Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Light the Way Card using the Lighting the Way Stamp Set and the Lighting the Way Dies by Stampin’ Up! These are both set to retire end of this month. So, get yours while you can!
The Details of My Light the Way Card
This card was created for a swap, and I thought a split panel card with the lantern connecting the two pieces would be fun! I used a Window Sheet for the transparent window to give added stability.
For my card, I went with the Stargazing Designer Series Paper for the top half for the sky and the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper for the bottom half for the ground. I die cut the fireflies in White Glimmer Specialty Paper and brushes some Crushed Curry to their tails to make them glow. Next, I embossed a trail of lights in the wake of the firefly on the Stargazing Designer Series Paper.
The lantern was die cut twice. Once in the Holographic Paper for the front and again in Basic Black for the back to give the lantern a finished look from inside. I added some vellum to the inside of the lantern on which I stamped the fire glow in Crushed Curry. A bow of Linen Thread added to the top of the lantern finished it off.
Tip: for the sentiment, adhere the Basic White piece inside and then using the Night of Navy card base pieces for placement, stamp the sentiment before decorating them.
Finally, to add a bit more magical shimmer, I used the Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels scattered around my lantern. These are also retiring. So, make sure you get them before they are gone.
Close Up of Lantern
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Lighting the Way Stamp Set (160868), Lighting the Way Dies (160496)
Inks: Night of Navy (147110), VersaMark Ink Pad (102283), Crushed Curry (147087)
Paper: Night of Navy (100867), Basic White (159229), Basic Black (121045), Vellum (101856), White Glimmer Specialty Paper (163769), Holographic Trio Specialty Paper (161744), Window Sheets (142314), Stargazing Designer Series Paper (161175), Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper (161467)
Accessories: Linen Thread (104199), Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels (158130), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Heat Tool (129053), Blending Brushes (153611), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Measurements:
Night of Navy:
4 ¼” x 9 ½” scored a 5 ½”, fold and trim one side at 2”. Taking the separate piece, trim 2” off keeping this for the bottom panel.
Basic White:
5 ¼” x 4” (inside of card)
Window Sheet:
5 ¼” x 4”
Holographic Trio Specialty Paper (Lantern):
3 ½” x 2”
Basic Black (Lantern):
3 ½” x 2”
Vellum:
Scrap
White Glimmer Specialty Paper:
Scrap
Stargazing DSP:
4” x 1 ¾”
Countryside Inn DSP:
4” x 1 ¾”
More Information on My Light the Way Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Who’s ready for Easter? There is always time for one last Easter tag! So, I am sharing My Happy Easter Tag as my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls using Egg Coloring Lulu.
The Details of My Happy Easter Tag
I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers in Easter colours to match my Easter paper and card stock.
For my tag, I decided to use several Easter dies including a pink Easter Egg and the reverse Happy Easter words. I also added a purple floral border behind Lulu to make her pop and give some visual interest behind her. I used paper snips to trim the edges of the border piece to fit my round corners of my tag.
Next, I went with a Polka Dot Tulle ribbon since it reminded me of Easter tulle. The Happy Easter ribbon in purple was a perfect colour for the theme of my card! I used some Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine to tie this all together.
Finally, to add some sparkle, I used Star Dust Stickles on Lulu’s heart on her smock and Wink of Stella on her egg. As well, a scattering of Glossy Dots that matched my colour scheme were placed around the sentiment.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Field Notes Journal using the Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection which includes the Notes of Nature Bundle, the Lovely & Sweet Bundle, the Nature’s Sweetness 12” x 12” Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds all by Stampin’ Up! As I was exploring this gorgeous Suite, I ended up making 2 cards. I used this card for a swap, and I plan to share the other card at another time.
The Details of My Field Notes Journal
For my card, I thought it would be fun to create a distressed field journal of sorts for my card front with one of the pages “ripped out” filled with notes using the Notes of Nature Stamp Set. I even added a Pecan Pie tab at the top and the die cut holes like a spiral notebook.
