My Groovy Love Card

Hippie Girl on a card
My Groovy Love Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Groovy Love Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Hippie Avery. 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 Card

For my card, I coloured Avery with my Copic markers to match my Seventies paper! Do you remember when chocolate brown and orange were in? Lol! I just had to give Avery red hair to go with my card!

I love the juxtaposition of the paper with circles and the square retro panel die floating on top. The paper pack included a sheet of sentiments, and I thought the “Let your Love grow tall” matched my card in colours and theme.

The finishing touch was a scattering of rhinestones that I coloured with my Copic markers to match Avery.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: YR14/YR18/E08/E18
Oranges: YR09/YR07/YR02
Browns: E27/E25/E23
Yellows: Y38/Y35/Y32
Boots: E27/E25/E23
Rhinestones: YR09/Y38/E27

Close Up of Hippie Girl
Close Up of Hippie Avery

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Card Recipe for My Groovy Love Card

Decade Collection Hippie Avery, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Seventies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Ciao Bella
Retro Card Panel Precision Cutting Die, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Thick Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, 
and Early Espresso 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.

To view my other card in this Collection, please click here.

My Other Cards in the Decade Collection

For more information on my cards, please click the photos.

Card with 50s greaser and girl with poodle skirt
My Grease Lightning Card
Card with a Girl from Seventies and a retro bus on it
My Road Trip Card
Card with a Hippie Girl
Peace Not War Card

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Decade Collection Hippie Avery by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Viking Father’s Day Card

A Father's Day card with a viking father and son
My Viking’s Father’s Day Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Viking Father’s Day Card for my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls using the Viking Bundle. This bundle has three characters and two animals – Viking Andrew (with and without the mustache ties), Viking Owen, Viking Dragon, and Viking Boar. I love this bundle and made another card using just Viking Andrew without the mustache ties. I will include a link to it at the end of this post.

The Details of My Card

I thought using Viking Andrew and Viking Owen together would make a perfect Father’s Day card! I had so much fun colouring with my Copic markers this brawny guy and his son in appropriate Viking colours! Their colouring even matches another card called My Let’s Go A-Viking Card that I made for Paper Nest Dolls for their New Year’s Day Event. Wouldn’t all three make a great family card!

For my card, I kept it simple simple to make the stamps stand out. I used the High Seas Embossing Folder to emboss the waves on Night of Navy card stock. This was placed on a Mossy Meadow card base. Next, I used a frame with Viking imagery that came with the digital papers for the perfect backdrop for my father and son! My simple sentiment was layered on a scrap of the Cozy Winter paper. This paper pack is not just for winter but has all-purpose patterns as well. The finishing touch was the Viking chipboard ship and some black matte dots.

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Copic Markers

Viking Andrew
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: W7/W6/W5/W3
Top: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Pants/Mitts: R39/R37/R35/R32
Fur Trim: C7/C5/C3
Boots: E49/E47/E44
Axe: C7/C5/C4/C3/E49/E47/E44
Brass/Belt/Bracers: E18/E15/E11
Steel on Helmet: C7/C5/C3
Skull on Belt: E42/E41/E40/0
Horns on Helmet: E41/E40/0

Close Up of Viking Father and Son
Close Up of Viking Father and Son

Viking Owen
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: E49/E39/E19/E13
Top/Boots/Shield: E29/E37/E35/E33
Pants: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Fur Vest: C7/C5/C3
Steel: C7/C5/C3
Helmet/Belt: E18/E15/E11
Skull on Belt: E42/E41/E40/0
Horns on Helmet: E41/E40/0

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Supplies for My Viking Father’s Day Card:

Viking Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Cozy Winter 12” x 12” Designer Paper Pack, P13
Viking Digital Paper, Happy Watercolor Shop
High Seas Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!
Home & Garden Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! (Sentiment)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Seafaring Chipboard, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Classic Matte Dots, Stampin’ Up! (Hearts)
Night of Navy, Mossy Meadow and Basic White Card Stock

Stamp Sizes
Viking Andrew: 4”
Viking Owen: 3 ½”

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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

My Other Viking Cards

For more information on my cards, please click the photos.

