Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Rustic Christmas Deer Card using the free Sale-a-Bration Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper and the matching Peaceful Deer Bundle. I can’t believe that today is the last day of Sale-a-Bration! You only have until tonight to get free products for every $60 you spend! Don’t miss out!
For my card, it is all about this wintery DSP and I knew that I wanted to create a rustic Christmas card with the Buffalo checked deer and those gorgeous snowflakes on the Rea lRed background! I love that the deer on the DSP can be punched out using the Deer Builder Punch! I embossed the Basic White square with the snowflakes embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders to set off my deer. To add a bit of unexpected colour, I used the die cut trees from the Cabin Dies and stamped the sentiment on Garden Green Card Stock. To tie in the black from the deer, I used a black mat and card base. The Matte Black Dots were perfect embellishment for my rustic card!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Peaceful Deer Bundle (156391), Cabin Dies (156404), Tasteful Labels Dies (152886)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Basic Black (121045), Basic White (159276), Garden Green (102584), Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper (156628)
Accessories: Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (155433),Wonderful Snowflakes (156340), Matte Black Dots (154284), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Close Up of Deer on My Card
Measurements:
Basic Black: 2 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼” and punch out deer
Basic White: 2 5/8” x 2 5/8”
Garden Green: Scrap for trees and sentiment
More Information on My Rustic Christmas Deer Card:
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! The Canadian Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. So, I am sharing my Happy Thanksgiving Slimline Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the new release Pumpkin Gnome. He comes with 6 images including the sentiment Sending Pumpkin Wishes.
Details of My Card
For my card, I coloured with my Copic Markers my sweet Gnome in Autumnal colours. To match these colours, I pulled out my Stampin’ Up! inks, fine blending brushes and the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Falling Leaves Stencil to create my Fall background.
The die cut wooden fence was the perfect backdrop for my sentiment. I added a flag with Doodlebug paper that tied in my gnome’s pumpkin. A die cut leaf and a couple of embellishments added balance to that corner. The finishing touch was a scattering of rhinestone in matching colours.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04 Hair: C5/C3/C2 Pumpkin: YR21/YR12/YR16/E07 Pumpkin Stem: E19/E18/E13 Robe: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91 Hat/Shoes: E18/E15/Y38/Y35/R39/R37/R35 Silver Gelly Roll Pen on Buckles
Close Up of Pumpkin Gnome on my Card
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Card Recipe for My Happy Thanksgiving Slimline Card:
Pumpkin Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Fall Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn Small Slimline with Lift Flaps Dies, Lawn Fawn Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things Word Wishes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Stampin’ Up! Falling Leaves Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Fine Blender Assortment, Picket Fence Studios Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up! Mini Pinecones Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Autumn Wooden Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Silver Gelly Roll Pen Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”
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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design cards, please click here.
Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Pumpkin Gnome for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing My Steampunk Anniversary Card using Goth Dad and Goth Mom by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. In fact, I loved these cuties so much, that I created another card last year using the whole family. I will leave a link at the end of this post to that card.
I gave this fun card to my Hubby for our wedding anniversary this year. He loves anything steampunk and the Addams Family. So, I decided to add a steampunk vibe to my card with gears, a chain, a monocle, the Word Band, and my monochromatic colour scheme.
My Card Details
For my card, I decided that I wanted to colour the two images in black and white just like in the old TV series, but with a pop of red for the rose. I carried that colour scheme over with my paper choices and embellishments. The My Mind’s Eye paper was so perfect that I decided to make my card 6” x 6” and only cut off 1/8” for the card base. I lightly sponged Brushed Iron wax to my die cut corner gears to give them added dimension and placed them underneath Goth Dad. To mirror them, I place Cherry Cobbler die cut roses on the opposite corner underneath Goth Mom. A black doily helps to set off my focal point of the coloured stamps from the background.
Close Up of My Design Team Card
For embellishments, I used a Tim Holtz Monocle and Word Band that mirror the Brushed Iron Wax in colour. I picked up the Ball Bead Chain from my local hardware store. The Cherry Cobbler Ribbon and Red Rhinestone, tie in my pop of red colour.
My Envelope Details
Since I went with a 6” x 6” card, I need to create a custom envelope and my Envelope Punch Board came to the rescue.
