Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Panda Lotus Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the new release Panda Bundle. This Bundle includes 12 images in JPG & PNG format:
Title 1 & 2: Lotus Panda
Title 3 & 4: Bamboo Panda 1
Title 5 & 6: Bamboo Panda 1 Without Background
Title 7 & 8: Bamboo Panda 2
Title 9 & 10: Bamboo Panda 2 Without Background
Title 11 & 12: Bamboo Panda 3
The Details of My Panda Lotus Card
For my card, I went looking to see what I had in my stash that would fit a lotus flower and low and behold, I found an old Paper Pumpkin Kit that I didn’t finish! Lol
But first, I coloured my image with my Copic markers and decided to add a bright lotus flower to make the image pop from the background.
Next, I heat embossed in white the sentiment and added a Bubble Bath mat to make it stand out.
The Kit came with some clear resin dots that I added to my lily pad and around my focal point.
The finishing touch was to add some Dragonfly Trinkets. Perfect for a lily pond!
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Copic Markers:
Panda Black: C7/C5/C4 Panda White: C3/C1/C0/0 Ears: RV02/RV00/C1 Feet: RV02/RV00 Lotus Flower: RV66/RV63/RV52 Lily Pad: YG67/GY63/YG03
Close Up of Lotus Panda
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Card Recipe for My Panda Lotus Card
Panda Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Meaningful Flowers August 2023 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan N’ Cut White Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up! Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up! Embossing Additions Tool Kit, Stampin’ Up! Dragonfly Trinkets, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Panda Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Sending Hugs Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Eucalyptus Tree Koala and Sentiment Bundle. Isn’t he just the cutest? This listing includes a total of 4 images:
Eucalyptus Tree Koala Right JPG format only
Eucalyptus Tree Koala Left JPG format only
Sending Hugs Sentiment JPG/PNG format
The Details of My Sending Hugs Card
First, I coloured this cutie with my Copic Markers and added Wink of Stella to the flower petals. I decided to use a W blend to give him a warm life-like colour.
Once that was done, I decided to create a faux-fun fold! Lol! I knew that I wanted to use my Palm Leaf Frame Die by Paper Rose, but my koala would have covered it almost completely. So, instead of centering him on the card, I turned the card and set him off to one side which meant he poked up above the card base. This placement gave my card a faux-step card look.
Next, I die cut the Tropical Escape DSP with the Palm Leaf Frame to add interest to it. Then, I layered a pink piece of DSP behind it to match the pink in the flowers. The pink flowers were cut from the DSP as well using the matching Tropical Dies.
The sentiment was die cut out with a stitched flag die and I layered a paper palm leaf and the pink flowers to match my DSP. To add interest to my palm leaf stem, I used a wooden skewer from my kitchen and wrapped it around to make it curl. Another palm leaf was tucked under my focal point.
The finishing touch was to add some rhinestones to the flower centres and card base for sparkle.
Eucalyptus Tree Koala and Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Tropical Escape 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Palm Leaf Frame Metal Dies, Paper Rose Stitched Rectangle Dies, Memory Box Stylish Shaped Dies, Stampin’ Up! Tropical Dies, Stampin’ Up! Palm Leaves Floral Embellishments, The Paper Studio Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Wooden Skewer Granny Apple Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 5 ½”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! For the First Day of Summer, I am sharing My Summer Sailing Card using the Framed Scenes Bundle and the Sunrise Sailing Bundle by Stampin’ Up!
I was honoured to be asked to present my colouring techniques using Stampin’ Blends to 24 demonstrators at a Stampin’ Up! Play Date that was organized this past weekend by my team leaders. They asked me to demonstrate colouring a scene with Stampin’ Blends that could be used as a Father’s Day card and the Framed Scenes Bundle was perfect for this! I taught things like underpainting, tip-to-tip, colouring die cuts and so much more!
My card was used as my swap for the event, but not everyone participated in the swap. So, I created some simple bookmarks for the others so that they could explore using the Blends.
Bookmark
The Details of My Summer Sailing Card
For my card, I thought it would be fun to use a z-fold so that I could show off the gorgeous sailboat on the Sunrise Sailing Hybrid Embossing Folder.
I knew that I wanted the full sailboat to be on the inside of my card. So, I cut the Balmy Blue card stock and embossed it twice. Once so that the sailboat was centred on one piece of card stock. The second piece of card stock was embossed on the left side of the embossing folder parallel to where the first one was embossed…this allowed for a continuation of the waves from front to back of the card. There was a small amount of boat showing on the front piece, but the focal point covered it.
Top of Z-Fold Card
For my focal point, I placed it off centre to the left of the card so that the embossed boat can be seen peeking out from the inside layer. The Country Woods DSP created a perfect wooden frame around my colouring.
The sentiment was embossed in white and then the end was snipped at an angle.
The small sailboat and the trio of birds were added to the card to create interest and lead the eye inside the card. The finishing touch was three Riverside Irregular Pearls with one on the front and two on the inside panel.
My Colouring Techniques/Tipsfor My Summer Sailing Card
Underpainting
Underpainting is where a third colour is added to create extra depth especially in the shadows. For my colouring, I used Light Smoky Slate along the edges of the lighthouse where the shadows would be the darkest. Once I laid that colour down, I used the Dark Real Red to go over the Smoky Slate and extend it a little bit further into the highlight. Then, I added the Light Real Red and blended it into the dark. If your highlight is too dark, you can use the Color Lifter to lighten the highlight colour.
Tip-To-Tip
Tip-to-tip is where you take two colours that are different and apply one tip of the marker to the other one to transfer some colour.
For the reflection in the water, I used the Colour Lifter and rubbed it against the Dark Real Red marker to pick up a small amount of red. When I first applied the Color Lifter with the red to my image, it was the darkest. So, I used that for the shadows along the water edge and the edges of the lighthouse reflection. As I coloured, the red was used up until it was colourless. This created a highlight in the water to mirror the highlight in the lighthouse. Once, that was done, I just scribbled off on a piece of scrap paper to remove any red from the Color Lifter.
Close Up of Colouring on Bookmark
Colouring Die Cuts
One thing that most people don’t think about is colouring your die cuts with Stampin’ Blends to create dimension. For the sail of the boat, I used Light Smoky Slate and my Color Lifter. I coloured Light Smoky Slate triangles at the bottom of the sails to make them look like they are full. Then, I extended a line up the mast from the bottom to the top. Once that was done, I used my Color Lifter to soften the edges along the centre of the sail pushing the ink towards the lines (shadows) that I added.
Adding Texture to Leaves
For my trees, I decided to add texture with dots. First, I coloured the leaves in Light Old Olive and let it dry. It needed it to dry so that the dark would not bleed when added. Then, I used my Dark Old Olive and added random dots to the leaves making sure that where there were shadows, I concentrated my dots. At this point, the dots may look strange, like a polka dotted tree lol, but by going over them with the Light Old Olive next, it blended the edges of the Dark creating texture and dimension.
Blending from Colour to White
The final technique that I taught was how to blend from colour to white such as for the sky. I used Light Balmy Blue and edged my scene where the sky was on the image. Then, I used a flicking motion of my Light Balmy Blue marker from this line out to the white. This flicking allowed the marker to blend easier than if there was a solid line. Once that was done, I used my Colour Lifter and used circular motions along the edge where the blue ended, and the white began. This softened that edge creating a transition from colour to white.
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), VersaMark Ink (102283)
Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Balmy Blue (146982), Real Red (102482), Country Woods 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (163393)
Accessories: Riverside Irregular Pearls (164937), Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154899), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154882), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154830), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Lighthouse on Card
Measurements for My Summer Sailing Card:
Thick Basic White:
11” x 4 ¼” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
Balmy Blue:
4” x 2 ½” (2 pieces)
½” x 3” (sentiment)
Basic White:
3 ¼” x 2 ½”
Scraps for Birds and Sail
6” x 2 ½” for Bookmark
Real Red:
Scrap for Boat
Country Woods Designer Series Paper:
3 ½” x 2 ¾”
More Information on My Summer Sailing Card
For more information on my colouring, here are some videos of my colouring techniques from a few years ago:
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Kitty Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Cat With Balloons. I coloured this image twice a while back and I finally made a card for him! Lol! I will post the other card that I made using this image at the end of this post.
The Details of My Kitty Birthday Card
For my card, I decided to use the Everyday Skies Designer Series Paper with the Everyday Arches Dies by Stampin’ Up! for my sky. But first I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers. I added Wink of Stella to the balloons to make them shimmer.
Next, I added dimension with layers of stitched clouds behind my arched focal point on the orange background piece. I even added more clouds on my focal point behind the Kittie.
The sentiment was die cut out with a stitched flag die to match the stitching on the arches.
The final touch was to add some Adhesive-Backed Birds to my scene and another one to the orange DSP.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Note of Thanks Card using the Botanical Textures Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! I decided to create an elegant grayscale card using the Textured Notes Dies and the Botanical Textures Designer Series Paper for my inspiration.
The Details of My Notes of Thanks Card
My card was for a swap, and I thought a z-fold card would create a fun element with the rectangle dies from the Textured Notes Dies that I layered to create my focal point.
Top of Z-Fold
First, I stamped the leaves from the Textured Noted Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Basic White while keeping in mind the placement of my other elements. I love the different textures of the Distinktive leaves peek out from behind the sentiment!
Next, I heat embossed in white the sentiment and die cut it out with the long thin die from the Textured Notes Dies. I also used this die to die cut another strip of DSP that I layered behind the sentiment.
Once that was done, I used my 1-7/8” punch on a leaf motif from the DSP to match my stamped leaves. I matted this with a 2”” punched Basic Black card stock piece.
To finish my focal point, I layered the different die cut rectangles that matched my colour scheme.
For the card base, I used another leaf motif to match my other leaves for the front of the card. Then, I used the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder for the inside Basic White piece. I loved how it added interest when the card front is closed, but the recipient would be surprised that it completed the inside.
Inside of Card
In order to have a place for the message, I added another Basic White die cut piece to the smaller panel on the inside.
As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Neutral Matte Dots in black and white to my card front on the stamped piece and to the circle leave DSP.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Botanical Textures Suite Collection (165563)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Basic Black (121045), Basic White (166780), Smoky Slate (131202), Botanical Textures Designer Series Paper (165545)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), 2” Circle Punch (133782), 1-7/8” Circle Punch (165259), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Basic Black (4 Pieces):
11” x 4 ¼” scored at 2 ¾” x 5 ½”
2 ¼” x 3 ¾”
2” x 2” (Circle)
½” x 3 ½” (Sentiment)
Basic White (3 Pieces):
1 ¾” x 3 ¼” (Front)
4 x 5 ¼” (Embossed Inside)
3 ¾’ x 2 ¼” (Inside)
Smoky Slate:
2 ¾” x 4 ¼”
Botanical Textures Designer Series Paper (3 Pieces):
4 x 2 ½” (Front)
1-7/8” x 1-7/8” (Circle)
½” x 3 ½” (Strip)
More Information on My Note of Thanks Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Mermazing Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Rosealea Mermaid And Sentiment Bundle. This listing includes a total of 12 images in JPG and PNG format:
Title 1 & 2: Rosealea Mermaid Facing Left JPG/PNG
Title 3 & 4: Rosealea mermaid Facing Right JPG PNG
Title 5 & 6: Little Mermaid Facing Left JPG/PNG
Title 7 & 8: Little Mermaid Facing Right JPG/PNG
Title 9 & 10: You are mermazing sentiment JPG/PNG
Title 11 & 12: Have a mermazing day sentiment JPG/PNG
The Details of My Mermazing Day Card
For my card, I decided to go out of my comfort zone and colour with my Copic markers Rosealea in oranges. I don’t usually use orange in my colouring. But since there was a lot going on in the background, I thought it would make her pop from my shaker card and match the orange fish in the background DSP.
The Waves Die by Spellbinders was a new purchase, and it went perfectly with my mermaid theme! Since the die took up the whole card front with lots of peek through holes, I decided to create a shaker card.
To create my focal point, I added behind Rosealea gold foil coral and some vellum seaweed. Rosealea and the seaweed helped lead your eye up to the sentiment.
Next, I adhered a scattering of gold shell sequins from the Sea Sequins to the front of my card, along with some blue sequins from the Stardust Sequins to tie in my colour scheme.
Finally, to add some sparkle, I used Clear Wink of Stella on her tail and Glossy Accents on the pearls in her hair.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Poppin’ Hello Card using the Poppin’ By Bundle which includes the Poppin’ By Stamp Set and Poppin’ By Dies by Stampin’ Up! I needed to make a shoebox swap and thought that this cutie would be perfect…just look at those shoes and glasses! So cute!
The Details of My Poppin’ Hello Card
For my card, I knew that I wanted to have the popcorn guy as my main focal point! So, I pulled out my Crushed Curry and Real Red Stampin’ Write Markers and coloured the rubber stamp with them. Then, I “huffed” with my breath on the stamp to moisten it and reactivated the ink before I stamped him. Such a fun technique that I haven’t done in a while!
Once he was stamped and die cut out, I glued on his shoes and his 3D glasses. I could have left off the lens of the glasses, but I thought a 3D look would be fun!
To create my focal point, I added a die cut Balmy Blue flag from the Birthday Celebration Dies. I stamped “POP” randomly on it in Balmy Blue for a subtle tone-on-tone look.
For the sentiment, I used two Basic Black die cut film strips that I layered behind the Real Red stamped sentiment.
All of this was layered onto the Turtle-y Cute DSP, matted with Crushed Curry and adhered to my Real Red card base.
As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Holographic Resin Dots. Perfect for that 3D look!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Poppin’ By Bundle (165489), Birthday Celebration Dies (164598)
Inks: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (166780), Balmy Blue (146982), Crushed Curry (131199), Basic Black (121045), Turtle-y Cute 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (165221)
Accessories: Regals Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment (161699), Holographic Resin Dots (165598), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Real Red:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Scraps for Glasses
Basic White (2 pieces):
Scraps for Popcorn Guy
Scraps for Sentiment
Crushed Curry:
4-1/8” x 3-1/8”
Balmy Blue:
2 ¼” x 3”
Scraps for Glasses
Basic Black:
Scrap for Glasses
Scraps for Shoes
Scraps for Film
Turtle-y Cute Designer Series Paper:
4” x 3”
More Information on My Poppin’ Hello Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Storybook Easter Card using the Storybook Friends Bundle which includes the Storybook Friends Stamp Set and the Storybook Friends Dies with Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I thought this DSP with its die-cut designs would make a fast and fun Easter card for my in-laws! In fact, my Mother-in-law loved Peter Rabbit. So, I knew she would get a kick out of my card!
The Details of My Storybook Easter Card
For my card, I thought a double z-fold card would create a perfect Easter scene. So, I used the soil-shaped die from the Storybook Garden Patch Dies to create the ground panel. I very carefully lined up the die three times to cut it along the top of the 11” x 1 ½” piece of Crumb Cake.
Top View of Double Z-Fold Card
Next, I embossed it with the retired Textured Embossing Folder to give the ground some interest and to cover up where the soil-shaped die left indents in the card stock. Once that was done, I brushed Crumb Cake Ink with my Blending Brush along the edges to make it look more like dirt. I popped up my ground piece with dimensionals on the front and on the last panel.
To make the carrots, I used the spade from the Storybook Garden Patch Dies and trimmed off the handle part. Then, I added the Old Olive die cut leaves. I love that the soil-shaped die has cuts in the ground that the carrots can be inserted to look like they are growing out of the ground!
Front of Card
For the front panel of the card, I used the Storybook Friends Dies to die cut a house from the DSP and frame it with the Wood Textured Specialty Paper. Since I wanted to add the pre-cut fence and ground infront of the house, I made sure that the house I picked was towards to top of the frame. I added some Lost Lagoon DSP that reminded me of wallpaper behind my frame.
Inside of Card
For my background scene on the other two panels, I made sure that I cut the DSP to create a continuous scene.
I love how easy it is to decorate my card with the die-cut designs! I added the momma bunny and child bunny to the front of the z-fold. Then, I added the mouse carrying water to the middle panel of the z-fold. And, finally, I added the squirrel with the rake to the third panel. I popped up the bunnies, but adherred the mouse and squirrel directly to the ground piece. When the card is closed, the carrots hide the mouse and squirrel from view. How cool is that!
Side View of Card
For the popped up sentiment, I used one of the stitched banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut my Lost Lagoon Easter Greetings. A die-cut butterfly was added for whimsy.
The finishing touch was to add three Antique Pearls with two on the front and one beside the sentiment.
I placed a Basic White piece on the back for the message.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Storybook Friends Bundle (164675), Storybook Garden Patch Dies (164666), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116), Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Pad (161678)
Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Basic White (166780), Calypso Coral (122925), Old Olive (100702), Wood Textured Specialty Paper (163770), Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series (164662)
Accessories: Blending Brushes (153611), Antique Pearls (164679), Paper Snips (103579), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Card Laid Flat
Measurements:
Crumb Cake (2 pieces):
11” x 4 ¼” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
11” x 1 ½” scored at 5 ½” and 8 ¼”
Basic White (2 pieces):
4” x 5 ¼” (for Back)
Scrap for Sentiment
Calypso Coral:
Scrap for Carrots
Old Olive:
Scrap for Carrot Tops
Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series (10 Pieces):
2-5/8” x 4-1/8” (Front Panel)
2-5/8” x 4-1/8 (Middle Panel)
5-3/8”” x 4-1/8 (Back Panel)
1 ¾” x 2 ¾” (House)
2 Rabbits, Mouse, Squirrel, Fence, Butterfly Die Cut Designs
More Information on My Storybook Easter Card
Here is another card that I made recently just with the die-cut designs. I even have a third card that I will share later. I just love this Suite for those quick cards!!
Another Card Using Die-Cut Designs
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Daisy Daydream Alternative Cards using the Daisy Daydream March 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit by Stampin’ Up! I loved this kit with its pretty paper pieces (especially those bees!), printed cards and envelopes! So, I made five alternative cards with only adding Balmy Blue card stock to two of them.
But, first, here are the three cards that the kit makes. Perfect for all occasions, these beautifully crafted cards bring a touch of nature-inspired charm to your handmade creations.
Daisy Daydream March 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit
The Details of My Daisy Daydream Alternative Cards
My Centre-Step Card
For my first alternative card, I used my favourite fun fold and create a centre-step card! The beautiful printed card bases lend themselves to this fun fold. The only extra product that I added was the Balmy Blue card base which was cut and scored according to the template below.
My Centre-Step Card
For the centre panel, I cut the front of one of the daisy cards in half and used the right side for my centre panel. Next, I popped up a large daisy at the top and tucked in a honeycomb piece so that it hung off the edge.
The side panels were from the envelope with the daisies on the front that I cut apart. Since the panels were so thin, I was able to cut both panels using just the front left side of the envelope.
Side View of Centre-Step Card
For the bottom panel, I added the daisy chain behind my sentiment and tucked in another honeycomb hanging off the edge of the centre panel. The daisy chain was a little long. So, I used my paper snips and trimmed off the green leaves on either side of it.
The finishing touch was the bee popped up on the centre panel. You might notice that I again had the bee hanging off the edge of the centre panel. I loved this look which added visual interest and brought the eye to the back panels.
Measurements:
Card Base:
11” x 4 ¼” cut/scored according to template below
Centre Panel:
2-1/8” x 5-3/8”
2 Side Strips (from Envelope):
7/8” x 4-3/8”
Other Pieces from Kit:
Daisy Precut Paper Pieces
Bee Precut Paper Piece
Honeycomb Paper Pieces
Sentiment Piece
My Easel Card
For my second alternative card, I decided to create an easel card with the daisy chain being used inside as my stopper. So, I scored the front of the Blue Card Base from the Kit in half at 2-1/8” to create my fold.
I used the remaining half of the Daisy card front and cut the back of that card base in half to use one panel for the front and the other panel on the inside.
My Easel Card
For my focal point, I layered several elements from the Kit. I used the leftover circle from the Circle Layered piece to matt the green circle. Then, I added the full-length daisy making sure that when the card was in easel layout that the daisy did not extend beyond the card at the bottom. I tucked in a honeycomb behind my sentiment and popped up the bee. Note: Only add adhesive to the bottom of this circle focal point.
Easel Card Open
For the inside, I added the final panel from the daisy card base and popped up the daisy chain to create the stopper. I love how this looks when the card is in easel form with the daisy chain mirroring the daisies on the card front.
Measurements:
Blue Card base (from Kit):
4 ¼” x 5 ½” scored at 2-1/8”
Daisy Card Base (3 Pieces):
2” x 5-3/8”
Other Pieces from Kit:
Daisy Precut Paper Pieces
Bee Precut Paper Piece
Honeycomb Paper Piece
Green Circle
Leftover Circle
Sentiment Piece
My Faux-Step Card
For my next alternative card using the Daisy Daydream March 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit, I made a faux-step card.
I used two of the yellow card bases from the kit to create my card. One I trimmed 3 ½” off the full card base to create my centre panel. For the back panels, I used a full card base and scored it according to the measurements listed below. There was a score from the original card that I ignored. Once that panel with the original score was covered up with the card stock and the printed envelop, it was not noticeable. Hence why my mats are 1/8” instead of ¼” …less card base showing.
My Faux-Step Card
For this card, the only extra product that I used was some Balmy Blue Card Stock to mat my pieces. The rest was from envelops which included the front right of the blue envelop and the envelope with the bee on the front. Once the envelope with the bee was cut apart, I was able to use the front piece for the back panel that ran the length of the card. Then, I used the back of the envelope for the bottom panel.
Side of My Faux-Step Card
Again, for my focal point, I layered several pieces from the kit together.
Measurements:
2 Yellow Card Bases:
4 ¼” x 5 ½” scored at 1 ¼”, 2 ½” and 5 ½”
3 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Balmy Blue (3 Pieces):
3-3/8” x 4-1/8” (Centre Panel)
1-1/8” x 5-3/8” (Bottom Panel)
2-7/8” x 5-3/8” (Back Panel)
Envelope Pieces:
3 ¼” x 4” (Blue Envelope)
1” x 5 ¼”
2 ¾’ x 5 ¼”
Other Pieces from Kit:
Daisy Precut Paper Piece
Bee Precut Paper Piece
Honeycomb Paper Piece
Green Circle
Sentiment Piece
My Birthday Card
For this alternative card, I decided to use the circle layer on top of the daisy card to create a peekaboo to the daisies below. I added several Daisy Pre-cut Paper Pieces around the sentiment and popped up the bee.
My Birthday Card
Measurements:
Pieces from Kit:
Daisy Card Base
Circle Layer
Daisy Precut Paper Pieces
Bee Precut Paper Piece
Sentiment Piece
My Thank You Card
For my last alternative card, I had the daisy part leftover from the blue envelop and thought it would be pretty peeking through the circle layer.
My Thank You Card
The daisy just fit in the circle to the point that I adhered it directly to the circle layer. If I had popped it up, the edges would have been noticeable. So, instead, I popped up the whole circle layer.
Once again, I layered several pieces, including a large daisy, sentiment, honeycomb, vellum and a bee, from the kit for my focal point. I added an extra bee since I had one leftover.
