Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with My Birthday Cutie Card. This is the second card that I have created using the new released clear stamps by My Favorite Things who have teamed up with Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios! This card is using Birthday Cutie. There are also matching RAM Birthday Cutie Die-namics! Love that you can now stamp and die cut your favourite RAM stamps!
Birthday Cutie, My Favorite Things, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, Memento Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Cloud Stencil, C.C. Designs Flat Bottom Clouds Die-namics, My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up! Balloon Bouquet Punch, Stampin’ Up! Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up! Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Blender Brushes, Picket Fence White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Glossy Accents, Ranger Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Primrose Petals Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”
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Today is I am sharing my Peony Thank You Card that I made for a swap using the beautiful Peony Garden Suite Collection. I love peonies and when I saw this collection, I knew that I had to buy it! It is getting lots of love! So far, I have made 4 cards with it! I am sharing two of those cards here.
For my card, I pulled out my Stampin’ Up! Blends in Petal Pink and Old Olive to colour this gorgeous flower. I love how you can use the matching dies to cut out the blooms, but there are also dies that build a 3D peony bloom as well! I made the card below for my Mom’s 75th birthday using the 3D bloom and it was gorgeous!
My Mom’s Birthday Card with the 3D Peony Bloom
I love the softness of the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper and that was from where I pulled my colour scheme of Petal Pink and Gray Granite with a touch of Old Olive.
I used the pretty Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder on the Petal Pink card stock. For embellishments, I used the Gray Granite Ribbon, a Square Vellum Doily and a scattering of Elegant Faceted Gems.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Prized Peony Bundle (154056), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090)
Paper: Gray Granite (146983), Petal Pink (146985), Basic White (159276), Peony Garden Designer Series Paper (152483)
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing my Sending Love Treat Box for the Design Team of Paper Nest Dolls using Emma with Heart Balloon.
Time for something a little different than a card! Do you give your Sweetie treats for Valentine’s Day? If you do, you might like to make a treat box for them.
Side of Treat Box
The Details of My Treat Box
Isn’t the digital stamp Emma with Heart Balloon so sweet! Perfect for my Valentine Treat Box! I coloured her with my Copic Markers and added Glossy Accents to her balloons and Stardust Stickles to the heart on her top.
For my box, I used a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box from Stampin’ Up! This made a perfect box for holding treats and at the same time easy to assemble. I had fun decorating my box with the super cute Lovebugs paper by Doodlebug! Of course, I had to cover all sides of my box with it including the back!
Back of Treat Box
On the paper, there are some sweet envelopes, so I used a die to cut some mini envelopes in different papers and placed felt heart stickers emerging from them, like my love was being sent in the mail! I place one on the cover and two inside.
For a Valentine box, you need lots of hearts and that is where the doily heart die with the love die cut on it and the cluster of hearts die came in handy. For my belly band, I used ribbon that has Happy Valentine’s Day on it, and I tied into a pretty bow.
Of course, you have to decorate the inside of the box and place lots of treats in it! Again, I used the Lovebugs paper and cut one of the tags out and popped it up on more of the cute paper! Love the sentiment:
“Loved you yesterday love you still always have always will”
My last two envelopes with the hearts flank the sentiment.
Inside of Treat Box
Some finishing touches of rhinestones and Clear Wink of Stella on the hearts on the spine add a bit of sparkle to my project.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20 Hair: E31/E33/E35/E37 Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22 Pinks: R81/R53/R85 Balloon Sticks/ Soles of Shoes: E37/E35/E33
Close Up of My Sending Love Treat Box
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Card Recipe for My Sending Love Treat Box:
Emma with Heart Balloon, Paper Nest Dolls Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes, Stampin’ Up! Love Bugs 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. Sending Love Glassine Sheets, Stampin’ Up! Two of Hearts Dies, Cheery Lynn Designs Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up! Love Notes Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Sunshine Wishes Thinlits , Stampin’ Up! Jewel Felt Flower Embellishments, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Craft Store Valentine’s Day Felt Stickers, Michaels Arts & Craft Store Valentine’s Day Ribbon, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Craft Store Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella Stardust Stickles White Gelly Roll Pen Glossy Accents Real Red, Melon Mambo and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished box size: 5-7/8” x 3 ¾” x 1”
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Today is my birthday! So I thought I would share my Happy Birthday to Me Card celebrating me and my friend, Sheina, who’s birthday is today as well! Happy Birthday Sheina!
