Month: May 2023

My MerMay Card 

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A card with three mermaids on it
My MerMay Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My MerMay Card using the Mermaid Set by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. This Set comes with 12 digital stamps, and I use 3 of them on my card.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create an underwater scene using the Under the Sea Slimline Designer Paper by Whimsy. Once I decided which sheet of paper to use, I coloured my mermaids with my Copic markers in different colours to match my paper,

I die cut the Whimsy Bubbles in a lighter blue designer paper to make them stand out from the background and highlight my mermaids. Then I placed my mermaids so that they each centered on the circles with the one sitting on the rock overlapping the sentiment. The sentiment was sitting on my desk leftover from another mermaid card. Crumb Cake ink was brushed over the sentiment to give it a sandy feel.

Next, I added real shells in the bottom corners on top of some pink and green vellum die cut seaweed. A silver seahorse charm was added to the sentiment using my Flush Wire Cutter to cut off the loops on the charm to make it lie flat. Tip: use Glossy Accents to create a strong adhesive hold for shells and charm.

I added a scattering of clear bubble embellishments to mimic air bubbles in the water and add dimension.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the mermaids’ tails and starfish to give them a subtle shimmer and Glossy Accents to the pearl and braid tie for the Green Mermaid. 

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Copic Markers:

Mermaid in Pink
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y38/Y35
Outfit: R85/R83/R81
Pearl: R83/R81/0/ Glossy Accents
Pearl Bed: R81/0
Shell: E15/E13/E11
Flower: R85/R83/YR24

Mermaid in pink holding a pearl in a clam shell
Mermaid in Pink

Mermaid in Purple
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: W9/W7/W5/W3
Outfit: V17/V15/V12
Rock: E47/E44/E43/E41
Shell: E15/E13/E11

Mermaid in Purple sitting on a rock hold a shell to her ear
Mermaid in Purple

Mermaid in Green
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Outfit: YG67/YG63/YG03
Starfish: YR18/YR04/Y38/Y35

Mermaid in Green holding a starfish
Mermaid in Green

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Card Recipe for My MerMay Card:

Mermaid Set, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Rosealea Mermaid And Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Under the Sea Slimline Designer Paper, Whimsy Stamps
Perennial Essence Vellum Cardstock, Stampin’ Up!
Foil Designer Paper 12” x 12”, Craft, Dollar Store
Build an Ocean Die Set, Whimsy Stamps
Slimline Connected Bubbles Dis, Whimsy Stamps
Spring Blooms Embellishments, The Robin’s Nest
Seahorse Charm, Bead Landing
Shells from Dollar Store 
Crumb Cake Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Flush Wire Cutter
Cucumber Crush Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 ¾” x 3 ¾”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Mermaid Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Have a Mermazing Day 

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A card with a mermaid on it in an underwater scene.
Have a Mermazing Day

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Have a Mermazing Day as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful Rosealea Mermaid And Sentiment Bundle.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I knew that I wanted to incorporate what I learn in a December 2020 Kit and Clowder Colouring Class to colour Rosealea. In the class, I learned how to create a rainbow-coloured fin as well as lots of texture on her tail using a stippling technique. I love that you can take what you learn and apply it to other things! I was so pleased with how Rosealea turned out!

Once my image was coloured, I pulled out the perfect piece of Whimsy Slimline paper! The colours in the scene matched my colouring to a T! The Whimsy paper makes it so easy to create a fast scene! The paper was die cut with a scallop boarder to mirror the scallops of her scales on her tail.

The sentiment was from the Bundle and to create interest, I added some real shells on one side and a silver mermaid charm on the other side. I used my Flush Wire Cutter to cut off the loops on the charm to make it lie flat. Tip: use Glossy Accents to create a strong adhesive hold.

I added a scattering of clear bubble embellishments around Rosealea to mimic air bubbles in the water and add dimension.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to her tail to give it a subtle shimmer and Glossy Accents to the pearls in her hair. 

Close of of mermaid
Close up of Rosealea

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Card Recipe for My Have a Mermazing Day Card:

Rosealea Mermaid And Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Under the Sea Slimline Designer Paper, Whimsy Stamps
Perennial Essence Vellum Cardstock, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Pull Tab Dies, Heffy Doodle
Build an Ocean Die Set, Whimsy Stamps
Spring Blooms Embellishments, The Robin’s Nest
Mermaid Charm, Bead Landing
Shells from Dollar Store
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Flush Wire Cutter
Emerald Envy Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 ½” x 3 ½”

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Blog Challenges

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafting Happiness Challenges: May: 142 Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: May Challenge – Beccy’s Place
613 Avenue Create: May 2023-Anything Goes – Won Top Rocker
Worldwide Crafters and Colorists Challenge #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 Rosealea Mermaid And Sentiment Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

A Monstrous Birthday Card 

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A birthday card with a girl in front of a haunted house
A Monstrous Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing A Monstrous Birthday Card using Wednesday from The BFF Stamp Set by C.C. Designs. Today is my big brother’s birthday and I always send him cards that suit him. He has a twisted sense of humour. So, I knew he would get a kick out of my card!

The Details of My Card

I love the new Wednesday TV series and when I saw these stamps by C.C. Designs, I couldn’t resist getting them to colour! Since Wednesday is always in black, I pulled out my Cool Copic markers to colour her up. To make her eyes pop, I used a matt black gelly roll pen on them. Of course, I had to include Thing as her sidekick.

For my card, I wanted to recreate the scene from the show where she is entering through the gates to the Gates Mansion. So, I pulled out my spookiest dies, papers, and Basic Black card stock.

The Kaisercraft paper had a spooky scene with trees and crows laminated on the black night sky. Why do all horror shows have the characters enter a scary haunted house at night! Lol! Since my card is in blacks, I used the Haunted House die and my embossing mat to get a lot of detail in my house. 

Next, I used several dies to create my hill and ground that the house stood on. For the gates, I die cut them and them rubbed Brushed Iron Metallique Wax to make them stand out from the black background.

I thought the sentiment “Have a monstrous birthday” was perfect for my card! So, I white embossed it and trimmed the sentiment piece to create a flag. I added some die cut black glimmer bats to my scene to add sparkle.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: C9/C7/C4/C3
Outfit: C9/C7/C4
Stripes: C9/C3/C1/0
Shoes: C9/C7/C4

Close Up of girl
Close Up of Wednesday

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Card Recipe for A Monstrous Birthday Card

The BFF, C.C. Designs
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
13th Hour 6 ½” Paper Pad, Kaisercraft
Black Glitter Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Halloween Collection – Haunted House, Creative Expressions, Sue Wilson
Big Shot Embossing Mats, Sozzox
Gate Keeper Thinlits Dies, Sizzix, Tim Holtz
Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders, Lawn Fawn
Large Slimline with Slider Dies, Lawn Fawn
Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Mini Monsters Stamp Set, Kraftin’ Kimmies Stamps
Versamark Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
White Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
Brushed Iron Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy
Matt Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Black Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5” x 6 ½”

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To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like A Monstrous Birthday Card using Wednesday from The BFF by C.C. Designs!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Happy Mother’s Day Card

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A Mother's Day Card with a girl holding a peony
Happy Mother’s Day Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Mother’s Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Lulu with Peony. I decided to make a Mother’s Day card since tomorrow is Mother’s Day, but Lulu would be great for so many other cards like birthday, thinking of you, and more!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to colour the peony a hot pink colour using my RV Copic markers. We have peonies in our garden that are this gorgeous colour and I just love them! I went with purples and greens for Lulu since these colours go so well with the peony colour!

When I looked through my papers, I didn’t have any peonies the particular colour. So, I went online and found some digital papers to match my colouring. This is a great resource for papers that you may wish to find. It’s amazing how many digital papers are available!

The other papers were pulled from my stash to match the purple and green of Lulu’s dress. I already had the Graphic 45 die cut green piece leftover from another project. So, I decided it would work for this card to give Lulu a nice backdrop from the peony paper.

The sentiment was stamped in Berry Burst onto a tag that came from the Artistry Collector’s Edition Vol 2. The doily under the sentient and stamp also came from that Collection. I love it when you get a collection that has all these fun elements that match the papers!

I added a wooden butterfly layered on top of the stamp to add interest. The rhinestones and glossy dots added some sparkle to the card. Clear Wink of Stella was added to her bow and to the peony for shimmer.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31
Peony: RV09/RV04/R83/R81/RV000 
Purples: V17/V15/V12
Greens: YG67/YG63/YG11

Close Up of girl holding peony
Close Up of Lulu

Card Recipe for My Happy Mother’s Day Card

Lulu with Peony, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Mystique Paper, Vintage Artistry Collector’s Edition Vol 2, 49 and Market
Tag, Stamp and Doily, Artistry Collector’s Edition Vol 2, 49 and Market
Botanical Tea 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Graphic 45
Watercolor Peonies Digital Paper, PrintsDigitalDecor
Labels Eight Dies, Nestabilities, Spellbinders
Berry Burst Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Dressed to Impress Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Dots Assortment, Stampin’ Up!
Butterfly Elements, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, 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.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Lulu with Peony by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Seashell Wishes Card

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A birthday card with a girl listening to a seashell
Seashell Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Seashell Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful new release Seashell Rosealea. 

The Details of My Card

When I saw the new release for Conie Fong, I couldn’t wait to get started colouring her, especially that hair! So gorgeous! So, I used my Copic markers to colour her up. I decided to go with natural tones for the shells since I wanted her to shine. A scattering of the coloured blue shells tied in my blue colour scheme from the DSP. 

Once she was coloured, I placed Rosealea onto a Blushing Bride die cut scallop base to help anchor her and distinguish her from the shells DSP.

The DSP was perfect for my cards with its shells in different colours and blue watery sheets! I thought the white shells die against the blue DSP really popped! To add to the dimension of the die cut shells, I used my Embossing Mat to make the details really stand out.

I thought it would be fun to add real shells to my card! So, I used some from the Dollar Store. Tip: use Glossy Accents to create a strong adhesive hold. I also used Glossy accents on the pink pearls in her hair. 

To add an iridescent look, I used a scattering of Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls and Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers in her hair.

The finishing touch was a stamped die cut sentiment making this a perfect birthday card!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E79/E77/E74/E71
Eyes: G99/G94/G21/C3/C1/0
Lips: R83/R81
Pinks: R85/R83/R81
Starfishes: YR18/YR04/Y38/Y35
Shells 1: E15/E13/E11
Shells 2: E33/Y32
Blue Shells: BV000/BV13
Coral: E19/E18/E15
Flowers: R85/R53/R81/YR24/Y21

Close Up of Girl listening to seashell
Close Up of Seashell Rosealea

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Card Recipe for My Seashell Wishes Card:

Seashell Rosealea, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Scalloped Contours Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Joy! Crafts Shell Border Die
Embossing Mat, Stampin’ Up!
Manual Die Cutting Machine 
Simple Strips – Birthday, Taylored Expressions
Simple Strips Die, Taylored Expressions
VersaFine Ink, Onyx Black, Tsukineko
Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls, Stampin’ Up!
Shells from Dollar Store 
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Blushing Bride and Thick Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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Blog Challenges

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafting Happiness Challenges: May: 142 Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: May Challenge – Beccy’s Place – Top 3 Winner
613 Avenue Create: May 2023-Anything Goes – Won Top Rocker and Front Porch

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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 Seashell Rosealea for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

An Adventurous Birthday Card

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A dwarf with a pick axe on a birthday card
An Adventurous Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing An Adventurous Birthday Card using Dwarf 2 by Mo’s Digital Pencil. 

A good friend had his birthday and this was the card that I sent him. He loves to roleplay going on adventures and finding hordes of treasure. So, I thought Dwarf2 would make him a fun card!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided I would make a fun faux shaker card and fill it will gold, copper, and silver sequins to represent a treasure hoard.  I coloured the dwarf in muted colours with my Copic markers that would suit a miner digging for gold.

The Bo Bunny paper I had in my stash and suited my adventuring theme.

I die cut a piece of Basic Black card stock with a stitched rectangle die. Then, I embossed it with the Foundry Folder and rubbed brushed iron wax onto it. I loved the way it brought out the details of the metal pieces and rivets to look like a metal door! This was the perfect backdrop for my dwarf!

For the sentiments, I heat embossed them in white on Basic Black card stock and then die cut them with stitched rectangles too. Next, I rubbed the brushed iron wax on them as well to match the door.

The only embellishments were to glue a few sequins to the clear envelope that created my faux shaker card.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E18/E15/E13/E11
Pants/Gloves: E35/E33/E31
Pant Laces: E29/C3
Leather Bits: E29/E39/E35
Vest: G99/G94/G21
Shirt/Candle: E53/E51/E50
Boots: E29/E39/E35/C7/C5/C3/C1
Hat/Knee Patches/Axe Head: C5/C3/C1
Wooden Axe Handle: E37/E35/E33/E31
Gold: Y38/Y32

Close Up of Dwarf
Close Up of Dwarf 2

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Card Recipe for An Adventurous Birthday:

Dwarf 2, Mo’s Digital Pencil
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Cambridge Stripe12” x 12” Paper, Bo Bunny
Cambridge Victory12” x 12” Paper, Bo Bunny
Versamark Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Basics Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
Adventurous Journey Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder – Foundry by Tim Holtz, Sizzix
Dazzling Metallics Sequins, Craft Medley
Clear Medium Envelopes, Stampin’ Up!
Brushed Iron Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy
Early Espresso and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size 5.5” x 4.25”

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To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

I love the Dwarf stamps by Mo’s Digital Pencil! In fact, I used Dwarf 6 to create another card that we gave to the same friend a few years ago.

Card with dwarf looking in a beer mug
Card Using Dwarf 6

Hope you like my card using Dwarf 2 by Mo’s Digital Pencil!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie