My Happy Easter Bunny Card

An Easter card with the Easter Bunny on it
My Happy Easter Bunny Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Happy Easter Bunny Card using the Easter Bunny Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!

The Details of My Cards

For my cards, I thought it would be fun to create a scene with the Easter Bunny peeking through the leaves from the Around the Bend Dies as he’s hiding his Easter eggs!

The Into the Clouds Embossing Folder created the perfect sky for my scene with a die cut white cloud adding some interest.

I decided to use the Parakeet Party In Color DSP as my grass and leaves using the Around the Bend Die. A scattering of die cut flowers were used to add colour and highlight the sentiment which was die cut from the Pretty Pillowbox Dies.

The bunny was stamped in black on Basic White showing that you don’t always need to color it to make it stand out.

A couple of Brass Butterflies were added to complete my scene.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Easter Bunny Stamp Set (160272), Around the Bend Dies (160649), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336), Pretty Pillow Box Dies (156321)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Balmy Blue (147105)

Paper: Basic White Thick (159229), Balmy Blue (146982), Basic White (159276), Flirty Flamingo (141416), Petal Pink (146985), In Color 2022–2024 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (159253)

Accessories: Brushed Brass Butterflies (158136), Into the Clouds Embossing Folder (159171), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close Up of the Easter Bunny
Close Up of the Easter Bunny Stamp

Measurements: 

  • Basic White Thick:
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Balmy Blue:
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
  • Basic White (3 pieces):
    • 2 ¼” x 2-1/8”
    • 2” x 1 ¼”
    • Scrap for sentiment
  • Flirty Flamingo:
    • Scrap
  • Petal Pink:
    • Scrap
  • In Color 2022–2024 Designer Series Paper:
    • 5 ¼” x 3 ½”

More Information on My Happy Easter Bunny Card:

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

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

Life’s Too Short Birthday Card 

A birthday card with a gnome chef holding a cake
Life’s Too Short Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Life’s Too Short Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Cake Chef Gnome Bundle.

This Bundle includes 4 images:

  • Image 1: Rose Cake
  • Image 2: Star Cake
  • Image 3: Cake Chef Gnome – Rose Version
  • Image 4: Cake Chef Gnome – Star Version

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to use the Rose Cake Versions on my slimline card. I coloured the images with my Copic markers, especially making sure that the cakes match. 

The Picket Fences dies allow for so many different possibilities! I decided to go with the three circles and have the gnome popping out of one, the sentiment in another and the other cake in the third circle.

I went with some DSP that had a baker and cakes on it to match my theme. The DSP is very neutral so that my colouring and sentiment popped.

I loved the fun sentiment! Once I coloured with my markers the “CAKE” part of the sentiment in an ombre look, I used Star Dust Stickles on it to add some sparkle. Star Dust Stickles was also added to the roses on the cakes.

Some die cut roses were added to my card to brighten it up and tie in the roses on the cake.

The finishing touch was a scattering of Red Rhinestones.

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Copic Markers:

Gnome
Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000
Hair: C5/C3/C1
Top: B99/B97/B95/B93
Pants: G99/G94/G21
Whites: B00/B000/0
Shoes: E37/E35/E33/E31

Close Up of Gnome Chef holding cake
Close Up of Gnome Chef

Cakes
Browns: E37/E35/E33/E31
Pinks: R85/R83/R81
Greens: G99/G94/G21
Reds: R37/R35/R32
Plate: C3/C1/0

Close Up of Cake
Close Up of Cake

Sentiment: R85/R83/R81

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Card Recipe for My Life’s Too Short Birthday Card:

Cake Chef Gnome Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slim Line Diecutting Dies, Picket Fence Studios
Sweet Cake Framelit Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Amazing Life Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Real Red, Basic White, and Fresh Freesia Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 ½” x 3 ½”

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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 Cake Chef Gnome Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Friends Forever Cards 

A floral card that says friends forever
My Friends Forever Cards

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Friends Forever Cards using the Abigail Rose Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! with two different backgrounds.

I was honoured to be asked to present my colouring with Stampin’ Blends at a Playdate for fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. I presented my colouring several times so that I had enough roses to create multiple cards. I have included links to some videos at the end of this post that cover my colouring techniques, as well as the card that I used as my swap for the event.

The Details of My Cards

I had a lot of fun using my Stampin’ Blends to colour the rose from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set!

Card with a solid pink background
Card with Timeworn Type Embossing Folder

Both of my cards have the same layout. The only difference is that I used the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder for one and the Dots & Spots Die for the other card with the Petal Pink card stock. Which do you like best?

Card with holes in the pink background
Card with Spots & Dots Die

I decided to go with the journaling paper from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper since I didn’t want too much to detract from my focal point, but it still added interest. I used the largest stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies for my other piece of DSP. Since this pattern was a darker tone-on-tone, it made the coloured piece really pop without a lot of distraction.

The sentiment was heat embossed in white on Old Olive card stock and then fussy cut out with my Paper Snips.

A Petal Pink die cut floral piece was added behind the focal point adding interest to the journaling paper and balancing out the sentiment.

