Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Remembrance Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using two digital stamps calledMilitary Boy and Military Girl.
11.11.11 – Lest We Forget! I am honoured to dedicate this card to all who have served and are serving to keep us free including my Hubby who was in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s).
My Hubby in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Uniform
I was inspired by a card design I saw using the Suit & Ties Dies by Stampin’ Up! to create a camouflage shirt. I thought this would work very well for my card! So, I used some digital paper that had a camouflage pattern on it to create my shirt. I had so much fun colouring with my Copic Markers these cuties in camouflage colours! Of course, I had to add a poppy for Remembrance from the Poppy Moments Dies.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20 Military Boy’s Hair: E49/E47/E44 Military Girl’s Hair: E37/E35/E3 Uniform: E81/E84/E87/YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91 Belt/Boots: E37/E35/E33 Buckle/Tags: C4/C3/C1
Close Up of Military Boy
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Card Recipe for My Remembrance Day Card:
Military Boy and Military Girl, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Army Digital Paper, Paperie Printables Suit & Tie Dies, Stampin’ Up! Poppy Moments Dies, Stampin’ Up! Layering Circle Dies, Stampin’ Up! Star Designer Elements, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 4.25” x 5.5”
Close Up of Military Girl
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Happy Halloween Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Today I am sharing My Tombstone Treat Boxes as my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls using Ragdoll Sally.
I had a lot of fun colouring this cutie with my Copic Markers! In fact, I coloured her skin in three different tones. So, I created a poll in The Paper Nest Dolls Inspiration Facebook Group on which skin tone was the most popular. The most popular green skin tone was used to create a card (Link to it here), but I couldn’t resist colouring the other two to create my treat boxes.
My Coloured Ragdoll Sallys
Since it’s Halloween what better way to celebrate with treat boxes to give out to all those cute trick-or-treaters! The Stampin’ Up! Tombstone Treat Boxes were so fun to decorate with lots of little bits from my stash! And the finishing touch was my coloured Ragdoll Sallys!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Today I am sharing My Birthday Slimline Shaker Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the Ragdoll Sally. Every year, my Hubby and I watch Nightmare Before Christmas for Halloween. It’s also my Hubby’s birthday on Thursday and I thought a birthday card with Ragdoll Sally would be perfect for him.
I had a lot of fun colouring this cutie with my Copic Markers! In fact, I coloured her skin in three different tones. So, I created a poll in The Paper Nest Dolls Inspiration Facebook Group on which skin tone was the most popular. It turned out that the green skin tone was the winner. So, I used her for my card.
Skin Tones of Ragdoll Sally by Paper Nest Dolls
Of course, I also coloured the others and created Halloween treat boxes with them which I plan to share later this week.
My Card Details
For my card, I decided to create not only a slimline card, but a shaker card with glow in the dark moons! So fun! I know my Hubby will get a kick out of it! I found this cool graphic on Etsy for Nightmare Before Christmas. So, I used my Silhouette Cameo to tweak it to fit my shape and then die cut it out. The moon paper was 6” x 6”, but since I only needed it for the top half of my card, I trimmed it down to fit.
The Happy Birthday sentiment was printed out on my computer using Word and the Viner Hand ITC font. I created a collage of different items around the sentiment including the glittery spider web and spider trinket. Don’t you love the pop of green that the mesh created at the bottom of the card to mirror her skin and the Lavinia moon paper!
Ragdoll Sally, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Spellbound 2 SceneScapes 6” x 6” Paper, Lavinia Stamps October 21St 6″ x 6″ Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up! Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! Jack Skellington Bundle, SunMagicArt, Etsy Silhouette Cameo Small Slimline with Lift the Flaps, Lawn Fawn Large Slimline with Sliders, Lawn Fawn Frightful Tags Dies, Stampin’ Up! Green Rhinestone Mesh, Crafts, Dollarama Moon-Glow in the Dark Shakers, Dress my Crafts Halloween Shakers, Dress my Crafts Black Sequins, My Stash Spider Trinkets, Stampin’ Up! Basic Black Card Stock Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.25”
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My Hubby’s birthday card from last year was an interactive slider card. To find out more about it, please click here.
My Have a Spooktacular Slider Birthday Card
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Ragdoll Sally by Paper Nest Dolls!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Halloween is only a few more weeks away and I couldn’t resist sharing another Halloween card! In fact, I am sharing two cards this time since I love this digital stamp so much! I am sharing my Witching You A Happy Halloween Cards as my Design Team Cards for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Witchy Broomstick Gnome. She comes with 7 images including the sentiment Witching You A Happy Halloween.