Valentine card with a Viking on it
Will You Be My Viking, Valentine?
A card with a Viking on it.
My Let’s Go a Viking Card

Hope you like My Viking Father’s Day Card using the Viking Bundle by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Orchid Beauty Birthday Wishes

Birthday Card with a Girl with Orchids in her hair
My Orchid Beauty Birthday Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Orchid Beauty Birthday Wishes as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful Alanna. Don’t you just love that serene look she has!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to use some pretty papers with pastel colours from The Paper Boutique. So, I coloured with my Copic markers Alanna to match them. That blue is so pretty that I had to give her eyeshadow to match her dress!

I went with several die cuts like the leafy vine, the delicate pink frame, and the butterflies to decorate my card. The sentiment is from a matching paper pad and went perfectly with my colours. A scattering of gems and a gem in the centre of each butterfly added some sparkle. A finishing touch was Wink of Stella on the orchids. Such a beautiful image!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21
Flowers/Lips: R32/R30/R000
Dress: B66/B63/B60/R32/R30/R000
Eyeshadow: B60

Close Up of girl on card
Close Up of Alanna

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Card Recipe for My Orchid Beauty Birthday Wishes:

Alanna, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
A4 Spring Whispers Coloured Card Collection, The Paper Boutique
Spring Whispers 8” x 8” Paper Pad, The Paper Boutique
Spring Whispers 8” x 8” Embellishment Pad, The Paper Boutique
In Bloom 6” x 6” Paper Pad, My Mind’s Eye
Fanciful Flourish, Cheery Lynn Designs
Fancy Frames Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Brilliant Wings Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Scallop Contours Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Elegant Faceted Gems, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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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
Alanna for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Congrats Grad Wiper Card

A Wiper Card for a Graduate
Congrats Grad! Wiper Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Congrats Grad Wiper Card. This fun interactive card is perfect way to celebrate a special grad on his/her special day!

The Details of My Card

This card is super easy to make since I used a Wiper Card Kit by Photo Play. All the guess work for how to make a wiper card was done for me. I just had to decorate my card.

The Celebrate! Paper Pad by Simple Stories was perfect with such sentiments as “Hip Hip Hooray” and “Yay, yay, yay” and “Way to go” on it. It’s supposed to be for birthdays, but I thought all those sentiments suited a grad!

Close Up of Year on Front of Card
Close Up of Year in Broadway Lights

Once I added my paper, it was time to decorate my card. I thought it would be neat to have the year on the front in Crushed Curry like it was lite up on Broadway! To decorate the Broadway sign, I used several stickers that matched my grad theme. But the fun part is when you pull the card open, the “Congrats Grad” sentiment with a sparkly Grad cap pops up! Just like when the grads throw their caps!

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Card Recipe for Congrats Grad Wiper Card:

Wiper Card Kit, Photo Play
Celebrate! 6” x 8” Paper Pad, Simple Stories
Blue Ribbon Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
1 ¼” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up!
1-3/8” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Broadway Lights Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Playful Alphabets Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Hats Off Cardstock Stickers, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Graduation Shape Sprinkles, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Grad Caps and Diploma Repeats, Jolee’s Boutique, EK Success
Starry Sky, Crushed Curry and Basic White Card Stock Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4.25” x 5.5”

Congrats Grad Wiper Card in Action

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Hope you like My Congrats Grad Wiper Card using
the Wiper Card Kit by Photo Play!

Wiper Card Closed
Wiper Card Closed

For more of my interactive cards, please click here.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Grease Lightning Card

Card with 50s greaser and girl with poodle skirt
My Grease Lightning Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Grease Lightning Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Greaser Owen and Decade Collection Poodle Skirt Emma. 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 Card

When I saw these two stamps, I knew that I had to create a card with them both on it! I had a lot of fun colouring them with my Copic markers! I even added Glossy Accents to the milkshake glass and Emma’s glasses.

For my card, I decided to create a 50s diner vibe using the most perfect paper with milk shakes, records, and black/white tiles that I found on Amazon.

I heat embossed with black embossing powder the record from the For the Record Stamp Set twice. Once on gray card stock and once on red card stock. Then, using several circle dies, I die cut the pieces out. I couldn’t resist using the red cardstock for the heart part in the centre of the record! And the grooves really show up well with the black embossing on the gray card stock. Don’t you love the sentiments, especially the puny one, that come with the stamp set!

Close Up of Card
Close Up of Card

Isn’t the car die so fun! I thought it would suit my 50’s vibe as an homage to Grease Lightning from the movie Grease. The door even opens. So, I had Owen’s leg halfway in almost like he was getting out of the card.

A red rhinestone and several black dot embellishments tie into my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers

Greaser Owen
Skin
: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: C9/C7/C6
Jacket/Boots: C9/C7/C6/C4
Jeans: B99/B97/B95/B93/B91
Belt: C9/C6/C7C3
Shirt: C3/C1/0

Close Up of Greaser
Close Up of Greaser Owen

Poodle Skirt Emma
Skin
: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21
Sweater/Scarf: R89/R85/R83/R81/C3/C1/0
Skirt: C9/C7/C6/C4
Glasses: R85/Glossy Accents
Shoes: C9/C6/E25/E23/C3/C1/0
Socks: C3/C1/0/R85
Milkshake: R85/R83/R81/C1/0/Glossy Accents
Cherry: R89/R85
Straw: R89/C3/0

Close Up of Girl in Poodle Skirt
Close Up of Poodle Skirt Emma

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Card Recipe for My Grease Lightning Card

Decade Collection Greaser Owen and
Decade Collection Poodle Skirt Emma, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
50’s Diner Red & Black 8” x 8” Scrapbook Paper,
Crafters Delight by Leska Hamaty
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!
For The Record Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Route 66 Dies, Local King Rubber Stamps
Layering Circles Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Standard Circle Dies, Spellbinders
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Basics Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
Classic Matte Dots, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Real Red, Basic Gray, and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

Stamps Size: 4”

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

My Other Cards in the Decade Collection

For more information on my cards, please click the photos.

Card with a Girl from Seventies and a retro bus on it
My Road Trip Card
Card with a Hippie Girl
Peace Not War Card

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Decade Collection Greaser Owen and
Decade Collection Poodle Skirt Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

You’re Flippin’ Awesome Card

Card with BBQ Tools on it
You’re Flippin’ Awesome Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! Father’s Day is just a few weeks away and I thought I would share with you my You’re Flippin’ Awesome Card using the new He’s The Man Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! This suite is perfect for car lovers, grilling enthusiasts, camping buffs, and more! My Father-in-law loves to BBQ and I though this suite would make a perfect Father’s Day card for him! 

The Details of My Card

This card is a fast and easy card to make! No stamping involved on the front, but I did stamp the inside with “Wishing You a Happy Father’s Day” using the He’s All That Stamp Set that comes in the Collection.

The He’s The Man Designer Series Paper comes with 2 die cut sheets and I used one of the die cuts for my sentiment. Easy-peasy! To give it more of a focal point, I added a piece of DSP and die cut it out using the He’s All That Dies. I turned it so that it flanks the sentiment on either side. I love the “framed” look that the die gives the die cut piece. Gave it that little extra detail!

The Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots were a perfect accompaniment to my manly card! I placed one on either side of the sentiment and one above it to the left. Tip: you always want odd numbers since they are pleasing to the eye.

The final thing I added to my focal point was some looped Linen Thread behind everything. How manly is that thread!

For the DSP, I made it smaller than usual since I wanted the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder to show up more. I went with a Cajun Craze bricked piece since it matched my DSP and what is more appropriate than orange bricks!

All this was place on a Sahara Sand card base.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: He’s The Man Suite Collection (159083)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708) For sentiment on inside card

Paper: Sahara Sand (121043), Cajun Craze (119684), Basic White (for inside card) (159276), He’s the Man 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper (included in Collection)

Accessories: Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder (149643), Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots (included in Collection), Linen Thread (104199), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close Up of Focal Point on card
Close Up of My Card

Measurements: 

  • Sahara Sand: (2 pieces)
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored a 4 ¼”
    • 3 ¼”x 4 ½”
  • Cajun Craze”
    • 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Basic White: (inside of card)
    • 5 ¼” x 4”
  • He’s the Man Specialty Designer Series Paper: (2 pieces)
    • 3-1/8” x 4-3/8”
    • 2-3/8” x 1-5/8”

More Information on My You’re Flippin’ Awesome Card :

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

Stampin’ Up! video that shows off the fun designs of the He’s the Man Suite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1QMUO3s8E

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