My Birthday Cutie Card

My Birthday Cutie Card
My Birthday Cutie Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with My Birthday Cutie Card. This is the second card that I have created using the new released clear stamps by My Favorite Things who have teamed up with Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios! This card is using Birthday Cutie. There are also matching RAM Birthday Cutie Die-namics! Love that you can now stamp and die cut your favourite RAM stamps!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Dress: RV11/RV32/RV34/E04/White Gelly Roll Pen
Balloon: RV11/RV32/RV34/White Gelly Roll Pen/Glossy Accents
Sweater/Leggings: YG039/YG639/YG67
Grass: G039/YG639/YG67/G99
Cat Blankie: W3/W1/W0/R20

Close Up of My Birthday Cutie Card
Close Up of My Card

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Card Recipe for My Birthday Cutie Card:

Birthday Cutie, My Favorite Things, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, Memento
Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Cloud Stencil, C.C. Designs
Flat Bottom Clouds Die-namics, My Favorite Things
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Balloon Bouquet Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Resin Hearts Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up!
Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blender Brushes, Picket Fence
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and
Primrose Petals Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”

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To view my other card that I made using the You’re My Jam Clear Stamp from My Favourite Things and Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios, please click here.

Hope you like my Card!
Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Time to Celebrate Card

Time to Celebrate Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Time to Celebrate Card. This card is special since it’s the start of something wonderful! Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios and My Favorite Things are teaming up to bring clear stamps and dies to you! How exciting! My card is using the stamp set called You’re My Jam. I think it is awesome that you can now get dies to cut out your favourite Rachelle Anne Miller stamps! And I love the sentiments that come with it: “Grab the cymbals, It’s time to celebrate”, “We rock”, “You’re my jam”, “I can’t wait to get the band back together” and “ Thank you for playing my part when I couldn’t”. There are so many uses for this stamp set!

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Copic Markers:

Teddy: E35/E33/E31/E30/R20
Drum: B24/B26/B18/R35/R37/R39
Bird: Y11/Y15/Y19/YR04
Bunny: C5/C4/C3/C1/R20/E25/E23
Turtle: YG17/YG23/G29/R20
Hat: R39/R35/RB18/B24
Squirrel: E21/E23/E25/E29/R20
Hedgehog: E21/E11/R20/E29/E25/E23
Flag: R39/R35/RB18/B2

Close Up of Card Using You’re My Jam

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Card Recipe for My Time to Celebrate Card:

You’re My Jam, My Favorite Things, Rachelle Anne Miller Creative
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things
Lawn Fawn Spring Showers Dies
Musical Notes Die
Freezin’ Friends Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Krafty Scenery Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blender Brushes, Picket Fence
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Real Red, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”

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

Hope you like my Time To Celebrate Card using You’re My Jam!
Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Toss A Coin Birthday Card

My Toss A Coin Card
My Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Toss A Coin Birthday Card! Today is a good friend’s birthday and I thought the bard from the Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps would be perfect for him! He is the best bard role player ever! Plus loves the Witcher TV show!

I coloured the whole Monster gang with my Copic markers for a colouring challenge a while ago. But I knew that I wanted to give Jonathan the bard guy for his birthday. I love the sentiment “Toss a coin for your birthday”! The Enchanted Forest Graphic 45 Paper gave my card the fantasy feel that I was looking for, and of course, you have to have music paper and notes for a bard!

Now, I just need to get the other characters onto a card as well!

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Copic Markers:

Bard (Jaskier)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Outfit: W3/W1/W0
Lute/Boots: E31/E35/E37
Coin: Y17/Y19/Y28

Close up of My Toss A Coin Card
Close up of My Birthday Card

Mercenary (Geralt of Rivia)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: C2/C1/0
Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4/C3
Eyes: E04/RV34/RV32/Y00

Witch (Yennefer)
Skin: E000/E000/E00/RV34
Hair/Outfit: C9/C7/C5/C4

The Gang from The Monster Hunter Stamp Set
The Gang from The Monster Hunter Stamp Set

Girl (Ciri)
Skin: E000/E000/E00
Hair: E99/YR24/YR23
Boots/Gloves/Dress: E37/E35/E31
Cloak: B12/B14/B16/B18

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Card Recipe for My Toss A Coin Birthday Card:

Monster Hunter Stamp Set, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Enchanted Forest 8” x 8” Paper Pack, Graphic 45
Vintage Essentials 12” x 12” Paper Stack, DCWV Inc.
Layering Circle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Music Notes Die
Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4.25” x 5.5”

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To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Toss A Coin Birthday Card using the Monster Hunter Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy Birthday to Me! Card
Happy Birthday to Me! Card

Today is my birthday! So I thought I would share my Happy Birthday to Me Card celebrating me and my friend, Sheina, who’s birthday is today as well! Happy Birthday Sheina!

I recently attended a Virtual Stampin’ Up! Christmas Party that was put on by our team leader. The party was delayed until January since Covid was affecting delivery schedules. For this party, we were we given a package of products including a Pool Party card base, Basic Black Card Stock, Basic White Card Stock, a piece of True Love Designer Series Paper, a Square Vellum Doily and Pool Party Sheer Ribbon to create a mystery card. We could use these supplies anyway we liked to create something to share with the group. We could also add any additional supplies to the card that we wished.

Package of Products
Package of Products

My Additional Supplies

So, I added the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder, Pool Party Ink, VersaMark Ink, White Embossing Powder, Basic Black Card Stock and Rhinestone Basic Jewels to create my final card.

I love the very elegant black/white True Love DSP with the floral motif on one side and geometrics on the other. There are so many ways to add colour to it. You could colour it with the Stampin’ Blends, the Stampin’ Write Markers, sponges or daubers. I chose to add Pool Party Ink using the new Blending Brushes.

I then trimmed it into 3 equal pieces and added it to the Basic Black mat. Once the sentiment was heat set on the Basic Black card stock, I added a trimmed down edge of the Square Doily so that it peeks out. I tied the pretty Pool Party Shimmer Ribbon around my focal point and popped it up with dimensionals. I added a scattering of Rhinestone Basic Jewels to add some shimmer.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set (151331

Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (147107)

Paper: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Basic Black (121045), True Love Designer Series Paper (154281)

Accessories: Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder (152702), Blending Brushes (153611), Pool Party 3/8” Sheer Ribbon(152462), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132), Heat Tool (129053), Square Vellum Doilies (152484), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Glue Dots (103683)

Close Up of Happy Birthday to Me! Card
Close Up of Happy Birthday to Me! Card

Measurements: 

  • Pool Party: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Basic Black: 3 pieces
    •  5 1/8” x 3 7/8”
    • 2 7/8” x 4”
    • 3” x ½”
  • Basic White: 3 ¾” x 5”
  • True Love Designer Series Paper: 1 piece 3 ¾” x 2 ¾” then trimmed into 3 pieces at 1 ¼” x 2 ¾”

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Happy Birthday to Me! Card.

If you would like see more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store

Our Friendship is Tweet

Our Friendship is Tweet Card
Our Friendship is Tweet Card

It’s Laurie here with Our Friendship is Tweet Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her cute ‘Tweet Friendship’ Christmas Digital Stamp. I have been a big fan of Rachelle Anne Miller’s for a long time. In fact, I used my rubber stamp that was in my stash to create my card, but you can get the digital version in her store.

I love this sweet little girl with her tweet friends! I though she made a perfect card for a winter birthday and I have a lot of them coming up in January and February. So I have plans for her!

For my card, I coloured her with my favourite BG and YG colour combinations of Copic markers. I then created a frame by laying down the die that I used to cut her out and sponged Pool Party Ink with my new Blending Brush from Stampin’ Up! When I lifted the die up, I was left with a white frame to set off my image. I love the Frostyville Wreath in the Sparkle Glimmer Paper, but it was too small for my image. So, I cut it apart and draped it along the frame. To balance the “wreath” of snowflakes, I placed another larger snowflake opposite them. I thought that the Metallic Mesh Ribbon looked like cracked ice creating a subtle texture to the card. A scattering of Adhesive-backed Snowflakes added to the Winter Wonderland theme of my card.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00 /E11/E13/R20
Hair: E99/YR24/YR23
Coat/Tights: BG73/BG/75/BG78/YG93/YG95/E57
Birds: E55/BG11/BG13

Close Up of My Design Team Card
Close Up of My Design Team Card For Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios

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Card Recipe for Our Friendship is Tweet Card:

Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios, ‘Tweet Friendship’ Christmas Digital Stamp
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Timbergrove 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Fancy Pants Designs
Adhesive CORK Paper, Karen Foster Designs
Snow Day Collection, Bo Bunny
Sparkle Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Standard Circle Dies, Sizzix
Classic Scallop Dies, Sizzix 
Frostyville Wreath, Memory Box
Seasonal Layer Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Metallic Mesh Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Stardust Stickles
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Pool Party and Old Olive Card Stock

Finished card size: 6” x 6”

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

Hope you like Our Friendship is Tweet Card with ‘Tweet Friendship’ Christmas Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios!
Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Have A Spooktacular Birthday Card

My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card
My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here with my Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card. Today is my Hubby’s birthday! He’s been hinting at a Scooby Doo card since I made one for my brother back in May (I have posted it at the end) or a Halloween card. So, I made him both! I coloured with my Copic markers the Teen Detectives from Kindred Stamps for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge in June in anticipation of this card. My card is a slimline card since they are all the rage right now.

Instructions for
Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card

I had a ton of fun creating the spooky graveyard scene with lots of sponging and masking! The moon and the ground were masked while sponging Rich Razzleberry around the moon, Night of Navy for the sky and Memento at the edges of the sky. Next, I sponged the ground in Old Olive. Since it is a lighter colour then Night of Navy, I didn’t have to bother masking the sky. I added some hills by using the same masks and lightly sponging some black ink on different angles. Once I removed the masks, I stamped the grave stones and bats in black ink.

My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card
My Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card with Shaggy and Scooby Running Away

I added a slider mechanism for Shaggy and Scooby since they are always running away from the scary monsters in the series! LOL! And in this case, it is the cute ghosts that are immerging from the graveyard! The Large Slimline with Sliders Dies comes with sliders, but I found that they were too long for what I wanted. So, I created my own using the retired Classic Label Punch by Stampin’ Up! I punched one and a half times overlapping in the area I wanted the slider to be. I used some pennies and dimensionals to create my sliders.

A die cut spooky fence, tree and spider with Shimmery Crystal Effects to make it glitter add to the Spooktacular scene!

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Copic Markers:

Fred
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: YR24/Y35/Y13/Y11/Y00
Scarf: YR09/YR16/Y17
Shoes: E50/E53/E55
Pants/ shirt collar: B18, B26, B24, B12, B41 
Sweater: C0/C1/0

Velma
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E57/E37/E08/E15/YR27
Skirt: E37/E08/E15
Shirt: E57/E15/YR27
Magnifier: W4/0

Close Up of Fred and Velma

Shaggy
Skin: E50/E51/E53
Hair: E57/E25/E99/YR27/YR24
Shirt: G07/YG09/YG06
Pants: E37/E08,/E15
Shoes: W8/W6/W4

Daphne
Skin: E50/E51/E53/R20
Lips: RV34
Hair: E08/YR18/YR07/YR04/Y17
Scarf: G07/YG09/YG05
Dress/Shoes/Headband: BV04/BV00/BV02
Stripes/Tights: V12/V01/RV00

Scooby
Fur: E27/E25/E23/W9
Collar: BG45/BG01
Tongue/Ears: RV34/RV32
Nose: W9/W7/W5/0

Close Up of Shaggy, Scooby and Daphne
Close Up of Shaggy, Scooby and Daphne

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Card Recipe for
Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card:

Teen Detectives, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Large Slimline with Sliders, Lawn Fawn
Spooky Fence Die-Namics, My Favorite Things
Halloween Scene Edgelits, Stampin’ Up!
Wicked Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Cauldron Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Caldron Bubble Stamp Set
Spooky Village Stamp Set, Lawn Fawn
Graveyard Gate Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Classic Label Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents
Shimmery Crystal Effects, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink
Shimmery White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Stampin Sponges, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black, Night of Navy, and Whisper White Card Stock
2 Pennies for slider
Finished card size: 8.5” x 3.5”

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My other Teen Detectives Card that I made for my brother. I used the same colours of the characters for both cards.

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You tried to hide your birthday & you would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those pesky kids!.

To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Have a Spooktacular Birthday Card using Teen Detectives by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Roll With It Shaker Card

My Roll With It Shaker Card
My Roll With It Shaker Card

Tomorrow is my Hubby’s birthday! So, today I am sharing with you my Roll With It Shaker Card that I plan to give to him. I thought a shaker card would be so fun! It is using two stamp sets, Whiskey Business and Game On, that are perfect for him! We love to play games and have game time with our friends and family on a regular basis! Now he can shake the card and his dice will always come up 6 and 5! LOL! I even coloured the dice with the Real Red and Just Jade Stampin’ Blends to match the ones that he uses. In addition to gaming, he loves his single malt scotch and is always trying different types.

Details of My Roll With It Shaker Card

For my card, I wanted to create a masculine feel. So, the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper with Early Espresso card stock was perfect for it! I use the two largest Stitched Nested Labels to create my window frame. I stamped the checkerboard in Memento Black off twice before I randomly stamped it a third time on my Whisper White background piece. Once I did this, I created my shaker part with Foam Adhesive Strips, a piece of Window Sheet, a pinch of Woven Threads Sequins and my “dice”.

For the dice and the scotch, I stamped them on Whisper White with Memento Black. I then used my Stampin’ Blends to colour them. The dice were Real Red Dark/Light and Just Jade Dark/Light with Cinnamon Cider Dark/Light for the ground. The Scotch was Cinnamon Cider Dark/Light and Mango Melody Dark with Balmy Blue Light and Color Lifter for the glass. Once these were coloured, I fussy cut them out.

The sentiment stamped in Memento Black from Game On with a splash of Real Red behind it was perfect for my card! The finishing touch was decorating the inside by combining the two stamp sets again to create my sentiment.

Inside of Close Up of Dice from My Roll With It Shaker Card
Inside of Close Up of Dice from My Roll With It Shaker Card

My Roll With It Shaker Card in Action

My Roll With It Shaker Card in Action
My Roll With It Shaker Card in Action

Here is a video that I presented to some fellow demonstrators that shows how to colour with Stampin’ Blends the decanter from the Whiskey Business Stamp Set.

My Whiskey Business Colouring Tutorial
My Whiskey Business Colouring Tutorial

Supplies:

Stamps: Whiskey Business Stamp Set (152550), Game On Stamp Set (152646)

Dies: Stitched Nested Labels Dies (149638)

Inks:Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)

Paper: Real Red (102482), Early Espresso (119686), Whisper White (100730), Window Sheets (142314), In Good Taste Designer Series Paper(152494)

Accessories: Woven Threads Sequin Assortment(149498), Cinnamon Cider Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (153105), Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154888), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (148544), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Foam Adhesive Strips (141825), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Early Espresso: 2 pieces of each
    • 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
    • 5” x 2 5/8” (shaker frame)
  • Whisper White: 4 pieces of each
    • 5” x 3” (background piece)
    • Scraps (dice, decanter, glass)
    • 3” x ½” (sentiment)
    • 4 ¾” x 4” (Inside of card)
  • Real Red: 2 pieces of each:
    • 5” x 4 ¼” (Inside of card)
    • Scrap
  • Window Sheet: 5” x 3”
  • In Good Taste Designer Series Paper: 5” x 4 ¼”

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Roll With it Shaker Card!

For another Whiskey Business Card, check out this link.

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

Let’s Celebrate You Card

My Let's Celebrate You Card
My Let’s Celebrate You Card

For Technique Tuesday, I am sharing my Let’s Celebrate You Card that is demonstrated in my last colouring video from my presentation to fellow demonstrators. I love this big bold sunflower image with the matching dies from the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle! I created another card using this set in an earlier post and used the same technique. Just in case you wanted to check it out, I added a link to it at the end of this post.

This advanced colouring technique uses 3 colours to creates more dimension and texture to what you are colouring. For the sunflower, I used three markers, Mango Melody Light and Dark and Calypso Coral Light, for the petals. I used the Calypso Coral in the darkest of shadows that are indicated by the artist drawn lines. For the flower centre, I use Soft Suede Light and Dark, but for the Dark Suede, I dotted the marker to create texture that the artist has indicated with their dots. In this video, I demonstrate this colouring technique:

My Video Demonstrating the Flicking of Different Colours Technique
My Video Demonstrating the Flicking of Different Colours Technique

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundle: Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (154065)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Old Olive (100702), Soft Suede (115318), Whisper White (100730), Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ Designer Series Paper (152486)

Accessories: Stitched So Sweetly Dies (151690), Greenery Embossing Folders (152716), Bumblebee ¼” Gingham Ribbon (153658), Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154888), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154881), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154906), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608 ), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
  • Old Olive – 3 pieces:
    • 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”
    • Scraps for leaves
  • Soft Suede: 4 ¼” x 3”
  • Whisper White – 3 pieces:
    • 1” x 3 ½” (sentiment)
    • 3 ½” x 3 ½” (sunflower)
  • Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper: 5 ¼” x ¾”
  • Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon: 4”
Close Up of My Let's Celebrate You Card
Close Up of My Let’s Celebrate You Card

Instructions for Let’s Celebrate You Card: 

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Emboss the Old Olive card stock with the leaves from the Greenery Embossing Folders.
  3. Stamp the large sunflower image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the Whisper White piece.
  4. Colour the petals with the Stampin’ Blends listed above using the Flicking of Different Colours Technique that is used in the video
  5. Die cut the sunflower with the corresponding Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
  6. Die cut the leaves from the scraps of Old Olive using the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
  7. Stamp with sentiment in Old Olive on the Whisper White piece.
  8. Die cut the Soft Suede with the largest scalloped rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.
  9. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Flowers For Every Season DSP on to the card base.
  10. Adhere with Stampin’ Seal, the embossed piece in the centre of the Whisper White card base overlapping the Flowers For Every Season DSP.
  11. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the scalloped rectangle in the center of the embossed piece.
  12. Affix the leaves to the back of the sunflower using glue dots.
  13. Using dimensionals, add the sentiment to the card.
  14. Using dimensionals, add the sunflower to the card.
  15. Tie the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon in a knot and adhere it using a glue dot.

Here is the other card in which I used the same technique:

My Sunflower Congratulation Card
My Sunflower Congratulation Card

For more details, you can find the post here: https://stampwithlaurie.com/my-congratulations-card/

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Let’s Celebrate You Card!

My Colouring Notes from my presentation:
https://stampwithlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stampin-Up-Blends-2020.pdf

Part 1Whiskey Business Card using Blending Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Blending Different Colours Together

Part 2Country Harvest Card using Light to Dark Technique
Video Tutorial: Light to Dark/Dark to Light Colouring

Part 3Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using Smooth Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Smooth Colouring

Part 4Let’s Gather Together Card using Tip to Tip Blending Technique
Video Tutorial: Tip to Tip Colouring

Part 5So Grateful Cardinal Card using Flicking Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking Colouring

Part 6: Let’s Celebrate You Card using Flicking of Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking of Different Colours Technique

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

My Sweet Wishes Birthday Card

My Sweet Wishes Birthday Card
My Sweet Wishes Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing my Sweet Wishes Birthday Card for the Design Team of Paper Nest Dolls. This cute digital stamp is called Baker Ellie Digital Stamp. I coloured her with my Copic Markers to look like me since this card was for a friend who is an amazing baker. I figured this was as close to me baking her a cake as was possible! Lol!

Mary, my friend, makes the best cakes and cake pops! They are just to die for! So, I knew that I wanted a Designer Series Paper that had lots of cakes on it. And of course, you need all the accoutrements for baking like a whisk, a rolling pin and an icing bag! Don’t you just love the little muffin pan charm with the paper flowers surrounding it!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E30/E31/E33/E35/E37
Apron: R81/R83/R85/C1/C0/0
Hat: C2/C0/0/R81/R83/R85
Yellow: YR30/YR31/Y21/Y26
Mixer: B91/B93/B95/C1/C3/C5/White Gelly Roll Pen
Bowl: C1/C3/C5
Table: E30/E31/E33
Spatula: E30/E31/E33/E35
Dough: E30/E31/E33

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Close Up of My Sweet Wishes Birthday Card
Close Up of My Birthday Card

Card Recipe for
My Sweet Wishes Birthday Card:

Baker Ellie Digital Stamp, Paper Nest Dolls
Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Primrose Petals Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Patio Party Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack, Stampin’ Up!
Bakery Dies, Joy Crafts
Simple Banner Die, Memory Box
Layering Ovals Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Paper Doily
Mixed Paper Flowers from my Stash
Karen Foster, Baking Charms
White Gelly Roll Pen
Baja Breeze, Primrose Petals, So Saffron
and Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

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Hope you like my Sweet Wishes Birthday Card
using Baker Ellie Digital Stamp by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card

My Poppy Birthday Card
My Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card

For Technique Tuesday, I am sharing my smooth colouring technique for my beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using the Painted Poppies Bundle. I used both this bundle and the Poppy Moment Dies for this stunning card. They compliment each other so well! Of course, I had to use Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends to colour my poppies! I wanted to make the colouring the main focal point, but couldn’t resist using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder on the Whisper White card stock once I stamped the Just Jade splotches. To add a bit of subtle dimension, I used Vellum for some of the leaves and the circular accent that grounds the piece. The Basic Rhinestones were coloured with the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend to match my card.

For part 3 of my colouring videos with Stampin’ Blends, I am demonstrating the smooth colouring technique. The other 2 parts are listed below at the end of this document. One of the most exciting things about Blends, as the name suggests, is their blending capabilities. 

Smooth Colouring Technique

  • Apply a smooth layer in small circles of the lightest colour to your image. If you have a large area to cover, work in sections to keep the ink moist. This wet ink will help with the blending.
  • Add the dark colour where the shadows will be using a flicking motion to help with the blending process and reduce the amount of ink needed for a smooth blend.
  • Use the light colour to blend along the area where the dark and the light colours meet
  • You may need to go over it a few times to get it blended how you like.
  • Blends have the ability to lay down smooth, even colour without streaks
  • Colour in small circles keeping the leading edge wet and allow the ink to blend to create a seamless look
  • Make sure you saturate the entire area so that you eliminate any light or mottled areas
  • Check the back of your paper to make sure that the ink is saturating evenly
My Poppy Birthday Card Colouring Tutorial

Supplies:

Stamps: Painted Poppies Bundle (153827)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Just Jade Classic Stampin’ Pad (153115)

Paper: Basic Black (121045), Whisper White (100730), Poppy Parade (119793), Vellum (101856)

Accessories: Poppy Moments Dies (151594), Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (151775 ), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154958), Just Jade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (153107), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608 ), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Basic Black: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
    • Scraps for scallop die
  • Whisper White: 4” x 5 ¼”
    • 1 ½” x 2 ¾” (sentiment)
    • 2 pieces: 2” x 2” (for poppies)
    • Scraps for 3 leaves
  • Poppy Parade: 2 ¼” x 1 ½”
  • Vellum: 3” x 3” (circular accent)
    • Scraps for 3 leaves
Close Up of My Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card
Close Up of My Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card

Instructions for My Poppy Birthday Card: 

  1. Fold the Basic Black card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Stamp the poppies and leaves in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Whisper White
  3. Colour the poppies and leaves with the Stampin’ Blends listed above using the video for reference when colouring the poppies
  4. Die cut the poppies and leaves with the corresponding dies from the Painted Labels Dies
  5. Using the Poppy Moments Dies, die cut the poppy outline in Poppy Parade
  6. Die cut a scrap of Basic Black card stock with the scallop border dies from the Painted Labels Dies
  7. Die cut a scrap of Vellum with the small leaves with the stem from the Poppy Moments Dies
  8. Using the Painted Labels Dies, die cut the circular accent in Vellum
  9. Stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Whisper White and die cut it out with the appropriate Painted Labels Dies
  10. Stamp the splotch in Just Jade in the bottom half of the Whisper White piece
  11. Emboss this piece with the Subtle Embossing Folder and adhere to the card base
  12. Using glue dots, adhere the Vellum circle to the card base
  13. Adhere the Basic Black scallop border to the sentiment and attach to the card base with dimensionals
  14. Using glue dots, adhere the Basic Black poppy center to the poppy frame and adhere to the Vellum circle with glue dots.
  15. Slip one of the poppies behind the sentiment and adhere with glue dots
  16. Adhere with glue dots, the leaves to the other poppy and place on card base with dimensionals
  17. Colour the Basic Rhinestones with the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend and add to the card

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Poppy Birthday Card!

My Colouring Notes from my presentation:
https://stampwithlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stampin-Up-Blends-2020.pdf

Part 1: Whiskey Business Card using Blending Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Blending Different Colours Together

Part 2: Country Harvest Card using Light to Dark Technique
Video Tutorial: Light to Dark/Dark to Light

Part 3: Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using Smooth Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Smooth Colouring

Part 4: Let’s Gather Together Card using Tip to Tip Blending Technique
Video Tutorial: Tip to Tip Colouring

Part 5So Grateful Cardinal Card using Flicking Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking Colouring

Part 6: Let’s Celebrate You Card using Flicking of Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking of Different Colours Technique

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

Clubhouse Birthday Card

My Clubhouse Birthday Card
My Clubhouse Birthday Card

Thought I would share with you my Clubhouse Birthday Card. The Clubhouse Bundle is perfect to create those hard to make masculine cards, especially for that golfer in your life! The demonstrator group I belong to are doing weekly sketch challenges to keep us busy during this crazy time. I thought to switch things up, I would create a masculine card even though the sketch (see below) had a flower image. That’s one thing I love about sketches! They give you inspiration and you can interpret it however you would like. Let’s get started.

Sketch for My Clubhouse Birthday Card
Sketch for My Clubhouse Birthday Card

Supplies:

Stamps:  Clubhouse Cling Stamp Set (151583)

Inks: Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116)

Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Garden Green (102584), Whisper White (100730), Country Club Designer Series Paper (151314)

Accessories: Golf Club Dies (151580), Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder (151590), Stitched Shapes Dies (152323 ), Country Club Elements (151315), Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144040), Ivory Stampin’ Blends Marker (144606), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144603), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (145058), Stamping Sponges (141337), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Mini Glue Dots (103683), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Crumb Cake: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” and scrap for golf clubs
  • Garden Green: 4” x 2 ½”
  • Whisper White: 2 ½” x 1 ½” and scrap for golf ball
  • Country Club Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces at 4 ¼” x 1 ½” and scraps for the banner, the golfer’s shirt and 3 golf balls

Instructions: 

  1. Fold the Crumb Cake card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Emboss the Garden Green card stock with the Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder.
  3. Stamp in Night Of Navy the sentiment on the wooden banner from the Country Club Elements.
  4. Stamp the golfer in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on the Whisper White card stock.
  5. Colour the golfer with the Blends markers.
  6. Stamp the golfer’s shirt in Memento on a scrap of the Country Club Designer Series Paper. Fussy cut it out.
  7. Next, die cut the golfer with the third largest oval in the Stitched Shapes Dies.
  8. Using the 3 golf balls die from the Golf Club Dies, carefully line up and die cut the golf balls from the DSP.
  9. Using the larger banner from the Golf Club Dies, die cut a scrap piece of DSP.
  10. Die cut the golf ball from the Golf Club Dies with the Whisper White card stock.
  11. Sponge Crumb Cake ink around the edges of the golf ball.
  12. Die cut two golf clubs from a scrap of Crumb Cake.
  13. Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere the DSP shirt to the golfer.
  14. Adhere the embossed Garden Green piece to the card base with SNAIL.
  15. Adhere the strips of DSP by staggering them to the card base with SNAIL.
  16. Next, using dimensionals, adhere the golfer.
  17. Using glue dots adhere the golf clubs to the back of the golf ball.
  18. Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere the banner to the wood element and attached this to the golf ball.
  19. Place a dimensional on the right side of the golf ball and Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the left side. Overlap this with the golfer piece.
  20. Using glue dots adhere three golf balls above the DSP.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Clubhouse Birthday Card!

A Stampin’ Up! video on the Country Club Designer Series Paper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=gLcSHhVyj1M&feature=emb_logo

You will find the items listed above in my online store at: https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/products/101024/country-club?dbwsdemoid=2103981.

Floral Happy Birthday Card

My Floral Happy Birthday Card
My Floral Happy Birthday Card

Wouldn’t you love to receive this pretty Floral Happy Birthday Card in the mail! By changing the sentiment, it would even be a perfect Mother’s Day card! I love the subtle colours of Highland Heather, Pear Pizzazz and Rococo Rose that I picked. The Layered with Kindness Stamp Set is s a Distinktive stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. And the matching punches of Label Me Fancy and Label Me Lovely allow you to layer the sentiment! The Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder continues the floral theme to create a whole bouquet! Let’s get started!

My Floral Happy Birthday Card Upclose
My Floral Happy Birthday Card Upclose

Supplies:

Stamps:  Layered With Kindness Cling Stamp Set (151655)

Inks: Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad (150080), Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad (147104), Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad (147103), Versamark Pad (102283)

Paper: Thick Whisper White (140272), Highland Heather (146986), Whisper White (100730), Pear Pizzazz (131201)

Accessories: Label Me Lovely Punch (151296), Label Me Fancy Punch (151297), Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder (151823), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (151690 ), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132), Embossing Buddy (103083), Heat Tool (129053 ), 2019-2021 In Color Faceted Dots (149607), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Bone Folder (102300), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Measurements: 

  • Thick Whisper White: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
  • Highland Heather: 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Whisper White: 4 ¼” x 3 ¼ “ and 2” x 1 ¼”
  • Pear Pizzazz: 2 ½” x 2 ½” 

Instructions: 

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Stamp the leaves in opposite corners of the larger piece of Whisper White card stock in Pear Pizzazz twice before reinking.
  3.  Stamp the flower in Rococo Rose multiple times amongst the leaves
  4. Using the smaller flower, stamp it in Highland Heather to fill in the space around the leaves.
  5. Die cut this stamped piece of Whisper White with the largest scallop die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.
  6. Using Rococo Rose, stamp the sentiment on the smaller Whisper White card stock.
  7. Punch this stamped piece out with the Label Me Fancy Punch discarding the frame part.
  8. Rub the Embossing Buddy on the Pear Pizzazz card stock.
  9. Stamp the sentiment in Versamark and sprinkle White Embossing Power on it.
  10. Heat set the sentiment with the Heat Tool.
  11. Punch this Stamped piece out with the Label Me Lovely Punch.
  12. Emboss the Highland Heather card stock with the Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder.
  13. Adhere this embossed piece to the Thick Whisper White card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
  14. Using dimensionals, adhere the floral Whisper White piece to the Highland Heather.
  15. Centre the Pear Pizzazz sentiment in the centre of the Whisper White with dimensionals.
  16. Add the Happy Birthday sentiment to the Pear Pizzazz card stock with dimensionals.
  17. Three Rococo Rose Faceted Dots add a touch of fun dimensions to the card.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Floral Happy Birthday Card!

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:
https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=2103981

My Painted Poppies Birthday Card

My Painted Poppies Birthday Card
My Painted Poppies Birthday Card

One thing I love about going to Stampin’ Up! Events is that you get to play with new products! My Painted Poppies Birthday Card is one of the cards that we made at OnStage in November. Love the new Peaceful Poppies Suite! For this card I even coloured the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon with a Dark Old Olive Blend to match my project! The Designer Series Paper is gorgeous and features handpainted blooms and watercolor washes that make beautiful backgrounds or focal points for cards, scrapbook pages, and other paper crafts. Patterns include floral prints, stripes, polka dots, and more.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (151595), Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set (151599)

Inks: Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad (147050), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)

Paper: Poppy Parade (119793), Whisper White (100730), Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper (151324)

Accessories: Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (151326), Old Olive Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker (144573), Bone Folder (102300), Paper Snips (103579 ), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430

Measurements: 

  • Poppy Parade: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
  • Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper: 2 ¼” x 3 ¾” and 2” x 3 ½”
  • Whisper White: 1 ½” x 3”
  • Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon: 10”

Instructions:

  1. Fold the Poppy Parade card stock in half to create the card base
  2. Stamp in Poppy Parade randomly the larger poppy and leaf from the Painted Poppies Stamp Set on the front of the card base.
  3. Stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on the piece of Whisper White towards the bottom leaving enough room to rip the bottom edge of the card stock.
  4. Next, adhere towards the top of the card front the larger piece of DSP with adhesive.
  5. Adhere the other piece of DSP on top of the other piece with adhesive, but at a slight angle.
  6. Using the Dark Old Olive Blend, colour the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon.
  7. Once dry, wrap the ribbon around the sentiment piece twice and tie in a bow.
  8. Using dimensionals, adhere the sentiment piece to the card front.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Painted Poppies Birthday Card!

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:
https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=2103981