The Natural Finish Ribbon ran the width of the card grounding the focal point while adding interest. A scattering of Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels added sparkle to the card.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Abigail Rose Suite Collection (159052), Dots & Spots Dies (159164), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), VersaMark ink (102283)

Paper: Very Vanilla Thick (144237), Petal Pink (146985), Basic White (159276), Old Olive (100702), Abigail Rose 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (in Suite)

Accessories: Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels (151193), Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder (156505), Natural Finish Ribbon (in Suite), Paper Snips (103579), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Heat Tool (129053), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154893), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close Up of flower on front of card
Close Up of Cottage Rose

Measurements: 

  • Very Vanilla Thick:
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Petal Pink:
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
    • Scrap for flower die
  • Basic White:
    • 3” x 3”
  • Old Olive:
    • Scrap
  • Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper (2 pieces):
    • 3-1/8” x 3-1/8”
    • 1 ½” x 5”

More Information on My Friends Forever Cards:

How to Use Stampin’ Blends
https://stampwithlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stampin-Up-Blends-2020.pdf

Part 1Whiskey Business Card using Blending Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Blending Different Colours Together

Part 2Country Harvest Card using Light to Dark Technique
Video Tutorial: Light to Dark/Dark to Light Colouring

Part 3Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using Smooth Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Smooth Colouring

Part 4Let’s Gather Together Card using Tip to Tip Blending Technique
Video Tutorial: Tip to Tip Colouring

Part 5So Grateful Cardinal Card using Flicking Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking Colouring

Part 6Let’s Celebrate You Card using Flicking of Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking of Different Colours Technique

No-Lines Technique CardsMy Cardinal Anniversary Card and My Cardinal Card

How to Create a Scene: https://youtu.be/6w4fkxgA9rg

For more information on my Mini Slimline Rose Swap Card, please click here or on the photo.

A birthday card with a rose on it
Mini Slimline Rose Card

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

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

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

Hello Springtime!

A Spring time card with a gnome in her garden
Hello Springtime!

Hello Crafty Friends! Welcome Spring! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Hello Springtime! as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set. There are ten images in the set including:

  • Shears Gnome
  • Tulip Gnome
  • Shovel Gnome
  • Watering Can Gnome
  • Bird Bath
  • Tulips
  • Daises
  • Mushroom with Butterfly
  • Wheelbarrow
  • Gnome Home

Since today is the First Day of Spring, I thought I would create a Spring card with tulips blooming, birds singing and butterflies fluttering! For my card, I decided to create a scene using several stamps from the Gnome Set. 

The Details of My Card

I used Microsoft Word to layout my carefully planned scene so that when I added the Watering Can Gnome, she wouldn’t block any of the other images. I printed and coloured her with my Copic markers separately so that I could add some depth to my scene.

Once everything was coloured, I used the different sizes of the Blending Brushes by Picket Fence and a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps cloud stencil to create my sky around the coloured images. It’s nice that the blending brushes come in different sizes! The smaller ones allowed me to get into areas close to the coloured images without having to mask them.

Tip: Use parts of digital stamps, like the birds from the birdbath, instead of the whole stamp to create interest.

For the grass, I wanted a straight part where the flowers were and then a hill to add interest. So, for the straight piece, I used the largest Small Mini Slimline Stackables Die to get the stitching along the top. The hill was from the Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies by Lawn Fawn. To create dimension and differentiate the two pieces of grass, I used dimensionals.

Tip: use your slimline dies for more than just slimline cards.

I tucked my coloured gnome into the hill part of the grass but added dimensionals behind her to give depth to my scene.

I added die cut stitched clouds to match the stitching on the grass. The sentiment was printed out on my computer and them die cut with another stitched die.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the wings of the butterflies and Glossy Accents to her watering can. A scattering of yellow resin flowers in the grass added to my Spring theme.

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Copic Markers

Girl Gnome
Skin
: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Pink: R85/R83/R81 
Green: G82/G43/G40
Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30 
Flower Petals: YR31/YR30
Flower Centre: YR24/YR31
Watering Can: C5/C3/C2

Close Up of Girl Gnome holding a watering can
Close Up of Watering Can Gnome

Tulips
Pink: R85/R83/R81
Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30
Green: G82/G43/G40

Birds
Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30
Beak: YR24

Butterflies
Body: C5/C3/C2
Wings: BG11/BG10

Mushrooms
Pink: R85/R83/R81
Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30
Stems: E25/YR24

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Card Recipe for My Hello Springtime! Card

Gnome Set, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
The Four Seasons Spring Paper Pad, P13
Aloe Vera Card Stock, Bazzill
Romance Card Stock, Bazzill
Turquoise Mist Card Stock, Bazzill
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn
Small Mini Slimline Stackables, Lawn Fawn
Spring Gnome Sentiments, Polkadoodles Stamps & Papercrafting
Pretty Pillowbox Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Krafty Scenery 2 Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps 
Salty Ocean Distressed Inks, Ranger
Blending Brushes, Picket Fence
Fun Flowers Resin Shapes, Stampin’ Up!
Electronic die cutting machine and scissors
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger

Finished card size: 5” x 5”

Stamp Size: 3”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Easter Bunny Trio Card

An easter card with 3 bunnies on it.
Easter Bunny Trio Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Easter Bunny Trio Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the New Release Easter Rabbit Trio Bundle.

