Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card

A Card with a Windmill on it
Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card using the Flowering Fields Stamp Set and the Windmill Fields Dies by Stampin’ Up!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I thought it would be fun to create a Centre-Step Card, so it looks like the windmill is popping out of the tulip fields. Of course, if you have a windmill, wouldn’t it be fun to make it interactive! So, I added one of the round brads through the blades and into the windmill base.

Tip – to keep the brad from showing from behind the windmill on the card, folded down the arms at angle.

Position of Brads on Back of Windmill
Position of Brads on Back of Windmill

The windmill was popped up with dimensionals to allow the back of the brad to have room. 

I love the beautiful Flowering Fields DSP and used it for the grass/sky piece behind the windmill and the tulip fields! I pulled the colours from the DSP for my sentiment and for the ribbon. A couple of the sweet butterflies balanced out the ribbon on the sentiment.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Flowering Tulips Stamp Set (157672), Windmill Fields Dies (157683)

Inks: Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad (147103)

Paper: Pear Pizzazz (131201), Basic White (159276), Crumb Cake (120953), Soft Suede (115318), Flowering Fields 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (157670)

Accessories: Brushed Brass Butterflies (158136), Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon (155615), Round & Square Brads (155570), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close of Up the Windmill
Close of Up the Windmill

Measurements: 

  • Pear Pizzazz: 11” x 4 ¼” (see template)
  • Soft Suede: 2 ½” x 1 7/8”
  • Crumb Cake: 2 ½” x 1 7/8”
  • Basic White: 
    • 4” x 3” (Windmill Blades)
    • 4” x 7/8” (Sentiment)
    • Scraps (Clouds)
  • Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper:
    • 2 pieces: 4 ¼” x ¾”
    • 2” x 4 ½”
Side View of Centre-Step card
Side View of Centre-Step Card

More Information on my Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card:

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

To download a PDF of the Centre-Step Template, please click here or on the picture.

Centre-Step Card Template
Centre-Step Card Template

For a Stampin’ Up! video on the Flowering Fields Suite, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card

My Card with a Boy and Girl Gnome and Two Dogs.
Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs. This stamp set comes with 11 images including:

Gnome Sweethearts
Gnome Sweethearts with Dog
Maltese Dog
Yorkie Dog
Generic Dog
Lab Dog
Bulldog
Happy Birthday to My Favorite Gnomie Sentment
Happy Anniversary to My Favorite Gnomie Sentiment
Sweet Gnomie Love Sentiment
For My Sweet Gnomie Sentiment

The Details of My Card

This stamp set is perfect for anniversaries, weddings, Valentine’s Day and anything Love, but I decided to use it for a birthday card! The sentiment is so fun and perfect for a birthday!

A friend of mine had her birthday recently and I know she loves gnomes and has 2 dogs that she dotes on. So, I thought this set would be perfect for her birthday card! I even coloured the dogs to look like hers!

For my card, I pulled out my Build a Fairy Garden Die Set to decorate my card with these fun mushrooms. Don’t you just love the sparkly fairy blowing kisses the gnomes way!  Since the die cut picket fence wasn’t long enough to fit my slimline card, I cut it in half and hid the cut ends behind my gnomes. To give the fence a worn look, I sponged vintage photo ink on it. The paper I used had a gnome theme and the field of flowers and mushrooms was perfect for my card!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Girl’s Hair: E29/E27/E25/E21
Boy’s Hair: W7/W5/W3
Reds: /R59R29/R27/R24
Greens: YG97/YG65/YG93/YG91
Blues: B97/B95/B93/B91
Dog 1: E27/E25/E23/C3/C1/0
Dog 2: C9/C7/C5/E27/E25/E23/C3/R20
Ground: W3/W1/W0
Sky: B000/B00/B0/0

Close Up of Two Gnomes and Two Dogs
Close Up of Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs

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Card Recipe for My Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card:

Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Gnome Sweet Gnome 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper Pad, My Mind’s Eye
Rainbow Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Build a Fairy Garden Die Set, Whimsy Stamps
Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things
Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Ranger
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen
Mossy Meadow, Midnight Muse, Real Red, Crumb Cake,
Soft Suede and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8.5” x 3.5”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

If you are looking for other gnome cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

This is The Valentine Way!