First, I stamped the Field Notes in Pecan Pie and added some distressing with the grunge stamp in Pebbled Path on the Basic White “page”. To add a worn look to the “page”, I used a Blending Brush to brush some Pecan Pie ink along the edges.
Next, I stamped the crosshatch stamp in Pebbled Path in opposite corners on the card base for a tone-on-tone look. I thought that the Pecan Pie mat looked like the back of a leather covered notebook.
The sentiment was stamped in Pecan Pie, and I used a Pebbled Path label to make it pop from the “page”. The Basic White piece was also brushed with Pecan Pie ink for that worn look.
I love the beautiful Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper with its gold accents. So, I decided to use different strips with the gold on my base. To match these strips, I die cut leaves in gold foil to give it unexpected shimmer to the Field Notes “pages”.
The finishing touch was a scattering of Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds that come in the Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Easter is just around the corner. So, I am sharing My Easter Egg Hunt Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Lulu with Easter Basket.
The Details of My Easter Egg Hunt Card
I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers in Easter colours to match my Easter paper. I just love these soft colours!
For my card, I decided to use the gorgeous Tulip Dies as a backdrop for Lulu. I just bought these dies and was eager to use them! So, I went with white card stock and a soft pink that has some texture on it so as not to detract from Lulu. The sentiment “Easter Egg Hunt” was from the Welcome Easter Paper Pad and perfect for my theme.
To decorate my card, I added die cut Easter eggs that matched the colours of Lulu’s eggs in her basket. Next, I added several Brass Butterflies floating from the focal point.
Finally, to add some sparkle, I used Wink of Stella on Lulu’s eggs, hair bow and basket bow.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards using the Kiddin’ Around Bundle and the Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I am pleased to see that the Kiddin’ Around Stamp Set and the Kiddin’ Around Dies are carrying over to the new Catty! Yay!
I was honoured to be asked to present my colouring techniques using Stampin’ Blends to several demonstrators at a Stampin’ Up! Play Date that was organized this past weekend by my team leaders. They asked me to demonstrate colouring people with Stampin’ Blends and the Kiddin’ Around Stamp Set was perfect for this!
The Details of My Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards
For my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards, I thought it would be fun to use the same centre-step fun fold for all my cards with slight variations on decorating them. I only demonstrated the colouring of the little girl, but I decided to colour all the kiddies using the different Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends to give a good variation of skin tones for my presentation.
My Presentation Card
For the card that I presented, we used the Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo for her skin, Basic Black for her hair, Fresh Freesia, and Daffodil Delight for her dress. We created a fold in the centre of her dress by adding a small Fresh Freesia triangle to add interest. To add texture to her hair, we left some white highlights which we then coloured with the bullet tip of the Light Basic Black. I find that the felt tip is always darker than the bullet tip. Thus making it great to add a third tone. You could also use the Smoky Slate for that third tone. We used Light Smoky Slate and Light Fresh Freesia for her mouth.
My Presentation Card
For her paper with her sun drawing, we used Light Smoky Slate along the top under her hand, left side and bottom of the page. Next, we used the Color Lifter along the edges of Smoky Slate to soften the edge and push the ink back into the shadows of the paper. We let that dry before adding the Daffodil Delight since we wanted control of the ink and for it not to spread. We added Wink of Stella to the sun.
Close Up of Girl
The Building of the Card
The sentiment was stamped in Fresh Freesia and die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies.
To make her pop from the card, the Berry Burst card stock was embossed with the Splatters Embossing Folder and placed behind her. Perfect for my arts and crafts theme.
Finally, to match my dress colour, I went with a Fresh Freesia card base and followed the measurements in the template that I have included at the bottom of this post.
