Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Painted Petals Centre-Step Cards using the July Painted Petals Paper Pumpkin Kit by Stampin’ Up! When I saw this kit, I was in love with it, especially how the die cuts all layer on top of the card fronts! So many ideas came flooding into my head! Lol! In fact, I created five alternative cards using the Kit. But, first, here are the three cards that the kit makes. They are so pretty!
Three Cards from the Kit
The Details of My Painted Petal Centre-Step Cards
For my three alternative cards, I decided to use my favourite fun fold, a centre-step! I kept the extra products down as much as possible by only adding card stock and the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder.
For the rose flower card, I decided to use the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder for the various strips to add some interested. I also decided to use the Old Olive card backing from one of the cards instead of the matching card front for variation.
Rose Centre-Step Card
For the daisy flower card, I had some of the Old Olive card backing from the previous card. So, I used it for the two side strips. The bottom strip was left over from the front of the card when I trimmed it down. I love that you can see the splotches on it! I decided to use the matching card front for the centre panel and layered the die cut on top of this panel.
Daisy Centre-Step Card
For the poppy flower card, I used all the bits from the card base. Since the poppy die cut was longer than the others, I decided not to trim down the centre panel as much, leaving the sides of the bottom panel free for the sentiment on one side and the embellishments on the other.
Poppy Centre-Step Card
Measurements of My Painted Petals Centre-Step Cards:
Card Base:
11″ x 4 ¼” cut/scored according to template below
Centre Panel:
2-1/8″ x 4-3/8″
2 Side Strips:
7/8″ x 4-3/8″
Bottom Strip:
7/8″ x 4-1/8″
Side View of Cards
More Information on My Painted Petals Centre-Step Cards
Stay tune for my other alternative cards using this kit. I made two more fun folds cards, but different than these ones.
Downloadable Centre-Step Card Template
To download a PDF of the Centre-Step Card Template, please click here or on the picture.
Centre-Step Card Template
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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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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.
My Other Card Using Roller Skating Ellie
For more information on my card, please click here or on the photo.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing Our Steampunk Journey Card using the Stamperia Vagabond Series of paper and die cuts to create my anniversary card for my Hubby.
The Details of Our Steampunk Journey Card
My Hubby is always encouraging me to do what I love and explore mixed media more since I am still a novice. So, I decided to create a fun mixed media front with a steampunk feel for his anniversary card. He loves anything steampunk and I bought the Stamperia papers and all the bits in anticipation of making a card for him.
Angled View of Folds of the Card
For my card, I only used papers and die cuts…no stamping or colouring for me which is a rarity for me! Lol! But, when I saw the Stamperia papers, I knew that I wanted to create a 3-step fun fold card that would keep on going as my hubby opened it…almost like a mini album. I even decorated the back of it and made a custom envelope with the papers.
Top View of Card
Fun with Mixed Media
For my mixed media, I sponged black gesso on my chipboards and then rubbed with my fingertips the Brushed Iron and Firebird waxes over the “Love” piece to help differentiate it from the other chipboard pieces. Next, I added some Gilding Flakes to give it some shimmer and brushed more wax where needed to give it a gritty feel. More gears that were rubbed with the Brushed Iron wax were adhered with glossy accents on top of the “Love” piece for dimension.
Mixed Media
Once that was done, I added a gear frame tag behind the decorated chipboard that consisted of a snippet of paper with a small clock. The gears on this tag were lightly rubbed with the Brushed Iron wax as well. I added a few clear die cuts from Stamperia to represent my theme of a marriage being a journey, albeit a steampunk one! Lol!
Close Up of Mixed Media Focal Point
A monocle with an attached ball bead chain was glued in place with glossy accents. A scattering of red rhinestones added some sparkle and brightness to the front.
Inside of Card – Part 1
For my backdrop of my focal point, I decided to use a clock since it is the epitome of steampunk! I fussy cut two clocks out from the papers…one for the front and one for the back of the circle since you will see it when the card is opened. I needed a 5 ½” circle to mount these clocks and since I didn’t have a die that big, I pulled out my retired circle cutter from Stampin’ Up! It was what they used before they had dies!
Inside of Card – Part 2
Inside Our Steampunk Journey Card
For the inside of my card, I used several steampunk dies cuts and brushed the Brushed Iron wax on them to bring out the details. I even brushed it on the black edges of all the folds and card base. Of course, I used lots of die cut gears again with a stylized steampunk key, watch and wings! A few clear die cuts from Stamperia were added inside to continue my theme of a journey.