My Valentine Card with Baby Yoda and hearts on it.
This is The Valentine Way!

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my This is The Valentine Way! using Rebel Baby by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. I just wanted to show how versatile the Paper Nest Dolls stamps are by making a Valentine card with this cutie!

The Details of My Card

When I was out shopping the other day, I saw some Baby Yoda Valentine cards for children to hand out. I had a light bulb moment that I could create my own Valentine with Baby Rebel!

For my card, I decided that I wanted it to be a traditional Valentine card with lots of hearts and pinks/reds/whites. I love the bright colours of the Doodlebug paper! So, perfect for a Valentine card! I thought it would be fun to place a red glimmer Valentine heart in his hand to give to you! Since he is a galaxy baby, I pulled in some stars but went with glimmery red and pink to match my colour scheme. A scattering of red rhinestones adds a bit more sparkle to this fun Valentine!

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Copic Markers:

Rebel Baby
Skin: YG03/YG63/YG67/R20
Robes: E89/E87/E84/E81

Close Up of Digital Stamp of Baby Yoda
Close Up of Rebel Baby on My Card

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Card Recipe for My This is The Valentine Way! Card:

Rebel Baby, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Sentiment, Printed out on Computer
Lovebugs 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc
Red Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Give It a Whirl Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Scallop Contour Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card sizes: 4.25” x 5.5”

My Baby Yoda Holding The Card
My Baby Yoda Holding The Card

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

I created another Baby Rebel card for my presentation at the Wizards and Rebels Weekend for Paper Nest Dolls back in August (here is a link to that card). For this card, I used a different Copic combination for my Rebel Baby.

Magic Iris Opened
Opened Iris Door of My Mandalorian Card

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Rebel Baby by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Love You More Than Chocolate Card

My Valentine Card with Chocolates on it.
Love You More Than Chocolate Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Love you More Than Chocolate Card using the Nothing’s Better Than Stamp Set and matching Love You More Than Dies by Stampin’ Up! I have been meaning to play with this set and thought it would be perfect for a Valentine’s Day card!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided that I wanted to go with Early Espresso, Crumb Cake and Real Red for my colour scheme since they reminded me of a box of chocolates. 

I love how fun it is to replace the word “Chocolate” with the stamped image of the chocolates. Giving the receiver a subtle hint of what the card is all about. And just in case they miss that, I stamped in Early Expresso the word Chocolate and the outline of the chocolates on the Crumb Cake piece. For the stamped chocolates on the Basic White Card Stock, I used two-step stamping before die cutting them to create depth and dimension with Early Espresso for the outline and Crumb Cake for the silhouette.

To tie in the Real Red Designer Series Paper from the Regals Pack, I used Real Red for my hearts and Red Rhinestones to add sparkle. The stitched hearts were from the Give It a Whirl Dies. A favourite of mine for those little accents!

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Nothing’s Better Than (158295), Love You More Than Dies (152698), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820)

Inks: Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (147114), Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116)

Paper: Early Espresso (119686), Basic White (159276), Crumb Cake (120953), Real Red (102482), Regals 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (155227)

Accessories: Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Close Up of My Card
Close Up of My Card

Measurements: 

  • Early Espresso: 11” x 4 ¼” scored at 5 ½”
    • 2 7/8” x 1 7/8” (Words)
    • Scraps for hearts
  • Real Red: 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
    • Scraps for hearts
  • Crumb Cake: 4” x 4 ¼”
  • Basic White: 2 ¼” x 3 5/8”
    • 1 ½” x ¾” (Chocolates Die)
  • Regals Designer Series Paper: 5 ¼” x 2”

More Information on my Love You More Than Chocolate Card:

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

My Love Is In The Air Card

A card with a gnome flying with a balloon
My Love Is In The Air Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Love Is In The Air Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle. If you need a fast Valentine card, then this is it!

