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My Snowy Birthday Card

March 8, 2022 4 Comments

Card with Penguin holding present — My Snowy Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Snowy Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using Snowy With Present. This cutie is a free digital stamp in the Conie Fong Art & Design Group on Facebook. You can find him here with some other freebies: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.439587832883062&type=3.

The Details of My Card

This cutie can be used for so many things like Christmas, Valentine, Baby, Anniversary, Birthday, basically any kind of celebration! I have several winter birthdays and I decided that he would be perfect for one of my birthday cards.

I coloured him with my Copic markers to match my paper. The Doodlebug Paper was perfect for my wintery theme, and it had the cutest penguins on it! To add to my wintery theme, I embossed some white card stock with snowflakes and added a snowflake wreath to frame my focal point. A couple of rhinestones tied in the colour scheme and added sparkle.

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Copic Markers:

Fur: C7/C5/C3/C1
Beak/Feet: YR68/YR16/YR15/Glossy Accents
Blues: B26/B23/B12
Blue/Greens: BG49/BG15/BG45

Close up of Penguin with present on card — Close Up of Snowy With Present

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Card Recipe for My Snowy Birthday Card:

Snowy With Present, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frosty Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Frostyville Wreath Die, Memory Box
Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box
Wintery 3D Embossing Folders, Stampin’ Up!
Noble Peacock Rhinestones, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Blueberry Bushel and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”

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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
Snowy With Present for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card

March 1, 2022 Leave a comment

A Card with a Windmill on it — Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card using the Flowering Fields Stamp Set and the Windmill Fields Dies by Stampin’ Up!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I thought it would be fun to create a Centre-Step Card, so it looks like the windmill is popping out of the tulip fields. Of course, if you have a windmill, wouldn’t it be fun to make it interactive! So, I added one of the round brads through the blades and into the windmill base.

Tip – to keep the brad from showing from behind the windmill on the card, folded down the arms at angle.

The windmill was popped up with dimensionals to allow the back of the brad to have room.

I love the beautiful Flowering Fields DSP and used it for the grass/sky piece behind the windmill and the tulip fields! I pulled the colours from the DSP for my sentiment and for the ribbon. A couple of the sweet butterflies balanced out the ribbon on the sentiment.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Flowering Tulips Stamp Set (157672), Windmill Fields Dies (157683)

Inks: Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad (147103)

Paper: Pear Pizzazz (131201), Basic White (159276), Crumb Cake (120953), Soft Suede (115318), Flowering Fields 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (157670)

Accessories: Brushed Brass Butterflies (158136), Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon (155615), Round & Square Brads (155570), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements:

Pear Pizzazz: 11” x 4 ¼” (see template)
Soft Suede: 2 ½” x 1 7/8”
Crumb Cake: 2 ½” x 1 7/8”
Basic White:
- 4” x 3” (Windmill Blades)
- 4” x 7/8” (Sentiment)
- Scraps (Clouds)
Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper:
- 2 pieces: 4 ¼” x ¾”
- 2” x 4 ½”

Side View of Centre-Step card — Side View of Centre-Step Card

More Information on my Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes Card:

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

To download a PDF of the Centre-Step Template, please click here or on the picture.

For a Stampin’ Up! video on the Flowering Fields Suite, please click here.

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

Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card

February 22, 2022 2 Comments

My Card with a Boy and Girl Gnome and Two Dogs. — Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs. This stamp set comes with 11 images including:

Gnome Sweethearts
Gnome Sweethearts with Dog
Maltese Dog
Yorkie Dog
Generic Dog
Lab Dog
Bulldog
Happy Birthday to My Favorite Gnomie Sentment
Happy Anniversary to My Favorite Gnomie Sentiment
Sweet Gnomie Love Sentiment
For My Sweet Gnomie Sentiment

The Details of My Card

This stamp set is perfect for anniversaries, weddings, Valentine’s Day and anything Love, but I decided to use it for a birthday card! The sentiment is so fun and perfect for a birthday!

A friend of mine had her birthday recently and I know she loves gnomes and has 2 dogs that she dotes on. So, I thought this set would be perfect for her birthday card! I even coloured the dogs to look like hers!