I recently attended a Virtual Stampin’ Up! Christmas Party that was put on by our team leader. The party was delayed until January since Covid was affecting delivery schedules. For this party, we were we given a package of products including a Pool Party card base, Basic Black Card Stock, Basic White Card Stock, a piece of True Love Designer Series Paper, a Square Vellum Doily and Pool Party Sheer Ribbon to create a mystery card. We could use these supplies anyway we liked to create something to share with the group. We could also add any additional supplies to the card that we wished.
Package of Products
My Additional Supplies
So, I added the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder, Pool Party Ink, VersaMark Ink, White Embossing Powder, Basic Black Card Stock and Rhinestone Basic Jewels to create my final card.
I love the very elegant black/white True Love DSP with the floral motif on one side and geometrics on the other. There are so many ways to add colour to it. You could colour it with the Stampin’ Blends, the Stampin’ Write Markers, sponges or daubers. I chose to add Pool Party Ink using the new Blending Brushes.
I then trimmed it into 3 equal pieces and added it to the Basic Black mat. Once the sentiment was heat set on the Basic Black card stock, I added a trimmed down edge of the Square Doily so that it peeks out. I tied the pretty Pool Party Shimmer Ribbon around my focal point and popped it up with dimensionals. I added a scattering of Rhinestone Basic Jewels to add some shimmer.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set (151331
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (147107)
Paper: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Basic Black (121045), True Love Designer Series Paper (154281)
Accessories: Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder (152702), Blending Brushes (153611), Pool Party 3/8” Sheer Ribbon(152462), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132), Heat Tool (129053), Square Vellum Doilies (152484), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Glue Dots (103683)
Close Up of Happy Birthday to Me! Card
Measurements:
Pool Party: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Basic Black: 3 pieces
5 1/8” x 3 7/8”
2 7/8” x 4”
3” x ½”
Basic White: 3 ¾” x 5”
True Love Designer Series Paper: 1 piece 3 ¾” x 2 ¾” then trimmed into 3 pieces at 1 ¼” x 2 ¾”
For Further Info:
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with My True Love Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using the sweet ‘Flowers for You’ Digital Stamp. This stamp is perfect for that special someone on Valentine’s Day!
I love it when I receive flowers from my Hubby and this stamp reminds me of those wonderful moments! So, I coloured with my Copic Markers the couple to look like us. I created a bouquet that mimics the bouquet that the boy is giving the girl, but I added some ribbon, linen thread and a heart trinket all mounted on a filigree die cut heart. For the Detailed Hearts Die cut, I cut it in half and then offset it in opposite corners. A heart paper clip and red rhinestones along with Clear Gelly Roll Pen on the hearts and Clear Wink of Stella on the large heart add a bit of sparkle and whimsy. I angled my coloured focal point so that you could see the paper beneath that says My True Love. That is what my card is all about.
‘Flowers for You’ Digital Stamp, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Smitten 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Authentique Detailed Hearts Die, Stampin’ Up! Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up! Love Notes Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up! Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Paper Flowers, Recollections Heart Trinkets Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Heart Clip Embellishment, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Clear Gelly Roll Pen Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Rose Red Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 6”
Close Up of the Paper Flower Bouquet
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My Guest Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am so excited to be joining Conie Fong Art & Design as a Guest Design Team Member again for January! For my first GDT card for January, I created Molly’s Valentine Card using Molly’s Basket of Love – with headband. This stamp comes in a set of three digital stamps including Molly’s Basket of Love and Molly Fairy.
I have been wanting to colour this sweet image for a while and thought that with Valentine’s Day next month, she would be perfect! Since she is a Valentine card, I coloured her with my Copic markers in pinks, reds and browns to match my paper. I pulled out my Be Mine Stitched Dies for the large heart and the cluster of smaller ones. For embellishments, I went into my stash of Stampin’ Up! trinkets for the key and heart lock and tied them with red/pink/white twine to a wooden heart. The twine ends were shaped into a heart since you can never have too many hearts on a Valentine card! I just love the ribbon with its soft curves and lacey details. A scattering of red rhinestones and Clear Wink of Stella on all of Molly’s hearts and the bow on her basket, add a bit of sparkle.
Close Up of My Guest Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design
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Card Recipe for Molly’s Valentine Card:
Molly’s Basket of Love – with headband, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink 4.75” x 6.75” In Key and Heart Mat Pad, Martha Stewart Holidays Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up! Love is Growing Die, Penny Black Sending Love Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Key Trinkets Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Heart Trinkets Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Celebrate It Occasions Ribbon, Michaels Red, Pink and White Baker’s Twine Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Real Red, Rose Red and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”
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Will You be my Valentine? Design Team Card for Paper Nest Dolls
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing my Will You Be My Valentine? Card for the Design Team of Paper Nest Dolls. Have you started your Valentine cards yet?
For my card, I used the sweet Emma with Panda. Even though this digital stamp isn’t a Valentine image, I thought that Emma made the perfect Valentine card with her panda! Wouldn’t you love to receive a panda like hers as a Valentine gift?
The Details of My Card
It was so much fun colouring Emma and her panda with my Copic markers! I decided to colour them red, white and black/gray to match the papers that I had picked out. Even though they are not Valentine papers, I wanted red/white dots to echo her shirt and the Magical Adventures paper was perfect for that! The Breeze Papers gave the card a bit of elegance while bringing in the white/black/gray to match everything else.
Since this is my Valentine’s card, I included hearts with the large white doily and the heart die from Penny Black. I used the White Gelly Roll Pen on the dots on her shirt. The Clear Wink of Stella is on her bow and shoes. The Black Gelly Roll Pen was used to give the Panda dimension in his eyes. The red and white jewel felt flowers were found in the dollar area of my local Michaels Arts & Crafts store.
Don’t you just love the Panda button with his glittery face! I had to make sure that the bow from my die was under him…like unwrapping a present! The Real Red Ruched Ribbon adds a nice touch of red behind the focal point. A couple of red and clear rhinestones add a bit of sparkle! Just goes to show you that you can make a Valentine card out of things that are not necessarily all Valentine!
Close Up of Will You be my Valentine? Design Team Card for Paper Nest Dolls
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Card Recipe for Will You Be My Valentine? Card:
Emma with Panda, Paper Nest Dolls Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper Good Greetings Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Breeze 6” x 6” Paper Pad, My Mind’s Eye Magical Adventures 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co. 4” Paper Heart Dollies, Valentine’s Day, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Craft Store Corner Bow Die – Memory Box Love is Growing Die, Penny Black Jewel Felt Flower Embellishments, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Craft Store Panda Button, Dress It Up Buttons Real Red 1” Ruched Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestones, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella White Gelly Roll Pen Black Gelly Roll Pen Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up! Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
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Hope you like my Will You Be My Valentine? Card using Emma with Panda by Paper Nest Dolls!
My Blowing Wishes Your Way Card for Conie Fong Art & Design
Happy New Year’s Eve! Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! For my last card of 2020, I am sharing my Guest Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using Dandelion Wishes. This sweet fairy is “blowing wishes your way” for a wonderful 2021!
I had so much fun colouring her with my Copics markers in bright and bonny colours for a change from the Christmas colours that I have been using lately! This digital stamp can be used for so many different occasions, but I decided that I wanted to create a New Year’s Eve card. I knew that I wanted to use some new Stampin’ Up! products that I received that tied in the dandelion theme nicely like the Designer Series Paper and the Dies!
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Hair: E49/E47/E43/E42 Eyes:YG07/YG63/G99 Flower: Y38/Y35/Y32/E47/E43/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen for Flower Centre Greens: YG03/YG63/YG67/G99 Purples: V000/V01/V04/V06/V09 Wings: BG10/V20/0/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Dandelion Stars: Y38/Y32/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Sky: BG10/0
Close Up of My Guest Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design
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Card Recipe for Blowing Wishes Your Way:
Dandelion Wishes, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Oh So Ombre 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Dandy Garden 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Vellum, Stampin’ Up! Sweet Silhouettes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Dandy Wishes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Edge, Joy! Crafts Dies Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Perennial Essence Floral Centers, Stampin’ Up! Faux Suede Trim, Stampin’ Up! Wishes Your Way Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Stamping Sponges, Stampin’ Up! VersaFine Ink, Onyx Black, Tsukineko Bumblebee and Early Espresso Ink, Stampin’ Up! Gorgeous Grape, Bumblebee, Granny Apple Green and Early Espresso Card Stock, Stampin’ Up! Finished card size: 6” x 6”
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Hope you like my last Guest Design Team card for 2020 using Dandelion Wishes for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Happy New Year Everyone! May it be a better one than 2020!
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 again! I am sharing my Let’s Rejoice Christmas Card as my Guest Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful Angel Prayers. I created a slimline card for my Holy scene.
The Details of My Card
This digital stamp is perfect for so many occasions like birthday, sympathy, get well and thinking of you. However, for my card, I wanted her to be the Christmas Angel from the Nativity. So, I coloured her with my Copic Markers in Christmas colours.
I use the Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on her wings and smooshed the lines with my finger before they dried. This gives the lines a softer look, but still allows a flowing movement of her wings. I also used the same pen on all the gold accents to make them shimmer. Finally, I added Clear Wink of Stella on her wrap. You can never have too much sparkle where an angel is concerned!
Instead of a night scene, I decided to create a sunrise with the dawning of the birth of Jesus Christ. For my sunrise, I used my Distress Oxide Inks and my Mini Blending Tool starting with Fossilized Amber at the base of the watercolor paper, followed by Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, Broken China and Faded Jeans.
Distress Oxide Blending of Sunrise Sky
Once the colours were blended, I used my Splatter Tool dipped in Frost White Shimmer Paint and then in water to create the sky.
The Final Sunrise Sky with Shimmer Paint and Water Splatter
For my Nativity scene, the die I used comes as border. So, a few snips here and there and add my Sahara Sand dune to create my layered scene with lots of dimensionals between the layers.
The Gold Foil stars were from the Silent Night Dies from Creative Expressions. The North Star was snipped from the largest die in the set.
To finish the card, I used a Gold Foil mat followed by a Stitched Cherry Cobber mat.
It’s Laurie here with A Grand Adventure Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her cute Elephant Adventure Digital Stamp. This little girl looks like she is in for the ride of her life and making great memories as she does! One day, I hope to visit Africa and go on Safari with cameras. It’s on my Bucket List!
For my card, it may be hard to see, but the paper has elephants on it along with some other animals like giraffes, birds, hyaenas and more. So I knew I wanted to use that as my base for the card design. Even the Great Memories tag with the elephant came from that paper pack! The iconic Acacia Tree that is behind the tag came from the Safari Collection Dies and was perfect for my African theme!
I knew that I wanted to colour the family as a Momma Snowman and her little girl. I pulled the colours from the bright and cheery Doodlebug Winter Wonderland Paper Pad. Don’t you just love Doodlebug! Of course, you have to have lots of glitter when you are making a snowman card! In fact, I have it everywhere…on the card, on me, on my craft table! LOL! I dabbed some glue in the sky and on the ground and sprinkle glitter all over to create my snowy scene. I love the Frosty border and the snowflake die cuts from the Sparkle Glimmer Paper. The blue gems really glitter as well! This card is so pretty and sparkly in person!
Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios, Snowman Family Christmas Digital Stamp Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper Winter Wonderland, Doodlebug Design Inc. Sparkle Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! Frosty Border Die, Memory Box Snowfall Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems, Stampin’ Up! Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Stampin’ Up Stardust Stickles Gorgeous Grape Card Stock Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
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This card is dedicated to my aunt and godmother who passed away yesterday. She loved collecting snow people and always had them out at Christmas and sometimes well after that! I always sent her a Christmas card with snow people on it. Always loved…never forgotten…forever missed!
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Hope you like My Snow Family Design Team Card with Snowman Family Christmas Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios! Thank you for stopping by!
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!
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”
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Sweet Christmas Angels Cards for the Design Team of Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her cute Angels Christmas Digital Stamp. I had so much fun colouring these cuties that I ended up colouring two stamps! One with the traditional red, green and gold. The other one with soft pastel colours of pink, blue and gold. I had a This or That post of the coloured stamps earlier this week and was pleasantly surprised that they both were popular. Many people had a hard time choosing just one and so did I! So I created two cards with the same layout, just different papers and colour schemes.
This or That? Which Do You Pick?
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Traditional Card:
My Sweet Christmas Angel Card Using Traditional Colours
Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Blonde Hair: E99/YR24/YR23 Brown Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31/E30 Dress: W5/R59/R29/R27/R24 Gold: E99/Y17/Y15/Y00 Books: YG93/YG95/YG97/E40/E42 Wings/Cloud: BG11/BG10/0/ Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Sky: BG0000/BG000/0
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Soft Pastel Card:
My Sweet Christmas Angel Card Using Pastel Colours
Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Blonde Hair: E99/YR24/YR23 Brown Hair: E44/E43/E42/E40 Dress: RV11/RV32/RV34 Gold: Y28/Y19/Y17 Books: BG11/BG10/E40/E42 Wings/Cloud: BG11/BG10/0/ Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Sky: BG0000/BG000/0
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Card Recipe for Sweet Christmas Angels Cards:
Angels Christmas Digital Stamp, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper Gold Foil Paper, Stampin’ Up! Metal Music Notes Dies Christmas Blessings Die, Sue Wilson Creative Expressions Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen White Gelly Roll Pen Gold Gelly Roll Pen Finished card size: 6” x 6”
Additional Pieces for Traditional Card:
Christmas Paper Flowers, Recollections Letters to Santa 6 ½” Paper Pad, KaiserCraft ChristmasTime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Close Up of My Sweet Christmas Angel Card Using Traditional Colours
Additional Pieces for Soft Pastel Card:
White and Gold Paper Poinsettias, Prima Flowers Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Pretty in Pink Designer Series Paper Pack, Subtles Collection, Stampin’ Up! Pool Party, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White Card Stock
Close Up of My Sweet Christmas Angel Card Using Non-Traditional Colours
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“O star of wonder, star of light…”
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Today I am sharing with you my Cardinal Anniversary Card using the Toile Christmas Stamp Set and matching Christmas Cardinal Dies by Stampin’ Up! I was asked by a good friend to create a custom anniversary card for her to give to her husband. She mentioned that he loves cardinals and she would like one on the card. So, I decided to that two cardinals, a male and female, would be perfect for an anniversary card. Did you know that cardinals mate for life!
I decided to create a Fall scene with the Woodland Embossing Folder and the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper since they were married in October. I love the copper and gold gilded leaves on the paper! To tie in the gold accents, I embossed the sentiment from the Well Said Stamp Set in gold. For an anniversary card, I had to pull in the hearts with the Stitched Be Mine Dies! Some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels and Shimmery Crystal Effects on the berries add a bit of sparkle to the card.
I used a number of techniques to colour my birds such as the No-Lines, Flicking and Tip-to-Tip. I included more information below, as well as some colouring videos at the end of this post.
For the male cardinal, I used Cherry Cobbler Light/Dark Blends and the Dark Smokey Slate Blend to darken the shadows in strategic locations, such as his tail, his breast and wing, giving the bird depth. For the female cardinal, I used Crumb Cake Light/Dark Blends and Light Crumb Cake/Dark Cherry Cobbler Blends.
My Cardinals Coloured with Stampin’ Blends
No-Lines Technique
I coloured these beautiful cardinals with the no-lines technique. This technique uses a light colour to stamp the image. For the cardinals, I used the Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad. The lighter colour gives you a guideline for your colouring without the harsh black lines and makes the image more real and vibrant.
Flicking Technique
Once stamped, I used a flicking technique with my Blends to create a lot of texture. This technique is achieved by applying ink in quick, single strokes. The key to this inking technique is to flick the marker tip across the page to create a single stroke that goes from dark to light.
Holding the marker loosely, start a downward movement towards the paper
As the marker tip touches the paper, quickly move across the paper, bringing your hand up and away from the paper. This will apply more ink at the beginning of the stroke and less at the end.
You may need to turn the paper to accommodate the angle that is most comfortable for you.
Flicks can be left unblended to create texture such as for hair or feathers (like this card). Or, they can be blended out to create smooth shading.
The Tip-to-Tip Technique
To combine two different coloured blends on the female cardinal, I used the Tip to Tip Blending Technique. This gives you a smooth transition of colors and doesn’t end up looking all blotchy where the colors meet. I’ve chosen the Light Crumb Cake Blend and the Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend for the female cardinal.
Brush the tip of the Light Crumb Cake Blend over the tip of the Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend to pick up some color. The Crumb Cake Blend then acts as your brush to apply a mix of both colors.
As you apply the Crumb Cake Blend, the Cherry Cobbler will eventually run out and only Crumb Cake is left. This creates a smooth transition between the two colours. I kept working these blends together until I was happy with the amount of Cherry Cobber I had on the bird.
Don’t worry about your markers being contaminated—all you need to do is run them over some scrap paper a few times and the nibs will clean themselves.
Close Up of my Cardinal Anniversary Card
Supplies:
Stamps: Toile Christmas Cling Stamp Set (150469), Well Said Stamp Set (148796)
Dies: Christmas Cardinal Dies (150640), Stitched Be Mine Dies (151814)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad (147117), VersaMark (102283)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Crumb Cake (120953), Very Vanilla (101650), Whisper White (100730), Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper (153520)
