cut glassine envelope with die cut hearts inside and an adhesive-backed heart to seal it was added to mirror the letters in the mailbox.  

For embellishments, I used a piece of white lace trim and white resin hearts.

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Copic Markers

Cat: W3/W2/W1/W0/R20
Scarf: R29/R27/R24/R22/R85/R83/R81
Mailbox: C3/C2/C1/C0/R29/R27/R24/R85/R81
Post: E49/E47/E44/E43
Letters: E41/E40/R29/R27/R24
Globe Base: E49/E47/E44/E43/C3/C2/C1
Box: E44/E43/E42/E41/E40/R29/R27/R24
Glass: B91/B00/BG10/0
Snow: BG60/BG000/0

Close Up of Kitty
Close Up of Kitty

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Card Recipe for My Kitty Love Card

Kitty Love and Snow Globe Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
French Kiss 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Valentine’s Day 5” x 7” Paper Pad, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Sending Love Glassine Sheets, Stampin’ Up!
Sending Love Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Candy Hearts Dies, Lawn Fawn
Two of Hearts Dies, Cheery Lynn Designs
Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers, Stampin’ Up!
1 ½” Lace Ribbon, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Crafts
White Gelly Roll Pen, 
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Basic White, Real Red and Polished Pink Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

Stamp Size: 3 ¾”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Kitty Love Card using
Kitty Love and Snow Globe Bundle by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Lavender Fields Card

My Lavender Fields Card - A birthday card with a landscape scene
My Lavender Fields Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Lavender Fields Card using the Hills of Tuscany Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! It was my birthday recently and I always create a card for myself! 

The Details of My Lavender Fields Card

So, for my birthday card, I decided to create one that reminded me of our trip to Provence in France with the beautiful lavender fields. When I saw the Hills of Tuscany Stamp Set, I realized I could change the colours of the hills and voilà, Provence! Plus, the Painted Lavender Dies and Perennial Lavender 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper were perfect for my lavender fields card!

First, I stamped the largest field in Highland Heather followed by Gorgeous Grape to add interest and have it look like lavender. Next, I stamped a Shaded Spruce hill where I planned to place the house and trees. For the house, I used Crumb Cake for the walls and Copper Clay for the roof since we saw houses with those colours in France. Cypress trees, like the ones on the stamp, were also found all over Provence. So, I stamped them in Shaded Spruce to match the grasses. Finally, I stamped in Balmy Blue the sky twice to fill the space.

Next, using the Deckled Rectangles Dies, I die cut my scene and a Gorgeous Grape matt. For my card, I decided to frame my Provencal scene using the largest Radiating Stitches Dies in Crumb Cake almost like a picture hanging on a wall. Lol!

To complete my Provencal theme, I die cut a bouquet of lavender from Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape which was tied with Linen Thread and layered it on a DSP circle die cut from the Radiating Stitches Dies. The sentiment from the Something Fancy Stamp Set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape and die cut out using a Something Fancy Die. I layered two strips of DSP on the left side of the Basic White card base to balance the sentiment cluster.

The finishing touch was a scattering of Purple Fine Shimmer Gems that match my colour scheme.

Close Up of My Lavender Fields
Close Up of the Provencal Scene

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Hills of Tuscany (162682), Deckled Rectangles Dies (159173), Radiating Stitches Dies (161595), Painted Lavender Dies (162596), Something Fancy Dies (160424), Something Fancy Stamp Set (160416)

Inks: Gorgeous Grape (147099), Crumb Cake (147116), Highland Heather (147103), Copper Clay (161647), Shaded Spruce (147088), Balmy Blue (147105)

Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Gorgeous Grape (146987), Crumb Cake (120953), Highland Heather (146986), Perennial Lavender 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162593)

Accessories: Linen Thread (104199), Purple Fine Shimmer Gems (162611), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Thick Basic White
    • 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Crumb Cake:
    • 3-7/8” x 5 ¼”
  • Basic White:
    • 4” x 2-5/8”
    • Scrap for Sentiment
  • Gorgeous Grape (2 pieces):
    • 3” x 4 ¼”
    • Scrap for Lavender
  • Highland Heather:
    • Scrap for Lavender
  • Perennial Lavender 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (3 pieces):
    • ¾” x 4 ¼”
    • ¾” x 1 ¾”
    • 1 ½” x 1 ½”

More Information on My Lavender Fields Card

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Season to be Freezin’ Card 

Season to be Freezin’ Card - a winter card with a Yeti holding a tree
Season to be Freezin’ Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Season to be Freezin’ Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Yeti with Tree. Paper Nest Dolls has several Yeti stamps to the point you could have a whole Yeti family! I just love these cuties so much that I made another card with the Yeti Father and Son for Christmas and have included a link at the end of this post to it.