As a finishing touch to all my cards, I added some Iridescent Foil Gems near the sentiment on each card.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad (155611)
Paper: Fresh Freesia (155613), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Copper Clay (161721), Berry Burst (144243), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Stripes & Splatters Embossing Folders (157980), Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo (159462), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo (155518), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Measurements:
Fresh Freesia:
11” x 4 ¼” cut/scored according to template below
Scraps (Ball)
Berry Burst:
1 ½” x 4 1/8”
Daffodil Delight
Scraps (Ball and Banner)
Copper Clay:
Scrap (Building Block)
Basic White:
Scrap (Stool and Sentiment)
Just Kiddin’ Designer Series Paper:
7/8” x 4 3/8” (2 pieces for sides)
7/8” x 4 3/8” (for green stripes)
My Sailors Card
For my next card, I went with three different skin tones to show the diversity of the Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends. I used Medium Combo for the girl, Medium Light for the baby and Medium Deep for the boy.
My Sailors Card
To achieve the curly hair for the boy, I coloured his hair in Light Basic Black. Once it was dry, I added Dark Basic Black with little “c” squiggles all over but left some of the Light Basic Black showing through. The shadows on his paper hat were achieved the same way with the Light Smoky Slate as the girl’s paper above.
Close Up of the Three Kids
This girl’s hair was done with the same method as the first girl that I presented.
The other Stampin’ Blends colours that I used on this card were pulled from the DSP. They consisted of were Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Freesia and Poppy Parade. Wink of Stella was added to the heart on the girl’s top.
For this card, I went with a Pool Party card base and used the dies from the Give It a Whirl Dies for the Basic White clouds on the side panels which I trimmed with my Paper Snips.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Azure Afternoon (161719), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo (159462), Stampin’ Blends Medium Deep Combo (159461), Stampin’ Blends Medium Light Combo (159463), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo (155518), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Combo (154894), Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo (161672), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo (154881), Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo (161682), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo (154958), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
My Wizard Card
For my last card, I used the Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo for his skin tone.
My Wizard Card
To make his skin pop, I went with Lemon Lime Twist Blend Combo with Daffodil Delight for his hat and Azure Afternoon with Daffodil Delight for his robes. The bunny slippers were Smoky Slate with Fresh Freesia for the ears.
Close Up of My Wizard Boy
For this card, I went with a Lemon Lime Twist card base and used the castle dies that come in the Bundle to help ground my little guy. I thought that the DSP behind the castle looked like trees and gave the perfect backdrop to my castle.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Lemon Lime Twist (144245), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo (158152), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo (161672), Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo (161682), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
More Information on My Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards
Side View of My Kiddin’ Around Cards
Downloadable Centre-Step Card Template
To download a PDF of the Pop-Up Template, please click here or on the picture.
Centre-Step Card Template
I hope you liked my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards and will find the Centre-Step Template useful!
For more information on my colouring, here are some videos of my colouring techniques:
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Birthday Celebration Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Winter Wendy. It was my birthday a while back and I decided to colour this cutie and make a card to celebrate it!
The Details of My Birthday Celebration Card
Since I used this stamp for my birthday card, I decided to colour Wendy to look like me when I had long hair. So, I pulled out my Copic markers and gave her brown hair and eyes. I picked the colours for her clothes from my paper choice. The pink was a bit tricky to colour, but I discovered by adding E04 to the RVs, it allowed the shadows of the pinks to match my paper.
For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline to match the shape of the large snowflake die. I thought it would be fun having her pop out of this die cut snowflake opening with its matching snowy paper. I added a few die cut Pool Party snowflakes to bring out the blue/green in my colouring.
The sentiment “Celebrating You Today” summed up my birthday theme perfectly! It was stamped in black and die cut with the matching flag die.
To add sparkle, I coloured rhinestones with my Copic markers to match my colour choice. I also used Star Dust Stickles on the Pool Party snowflakes and on her pompom.
Winter Wendy, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Simple Vintage Winter Woods 6” x 8” Paper Pad, Simple Stories So Many Snowflakes Dies Stampin’ Up! Mini Strips – Let’s Celebrate Stamp, Taylored Expressions Mini Strips – Flags Dies, Taylored Expressions Versafine Black Ink, Tsukineko Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Pool Party Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 3 ½”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Winter Wendy for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Favorite Song Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie. There are ten dolls in the Decade Collection that come in both rubber and digital stamps. You can find all the digital versions here.
Decade Doll Collection by Paper Nest Dolls
The Details of My Favorite Song Card
I had coloured this stamp with my Copic markers a while back…in fact, since I liked her so much, I coloured her twice at the time! Lol! So, I decided to finally get this one onto a card especially since I bought the perfect Walkman dies by My Favorite Things!
For my card, I thought that the Walkman would make a fun shaker. So, I built my Walkman using the dies and even added four layers to the red foam ear pieces to give them some dimension! I used a Window Sheet for where my shaker sequins would go. Once that was built, I added Foam Adhesive Strips between the top and the cassette paper to enclose my sequins. I thought that the cassette paper was a great backing for my Walkman! The skates and disco ball paper behind my focal point was perfect for my theme!
The sentiment was from a retired Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set, but you could easily type this out on your computer and printing it. It was stamped in black ink and die cut out using the Stitched Rectangles.
To add some sparkle to the card, I used Stickles on Ellie’s pompoms on her skates. For the musical notes, I used holographic paper to give them an iridescent look! Very hip for the 80’s. Lol! The final touch was adding Glossy Accents to her Walkman case.
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Copic Markers
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20 Hair: Y21/Y26/YR24/E25 Shirt: B99/B97/B95/B93/B91 Shorts: R29/R24/R22/C3/C1/0 Tummy Sack: G99/G94/G21 Black on Skates: C7/C6/C4 White on Skates: C3/C1/0 Red on Skates: R29/R24/R22 Headphones: C7/C6/C4/R29/R24/R22 Walkman: C7/C6/C4/B91/B95/Glossy Accents Socks: R29/R24/R22/G99/G94/G21/Y38/Y35/Y32/YR09/YR07/YR02
Close Up of Roller Skating Ellie
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Card Recipe for My Favorite Song Card
Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Seventies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Ciao Bella Portable Jams Dies, My Favourite Things Violin and Music Notes Dies, Cottage Cutz Holographic Trio Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up! Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up! Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up! Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up! For the Record Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Versafine Black Ink, Tsukineko Glossy Accents, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Peaceful Poppies Sequins, Stamin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up! Real Red, Basic Black, Basic Gray, and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
Stamp Size: 4”
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My Other Card Using Roller Skating Ellie
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Purr-Fect Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the new release Cat With Balloons. Isn’t he just the cutest floating with his balloons!
The Details of My Purr-Fect Day Card
For my card, I decided to create a slimline slider card so that the cat looked like he was floating up as the mechanism was pulled!
So, I created a scene with the slimline clouds die from Whimsy and the stitched sun from the Spring Showers Dies. Next, I layered the Sunny Days Designer Series Paper behind it to add more clouds. Once that was done, I added a house that I fussy cut from the P13 paper and layered a few stitched hills in front.
To keep my card simple since I didn’t want to detract from the slider, I added a sentiment die cut with a stitched rectangle.
Now that the front of the card was done, it was time to create the mechanism for the slider using the Slimline Pull Tab Dies by Heffy Doodle. Tip: I used the Foam Adhesive Strips by Stampin’ Up! to create enough dimension between the front of the card and the card base to help the slider mechanism to move smoothly.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Go Boldly Birthday Card using The Next Space Explorers Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps! It was my brother’s birthday recently and he loved Star Trek Next Gen growing up! He loved it so much that one year we even had a Next Gen murder mystery birthday party for him! Lol!
The Details of My Go Boldly Birthday Card
For my card, I wanted to include all the characters on his card. So, I went with a fun fold that is like a booklet where you open each page to a new layout! I have included a video at the end to show it in action.
First Page of Booklet Card
But first, I coloured all the characters with my Copic markers and cut them out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut. Once that was done, I built my booklet using the template that I have included at the end of this post.
Next, was decorating the pages. The Stargazing Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! was perfect for my space theme. I even used the Reach for the Stars Dies by Stampin’ Up! to create my ringed planet with Holographic DSP for the rings.
Second Page of Booklet Card
I used two sentiments from The Next Space Explorers stamp set and one with the Star Trek Symbol from the Space Explorers stamp set to fill the pages facing the characters.