This Bundle includes 4 images:

  • Title 1: Easter Rabbit Trio 
  • Title 2: Rabbit Holding Egg
  • Title 3: Rabbit Holding Daffodil
  • Title 4: Rabbit Holding Carrot

The Details of My Card

For my card, I thought I would create a fun Centre-Step card (downloadable template at end of post) with these three cuties on it! The bunnies come as individual images, but if you get the PNG versions, you can use Microsoft Word to place them together like I did. I made the Egg Bunny larger than the other two since he is in front of the other two.

Once I printed them out, I coloured them with my Copic markers. I decided to colour them in different colours since bunnies come in all sorts of colours and to distinguish them from each other. I coloured the Easter egg to match the purple paper with yellow to match the daffodil and orange to match the carrot. You could say that the Easter egg tied up my colour scheme in a bow.

Side View of card to show the dimension of the easel card.
Side View of Easel Card

I went with soft pastels of purples, yellows, and greens for my paper choices since they are the perfect Easter colors! The Wisteria Wonder Baker’s Twine tied in a bow behind my cuties added some interest to the yellow base. The sentiment piece was die cut with a 3” stitched circle die on the yellow paper from the Welcome Easter Paper Pad by Echo Park. The die cut sentiment was glued directly to the circle.

I used Clear Wink of Stella on the Easter egg to make it sparkle. A scattering of sequins was added to give even more sparkle.

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Copic Markers:

Egg Bunny: E37/E35/E33/E31/R20
Daffodil Bunny: W6/W4/W2/W1/0/R20
Carrot Bunny: C3/C1/0/R20
Egg: V17/V15/V12/YR07/YR04/Y17/Y15
Daffodil Outside Petals: E13/Y17/Y15/Y11
Daffodil Inside Petals: E15/YR16/Y17/Y15/Y11
Stamin: YR16
Carrot: YR07/YR04/YR02/YR00
Daffodil Stem/Carrot Leaves: G28/YG25/YG23/YG11

Close Up of Bunnies
Close Up of Bunnies

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Card Recipe for My Easter Bunny Trio Card:

Easter Rabbit Trio Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Spring Gnomes 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Beverly Eden, The Artists’ Collection, The Paper Boutique
Welcome Easter 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co.
3” Stitched Circle Die, Memory Box
Happy Easter Dies, From my Stash!
Wisteria Wonder Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up!
Sequins, From my Stash!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin Up!
Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!
Basic White, Highland Heather, and Pear Pizzaz Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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

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

Centre-Step Card Template
Centre-Step Card Template

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Easter Rabbit Trio Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Oh, Happy Day Cards

Two cards with a Rabbits flying a kites
Oh, Happy Day Cards

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Oh, Happy Day Cards using the Rain or Shine Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! I created two shaker cards. One was for a swap of the Mini Catalogue and the other was a faux-shaker card. Same design, but with different ways to make a shaker card.

The Details of My Cards

I had a lot of fun colouring this cute rabbit with my Stampin’ Blends! I coloured him with two different coloured shirts depending on the card. Once I finished colouring him, I die cut him out. Even though the bunny is splashing in a puddle on the stamp, the die just cuts him out making him more versatile. So, I decided that since he is bouncing with happiness that I would have him flying a kite.

My Swap Card Details

For my swap card, I made a traditional shaker card and used the kite die for my shaker part. Those Daisy Embellishments are so cute and perfect for a shaker! I backed my shaker part with a little DSP to add some visual interest.

One of the Cards with a ribbit flying a kite. the kite is a shaker.
My Swap Card

To get the placement of the kite, I placed my die cut bunny and DSP circle and the Balmy Blue where I wanted them and then positioned my kite die. Using a post-it note, I secured the DSP, and the kite die to the Balmy Blue and then ran it through my die cutting machine. Once that was done, I pulled part the pieces and embossed the Balmy Blue piece with the Into the Clouds Embossing Folder.

For the shaker part, I used a piece of window sheet that I adhered to the back of the Balmy Blue over the kite opening. Next, I used the foam adhesive strips and manipulated them around my kite. These strips are perfect for a shaker card and so easy to use!

Tip

Once the adhesive strip is down, rub the embossing buddy that comes in the Embossing Additions Tool Kit along the edges. This will help with static and keeps the shaker pieces from sticking to the adhesive.

Close Up of Rabbit
Close Up of Rabbit

Next, I added my shaker elements to the centre of the window sheet on the back. I removed the backing from the adhesive strip and secured the DSP over top. I added more strips to add dimension around the edges of the Balmy Blue so that the card would keep its shape. This part is adhered to the Old Olive card base.

Once that was done, it was just a matter of adhering all the elements in place. A Whisper White bow was added as the tail of the kite. A few daises were added to the sentiment and one beside the tree stump.