The Details of My Season to be Freezin’ Card

For my Yeti, I had coloured him with my Copic markers before Christmas but didn’t get a chance to get him onto a card. So, I decided to create a winter themed card for him. I coloured his fur texture with individual strokes in the shadows and left the highlights white. The tree was also coloured with individual strokes to create lots of texture.

The Doodlebug paper that I used, had Yetis on it, but I went with more neutral papers to create my wintery scene. The sentiment was from the matching Chit Chat and was perfect for my wintery theme.

Next, I added a birch tree die cut for my wintery scene and, to add interest, I used a Stitched Hillside Die to complete my scene.

For embellishments, I used some wooden snowflakes that I had in my stash for that rustic look.

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Copic Markers

Fur: W3/W1/W0/0
Face: E43/E42/E41/E40/RV00/0
Horns/Nails/Tree Trunk: E44/E43/E42/E41
Tree: G29/YG63/YG03

Close Up of Yeti carrying a Tree
Close Up of Yeti with Tree

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Card Recipe for My Season to be
Freezin’ Card

Yeti with Tree, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Winter Wonderland 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Winter Wonderland Chit Chat, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn
Woodland Collection Birch Tree Forest, Sue Wilson
Wooden Snowflake Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Shaded Spruce Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 3”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

My Yeti for the Holidays?

For more information on my card, please click here or on the photo.

Yeti for the Holidays Card - A Christmas Card with a Yeti Father and Son getting a Christmas Tree.
Yeti for the Holidays Card

Hope you like my Season to be Freezin’ Card using
Yeti with Tree by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Happy 2024 Calendars

Happy 2024 Calendars - two handmade calendars. One with a bee on it and one with a bird.
My Happy 2024 Calendars

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Happy 2024 Calendars using the Bee My Valentine Bundle and the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I didn’t get done my Christmas cards this year due to catching Covid. So instead, I decided to send out calendars to some of my customers in the new year.

The Details of My Happy 2024 Calendars

For my calendars, I decided to create two different calendars with the same design but using different products. I couldn’t resist using the beautiful Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper which is a Sale-a-bration freebie if you spend $60.00 CDN on qualifying orders. And don’t you just love those cute bees from the Bee My Valentine Bundle!

Five Bee Calendars
Bee Calendars

Since I planned to mail these out, the Sending Dies was perfect way to send “smiles across the miles”! To add some interest to the Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam card stocks behind my focal point, I did some tone-on-tone stamping. For the Pool Party one, I stamped a couple of times the bee trail in Pool Party. For the Soft Sea Foam, I stamped the leaves from the Softly Sophisticated Bundle twice in Soft Sea Foam. This bundle is also free with a $120 CDN on qualifying orders during Sale-a-bration.

Five Bird Calendars
Bird Calendars

The bee was stamped and punched out with the matching builder punch. The birds were fussy cut from the Flight & Airy DSP. I used different birds for each calendar since there was such a selection from which to choose.

Two of the Bird Calendars
Two of the Bird Calendars

Next, I used the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers and Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds for embellishments. I also used a pearl for the “i” in “Sending”.

Close Up of Focal Point with Bird
Close Up of Focal Point with Bird

The final thing was to use the technique where you press the ink pad lid when closed to get some ink. I did this with the Pool Party ink pad and picked it up with my Wink of Stella. This gave the bee wings a nice sparkle!

Close Up of Focal Point with Bee
Close Up of Focal Point with Bee

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Bee My Valentine Bundle (162554), Sending Smiles Stamp Set (158701), Sending Dies (159271), Softly Sophisticated Bundle (162947)

Inks: Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (147107), Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad (147102), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad (147094), 

Paper: Real Red (102482), Balmy Blue (146982), Soft Sea Foam (146988), Pool Party (122924), Fresh Freesia (155613), Daffodil Delight (119683), Basic White (159276), Bee Mine Designer Series Paper (162546), Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper (162977)

Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers (162557), Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (158987), Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds (162743), Wink of Stella (141897), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Taylored Expression Calendars

Two Different Birds on Calendars
Two Different Birds on Calendars

Measurements: 

  • Real Red/Balmy Blue (3 pieces):
    • 11” x 4 ¼” scored at 5 ½”
    • 4” x 4 ¼” scored at ¾”, 2” and 3 ¼” along 4” side
    • 3-7/8” x 3-7/8” (for behind calendar)
    • 1 ½” x 3 ½” (Sending die)
  • Daffodil Delight/Fresh Freesia: 
    • 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”
    • 4” x 2-5/8”
    • 1 ½” x 3 ½” (Sending die)
  • Pool Party/Soft Sea Foam: 4” x 2 ½”
  • Basic White:
    • 1 ½” x 3-3/8” (Sending die)
    • 3/8” x 3-3/8” (Sentiment)
    • 1 ¾” x 1-3/16” (Bee body)
    • Scraps for wings and antenna
  • Bee Mine Designer Series Paper:
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
  • Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper:
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
Side View of Calendar
Side View of Calendar

More Information on My Happy 2024 Calendars

To download a PDF of the Calendar Template, please click here or on the picture.

Downloadable Calendar Template
Downloadable Calendar Template

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Warmest Winter Wishes Card 

Warmest Winter Wishes Card - a winter birthday card with baby seals in the Arctic.
Warmest Winter Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Warmest Winter Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Baby Seals On Iceberg from her drawing tutorial on You Tube. Conie Fong has started a Draw with Conie YouTube channel where you can draw along with her: https://www.youtube.com/@DrawWithConie. Don’t forget to subscribe to her channel while you are there for more tutorials that come out each week!

You can share your drawings in her Draw with Conie Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/339082068864209/

The Details of My Warmest Winter Wishes Card

For my card, I kept my card design simple in line with the simple drawing of the seals. The seals were coloured with very few Copic markers leaving a lot of uncoloured white space. Really, I just coloured the shadows for them and the ice flow and used my Colorless Blender to soften the edges of the colour to the white.

I had the perfect Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! to create a mini slimline card for these cuties! It had a winter artic scene with icebergs and ice flow, but it had polar bears on it! So, I strategically cut my DSP so that the bears would be hidden by the placement of my seals. Lol!

Next, I used a white mini slimline scallop die cut to frame my scene having it pop from all the blues. This also gave a support for my seals so that it looked like the seals are floating out of the scene.

The sentiment was stamped on white, and die cut with a stitched flag die. Again, I liked how it popped against the dark blue sky. The final touch was a few wooden stars that I had in my stash.

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Copic Markers:

Seals: W3/W1/W0/0
Ice Flow: B01/B00/B000/0

Close Up of Baby Seals
Close Up of Baby Seals

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Card Recipe for My Warmest Winter
Wishes Card:

Baby Seals On Iceberg, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Tsukineko
Essentials Mini Slimline Stitched Scallop Rectangle Die, Pink Fresh Studio
Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Free Skate Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Wooden Star Elements. From My Stash
Night of Navy and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6 ¼” x 3 ¼”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Baby Seals On Iceberg for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Classic Greetings Card 

My Classic Greetings Card - a Season's Greetings Christmas card with holly and music
My Classic Greetings Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! Season’s Greetings! One last Christmas card for me! I am sharing My Classic Greetings Card using the Christmas Classics Bundle by Stampin’ Up! which includes the Christmas Classics Stamp Set and the Christmas Classics Dies.

The Details of My Classic Greetings Card

For my card, I decided to create a music theme with the Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper, the Merry Melody Embossing Folder, and the Loose Holly Gems & Sequins. Since I used the gold music notes for my embellishments, I went with the gold Simply Elegant Trim and gold embossing for the sentiment to match.

I love the holly dies that come in the Bundle and wanted to make them the focal point with the DSP die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies layered behind it. I was so happy with how all these elements came together!

Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Yuletide Greetings! However, you say it, I hope your holiday season is full of good cheer!

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Christmas Classics Bundle (161977), Nested Essentials Dies (161597)

Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Basic White (159276), Shaded Spruce (146981), Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (161958), Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper (161980)

Accessories: Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder (156392), Simply Elegant Trim (155766), Metallics Embossing Powder (155555), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Heat Tool (129053), Loose Holly Gems & Sequins (161981), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Mulitpurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Close Up of Sentiment
Close Up of Sentiment

Measurements: 

  • Cherry Cobbler: (2 pieces)
    • 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
    • 2 ¾” x 5”
  • Basic White: (2 pieces)
    • 5 ¼” x 4”
    • 1” x 3 ¾” (Sentiment)
  • Crumb Cake:
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
  • Shaded Spruce:
    • 4” x 4”
  • Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper:
    • 4 ½” x 2 ½””

More Information on My Classic Greetings Card:

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My Beary Christmas Cards 

My Beary Christmas Cards  - two Christmas card with a Polar Bear and a wintery scene
My Beary Christmas Cards

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Beary Christmas Cards using the Beary Cute Bundle by Stampin’ Up! which includes the Beary Cute Stamp Set and coordinating Beary Cute Punch. This bundle is retiring. So, make sure you get it before it’s too late!

The Details of My Beary Christmas Cards

For my cards, I decided to make a floating element using one of the scenes from the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper. I had so much fun that I created two different cards with the same elements. For one, I used Misty Moonlight and the other, Balmy Blue card stock bases. A floating element uses acetate or window sheet on which you adhere strips of DSP leaving gaps between the pieces. Then you use dimensionals under the DSP to make it look like the element is floating.

The scene strips were cut at ½” width and lined up in order on my window sheet for placement before adhering them down. I started with the two end pieces and then the centre ones working out to the ends. Tip: use grid paper for an even gap between pieces. Since the DSP was ½ wide, it allowed me to place my dimensionals behind the paper. Thus, hiding them to complete my floating element.

Misty Moonlight Card

I made the Misty Moonlight card portrait and used the largest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut my square once I had adhered the 5 DSP scene pieces to the Window Sheet.

Misty Moonlight Card with a Polar Bear on it.
Misty Moonlight Card

I stamped snowflakes in Misty Moonlight for a tone-on-tone around my central focal point.

The sentiment was white embossed on some Real Red card stock and then fussy cut with my Paper Snips.

The polar bear was stamped in Misty Moonlight and Real Red for his scarf before it was punched out.

Balmy Blue Card

For my Balmy Blue card, I decided that I wanted to use more of the DSP. So, I made the floating element larger with 6 pieces of DSP and wider gaps. I stamped the Balmy Blue snowflakes at an angle through the centre of the card. This allowed the snowflakes to show through the Window Sheet!

Balmy Blue Card with a Polar Bear on it
Balmy Blue Card

The sentiment was stamped in Real Red and snipped on an angle with my Paper Snips.

For both cards, I used the white snowflakes from the Adhesive-Backed Snowflake Assortment as my embellishments.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Beary Cute Bundle (162023), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)

Inks: Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad (153118), VersaMark Ink (102283), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084)

Paper: Misty Moonlight (153081), Balmy Blue (146982), Window Sheets (142314), Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper (162015)

Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Snowflake Assortment (162129), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Heat Tool (129053), Paper Snips (103579), Grid Paper (130148), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Mulitpurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Measurements: 

  • Misty Moonlight/Balmy Blue:
    • 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Window Sheet:
    • 3” x 3” (for Misty Moonlight Card)
    • 3” x 4 1/8” (for Balmy Blue Card)
  • Real Red:
    • Scrap
  • Basic White: (3 pieces)
    • 2” x 2 ½” (Polar Bears)
    • Scrap (Sentiment)
  • Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper:
    • 3” x 2 ½” (for Misty Moonlight Card)
    • 3” x 3” (for Balmy Blue Card)

More Information on My Beary Christmas Cards:

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My Cup of Cheer Card 

My Cup of Cheer Card - Christmas card with a girl holding a mug of hot chocolate
My Cup of Cheer Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Cup of Cheer Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Reindeer PJ’s

The Details of My Cup of Cheer Card

I had so much fun colouring Emma in her cute PJs with my Copic markers to match my non-traditional paper choice! For my card, I thought the Christmas cookie paper would be perfect since cookies and hot chocolate are a great combination, especially gingerbread! Yum! The pretty plaid pattern paper really brought out the non-traditional colours of my card.

Isn’t that die cut mug just the cutest! For the mug, I knew I wanted to use the snowflake tag and found that the die just fit it. To add some dimension to my mug, I blended some Pool Party ink along the edges. I also blended some Pink Pirouette Ink along the edges of the heart. I thought it would be fun to add whipped cream and a candy cane just like Emma’s. The spoon was die cut from some metallic paper that I had. Of course, if you have hot chocolate, you need marshmallows! Lol!

Since there was a lot going on the card already, I went with a simple die cut sentiment with a few red rhinestones to match my candy cane.

Finally, I used Glossy Accents on Emma’s candy cane, Stardust Stickles on the reindeers’ noses and Wink of Stella on Emma’s and the mug’s whipped cream.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31
Pinks: R85/R83/R81
Browns: E37/E35/E33/E31
Blues: BG75/BG72/BG70
Headband: E30/E31/R85/R83/R81
Reindeers: E37/E35/E33/E31/E30/R85/R81
Whipped Cream: BG000/BG0000
Candy Cane: R27/C1/0

Close Up of Girl holding mug
Close Up of Emma in Reindeer PJ’s

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Card Recipe for My Cup of Cheer Card:

Emma in Reindeer PJ’s, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Sugar Plum Wishes 12” x 12” Paper, Paige Evans 
Hug in a Mug Honey Cuts, Honey Bee Stamps
Hug in a Mug Stamp Set, Honey Bee Stamps
Mugs & Kisses Honey Cuts, Honey Bee Stamps
VersaFine, Tsukineko
Pool Party Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Pink Pirouette Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Stardust Stickles, Ranger
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Basic White, Real Red, and Pink Pirouette Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Emma in Reindeer PJ’s by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie