Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Just Saying Hello Card as my second May Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design.
For my card, I used the sweet Sophie and Puppy and coloured her with my Copic markers. I couldn’t resist colouring all her luscious curls red! Did you see her adorable puppy too! The sentiment is from the Maisy and Cory Mice Bundle. I thought having it layered into the heart made it pop out as if Sophie is saying “Just saying hello!” to the recipient.
I had a paper pad of banners that I thought would provide a perfect backdrop for her! It made a large 5” x 7” card but set her of really nicely. Since I wasn’t planning to use it as a banner, I tied some Gorgeous Grape sheer ribbon between the holes for the banner part. For my embellishments, I used some sequins, bakers twine and the cutest dog bone trinket! I also added rhinestones which I coloured with my Copic marker to match my card. Clear Wink of Stella was used on the flowers of her dress, hair bow and shoe bows to add a bit of subtle shimmer.
Sophie and Puppy, Conie Fong Art & Design Maisy and Cory Mice Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Studio 112 6” x 12” Paper Pad, K & Company Craft it Flora Banner Pad, Recollections Oh So Ombre 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up! Playful Pets Trinkets, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Grape and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5” x 7”
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Hope you like my Design Team card using Sophie and Puppy for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing my last Design Team card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios. I have decided to step down from the Design Team to spend more time with my family. For my I Love Paris Card, I decide to use my favourite RAM stamp called ‘Paris’ Digital Stamp. Nothing is more beautiful than Paris any time of the year, even when it’s raining! We love to visit Paris as much as possible and have been there 4 times so far! In fact, my character as a Design Team Member had a little Eiffel Tower on her sweater. Isn’t she a cutie!
Laurie’s Design Team Character for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios
For my card, I knew that I wanted to use the Letters From Paris Paper Pack from Wild Rose Studio. So, I coloured with my Copic markers to match the colours of my paper. The Amour word was perfect since Paris is known as the City of Love! Don’t you just love the Eiffel Tower charm with the linen thread tied in a bow to the flag! I used clear epoxy raindrops interspersed between the raindrop that sparkle from my Gelly Roll Pen because even the rain in Paris is magical!
‘Paris’ Digital Stamp, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Letter from Paris 6” x 6” Paper Pack, Wild Rose Studios Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up! Parisian Dies, Stampin’ Up! Banners Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up! L’Amour Eiffel Tower Charms, Maya Road Glitter and Clear Epoxy Shapes, Stampin’ Up! Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Old Olive and Rose Red Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”
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Hope you like my I Love Paris Card using ‘Paris’ Digital Stamp! Thank you for stopping by!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Witcher Birthday Card! Today is my big brother’s birthday and I know that The Witcher TV Series is right up his alley. So, I combined all 4 characters from the Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps onto my mini slimline card.
I coloured the whole Monster gang with my Copic markers for a colouring challenge a while ago. I used the Bard for another card (I will link it at the end of the post). So, I had to recolour him. I love Kindred Stamps! They are such a fast colour!
For my card, I created a scene using only a few things. I love the Lavinia SceneScapes Paper! They have such amazing eerie scenes that can be used for square 6” x 6” card or cut down to fit my mini slimline card. I used the Stitched Hillside dies to create the ground. Finally, I used the Word Bubble dies to finish my scene.
I even decorated the inside of my card with a coin from the stamp set that I coloured with my Copic markers and a strip of the leftover paper. If you watched the Witcher, you know that he swears…a lot. So, I included a couple of more colourful sentiments inside my card that I knew my brother would recognize.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Wish Upon a Star Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the sweet digital stamp Minnie Amara. You can buy this stamp in either rubber or digital if you join the Paper Nest Dolls Stamp Club. I am a big Disney fan and when I saw that you can get the cutest Disney inspired stamp by Paper Nest Dolls, I just had to join it!
Me at Disney World 2018
I had a lot of fun colouring Minnie Amara with my Copic Markers even though I found it challenging to colour her skin and hair.
The Details of My Card
For my card, I thought a shaker card in the shape of an admission ticket would be so fun! I used my Silhouette Cameo to find a ticket shape and downloaded the file. This shape came with a number of other ticket designs, but I loved the Magic Kingdom Castle shape at one end. Since I didn’t have any Disney confetti, I downloaded a Mickey head SVG file and cut some out on my Silhouette Cameo. I die cut the Stitched Minnie Bows from Stamp AnnieThing’s Magical Celebrations Grab and Go Box using a piece of paper from the paper pads with a red background and white dots that matched my colouring. I also threw in some red, black and gold sequins and stars that I had in my stash. Did you know that Paper Nest Dolls has Krafty Bling which includes a Magical Mix and Mouse Ears. I will have to get some for my next card!
I love the Magical Adventure 2 and Wish Upon a Star paper pads by Echo Park. Perfect for my Disney themed card! I fussy cut a couple of tickets from the paper that was leftover when I used it for the base of my shaker window. The Do You Believe was a tag in the paper pad and the wish upon a star was from the matching Ephemera.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20 Hair: C3/C5/C7/C9 Dress: R29/R24/R24/R22/C3/C0/0/Clear Wink of Stella on Hair Bow Shoes: C7/C5/C3/R22/R24/R27/Clear Wink of Stella on Bows Mouse Ears: C7/C5/C3/C2 Balloon: R29/R27/R24/R22/C2/C3/C5/White Gelly Roll Pen/Glossy Accents
Close Up of My Design Team Card
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Card Recipe Wish Upon a Star Card:
Minnie Amara, Stamp Club, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Wish Upon a Star Paper Pad, Echo Park Magical Adventure 2 Paper Pad, Echo Park Magical Adventure 2 Ephemera Die Cut Cardstock Pieces, Echo Park Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up! 5″x7″ ticket magic memories album page set, Design #88951, Silhouette Design Store Mickey Mouse SVG, Elinas Crystal Corner, Etsy Stitched Minnie Bow Die, Grab and Go Box, Stamp AnnieThing Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up! Pirates Premium Sequins, 28 Lilac Lane Buttons Galore & More Glossy Accents, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen Real Red and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 4 ½” x 6 ½”
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Hope you like my Design Team card using Minnie Amara by Paper Nest Dolls!
Today I am sharing my Santorini Window Card using the Welcoming Window Bundle by Stampin’ Up! I love that you can make different cards depending on which sentiment you use. This one is a birthday card, but I also made a Mother’s Day card for my mom too.
When I saw this bundle, I immediately thought of creating a window that shows the inside of the card. I went with bright colours that were inspired by a photo from our Greece trip to Santorini with the bright pink bougainvillea flowers against a white building.
Pink Bougainvillea Flowers in Santorini
I stamped directly onto the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper that carried over to the new Annual Catalogue. The white stucco sheet of DSP was perfect for my card. The shutters and window frame just had to be in Pacific Point since that colour reminds me of Santorini! To create my window, I used a piece of wind sheet between the window panes. I even used the part of the DSP that I cut of the window on the inside of my card. Then you would not see the glue that I used to adhere the Pacific Point frame on the front.
Inside of my Birthday Card
For the inside, I stamped my images centred on the page so that I can be seen through the window.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Stack of Sweet Wishes Card as my Guest Design Team Card for Copic for ALLE. I was so excited to be asked to be on their GDT again for the month of May. Their Color Challenge for May is using E (Earth Tone) Copic markers. I use Es in so much of my colouring. They really are a staple for me!
For my card, I pulled out Swiss Pixie Cupcake Birgitta by C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps. A friend, Nathalie, asked me to show her some colouring techniques and I thought this image would be a good one for us to colour together.
I showed her skin blending using E Copic Markers (E000/00/21/11/04/R20). Here is a collage of the skin colouring steps:
Skin Colouring with Copic Markers
Next we worked on her hair using E Copic Markers (E18/E15/E13/E11). This is the collage for the step to colour the hair:
Hair Colouring with Copic Markers
For my card, I created a mini slimline card for my sweet Birgitta! Since she is sitting, I placed her on a cake pedestal. I thought it would be a fun way to show her off. I use Galvanized Metallic paper for the pedestal. The flag banners were cut from the DSP so that they would match the other elements. A scattering of sequins adds some birthday festiveness to the card!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Secret Garden Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. This pretty digital stamp is calledSweet Annabelle. She is perfect for Mother’s Day, a birthday, thinking of you and so many other card occasions!
I love the Secret Garden Paper that I have in my stash and have been keeping it for a special card. So, I decided to use it for my card and coloured Annabelle with my Copic Markers in softs pinks, blues and purples to match. I added Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen to the dots on her apron and on her hair bow for a little bit of sparkle.
For the card base, I embossed a die cut piece of Highland Heather with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder to give Annabelle a subtle floral backdrop. From that I layered the leaves so that they are wrapped around the tag that came with the paper pad. A few hydrangeas made with a punch tie in the colours of my colouring. For the pearl flower centres, I coloured them with my Y17 Copic markers to match the flowers in her basket.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Welcome to the World Card using the new Hanging Stars Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios that will be released on May 13th. There are 4 super cute stamps being released that day including Dinosaur Friends, Spaceship and Treasure Island!
Rachelle Anne Miller currently has a contest on her Instagram for you and a friend to win all the new digital releases on Release Day! Enter it here:
For my card, I decided that I wanted to use the Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper that I had in my stash. Since I knew that Stampin’ Up! has alcohol markers to match the soft colours in the DSP, I used my Stampin’ Up! Blends in those colours. I love how it turned out! Perfect for a new born baby boy that was born recently by a carding friend!
I used a lot of sparkle with the Wink of Stella on the stars and Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on their tummies. I also used my White Gelly Roll Pen to add some “sparkle” here and there. The photo doesn’t do all the sparkle justice. So, I created a little video showing it.
Video of My Design Team Card
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Stampin’ Blends Markers:
Monkey: Pool Party/Petal Pink/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Monkey’s Stuffie: Soft Seafoam/Petal Pink Bird: Petal Pink/Dark Mango Melody Penguin: Gray Granite/Petal Pink/Mango Melody/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Giraffe: Soft Seafoam/Petal Pink/Pool Party/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Moon: Balmy Blue/White Gelly Roll Pen Stars: Mango Melody/Clear Wink of Stella/White Gelly Roll Pen
Close Up of My Design Team Card
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Card Recipe for My Welcome to the World Card:
Hanging Stars Digital Stamps, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! 4” Layered Stitched Square Die, Memory Box Stitched Cloud Edges Die-namics, My Favorite Things Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Balmy Blue and Soft Seafoam Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’sLaurie here! I am sharing my April Showers Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the cute digital stampAvery in Rain Poncho.
April showers really does bring May flowers! May is here and the flowers are blooming! So, I couldn’t resist colouring Avery in her sweet rain poncho and her little friend with my Copic markers! I have had her coloured for a long time sitting on my desk waiting to be placed on the perfect card and I thought Spring is the perfect time for her!
For my card, I decided to create a circular card instead of my typical square/rectangle ones. A circular card suited the Sending Flowers Dies with its vignette of tulips and flowers in the bright spring colours. The Pleased as Punch DSP with the raindrops was perfect for my background of my card. I added a few more raindrops with the Glitter and Clear Epoxy Shapes to make the rain sparkle. More sparkle was added with the rhinestones in the flowers centers. I added Glossy Accents to her boots since all goloshes are wet from splashing in puddles!
Today is I am sharing something different than a card. I was asked by a fellow demonstrator to create a project with a Greek theme for a Demonstrator Playdate. I decided instead of creating a card that I would make a photo album from scratch of a past trip that my husband and I went on which started in Paris went on to Venice to catch a cruise visiting Dubrovnik, Corfu, Santorini, Athens, Katakolon and back to Venice. So, I am sharing my Mini Interactive Photo Album using photos from that trip.
Video of my Mini Interactive Photo Album
Video of my Mini Interactive Photo Album Music Copyright – Moose Ca Ca, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
I had wanted to create one of these interactive albums for a long time. So, I googled how to create one and found a four part series of videos by Cal Summers with a PDF with the measurements. I will include links to her PDF and videos at the end of this post.
The Details of My Album
This kind of album is perfect for any 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper. But, since the colours of the Greek flag are blue and white, I decided to use the Boho Indigo Product Medley. The pretty little paper flowers that come in the Medley were perfect to decorate my cover. I used the World of Good Memories and More Cards and stickers with their travel theme to decorate my album along with the cut outs from the Boho Indigo Medley. The Scallop Tag Topper Punch was used for my tags and pull outs.
What is so nice about this album is that it is flexible to suit your needs. It uses the same 4 page designs twice giving you 8 pages that you can place in whatever order you like.
Spine of My Mini Interactive Photo Album
I decorated my spine with a vintage metal key hole/latch with a rose that I bought from Michael’s Arts & Crafts a while back. The beads were from the dollar store and threaded on Whisper White Baker’s Twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack. I added a pretty charm with a blue stone to represent “Greece” and a Stampin’ Up! charm that I had from a key chain.
I also created a beaded bookmark with a key and Misty Moonlight Ribbon for the inside of my album.
Beaded Bookmark
Finally I decorated the back of the cover with the World of Good Designer Series Paper that has the golden globes on it.
Back Cover of My Album
Some Tips
For my covers, I used the cardboard found with the instruction for the Paper Pumpkin Kits. I tend to keep them just in case I can recycle them somehow.
I didn’t have any Tyvek. So I used a used plastic mailing envelope that I cut down to the correct size. As long as it will not stretch or rip and is flexible, it should work.
Make sure that you secure the ribbon to tie your album closed to the cover before you add the decorative elements on the covers and spine. Lol!
Photos of the Inside of my Album
Paris – Spread of Inside Cover and Page 1Venice – Inside Front CoverDubrovinik – Page 1Page 2 and 3 SpreadCorfu – Page 2Page 4 and 5 SpreadPage 4 – Picture FolderSantorini – Page 5Page 6 and 7 SpreadAthens – Page 6Page 7Spread of Page 8 and Inside Back CoverPage 8 – Picture FolderBack Cover Opened
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Boho Indigo Product Medley, Field Tiles Dies (152707)
Paper: Night of Navy (100867), Misty Moonlight (153081), Basic White 12″ x 12″ (159231), World of Good Memories and More (153600), World of Good Designer Series Paper (152491)
Accessories: Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082), Misty Moonlight 2020-2022 In Color Ribbon (153624), Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack (154579), Decorative Beads, Bead Shop, Crafts (Dollar Store), Vintage Romance Journal and Album Knobs, Recollections (Michael’s Arts & Crafts), Daintyfied Lunar Charm (Michael’s Arts & Crafts), Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Envelope Punch Board (for rounding the pull outs), Aleene’s Tacky Glue, Cardboard, Flexible Plastic Envelope
My Mini Interactive Photo Album with me in my Greek Outfit Ready to Present