Details of My Cards
Have you ever found that you have two different ideas for a digital stamp that you want to explore? I did for this cute stamp! For my cards, I created a CAS (Clean and Simple) card and another one that has many layers to it. Which type of card is your preference? I tend to lean towards lots of layers and details, but this paper from Spellbound just called to be used with minimal details.
My Clean and Simple Card
I love the spooky scene on the paper. So, I angled my witch to show it peeking out from behind her. I added a spider web doily to make her pop from the background, some glittery bats, and the sentiment that come with her to my card. That was all this card needed.
My Detailed Halloween Card
For my second card, I used several different layers of paper that matched the fun Copic Markers colours that I used on my witches. I used the same doily and glittery bats but added a graveyard sticker at the bottom of my card like she is flying over a graveyard. A scattering of star sequins adds some sparkle to the background.
Witchy Broomstick Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Spellbound 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Fancy Pants Designs Ghouls& Goodies 6’ x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. KP Halloween Designer Mat Pad, K & Company BW Haunted Word Dimensional Stickers, K & Company Spider Web Doilies, Stampin’ Up! Spooky Bat Punch, Stampin’ Up! Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Stampin’ Up! Black Glitter Paper, Stampin’ Up! Silver Gelly Roll Pen Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and Granny Apple Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 6” x 6”
Close Up of Witchy Broomstick Gnome
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Today I am sharing My Perfectly Wicked Interactive Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the Evil Fairy.
I was honoured to have been asked to present at the Paper Nest Dolls’ Party with the Villains Virtual Weekend Retreat that was this past weekend. I had so much fun creating my cards for the event that I made an extra one that I thought I would share with you today. The other cards that I presented at the Retreat will be posted at the end of this post.
To get in the mood and for inspiration, I just had to watch the movies both the live action and the cartoon! Any excuse to watch Disney is a good excuse in my books! Lol!
Video of my Card in Action
Movie of My Perfectly Wicked Interactive Card
For this card, I coloured the Evil Fairy with my Copic Markers to match the Disney cartoon. I have been wanting to use the Give a Whirl Dies from Stampin’ Up! and thought it would be perfect for my card! It is so fun to spin that little dial and see all the fun sentiments! These sentiments… “Perfectly Wicked!” and “Bad Girls Have More Fun!” …were created in Word. I added one of the digital papers behind them to blend in with the paper that I used on my card base. Since the Evil Fairy turns into a dragon at the end of the movie, I couldn’t resist adding a bright green dragon with a dusting of Black Soot on its edges. A castle and a few stars that were brushed with the Aged Brass were the only other elements that I added to my card.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! The Canadian Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. So, I am sharing my Happy Thanksgiving Slimline Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the new release Pumpkin Gnome. He comes with 6 images including the sentiment Sending Pumpkin Wishes.
Details of My Card
For my card, I coloured with my Copic Markers my sweet Gnome in Autumnal colours. To match these colours, I pulled out my Stampin’ Up! inks, fine blending brushes and the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Falling Leaves Stencil to create my Fall background.
The die cut wooden fence was the perfect backdrop for my sentiment. I added a flag with Doodlebug paper that tied in my gnome’s pumpkin. A die cut leaf and a couple of embellishments added balance to that corner. The finishing touch was a scattering of rhinestone in matching colours.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04 Hair: C5/C3/C2 Pumpkin: YR21/YR12/YR16/E07 Pumpkin Stem: E19/E18/E13 Robe: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91 Hat/Shoes: E18/E15/Y38/Y35/R39/R37/R35 Silver Gelly Roll Pen on Buckles
Close Up of Pumpkin Gnome on my Card
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Card Recipe for My Happy Thanksgiving Slimline Card:
Pumpkin Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Fall Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc. In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn Small Slimline with Lift Flaps Dies, Lawn Fawn Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things Word Wishes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Stampin’ Up! Falling Leaves Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Fine Blender Assortment, Picket Fence Studios Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up! Mini Pinecones Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Autumn Wooden Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Silver Gelly Roll Pen Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Pumpkin Gnome for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing My Steampunk Anniversary Card using Goth Dad and Goth Mom by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. In fact, I loved these cuties so much, that I created another card last year using the whole family. I will leave a link at the end of this post to that card.
I gave this fun card to my Hubby for our wedding anniversary this year. He loves anything steampunk and the Addams Family. So, I decided to add a steampunk vibe to my card with gears, a chain, a monocle, the Word Band, and my monochromatic colour scheme.
My Card Details
For my card, I decided that I wanted to colour the two images in black and white just like in the old TV series, but with a pop of red for the rose. I carried that colour scheme over with my paper choices and embellishments. The My Mind’s Eye paper was so perfect that I decided to make my card 6” x 6” and only cut off 1/8” for the card base. I lightly sponged Brushed Iron wax to my die cut corner gears to give them added dimension and placed them underneath Goth Dad. To mirror them, I place Cherry Cobbler die cut roses on the opposite corner underneath Goth Mom. A black doily helps to set off my focal point of the coloured stamps from the background.
Close Up of My Design Team Card
For embellishments, I used a Tim Holtz Monocle and Word Band that mirror the Brushed Iron Wax in colour. I picked up the Ball Bead Chain from my local hardware store. The Cherry Cobbler Ribbon and Red Rhinestone, tie in my pop of red colour.
My Envelope Details
Since I went with a 6” x 6” card, I need to create a custom envelope and my Envelope Punch Board came to the rescue.
Outside of My Envelope for My Card
I used some retired Stampin’ Up Designer Series Paper that carried the monochrome theme over from the card. I used a sponge dauber to dab Cherry Cobbler Ink to the roses on the paper to tie in my pops of red. Some black lace fiber blend tied my envelope together with a seal and gold heart sticker holding the ends together.
Inside of My Envelope with My Design Team Card
For my tag, I used the gear tag die with the Brushed Iron Wax on the front of it and a piece of the rose paper.
Front of Gear Tag with Rose
On the back of the tag, I used a piece of Graphic 45 paper that had the words “Mon Amour”. Gomez and Morticia are always speaking endearments in different languages to each other. So, I thought this would tie in my theme.
Back of My Gear Tag
Finally, the last thing I created was for the inside of my card. I took all the endearments that they said in the show and created a graphic with them.
Goth Dad, Goth Mom, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Lost & Found – Union Square Paper Pad, My Mind’s Eye Mon Amour Collection 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Graphic 45 Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper, Stampin Up! Rose Bloom Metal Die, Paper Rose Industrial Chic – Corner Die, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions Industrial Chic – Frame & Tag Die, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions Art Alchemy – Metallique Wax – Brushed Iron, Prima Marketing Gift It, Christmas Black Paper Doily, Recollections, Michael’s Arts & Crafts Moonlight Mistress, Busy Box Blends Monocles, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz 30” Ball Bead Chain with Connector Clasp, Local Hardware Store Word Bands, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Envelope Punch Board Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler Ink, Stampin’ Up! Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 6”
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To view my other card that I made last year using the Goth Family, please click here.
A Goth Family Portrait Halloween Card
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Hope you like My Steampunk Anniversary Card using Goth Dad and Goth Mom by Paper Nest Dolls
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Pumkin’ Spice Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the new release Fall Emma. I love this time of year with the cooler weather and the turning of the leaves!
Details of My Card
I coloured Emma with my Copic Markers in Autumnal colours with rich oranges and greens. I love her little latte cup and, of course, it needed to be a Pumkin’ Spiced Latte. Not pumpkin, but pumkin’ since that is the way I say it! Lol!
For my card, I had perfect Fall paper for it which even came with tags that matched my theme! I decided to layer a die cut pumpkin and a faux wooden leaf tag behind the pumpkin spice tag. I threaded the twine from the leaf tag through the other tag to tie it all together.
Don’t you just love the latte cup peeking out from behind the central image! I used the matching paper to die cut it out and added an orange heart for pumkin spice like in the coloured stamp. I layered behind the central image a “wooden” fence that was die cut out of paper that looked like wood. A die cut leaf and a couple of Pumpkin Pie rhinestones tie in my Fall theme.
Fall Emma, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Happy Fall 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co. Hello Autumn 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Carte Bella Paper Co. Hello Autumn Frames and Tags, Carte Bella Paper Co. In Good Taste Design Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Stampin’ Up! Coffee Cups Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits, Stampin’ Up! Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Leaf Tags, Craft Smart, Michaels’ Arts & Crafts Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”
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Hope you like my Design Team card using Fall Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!
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 50thbirthday 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.
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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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Feeling Fabulous for Conie Fong Art & Design!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Lazy Days of Summer Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stampSurfer Emma. When you buy her, you get 2 digital stamps for the price of 1! Surfer Emma with and without sunglasses.
I can’t believe that summer is almost over! Emma and I are going to miss those lazy days of summer sunshine!
For my card, I had fun colouring Emma with my Copic markers. I created a summer vignette for my cutie with the surfer van and a palm tree sticker poking out from the circle. The surfer van was a svg file that I downloaded and cut out on my Silhouette Cameo machine. The svg file comes as a box card, but I only wanted the van. Easy enough to separate the file into the pieces that I needed. It was so fun creating the van to match my coloured image with the hot pink. Who wouldn’t love to drive a hot pink surfer van!
Since it’s a beach card, of course, I needed water, sand, and sun! So, my paper was perfect for two of those elements! The sun and sunshine die cuts completed the other element. I love the sentiment “The lazy days of summer” which sum up my card perfectly and matches the purple colour of her bathing suit!
Surfer Emma, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Make a Splash 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Bo Bunny Galvanized Metallic Sheet, Stampin’ Up! Box Card Surfing Van SVG, Silhouette Design Store Silhouette Cameo Machine 4” Circle Die, In my Stash Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Coconut Palms, Jolee’s Boutique, Michael’s Arts & Crafts Lunar, Shimmerz Embellishments, Buttons Galore & More Wishes You Way Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Melon Mambo, Basic Gray and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”
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Here are two other cards that I created using this same digital stamp. For more information on these cards, please click the photos.
My Fun in the Sun Card
My Summer of Sun Card
Hope you like my Design Team card using Surfer Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I was honoured to have been asked to present this card and my colouring for it at the Rebels and Wizards Online Event for Paper Nest Dolls that was this past weekend. My Mandalorian Card is using Rebel Hero and the new release Rebel Baby by Paper Nest Dolls and the Magic Iris Dies by Lawn Fawn. I have included a PDF with step by step instructions on how to build the Magic Iris at the end of this post.
I just love Baby Yoda in the Mandalorian TV series. He is soooo cute! I even have a Baby Yoda stuffy that gets into all kinds of mischief. Lol! So, when I saw the new Rebel Baby digital stamp, I just had to make a card with him! My card was inspired by the last episode of season two where Luke comes to rescue Baby Yoda and his friends. I coloured Luke in dark clothes with a green light saver (or life saver as my Baby Yoda calls it! Lol!) as he appeared in this episode. The Rebel Baby is hidden behind the “door” and is revealed by the Magic Iris mechanism when the Jedi Hero opens it.
Magic Iris Door Open to Reveal Rebel Baby
Don’t you just love the digital paper that I used with the Mandalorian helmets and the original Star Wars logo! They were perfect for my card and were free from HaleGrafix. I sponged some Black Soot to the edges of it to give my card a gritty feel. I couple of star embellishments was all this card needed to finish it off.
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Copic Markers:
Rebel Hero Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20 Hair: YR31/E33/E35/E37 Robes: C9/C7/C6/C5/C3 Belt: C9/C7/C6/Silver Gelly Roll Pen Light Saber: YG11/YG13/YG17/White, Silver and Clear Star Gelly Roll Pens
Black Card Base: 5.25” x 10 ½” scored at 5.25” Gray Mat: 5 1/8” x 5 1/8” Star Wars Paper: 4 7/8” x 4 7/8” Gray Mat for Mando Helmets: 5” x 2 ¼” Mando Helmets: 4 7/8” x 2 1/8” Rebel Hero: 4” tall Rebel Baby: 1 ¾” wide
Finished card sizes: 5.25” x 5.25”
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Card Recipe for My Mandalorian Card:
Rebel Hero and Rebel Baby , Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink FREE Printable Star Wars Digital Paper Pack, HaleGrafix FREE Printable Star Wars Mandalorian Digital Paper Pack, HaleGrafix Galvanized Metallic Sheet, Stampin’ Up! Magic Iris Dies, Lawn Fawn Star Designer Elements, Stampin’ Up! Black Soot Distress Ink, Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool, Ranger White Gelly Roll Pen Silver Gelly Roll Pen Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen Basic Black and Basic Gray Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Movie of My Mandalorian Card in Action
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Magic Iris Instructions Download
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Molly’s Christmas in July Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using Molly’s Christmas Digital Stamp which comes with 3 stamps including Molly without dog, Molly with short ear dog and Molly with long ear dog. I used the short eared dog for my card.
Detail of My Card
For my card, I coloured Molly with her wagon of Christmas goodies and her sweet puppy with my Copic markers. Since the stamp seemed to have a country vibe, I decided to create a homey feel to my card. I brushed Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges and corners of my coloured image. The papers from Simple Stories really added to the country feel with the quilt design and shabby look.
I gave some dimension to the poinsettia die by cutting out the poinsettia 3 times. Once for the green base with the holly and twice in the red velvet. I snipped the unwanted pieces of red velvet away from my poinsettia. Then, I glued together the red velvet flowers and added some Metallic Pearls before I popped it up to overlap my focal point. I positioned the red poinsettia so that the green poinsettia below peeked out looking like the green leaves before they turn red. Since I die cut the poinsettia in the red velvet, I had the red berries left over to place in amongst the green holly leaves to add a bit of colour.
I knew that I wanted to use the wooden tree embellishment that I had in my stash but decided that it needed more to it. So, I created a tag with the Simple Stories paper that tied in my colours perfectly. However, the tag was too long. So, I die cut it once and then moving the die up and cut it again to create a smaller die. The red bow was fashioned from some fiber blends that I had in my stash. Star Dust Stickles, Gold and Clear Gelly Roll Pens add some sparkle with the red rhinestones.
Molly’s Christmas, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Handmade Holiday 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Simple Stories Red Velvet Paper, Stampin’ Up! Poinsettia and Holly, Festive Collection, Sue Wilson Dies Tailor Made Tags Dies, Stampin’ Up! Ho, Ho, Ho Blend Fibre, Busy Box Blends Tree Embellishment, The Mercantile At The Crossroads Vintage Photo Distress Inks, Ranger Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up! Metallic Pearls, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Clear Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Real Red and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Molly’s Christmas for Conie Fong Art & Design!
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!
Happy Summer Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Fun in the Sun Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stampSurfer Emma.
First day of Summer was yesterday which inspired my card! This card came about because I just bought the Slimline Waves Die by Whimsy Stamps and couldn’t wait to play with it. I debated about a shaker card but decided that a scene using the waves as separators between the sand, water and sky would be fun.
I had this cool birthday paper in my stash that looks like waterdrops. Perfect for the fun colours of my image which I coloured with my Copic markers! I added a couple of “water drops” with my acrylic dew drops on some of the Bermuda Bay swirls around my stamp. For my sand and sky, I used a couple of embossing folders to add texture. Then I lightly brushed ink over the raised parts and edges to give those areas more dimension. Another fun accent was that the cloud and “sunshine” word were die cut from white felt to make them seem fluffy. Some shells from the dollar store add to my beachy theme.
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Copic Markers:
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20 Hair: E29/E27/E25/E21 Bathing Suit: YR02/YR04/YR07/YR09/Y19/Y17/Y15 Surfboard: BG53/BG45/BG57/C3/C1/C0/0 YR02/YR04/YR07/YR09/Y19/Y17/Y15/Clear Wink of Stella on the flower Sand: E31/E33/E35
Close Up of My Design Team Card for Paper Nest Dolls
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Card Recipe for Fun in the Sun Card:
Surfer Emma, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Festive Felt Sheet Combo Pack, Stampin’ Up! Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn Slimline Waves Die, Whimsy Stamps Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Wishes You Way Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up! Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up! Spring Bloom Dew Drops by The Robin’s Nest Shells from Dollar Store Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad Sponge, Stampin’ Up! Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”
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Here is another card that I created using this same digital stamp but with sunglasses. You get both digital stamps with your order. To read about how I made this card, please click here.
My Summer of Sun Card Using Surfer Emma
Hope you like my Design Team card using Surfer Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my first Design Team Inspiration Card for June using the sweet digital stamp Angel Messenger by Conie Fong Art & Design. This is such a pretty image and can be used for so many occasions like Birthday, Sympathy, Get Well, Thinking of You and so on.
For my card, I had some leftover paper from the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps 2021 Spring Mini Retreat Weekend that I really loved with soft pinks, greens and purples. So, I used that to pull out my colours for my Copic markers. Once I coloured her wings, I used Star Dust Stickles to make them sparkle. Of course, all Angels have radiant wings! I love this paper so much that I used it for all my dies cut pieces including the bird and branches. The paper pad even has beautiful tags. I couldn’t resist fussy cutting one out and adding it with a pretty bow. A perfect setting for my die cut bird! A scattering of rhinestones and sequins were the only embellishments that my card needed.