Measurements:
Blue Envelope
Leftover from faux-step card
Other Pieces from Kit:
Blue Card Base
Circle Layer
Daisy Precut Paper Piece
Bee Precut Paper Pieces
Honeycomb Paper Piece
Vellum Piece
Sentiment Piece
More Information on My Daisy Daydream Alternative Cards
Downloadable Centre-Step Card Template
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Centre-Step Card Template
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! Today is my Father-in-law’s birthday and I know he loves planes! So, I am sharing My Floating Hexagon Card using the Adventurous Sky Bundle by Stampin’ Up! This bundle is retiring and if it was on your wish list, now is the time to get it!
I received a swap card from another Demonstrator recently and she used a Half Hexagon Pop Up Box Card using the Wildflower Birthday Suite Collection, but I thought the Adventurous Sky Bundle would be a fun alternative. When I was researching this fun fold, I discovered that another Demonstrator used this Bundle but made it floating with Window Sheets. So, I combine the two ideas and made my card as a Floating Hexagon Box Card (could also be called a Bandstand Pop Up Card). Don’t you just love all the inspiration out there!
The Details of My Floating Hexagon Card
For my card, I decided to use the cloud DSP for the front and side panels and the airplane DSP for the inside panels. I knew that I wanted to use the DSP also for the body of the large die cut plane. I love how it looked on another card that I made (I will post this card at the end). It gives the plane a texture like it was rivetted together.
Side View of Card
Next, I fussy cut two planes from the DSP. I wanted one of them to be pulling the Happy Birthday banner along the bottom of my card.
To create my scene, I used Tear & Tape Adhesive to hold the Window Sheets in place. I tried liquid glue, but it wasn’t strong enough. Then, I decorated them with Boho Blue stamped clouds using liquid glue and then dimensionals for the clouds on top. I added the large plane that I built with liquid glue to the centre window panel with dimensionals.
Top View of Card
The finishing touch was to add another cloud and a fussy cut plane to the top of the panels to balance out the plane and banner below.
I placed a Basic White piece on the back for the message.
Inks: Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (161650), Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110)
Paper: Night of Navy (100867), Basic White (166780), Copper Clay (161721), Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (163772), Take to the Sky 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (163436)
Accessories: Window Sheets (142314), Paper Snips (103579), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Tear & Tape Adhesive (154031), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Night of Navy:
5-3/8” x 4 ¼” scored at ¾” and 4-5/8”
7” x 1 ¼” scored at ¾”, 2 ½”, 4 ½” and 6 ¼” (2 pieces)
Basic White (7 pieces):
3 ¾” x 4” (for Back)
Scrap for Sentiment
Scraps for 5 Clouds
Copper Clay:
Scrap for Large Die Cut Plane
Textured Metallic Specialty Paper:
Scrap for Propeller
Window Sheets (3 pieces)
1 ½” x 4” (2 pieces) and 1 ¾” x 4”
Take to the Sky 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (12 Pieces):
8 Sky pieces total: 1 ½” x 1” (4 pieces), 1 ¾” x 1” (2 pieces) and ½” x 4” (2 pieces)
3 Plane pieces: 3 ¾” x 4” and ½” x 4” (2 pieces)
Scrap for Large Die Cut Plane
2 Planes Fussy Cut from DSP
More Information on My Floating Hexagon Card
I made a while back another card with this Bundle which you can find here.
My Adventurous Birthday Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Easter Greetings Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Angel Wishes. This purchase includes 2 Images with Angel facing left and right.
The Details of My Easter Greetings Card
For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline Easter card with this sweetie! So, I knew that I wanted to colour her with my Copic markers in soft pastel Easter colours of purples, pinks, yellows and greens. For the purple, I decided to use my BVs instead of my traditional Vs to match the papers. Another big departure for me is that I coloured her wings in B45/B41. I usually use much lighter colours like B000/B00 or BG10/BG11. My colour choices were out of my comfort zone, but I was pleased with how she turned out!
For the designer paper, I used two different paper packs. The butterfly paper in the background was from Spring Whispers and the florals was from Sweet Tweets both by The Paper Boutique. The Spring Whispers Coloured Card Collection made it easy to match my papers!
To anchor my Angel, I added a stitched circle and another circle mat. I had debated about using the Tulip Doily for my card, but decided it was too busy. However, the inside circle die from the Tulip Doily was the perfect fit for the mat of my stitched circle. I offset the circle and trimmed off the excess.
The sentiment was already on my desk leftover from anther card. It was from the Easter Bunny Trio Bundle. I added a stitched die cut behind my sentiment with the same paper to tie in the floral paper behind my focal point.
To add some sparkle, I used my Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on her wings and the ruffle of her dress. To create a soft look, I smooshed my finger on the ink before it dried.
The finishing touch was a scattering of butterflies to match the butterflies in the designer paper.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43 Dress: BV34/BV31/V20 Wings/Dress Ruffle: B45/B41/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Pink Flowers: R85/R83/R81/Y15 Yellow Flowers: Y17/Y15/Y11/E15 Blue Flowers: B45/B41 Leaves/Stems: YG67/YG63/YG03
Close Up of Angel Wishes
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Card Recipe for My Easter Greetings Card:
Angel Wishes, Conie Fong Art & Design Easter Bunny Trio Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Spring Whispers Coloured Card Collection, The Paper Boutique Spring Whispers Decorative Papers, The Paper Boutique Sweet Tweets Decorative Papers, The Paper Boutique Mini Slimline Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Die, Pink Fresh Studio Tulip Doily Creatables Die, Marianne Design Unbounded Love Dies, Stampin’ Up! Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Brushed Brass Butterflies, Stampin’ Up! Clear Star Gelly Roll Pan, Sakura
Finished card size: 6 ½” x 3 ½”
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Beautiful Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the stunning Bella Rose. This purchase includes 4 Images:
Bella Rose Left (girl facing left in JPEG format)
Bella Rose Right (girl facing right in JPEG format)
Rose Bonus image JPEG
Rose Bonus image PNG
The Details of My Beautiful Day Card
For my card, I decided to go with a soft vintage Victorian theme and the Stamperia paper was perfect for it! The paper is so pretty with its roses and vintage wallpaper designs! There was one piece that had a circle with roses in it that suited Bella Rose! Since I wanted to add layers to my card, I used my Paper Snips to cut out the circle part to use for my focal point.
But first, I coloured Bella Rose with my Copic markers in soft colours to match my theme. I even added glitter to the roses in her hair to make them shimmer. I positioned Bella on the circle so that the rose on the layer below peeked through…almost like she was smelling the rose.
Next, I decided to create a rose gold foiled sentiment with a matching rose gold stitched mat. So, I used my laser printer and printed out a pretty scripty sentiment. Then, I foiled it using my laminator. This is something new to me and I hope to do more of it! Once this was done, I punched it out with a circle punch and added my mat.
To balance out my card, I used a tag that I tucked in behind my focal point opposite Bella. Then, I tucked in a beautiful detail rose die cut from Paper Roses on top of the tag. I thought the die cut roses matched the roses in Bella’s hair beautifully!
Finally, to add to the Vintage Victorian theme, I used some wide lace ribbon in a soft cream colour. To mirror this, I added three material roses in a matching colour opposite Bella on the circle.
The finishing touch was a scattering of sequins that matched my colour scheme and added sparkle to my card.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21 Pink Flower: R85/R83/R81/Glitter White Flower and Bow: E53/E51/E50/0/Glitter
Close Up of Bella Rose
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Card Recipe for My Beautiful Day Card:
Bella Rose, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Precious 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Stamperia Rose Gold Foil Paper, Stampin’ Up! Rose Bloom Metal Die, Paper Roses Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up! 2 1/6” Lace Ribbon, Michael’s Art & Crafts Vanilla Flower Trim, Stampin’ Up! Black Laser Printer Sweet Birthday 2nd Birthday Kit, Sassy’s LLC Rose Gold Foil Laminator 1 ½” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up! Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up! Pink Sequins, From my Stash Glamour Dust Glitter, DecoArt
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Otterly Amazing Card using the Otterly Amazing Bundle which includes the Otterly Amazing Stamp Set and the Otterly Amazing Dies by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Otterly Amazing Card
I received a fun puzzle card in a swap back in October and thought this fun fold would work well with the Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper, especially the pages with the scene. But this card was for a swap, and I didn’t have enough papers with the scene. So, I used other playful aquatic scenes as well to complete my swaps.
Two of my Cards with Different Scenes
For my card, I took a 11” x 4 ¼” Pretty Peacock piece and scored it according to the instructions below. Then, I cut a to 5 ½” x 4 ¼” piece to the measurements below. Tip: once the base is folded, adhere the smaller piece to the front when it is closed so that everything lines up.
Next, I added my DSP to the appropriate squares to create my scene. I love that the dies cut out several otters from the DSP. So, instead of colouring them (I know gasp! Lol!), I die cut one for each card.
To add to my scene, I die cut some seaweed from Old Olive card stock and added it to the left side of card, overlapping the sentiment.
For the sentiment, I white embossed it on a piece of Balmy Blue and die cut it out with the smallest rectangle from the Something Fancy Dies.
View of Card from Top
For the inside, I added a piece of Basic White with the fish and sentiment stamped in Lost Lagoon.
As a finishing touch to the front of my card, I added a scattering of Riverside Irregular Pearls.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Otterly Amazing Bundle (164933), Something Fancy Dies (160424)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Pad (161678)
Paper: Pretty Peacock (150880), Basic White (159276), Balmy Blue (146982), Old Olive (100702), Otterly Adorable 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (164183)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Riverside Irregular Pearls (164937), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Otter
Measurements:
Pretty Peacock:
11” x 4 ¼” scored at 1”, 2 ¾”, 8 ¼”, 10”
5 ½” x 4 ¼” – cut horizontally at 2-1/8” and then the 2 pieces vertically at 3 ½”
Basic White (for inside):
5 ¼” x 4”
Balmy Blue:
Scrap
Old Olive:
Scraps
Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper:
5 ¼” x 4” – cut horizontally at 2” and then vertically cut top piece at 3-3/8” and bottom piece at 1-7/8”
One of the otters from the DSP
More Information on My Otterly Adorable Card
Here is the other card that I made using the same using Pretty Peacock card stock and the other playful aquatic scenes.
My Other Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Delightful Birthday Card using theFloral Delight Suite Collection from the new Stampin’ Up! 2025 Mini Catalogue. I have 6 family birthdays all within a week coming up at the end of January. So, I am in birthday card mode! One card done…just 5 more to go! Lol!
The Details of My Delightful Birthday Card
My card was for a demonstrator swap using new products from the January – April 2025 Mini Catalogue. So, I decided to use the beautiful Floral Delight Suite Collection. I just love the bright and cheery colours of the Floral Delight Designer Series Paper, ready to be used on cards and scrapbook pages for a touch of spring, summer, or autumn.
For my card, I decided to create a Z-fold card with the DSP on the front panel and an Eyelet Embossed Basic White piece on the inside, but still visible when the card was closed. The embossed piece added interest while not detracting from the focal point.
Top of Z-Fold
For the focal point, I decided to layer two circles from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. I thought that the delicate edging of the Daffodil Delight piece coordinated well with the embossed eyelet piece.
The Delightful Wishes Stamp Set is a Two-Step Stampin’ set; it allows you to layer two or more images to create one final image with extra texture and dimension in the colours you want. So, I used Daffodil Delight Ink to stamp the outline image first. I found that doing this first helped to line up the Lemon Lolly stamped main image. Next, I stamped the leaves in Old Olive to add some colour. I love the way this turned out creating a soft look behind the sentiments.
Card Standing Up
Next, for the sentiment, I decided to layer the “wishing” die cuts to create dimension with the Old Olive stamped sentiment nestled below.
Finally, as a finishing touch, I added a scattering of the sweet Tiny Bee Trinkets around my sentiment and on the Eyelet Embossed piece. A perfect accent to my card!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Delightful Wishes Bundle (164710), Spotlight on Nature Dies (163580)
Inks: Olive Classic Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090), Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin’ Pad (161666), Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad (147094)
Paper: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Floral Delight 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (164700)
Accessories: Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder (163414), Tiny Bee Trinkets (164714), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Focal Point of Card
Measurements:
Pool Party:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼” and 2-1/8”
Scrap (for sentiment)
Daffodil Delight:
3 ½” x 3 ½”
Basic White:
2” x 5-3/8” (for front)
2” x 5-3/8” (for inside)
3” x 3” (for circle)
Scraps (for sentiments)
Floral Delight Designer Series Paper:
1-7/8” x 5 ¼”
More Information on My Delightful Birthday Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Pumpkin Patch Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Pumpkin Gnome.
He comes with 6 images including the sentiment Sending Pumpkin Wishes:
Pumpkin Gnome facing left PNG/JPG
Pumpkin Gnome facing right PNG/JPG
Sentiment Sending Pumpkin Wishes PNG/JPG
Details of My Pumpkin Patch Card
For my card, I coloured with my Copic Markers my sweet Gnome in Autumnal colours to match the DSP. This DSP is perfect with those fall colours. I decided to go with a scene with the beautiful trees in all their colourful splendor! I even added some die cut leaves to match the colours in the DSP.
For my gnome, I added a die cut circle as a backdrop for him. Next, I added the stamped sentiment on a flag. I added another flag behind the die cut word “pumpkin” to make the word stand out. I thought it a fun touch to add “pumpkin” since he was picking out a pumpkin and would pick it “over and over again” just like the sentiment said!
The finishing touch was a couple of enamel dots that matched my colour scheme.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04 Hair: C5/C3/C2 Pumpkin: YR21/YR12/YR16/E07 Pumpkin Stem: E19/E18/E13 Robe: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91 Hat/Shoes: E18/E15/Y38/Y35/ YG95/YG93/YG91 Silver Gelly Roll Pen on Buckles
Close Up of Pumpkin Gnome
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Card Recipe for My Pumpkin Patch Card:
Pumpkin Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Splendid Autumn 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Warms my Heart Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stampin’ Up! Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up! More Than Autumn Dies, Stampin’ Up! Welcome Fall Enamel Dots, Carta Bella Onyx Black Ink Pad, Tsukineko Silver Gelly Roll Pen Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”
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