Since the card was so bulky already, the only embellishments I added were a scattering of Holographic die cut stars throughout the booklet.
Star Trek Symbol Golds: Y28/Y26/Y21 White Gelly Roll Pen
Close Up of Star Trek Symbol
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Card Recipe for My Go Boldly Birthday Card:
The Next Space Explorers, Kindred Stamps Space Explorers, Kindred Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Reach for the Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Stargazing Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Holographic Trio Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan n’ Cut White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!
Night of Navy and Tahitian Tide, Card Stock Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
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Downloadable Booklet Card Template
To download a PDF of the Booklet Card Template, please click here or on the picture.
Downloadable Booklet Card Template
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Hope you like my Go Boldy Birthday Card using the The Next Space Explorers Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Tool Time Father’s Day Card using the Trusty Tools Bundle and the Trusty Toolbox 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I love that the Trusty Tools Dies can cut out the tools from the Trusty Toolbox 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper which is free during Sale-a-Bration!
For my card, I decided to create a fun free standing pop-up card to display the die cut tools from the DSP on a pegboard! I made this card for a swap and used different tools from the DSP like the hammer, paint brush and wrenches while others, I fussy cut out. The thing that is great about these cards is that they fold flat to be mailed, but the recipient has that Wow! when they pop it up!
Card Folded Flat for Mailing
The Details of My Tool Time Father’s Day Card
For my pegboard, the die didn’t run the full length of the Crushed Curry card stock. So, I placed the die at the top leaving a small border. Next, I used liquid glue to adhere it to the Basic Black piece with a Basic White piece on the back for the message. I stamped the nuts and screw in Gray Granite in the corners of the Basic White piece to add interest. For the tools, I adhered them with liquid glue, as well since I wanted the pegboard piece to be as a flat as possible to allow it to slide.
Next, I scored and cut the Poppy Parade piece according to the instructions below. I have created a template that you can download at the end of this post.
Side View Of Card
Once that was done, I inserted the pegboard through cut and lined it up with the bottom of the folded Pappy Parade piece. Then I adhere it in place and then glue the other side of the bottom to it. This will create the pop-up mechanism.
To decorate my “work table”, I used Gray Granite strips embossed with the Metal Plate Embossing Folder to make it look industrial. The pencil and measuring tape were fussy cut out and laid down like they were just set down. The silver piece of Holographic Trio Specialty Paper was perfect for my nuts and screw to give them a metallic look.
The sentiment was stamped in Black with a trio of Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots to add to my masculine theme.
Top View of Card
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Trusty Tools Bundle (162723)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad (147118)
Paper: Poppy Parade (119793), Gray Granite (146983), Crushed Curry (131199), Basic Black (121045), Basic White (159276), Holographic Trio Specialty Paper (161744), Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper (162978)
Accessories: Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder (160766), Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots (159082), 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)
Single Pop-Up Card
Measurements:
Poppy Parade:
11” x 4 ¼” scored at 1”, 2 ¾”, 3 ¾”, 5 ½”, 7 ¼”, 8 ¼” and 10”
Vertical cut at 5 ½” score that is ¾” from the top and ¾” from the bottom
Gray Granite (4 pieces):
4” x ¾” (2 pieces)
4” x 1 ½” (2 pieces)
Basic Black: 2 ¾” x 5 ½”
Crushed Curry: 2 5/8” x 5 ¼”
Basic White (2 pieces):
2 5/8” x 4
Scrap (Sentiment)
Holographic Trio Specialty Paper:
Scrap
Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper:
3 tools, pencil and measurement tape
More Information on My Tool Time Father’s Day Card
Downloadable Free Standing Pop-Up Card Template
Downloadable Free Standing Pop-Up Card Template
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You will find the items listed above in my online store.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Happy Valentine’s Day! I am sharing My Puppy Valentine Card using Puppy Love Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps that I used for my Hubby’s Valentine card! We love Disney and the Lady and the Tramp movie is a favourite of ours! So, when I saw this stamp set, I knew I would use it for his card.
The Details of My Puppy Valentine Card
For my card, I decided to make a mini slimline card to match my Falling Hearts Etched Metal Die by Photo Play. So, I used the Flirty Flamingo hearts paper from the Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! with this die. This DSP is free during Sale-a-Bration 2024 and is perfect for those Valentine cards with its hearts and gold accents! I also used a solid Real Red plaid piece from this DSP as a base peeking through the hearts and extended it beyond the die cut Falling Hearts to create a mat.
Since I had the Candy Hearts Dies out already out from my other cards, I decided to use them again! Two hearts were clustered around the sentiment from Conie Fong Art & Design and the other two hearts with a heart doily above the puppies.
The only embellishments that I added were some Red Rhinestones scattered to add sparkle.
Copic Markers:
Boy Dog: E47/E44/E43/E42/E41 Girl Dog: E18/E17/E15/E13E11E00/B28/C3 Spaghetti: E42/E41
Close Up of Puppies
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Card Recipe for My Puppy Valentine Card:
Puppy Love, Kindred Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Bella and Benji Kiss, Conie Fong Art & Design (Sentiment) Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin Up! Falling Hearts Etched Metal Die, Photo Play Candy Hearts Dies, Lawn Fawn Heart Doilies, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Silver Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Real Red, Flirty Flamingo and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6 5/8” x 3 7/8”
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Hope you like My Puppy Valentine Card using Puppy Love by Kindred Stamps!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Will You Be My Gnomie? as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Gnome Couple. You can also draw the Boy Gnome using the video on the Draw with Conie YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HZtUnru5-VM?si=nE7dFjqjFEtH9im7. Don’t forget to subscribe to her channel while you are there for more tutorials that come out each week!
For my card, I thought I would create a fun Valentine Shaker card using these cuties! So, I coloured them with my Copic markers in Valentine colours and cut them out with my Brother Scan & Cut.
The Radiant Heart Backdrop Die was perfect for my shaker part, but I need to make the card larger to fit my gnomes and the shaker. So, I made my card 6” x 6”and placed the shaker element at the top with my gnomes on either side of it.
For the shaker, I used the Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips around the heart and again around the perimeter of the rectangle to create two shaker parts. This allowed the sequins to look like they are loose throughout but kept a nice selection visible in the heart at all times. The “Love” heart shaker elements and sequins were perfect colours to match my colour scheme. Some die cut candy hearts and a heart garland decorated my shaker element.
The sentiment was from Sassy’s Cards & Gifts. She gives out downloadable sentiments each month for free and this one was from the recent video! I was visiting my friend while putting this card together and she let me try out her Mini Minc Machine to red foil the sentiment. Love the shine! I need one of these! Lol!
To add sparkle, I used a scattering of red rhinestones and Star Dust Stickles on gnomes’ pompoms, the boy’s heart, and the girl’s flower.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Kitty Love Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the New Release Kitty Love with the Snow Globe Bundle!
The Details of My Kitty Love Card
For my card, I decided to combine the Snow Globe Bundle with the Kitty Love stamp since the kitty fits so perfectly in the snow globe! I used Microsoft Word to size and insert the kitty into the globe. In addition, I used Word to add Happy Valentine’s Day to the plaque on the base.
I haven’t coloured a snow globe before and wanted to challenge myself. So, I used the 3.0 Mini Class Bundle from Kit and Clowder as a reference and used my Copic markers to colour the image. It was a lot of fun getting the shine on the glass! Once it was coloured, I added Glossy Accents to the plaque on the globe base and Stickles to all the hearts.
I decided to use the French Kiss Doodlebug Paper since it had hearts, envelopes, and happy mail on it. Perfect for my card! To ground the snow globe, I used a solid piece of red paper that was already embossed with hearts to add to my Valentine theme.
Next, I added some die cut hearts in opposite corners for balance. A die cut glassine envelope with die cut hearts inside and an adhesive-backed heart to seal it was added to mirror the letters in the mailbox.
For embellishments, I used a piece of white lace trim and white resin hearts.
Kitty Love and Snow Globe Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink French Kiss 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc. Valentine’s Day 5” x 7” Paper Pad, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts Sending Love Glassine Sheets, Stampin’ Up! Sending Love Dies, Stampin’ Up! Candy Hearts Dies, Lawn Fawn Two of Hearts Dies, Cheery Lynn Designs Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers, Stampin’ Up! 1 ½” Lace Ribbon, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Crafts White Gelly Roll Pen, Glossy Accents, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Basic White, Real Red and Polished Pink Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
Stamp Size: 3 ¾”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Lavender Fields Card using the Hills of Tuscany Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! It was my birthday recently and I always create a card for myself!
The Details of My Lavender Fields Card
So, for my birthday card, I decided to create one that reminded me of our trip to Provence in France with the beautiful lavender fields. When I saw the Hills of Tuscany Stamp Set, I realized I could change the colours of the hills and voilà, Provence! Plus, the Painted Lavender Dies and Perennial Lavender 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper were perfect for my lavender fields card!
First, I stamped the largest field in Highland Heather followed by Gorgeous Grape to add interest and have it look like lavender. Next, I stamped a Shaded Spruce hill where I planned to place the house and trees. For the house, I used Crumb Cake for the walls and Copper Clay for the roof since we saw houses with those colours in France. Cypress trees, like the ones on the stamp, were also found all over Provence. So, I stamped them in Shaded Spruce to match the grasses. Finally, I stamped in Balmy Blue the sky twice to fill the space.
Next, using the Deckled Rectangles Dies, I die cut my scene and a Gorgeous Grape matt. For my card, I decided to frame my Provencal scene using the largest Radiating Stitches Dies in Crumb Cake almost like a picture hanging on a wall. Lol!
To complete my Provencal theme, I die cut a bouquet of lavender from Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape which was tied with Linen Thread and layered it on a DSP circle die cut from the Radiating Stitches Dies. The sentiment from the Something Fancy Stamp Set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape and die cut out using a Something Fancy Die. I layered two strips of DSP on the left side of the Basic White card base to balance the sentiment cluster.
The finishing touch was a scattering of Purple Fine Shimmer Gems that match my colour scheme.
Close Up of the Provencal Scene
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Hills of Tuscany (162682), Deckled Rectangles Dies (159173), Radiating Stitches Dies (161595), Painted Lavender Dies (162596), Something Fancy Dies (160424), Something Fancy Stamp Set (160416)
Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Gorgeous Grape (146987), Crumb Cake (120953), Highland Heather (146986), Perennial Lavender 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162593)
Accessories: Linen Thread (104199), Purple Fine Shimmer Gems (162611), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Measurements:
Thick Basic White
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Crumb Cake:
3-7/8” x 5 ¼”
Basic White:
4” x 2-5/8”
Scrap for Sentiment
Gorgeous Grape (2 pieces):
3” x 4 ¼”
Scrap for Lavender
Highland Heather:
Scrap for Lavender
Perennial Lavender 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (3 pieces):
¾” x 4 ¼”
¾” x 1 ¾”
1 ½” x 1 ½”
More Information on My Lavender Fields Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Season to be Freezin’ Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Yeti with Tree. Paper Nest Dolls has several Yeti stamps to the point you could have a whole Yeti family! I just love these cuties so much that I made another card with the Yeti Father and Son for Christmas and have included a link at the end of this post to it.
The Details of My Season to beFreezin’ Card
For my Yeti, I had coloured him with my Copic markers before Christmas but didn’t get a chance to get him onto a card. So, I decided to create a winter themed card for him. I coloured his fur texture with individual strokes in the shadows and left the highlights white. The tree was also coloured with individual strokes to create lots of texture.
The Doodlebug paper that I used, had Yetis on it, but I went with more neutral papers to create my wintery scene. The sentiment was from the matching Chit Chat and was perfect for my wintery theme.
Next, I added a birch tree die cut for my wintery scene and, to add interest, I used a Stitched Hillside Die to complete my scene.
For embellishments, I used some wooden snowflakes that I had in my stash for that rustic look.