Outside of My Envelope for My Card
I used some retired Stampin’ Up Designer Series Paper that carried the monochrome theme over from the card. I used a sponge dauber to dab Cherry Cobbler Ink to the roses on the paper to tie in my pops of red. Some black lace fiber blend tied my envelope together with a seal and gold heart sticker holding the ends together.
Inside of My Envelope with My Design Team Card
For my tag, I used the gear tag die with the Brushed Iron Wax on the front of it and a piece of the rose paper.
Front of Gear Tag with Rose
On the back of the tag, I used a piece of Graphic 45 paper that had the words “Mon Amour”. Gomez and Morticia are always speaking endearments in different languages to each other. So, I thought this would tie in my theme.
Back of My Gear Tag
Finally, the last thing I created was for the inside of my card. I took all the endearments that they said in the show and created a graphic with them.
Goth Dad, Goth Mom, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Lost & Found – Union Square Paper Pad, My Mind’s Eye Mon Amour Collection 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Graphic 45 Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper, Stampin Up! Rose Bloom Metal Die, Paper Rose Industrial Chic – Corner Die, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions Industrial Chic – Frame & Tag Die, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions Art Alchemy – Metallique Wax – Brushed Iron, Prima Marketing Gift It, Christmas Black Paper Doily, Recollections, Michael’s Arts & Crafts Moonlight Mistress, Busy Box Blends Monocles, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz 30” Ball Bead Chain with Connector Clasp, Local Hardware Store Word Bands, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Envelope Punch Board Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler Ink, Stampin’ Up! Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 6”
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To view my other card that I made last year using the Goth Family, please click here.
A Goth Family Portrait Halloween Card
To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.
Hope you like My Steampunk Anniversary Card using Goth Dad and Goth Mom by Paper Nest Dolls
Welcome Fall! Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I was honoured to have been asked to present my colouring using Stampin’ Blends at a playdate this past weekend for fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. So, I thought I would share my card and first YouTube video with you on the First Day of Fall. For My Welcome Fall Card, I used the Right Behind You Stamp Set and a ton of Stampin’ Blends including the Color Lifter which I used a lot in this video!
I mentioned another video and notes in my presentation. I have included those notes and several videos from that presentation at the end of this post for your reference.
Pencil Sketch of Scene
For my card, I stamp multiple times the girls riding the bicycle in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on my Stamparatus to get a good coverage of ink on their pants. Next, I lightly drew in as a guide a simple scene with a sidewalk, a tree, some hills, and clouds. Once I did that, I started my colouring. Here is my very first YouTube video so that you can follow along:
YouTube Video of How to Create a Scene With Stampin’ Blends
Stampin’ Blends:
Skin: Ivory/Petal Pink Dark Ponytail Girl’s Hair: Crumb Cake Light/Dark Sweater: Cajun Craze Light/Dark Second Girl’s Hair: Soft Suede Light/Dark/Mango Melody Dark Shirt: Cherry Cobbler Light/ Dark Sidewalk/Clouds: Gray Granite Light/Dark/Color Lifter Sky: Balmy Blue Light/Dark/Color Lifter Grass: Old Olive Light/Dark/ Mossy Meadow Light/Dark Tree Trunk: Soft Suede Light/Dark Leaves: Cherry Cobbler Light/Dark Cajun Craze Light/Dark Old Olive Light/Dark Mossy Meadow Light/Dark Mango Melody Dark
Supplies:
Stamp: Right Behind You Cling Stamp Set (155790
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Basic White (159276), Cherry Cobbler (119685)
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Otter-ly Love Anniversary Card using From The Otter Side by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Today is our 27th Wedding Anniversary and this is one of the cards that I gave my Hubby.
Aren’t these two otters just the cutest with their heart shaped tummies! My Hubby loves otters. In fact, there is a YouTube channel that he loves to watch that is all about two otters, Kotaro and Hana, and the antics that they get up to living in an apartment in Japan!
For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a fun “watery” scene for my two otters. So, I pulled from my stash some Designer Series Paper that had fish and waves on it and die cut it into a heart. I embossed the Detailed Dots onto the Pacific Point background to represent water bubble. I love the detail of the Memory Box wave die! In fact, I loved it so much that I made two layers with one being in Vellum! I couldn’t resist having one of the cute otters holding a wooden heart! How perfect for an anniversary card! The fun puny sentiment “To my Otter Half” was white embossed on a strip of Pacific Point with a couple of heart embellishments. A couple more wooden hearts and some water droplets on the waves all add to my anniversary/watery scene!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Pumkin’ Spice Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the new release Fall Emma. I love this time of year with the cooler weather and the turning of the leaves!
Details of My Card
I coloured Emma with my Copic Markers in Autumnal colours with rich oranges and greens. I love her little latte cup and, of course, it needed to be a Pumkin’ Spiced Latte. Not pumpkin, but pumkin’ since that is the way I say it! Lol!
For my card, I had perfect Fall paper for it which even came with tags that matched my theme! I decided to layer a die cut pumpkin and a faux wooden leaf tag behind the pumpkin spice tag. I threaded the twine from the leaf tag through the other tag to tie it all together.
Don’t you just love the latte cup peeking out from behind the central image! I used the matching paper to die cut it out and added an orange heart for pumkin spice like in the coloured stamp. I layered behind the central image a “wooden” fence that was die cut out of paper that looked like wood. A die cut leaf and a couple of Pumpkin Pie rhinestones tie in my Fall theme.
Fall Emma, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Happy Fall 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co. Hello Autumn 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Carte Bella Paper Co. Hello Autumn Frames and Tags, Carte Bella Paper Co. In Good Taste Design Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Stampin’ Up! Coffee Cups Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits, Stampin’ Up! Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Leaf Tags, Craft Smart, Michaels’ Arts & Crafts Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”
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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.
Hope you like my Design Team card using Fall Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Pansy Hello Card using the Pansy Petals Suite which includes the Pansy Patch Stamp Set, Pansy Dies, Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper and Bumblebee Trinkets by Stampin’ Up! Don’t you just love the details of that layered 3D pansy!
Close Up of the 3D Pansy Die
For my card, I knew that I wanted to use the Basic Border Dies with the beautiful DSP! So, I created an envelope liner look that allowed me to wrap the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon around it. I pulled my colours from the DSP to create my gorgeous pansy. There are so many different colour combinations that you can create with the dies. There is even a die that can cut out some of the pansies in the DSP. I embossed the sentiment in white on a strip of Bumblebee card stock that I had left over from another project. I always save them just in case I can use them. What do you do with these scraps? The finishing touch was the sweet Bumblebee Trinket!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Pansy Petals Bundle (155674), Basic Borders Dies (155558)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283)
Paper: Fresh Freesia (155613), Basic White (159276), Blackberry Bliss (133675), Bumblebee (153077), Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper (155807)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554),Bumblebee Trinkets (155568), Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon (153658), Heat Tool (129053), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips (103579)
Close Up of My Card
Measurements:
Fresh Freesia: 2 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Scrap for pansy
Basic White: 2 pieces
4” x 5 ¼”
Scrap for pansy
Blackberry Bliss: Scrap for pansy
Bumblebee: 2 pieces
3 ½” x ½”
Scrap for pansy
Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper: 5 ½” x 2 ¼”
Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon: 6” and 4”
More Information on My Pansy Hello Card:
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Sofi’s Happy Birthday Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using the sweet Feeling Fabulous. I gave this card to a good friend whose 50thbirthday was yesterday. She is my Stampin’ Up! Guru, but loves to colour too! Happy Birthday Sofi!
Details of My Card
For my card, I pulled the colours from the paper that I used for my Copic combinations. There are small bits of blue here and there on the paper, so I decided to make that my main colour for her dress to make her pop from the background. For the roses, I coloured them and added Star Dust Stickles to give them some “glistening dew” on the edges.
I love the Rose & Brick Border Die from Paper Roses! It is so delicate and detailed! I had just bought it in anticipation of creating my card. Placing the paper behind it and popping up the main panel with dimensionals really sets it off nicely. To balance the coloured stamp and border die, I added a couple of flags in complimentary colours to the top left-hand corner. I thought it would make the sentiment stand out by having it fly horizontally to the other flags. A couple of blue rhinestones and a yellow paper flowers tie in my colour scheme.
Feeling Fabulous, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Bramble Rose, My Mind’s Eye Rose & Brick Border Die, Paper Roses Studio Blue Ombre Gem Stickers, Martha Stewart Crafts Yellow Paper Flower, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts Tuxedo Memento Black Ink Little Ladybug Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles White Gelly Roll Pen Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 6”
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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design cards, please click here.
Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Feeling Fabulous for Conie Fong Art & Design!