Full Inside of Card Laid Flat
Since the back was so long, I used two different papers and pieced them together to create a continual scene of a pilot in flight on one side and flight gear on the other.
Full Back of Card Laid Flat
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Card Recipe for Our Steampunk Journey Card:
12” x 12” Paper, Sir Vagabond Aviator, Stamperia 6” x 6” Paper, Sir Vagabond Aviator, Stamperia Sir Vagabond Aviator Collectables, Stamperia Steampunk Greyboard Cuts and Scraps, Stamperia Sir Vagabond Aviator Clear Die Cuts, Stamperia Black Gesso, Deco Arts Americana Makeup Sponges Verdigris Gilding Flakes, Cosmic Shimmer Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax – Brushed Iron, Prima Marketing Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax – Firebird, Prima Marketing Industrial Chic – Frame & Tag Dies, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions Industrial Chic – Mixed Essentials Dies, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions Garage Gear Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Monocles, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz 6” Ball Bead Chain with Connector Clasp, Local Hardware Store Red Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Black Ribbon, From my Stash Floral Romance Seal, Stampin’ Up! Silicon Craft Mat, Stampin’ Up! Glossy Accents, Ranger Circle Cutter, Stampin’ Up! Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up! Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black and Very Vanilla Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 6”
Our Steampunk Journey Card in Action
Different Views of the Card
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To view my other mixed media piece, please click here.
To view my other steampunk cards, please click here.
Hope you like Our Steampunk Journey Card using the Stamperia Vagabond Series!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing The Perfect Day Card using the digital stamp After the Vows by Tiddly Inks Stamps. This past weekend we attended a wedding, and this was the card I made for the happy couple to celebrate their love!
The Details of My Card
The digital stamp comes with the couple in full length, but I thought a close-up of the couple kissing would be a lovely focal point. So, I coloured the couple with my Copic markers in tones befitting my couple. The bride has gorgeous flowing locks of hair, and this stamp was perfect to represent her! I added a light coating of white pencil over the veil to differentiate where the veil was on her hair. Unfortunately, it is hard to see in the photo. Finally, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the bride’s veil to give it shimmer. For the groom, I coloured the skin and hair to look like the groom’s Pilipino heritage. This was the first time colouring this skin tone and I was quite happy with how it turned out!
For my card, I decided to create lots of pretty layers with the lace ribbon, heart doily and die cut hearts. The beautiful Craft O’Clock paper was the perfect backdrop with lace, flowing script, worn wood planks and flowers on it!
The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder to match the sparkly rhinestones and then die cut out. The die cut “love” sentiment was the epitome of what brought these two together to be married.
Finally, I couldn’t resist adding one more heart in the form of the sliver heart charm under the sentiment.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Happy Couple Card using the digital stamp Wedding Couple by Krista Smith Stamps. This past weekend we had a wedding in our family, and this was the card I made for the happy couple to celebrate them!
The Details of My Card
I made a bridal shower card for the bride a few months ago and based my colouring on the couple getting married. They both loved the card (I will post it at the end)! So, I decided to do the same thing and colour these two cuties the same way. I went with green for the guy’s suit since I knew he would be wearing green. White Gelly Roll Pen was added to their eyes to make them sparkle and the girl’s lips to make them glossy. I added Glossy Accents to the Champagne glasses to make them shine. Clear Wink of Stella was added to the lace trim of the bride’s dress to make it sparkle.
Since I knew that their flowers were going to be wildflowers, I again went with the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper and matching Dainty Delight Dies like I did with the shower card.
Full View of Stamp
I knew that I wanted to use the arbour frame with a shimmery white card stock, but with my coloured couple in the centre rather than the generic bride and groom shadows that came in the frame. So, I used my paper snips to cut the shadows out.
The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder to match all the gold accents including the frame around the arbour piece, the gold dots, and the strip of gold under the sentiment. I used my Paper Snips to add an angle to the sentiment piece.
A scattering of heart shaped pearls around the sentiment, along with the wooden heart embellishment, added to my theme of love.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Magic in the Air Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Sitting Pretty on Mushroom. I coloured this beautiful image twice this month using the Kit and Clowder Whimsical Wonders Class as inspiration. This is my second card, but I will include a link to the other card at the end of this post.
The Details of My Card
For my card, I used the alternative colour choice from the Kit and Clowder class and gave her a sparkly dress using a White Gelly Roll Pen and lots of dots!
My Colouring of Sitting Pretty on Mushroom
Once she was coloured, I pulled out some DSP with mushrooms on it to match her mushrooms. A mushroom border die in Poppy Parade also added to this theme.
Some greenery flourishes were added behind the sentiment and in the opposite corner for a splash of colour. I love how the swirls come from below to overlap the image adding depth and interest.
The sentiment was from Rosabelle by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Perfect sentiment for a fairy, don’t you think?
I brushes some Vintage Photo ink to the edges of the image, sentiment and DSP to give it an earthy feel to match the distressing in places on the Pool Party piece of DSP.
I added for embellishments brass butterflies beside the sentiment and fairy with red rhinestones in the other corner.
For shimmer, I added stickles to her wings! Every fairy should have sparkly wings!
Close Up of Fairy
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Card Recipe for Magic in the Air Card:
Sitting Pretty on Mushroom, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Rosabelle, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps VersaFine Ink Pad Onyx Black, Tsukineko Mushroom Border Die, C.C. Designs Elegant Flourish Small Die, Paper Roses Brushes Brass Butterflies, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Ranger Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share My Galaxy Part II Card using the Galactic Fighter and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Sets by Kindred Stamps!
A friend of mine asked for me to create a custom Star Wars Valentine card for her Hubby who is a huge Star Wars fan! So, I made two for her selection. I showed the platform card that she picked, but here is the other card that I made. Since she picked the other card, I gave this one to my Hubby instead.
The Details of My Card
I thought a big heart with Hans Solo in it would be a fun Valentine card or even an anniversary card! So, I die cut a heart from the Whimsy Nebula paper that had reds in it. The white scallop border is just the back of the Nebula paper, but it added a nice contrast to the Nebula.
Since it was a Valentine card, you can never have too many hearts! So, I added die cut white hearts on top of embossed pink hearts for the background! The only embellishments were resin hearts on the nebula paper surrounding Hans Solo.
My Other Cards
I also had so much fun colouring these stamps that I made two other cards using the Stampin’ Up! January Paper Pumpkin Key to my Heart. I had just made a few of the cards from the Paper Pumpkin Kit and it was sitting on my desk. So, it was easy enough to add the characters to the cards and use the sentiments from the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Set.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share My Galaxy Platform Card using the Galactic Fighter and the Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Sets by Kindred Stamps!
A friend of mine asked for me to create a custom Star Wars Valentine card for her Hubby who is a huge Star Wars fan! As you might know, I have many different Star Wars stamps, but I decided to use Kindred Stamps since I just received them recently and their stamps are the right size for platform cards!
I had fun making another platform card for my brother’s birthday (I will link to it at the end of this post) that I decided to make one as an option from which my friend could choose. I also made a regular A2 card as another possibility and will post that another day.
The Details of My Card
My friend asked for Leia, Hans Solo and R2D2. So, I coloured them with my Copic markers in their traditional colours. When I showed her the stamp set, she loved the sentiment “I’ve searched the galaxy for you”.
I thought it would be fun for the platform to represent the Millennium Falcon’s bridge. So, I used the Foundry Embossing Folder to emboss the Basic Black die cut that wrapped around the card. Next, I rubbed Brushed Iron Wax to make all the details stand out. Perfect for a look of metal that had been cobbled together since the ship had been battered together so many times. Lol! I made the base Basic Gray like a metal floor and used the stitched rectangle die from the Add On to create stability for the pop-up characters.
Since this was supposed to be the Millennium Falcon’s bridge, I used a pretty Nebula paper from Whimsy Stamps for the windows behind R2D2.
The Stamp AnnieThing Galactic paper had the perfect Valentine theme with the word LOVE against a galaxy of twinkling stars. And it matched my Nebula paper!
I added a few red resin hearts to the sentiment but forgot to take another photo. So, you will just have to imagine that! Lol!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Under Your Spell Card using Wiz by Mo’s Digital Pencil.
This past week was Valentine’s Day, and I made this card to give my Hubby. He loves anything fantasy and I thought the Wiz would be a fun card to make for him!
The Details of My Card
For my card, I coloured the Wiz with my Copic markers in magical shades of purples and blues with bright yellow accents. I used my Copic refills in B39 and V17 with 99 % Isopropyl Alcohol to create the mystical auras around him. You can use any colours for this effect, but I picked two colours that draw on the colour scheme that I used on the image.
Background Technique
To create this technique, I worked in small sections to keep the ink wet while I played. I dripped a few drops of each refill making sure that the drops were far enough away from the image since they bled. I also overlapped them which helped with the blending and coverage.
While the ink was wet, I dipped the q-tip into the alcohol and dotted and dabbed through the inks. As I dabbed, I pulled the ink toward the image. The dotting created lighter splotches where the ink was repelled. I re-dipped the q-tip regularly into the rubbing alcohol to push the ink around and dotted toward the Wiz and ground. This section was much more diluted to achieve an effect that the ink was blended out to white. I also added reinker to a glass mat and dipped the wet q-tip into it add more ink in the diluted area.
Background Technique Using Copic Reinkers
Once I was happy with the background, I use Y02/Y000 to push the darker background inks back from my image to create a yellow glow that softens the darker edges.
I added some die cut stars in gold glimmer paper swirling around the top sentiment. A scattering of other glimmer stars helped with the mystical theme.
Glossy accents were added to the mystical crystal ball. I used a gelly roll pen on the mystical lightening arcing from the crystal ball. Clear Wink of Stella was added to the stars on his shirt, the gold band on his hat and the star hanging from his hat.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Bee’s Knees Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the super cute Bee With Heart Bundle.
This Bundle includes 5 images:
Title 1: Bee With Heart – Boy (PNG)
Title 2: Bee With Heart – Girl (PNG)
Title 3: Flower Accessory for Bee (PNG)
Title 4: For My Sweet Friend Sentiment (PNG)
Title 5: Sending Hugs Sentiment (PNG)
The Details of My Card
These bees are such a fast colour with my Copic markers and perfect for a super cute Valentine card, but they could also be used for an anniversary, a wedding, even a birthday!
I decided to use the quilt top die and the individual hexagons that you can place where you want to create a fun shaker card. The Graphic 45 paper with the honeycomb pattern, bees and flowers made it feel like you are glimpsing into a busy hive. I used several different shaker elements, especially hearts, to tie in my Valentine theme.
Close Up of Boy Bee
The Bundle comes with sentiments, but I wanted to heat emboss with white on black card stock. I love the contrast of white on black especially for my card! The stamp comes with several great bee sentiments that can be used for all occasions, but I used one appropriate for a Valentine card.
I printed the Flower Accessory several times and coloured them with my Copic markers. To add depth to the flowers, I used an Embossing Stylus Tool and rolled it around the flowers on the Stampin’ Pierce Mat. This made the edges curl up to create dimension. The only embellishment I used was a bumblebee trinket. To add sparkle, I used Clear Wink of Stella on their wings and Stickles on the hearts that they carry.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Best Wishes Birthday Card using the Wisteria Wishes Bundle by Stampin’ Up! For my card, I decided to create a birthday card, but this card could also be used for a wedding or an anniversary.
The Details of My Card
Wisteria comes in all different colours, but I just love wisteria in different tones of purples! So, it was a given that I would use Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather for mine.
I decided to create several layers to build up to the wisteria focal point. The Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder created a nice blank background while creating a bit of interest. The beautiful filigree die from the Fancy Frames Dies added to the delicateness of my wisteria and guided the eye to my focal point.
My wisteria needed a background to separate it from the filigree frame. So, the largest of the Tailor Made Tags was perfect. I die cut it twice using Basic White and the script sheet from the Vellum Layering Designs. I wanted the tag to be popped up and by adding the Basic White behind the vellum, it made it sturdy enough to do so.
Tip: to add glue to vellum so that you do not see it, use a Silicone Craft Sheet with a sponge and dab liquid glue onto the back.
Vellum and Liquid Glue Tip
The sentiment was heat embossed in white on a flag from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
For embellishments, I added some Linen Thread and a scattering of Opal Rounds.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Wisteria Wishes Bundle (158860), Fancy Frames Dies (159176), Tailor Made Tags Dies (155563), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283)
Paper: Gorgeous Grape (146987), Highland Heather (146986), Old Olive (100702), Basic White (159276), Vellum Layering Designs (157764)
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with My Clockwork Anniversary Card using the beautiful Steampunk Time digital stamp By Krista Smith Stamps for my 28th wedding anniversary card for my Hubby.
My hubby loves anything steampunk and I found this awesome digital stamp by Krista Smith Stamps that I thought would make a beautiful card for him!
The Details of My Card
For my card, I decided to colour her with my Copic markers in muted tones to match my paper and my grungy steampunk theme. I haven’t used this colour scheme before but was very happy with how it turned out! I went with black hair with blue underpainting to give her a hip edge. Another first for me to colour like this!
Underpainting B24 to Hair
Once I finished colouring her, I blended some ink along the edges of the paper to give it a distressed look. I also blended ink along the edges of the design paper and sentiment to make them more worn. The paper from Stamperia was perfect for my steampunk theme since it had that industrial look to it.
Of course, I had to add the pocket watch die since she is holding a pocket watch. I rubbed some Brushed Iron Wax on it, the gears, and mats to make them look worn and to bring out the details on them. This is my new favourite product, next to my Copic markers, of course!
You can never have too many gears on a steampunk card! So, I pulled out my Tim Holtz idea-ology gears, as well as another small silver gear that I had in my stash. I love how the silver gear had a heart for the centre of it instead of a circle! Perfect for an anniversary card!
Glossy accents were added to her pocket watch and Star Dust Stickles was added to the heart for the sentiment.
Using another trick that I like to implement, I coloured the rhinestones with my Copic markers to match my colours.
A simple sentiment with another heart says it all!
Steampunk Time, Krista Smith Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Mechanical Sea World 8″ x 8″ Paper Pad, Stamperia Mixed Essentials Industrial Collection Steampunk Dies, Sue Wilson Creative 5.5” Gear Border die, From My Stash Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool, Ranger Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax – Brushed Iron, Prima Marketing Various Gears, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz VersaFine, Onyx Black, Tsukineko Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger
Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5” x 6 ½”
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I have created several steampunk cards over the years for my hubby. Here are four of them that I have made.
Past Steampunk Cards That I Made
Hope you like My Clockwork Anniversary Card using Steampunk Time by Krista Smith Stamps.
I am entering this card in the following challenge: Passion For Markers – Week 658 Challenge – use your favourite tool/product or embellishment
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Love You Lots Card using Raining Hearts by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card.
The Details of My Card
My 28th wedding anniversary is coming up and I thought this cutie would be perfect for my hubby’s card from me!
I had fun colouring her with my Copic markers, especially the red! My hubby knows it’s one of my favourite colours. I even coloured her hair to look like mine when we first met. Don’t you love the falling hearts and her bucket filled with love!
The Smitten paper pulled out the red and pinks of my colouring. It has roses and hearts with keys on it. So, I decided to pull out my key embellishments as a nod to my Hubby having the key to my heart. I threaded it through some Real Red Ruffled ribbon to make it look like it was hanging from the card.
The die cut pink heart border added some popped up dimension to one side. All I added was some resin hearts to tie in the red colour scheme.
A pink stitched die cut heart and wooden heart added the perfect backdrop to my white embossed sentiment tying in my red and pink colour scheme!
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21 Reds: R29/R27/R25/R22 Yellows: Y38/Y35/Y32/E15 Hearts: R85/R83/R81 Soles of Boots: E27/E25/E23 Ground: E51/E50 Sky: B000/B000/0
Close Up of Girl
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Card Recipe for Love You Lots Card:
Raining Hearts, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Smitten, 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Authentique Paper Cross Stitched Frame Borders Dies, Memory Box Give it a Whirl Dies, Stampin’ Up! Love Notes Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Sealed with Love Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! VersaMark Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up! White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Up! Real Red Mini Ruffled Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Metal Key Embellishment, Michaels Arts & Crafts Sending Love Embellishments, Wooden Heart, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! (on hearts) Glossy Accents, Ranger (on boot and bucket) Real Red and Rococo Rose Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Digital Stamp Size: 4” Tall
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.
Hope you like my Design Team card using Raining Hearts by Paper Nest Dolls!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Otter-ly Love Anniversary Card using From The Otter Side by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Today is our 27th Wedding Anniversary and this is one of the cards that I gave my Hubby.
Aren’t these two otters just the cutest with their heart shaped tummies! My Hubby loves otters. In fact, there is a YouTube channel that he loves to watch that is all about two otters, Kotaro and Hana, and the antics that they get up to living in an apartment in Japan!
For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a fun “watery” scene for my two otters. So, I pulled from my stash some Designer Series Paper that had fish and waves on it and die cut it into a heart. I embossed the Detailed Dots onto the Pacific Point background to represent water bubble. I love the detail of the Memory Box wave die! In fact, I loved it so much that I made two layers with one being in Vellum! I couldn’t resist having one of the cute otters holding a wooden heart! How perfect for an anniversary card! The fun puny sentiment “To my Otter Half” was white embossed on a strip of Pacific Point with a couple of heart embellishments. A couple more wooden hearts and some water droplets on the waves all add to my anniversary/watery scene!
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!
