Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Stack of Christmas Gnomes Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Gnome Stack. They come with 6 stamps including sentiment Sending Christmas Wishes and Merry Christmas in PNG and JPG.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers in reds, greens, and blue/greens to match my paper choice which you can see poking out from beneath the Holly border. The sparkle on my star was achieved by colouring it first and then using a technique of dots and White Gelly Roll Pen. To continue the sparkle, I die cut a flourish of stars with some metallic sparkly paper that I layered behind my sentiment. I used the leftover from this die cut to add some solid glittery stars to my card. To carry to poinsettia theme of the gnomes, I added a handmade one beside the sentiment with some gold metallic pearls in the centre to match their poinsettias. As a finishing touch, I added some red rhinestones to add even more sparkle to my card.
Card Recipe for My Stack of Christmas Gnomes Card:
Christmas Gnome Stack, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink North Pole Trading Co. 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Photo Play Gold and Rose 6’ x 6” Metallic Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up! Holly Card Band Precision Die, Frantic Stamper Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Floral Punch Poinsettia, Nellie’s Choice Label Me Fancy Punch, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Metallic Pearls, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Mossy Meadow, Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 3.5” x 6”
Close Up of Bottom Two Gnomes
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Nature is an Adventure Card using the Reflected in Nature Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Card
The inspiration for my card is the prints that you see which have one pop of red in amongst a black/white scene. To create this, I pulled out my Blender Pen once I had stamped the image. I took the pen and dipped it into my Real Red
Ink Pad to pick up some ink. I started in the shadow areas, like under the roof line, and moved out from there. As you use the pen, the ink gets lighter and lighter until there is no more ink on it. I love this softer look that suited the stamped image! As the ink runs out, you get lots of dimension with the shadows, mid-tones, and highlights. I haven’t done this technique in a long time.
To match my rustic cottage in the woods theme, I distressed the edges of my stamped image and the Real Red mat with my Paper Snips. The Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper is gorgeous with its unexpected silver accents and perfect for my theme! I thought that adding a flag of the Cork Paper behind my focal point would add a bit of colour and interest. To match the silver accents on the DSP, I added a Silver Foil die cut tree from the Cabin Dies. For embellishments, I used Linen Thread wrapped around my sentiment and a scattering of Red Rhinestones to add some colour.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Reflected in Nature Stamp Set (156437), Cabin Dies (156404)
Inks: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084), Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad (131202)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Cork 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper (156393), Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper (156394), Silver Foil 12″ x 12″ Specialty Pack (156457)
Accessories: Blender Pens (102845),Linen Thread (104199), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Close Up of the Cottage on My Card
Measurements:
Real Red: 3 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
3 ½” x 3 ¼”
3 ½” x 5/8” (Sentiment)
Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
Basic White: 2 pieces:
3 ¼” x 3”
3 ¼” x ½” (Sentiment)
Cork Specialty Paper: 2 7/8” x 4 ½”
Silver Foil Specialty Pack: scrap
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Christmas Presents Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Present Gnome and Sentiment Bundle. This bundle comes with 9 stamps including Christmas Present Gnome PNG JPG format, Christmas Present Gnome with Tree JPG format, Christmas Tree PNG/JPG format, Sentiment May Your Christmas Be Filled with Peace and Love PNG/JPG format and Sentiment Season’s Greeting PNG/JPG format.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring this sweet gnome with my Copic markers that I coloured him twice. Once with him and the tree separately and then him with the tree. Stay tune for a card with my second colouring later.
My Coloured Christmas Present Gnome
I love the Tulla & Norbert’s Christmas Party paper! If you look closely, you will see gnomes with presents and Christmas trees driving in convertible cars! So fun and perfect for my card! Since the paper had a lot going on, I made my layers simple for the card with the pine branches and the pink snowflake paper. The only embellishment that I used was the wooden present under the tree since you need presents under a Christmas tree!
Happy Halloween Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Today I am sharing My Tombstone Treat Boxes as my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls using Ragdoll Sally.
