Birthday Card - Stamp With Laurie

Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday

March 13, 2023 2 Comments

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

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection 80’s Girl Ellie. There are ten dolls in the Decade Collection that come in both rubber and digital stamps. You can find all the digital versions here.

Decade Doll Collection by Paper Nest Dolls

The Details of My Card

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Copic Markers

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

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

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Card Recipe for My Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday Card

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

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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

My Other Cards in the Decade Collection

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

Grad with a girl in roller skates on it — Roller Disco Babe

A card with a Disco Dancer on it — Stayin Alive Disco Card

Hippie Girl on a card — My Groovy Love Card

Card with a Girl from Seventies and a retro bus on it — My Road Trip Card

Card with a Hippie Girl — Peace Not War Card

Card with 50s greaser and girl with poodle skirt — My Grease Lightning Card

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Game on Platform Card

February 25, 2023 Leave a comment

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

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

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

The Details of My Card

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

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

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

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

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Copic Markers:

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

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

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

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

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

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Card Recipe for My Game on Platform Card:

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

Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 3-5/8”

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Have a Flappable Birthday

February 23, 2023 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Have a Flappable Birthday as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Flapper Girl Emma. There are ten dolls in the Decade Collection that come in both rubber and digital stamps. You can find all the digital versions here.

The Details of My Card

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

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

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

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

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

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Copic Markers

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

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

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Card Recipe for My Have a Flappable Birthday Card

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

Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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

My Other Cards in the Decade Collection

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

Card with a girl in roller skates on it — Roller Disco Babe

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Hap-Bee Birthday Card

February 21, 2023 Leave a comment

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

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

This Bundle includes 6 images:

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

The Details of My Card

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

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

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

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

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Copic Markers:

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

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

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Card Recipe for My Hap-Bee Birthday Card:

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

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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

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

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Love You More Than Lasagna

February 19, 2023 2 Comments

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

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

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

The Details of My Card

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

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

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

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Copic Markers:

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

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

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Card Recipe for My Love You More Than Lasagna Card:

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

Finished card size: 8.5” x 3.5”

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Make a Wish Card

February 1, 2023 Leave a comment

A Birthday Card with a girl and flowers in her hair — Make a Wish Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Make a Wish Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful Leilani.

The Details of My Card

Today is my niece’s birthday and I wanted to use this beautiful stamp on her card. For my card, I decided to colour with my Copic markers Leilani with blond hair and green eyes just like my niece. I also pulled the colours for the flowers from the pretty P13 paper that I used.

I received a card from a friend using the Pretty Pop-Up Dies by Stampin’ Up! and was inspired to use the circle die on my card. I love the way the beautifully intricate butterflies, flowers, and greenery designs pop up from the die giving lots of visual interest! The Glimmer Paper really makes the pop-ups just pop! Lol! I used a retired 3-5/8” circle die to cut out the pop-up piece.

I also cut out a dragonfly in the P13 paper using the dies and just snipped the wings to set it free!

The scallop piece was also die cut from the paper tying in her green eyes. I used my favourite leafy vine die cut twice wrapping it around the different layers on the top and bottom.

To add sparkle, I used a scattering of rhinestones and Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Eyes: G99/G94/G21
Lips: R83/R81
Pinks: R85/R53/R81
Blue Flowers: BV08/BV13/BV02/BV00
Small Flowers: R85/R81/BV13/BV02
Flower Centres: Y26/Y21

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Card Recipe for My Make a Wish Card:

Leilani, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Stitched with Love 6” x 6” Paper Pad, P13
2022-2024 In Colors 6” x 6’ Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Scalloped Contours Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Pretty Pop-Ups Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Fanciful Flourish, Cheery Lynn Designs
Circles Collection Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Birthday Mini Strips, Taylored Expressions
Mini Strips Die, Taylored Expressions
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Orchid Oasis Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Sending Snowflake Wishes

January 13, 2023 Leave a comment

A winter birthday card with a winter fairy holding a snowball — Sending Snowflake Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Sending Snowflake Wishes as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Snowflake Wishes. This digital purchase includes 5 stamps:

Image 1 and 2: Snowflake Wishes (girl facing left and right) (JPEG format)
Image 3: Poinsettia Flower (PNG format)
Sentiment 1: Wishing You A Magical Christmas (PNG format)
Sentiment 2: Sending Snowflake Wishes (PNG format)

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a winter birthday card for a good friend’s birthday that is next week. Since she is an amazing colourist, I wanted my colouring to be top notch! So, I went with a two-tone sparkly outfit something that was totally out of my comfort zone, but I knew she will appreciate it!

I love sparkle and it’s so easy to create with a white gel pen! Just make lots of small dots in the highlighted area and less in the shadows. Before using the white gel pen, I also added dots with my Copic markers.

The Doodlebug paper was perfect for the purple and blue/greens that I used and matched my wintery theme!

I wrapped the glimmery snowflake border die around the side of my focal point and sentiment like it’s tying it all together! A scattering of more glimmery snowflakes adds to my theme. I couldn’t resist adding the Frosted Finishes Embellishment to the largest snowflake to give my card even more sparkle.

The finishing touches was Clear Wink of Stella on her wings, snowball, and flower in her hair. I also used Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on the snowflake trail and the snowflakes on the stamp.

Tips

When you colour two-tones, you need to make sure that the colours are close on the colour wheel to allow the blending at the transition point. I went with purple and blue/green since I knew my friend loves those colours and they suited my wintery birthday theme. The colouring of the transition doesn’t have to be perfect since the sparkle will hide any imperfections. Also, make sure to blend the lightest colour marker into the other lightest colour at the transition point. For instance, where they met, I blended BG 10 into V12 and vice versa to create a smooth transition.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Eyes: BG53/BG10/C3/C1/0
Purples: V09/V17/V15/V12
Blue/Greens: BG49/BG57/BG53/BG10
Snowball: BG53/BG10/0/Clear Wink of Stella

Close Up of Fairy holding snowball — Close Up of Snowflake Wishes Stamp

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Card Recipe for My Sending Snowflake Wishes Card:

Snowflake Wishes, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frosty Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Snowflake Border Punch, Martha Stewart
Snowflake Corner Punch, Martha Stewart
Chic Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Frostyville Border Die, Memory Box
Glossy Dots Assortment, Stampin’ Up!
Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Snowflake Wishes for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Best Wishes Birthday Card

January 12, 2023 Leave a comment

A Birthday Card with wisteria on it — Best Wishes Birthday Card

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.

A tip on how to apply liquid glue to vellum — 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)

Accessories: Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder (149643), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Heat Tool (129053), Opal Rounds (154289), Linen Thread (104199), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Silicone Craft Sheet (127853), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements:

Gorgeous Grape (2 pieces):
- 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
- Scrap
Basic White (2 pieces):
- 4” x 5 ¼”
- 1 ¾” x 3-7/8”
Highland Heather (2 pieces):
- 3” x 4 ½”
- Scrap
Old Olive (2 pieces):
- 3” x 2”
- 2-3/8” x 5/8”
Vellum Layering Designs:
- 1 ¾” x 3-7/8”

More Information on My Best Wishes Birthday Card:

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Wintertime Wishes Card

January 6, 2023 Leave a comment

A card with a girl holding a snowflake banner — Wintertime Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Wintertime Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the sweet Emma with Snowflake Banner. She is perfect for a winter birthday or Valentine’s Day with her heart banner!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I coloured Emma with my Copic markers in one of my favourite colour combos of pinks, blues, and tans! I added Glossy Accents to the hearts on her snowflake banner and Stardust Stickles to her hat pompom, bows and the snowflakes.

The Snowed In Paper was perfect for my card since the knitted snowflake pattern created a cozy warm feel and suited my snowflake theme. Even the “Wintertime” sentiment was from the Paper Pad.

I had the Frostyville Corner Die from Memory Box in my stash and thought it would work for a mini slimline card. I love how it peeks put from under the sentiment creating interest over the knitted snowflake paper! A few more glimmery snowflakes from punches and a die were added for sparkle. To ground Emma, I added a stitched snowbank and ran some Glittered Organdy Ribbon over it to add more sparkle. I also added the ribbon across the top of the so that the sentiment hangs from it.

The finishing touch was a scattering of rhinestones on the knitted paper to add even more sparkle!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E99/YR24/YR23
Blues: B91/B93/B95/B97
Browns: E41/E42/E43/E44
Pinks: R81/R83/R85

Close Up of girl with Snowflake Banner — Close Up of Emma with Snowflake Banner

Card Recipe for Wintertime Wishes Card:

Emma with Snowflake Banner, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Snowed In 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park
White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn
Frostyville Corner Die, Memory Box
Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Snowflake Border Punch, Martha Stewart
Snowflake Corner Punch, Martha Stewart
Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Basic White, Rococo Rose, and Crumb Cake Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6 ½” x 3 ½”

Stamp Size: 4 ½” Tall

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

Hope you like my Design Team card for Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Birthday…Happy Birthday Card

November 1, 2022 1 Comment

A file folder card — Birthday…Happy Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Birthday…Happy Birthday Card using Secret Agent by Kindred Stamps! My Hubby is a big fan of the James Bond movies and when I saw this stamp set, I knew it would be hit for his birthday card!

The Kindred Stamps Design Team had several inspirational cards that inspired me to create my own version of a file folder with the Magic Iris. I knew that I wanted to use both elements on my card.

The Details of My Card

I had a lot of fun creating my file folder and it had to be a certain size to fit the Magic Iris. So, it is a little wider than a regular A2 card base since the folder tab sticks out. The File Folder Edgelit Dies by Stampin’ Up! are retired, but I have made a file folder with my Envelope Punch Board in the past as well. There is also a file folder in the Specimens Edgelit Dies, but I needed a larger one to fit the iris.

For the front of the folder, I decided to make it look like it’s been through the wars with blood running down the front (just like the opening of the movies! Lol!), blood splatter, mysterious footprints, and a few spy paraphernalia items! I even had the blood run onto the sentiment piece. The “Confidential” and “Top Secret” stamps come with the set and were perfect for my theme! To make it even more rough, I blended some Vintage Photo Ink on the edges of the folder and the sentiment.

Inside My Card

Amanda Stevens, a Design Team Member for Kindred Stamps, created a file folder PDF that you can download for both birthday and Father’s Day. Here is the link to her YouTube channel that lists the files. I used the birthday mission part for the inside of my card. Love that you can customize it to suit your needs! I added My Hubby’s birthday date and his “also known as” (aka) handle “Sweetie” to the file. Lol! The piece of washi tape was his secret agent’s name that had been “redacted”! The stamp set even comes with a martini glass and I couldn’t resist using it! Again, I distressed the brief with ink and add some blood splatters before gluing it at the top and adding some metallic dots like the brief was clipped to the folder.

For the other side, I decided to use the Magic Iris to mimic the opening of the movies when Bond enters. I embossed in black the Spiral Dye Stamp Set onto the black cardstock from which I die cut the front of the Iris. The part that wasn’t used for the iris, I glued down to continue the spiral on the page. I had die cut the “Filed” tab and had planned to add it to the front of the folder, but in the end, I placed it under the Iris to give the black a bit of colour.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: YR31/E37/E35/E33
Suit: C9/C7/C4
Shoes: C7/C6/C4
Tie/Gun: C3/C1
Shirt: C1/0

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Card Recipe for My Birthday…Happy Birthday Card:

Secret Agent, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Galvanized Metallic Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Magic Iris Dies, Lawn Fawn
File Folder Edgelit Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Specimen Thinlits Dies, Sizzix
Spiral Dye Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Ghoulish Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Daring Adventure Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
It’s a Mystery!, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Rustic Metallic Adhesive Dots, Stampin’ Up!
Magnifying glass charms antique silver tone, Nicole de Bruin Charms
Washi Tape, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
VersaFine, Onyx Black, Tsukineko
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad, Ranger
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Basic Gray
and Real Red, Card Stock Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4.5” x 5.5”

Birthday…Happy Birthday Card in Action

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Hope you like my Birthday…Happy Birthday Card using the
Secret Agent by Kindred Stamps!

My Happiest of Birthdays Card

September 8, 2022 Leave a comment

Birthday card with a girl waving a wand — My Happiest of Birthdays Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Happiest of Birthdays Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Twinkle Emily Bundle. She comes in PNG and JPG formats with 5 stamps:

I used Twinkle Emily Left for my card in JPG format.

The Details of My Card

For my mini slimline card, I decided to colour Emily in bright bonny colours with my Copic markers to match the DSP. Nothing says “Happy” like these colours!

I love how Emily is dancing with her birthday wand! So, I used a die that shows movement like she is casting a birthday wish for happiness on the recipient’s birthday!

Next, I used my new favourite dies that create a tag that can also be used on a mini slimline card! These Photo Play dies create a lot of wonderful layering opportunities!

I used my trick of colouring rhinestones to match my colouring to add some sparkle. Star Dust Stickles was added to the star on the wand and her pompoms. While Clear Wink of Stella was added to the flower on her hat.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: R08/YR15/YR07/Y21
Blues: BG09/BG05/BG01/BG000
Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03
Yellows: Y38/Y19/Y15/Y11
Rhinestones: BG09/YG67/Y38

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Card Recipe for My Happiest of Birthdays Card:

Twinkle Emily Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Charming Sentiments Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Sentiment Silhouettes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
#6 Bracket & Tag Dies, Photo Play
Ribbon Circle Swirl Die, from my Stash (might be Memory Box)
Melon Mambo Scallop Dot Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Basic White Card Stock

Finished card size: 3.5” x 6.25”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Twinkle Emily Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Magical Birthday Wishes Card

August 22, 2022 9 Comments

Easel Card with gnome riding a tricycle — Magical Birthday Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Magical Birthday Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using three different stamps that include Fairytale Cottage Background Scene, Tricycle Gnome and Sentiment Bundle PNG and Dandelion Wishes for the sentiment.

I decided to use a different sentiment than what comes in the Tricycle Gnome and Sentiment Bundle PNG. It does come with 11 images including a birthday sentiment, but I needed a larger sentiment for my card. The Bundle comes with:

Tricycle Gnome PNG
Tricycle Gnome – Double Heart Balloons PNG
Tricycle Gnome- Double Round Balloons PNG
Tricycle Gnome – Single Balloon PNG
Heart Balloon PNG
Round Balloon PNG
Happy Birthday Sentiment PNG Sentiment
With Sympathy Sentiment PNG Sentiment
Thinking Of You Sentiment PNG Sentiment
Sending You Love Sentiment PNG Sentiment
You Are So Special Sentiment PNG Sentiment

The Details of My Card

For my card, I thought it would be neat to combine the Fairytale Cottage and the Tricycle Gnome to create a fun easel card! I used the PNG version of the Tricycle Gnome so that the background would be visible behind the gnome. PNGs have a clear background.

For the Fairytale Cottage, there is a river that runs through it. But I decided that my gnome would be riding his tricycle down a dirt road instead of the river. So, I coloured the river as a road. I also strategically place him in the scene so that his flowers mostly cover up the wooden bridge. You probably wouldn’t notice it if I didn’t say anything. I also wanted to make sure that the quaint cottage was visible like he just left it to deliver his flowers.

I had a lot of fun colouring the scene and the gnome with my Copic markers! The card didn’t need any embellishments, but I did add Star Dust Stickles to the light coming from the windows, his pompom and the dog’s pompom. I also added some accents in white with a Gelly Roll Pen to his outfit. And finally, I added Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen to the spokes and pedals of his tricycle and the orange flower centres.

Since I didn’t have a metal die big enough to cut out my scene, I used my Brother Scan & Cut to cut out the scene and the subsequent circles for my easel. I love the easel card since it folds flat for mailing purposes!

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Copic Markers:

Cottage:
Wood Trim: E47/E37/E35
Walls: E43/E42/E41/0
Roof: W5/W2
Windows: Y38/Y35/Y32/Star Dust Stickles

Scenery:
Grass/Bushes/Leaves: G29/G19/YG17/YG13
Rocks: W7/W5/W2
Road: E37/E35/E33/E31
Tree Trucks: E47/E37/E35
Sky: B00/B000/B0000/0
Birds: B97/B95/B93/B91/W2/0/YR04
Bridge: E37/E35/E33

Gnome:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: C5/C4/C3/C1
Blues: B97/B95/B93/B91
Oranges: YR07/YR02/YR00
Yellows: Y38/Y35/Y32
Shoes: C5/C3/C1

Tricycle:
Wagon: E47/E37/E35
Tires: C9/C7/C5/C3
Metal Parts: C5/C3/C1/Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Blue Flowers: B97/B93/B91/Y38
Orange Flowers: YR07/YR02/YR00/E37/E35/E31
Yellow Flowers: Y38/Y35/Y32
Basket: W5/W2
Dog: E37/E35/E33/E31

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Card Recipe for My Magical Birthday Wishes Card:

Fairytale Cottage Background Scene, Tricycle Gnome and Sentiment Bundle PNG and Dandelion Wishes, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Brother Scan & Cut
Pumpkin Pie, Dapper Denim and Basic White card stock, Stampin’ Up!

Image sizes:
Scene: 5.5” x 5.5”
Gnome: 3” Tall

Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Fairytale Cottage Background Scene, Tricycle Gnome and Sentiment Bundle PNG and Dandelion Wishes for Conie Fong Art & Design!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create – ATG (2 of 2)
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog – ATG (3 of 3)
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – ATG (2 of 2)

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Hues of Happiness Birthday Card

August 19, 2022 Leave a comment

Two cards with flowers on them. — Hues of Happiness Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Hues of Happiness Birthday Card using the Hues of Happiness Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!

The Details of My Card

This card was for a swap using products from the new Annual Catty. I love the bright and happy colours of the Hues of Happiness DSP! I also love that the dies die cut the flowers from the DSP!

Video of Die Cutting Flowers from the DSP

For my card, I thought a fun split panel card would work with the spiral notebook die as the panel joining the other 2 panels. I can see this spiral die working for so many cards, especially school cards! The two flowers and leaves were die cut from the DSP and matched the DSP colours on the panels.

One of the cards with pink and purple flowers on it — Version One of the Card

Since there are so many flowers that I could die cut, I decided to create different colour cards in the same layout. These two cards are only some of the colour combinations that I used.

A card with Blue and yellow flowers on it. — Second Version of the Card

Tip: to adhere the two card panels, I lined up the bottom panel with the bottom of the card base. Then, I added glue only to the top and bottom of the Basic White piece, careful not to add it too close to the centre. I made sure to leave enough room on the bottom panel to add my ribbon.

The sentiment was stamped onto ½” scrap and then snipped the edges on the angle. The Fresh Freesia was a 5/8” scrap and trimmed to match the Basic White piece.

The ribbon was wrapped around the bottom panel and tied in a bow. A scattering of matching Glossy Dots that come in the Suite added some shimmer.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Hues of Happiness Suite Collection (158828)

Inks: Granny Apple Green (147095)

Paper: Fresh Freesia (155613), Basic White (159229)

Accessories: Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (151326), Glossy Dots Assortment (included in Suite), Bone Folder (102300), Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips Scissors (103579)

Measurements:

Fresh Freesia:
- 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.
- Scrap for sentiment
Basic White:
- 5 ¼” x 4” (inside of card)
- 3 ½” x 2 ¾”
- Scrap for sentiment
Hues of Happiness DSP:
- 4” x 1 ¾” (2 pieces)
- 2 die cut flowers and leaves

More Information on My Hues of Happiness Birthday Card:

Get to know the Hues of Happiness Suite with a burst of colorful florals! Check out this suite to use on your next paper-crafting projects and spread happiness. To find out more about this beautiful Suite, checkout this Stampin’ Up! video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ac4l3EOPs

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

My Roller Disco Babe

July 6, 2022 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Roller Disco Babe 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.

The Details of My Card

When I was a teenager, roller skating was all the rage and you needed those multicoloured striped socks, Nike red shorts and tunes on your Walkman! So, when I saw this stamp, it bought back so many memories! Lol!

For my card, I coloured Ellie with my Copic markers to match my roller disco paper! I love this paper! I have used it for so many of the Decade Dolls whether it be 60’s, 70’s or 80’s! The skates and cassette tapes (do you remember cassette tapes? Lol) on the paper were 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 die cut using the Stitched Rectangles.

To add some sparkle to the card, I used Stickles on a stitched Real Red heart and Ellie’s pompoms on her skates. I also added a few gold glimmer stars and red rhinestones.

Glossy Accents was added 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

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Card Recipe for My Roller Disco Babe

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
Gold Metallic Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Skating By Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Give It a Whirl Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Real Red, Dapper Denim,
and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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

My Other Cards in the Decade Collection

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Hello Ladybug Card

July 4, 2022 Leave a comment

Card with a ladybug and daisies on it. — Hello Ladybug Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Hello Ladybug Card using the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set and matching Ladybug Builder Punch.

The Details of My Card

This card was for a swap, but the Annual Catty was retiring. We couldn’t use any retiring product on the card. So, my solution was lots of punches and embellishments that I knew would carry over!

For my card, I decided to use the Picture This Dies again since it reminded me of the dots on the ladybug’s wings. These dies are so versatile, and I have used them for several cards! I used the circles die for this card and thought it would be neat having the daisies popping out of the holes!

Before adhering with dimensionals the die cut Real Red piece to the Basic Black mat, I wrapped white Baker’s twine around one of the holes and tied it in a bow.

After lots of punching and layering 2 sets of petals on top of each other followed by the flower centre from the Poppy Moments Dies, I had 3 sets of flowers for the holes.

Next came the ladybug. But first, I heat embossed in black the spots before I punch the wings out of Real Red cardstock. Then I punched out the body in Basic Black and assembled the ladybug.

Since the stamp set is photopolymer and I could line up my stamp easily, I die cut the smallest circle out of the Circles Die and then stamped the hello in black. Tip: only use the part of the die you want, not the whole thing to save paper. Another tip is use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to allow you time to slide the sentiment piece in place.

A scattering of black Classic Dots and Red Rhinestones tied in my ladybug theme.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Hello Ladybug Stamp Set (157693), Picture This Dies (155559), Poppy Moments Dies (151594)

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

Paper: Basic White Thick (159229), Basic Black (121045), Basic White (159229) (159276), Real Red (102482), Crushed Curry (131199)

Accessories: Ladybug Builder Punch (157698), Medium Daisy Punch (149517), Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (155475), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Classic Matte Dots (158146), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Heat Tool (129053), Bone Folder (102300), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements:

Basic White Thick:
- 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored a 4 ¼”
Basic Black:
- 5 ¼” x 4”
- Scrap for Ladybug body
Real Red:
- 5” x 3 ¾”
- Scrap for wings
Basic White:
- 1 ¾” strip, enough to punch 6 flowers
- Hello: 1” x 1”
Crushed Curry
- Scrap for flower centers x 3

More Information on My Hello Ladybug Card:

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