Faux Shaker Card Details

A faux shaker card is super easy to make and so fun! For my Faux Shaker Card, I embossed the Balmy Blue and adhered it to the Old Olive mat. Next, I adhered the DSP circle, the stump and one of the clouds to the Balmy Blue.

Second card that is a full shaker card
Faux Shaker Card

Taking a Medium clear envelope, I slid this piece into it. I added my daisy shaker elements to the front on the envelope and sealed it. Using liquid glue, I adhered the envelope to the Thick Basic White card base.

Next, I added the sentiment and the kite with liquid glue to the front on my card. The bunny and the remaining clouds are popped up. A few daisies were added to the sentiment. Easy peasy!

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Rain or Shine Suite Collection (160556), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Balmy Blue (147105)

Paper: Old Olive (100702), Balmy Blue (146982), Crumb Cake (120953), Basic White (159276), Basic White Thick (159229), Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper (in Suite), Window Sheets (142314)

Accessories: Loose Daisy Embellishments (in Suite), Into the Clouds Embossing Folder (159171), Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (151326), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154882), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154830), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154884), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Clear Medium Envelopes (102619), Bone Folder (102300), Foam Adhesive Strips (141825), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Post-It Note

Close Up of Rabbit on Faux Shaker Card
Close Up of Rabbit on Faux Shaker Card

Measurements: 

  • Old Olive: 
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (card base for shaker)
    • Or 5 ½” x 4 ¼” (card front for faux shaker)
  • Thick Basic White:
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (card base for faux shaker)
  • Balmy Blue:
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
  • Crumb Cake:
    • 1-3/8” x 7/8”
  • Basic White (3 pieces):
    • 1-7/8” x 2-3/8” (Rabbit)
    • 1-7/8” x 1-7/8” (Circle)
    • 2 ½” x 2” (Clouds)
  • Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper:
    • 2 ¾” x 2 ¾” (Circle)
    • 2-7/8” x 1 ¾” (Kite for Faux Shaker)
    • 2” x 3” (For shaker under kite)
  • Window Sheet:
    • 2” x 3”

More Information on My Oh, Happy Day Cards:

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

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

Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday

A Birthday Card with a girl dressed in 80's clothing
Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection 80’s Girl 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
Decade Doll Collection by Paper Nest Dolls

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to go with the bright neon colours of the 80’s. I usually don’t use these colours, but it was fun to go outside my comfort zone! I even used Copic markers that I haven’t used before! This might be dating me, but do you remember leg warmers and “Gag me with a Spoon” (said with my best Valley Girl voice)? Lol!

Doodlebug paper is always so bright and colourful that I decided to go with the Hey Cupcake paper. Perfect for my birthday theme in these bright colours! I also wanted a bright neon green and went with a piece of Parakeet Party DSP.

The Framed Florets Dies gave me a perfect backdrop for Ellie and I couldn’t resist using the bright pink sprinkles paper behind her to make her pop.

The sentiment was printed out on my computer. I used a fun script called Mystical Woods Smooth Script at 12pt which I cut apart so that I could run it beside Ellie. I popped up “Like”, TOTALLY” and “birthday” to give visual interest and to highlight these words since they are what my card is all about!

To add to the birthday theme, I added a banner that was die cut from the Doodlebug paper.

I found some bright sequins in my stash that went beautifully with my bright neon colours. Star Dust Stickles was added to the heart on her top, her earrings and the accents on her bow.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Pinks: R85/R83/R81
Greens: YG09/YG06/YG03/YG01
Blacks: C7/C6/C4
Bracelets: YG09/R85/C6
Earrings: YG09/YG01

Close Up of 80's Girl Ellie
Close Up of 80’s Girl Ellie

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Card Recipe for My Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday Card

Decade Collection 80’s Girl Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Hey Cupcake 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Butterfly Kisses 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Framed Florets Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Flag Banner Dies, from my Stash
Sequins, from my Stash
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Polished Pink 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 Cards in the Decade Collection

For more information on my cards, please click the photos.

Grad with a girl in roller skates on it
Roller Disco Babe
A card with a Disco Dancer on it
Stayin Alive Disco Card
Hippie Girl on a card
My Groovy Love Card
Card with a Girl from Seventies and a retro bus on it
My Road Trip Card
Card with a Hippie Girl
Peace Not War Card
Card with 50s greaser and girl with poodle skirt
My Grease Lightning Card
A birthday card with a girl in a flapper dress.
Have a Flappable Birthday

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Decade Collection 80’s Girl Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Galaxy Part II Card 

A Valentine card with a galaxy boy and girl fighter
My Galaxy Part II Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share My Galaxy Part II Card using the Galactic Fighter and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Sets by Kindred Stamps!

A friend of mine asked for me to create a custom Star Wars Valentine card for her Hubby who is a huge Star Wars fan! So, I made two for her selection. I showed the platform card that she picked, but here is the other card that I made. Since she picked the other card, I gave this one to my Hubby instead.

The Details of My Card

I thought a big heart with Hans Solo in it would be a fun Valentine card or even an anniversary card! So, I die cut a heart from the Whimsy Nebula paper that had reds in it. The white scallop border is just the back of the Nebula paper, but it added a nice contrast to the Nebula.

Since it was a Valentine card, you can never have too many hearts! So, I added die cut white hearts on top of embossed pink hearts for the background! The only embellishments were resin hearts on the nebula paper surrounding Hans Solo.

My Other Cards

I also had so much fun colouring these stamps that I made two other cards using the Stampin’ Up! January Paper Pumpkin Key to my Heart. I had just made a few of the cards from the Paper Pumpkin Kit and it was sitting on my desk. So, it was easy enough to add the characters to the cards and use the sentiments from the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Set.

Valentine Card with Chewie
Valentine Card with Chewie
Valentine Card with Storm Trooper
Valentine Card with Storm Trooper

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Copic Markers:

Leia
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25
Lips: R22
Dress: C3/C1/0
Gun: C7/C5/C3

Close Up of Leia
Close Up of Leia

Hans Solo

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E49/E47/E43/E42
Shirt: E53/E51/E50
Pants: B39/B99/B97/B37
Vest/Boots/Gun: C7/C5/C3
Holster: E27/E25/E23/C5/C3

Close Up of Hans Solo
Close Up of Hans Solo

Chewie

Fur: E39/E37/E35/E33/E31
Crossbolt: C7/C5/C3
Sash: E29/E25/E5/E3

Close Up of Chewie
Close Up of Chewie

Trooper

C9/C7/C5/C3/C1/0/B34

Close Up of Storm Trooper
Close Up of Storm Trooper

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Card Recipe for My Galaxy Part II Card:

Galactic Fighter Stamp Set and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Set, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Nebula 8.5” x 3.5” Designer Paper, Whimsy Stamps
Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Detailed Hearts Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Happy Heart Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!
Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Silver Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card sizes: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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To view my other Kindred Stamps cards, please click here.

To view my Star Wars platform card, please click here or on the photo.

A 3D card that has a droid and man and woman
My Galaxy Platform Card

Hope you like My Galaxy Part II Card using Galactic Fighter and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Sets by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Galaxy Platform Card 

A 3D card that has a droid and man and woman
My Galaxy Platform Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share My Galaxy Platform Card using the Galactic Fighter and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Sets by Kindred Stamps!

A friend of mine asked for me to create a custom Star Wars Valentine card for her Hubby who is a huge Star Wars fan! As you might know, I have many different Star Wars stamps, but I decided to use Kindred Stamps since I just received them recently and their stamps are the right size for platform cards!

I had fun making another platform card for my brother’s birthday (I will link to it at the end of this post) that I decided to make one as an option from which my friend could choose. I also made a regular A2 card as another possibility and will post that another day.

The Details of My Card

My friend asked for Leia, Hans Solo and R2D2. So, I coloured them with my Copic markers in their traditional colours. When I showed her the stamp set, she loved the sentiment “I’ve searched the galaxy for you”.

I thought it would be fun for the platform to represent the Millennium Falcon’s bridge. So, I used the Foundry Embossing Folder to emboss the Basic Black die cut that wrapped around the card. Next, I rubbed Brushed Iron Wax to make all the details stand out. Perfect for a look of metal that had been cobbled together since the ship had been battered together so many times. Lol! I made the base Basic Gray like a metal floor and used the stitched rectangle die from the Add On to create stability for the pop-up characters.

Since this was supposed to be the Millennium Falcon’s bridge, I used a pretty Nebula paper from Whimsy Stamps for the windows behind R2D2.

The Stamp AnnieThing Galactic paper had the perfect Valentine theme with the word LOVE against a galaxy of twinkling stars. And it matched my Nebula paper!

I added a few red resin hearts to the sentiment but forgot to take another photo. So, you will just have to imagine that! Lol!

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Copic Markers:

Leia
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25
Lips: R22
Dress: C3/C1/0
Gun: C7/C5/C3

Side View of Leia and Hans Solo
Side View of Leia and Hans Solo

Hans Solo
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E49/E47/E43/E42
Shirt: E53/E51/E50
Pants: B39/B99/B97/B37
Vest/Boots/Gun: C7/C5/C3
Holster: E27/E25/E23/C5/C3

Side View of Woman and droid
Side View of Leia and R2D2

R2D2
B99/B37/C7/C5/C3/C1/R27

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Card Recipe for My Galaxy Platform Card:

Galactic Fighter Stamp Set and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Set, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Galactic Love 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Stamp AnnieThing
Nebula 8.5” x 3.5” Designer Paper, Whimsy Stamps
Platform Pop-Up Dies, Lawn Fawn
Platform Pop-Up Add-On Dies, Lawn Fawn
3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder – Foundry by Tim Holtz, Sizzix
Brushed Iron Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy
Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black, and Basic Gray Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 3-5/8”

Top View Of Platform Card
Top View Of Platform Card

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To view my other Kindred Stamps cards, please click here.

To view my other platform card, please click here or on the photo.

A pop-up card with Super Mario Brothers
Game on Platform Card

Hope you like My Galaxy Platform Card using Galactic Fighter and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Sets by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Hello Little One Card 

A card with a baby boy bear sleeping on a cloud in the night sky
Hello Little One Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Hello Little One Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Goodnight Benji Bundle

This Bundle includes 5 images:

  • Title 1: Goodnight Benji
  • Title 2: I Love You To The Moon And Back V1 Sentiment 
  • Title 3: Love You To The Moon And Back V2 Sentiment
  • Title 4: Sweet Dreams Sentiment
  • Title 5: Hello Little One Sentiment

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline card with this cutie on it. I love how Benji is just hanging out sleeping on his cloud! I coloured him with my Copic markers as a boy, but you can make a girl card or even gender neutral. It’s always good to have a stash of baby cards!

The Pebbles paper that I used had clouds and star constellations in very soft muted colours. Perfect for a baby card!

I decided to use the same scallop mini slimline die for all my pieces including the cloud paper and all 4 layers of clouds.

The stitched cloud dies created a wonderfully fluffy night sky. To frame Benji, I added clouds above and below him with the sentiment on the bottom cloud. Since it is a night sky, I added some star sprinkles around the sentiment.

To add sparkle to the moon and stars, I used Clear Wink of Stella on them.

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Copic Markers:

Bear: E37/E35/E34/E33/R20
Shirt: B23/B32/B21
Moon/Stars: Y11/YR31/YR21
Cloud: B00/B000

Close Up of baby boy bear
Close Up of Benji

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Card Recipe for My Hello Little One Card:

Goodnight Benji Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Special Delivery 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Pebbles 
Stitched Cloud Edges Die-namics, My Favorite Things
Petite Scallop Mini Slim Stacklets, Taylored Expressions
Halloween Night Shape Sprinkles, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ½” x 6”

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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 Goodnight Benji Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Picturesque Hello Card 

A card with a nature scene with lake and trees
My Picturesque Hello Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Picturesque Hello Card using the Picturesque Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! I had a lot of fun playing with this stamp set that I made three cards all with slight variations. One is a gate fold card, another an easel card, and the third is a regular card.

The Details of My Gate Fold Card

I needed to create a swap and decided that I would use the Picturesque Stamp Set for it and create a gate fold card. Give the set some love since there wasn’t a lot of cards out there using it and I always need more masculine card!

I decided this stamp set would be perfect with the Enjoy the Journey Designer Series Paper to create an outdoorsy masculine theme. It is currently free during Sale-a-Bration!

I went with one flap larger than the other since I wanted to show off the DSP. The Into the Clouds Embossing Folder created some interest on the smaller flap while lightening my card up. It also helped to balance the sentiment cluster.

Close Up of stamped nature scene
Close Up of Focal Point on my Card

For my stamped image, I used several colours to represent a sunset over a nature scene. The Coastal Cabana and Mango Melody were both stamped off once before stamping on the Basic White. For the sky, I decided to use the Oceanfront Stamp Set to give it a painted feel, but you could use the water stamp from the Picturesque Stamp Set instead.

Once everything was stamped, I used the largest stitched square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut it out and matted it with Starry Sky card stock.

Next, I wound some linen thread twice around my focal point and tied it in a knot on the opposite side from the sentiment cluster. The die cut tree was from the Majestic Mountain Dies and I thought it added to my outdoorsy theme and balanced the stamped tree on my focal point.

I stamped the sentiment in Starry Sky and used the arrow die from the All That Dies. I loved how it pointed into the scene while creating a base for the sticker and tree.

Those Enamel Sticker Icons are so neat! I went with the tree icon on my swaps since it went well with the die cut tree and my outdoorsy theme. The finishing touch was three Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots.

The Details for My Other Cards

For the Easel card, I decided to give it a distressed look by using my scissors to run along the edges of everything. I even folded down a corner of the DSP so that the Garden Green back can be seen.

A card that is an easel with a nature scene on it.
Easel Card Closed

I loved the encouraging sentiment and decided to use it for the inside as a stopper so that the easel could stand up.

Easel Card Open
Easel Card Opened

The full card was stamped the same way, but I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies to die cut the focal point and mat out. I also used the compass from the Enamel Sticker Icons.

A Regular Card with the nature scene
Regular Card Base

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Picturesque Stamp Set (160511), Majestic Mountain Dies (151608), All That Dies (159078), Oceanfront Stamp Set (157862), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Stitched Rectangle Dies (151820)

Inks: Garden Green (147089), Highland Heather (146986), Coastal Cabana (147097), Starry Sky (159212), Mango Melody (147093)

Paper: Starry Sky (159263), Garden Green (102584), Basic White (159276), Enjoy the Journey 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (160586)

Accessories: Into the Clouds Embossing Folder (159171), Enamel Sticker Icons (160598), Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots (159082), Linen Thread (104199), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Paper Snips Scissors (103579)

Measurements: 

  • Starry Sky (2 pieces): 
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 2 ½” and 6 ¾”
    • 3” x 3”
  • Basic White (3 pieces):
    • 1 ½” x 5 ¼”
    • 3” x 3”
    • Scrap for Sentiment
  • Garden Green:
    • Scrap
  • Enjoy the Journey DSP:
    • 2 ¼” x 5 ¼”
All Three card together
All Three Cards Using the Picturesque Stamp Set

More Information on My Picturesque Hello Card:

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

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

Game on Platform Card 

A pop-up card with Super Mario Brothers
Game on Platform Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Game on Platform Card using the Game on Limited Edition Box by Kindred Stamps!