I had great fun colouring this cutie for a birthday card (link) that I thought he would make a fun Valentine card with his heart balloon! He comes with 9 stamps including a choice of heart balloon or round balloon, with or without grass and 5 sentiments that consist of Hello Love, Love Is In The Air (2 different styles), Happy Valentine’s Day and Heart Full Of Love in JPG. You can also get him in PNG.

Details of My Card

I decided that I wanted to use the Glorious Sky Slimline Paper for my background, but I die cut it down to fit a Mini Slimline card instead. This paper is awesome in that it completes the scene with minimal fuss. All I had to do was add my die cut sentiment with some Valentine flags and my coloured image which I popped onto an Action Wobble. What is more fun than an interactive card and this one is super cute!

My Card in Action

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: C4/C3/C1
Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22
Shoes: C7/C5/C4/C3
Pom Pom: C3/C1/0/Star Dust Stickles

Close Up go Gnome with his balloon
Close Up of Gnome with Balloon

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Card Recipe for My Love Is In The Air Card:

Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Glorious Sky Slimline Paper Pack, Whimsy Stamps
From My Heart Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Cork Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Large Mini Slimline Stackables Dies, Lawn Fawn
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Tasteful Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Action Wobble Spring
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6.5” x 3.5”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Will You Be My Valentine Viking?

Valentine card with a Viking on it
Will You Be My Valentine Viking?

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Will You Be My Valentine Viking? for my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls. Can you see a theme this week in my Valentine cards for my Hubby? Lol! He loves history especially Vikings! So, I used Viking Andrew with mustache ties from the Viking Bundle. This bundle has three characters and two animals – Viking Andrew (with and without the mustache ties), Viking Owen, Viking Dragon, and Viking Boar. I have created several Viking cards over the years and will include links to them at the end of this post as well.

The Details of my Card

I had so much fun colouring with my Copic markers this brawny guy in appropriate Viking colours! His colouring even matches another card called My Let’s Go A-Viking Card that I made for Paper Nest Dolls for their New Year’s Day Event. Wouldn’t these two make a perfect pair!

A card with a Viking on it.
My Let’s Go a Viking Card

For my card, I found some neat digital paper with Viking watercolour images that suited my theme. The Viking ships in the bottom panel were from an invitation in the digital package, and I just cropped it to include only the ships. I then had a choice of which ship to highlight and went with the red/white sail one to match my reds.

Close Up of Viking
Close Up of Viking Andrew

Since this is for my Hubby, I kept the embellishments minimal with several die-cut hearts for my Valentine theme and a scattering of red rhinestones. I love how the Viking chipboard accents highlight the fun sentiment that I punch out with heart punches.

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Viking Andrew

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: W7/W6/W5/W3
Top: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Pants/Mitts: R39/R37/R35/R32
Fur Trim: C7/C5/C3
Boots: E49/E47/E44
Axe: C7/C5/C4/C3/E49/E47/E44
Brass/Belt/Bracers: E18/E15/E11
Steel on Helmet: C7/C5/C3
Skull on Belt: E42/E41/E40/0
Horns on Helmet: E41/E40/0

Close Up of Viking's Face
Close Up of Viking Andrew’s Face

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Supplies for Will You Be My Valentine Viking? Card:

Viking Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Cozy Winter 12” x 12” Designer Paper Pack, P13
Viking Digital Paper, Happy Watercolor Shop
Brave Vikings Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! (Sentiment)
Give It a Whirl Dies, Stampin’ Up! (Hearts)
Heart Punch Pack, Stampin’ Up!
Seafaring Chipboard, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Mossy Meadow, Real Red and White Card Stock

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

My Other Viking Cards

A Viking Girl surrounded by hearts
Viking Love Valentine Card
A card with a Viking on it.
My Let’s Go a Viking Card
You Slay Me Valentine Card
You Slay Me Valentine Card
My Birthday Viking Card
My Birthday Viking Card

Hope you like my Will You Be My Valentine Viking?
using the Viking Bundle by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Viking Love Valentine Card

A Viking Girl surrounded by hearts
Viking Love Valentine Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Viking Love Valentine Card using the Brave Vikings Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! My Hubby loves history and especially Vikings! He even has a Viking outfit with sword tor Society for Creative Anachronisms events. So, it was a given that I would get this stamp set as soon as I saw it.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to use the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper that you can get for free with a qualifying hostess party. This paper is awesome! It has so many patterns for different occasions and seasons, and you get 48 sheets (4 each of 12 double-sided designs)! The colourful hearts are perfect for a Valentine card and the diagonal stripe paper matches those colours perfectly!

I used the Heart Punch Pack to punch out my DSP and matching scallop hearts. The little Poppy Parade stitched hearts are from the Give It a Whirl Dies. I scattered the hearts willy-nilly to mirror to the whimsey of the Stitched with Whimsey Die on the Basic White. 

Once I stamped the Viking girl in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, I pulled out my Stampin’ Blends to colour her using the colours pulled from the DSP. I then fussy cut her out. I placed her on the card so that she is pointing at the sentiment like she is saying the words. A scattering of Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels adds a bit of sparkle to the card.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Brave Vikings (157926), Stitched with Whimsey Dies (155314), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708)

Paper: Poppy Parade (119793), Basic White (159276), Bermuda Bay (131197), Pattern Party Designer Series Paper (155426)

Accessories: Heart Punch Pack (151292), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154958), Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154885), Cinnamon Cider Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (153105), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154904), Bronze & Ivory Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154922), Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154893), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Paper Snips (103579)

Close Up of Viking Girl
Close Up of Viking Girl

Measurements: 

  • Poppy Parade: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
    • 2 Scallop Hearts: 2 3/16” x 2 1/8”
    • Scraps for Stitched Heart Die
  • Bermuda Bay: 2 3/16” x 2 1/8”
  • Basic White (3 pieces):
    • 5” x 3 ¾”
    • 1 15/16” x 1 7/8”
    • 2 ¼” x 1 ¾” (Viking Girl)
  • Pattern Party Peach Designer Series Paper: 5 ¼” x 4”
    • 1 15/16” x 1 7/8” (2 pieces)

More Information on My Viking Love Valentine Card:

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

My Neighbourly Birthday Wish for You

The Flintstones
My Neighbourly Birthday Wish for You

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Neighbourly Birthday Wish For You using the Prehistoric Family Limited Edition Box by Kindred Stamps! It’s my brother’s birthday today and we grew up on The Flintstones! So, I thought a fun slider card for his birthday would be right up his alley!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a full scene, but to fit all my characters, I went with a slimline card. Once I coloured my characters, I built my prehistoric card. So, much fun! There is a great video on the Kindred Stamps website on how to do this. I found that my card was a bit top heavy, and the awning kept getting caught. So, I add 3 strategical placed washers underneath the wheels. Voila! Fixed!

Of course, if you have a car, you need a road! So, I used the stencil that came with the kit, a blender brush and ink to create my road. Then, I die cut the Gray Granite with the Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle since I wanted the stitching to frame my whole scene. Once that was done, I created my mechanism using the Heffy Doodle Pull Tab Dies and hid it behind the road. The clouds DSP was also die cut with the stitched rectangle to finish the frame of my scene. Once my scene was created, I added my characters finishing my prehistoric family!

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Copic Markers:

Wilma
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: YR00/YR18/YR16/YR14/YR12
Dress/Pearls: C3/C1/C00/0

Wilma and Betty
Wilma and Betty

Betty
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: T10/T8/T6/T4
Dress: BG10/BG18/BG15/BG13/BG11
Necklace: C1/C7

House
Stone: C0/C1/C3
Door: B00/B02/B04
Windows: Y32/Y35/Y38

Fred and Barney
Fred and Barney

Fred
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: C9/C7/C6
Outfit: YR00/YR18/YR16/YR14/YR12/C7
Tie: BG18/BG05

Barney
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: Y000/Y19/Y17/Y15/Y13
Outfit: E79/E77/E74/E71/E70

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Card Recipe for My Neighbourly Birthday Wish for You:

Prehistoric Family Limited Edition Box, Kindred Stamps
(Build A Prehistoric Car Die, Prehistoric House Stamp,
Prehistoric Family Stamp Set and Flag Stone Stencil)
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Myth & Magic Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Linen Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangle)
Slimline Pull Tab Dies, Heffy Doodle (Slider Mechanism)
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn (Cloud)
Rainbow Builder Dies, Stampin’ Up! (Sun)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Gray Granite Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Crushed Curry Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blender Brushes, Picket Fence
3 Metal Washers to Balance Car
Gray Granite and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”

Video of Slider Card in Action

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For more of my Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like My Neighbourly Birthday Wish For You using the
Prehistoric Family Limited Edition Box by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Magical Birthday Card

A Birthday Card with a Gnome holding a balloon
My Magical Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Magical Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle. He comes with 9 stamps including a choice of heart balloon or round balloon, with or without grass and 5 sentiments that consist of Hello Love, Love Is In The Air (2 different styles), Happy Valentine’s Day and Heart Full Of Love in JPG. You can also get him in PNG.

Details of My Card

This bundle is great for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries and so much more, but I decided that I wanted to create a birthday card. So, I used the sentiment from Dandelion Wishes to create my birthday card. 

Since this cutie is floating in the air, I thought I would create some clouds with a stencil, ink and dies. Perfect way to ground him from the very colorful Doodlebug paper! I thought it would be fun to have the sentiment on the cloud with the sun peeking above. I added Glossy Accents to the balloon to make it shine. A scattering of matching dots and rhinestones tie in the colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: C4/C3/C1
Blues: B29/B26/B24
Greens: G07/YG25/YG23/YG11

Close Up of Gnome with Balloon
Close Up of Gnome with Balloon

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Card Recipe for My Magical Birthday Card:

Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Party Time 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Krafty Basics Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box 
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn
Noble Peacock Rhinestones, Stampin’ Up!
Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin’ Up!
Balmy Blue Classic Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Blender Brushes, Picket Fence
Glossy Accents, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen
Granny Apple Green, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight
and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My “Party On!” Card

A Birthday Shaker Card
My Party On Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My “Party On!” Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card using Party Princess Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls.

This past weekend Paper Nest Dolls turned 9 and reached over 6,000 members on their Facebook Group! Congratulations Paper Nest Dolls! Party Princess Ellie was a digital stamp that was given away for free to all attendees, but you can still get her until this Friday, Jan 21, 2022! Here is the link to the post on the PND Inspiration Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4758734684247076&set=gm.3166875813548826.

Details of My Card

I am planning to give this card to my niece whose birthday is coming up. So, I coloured Ellie with my Copic markers to match her colouring and the Doodlebug paper. Don’t you just love the kitties with the balloons on the side panels!

For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a fun fold called a free-standing triple panel shaker card! Say that three time fast! Lol! I also wanted to use some balloon dies that I thought would be perfect for a birthday card and go along with Ellie’s heart balloon. The Balloon dies are to make a pop-up window, but I thought a shaker card would be a fun interactive element instead!

Side View of Card
Side View of Card

Instructions to Create a Free-Standing Triple Panel Card

  • Cardstock size: 8 ¼” x 5 ½”
  • With the 8 ¼” side along top, score: 1 ¼”, 2 ¼”, 6” and 7”
  • Fold the sides in a Z pattern

To download the Triple Panel Card Template, please click here or on the image.

Triple Panel Card Template
Triple Panel Card Template
Card Laid Flat to Display Folds
Card Laid Flat to Display Folds

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Copic Markers

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E37/E35/E33/YR31
Dress: G99/YG63/YG03
Pinks: RV55/RV63/RV52/Glossy Accents on Balloon
Cupcake Wrapper: E37/E35/E33
Crown: E15/Y38/Y35/Glossy Accents
Heart on Cupcake: Y38/Y35/RV55/Star Dust Stickles
Candle: YG67/YG03
Flame: Y38/Y35/Glossy Accents

Close Up of Party Girl with a Balloon
Close Up of Party Princess Ellie

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Supplies for My “Party On!” Card:

Party Princess Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Hey Cupcake 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Balloon Adventures, Stampin’ Up! (Sentiment)
Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Flag Banner Dies, Memory Box
Balloon Bouquet Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Tangerine Tango Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up!
Party Animal Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Sprinkles Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Marshmallow Premium Sequins, 28 Lilac Lane, Buttons Galore & More
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo and Basic White Card Stock

Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

Hope you like My “Party On!” Card using Party Princess Ellie
by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Peachy Keen Birthday Card

A Birthday Card with Peaches on it.
Peachy Keen Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Peachy Keen Birthday Card using the Sweet As a Peach Bundle which includes the Sweet As a Peach Stamp Set and the matching Peach Dies.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I love the colours of the pretty You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper and decided that I wanted to pair it with the Picture This Dies.

For the sentiment, I positioned the die cut Calypsol Coral piece, without adhering it, on the card base and stamped the sentiment directly onto the Thick Basic White card base. Next, I popped up the Calypso Coral card stock with dimensionals onto the card base. I then used liquid adhesive on the DSP shifting them into place to allow them to peek through the two of the openings. For the Balmy Blue sentiment, I white embossed it with my heat gun to make it pop.

I decide that I wanted the Pear Pizzazz leaves to be exploding from the Picture This Dies frame onto the sentiment with the stamped peaches layered on top.

For the peaches, I used a technique where you use a sponge dauber to add a second colour to your stamps and create dimension. I stamped the peaches from the Sweet as a Peach stamp set twice. The top three are in Pale Papaya. The bottom three are Pale Papaya with Calypso Coral daubed on the edges after inking them with the Pale Papaya. What a difference it makes!

Technique to add second colour to the peaches.
Sponge Dauber Technique to Add Second Colour to Stamp

A couple of Calypso Coral Artistry Blooms Sequins tie in the colour scheme and add a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Sweet As a Peach Bundle (155823), Picture This Dies (155559)

Inks: Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad (147101), Pale Papaya Classic Stampin’ Pad (155670), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad (147104), VersaMark Ink (102283)

Paper: Calypso Coral (122925), Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Balmy Blue (146982), You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper (155686)

Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Sponge Daubers (133773), Artistry Blooms Sequins (152477), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Heat Tool (129053)

Close Up of My Card with Peaches on it
Close Up of My Card

Measurements: 

  • Thick Basic White: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Calypso Coral: 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Basic White (2 pieces):
    • 1 ¾” x 1 ½” (Peaches)
    • 2 ¾” x 2 ¼” (Leaves)
  • You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper (2 pieces): 2 11/16” x 1 5/16”
  • Balmy Blue: 1 3/16” x ¼”

More Information on My Peachy Keen Birthday Card:

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My Groovy Slimline Birthday Card

A Birthday card with 2 girls, 2 boys a dog and a van on it
My Groovy Slimline Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Groovy Slimline Birthday Card using Doll Detectives by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. This bundle comes with 6 digital stamps including 2 boys, 2 girls, a dog, and a van.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided that I would create a CAS (clean and simple) slimline card to fit all my cute characters. So, I layered my PNG stamps in Word to create my scene and then coloured them with my Copic markers.

I thought it would be fun to add some flowers to the sky to add interest. So, I took my digital van and blew up only the flowers, coloured them and fussy cut them out. You have to love being able to do that with digital stamps! Once they were cut out, I outlined them in a black multiliner to cover up any areas where my fussy cutting wasn’t perfect. It also allowed them to pop from the page.

For my sentiment, I decided to cut it up to fit on the side of the van like a banner of sorts with another flower and a sequin. The only die I used was the stitched one to cut out my scene. My finishing touch was a couple of other sequins.

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Copic Markers:

Girl 1
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E57/E37/E08/E15/YR27
Shirt: YR68/YR65/YR61
Skirt: E37/E08/E15
Magnifier: W4/0
Glossy Accents on Glasses and Magnifier

Close Up of Girl 1 and Boy 1
Close Up of Girl 1 and Boy 1

Boy 1
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E57/E25/E99/YR27/YR24
Shirt: G07/YG09/YG05
Pants: E37/E08/E15
Shoes: W8/W6/W4
Sandwich: E50/E51/YG03/Y17/YR24/R08

Dog
Fur: E27/E25/E23
Collar: B18/B26/B24/B12
Tongue/Ears: RV00/R20
Nose/Spots/Eyebrows: W8/W6
Dog Tag: C3/C1

Close Up of Scooby
Close Up of Dog

Boy 2
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: YR24/Y35/Y13/Y11/Y00
Sweater: C3/C1/C0/0
Pants: B18/B26/B24/B12
Scarf: YR09/YR16/Y17
Shoes: E50/E53/E55

Close Up of Fred and Daphnie
Close Up of Boy 2 and Girl 2

Girl 2
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E08/YR18/YR07/YR04/Y17
Scarf: G07/YG09/YG05
Dress/Shoes/Headband: BV04/BV02/BV00
Stripes/Tights: V12/V01/RV00

Van
Green: G07/YG09/YG05
Blue: BG57/BG45/BG53
Wheels: C9/C7/C5
Steel Parts: C5/C4/C3
Flowers: YR09/YR16/Y17
White Gelly Roll Pen on Window

Close Up of Van in Background
Close Up of Van in Background

Flowers in Sky: YR09/YR16/Y17/Clear Wink of Stella
Road: C5/C4/C3
Sky: B0000/B000/B00/0

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Card Recipe for My Groovy Slimline Birthday Card:

Doll Detectives, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Sentiment, Kindred Stamps
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Back Sequins, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Multiliner Black Ink Pen, 0.3mm Tip, Copic Marker
Granny Apple Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Stamp sizes
Girl 1: 2.82″ Tall
Boy 1: 3″ Tall
Van: 3.25″ Tall
Dog: 2″ Tall
Boy 2: 3.12″ Tall
Girl 2: 3″ Tall

Finished card size: 8 6/8” x 3 6/8”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Doll Detectives by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Let’s Go A-Viking Card

A card with a Viking on it.
My Let’s Go a Viking Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I was so excited to have been asked to present at the Paper Nest Dolls’ New Year’s Day Party this past weekend! So, I am sharing My Let’s Go A-Viking Card that I coloured and created for this event! It is using the stamp created exclusively by Paper Nest Dolls for the event and is called Viking Tina after our very own Tina Day Goodwin from the PND Design Team! 

Details of my Card

I had so much fun colouring with my Copic markers this cutie in what my Hubby called “Viking colours”! Lol!

For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a Norwegian fjord vignette as a backdrop for my Viking Tina. So, I pulled out my Distressed Oxide Inks and Blending tools to create the Aurora Borealis night sky. I love the “wooden” Viking ship by Stamp AnnieThing poking out of the green frame! A couple of mountains and a water die completed my vignette. Going on a cruise to see the fjords and the aurora borealis are on my bucket list.

Distress Inks for Aurora Borealis Night Sky
Distress Inks for Aurora Borealis Night Sky

The P13 paper was perfect for my Norwegian theme and matched my Viking colour scheme! To add to the rustic feel, I added some recycled carboard, a rustic star and small wooden stars. A scattering of red rhinestones tied in the red of Viking Tina’s dress.

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Viking Tina:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Brass: E18/E15/E11
Horns on Helmet: E42/E41/E40/0
Steel: C7/C5/C3
Dress: R39/R37/R35/R32
Cape: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Cape Button: E15
Fur/Trim on Cape/Dress: C7/C5/C3
Boots: E49/E47/E44/C7/C5
Laces: C3
Necklace: E44/E43/E42/E41

Close Up of Viking Tina by Paper Nest Dolls
Close Up of Viking Tina

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Supplies for My Let’s Go A-Viking Card:

Viking Tina, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
140 lbs Hot Press Watercolor Paper, Fabriano
Cozy Winter 12” x 12” Designer Paper Pack, P13
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
4” and 3 5/8” Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box
Build a Viking Ship Dies, Stamp AnnieThing
Stitched Mountain Borders, Lawn Fawn
Breaking Waves Border Dies, Heffy Doodle
Christmas Trimming Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Ink
Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Ink
Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Ink
Mini Ink Blending Tool, Ranger Ink
White Gelly Roll Pen
Ripped Cardboard 5” x 2 ½”
Wooden Star Shapes, From my Stash
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Black Rhinestone for eye of boat
Mossy Meadow, Gray Granite, Night of Navy,
Soft Suede and White Card Stock

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

Hope you like My Let’s Go A-Viking Card using
Viking Tina by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card

A winter card with a girl holding a penguin
Wintery Birthday Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Happy New Year! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card as my first 2022 Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Emily with Penguin. She comes with 6 stamps including a choice of curly hair or braids and 2 sentiments that consist of Believe in the magic of Christmas and Sending Christmas Joy in PNG and JPG.

Details of My Card

For my card, Emily comes with Christmas sentiments, but I thought she would make a sweet winter birthday card! I have six birthdays, including mine, this month alone! So, I needed to get busy making birthday cards! 

I love the soft pastel colours of the Doodlebug paper! So, I used that beautiful palette to colour the digital stamp with my Copic marker. The large Wonderful Snowflake has a beautiful iridescent foil card stock look to it. Once I punched out the large snowflake, I used the leftover scraps of the foil card stock to die cut my smaller snowflakes to match it. By adding a few rhinestones to the centre of the snowflakes, I created even more shimmer. Aren’t those mittens just the cutest! Perfect for a winter card! And to add a bit of sparkle to them, I added some embellishments that look like snowflakes! Finally, I couldn’t resist using Stickles to Emily’s trim on her hat for even more sparkle! A birthday sentiment was all the card needed!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E18/E08/YR18/YR14
Blues: BG57/BG13/BG23/BG11
Purples: V12/V15/V17
Browns: E74/E71/E70
Penguin: C9/C7/C5/C3/C1/C0/0
Penguin Feet/Beak: YR14/YR18

Close Up of Digital Stamp
Close Up of Emily with Penguin

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Card Recipe for My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card:

Emily with Penguin, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Winter Wonderland 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Best Year Yet Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
So Many Snowflakes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Painted Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Wonderful Snowflakes, Stampin’ Up!
Precious Mittens Die, Memory Box
Winter Wonderland Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Emily with Penguin for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Christmas Gift Card Holder

Gift Card Holder
Christmas Gift Card Holder

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Christmas Gift Card Holder as a Design Team Member of Conie Fong Art & Design using the free Santa Gnome Gift from the Kit and Clowder’s Day 23 of their 2021 Advent Calendar. Here is a link to the Facebook Post so that you can pick it up for free: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitandclowder/posts/4349541945174041

Details of My Gift Card Holder

I decided that I wanted to create something a little different than a card and I always need gift card holders at Christmas time. So, I created one to match the fun Doodlebug Papers in blues and purples for a masculine card. Once I coloured the stamp with my Copic Markers, I coloured a couple of rhinestones to match. I even coloured the frame behind him and the sentiment frame to match my colour theme. I added a couple of sparkly snowflakes and the ribbon to tie the card closed. Of course, I had to decorate the inside with a sentiment from the Christmas Gnome Stack since it fit perfectly inside my card. A couple more sparkly snowflakes finish the inside!

Instructions to Create a Gift Card

Gift card holder base: Gorgeous Grape – 7 ¾” x 5”

Doodlebug panels: 4 ¾” x 2 ¼” and 4 ¾”x ½”

Score the gift card holder at 6” and 2 ½”

Adhere the Doodlebug panels to the front top flap and to the front of the holder

Before gluing the side of the holder, take a 1” circle punch and punch a notch into the bottom flap, this will make getting the gift card out a bit easier (see picture below)

Using strong adhesive adhere the bottom flap on the gift card holder together (this forms the pocket for the gift card)

Inside of Gift Card Holder
Inside of Christmas Gift Card Holder

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: C4/C3/C1
Blues: B39/B28/B24/B32
Purples: V12/V15/V17
Rhinestones: B28/V17

Close Up of Santa Gnome
Close Up of Santa Gnome

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Card Recipe for My Christmas Gift Card Holder:

Santa Gnome Gift and Christmas Gnome Stack, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frosty Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Snowfall Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
1” Circle Punch
Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Blue Snowflake, Dollarama
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Finished Gift Card Holder size: 5” x 3.50”

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To view my other Conie Fong Art & Design projects, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration using
Santa Gnome for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie