My Witcher Birthday Card

A Birthday Card
My Witcher Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Witcher Birthday Card! Today is my big brother’s birthday and I know that The Witcher TV Series is right up his alley. So, I combined all 4 characters from the Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps onto my mini slimline card.

I coloured the whole Monster gang with my Copic markers for a colouring challenge a while ago. I used the Bard for another card (I will link it at the end of the post). So, I had to recolour him. I love Kindred Stamps! They are such a fast colour!

For my card, I created a scene using only a few things. I love the Lavinia SceneScapes Paper! They have such amazing eerie scenes that can be used for square 6” x 6” card or cut down to fit my mini slimline card. I used the Stitched Hillside dies to create the ground. Finally, I used the Word Bubble dies to finish my scene.

I even decorated the inside of my card with a coin from the stamp set that I coloured with my Copic markers and a strip of the leftover paper. If you watched the Witcher, you know that he swears…a lot. So, I included a couple of more colourful sentiments inside my card that I knew my brother would recognize.

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Copic Markers:

Close Up to Two of my Characters on my Card
Close Up of the Mercenary and the Witch

Witch (Yennefer)
Skin: E000/E000/E00/RV34
Hair/Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4

Mercenary (Geralt of Rivia)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: C2/C1/0
Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4/C3
Eyes: E04/RV34/RV32/Y00

Close Up of Two of the Characters  on my Card
Close Up of the Bard and the Girl

Bard (Jaskier)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Outfit: W3/W1/W0
Lute/Boots: E31/E35/E3

Girl (Ciri)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: E99/YR24/YR23
Boots/Gloves/Dress: E37/E35/E31
Cloak: B12/B14/B16/B18

Inside of My Card
Inside of My Card

Gold Coin: Y17/Y19/Y28

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Card Recipe for My Witcher Birthday Card:

Monster Hunter Stamp Set, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Turquoise Glow, SceneScapes 6” x 6” Prints, Lavinia Stamps
Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders, Lawn Fawn
Word Bubble Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 6”

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Here is My Toss a Coin Birthday Card. To read more about it, please click here.

My Toss a Coin Birthday Card
My Toss a Coin Birthday Card

For more of my Copic cards, please click here.

For my other Slimline card, please click here.

Hope you like my Witcher Birthday Card using Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Stack of Sweet Wishes Card

My Design Team Card for Copic for Alle
My Stack of Sweet Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Stack of Sweet Wishes Card as my Guest Design Team Card for Copic for ALLE. I was so excited to be asked to be on their GDT again for the month of May. Their Color Challenge for May is using E (Earth Tone) Copic markers. I use Es in so much of my colouring. They really are a staple for me!

For my card, I pulled out Swiss Pixie Cupcake Birgitta by C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps. A friend, Nathalie, asked me to show her some colouring techniques and I thought this image would be a good one for us to colour together.

I showed her skin blending using E Copic Markers (E000/00/21/11/04/R20). Here is a collage of the skin colouring steps:

Skin Colouring with Copic Markers
Skin Colouring with Copic Markers

Next we worked on her hair using E Copic Markers (E18/E15/E13/E11). This is the collage for the step to colour the hair:

Hair Colouring with Copic Markers
Hair Colouring with Copic Markers

For my card, I created a mini slimline card for my sweet Birgitta! Since she is sitting, I placed her on a cake pedestal. I thought it would be a fun way to show her off. I use Galvanized Metallic paper for the pedestal. The flag banners were cut from the DSP so that they would match the other elements. A scattering of sequins adds some birthday festiveness to the card!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E18/E15/E13/E11
Wings: BG10/0/ Clear Wink of Stella
Dress: BG15/BG13/BG11/BG10
Orange: Y359/Y38/E15/E18
Shoes/Cupcake Wrappers: E35/E33/E31/E30
Cherry: E24/E27/E29/Glossy Accents

Close up of My Stack of My Design Team Card
Close up of My Stack of Sweet Wishes Card

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Card Recipe for My Stack of Sweet Wishes Card:

Swiss Pixie Cupcake Birgitta, C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Cupcake and Carousels Design Series Paper Stack, Stampin’ Up!
Flag Banner Dies, From my Stash
Stitched So Sweetly Dies Stampin’ Up!
Hello Cupcake Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Call Me Cupcakes Framelits, Stampin’ Up!
Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Stampin’ Up!
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Clear Wink of Stella
Calypso Coral, Peekaboo Peach and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 6”

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To view my other Copic Marker cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Guest Design Team Card for Copic for ALLE!

If you wish to join in their Challenge, here is a link to it:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.737302593747392&type=3

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Super Birthday Cards

My Super Birthday Cards
My Super Birthday Cards

Hello Crafty Friends! Yesterday was a little boy’s birthday and a few weeks ago was a big boy’s birthday. The big boy collects comics especially Superman and the little boy sent me a card with a Superman stamp on the envelope. So, I pulled out my Save The Day Grab and Go Box by Stamp Anniething to make My Super Birthday Cards.

The Details of My Cards

I love that this Grab and Go Box has everything you need to make your card including paper, adhesive, card bases and more! I stamped my super heroes twice and used my Copic Markers to colour them. Then I die cut them out using the matching die included in the box.

My Super Birthday Card - Version 1
My Super Birthday Card – Version 1

My cards were quick ones to make since I mainly used the Save the Day paper sheets and the Comic Mat Die that come with the box. For one card, I pulled out the Background Scene Stencil and did some inking directly onto the white panel that was cut out from the Comic Mat Die. Next, I stamped the sentiment in black and just placed it back into the empty slot on the mat. The other panels were filled with different papers. I love the “Suddenly” just like in the old comics! I stamped the Whoosh!, coloured them with my Copic markers and then added Glossy Accents to make them pop. A few sequins add to the sparkle of the card.

My Super Birthday Card - Version 2
My Super Birthday Card – Version 2

For my other card, I decided to use the “POW” from the paper since the big birthday boy would get a kick out of it from the old TV shows that we use to watch.

One final piece was that I put my super heroes onto Action Wobbles. How fun is that! The recipient can have them wobble on the card! Check it out!

Video of Wobble in Action
Video of Wobble in Action

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: C9/C7/C5/C3
Blues: B18/B26/B24
Reds: R39/R37/R35
Yellows: Y32/Y38

Close Up of My Card
Close Up of My Card

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Card Recipe for My Super Birthday Cards:

Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
#1 Stamp, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
#7 Stamp, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
#8 Stamp, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
Metal Die Outlines, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
6” x 6” Paper Sheets, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
Comic Mat Die, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
Background Scene Stencil, Save The Day Grab and Go Box, Stamp Anniething
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Pacific Point, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushed, Stampin’ Up!
Action Wobbles, My Stash
Metallic Sequin Assortments, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Thick Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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To view my Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like My Super Birthday Cards using the
Save The Day Grab and Go Box from Stamp Anniething!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

You Slay Me Valentine Card

My You Slay Me Valentine Card
My You Slay Me Valentine Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Now that Valentine’s Day is over, I can share with you my You Slay Me Valentine Card that I gave to my Hubby. My Hubby loves anything that involves history and Vikings. He even has a Viking costume including a sword with scabbard for Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) events and Halloween. In addition to that, we are currently re-watching the Vikings TV Series. When I saw that Stamp Anniething’s January release was Vikings, I just had to get the whole release! There are three Vikings in it. I used two of them on this card and the third is on another card that I will share later.

Details of My Card

I coloured both of these cuties with my Copic markers in the colours of the main characters in the Vikings TV Series…all blonde hair and natural tones, other than Siv’s skirt to tie in my red hearts that I wanted to use. Gale comes with a number of different weapons that you can swap out depending on what you want. I went with the axe and added Glossy Accents to the metal part to make it look like polished steel. I created my two-tone shield with a number of circle dies of varying width. My Hubby informed me that Vikings preferred coloured shields when I was colouring Torin below.

My Colouring of Torin, The Third Viking in the Release

I love the sentiment “You slay me” that comes with Gale. Perfect pun for my Hubby’s Valentine card! It fitted nicely on the tag that I cut out of the matching paper. I added some twine and a die cut heart to add some visual interest to it. Some hearts and a couple of red rhinestones add a bit of pop in colour to my card.

My note to my Hubby said that I will be his Lagertha to his Ragnar always!

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Copic Markers:

Siv
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20/R21
Hair: Y31/Y26/YR24/E25
Brass Breast Plate: E18/E15/E11
Skirt: R22/R24/R27/R29
Greens: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97/YG99
Wool: C3/C5/C6/C7

Gale
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20/R21
Hair: Y21/YR23/E15/E18
Greens: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97/YG99
Browns: E35/E33/E31
Belt: E18/E15/E11
Wool: C3/C5/C6/C7
Axe: C9/C6/C5/C3/E35/E31/E11/Glossy Accents

Close Up of Siv and Gale on My Valentine Card for my Hubby.
Close Up of Siv and Gale

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Card Recipe for You Slay Me Valentine Card:

Siv – All I Ever Mead and Gale You Slay Me, Stamp Anniething
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Victory 12” Paper Pack, Cambridge Collection, Bo Bunny
Stripe 12” Paper Pack, Cambridge Collection, Bo Bunny
Cut Outs 12” Paper Pack, Cambridge Collection, Bo Bunny
Galvanized Metallic Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Standard Layered Circle Dies, Large, Sizzix Cutting Dies
Standard Layered Circle Dies, Small, Sissix Cutting Dies
Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Black and Gray Twine, From my Stash
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Real Red, More Mustard and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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To view my Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Valentine card for my Hubby using
Siv – All I Ever Mead and Gale You Slay Me from Stamp Anniething!


Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Toss A Coin Birthday Card

My Toss A Coin Card
My Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Toss A Coin Birthday Card! Today is a good friend’s birthday and I thought the bard from the Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps would be perfect for him! He is the best bard role player ever! Plus loves the Witcher TV show!

I coloured the whole Monster gang with my Copic markers for a colouring challenge a while ago. But I knew that I wanted to give Jonathan the bard guy for his birthday. I love the sentiment “Toss a coin for your birthday”! The Enchanted Forest Graphic 45 Paper gave my card the fantasy feel that I was looking for, and of course, you have to have music paper and notes for a bard!

Now, I just need to get the other characters onto a card as well!

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Copic Markers:

Bard (Jaskier)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Outfit: W3/W1/W0
Lute/Boots: E31/E35/E37
Coin: Y17/Y19/Y28

Close up of My Toss A Coin Card
Close up of My Birthday Card

Mercenary (Geralt of Rivia)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: C2/C1/0
Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4/C3
Eyes: E04/RV34/RV32/Y00

Witch (Yennefer)
Skin: E000/E000/E00/RV34
Hair/Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4

The Gang from The Monster Hunter Stamp Set
The Gang from The Monster Hunter Stamp Set

Girl (Ciri)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: E99/YR24/YR23
Boots/Gloves/Dress: E37/E35/E31
Cloak: B12/B14/B16/B18

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Card Recipe for My Toss A Coin Birthday Card:

Monster Hunter Stamp Set, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Enchanted Forest 8” x 8” Paper Pack, Graphic 45
Vintage Essentials 12” x 12” Paper Stack, DCWV Inc.
Layering Circle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Music Notes Die
Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4.25” x 5.5”

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To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Toss A Coin Birthday Card using the Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Sympathy Card

My Sympathy Card
My Sympathy Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Today I am sharing my second November Guest Design Team Card for Copic for Alle and their Monthly Blue Color Challenge! For My Sympathy Card, I used the digital stamp So Long Yesterday by Ching-Chou Kuik. I thought she was perfect for a special sympathy card that I needed to make.

She was fun to colour with my Copic markers, especially all that hair! I knew that I wanted to highlight the butterflies in the stamp and DSP with the die. Unfortunately the die cut covered up one of the butterflies in the stamp, but easy enough to fix by fussy cutting it out and popping it up on the die cut.

Since the Challenge was Blue and I didn’t have card stock in the exact same colour that I coloured her dress, I coloured a Whisper White frame with my markers, as well as the corner die cut and the rhinestones to match. That is one thing that is nice with alcohol markers, you can colour more than just paper!

Close Up of My Sympathy Card
Close Up of My Sympathy Card

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Copic Markers

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Dress: B000/B01/B02/B04
Leaves/Eyes: YG23/YG17/G29/
Flowers: R00/R11/R21/0
Butterflies: R00/R11/R21/B000/B01
Other Butterfly: V15/V17/B000/B01
Rhinestones: B02
Frame Edge: B000/B01

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Card Recipe for My Sympathy Card

So Long Yesterday, Ching-Chou Kuik
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Itty Bitty Greeting Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Versafine Ink Pad 
Botanical Butterflies Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Butterfly Edge, Joy! Crafts Dies
Macarena Corner Die, Memory Box
Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Pink Pirouette 1 ¼” Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Highland Heather and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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To view my other Copic Marker cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Guest Design Team card
for Copic for Alle’s Monthly Blue Color Challenge!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Have A Spooktacular Birthday Card

My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card
My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card. Today is my Hubby’s birthday! He’s been hinting at a Scooby Doo card since I made one for my brother back in May (I have posted it at the end) or a Halloween card. So, I made him both! I coloured with my Copic markers the Teen Detectives from Kindred Stamps for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge in June in anticipation of this card. My card is a slimline card since they are all the rage right now.

Instructions for
Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card

I had a ton of fun creating the spooky graveyard scene with lots of sponging and masking! The moon and the ground were masked while sponging Rich Razzleberry around the moon, Night of Navy for the sky and Memento at the edges of the sky. Next, I sponged the ground in Old Olive. Since it is a lighter colour then Night of Navy, I didn’t have to bother masking the sky. I added some hills by using the same masks and lightly sponging some black ink on different angles. Once I removed the masks, I stamped the grave stones and bats in black ink.

My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card
My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card with Shaggy and Scooby Running Away

I added a slider mechanism for Shaggy and Scooby since they are always running away from the scary monsters in the series! LOL! And in this case, it is the cute ghosts that are immerging from the graveyard! The Large Slimline with Sliders Dies comes with sliders, but I found that they were too long for what I wanted. So, I created my own using the retired Classic Label Punch by Stampin’ Up! I punched one and a half times overlapping in the area I wanted the slider to be. I used some pennies and dimensionals to create my sliders.

A die cut spooky fence, tree and spider with Shimmery Crystal Effects to make it glitter add to the Spooktacular scene!

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Copic Markers:

Fred
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: YR24/Y35/Y13/Y11/Y00
Scarf: YR09/YR16/Y17
Shoes: E50/E53/E55
Pants/ shirt collar: B18, B26, B24, B12, B41 
Sweater: C0/C1/0

Velma
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E57/E37/E08/E15/YR27
Skirt: E37/E08/E15
Shirt: E57/E15/YR27
Magnifier: W4/0

Close Up of Fred and Velma

Shaggy
Skin: E50/E51/E53
Hair: E57/E25/E99/YR27/YR24
Shirt: G07/YG09/YG06
Pants: E37/E08,/E15
Shoes: W8/W6/W4

Daphne
Skin: E50/E51/E53/R20
Lips: RV34
Hair: E08/YR18/YR07/YR04/Y17
Scarf: G07/YG09/YG05
Dress/Shoes/Headband: BV04/BV00/BV02
Stripes/Tights: V12/V01/RV00

Scooby
Fur: E27/E25/E23/W9
Collar: BG45/BG01
Tongue/Ears: RV34/RV32
Nose: W9/W7/W5/0

Close Up of Shaggy, Scooby and Daphne
Close Up of Shaggy, Scooby and Daphne

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Card Recipe for
Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card:

Teen Detectives, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Large Slimline with Sliders, Lawn Fawn
Spooky Fence Die-Namics, My Favorite Things
Halloween Scene Edgelits, Stampin’ Up!
Wicked Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Cauldron Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Caldron Bubble Stamp Set
Spooky Village Stamp Set, Lawn Fawn
Graveyard Gate Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Classic Label Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents
Shimmery Crystal Effects, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink
Shimmery White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Stampin Sponges, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black, Night of Navy, and Whisper White Card Stock
2 Pennies for slider
Finished card size: 8.5” x 3.5”

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My other Teen Detectives Card that I made for my brother. I used the same colours of the characters for both cards.

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You tried to hide your birthday & you would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those pesky kids!.

To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card using Teen Detectives by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Hello Pumpkin GDT Card

My Hello Pumpkin Guest Design Team Card
My Hello Pumpkin Guest Design Team Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Hello Pumpkin Guest Design Team Card for the Copic for ALLE Facebook Group using Krista Smith Stamps Pretty Pumpkin Digital Stamp. I was so honoured to be asked by this group to be a Guest Designer for their YR (Yellow/Red) Copic Challenge for October. This combination screams pumpkins to me and since I haven’t coloured a Krista Smith image in a while, I thought Pretty Pumpkin would be perfect for my card! Of course, for a Fall card, you need falling paper leaves that I pulled from my stash! Hope you like my take on this Color Challenge!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20/R21
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21
Eyes: B26/E37/G14/Y06/G00/C2
Dress: R08/R05/R14/R22/YR15/YR18
Socks: YR18/YR15/YR12/R08/R05/R22
Shoes: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21/C5/C3/C1
Pumpkin: YR12/YR15/YR18/E11/E13/E15/E18
Stones: C5/C3/C1
Leaves: YR18/YR15/YR12/Y11/G85/G21/YG13
Grass: G85/G21/YG13
Sky: B000/B0000/0

Close Up of My Hello, Pumpkin GDT Card
Close Up of My Hello, Pumpkin GDT Card

Card Recipe for
Hello Pumpkin GDT Card:

Pretty Pumpkin Digital Stamp, Krista Smith
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Hello, Pumpkin Stamp Set, Paper Pumpkin Kit, Stampin’ Up!
Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Happy Fall 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co.
Hello Autumn 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Carta Bella
Paper Fall Leaves, Recollections
White Gelly Roll Pen
Clear Wink of Stella
Cajun Craze Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Poppy Parade, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie,
Whisper White Card Stock
Finished card size: 6” x 6”

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Never met a pumpkin I didn’t like.

To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Hello Pumpkin Guest Design Team Card
with Pretty Pumpkin by Krista Smith Stamps!
Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie