My Easter Blessings Card

Easter Card with Daffodils
My Easter Blessings Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Easter Blessings Card using the Daffodil Daydream Bundle by Stampin’ Up! This bundle is perfect for those last-minute Easter cards that you need to make! 

Details of My Card

I love our yellow and white daffodils that sprout up each year in our garden! So, I decided to go with this colour scheme for my card!

Photo of daffodils
Daffodils in Our Garden

For my card, I wanted to create a soft look by using Soft Suede Ink to stamp my flowers. To go with this soft look, I used my Blender pens to pick up Old Olive and Bumblebee inks to colour my flowers. Guess what I used for my white petals? I used the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker! Perfect way to add that white!

Daffodil stamp being coloured
Colouring of Daffodils with Blender Pen

I stamped the dots in Crumb Cake around my flowers and added the border stamp in Old Olive ink at the base of my card. I carefully positioned the leaves from the Greenery Embossing Folder so that you could see the embossed leaves on either side of the centre piece. The Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper was the perfect accompaniment to my colouring as well as the gingham ribbon bringing out the Bumblebee colour. The sentiment used the Tailor Made Tags Dies. All this card needed was a Bumblebee Trinket flitting around the flowers!

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Daffodil Daydream Bundle (157795), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820), Scalloped Contours Dies (155560), Tailor Made Tags Dies (155563)

Inks: Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad (147115), Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090), Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116), Bumblebee Classic Stampin’ Pad (153116)

Paper: Basic White Thick (159229), Soft Suede (115318), Basic White (159276), Old Olive (100702), Crumb Cake (120953), Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper (155807)

Accessories: Greenery Embossing Folders (152716), Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon (153658), Bumblebee Trinkets (155568), Blender Pens (102845), White Stampin’ Chalk Marker (132133), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Closer Up of Coloured Daffodils
Closer Up of Coloured Daffodils

Measurements: 

  • Basic White Thick: 
    • 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored a 4 ¼”
  • Soft Suede: (2 pieces)
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
    • Scrap for tag
  • Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper:
    • 3-7/8” x 5 1/8”
  • Old Olive:
    • 3-7/8” x 3”
  • Basic White: (2 pieces)     
    • 4 ½” x 3-1/8”
    • 2 ¼” x 7/8” (Tag)
  • Crumb Cake:
    • 4” x 2-5/8”

More Information on My Easter Blessings Card:

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My Summer Dreams Card

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

Close Up of my Design Team Card
Close Up of my Design Team Card

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

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!

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