My Summer Dreams Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I can’t believe that Summer is almost over! So, in the hopes of making the summer last a little bit longer, I am sharing My Summer Dreams Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using the sweet Summer Dreams. This image would be perfect for so many occasions like Birthday, Mother’s Day, Thinking of You, Wedding to name just a few!

Details of My Card

For my card, I coloured this sweet image with my Copic markers to match the beautiful Botanical Tea paper by Graphic 45. I had a lot of fun colouring all those waves and curls in her hair and look at those pleats! Omgoodness! Such colouring fun!

I have been wanting for a while to use the Stitched Greenery Dies by Stampin’ Up! and thought that they would make a perfect subtle mat for my focal point. I die cut the Botanical Tea paper and my coloured image with the Labels Seventeen in two consecutive layering dies. I used my Blending Brush to add some Vintage Photo ink to the edges of all my paper and die cuts. Next, I turn the larger one on its side and punched two holes in it at one end and threaded ribbon through the holes for an unexpected touch.

To add to the botanical theme, I added a leaf trinket so that it looks like it is attached to the ribbon. I found a paper flower that matched my colouring perfectly. To add some matching blue embellishments, I coloured rhinestones with my B34 Copic markers and scattered them here and there.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: YR31/E33/E35/E37
Pinks: R81/R83/R85/R89
Blues: B34/B23/B32
Browns: E70/E71/E74/E77
Flowers: B34/B32/R85/R81/Y17
Stems: YG03/YG63/YG67/G99
Sky: BG000/BG0000
Rhinestones: B34

Close Up of my Design Team Card
Close Up of my Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for My Summer Dreams Card:

Summer Dreams, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Botanical Tea Paper Pad, Graphic 45
Pink Buttons 6” x 6.5” Card Stock Paper, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Nestabilities Labels Seventeen, Spellbinders
Stitched Greenery Dies, Stampin’ Up!
¼” Handheld Hole Punch, In my Stash
Marina Mist ¼” Cotton Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim, Stampin’ Up!
Bird Ballad Trinkets, Stampin’ Up!
Paper Flowers, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Vintage Photo Distress Inks, Ranger
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen
Marina Mist Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Summer Dreams for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

As You Wish Card

My As You Wish Card
My As You Wish Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my As You Wish Card using the Twoo Luv Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps! Princess Bride is one of my favourite movies ever! So, when I saw Kindred Stamps has this stamp set, I couldn’t resist buying it! 

This is another super-fast card to make since the stamps colour up so quickly and the background paper is from the Enchanted Forest Paper Pack by Whimsy Stamps. I used my Copic markers to colour my characters to match the characters in the movie. I thought this slimline paper was perfect to represent the ‘Fire Swamp’ in the movie where Westley and Buttercup meet the R.O.U.S.’s (Rodents of Unusual Size)! The only other thing that needed to be added was the sentiment which I embossed in white on black cardstock. Easy-peasy!

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Copic Markers:

Pirate (Westley)
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: E57/E55/E43/E53/E50
Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4
Sword: W6/W4/W2

Close Up of My Card
Close Up of My Card

Princess (Buttercup)
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Dress: R35/R37/R39/Gold Wink of Stella

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Card Recipe for My As You Wish Card:

Twoo Luv, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Slimline Paper Pack – Enchanted Forest, Whimsy Stamps
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink, Stampin’ Up!
White Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”

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To view my other Kindred Stamps, please click here.

For more of my Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my As You Wish Card using the Twoo Luv Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s?
Westley: Rodents of Unusual Size? I think they don’t exist.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Dance for Joy Card

My Dance for Joy Card
Dance for Joy Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Dance for Joy Card using the digital PNG stamp called ‘Ballerina Princess’ Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios as my Design Team Inspiration. Don’t you love this sweet little girl who just loves to dance!

For my card, I knew that I wanted to create a really girly card with soft pinks, blues and yellows. So, the 5thAvenue Paper was perfect for my card! Once I coloured her with my Copic markers, I added glitter to her top, flowers in her hair and the star on her wand with a Clear Gelly Roll Pen.

I created a frame for my little Ballerina like she was hung on a wall in a place of honour. I used the Hydrangea Punch to build my flowers to match my colours and added a pearl in the centre since pearls are very girly! The flag banner was die cut from the 5th Avenue Paper Pad and flanked by my flowers. Of course you have to have pink ballerina shoes for a ballerina! The sentiment sums up my card perfectly!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E18/E17/E15/E12/E11
Pinks: R00/R20/R21
Blues: BG10/BG11/BG13
Yellows: Y11/Y15/Y19
GrassYG03/YG63/YG67

Close Up of My Card
Close Up of My Card

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Card Recipe for My Dance for Joy Card:

‘Ballerina Princess’ Digital Stamp, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Melissa Frances, 5th Avenue 6” x 6” Paper Pad
Marvelous Squares Dies, Spellbinders Nestabilities
Little Happiness Ballet Shoes, Joy Crafts
Tasteful Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Flag Banner Dies, From my Stash
HYDRANGEA Punch 3 in 1 Flowers Trio Flower, Martha Stewart EK Success
Pink Pirouette 1.25” Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Pink Pirouette, So Saffron and Pool Party Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 6”

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To view my other Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Dance for Joy Card using ‘Ballerina Princess’ Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios!
Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My True Love Card

My True Love Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with My True Love Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using the sweet ‘Flowers for You’ Digital Stamp. This stamp is perfect for that special someone on Valentine’s Day!

I love it when I receive flowers from my Hubby and this stamp reminds me of those wonderful moments! So, I coloured with my Copic Markers the couple to look like us. I created a bouquet that mimics the bouquet that the boy is giving the girl, but I added some ribbon, linen thread and a heart trinket all mounted on a filigree die cut heart. For the Detailed Hearts Die cut, I cut it in half and then offset it in opposite corners. A heart paper clip and red rhinestones along with Clear Gelly Roll Pen on the hearts and Clear Wink of Stella on the large heart add a bit of sparkle and whimsy. I angled my coloured focal point so that you could see the paper beneath that says My True Love. That is what my card is all about.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
My Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Hubby’s Hair: E57/E42/E53
Blues: B91/B93/B95/B97/B99
Reds: R22/R24/R27/R29
Pinks: R81/R83/R85
Shoes: E31/E35/E37
Leaves: YG03/YG63/YG67
Yellow: Y38

Close Up of My True Love Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for My True Love Card:

‘Flowers for You’ Digital Stamp, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Smitten 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Authentique
Detailed Hearts Die, Stampin’ Up!
Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Love Notes Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up!
Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Paper Flowers, Recollections
Heart Trinkets Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Heart Clip Embellishment, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Gelly Roll Pen
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red and Rose Red Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 6”

Close Up of the Paper Flower Bouquet

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To view my other Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios cards, please click here.

Hope you like My True Love Card using ‘Flowers for You’ Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Happy Anniversary Design Team Card

My Happy Anniversary Design Team Card
My Happy Anniversary Design Team Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Happy Anniversary Design Team Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios. It is also being used for the Using Pattern Paper Challenge over on the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook Group. My card is using the ‘Young Love’ Digital Stamp that will be release in the future. On Thursday is our 26th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card that I am giving my hubby! 

For my card, I wanted it to be all about our love with lots of hearts! I even coloured the girl and boy in our colours though it has been a long time since I have had long hair! Lol!

I love this sweet stamp so much with the boy giving his girl a Gerbera Daisy (one of my favourite flowers)! And did you see the cutest teddy bear siting on the bench beside the couple! Love that this guy is all about flowers and prezzies like mine is!! A bit of shimmer is added with the gold heart doily, Gold Foil Paper, the sequins and the jeweled brad. I also used two types of ribbon to add a softness to my card. I love the pink crochet heart and I couldn’t resist attaching the floral embellishment with the jewelled brad that mimics the gerbera daisy! Hope you like my card as much as I hope my Hubby likes it!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
My Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Hubby’s Hair: E57/E42/E53
Jeans: B91/B93/B95/B97/B99
Hubby’s Shirt/Grass: YG03/YG63/YG67/G99
My Dress: V15/V17/V09/R81/R83/R85
Shoes: E31/E33/E35
Bench: E31/E34/E29
Bear: E30/E31/E33/R20/R85
Sky: BG0000/BG000
Flower: R81/R85/YG03
Hearts: R85/Clear Gelly Roll Pen

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Close Up of My Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for My Happy
Anniversary Design Team Card:

‘Young Love’ Digital Stamp, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios
Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper
So In Love Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Heart Circles Dies, Spellbinders
Standard Circle Dies, Spellbinders
Project Life Cards and Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Martha Stewart Holiday 4” x 6” Mat Pad, EK Success
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Love Blossom Embellishment Kit, Stampin’ Up!
(gold heart doily, bow, sequins)
Artisan Embellishment Kit, Stampin’ Up! (love ticket)
Filigree Brad, Stampin’ Up!
Mini Jewel Brad, American Crafts Elements
Celebrate It Occasions Ribbon, Michaels
Crochet Heart, Craft It Valentine Embellishment, Recollections
Gold Foil Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Gelly Roll Pen
Crumb Cake, Rose Red and Whisper White Card Stock
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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Happy Anniversary to my Hubby!
Here’s to many more wonderful years together!

To view my other Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Happy Anniversary Design Team Card
using ‘Young Love’ Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios!
Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

All Things Wedding Package

My Thank You Card
My Thank You Card

Today I am sharing my All Things Wedding Package that I gave to one of my Carding Ladies who just got married. She asked me for a Thank you Card Kit that she could put together. This Package used something new, the Ornate Thanks Bundle from the new 2020/21 Annual Catalogue, something old, the retired Foral Boutique Designer Series Paper, and something blue, Night of Navy card stock. As soon as I saw her dress, I knew that I wanted to use the retired Floral Boutique Suite. So, I based my design on her gorgeous wedding dress.

Wedding Dress
Wedding Dress

In addition to the Thank You Card Kit, I included a wedding card from me that used that suite and tied it with some pretty White Glitter Ribbon.