For my card, I pulled out my Build a Fairy Garden Die Set to decorate my card with these fun mushrooms. Don’t you just love the sparkly fairy blowing kisses the gnomes way! Since the die cut picket fence wasn’t long enough to fit my slimline card, I cut it in half and hid the cut ends behind my gnomes. To give the fence a worn look, I sponged vintage photo ink on it. The paper I used had a gnome theme and the field of flowers and mushrooms was perfect for my card!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Girl’s Hair: E29/E27/E25/E21
Boy’s Hair: W7/W5/W3
Reds: /R59R29/R27/R24
Greens: YG97/YG65/YG93/YG91
Blues: B97/B95/B93/B91
Dog 1: E27/E25/E23/C3/C1/0
Dog 2: C9/C7/C5/E27/E25/E23/C3/R20
Ground: W3/W1/W0
Sky: B000/B00/B0/0

Close Up of Two Gnomes and Two Dogs — Close Up of Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs

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Card Recipe for My Happy Birthday My Gnomie Card:

Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Gnome Sweet Gnome 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper Pad, My Mind’s Eye
Rainbow Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Build a Fairy Garden Die Set, Whimsy Stamps
Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things
Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Ranger
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen
Mossy Meadow, Midnight Muse, Real Red, Crumb Cake,
Soft Suede and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8.5” x 3.5”

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

If you are looking for other gnome cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Gnome Sweethearts With Dogs for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Neighbourly Birthday Wish for You

January 28, 2022 2 Comments

The Flintstones — My Neighbourly Birthday Wish for You

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Neighbourly Birthday Wish For You using the Prehistoric Family Limited Edition Box by Kindred Stamps! It’s my brother’s birthday today and we grew up on The Flintstones! So, I thought a fun slider card for his birthday would be right up his alley!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a full scene, but to fit all my characters, I went with a slimline card. Once I coloured my characters, I built my prehistoric card. So, much fun! There is a great video on the Kindred Stamps website on how to do this. I found that my card was a bit top heavy, and the awning kept getting caught. So, I add 3 strategical placed washers underneath the wheels. Voila! Fixed!

Of course, if you have a car, you need a road! So, I used the stencil that came with the kit, a blender brush and ink to create my road. Then, I die cut the Gray Granite with the Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle since I wanted the stitching to frame my whole scene. Once that was done, I created my mechanism using the Heffy Doodle Pull Tab Dies and hid it behind the road. The clouds DSP was also die cut with the stitched rectangle to finish the frame of my scene. Once my scene was created, I added my characters finishing my prehistoric family!

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Copic Markers:

Wilma
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: YR00/YR18/YR16/YR14/YR12
Dress/Pearls: C3/C1/C00/0

Betty
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: T10/T8/T6/T4
Dress: BG10/BG18/BG15/BG13/BG11
Necklace: C1/C7

House
Stone: C0/C1/C3
Door: B00/B02/B04
Windows: Y32/Y35/Y38

Fred
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: C9/C7/C6
Outfit: YR00/YR18/YR16/YR14/YR12/C7
Tie: BG18/BG05

Barney
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: Y000/Y19/Y17/Y15/Y13
Outfit: E79/E77/E74/E71/E70

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Card Recipe for My Neighbourly Birthday Wish for You:

Prehistoric Family Limited Edition Box, Kindred Stamps
(Build A Prehistoric Car Die, Prehistoric House Stamp,
Prehistoric Family Stamp Set and Flag Stone Stencil)
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Myth & Magic Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Linen Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangle)
Slimline Pull Tab Dies, Heffy Doodle (Slider Mechanism)
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn (Cloud)
Rainbow Builder Dies, Stampin’ Up! (Sun)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Gray Granite Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Crushed Curry Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blender Brushes, Picket Fence
3 Metal Washers to Balance Car
Gray Granite and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”

Video of Slider Card in Action

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For more of my Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like My Neighbourly Birthday Wish For You using the
Prehistoric Family Limited Edition Box by Kindred Stamps!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Magical Birthday Card

January 24, 2022 Leave a comment

A Birthday Card with a Gnome holding a balloon — My Magical Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Magical Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle. He comes with 9 stamps including a choice of heart balloon or round balloon, with or without grass and 5 sentiments that consist of Hello Love, Love Is In The Air (2 different styles), Happy Valentine’s Day and Heart Full Of Love in JPG. You can also get him in PNG.

Details of My Card

This bundle is great for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries and so much more, but I decided that I wanted to create a birthday card. So, I used the sentiment from Dandelion Wishes to create my birthday card.

Since this cutie is floating in the air, I thought I would create some clouds with a stencil, ink and dies. Perfect way to ground him from the very colorful Doodlebug paper! I thought it would be fun to have the sentiment on the cloud with the sun peeking above. I added Glossy Accents to the balloon to make it shine. A scattering of matching dots and rhinestones tie in the colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: C4/C3/C1
Blues: B29/B26/B24
Greens: G07/YG25/YG23/YG11

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Card Recipe for My Magical Birthday Card:

Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Party Time 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Krafty Basics Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn
Noble Peacock Rhinestones, Stampin’ Up!
Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin’ Up!
Balmy Blue Classic Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Blender Brushes, Picket Fence
Glossy Accents, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen
Granny Apple Green, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight
and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”

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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
Gnome With Balloon and Sentiment Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My “Party On!” Card

January 20, 2022 Leave a comment

A Birthday Shaker Card — My Party On Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My “Party On!” Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card using Party Princess Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls.

This past weekend Paper Nest Dolls turned 9 and reached over 6,000 members on their Facebook Group! Congratulations Paper Nest Dolls! Party Princess Ellie was a digital stamp that was given away for free to all attendees, but you can still get her until this Friday, Jan 21, 2022! Here is the link to the post on the PND Inspiration Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4758734684247076&set=gm.3166875813548826.

Details of My Card

I am planning to give this card to my niece whose birthday is coming up. So, I coloured Ellie with my Copic markers to match her colouring and the Doodlebug paper. Don’t you just love the kitties with the balloons on the side panels!

For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a fun fold called a free-standing triple panel shaker card! Say that three time fast! Lol! I also wanted to use some balloon dies that I thought would be perfect for a birthday card and go along with Ellie’s heart balloon. The Balloon dies are to make a pop-up window, but I thought a shaker card would be a fun interactive element instead!

Instructions to Create a Free-Standing Triple Panel Card

Cardstock size: 8 ¼” x 5 ½”
With the 8 ¼” side along top, score: 1 ¼”, 2 ¼”, 6” and 7”
Fold the sides in a Z pattern

To download the Triple Panel Card Template, please click here or on the image.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E37/E35/E33/YR31
Dress: G99/YG63/YG03
Pinks: RV55/RV63/RV52/Glossy Accents on Balloon
Cupcake Wrapper: E37/E35/E33
Crown: E15/Y38/Y35/Glossy Accents
Heart on Cupcake: Y38/Y35/RV55/Star Dust Stickles
Candle: YG67/YG03
Flame: Y38/Y35/Glossy Accents

Close Up of Party Girl with a Balloon — Close Up of Party Princess Ellie

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Supplies for My “Party On!” Card:

Party Princess Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Hey Cupcake 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Balloon Adventures, Stampin’ Up! (Sentiment)
Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Flag Banner Dies, Memory Box
Balloon Bouquet Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Tangerine Tango Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up!
Party Animal Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Sprinkles Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Marshmallow Premium Sequins, 28 Lilac Lane, Buttons Galore & More
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo and Basic White Card Stock

Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”

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

Hope you like My “Party On!” Card using Party Princess Ellie
by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Peachy Keen Birthday Card

January 18, 2022 Leave a comment

A Birthday Card with Peaches on it. — Peachy Keen Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Peachy Keen Birthday Card using the Sweet As a Peach Bundle which includes the Sweet As a Peach Stamp Set and the matching Peach Dies.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I love the colours of the pretty You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper and decided that I wanted to pair it with the Picture This Dies.

For the sentiment, I positioned the die cut Calypsol Coral piece, without adhering it, on the card base and stamped the sentiment directly onto the Thick Basic White card base. Next, I popped up the Calypso Coral card stock with dimensionals onto the card base. I then used liquid adhesive on the DSP shifting them into place to allow them to peek through the two of the openings. For the Balmy Blue sentiment, I white embossed it with my heat gun to make it pop.

I decide that I wanted the Pear Pizzazz leaves to be exploding from the Picture This Dies frame onto the sentiment with the stamped peaches layered on top.

For the peaches, I used a technique where you use a sponge dauber to add a second colour to your stamps and create dimension. I stamped the peaches from the Sweet as a Peach stamp set twice. The top three are in Pale Papaya. The bottom three are Pale Papaya with Calypso Coral daubed on the edges after inking them with the Pale Papaya. What a difference it makes!

Technique to add second colour to the peaches. — Sponge Dauber Technique to Add Second Colour to Stamp

A couple of Calypso Coral Artistry Blooms Sequins tie in the colour scheme and add a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Sweet As a Peach Bundle (155823), Picture This Dies (155559)

Inks: Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad (147101), Pale Papaya Classic Stampin’ Pad (155670), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad (147104), VersaMark Ink (102283)

Paper: Calypso Coral (122925), Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Balmy Blue (146982), You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper (155686)

Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Sponge Daubers (133773), Artistry Blooms Sequins (152477), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Heat Tool (129053)

Close Up of My Card with Peaches on it — Close Up of My Card

Measurements:

Thick Basic White: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Calypso Coral: 5 ¼” x 4”
Basic White (2 pieces):
- 1 ¾” x 1 ½” (Peaches)
- 2 ¾” x 2 ¼” (Leaves)
You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper (2 pieces): 2 11/16” x 1 5/16”
Balmy Blue: 1 3/16” x ¼”

More Information on My Peachy Keen Birthday Card:

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

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

My Groovy Slimline Birthday Card

January 11, 2022 6 Comments

A Birthday card with 2 girls, 2 boys a dog and a van on it — My Groovy Slimline Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Groovy Slimline Birthday Card using Doll Detectives by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. This bundle comes with 6 digital stamps including 2 boys, 2 girls, a dog, and a van.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided that I would create a CAS (clean and simple) slimline card to fit all my cute characters. So, I layered my PNG stamps in Word to create my scene and then coloured them with my Copic markers.

I thought it would be fun to add some flowers to the sky to add interest. So, I took my digital van and blew up only the flowers, coloured them and fussy cut them out. You have to love being able to do that with digital stamps! Once they were cut out, I outlined them in a black multiliner to cover up any areas where my fussy cutting wasn’t perfect. It also allowed them to pop from the page.

For my sentiment, I decided to cut it up to fit on the side of the van like a banner of sorts with another flower and a sequin. The only die I used was the stitched one to cut out my scene. My finishing touch was a couple of other sequins.

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Copic Markers:

Girl 1
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E57/E37/E08/E15/YR27
Shirt: YR68/YR65/YR61
Skirt: E37/E08/E15
Magnifier: W4/0
Glossy Accents on Glasses and Magnifier

Boy 1
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E57/E25/E99/YR27/YR24
Shirt: G07/YG09/YG05
Pants: E37/E08/E15
Shoes: W8/W6/W4
Sandwich: E50/E51/YG03/Y17/YR24/R08

Dog
Fur: E27/E25/E23
Collar: B18/B26/B24/B12
Tongue/Ears: RV00/R20
Nose/Spots/Eyebrows: W8/W6
Dog Tag: C3/C1

Boy 2
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: YR24/Y35/Y13/Y11/Y00
Sweater: C3/C1/C0/0
Pants: B18/B26/B24/B12
Scarf: YR09/YR16/Y17
Shoes: E50/E53/E55

Close Up of Fred and Daphnie — Close Up of Boy 2 and Girl 2

Girl 2
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E08/YR18/YR07/YR04/Y17
Scarf: G07/YG09/YG05
Dress/Shoes/Headband: BV04/BV02/BV00
Stripes/Tights: V12/V01/RV00

Van
Green: G07/YG09/YG05
Blue: BG57/BG45/BG53
Wheels: C9/C7/C5
Steel Parts: C5/C4/C3
Flowers: YR09/YR16/Y17
White Gelly Roll Pen on Window

Flowers in Sky: YR09/YR16/Y17/Clear Wink of Stella
Road: C5/C4/C3
Sky: B0000/B000/B00/0

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Card Recipe for My Groovy Slimline Birthday Card:

Doll Detectives, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Sentiment, Kindred Stamps
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Back Sequins, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Multiliner Black Ink Pen, 0.3mm Tip, Copic Marker
Granny Apple Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Stamp sizes
Girl 1: 2.82″ Tall
Boy 1: 3″ Tall
Van: 3.25″ Tall
Dog: 2″ Tall
Boy 2: 3.12″ Tall
Girl 2: 3″ Tall

Finished card size: 8 6/8” x 3 6/8”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Doll Detectives by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Let’s Go A-Viking Card

January 6, 2022 Leave a comment

A card with a Viking on it. — My Let’s Go a Viking Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I was so excited to have been asked to present at the Paper Nest Dolls’ New Year’s Day Party this past weekend! So, I am sharing My Let’s Go A-Viking Card that I coloured and created for this event! It is using the stamp created exclusively by Paper Nest Dolls for the event and is called Viking Tina after our very own Tina Day Goodwin from the PND Design Team!

Details of my Card

I had so much fun colouring with my Copic markers this cutie in what my Hubby called “Viking colours”! Lol!

For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a Norwegian fjord vignette as a backdrop for my Viking Tina. So, I pulled out my Distressed Oxide Inks and Blending tools to create the Aurora Borealis night sky. I love the “wooden” Viking ship by Stamp AnnieThing poking out of the green frame! A couple of mountains and a water die completed my vignette. Going on a cruise to see the fjords and the aurora borealis are on my bucket list.

Distress Inks for Aurora Borealis Night Sky

The P13 paper was perfect for my Norwegian theme and matched my Viking colour scheme! To add to the rustic feel, I added some recycled carboard, a rustic star and small wooden stars. A scattering of red rhinestones tied in the red of Viking Tina’s dress.

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Viking Tina:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Brass: E18/E15/E11
Horns on Helmet: E42/E41/E40/0
Steel: C7/C5/C3
Dress: R39/R37/R35/R32
Cape: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Cape Button: E15
Fur/Trim on Cape/Dress: C7/C5/C3
Boots: E49/E47/E44/C7/C5
Laces: C3
Necklace: E44/E43/E42/E41

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Supplies for My Let’s Go A-Viking Card:

Viking Tina, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
140 lbs Hot Press Watercolor Paper, Fabriano
Cozy Winter 12” x 12” Designer Paper Pack, P13
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
4” and 3 5/8” Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box
Build a Viking Ship Dies, Stamp AnnieThing
Stitched Mountain Borders, Lawn Fawn
Breaking Waves Border Dies, Heffy Doodle
Christmas Trimming Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Ink
Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Ink
Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger Ink
Mini Ink Blending Tool, Ranger Ink
White Gelly Roll Pen
Ripped Cardboard 5” x 2 ½”
Wooden Star Shapes, From my Stash
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Black Rhinestone for eye of boat
Mossy Meadow, Gray Granite, Night of Navy,
Soft Suede and White Card Stock

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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

Hope you like My Let’s Go A-Viking Card using
Viking Tina by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card

January 3, 2022 Leave a comment

A winter card with a girl holding a penguin — Wintery Birthday Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Happy New Year! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card as my first 2022 Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Emily with Penguin. She comes with 6 stamps including a choice of curly hair or braids and 2 sentiments that consist of Believe in the magic of Christmas and Sending Christmas Joy in PNG and JPG.

Details of My Card

For my card, Emily comes with Christmas sentiments, but I thought she would make a sweet winter birthday card! I have six birthdays, including mine, this month alone! So, I needed to get busy making birthday cards!

I love the soft pastel colours of the Doodlebug paper! So, I used that beautiful palette to colour the digital stamp with my Copic marker. The large Wonderful Snowflake has a beautiful iridescent foil card stock look to it. Once I punched out the large snowflake, I used the leftover scraps of the foil card stock to die cut my smaller snowflakes to match it. By adding a few rhinestones to the centre of the snowflakes, I created even more shimmer. Aren’t those mittens just the cutest! Perfect for a winter card! And to add a bit of sparkle to them, I added some embellishments that look like snowflakes! Finally, I couldn’t resist using Stickles to Emily’s trim on her hat for even more sparkle! A birthday sentiment was all the card needed!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E18/E08/YR18/YR14
Blues: BG57/BG13/BG23/BG11
Purples: V12/V15/V17
Browns: E74/E71/E70
Penguin: C9/C7/C5/C3/C1/C0/0
Penguin Feet/Beak: YR14/YR18

Close Up of Digital Stamp — Close Up of Emily with Penguin

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Card Recipe for My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card:

Emily with Penguin, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Winter Wonderland 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Best Year Yet Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
So Many Snowflakes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Painted Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Wonderful Snowflakes, Stampin’ Up!
Precious Mittens Die, Memory Box
Winter Wonderland Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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Hugs,
Laurie

My Pansy Hello Card

September 7, 2021 Leave a comment

My Stampin' Up! Card Using the Pansy Petals Suite — My Pansy Hello Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Pansy Hello Card using the Pansy Petals Suite which includes the Pansy Patch Stamp Set, Pansy Dies, Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper and Bumblebee Trinkets by Stampin’ Up! Don’t you just love the details of that layered 3D pansy!

For my card, I knew that I wanted to use the Basic Border Dies with the beautiful DSP! So, I created an envelope liner look that allowed me to wrap the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon around it. I pulled my colours from the DSP to create my gorgeous pansy. There are so many different colour combinations that you can create with the dies. There is even a die that can cut out some of the pansies in the DSP. I embossed the sentiment in white on a strip of Bumblebee card stock that I had left over from another project. I always save them just in case I can use them. What do you do with these scraps? The finishing touch was the sweet Bumblebee Trinket!

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Pansy Petals Bundle (155674), Basic Borders Dies (155558)

Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283)

Paper: Fresh Freesia (155613), Basic White (159276), Blackberry Bliss (133675), Bumblebee (153077), Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper (155807)

Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Bumblebee Trinkets (155568), Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon (153658), Heat Tool (129053), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips (103579)

Measurements:

Fresh Freesia: 2 pieces
- 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
- Scrap for pansy
Basic White: 2 pieces
- 4” x 5 ¼”
- Scrap for pansy
Blackberry Bliss: Scrap for pansy
Bumblebee: 2 pieces
- 3 ½” x ½”
- Scrap for pansy
Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper: 5 ½” x 2 ¼”
Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon: 6” and 4”

More Information on My Pansy Hello Card:

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

Here is a video showing the Pansy Petals Suite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUT3h4xOCnY

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

Sofi’s Happy Birthday Card

September 2, 2021 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Sofi’s Happy Birthday Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using the sweet Feeling Fabulous. I gave this card to a good friend whose 50^thbirthday was yesterday. She is my Stampin’ Up! Guru, but loves to colour too! Happy Birthday Sofi!

Details of My Card

For my card, I pulled the colours from the paper that I used for my Copic combinations. There are small bits of blue here and there on the paper, so I decided to make that my main colour for her dress to make her pop from the background. For the roses, I coloured them and added Star Dust Stickles to give them some “glistening dew” on the edges.

I love the Rose & Brick Border Die from Paper Roses! It is so delicate and detailed! I had just bought it in anticipation of creating my card. Placing the paper behind it and popping up the main panel with dimensionals really sets it off nicely. To balance the coloured stamp and border die, I added a couple of flags in complimentary colours to the top left-hand corner. I thought it would make the sentiment stand out by having it fly horizontally to the other flags. A couple of blue rhinestones and a yellow paper flowers tie in my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: W9/W7/W5/W3
Roses: R22/R21/R20/Star Dust Stickles
Blues: B05/B02/B01
Bandana: E15/Y17/Y15/Y11
Eyes/Stem: YG03/YG63/YG6

Close Up of Sofi's Happy Birthday Card — Close Up of My Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for Sofi’s Happy Birthday Card:

Feeling Fabulous, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Bramble Rose, My Mind’s Eye
Rose & Brick Border Die, Paper Roses Studio
Blue Ombre Gem Stickers, Martha Stewart Crafts
Yellow Paper Flower, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Tuxedo Memento Black Ink
Little Ladybug Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles
White Gelly Roll Pen
Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 6”

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Laurie

My Summer Dreams Card

August 14, 2021 Leave a comment

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

Details of My Card

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

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

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

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Copic Markers:

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

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Card Recipe for My Summer Dreams Card:

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

Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”

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Hugs,
Laurie

My Mythical Birthday Card

July 11, 2021 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Mythical Birthday Card using the Mythical Cthulu Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps! This card was delivered to a little boy whose birthday is today. He loves anything mythical and especially Cthulhu which is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft.

For my card, I decided that a slimline slider card would be so cool with Cthulhu rising from the watery depths of the ruined city of R’lyeh (some Cthulhu Mythos for you)! I always create interactive cards for the little boy’s and his brother’s birthdays and get the best reactions from them! His reaction to this card was “Laurie’s cards are always good, but this is the best card ever!”. This just made my day!

Cthulhu Rising From R'lyeh — Cthulhu Rising From R’lyeh

I only used four Copic markers to colour Cthulhu. To make the Scary Town Die fit my slimline shape, I cut it in two. I then added some stitched hills to create my multi-level town. Since this was supposed to be at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, I added some sand with Crumb Cake Card Stock and use the embossing folder to give it texture. What better place to stamp the sentiment that came with the stamp set: “Happy Birthday to Cthu!”.

I had debated about using my Distress Inks to create my water background, but I found this DSP that was perfect for my scene. It even had fish!

Close Up of Cthulhu Rising From R'lyeh — Close Up of Cthulhu Rising From R’lyeh

To make my slider mechanism work, I used a ton of dimensionals, especially the Foam Adhesive Strips by Stampin’ Up! I even created a video with the slider card in action.

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Copic Markers:

Cthulhu: YG21/YG23/YG95/YG99

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Card Recipe for My Mythical Birthday Card:

Mythical Cthulu, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Whale of a Time 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Pull Tabs Dies, Heffy Doodle
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Scary Town Die, Stamp AnnieThing
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn
Subtle 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!
Crumb Cake Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”

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Mythical Cthulu Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!

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Hugs,
Laurie

Penelope Poppy Birthday Card

June 28, 2021 Leave a comment

My Design Team card — My Penelope Poppy Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my second Design Team Inspiration Card for June using the cute Penelope Poppy by Conie Fong Art & Design.

My mom’s birthday is coming up and I thought that Penelope would make a pretty birthday card! I had fun colouring her with my Copic markers in bright reds to match her poppies. I pulled out all my poppy crafting supplies to make my card. Stampin’ Up! has several poppy dies and I couldn’t resist creating a poppy to set off the sentiment. Even the paper behind the die cut that she is layered on has poppies. I decided to create a Soft Suede frame to focus on her and the sentiment. A scattering of red rhinestones adds to the red poppy theme!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Eyes: YG69/YG67/YG03/C3/C1/0
Top: R29/R27/R24/R22/C5
Jeans: B91/B93/B95/B97/B99/R29/R27/R24/R22
Yellow Flowers/Belt: Y35/Y38/E15/E18
Poppies: R29/R27/R24/R22/C5/E43/E44/E47
Leaves/Stems: YG03/YG63/YG96/G99
Sandals: E42/E43/E44
Lace: C3/C1/C0

Close Up of My Penelope Poppy Birthday Card — Close Up of My Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for My Penelope Poppy Birthday Card:

Penelope Poppy, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Poppy Moments Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Painted Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Peaceful Moments Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Woodland Metal Builders Die, Stamp AnnieThing
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Poppy Parade, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Basic Black
and Basic White, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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Penelope Poppy for Conie Fong Art & Design!

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Hugs,
Laurie