One of my brother’s recently had a birthday and he loved playing Super Mario Brothers when he was growing up. I also bought the Lawn Fawn Platform Pop-Up Dies and the Platform Pop-Up Add-On Dies recently. So, I thought a platform card using his favourite characters would be a fun card to send him!

The Details of My Card

I coloured several characters with my Copic markers in the bright primary colours from the game. Then, I assembled the platform dies and add-on dies to create my scene. The dies come with everything you need to create a scene. I used the grass and hill dies from the platform and added the sun and clouds dies from the Add-on. Once my platform was completed, I just had to add my characters.

Side View of Platform Card with Super Mario Brothers
Side View of Platform Card

The only embellishment I used was a “game on” puffy sticker on the front.

I love how the platform folds down for mailing and fits perfectly in a 5 ½” x 5 ½” envelope!

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Copic Markers:

Mario
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E37/E35/E33
Hat/Top: R29/R27/R24
Pants: B29/B26/B24
Shoes: E37/E35/E33
Whites: C3/C1/0

Close Up of Mario
Close Up of Mario

Luigi
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E347/E35/E33
Hat/Top: G07/YG09/G16
Pants: B29/B26/B24
Shoes: E37/E35/E33
Whites: C3/C1/0

Close Up of Luigi
Close Up of Luigi

Toad
Skin: E000/E00/E21
Hat: R29/R27/R24/C3/C1/0
Pants: C3/C1/0
Top: B95/B93/B91
Tongue/Mouth: R27/C3
Shoes: E37/E35/E33

Close Up of Toad
Close Up of Toad

Yoshi
Greens: G07/YG09/G16
Whites: C3/C1/0
Oranges: YR07/YR02/YR00
Reds: R29/R24
Tongue/Mouth: R27/C3

Close Up of Yoshi
Close Up of Yoshi

Mushrooms
Blue/Greens: BG13/BG11/BG10
Reds: R29/R24/R24
Whites: C3/C1/0

Platform Folded Flat
Platform Folded Flat

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Card Recipe for My Game on Platform Card:

Game on Limited Edition Box, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Game Over 12” x 12” Paper, Photo Play
Game Over 12” x 12” Paper, Photo Play
Myths & Magic Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Platform Pop-Up Dies, Lawn Fawn
Platform Pop-Up Add-On Dies, Lawn Fawn
Family Fun Puffy Stickers, Simple Stories
Pacific Point, Real Red and Cucumber Crush Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 3-5/8”

Top View of Platform
Top View of Platform

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To view my other Kindred Stamps cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Game on Platform Card the Game on Limited Edition Box by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Have a Flappable Birthday 

A birthday card with a girl in a flapper dress.
Have a Flappable Birthday

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Have a Flappable Birthday as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Flapper Girl Emma. 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
Decade Doll Collection by Paper Nest Dolls

The Details of My Card

For my card, I used my Copic markers to colour Flapper Emma’s outfit in a very striking colour scheme of red and black to create a Roaring 20s theme. I love this Era with all it’s gorgeous outfits, Art Deco, and the dance/music scene!

The Mon Amour Papercrafting Paper by Graphic 45 had women with vintage style clothing on it, but I decided to go with the more neutral designs since I wanted the embellishments and Emma to shine. I felt that the Marvelous Squares Dies created an Art Deco feel with their die cuts adding to my Roaring Twenties theme.

Since Emma had a boa on, I decided to add some real feathers in white and red to tie in my colour scheme. Also, since it’s Mardi Gras week, I thought a mask would be a fun accent to add in front of the feathers. To bring out the details of the mask, I rubbed some white gold wax across it.

Don’t you love the sentiment! Perfect for my card since the Roaring 20s was all about living life to the fullest!

To add some sparkle, I used black and clear rhinestone sticker flourishes in opposite corners and a scattering of red rhinestones. I also added Star Dust Stickles to Emma’s boa and her headpiece. Glossy Accents was added to her pearls.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35/E33
Reds: R59/R29/R27/R24
Blacks: C9/C7/C6/C4

Close Up of girl in flapper dress
Close Up of Flapper Girl Emma

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Card Recipe for My Have a Flappable Birthday Card

Decade Collection Flapper Girl Emma, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Mon Amour Papercrafting Paper, Graphic 45
Nestabilities Majestic Elements Marvelous Squares Die, Spellbinders
Venetian Accents Shapeabilities Dies, Spellbinders 
White Gold Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy
Potted Geraniums Bundle, Stampin’ Up!
Black Onyx Versafine Ink, Tsukineko
White Feathers, Creatology, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Red Feathers, Creatology, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Recollection Bling Stickers, Michaels Arts & Crafts 
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Real Red and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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

My Other Cards in the Decade Collection

For more information on my cards, please click the photos.

Card with a girl in roller skates on it
Roller Disco Babe
A card with a Disco Dancer on it
Stayin Alive Disco Card
Hippie Girl on a card
My Groovy Love Card
Card with a Girl from Seventies and a retro bus on it
My Road Trip Card
Card with a Hippie Girl
Peace Not War Card
Card with 50s greaser and girl with poodle skirt
My Grease Lightning Card

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Decade Collection Flapper Girl Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Hap-Bee Birthday Card

A birthday card with a bee holding a cupcake
My Hap-Bee Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Hap-Bee Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Cupcake Honey Bee and Sentiment Bundle.

This Bundle includes 6 images:

  • Title 1: Cupcake Honey Bee PNG
  • Title 2: For My Sweet Friend Sentiment PNG
  • Title 3: Hap-Bee Birthday PNG
  • Title 4: Sweet As Can Bee PNG
  • Title 5: Just Bee Cause PNG
  • Title 6: Just Bee Cause – Bold PNG

The Details of My Card

Conie Fong Art & Design has come out with several cute bee stamps in her New Release, and I couldn’t wait to colour this cutie up with my Copic markers! In fact, I coloured him twice and will share my other card in another post.

The Graphic 45 paper was perfect for my card with all the Bee sayings on it! I even had a strip of bees with honeycomb leftover from another bee card that I used to anchor my bee scene. The other card will be mentioned at the end of this post.

I couldn’t resist using the honeycomb cluster die on one side of my scene. To help balance out the layout, I used the fun sentiment “Hap-Bee Birthday”, a bee trinket and some red rhinestones on the other side.

I used Clear Wink of Stella on the bee’s wings and Glossy Accents on the cherries.

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Copic Markers:

Bee: Y38/Y35/Y32/C8/C6/C4/R24
Wings/Sky: BG11/BG10/0
Honey Pot: E87/E55/E53/E50/R59/R46/R24/Y38
Honey: Y38/YR24/YR21
Grass: YG67/YG63/YG03
Cupcake: Y38/YR24/YR21/BG11/BG10/0/E87/E55/E53/E50
Cherries: R59/R46/R24

Close Up of Bee holding cupcake
Close Up of Cupcake Honey Bee

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Card Recipe for My Hap-Bee Birthday Card:

Cupcake Honey Bee and Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Let It Bee Papercrafting Paper, Graphic 45
Honeycomb Cluster Die, Taylored Expressions
Pretty Pillowbox Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Bumblebee Trinkets, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Basic White, Basic Black, and Bumblebee Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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

To view mother bee card, please click here or on the photo below.

A Valentine card with a Boy and girl bee holding hearts
My Bee’s Knees Card 

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Cupcake Honey Bee and Sentiment Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Love You More Than Lasagna

A birthday card with a cat  wishing a dog Happy Birthday.
Love You More Than Lasagna Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Love You More Than Lasagna Card! My brother recently had a birthday, and I decided to make a slimline card for him using the Friends Furever Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

When he was growing up, he loved anything Garfield! He even had a Garfield stuffy that he carried everywhere with him! I also think he loved lasagna more than Garfield! Lol! The inside sentiment of my card says, “I love you more than Lasagna!”.

The Details of My Card

I coloured Garfield and Odie with my Copic markers just like in the comics! In fact, I decided to use the Slimline Windows Dies for my card since it looked like a comic strip. I placed Garfield in the windows that have cat DSP behind him, and Odie has dog DSP behind him. The doghouse dies were from a limited-edition Kindred Stamps box. The doghouse fitted perfectly on my slimline card! 

The sentiment “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” was from the stamp set. My brother would get that kind of humour coming from Garfield regarding Odie. Since this was a birthday card, I added the Happy Birthday sentiment to the doghouse.

The only embellishments were the dog bone trinket and Baker’s Twine. I kept the Baker’s Twine long and glued it strategically in certain places to frame the corner and help the eye flow to the other windows.

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Copic Markers:

Garfield
Fur: E18/E15/YR07/YR02
Face: Y26/Y21/YR30
Tail/Ears: C7/C3
Nose: R22
Eyes: C3/C1/0

Close Up of cat
Close Up of Garfield

Odie
Fur: Y26/Y21/YR30
Ears: E19/E18/E7
Tongue: R27/R24/R22
Eyes: C3/C1/0

Close Up of Dog
Close Up of Odie

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Card Recipe for My Love You More Than Lasagna Card:

Friends Furever Stamp Set, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Playful Pets Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Windows Dies, Whimsy Stamps
Doghouse Die, The Great Limited-Edition Box, Kindred Stamps
Sentiment Strips Etched Metal Dies, Photo Play
Wish Photopolymer Stamps, Photo Play
Playful Pets Trinkets, Stampin’ Up!
White/Black Baker’s twine, Stampin’ Up!
Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Basic Black and
Very Vanilla Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8.5” x 3.5”

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To view my other Kindred Stamps cards, please click here.

Hope you like my card using Friends Furever Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie