Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Easter is just around the corner. So, I am sharing My Easter Egg Hunt Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Lulu with Easter Basket.
The Details of My Easter Egg Hunt Card
I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers in Easter colours to match my Easter paper. I just love these soft colours!
For my card, I decided to use the gorgeous Tulip Dies as a backdrop for Lulu. I just bought these dies and was eager to use them! So, I went with white card stock and a soft pink that has some texture on it so as not to detract from Lulu. The sentiment “Easter Egg Hunt” was from the Welcome Easter Paper Pad and perfect for my theme.
To decorate my card, I added die cut Easter eggs that matched the colours of Lulu’s eggs in her basket. Next, I added several Brass Butterflies floating from the focal point.
Finally, to add some sparkle, I used Wink of Stella on Lulu’s eggs, hair bow and basket bow.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards using the Kiddin’ Around Bundle and the Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I am pleased to see that the Kiddin’ Around Stamp Set and the Kiddin’ Around Dies are carrying over to the new Catty! Yay!
I was honoured to be asked to present my colouring techniques using Stampin’ Blends to several demonstrators at a Stampin’ Up! Play Date that was organized this past weekend by my team leaders. They asked me to demonstrate colouring people with Stampin’ Blends and the Kiddin’ Around Stamp Set was perfect for this!
The Details of My Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards
For my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards, I thought it would be fun to use the same centre-step fun fold for all my cards with slight variations on decorating them. I only demonstrated the colouring of the little girl, but I decided to colour all the kiddies using the different Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends to give a good variation of skin tones for my presentation.
My Presentation Card
For the card that I presented, we used the Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo for her skin, Basic Black for her hair, Fresh Freesia, and Daffodil Delight for her dress. We created a fold in the centre of her dress by adding a small Fresh Freesia triangle to add interest. To add texture to her hair, we left some white highlights which we then coloured with the bullet tip of the Light Basic Black. I find that the felt tip is always darker than the bullet tip. Thus making it great to add a third tone. You could also use the Smoky Slate for that third tone. We used Light Smoky Slate and Light Fresh Freesia for her mouth.
My Presentation Card
For her paper with her sun drawing, we used Light Smoky Slate along the top under her hand, left side and bottom of the page. Next, we used the Color Lifter along the edges of Smoky Slate to soften the edge and push the ink back into the shadows of the paper. We let that dry before adding the Daffodil Delight since we wanted control of the ink and for it not to spread. We added Wink of Stella to the sun.
Close Up of Girl
The Building of the Card
The sentiment was stamped in Fresh Freesia and die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies.
To make her pop from the card, the Berry Burst card stock was embossed with the Splatters Embossing Folder and placed behind her. Perfect for my arts and crafts theme.
Finally, to match my dress colour, I went with a Fresh Freesia card base and followed the measurements in the template that I have included at the bottom of this post.
As a finishing touch to all my cards, I added some Iridescent Foil Gems near the sentiment on each card.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad (155611)
Paper: Fresh Freesia (155613), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Copper Clay (161721), Berry Burst (144243), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Stripes & Splatters Embossing Folders (157980), Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo (159462), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo (155518), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Measurements:
Fresh Freesia:
11” x 4 ¼” cut/scored according to template below
Scraps (Ball)
Berry Burst:
1 ½” x 4 1/8”
Daffodil Delight
Scraps (Ball and Banner)
Copper Clay:
Scrap (Building Block)
Basic White:
Scrap (Stool and Sentiment)
Just Kiddin’ Designer Series Paper:
7/8” x 4 3/8” (2 pieces for sides)
7/8” x 4 3/8” (for green stripes)
My Sailors Card
For my next card, I went with three different skin tones to show the diversity of the Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends. I used Medium Combo for the girl, Medium Light for the baby and Medium Deep for the boy.
My Sailors Card
To achieve the curly hair for the boy, I coloured his hair in Light Basic Black. Once it was dry, I added Dark Basic Black with little “c” squiggles all over but left some of the Light Basic Black showing through. The shadows on his paper hat were achieved the same way with the Light Smoky Slate as the girl’s paper above.
Close Up of the Three Kids
This girl’s hair was done with the same method as the first girl that I presented.
The other Stampin’ Blends colours that I used on this card were pulled from the DSP. They consisted of were Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Freesia and Poppy Parade. Wink of Stella was added to the heart on the girl’s top.
For this card, I went with a Pool Party card base and used the dies from the Give It a Whirl Dies for the Basic White clouds on the side panels which I trimmed with my Paper Snips.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Azure Afternoon (161719), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo (159462), Stampin’ Blends Medium Deep Combo (159461), Stampin’ Blends Medium Light Combo (159463), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo (155518), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Combo (154894), Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo (161672), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo (154881), Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo (161682), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo (154958), 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)
My Wizard Card
For my last card, I used the Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo for his skin tone.
My Wizard Card
To make his skin pop, I went with Lemon Lime Twist Blend Combo with Daffodil Delight for his hat and Azure Afternoon with Daffodil Delight for his robes. The bunny slippers were Smoky Slate with Fresh Freesia for the ears.
Close Up of My Wizard Boy
For this card, I went with a Lemon Lime Twist card base and used the castle dies that come in the Bundle to help ground my little guy. I thought that the DSP behind the castle looked like trees and gave the perfect backdrop to my castle.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Lemon Lime Twist (144245), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo (158152), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo (161672), Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo (161682), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
More Information on My Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards
Side View of My Kiddin’ Around Cards
Downloadable Centre-Step Card Template
To download a PDF of the Pop-Up Template, please click here or on the picture.
Centre-Step Card Template
I hope you liked my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards and will find the Centre-Step Template useful!
For more information on my colouring, here are some videos of my colouring techniques:
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
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 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.
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.
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.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Cup of Cheer Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Reindeer PJ’s.
The Details of My Cup of Cheer Card
I had so much fun colouring Emma in her cute PJs with my Copic markers to match my non-traditional paper choice! For my card, I thought the Christmas cookie paper would be perfect since cookies and hot chocolate are a great combination, especially gingerbread! Yum! The pretty plaid pattern paper really brought out the non-traditional colours of my card.
Isn’t that die cut mug just the cutest! For the mug, I knew I wanted to use the snowflake tag and found that the die just fit it. To add some dimension to my mug, I blended some Pool Party ink along the edges. I also blended some Pink Pirouette Ink along the edges of the heart. I thought it would be fun to add whipped cream and a candy cane just like Emma’s. The spoon was die cut from some metallic paper that I had. Of course, if you have hot chocolate, you need marshmallows! Lol!
Since there was a lot going on the card already, I went with a simple die cut sentiment with a few red rhinestones to match my candy cane.
Finally, I used Glossy Accents on Emma’s candy cane, Stardust Stickles on the reindeers’ noses and Wink of Stella on Emma’s and the mug’s whipped cream.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Celebrate the Season Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Christmas Sweater.
Details of My Celebrate the Season Card
For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline card using the Pink Fresh scallop die. What is so nice about this die is that it cuts two scallop rectangles at once. I used both scallop rectangles with one in pink and one in red to match my colour scheme.
I love Mintay Papers, and the Merry Little Christmas paper is gorgeous! So, I decided to use it for my colour scheme of red and pink with white accents. I coloured Emma with my Copic markers to match my colour scheme. Don’t you just love her snowman sweater! In fact, I have coloured this stamp before. I will include a link at the end of this post to the other card that I made using her.
For the sentiment cluster, I used a silver snowflake to add some sparkle, a fussy cut candy cane from the Mintay paper and a die cut sentiment.
Next, I used Glossy Accents on the candy cane and Stardust Stickles on the trim of the hats and boots. The only thing left was to add a few red rhinestones for a bit more sparkle.
Hello Crafty Friends! Happy Halloween! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Spooky Season Card using Scary Doll Owen and Scary Doll Emma by Paper Nest Dolls as my Design Team Inspiration Card. I couldn’t resist squeaking in one final Halloween card!
The Details of My Spooky Season Card
For my card, I had to do some research! I’m not a big horror fan. So, I had to google what these characters were and colour them according to the photos online. Lol! I used my Copic markers to colour them and added Glossy Accents to the shovel and the knife. Also, I added silver gelly roll pen to all the metallic trim on Emma’s jacket.
Since I had two stamps to place on my card, I decided to create a slimline card, but I thought it would be fun to use the tag “Tis the Season to be Spooky”. So, I brushed Black Soot along the edges to give it a distressed feel. Next, I added a black mat to the tag and rubbed Brushed Iron wax on the mat, the die cut gates, and the mat of my card to tie them all in together. Once I did that, I placed my sentiment sticking above the card with an iron gate on either side of it with my characters layered in front.
I love the oval dies that I used for the black mat and the Skull and cross bone paper! Such a fun and interesting shape!
For embellishments, I used several bats and black rhinestone stickers, as well as a spider trinket that I placed over the printed spider on the tag. The only other thing that I added was the reverse “Scary” word to the tag. It summed up my card perfectly!
Scary Doll Owen and Scary Doll Emma, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Fright Night 12” x 12” Collection Pack, Photo Play Paper #9 Slim Stitched Box Oval Dies, Photo Play Paper Tim Holtz Gate Keeper Thinlits Dies, Sizzix Reverse Cut Halloween Words, Frantic Stamper Inc. Brushed Iron Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy Black Soot Ink, Ranger Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up! Bat Stickers, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts Black Rhinestone Stickers, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts Spider Trinket, Stampin’ Up! Glossy Accents, Ranger Silver Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3 ½” x 8 ½”
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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls projects, please click here.
To view my other Halloween cards, please click here.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Merry Christmas Elves Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Christmas Girl Elves. This purchase includes 8 Images:
Image 5 & 6: Little Gift Girl Elf JPG / PNG format
Image 7 & 8: Big Gift Girl Elf JPG / PNG format
The Details of My Merry Christmas Elves Card
For my card, I decided to go with traditional colours and use my favourites red and green Copic markers for these cuties. Once they were coloured, I went with an 8 ½” x 4” slimline card to fit my colouring.
I also decided that I wanted to create a rustic look to match my papers. So, I blended Vintage Photo ink along the edges of my coloured piece to make them look worn.
The Simple Stories paper matched my Copic colours perfectly! Since my card was so long, I used a 12” x 12” paper for the base and the smaller 6” x 6” pad for accent pieces. These accent pieces were die cut ticket stubs that I repurposed to create some interest in the background papers. I cut two of them using the Simple Stories paper and two Real Red ones that I used as a border. I placed these accents on either side of my colouring.
Next, I added some holly flourishes along the edges of my coloured piece. The “Merry” “& Bright” sentiments were stamped in Mossy Meadow and Real Red to match my colour scheme and cut out with my paper snips. They were layered onto a wooden star for that rustic feel with a Real Red stitched circle. The “25” was a tag from the Santa Claus Lane Frames & Tags which I layered another stitched circle underneath.
To add some sparkle, I used Star Dust Stickles on the white trim of their outfits and Clear Wink of Stella on the ribbons of the presents. Glossy Accents was added to the candy cane to give it a shine. A scattering of red rhinestones was added to match my colour scheme and for even more sparkle.
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Copic Markers:
Little Gift Girl Elf Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Hair: E37/E35/E34/E31 Greens: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91 Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22 Whites C3/C1/0/Star Dust Stickles Clear Wink of Stella on Present Ribbon
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Paint It Black Card using Wednesday from The Girl by C.C. Designs. This fun box card is perfect for Halloween with its gothic feel!
The Details of My Card
I love the new Wednesday TV series and when I saw these stamps by C.C. Designs, I couldn’t resist getting them to colour! Since Wednesday is always in black, I pulled out my Cool Copic markers to colour her up. To make her eyes pop, I used a matt black gelly roll pen on them. Thing is on the same stamp, but it was an easy snip with my paper snips to separate him so that I could place him with his lit match facing Wednesday.
For my card, I wanted to recreate the scene where Wednesday is playing her cello on her balcony. So, I decided that a box card would be fun! I found online a digital stamp of the window that I printed at 2 7/8” from my computer and die cut with a 3” circle die. Since, my box card had multiple layers, I added the window to the back layer, Wednesday to the middle layer and Thing to the front layer to create lots of dimension.
Side View of My Box Card
For the balcony, I embossed black card stock with a brick embossing folder and then rubbed Firebird wax on the bricks to make them pop and give them a red tint. The top filigree was a gate die that I repurposed to just use the top part of the die cut to give my balcony a gothic feel. The banister railing was also another die that I repurposed to add to the gothic as well. For both die cuts, I rubbed Brushed Iron Wax on to make them look ancient.
Next, I white embossed the sentiment from the BFF Stamp Set and die cut it out with a retired Stampin’ Up! die. Love this fun sentiment that Gomez calls Wednesday in the series! Finally, I added some black rhinestones to add a subtle sparkle to my card.
The Girl, C.C. Designs The BBF, C.C. Designs Ophelia Hall Window, Wednesday Addams, The Cuts Workshop Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Tim Holtz Mini Brickwork 3-D Textures Fades Mini Embossing Folder, Sizzix Gate Die 6002/0578, Joy Crafts Lace Border 6002/1289, Joy Crafts 3” Circle Basics Set Die, Memory Box Firebird Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy Brushed Iron Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy Matt Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Black Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Versamark Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up! White Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up! Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up! Black Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up! Paper Snips
Finished card size: 5” x 4 ½” (Standing Up) 6” x 4 ½” (Flat)
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Scary Cute Halloween Card using Vampire Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls as my Design Team Inspiration Card.
The Details of My Colouring
For my card, I had so much fun colouring Vampire Ellie with my Copic markers! I knew that I wanted to give her black hair and decided to go with a ghoulish green and red since she is a vampire. I made her skin a bit lighter by not using E04 for my shadows to give her a deathly pallor. Lol!
For the balloons, I went with an ectoplasm green like in Ghostbusters and a black for the bat. I used my white gelly roll pen to make bat’s fangs stand out and for the highlights on both balloons. The balloons also had glossy accents add to them to make them look like real balloons. Star Dust Stickles were added to the red bows and red trim of her dress.
The Details of My Scary Cute Halloween Card
I decided to create a mini slimline card since I wanted to create a spooky graveyard scene with my dies. Of course, if you have a vampire, you must have a moon dripping blood! Lol! So, I stamped the blood drips first before die cutting the moon out. That way the craters on the moon die did not cause voids in the stamped dripping blood. Next, I brushed Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink around the edges of my moon to make it glow.
Then, I die cut the graveyard in Basic Black and Basic Gray to help differentiate the two layers. Don’t you love how the spooky sky and moon show through the gate to the graveyard!
For the sky, I went with some spooky green skulls paper to match my colouring. Plus, they reminded me of all the ghosts in the graveyard.
A couple of black glimmer bats add some sparkle to the sky. The “Scary” sentiment was die cut from red glimmer paper to match my red colouring.
Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of red rhinestones and black sequins to match my colour scheme.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Pumpkin Patch Card using the new release Pumpkin Emily by Conie Fong Art & Design as my Design Team Inspiration Card. Doesn’t she make the most perfect autumnal card, but she could also be used for Halloween or Thanksgiving!
The Details of My Pumpkin Patch Card
For my card, I decided to create an autumnal card with fall like colours with a pumpkin patch theme since she is picking out her pumpkin. I had so much fun colouring Pumpkin Emily with my Copic Markers in oranges, blue/greens and blacks to match my paper. Once she was coloured, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the ribbon on her hat. For the cat, I decided to make it a tabby cat, but it could also be a black cat for Halloween. I used my black 0.3 Copic multi liner to add the stripes after I had coloured it with my Copic markers.
Next, I die cut her out with a 4” stitched circle die and placed a number of die cut leaves and a pumpkin in one corner to match my theme. The “Hello Pumpkin” sentiment was a sticker that came in the Carta Bella Welcome Fall Kit. In the other corner, I used another sticker of a Pumpkin Patch sign. Perfect for my Pumpkin Patch theme! The leaves falling around her were also from the same sticker set.
Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of Enamel Dots that matched my colour scheme.
Pumpkin Emily, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Welcome Fall Collection Kit, Carta Bella paper Co. Layering Stitched Circle Dies, Memory Box Gather Together Dies, Stampin’ Up! Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up! La Petites Stickers, The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby Welcome Fall Enamel Dots, Carta Bella paper Co. 0.3 Multi Liner Black, Copic Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Pumpkin Emily for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Halloween Is Here Card using the new release Broomstick Emily Witch by Conie Fong Art & Design as my Design Team Inspiration Card. This purchase includes 4 stamps:
The Details of My Halloween Is Here Card
I had so much fun colouring Broomstick Emily Witch with my Copic Markers in Halloween colours! Once she was coloured, I added Gold Gelly Roll to her boot buckles and Clear Wink of Stella to all the green trim pieces on her hat and top.
Next, I decided to create a mini slimline card since I wanted to use my new Haunted House Coverplate by Photo Play and thought it would be a perfect backdrop for Broomstick Emily Witch. I added some Crushed Curry behind the windows to make them glow eerily.
I decided that the haunted house needed a big full moon. So, I die cut the moon die and brushed Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink along the edges to give it dimension. Of course, if you have a haunted house, you need a sparkly bat flying around.
For the sky, I went with some spooky green skulls paper to match my colouring. The other piece of DSP I used was a border along the left side to balance out Emily and to add some unexpected colour. This border was a perfect anchor for my black sparkly “EEK” sentiment.
Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of sprinkles that matched my colour scheme.
Broomstick Emily Witch, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Kelly Panacci Halloween Designer Mat Pad, K & Company Ghouls & Goodies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! Haunted House Coverplate, Photo Play Full Moon Dies, Lawn Fawn Reverse Cut Halloween Words, Frantic Stamper Inc. Bat Punch, Stampin’ Up! Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up! Bright Glitter Assortment Sprinkles, Doodlebug Design Inc., Black & White Assortment Sprinkles, Doodlebug Design Inc., Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Starry Sky, Basic Black, Basic White and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3 ¾” x 6 ¼”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Broomstick Emily Witch for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my second card using Serenity by Conie Fong Art & Design called My Serene Birthday Card. The Design Team members are celebrating Girls/Ladies this weekend with all things feminine! So, I picked this beautiful image to celebrate, and I coloured her twice! I will post my other card at the end.
The Details of My Card
For My Serene Birthday Card, I decided to create a mini slimline card to show that you can create different sized cards with the same image. I made my card size a little larger than a normal mini slimline to fit all my elements, but it can still fit in a No. 10 envelope.
I used the Secret Garden paper again for my colour choices in her colouring with a slight variation on her flowers from my first card. Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen was used for her necklace and Wink of Stella for the butterfly’s wings to add some shimmer.
Serenity
Next, I went with the Photo Play dies for my background. One of the dies is shaped like a tag, but I wanted to use it for the green piece behind her. So, I snipped off the tag part and hid that part beneath the sentiment piece. The two top horizontal banners were remnants from my first card, and I didn’t want them to go to waste. Plus, they gave a finished edge to the top while tying in the colour scheme.
For the next step, I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape onto a tag cut out from the P13 paper pad.
I thought the leafy vine going from my girl to the sentiment tied everything together so nicely while adding interest.
Finally, I added a scattering of brass butterflies for embellishments.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Serenity Blooms Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Serenity. The Design Team are celebrating Girls/Ladies this weekend with all things feminine! So, I picked this beautiful image to celebrate!
The Details of My Card
When you buy this digital stamp, you will receive two stamps with the girl’s hair flowing left or right. I couldn’t resist colouring them both with the same colour scheme, but with a variation on their flowers. So, I made one card for today and the other card will follow later.
Two Versions of Serenity
For My Serenity Blooms Card, I decided to use the Secret Garden paper and decorative tags by P13 for my colour choices. I just love the gorgeous colours of them! I picked the paper with a wreath off to the side for my background and matted it with a matching purple paper from the P13 paper pad.
Next, I decided to add a die cut frame behind her to create some visual interest, but I thought it would be fun to have her off-centred from it. As a result, the wreath was flowing through my frame and they created a nice backdrop for my colouring.
The Decorative Tags are a perfect match to the paper, and I decided to use two of them to tie in my colour scheme. I added a bow to the top to cover the hole and finish the tags off.
For the next step, the Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen was used for her necklace and Wink of Stella for the butterfly’s wings to add some shimmer.
Finally, for embellishments, I added a scattering of brass butterflies and rhinestones coloured with my Copic markers to match my colour scheme.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Paper Nest Dolls is celebrating their 10th birthday this year! So, I am sharing two birthday cards to celebrate! My Dino Birthday Party Cards are my Design Team Inspiration Cards using Dino Party Amara and Dino Party Owen by Paper Nest Dolls. Don’t you think these two stamps go so perfectly together!
The Details of My Cards
I had debated about placing them on the same card, but in the end decided to go with two different cards with the same party theme using boy and girl matching papers. So, the Doodlebug papers were perfect with those gorgeous bright colours! I used the same coordinating papers from each paper pack such as the cupcakes, the Happy Birthday, the sweets, and confetti.
Once I decided on the papers, I coloured Owen and Amara in bright colours with my Copic markers to match it.
For my Amara card, I decided to create a regular A2 card with lots of layers in greens and pinks to match my colouring. I included some fun banners and a balloon since it’s a birthday card.
Amara Dino Birthday Card
For my Owen card, I decided to create a different shaped card. Again, I used lots of layers, this time in blues, but with a mini slimline card layout. I used the same banners and balloon to match Amara’s card, but with different dies for the background.
Owen Dino Birthday Card
The sentiments for both cards came from the Simple Strips – Birthday by Taylored Expressions. I love that you can stamp 18 sentiments at once and die cut them all out at the same time!
Clear Wink of Stella was added to the party hats and the pink ribbon on Amara’s dino. For Owen’s cupcake, I added white gelly pen sprinkles to his cupcake. The finishing touch was adding sequins to both the cards since sequins say birthday party to me! Lol!
Dino Party Amara and Dino Party Owen, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Party Time 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. Hey Cupcake 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. Butterfly Kisses 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Simple Strips – Birthday, Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Die – Birthday, Taylored Expressions VersaFine Ink Pad Onyx Black, Tsukineko Bracket/Speech Bubble Dies, PhotoPlay Balloon Pop-Up Thinlit Dies, Stampin’ Up! Framed Florets Dies, Stampin’ Up! Flag Banner Dies, from my Stash Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Starry Night and Thick Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards sizes: 5 ½” x 4 ¼” and 3 ½” x 6”
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