I had a lot of fun colouring this cutie with my Copic Markers! In fact, I coloured her skin in three different tones. So, I created a poll in The Paper Nest Dolls Inspiration Facebook Group on which skin tone was the most popular. The most popular green skin tone was used to create a card (Link to it here), but I couldn’t resist colouring the other two to create my treat boxes.
My Coloured Ragdoll Sallys
Since it’s Halloween what better way to celebrate with treat boxes to give out to all those cute trick-or-treaters! The Stampin’ Up! Tombstone Treat Boxes were so fun to decorate with lots of little bits from my stash! And the finishing touch was my coloured Ragdoll Sallys!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Have you started your Christmas cards? This is my one first since Christmas in July. I am sharing my Sending Christmas Wishes Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cuteChristmas Mailbox Gnome. You receive the stamp and the sentiment Sending Christmas Love in PNG and JPG. I used the sentiment from the Christmas Gnome Stack since it suited my letter shape.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers in traditional greens and reds, but I added a pop of unexpected blue in the presents and bows. I love paper since it has a robin with a Christmas letter in his mouth. You can see him in the lower-right corner. I thought it would be fun to have an opened envelope with my sentiment tucked inside in one of the corners. A couple of punched snowflakes with some sparkly Kraftin’ Kimmie Dots tied in my blue. I used a lot of glitter with Star Dust stickles on their hat trim, pompoms and snow, Glossy Accents on the red Christmas baubles and Clear Wink of Stella on all the bows.
Christmas Mailbox Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink A Robin’s Christmas Paper Pack, Wild Rose Studios Snail Dies, Stampin’ Up! Snowflake Punch, From my Stash Kraftin’ Kimmie Dots, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Garden Green, Real Red and Pacific Point Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 6” x 6”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my You’re my Gingerbread Card using the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle by Stampin’ Up!
For my card, I wanted to use the Gingerbread Dies to die cut the images out of the Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper. I love that you can do this to create your cards! Great for mass producing your Christmas cards!
Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper with Gingerbread Dies
I thought the Kraft paper would tie in nicely with the brown cookies in the DSP. Once I die cut it with the largest scallop die, I stamped the peppermint swirls all over it in Versamark. This tone-on-tone look adds a subtle bit of interested without taking away from the delicious cookies.
I also stamped in Versamark the sentiment on a piece of Real Red that I die cut using one of the Stitched Rectangles Dies. This I embossed in white using my Heat Tool. I added the gingerbread trim in Basic White under my sentiment trimming it to fit the rectangle. I added a fun Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shape and a scattering of Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to tie in my colours and theme.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (156807), Scalloped Contours Dies (155560), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820)
Inks: VersaMark Ink Pad (102283)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Kraft 6″ x 6″ Paper Pack (156325), Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper (156313)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shapes (156322), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Heat Tool (129053)
Close Up of my Card
Measurements:
Real Red: 2 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
3 ¼” x 1 ¼” (Sentiment)
Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
2 Die cut Cookies and one peppermint swirl
Basic White: Scrap
Kraft: 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
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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
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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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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Penguin Wonderland Card using the Penguin Place Bundle which includes the Penguin Place Stamp Set and the Penguin Builder Punch by Stampin’ Up! Isn’t this penguin just the cutest!
For my card, I decided that I wanted to use the punch to create my penguin rather than stamp and punch him out. This allowed me to use Basic Black to make him pop off the card. However, I did stamp his eyes and beak from the stamp set. I also knew that I wanted to use the Giving Gifts Dies in relation to the snowflakes on the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper. This paper is gorgeous with its specialty silver foil!
Since the Giving Gifts Dies create a fun peek-through effect only and are to be use in correlation to other dies, I used the Stitched Rectangles Dies with them to create my winter wonderland. I used the Snowy White Velvet Sheets to add a soft wintery texture to my card. Here is a tip if you need to make the same card multiple times such as for Christmas cards. Position the dies how you want them to cut and then use washi tape to keep them that position.
Tip for Die Cutting Multiple Times
To continue my wintery wonderland, I stamped snowflakes in Balmy Blue on opposite corners of the Balmy Blue mat. The DSP was cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies as well. To tie in the silvery accents on the DSP, I die cut a single snowflake from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack using the snowflake in the Giving Gifts Dies. The finishing touch was three Subtle Shimmer Sequins placed on the snowflakes from the Giving Gifts Dies.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Penguin Place Bundle (156789), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820), Giving Gifts Dies (156563)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Pumpkin Pie (147086)
Paper: Balmy Blue (146982), Basic White (159276), Basic Black (121045), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Snowy White Velvet Sheets (156405), Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper (156394), Silver Foil Specialty Pack (156457)
Accessories: Subtle Shimmer Sequins (156407), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips (103579)
Close Up of My Card
Measurements:
Basic White: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Balmy Blue: 2 pieces
4” x 5 ¼”
½” x 3” (sentiment)
Snowy White Velvet Sheets: 4” x 2 5/8”
Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper: 4 3/8” x 3”
Basic Black: 2 ¾” 1 ½”
Pumpkin Pie: scrap
Silver Foil Specialty Pack: scrap
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Evil Queen Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the new release Evil Queen digital stamp. She is also available as a rubber stamp here. She just makes the cutest Halloween card!
For my stamp, I coloured the Evil Queen with my Copic Markers. I made her sleeves one shade lighter since I noticed in the Disney Show White movie that they are lighter. I then “painted” the Glow Drops onto her apple where the green is showing. Love that when you turn out the lights the poison glows! Next, I added some highlights with my White Gelly Roll Pen on the crown and jewels which I followed up with Glossy accents to make them shiny.
Video of The Nuvo Glow Drops in Action
For my card, I had these cool overlay acetates leftover from Halloween last year and thought having the poison paper show through it was a neat effect! Plus, the picture frame with the skeleton reminded me of her Magic Mirror! The spider web doily was in my stash, and I thought it was perfect way to frame her! The swirling rhinestones remind me of a magic spell being cast, but I wanted them red not clear. Easy enough to colour them with my R37 Copic Marker. To carry on the glowing theme, I added some dots with my Nuvo Glow Drops amongst the red rhinestones and on the web.
Evil Queen, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink 13th Hour 6.5” x 6.5” Paper Pad, Kaiser Craft Witches Brew 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Jillibean Soup Black Soot Distress Ink, Ranger Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up! Midnight Magic Overlays, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts Store Spider Web Doily, Stampin’ Up! Adhesive Rhinestones, Recollections, Michael’s Arts & Crafts Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Apple Sour, Nuvo Glow Drops Glossy Accents, Ranger White Gelly Roll Pen Old Paintbrush Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! One last Christmas in July card before July is over! I am sharing my Slimline Interactive Christmas Besties Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using Christmas Besties digital stamp which comes with 3 stamps including Snowy the Penguin – Christmas Besties with tree, without tree and without background. I used Snowy the Penguin – Christmas Besties with tree for my card.
Details of My Card
For my card, I coloured Snowy Penguin and his sweet friend with my Copic markers. I knew that I wanted to create a slimline card with the aurora borealis filling the night sky above these cuties. One of these days, I hope to see the aurora borealis in person! It is on my Bucket List of things to do.
For my aurora borealis, I created a mask to go over my colouring using Tombow Liquid Glue. I printed out an extra image on copy paper. Once I fussy cut out the image including the star and the Christmas baubles, I applied Tombow to the back of them and let it dry.
Creating a Mask with Tombow Liquid Glue
How to Create the Sky
For my colours of the aurora borealis, I used my Blending Brushes and the Stampin’ Up! Inks of Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry and Night of Navy with Crushed Curry for the glow of the star on their tree. While the mask was still in place, I splattered Frost White All-Purpose Ink with my Splatter Brush all over the panel.
Getting Ready to Create Aurora Borealis Sky
Another reason why I went with a slimline card is that I wanted to make it interactive and add lights. The Ez-Lights from Pear Blossom Press come with 3 lights and the mechanism to make them work. I adhered with scotch tape one behind the star and the other two on either side of the sentiment. Then I used a ton of black dimensionals that were doubled high so that they cleared the mechanism.
Light Placement on Back of Card
To finish off my card, my sentiment was die cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper along with the die cut star and punched stars. I used Glossy Accents on the Christmas Baubles and Star Dust Stickles on the star, pompoms, and snow.
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Copic Markers:
Snowy: C9/C7/C6/C5 and C3/C00/0/R20 Snowy’sBeak: Y35/Y38 Polar Bear: C3/C00/0/R20 Greens: G21/G94/G99 Reds: R32/R35/R37/R39 White on Quilt: C3/C00/0 Star: Y13/Y35/Y38 Tree Branches: E35/E33/E31 Snow/Pompoms: B0000/B000/Star Dust Stickles
Close Up of My Design Team Card
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Card Recipe for My Christmas Besties Card:
Christmas Besties, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! EZ-Light, Pear Blossom Press Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn Sue Wilson Festive Warmest Wishes Craft Die, Creative Expressions Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Confetti Stars Border Punch, Stampin’ Up! Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up! Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush, Ranger Frost White All-Purpose Ink, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger Scotch Tape Copy Paper Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”
Video of My Christmas Besties Card All Lit Up
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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
It’s Laurie here with my Hugs for Mr. Snowman Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her ‘Snowman Hug’ Christmas Digital Stamp. Isn’t this just the sweetest image with the little one giving Mr. Snowman a big hug!
I pulled out the Winter Fun paper a while back and had it sitting on my table in anticipation of this card. I love the soft blues and browns of it and coloured with my Copic markers the stamp to match. Once the image was coloured, I used my new Stampin’ Up! Blending Brush to give the sky a pretty blue to make the snowman pop from the background. Of course, you have to have snowflake dies cuts when a snowman is involved! I thought the Tan/ White Twine and the snowflake charm were perfect accents to my card! I added some sparkle with the Clear Gelly Roll Pen on the snowsuit’s snowflakes and a scattering of rhinestones.
It’s Laurie here with Our Friendship is Tweet Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her cute ‘Tweet Friendship’ Christmas Digital Stamp. I have been a big fan of Rachelle Anne Miller’s for a long time. In fact, I used my rubber stamp that was in my stash to create my card, but you can get the digital version in her store.
I love this sweet little girl with her tweet friends! I though she made a perfect card for a winter birthday and I have a lot of them coming up in January and February. So I have plans for her!
For my card, I coloured her with my favourite BG and YG colour combinations of Copic markers. I then created a frame by laying down the die that I used to cut her out and sponged Pool Party Ink with my new Blending Brush from Stampin’ Up! When I lifted the die up, I was left with a white frame to set off my image. I love the Frostyville Wreath in the Sparkle Glimmer Paper, but it was too small for my image. So, I cut it apart and draped it along the frame. To balance the “wreath” of snowflakes, I placed another larger snowflake opposite them. I thought that the Metallic Mesh Ribbon looked like cracked ice creating a subtle texture to the card. A scattering of Adhesive-backed Snowflakes added to the Winter Wonderland theme of my card.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing my Jingle All the Way Card for the Design Team of Paper Nest Dolls. I used the updatedSanta Ellie with Gift which is only $1 right now! Make sure you get yours at such a great deal!!
I coloured Ellie with my Copic Markers in Santa red and white colours. Isn’t she just the cutest in her Santa outfit! I knew that I wanted to create a shaker card and use some Christmas foil accents. There have been some awesome shaker cards by the PND Design Team, and I was inspired by them to give it a try! Since the Jingle All the Way die cut had bells, I used mini bells from the dollar store for the shaker part. I had to double up my adhesive strips to give the bells enough room to jingle when you shook the card. To tie in those bells, I die cut some from the Sounds of the Seasons Dies in the red and green foil and then tied 3 bells with linen thread.
Santa Ellie with Gift, Paper Nest Dolls Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper Jingle All the Way Frame, Taylored Expressions Sounds of the Seasons Dies, Stampin’ Up! Holly Flourish Die, Cheery Lynn Designs Red & Green Foil Sheets, Stampin Up! Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up! A Robin’s Christmas Paper Pack, Wild Rose Studios Crafts Noel Card Making Kit, Dollarama (Bells) Clear Wink of Stella Stardust Stickles Glossy Accents Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Garden Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5½” x 5 ½”
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Hope you like my Jingle All the Way Card using Santa Ellie with Gift by Paper Nest Dolls!
