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