My Wedding Card using the Floral Boutique Suite
My Wedding Card using the Floral Boutique Suite

I also made my own envelope using the Foral Boutique DSP.

My Custom Envelope, Wedding Card and Thank You Card
My Custom Envelope, Wedding Card and Thank You Card

I packaged it all up in a tin from the Bird Ballad Laser Cut Cards and Tin and tied it all together with the same White Glitter Ribbon. You can never have too much glitter!

Inside of My All Things Wedding Package
Inside My All Things Wedding Package
My All Things Wedding Package Ready to Go
My All Things Wedding Package Ready to Go

Supplies:

Stamps: Ornate Thanks Stamp Set (149471), Floral Phases Stamp Set (retired)

Inks: Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110)

Paper: Night Of Navy (100867), Whisper White (100730), Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper (retired)

Accessories: Ornate Layers Dies (152726), Detailed Floral Thinlits (retired), Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon (144213), Bone Folder (102300), Paper Snips (103579), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Night Of Navy: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
    • 5” x 2”
  • Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
  • Whisper White:
    • 1 ¼” x 4 ¼” (for sentiment)
    • 5 ½” x  2 ½” 
    • 4” x 5 ¼” (inside card)
  • Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon: 2 pieces at 4”

Instructions:

  1. Fold the Night Of Navy card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Stamp the sentiment on the Whisper White card stock in Night of Navy.
  3. Die cut the sentiment out with the stitched die from the Ornate Layers Dies.
  4. Die cut the Night of Navy card stock with the die that frames the sentiment piece.
  5. Using the second largest piece of Whisper White, die cut it with the scallop frame that will layer the Night of Navy piece.
  6. Adhere the DSP to the Night of Navy card base with SNAIL.
  7. Wrap the Silver Metallic-Edge Ribbon around each end of the scalloped piece and adhere with SNAIL to the card base.
  8. Using SNAIL, adhere the sentiment to the Night of Navy frame.
  9. Attached the Night of Navy frame with dimensionals centered on the scalloped piece.
  10. Add three Rhinestones to the card.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my All Things Wedding Package!

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:  https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/product/152726/ornate-layers-dies?dbwsdemoid=2103981.

Paris Sketch Challenge Card

My Paris Sketch Challenge Card
My Paris Sketch Challenge Card

Today I am sharing my Paris Sketch Challenge Card. My Demonstrator Group has been giving us Sketch Challenges each week that we can join in during this difficult time to keep us busy and to explore our creative side.

Sketch Challenge Image
Card Sketch Challenge

I decided to use the Parisian Beauty Bundle for this sketch challenge as a last hurrah since it is retiring. I’m very sad to see this set go, but it will be added to my stash for future projects. I had so much fun with this sketch that you get two cards for the price of one, as well as a bonus one that I will share next week. For these two cards that I am highlighting today, I just switched the coloured card stock. The Pool Party card was the one that I decided to use for my swap.

Here is the second card using a Petal Pink base and Pool Party scalloped frame and different ink colours.

My Second Card using the Sketch
My Second Card using the Sketch

Supplies:

Stamps: Parisian Beauty Bundle (153778), Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (151457)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (147107), Petal Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad (147108)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Pool Party (122924), Petal Pink (146985), Whisper White (100730), Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper (151192), Champagne Foil Sheets (144748)

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Dies (152323), Layering Squares Dies (151772), Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder (151474), Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels (151193), Bone Folder (102300), Paper Snips (103579), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Mini Glue Dots (103683), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Pool Party: 4 x 5 ¼”
  • Petal Pink: 2 ½” x 2 ½”
  • Whisper White: 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” 
  • Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper: 5” x 2”
  • Champagne Foil Sheets: 5” x 3”
The Two Card using the Sketch
The Two Card using the Sketch

Instructions:

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Die cut the Whisper White piece with the second largest square from the Stitched Shapes Dies.
  3. Stamp the Sentiment from the Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the stitched Whisper White piece.
  4. Using the single blossom from the Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set, stamp it in Petal Pink.
  5. Stamp the Fleur De Lys border in Pool Party at the top and bottom.
  6. Die cut the Petal Pink card stock with the fourth largest scalloped square from the Layering Squares Dies.
  7. Emboss the Pool Part card stock with the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder.
  8. Die cut the Eiffel Tower from the Champagne Foil Sheets.
  9. Attached with Multipurpose Liquid Glue the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper to the embossed Pool Party piece at an angle.
  10. Turn over the Pool Party piece and trim the corners from the DSP with Paper Snips.
  11. Attach the Pool Party piece to the Whisper White card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
  12. Using Glue Dots, attached the Eiffel Tower on the left side.
  13. Adhere the sentiment piece to the scalloped Petal Pink piece with SNAIL.
  14. Using dimensionals add the sentiment piece to the card.
  15. Scatter three Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels on the card.

For Further Info:

Hope you liked my Paris Sketch Challenge Card!

Here’s is a Stampin’ Up! video of the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFPLitOa5g&feature=emb_logo

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:  https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/product/153934/parisian-blossoms-suite-bundle-english?dbwsdemoid=2103981