Halloween - Stamp With Laurie

My Spooky Season Card

October 31, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! Happy Halloween! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Spooky Season Card using Scary Doll Owen and Scary Doll Emma by Paper Nest Dolls as my Design Team Inspiration Card. I couldn’t resist squeaking in one final Halloween card!

The Details of My Spooky Season Card

For my card, I had to do some research! I’m not a big horror fan. So, I had to google what these characters were and colour them according to the photos online. Lol! I used my Copic markers to colour them and added Glossy Accents to the shovel and the knife. Also, I added silver gelly roll pen to all the metallic trim on Emma’s jacket.

Since I had two stamps to place on my card, I decided to create a slimline card, but I thought it would be fun to use the tag “Tis the Season to be Spooky”. So, I brushed Black Soot along the edges to give it a distressed feel. Next, I added a black mat to the tag and rubbed Brushed Iron wax on the mat, the die cut gates, and the mat of my card to tie them all in together. Once I did that, I placed my sentiment sticking above the card with an iron gate on either side of it with my characters layered in front.

I love the oval dies that I used for the black mat and the Skull and cross bone paper! Such a fun and interesting shape!

For embellishments, I used several bats and black rhinestone stickers, as well as a spider trinket that I placed over the printed spider on the tag. The only other thing that I added was the reverse “Scary” word to the tag. It summed up my card perfectly!

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Copic Markers:

Scary Doll Owen
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E18/E08/YR18/YR14
Overalls: B99/B97/B95/B93/B91
Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22
Stripes: B95/B91/YG63/YG61/YG03/B39/B37/R29/R27/R24/R22
Shoes: R29/R27/R24/R22/C3/C1/0
Shovel: C6/C4/C3/C1/E18/E15

Close Up of Boy holding Shovel — Close Up of Scary Doll Owen

Scary Doll Emma
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E53/E51/E50
Jacket: C9/C7/C6/C4
Dress: C3/C1/0
Boots: C9/C6/C4
Knife: C6/C4/C3/C1/E18/E15

Close Up of Girl holding Knife — Close Up of Scary Doll Emma

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Card Recipe for My Spooky Season Card:

Scary Doll Owen and Scary Doll Emma, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Fright Night 12” x 12” Collection Pack, Photo Play Paper
#9 Slim Stitched Box Oval Dies, Photo Play Paper
Tim Holtz Gate Keeper Thinlits Dies, Sizzix
Reverse Cut Halloween Words, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Brushed Iron Metallique Wax, Art Alchemy
Black Soot Ink, Ranger
Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!
Bat Stickers, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Black Rhinestone Stickers, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Spider Trinket, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Silver Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura

Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ½” x 8 ½”

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

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Scary Doll Owen and Scary Doll Emma for Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Hello Fall Card

October 25, 2022 Leave a comment

A Fall card with a pumpkin, witches' hat and cat on it — My Hello Fall Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Hello Fall Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Sweet Autumn Kitty. This stamp is the quintessential Fall stamp with the pumpkin, fall leaves, acorns, a witch hat, and cat!

The Details of My Card

For my mini slimline card, I used this beautiful paper by P13 called The Four Seasons – Autumn and decided to colour the stamp to match. I couldn’t resist giving the leaves a fall colour using several Copic markers to get the variations in their colour. I have discovered that I love colouring pumpkins and getting such rich colour depth in them! The hat was coloured in a blue/violet tone to match some of the smaller berries on the paper and to give it an unexpected pop of colour. I went with a black cat since all witches should have a black cat! Lol!

Since the paper had a rustic feel to it, I blended some Walnut Stain to all the edges of the papers including the stamped piece. To add to the rustic charm, I added a frayed natural ribbon beneath my focal point. The sentiment is from an ephemera tag pack and summed up my theme perfectly! The metal leaf embellishment tied with linen thread, as well as the pumpkin chipboard, added to the Fall theme.

To further tie in my colour scheme, I coloured some rhinestones with my Copic markers and added them to opposite corners.

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Copic Markers:

Cat: W7/W5/W4/R20/G21
Witch Hat: BV02/BV04/BV08
Hat Flower: E15/Y38/Y17/Y15
Hat Ribbon: W9/W8/W6/YG13/W7/W5/W4
Acorns: E59/E57/E55/E53
Leaves: YR18/YR15/YR12/Y15/G85/G21/YG13
Pumpkin: E15/YR18/YR14/YR15/YR12
Pumpkin Stems: E29/E25/E21
Berries: R29/R27/R24
Ground: W3/W1/0
Rhinestones: BV08/YR18

Close Up of coloured stamp with pumpkin, witches' hat and cat — Close Up of Sweet Autumn Kitty

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Card Recipe for My Hello Fall Card:

Sweet Autumn Kitty, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
The Four Seasons – Autumn 6” x 6” Paper Pad, P13
Hello Autumn Frames & Tags, Carta Bella Paper Co.
Pumpkin & Spice Metal Embellishments, Prima Marketing
Halloween Chipboard, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Natural Finish Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Ranger
Mini Blending Tool, Ranger
Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6-1/8”” x 3.5”

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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
Sweet Autumn Kitty for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Boo and Scary On Halloween Card

October 20, 2022 Leave a comment

Halloween Card with Trick-or-Treaters on it — Boo and Scary On Halloween Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Boo and Scary On Halloween Card using the Scary Cute Bundle which includes the Scary Cute Stamp Set and the Scary Silhouettes Dies. I love making Halloween cards and had a lot of fun with this bundle! In fact, I made 2 cards using it with slight variations. I will share the other one next week as we lead up to Halloween!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I thought the Grove Dies die cut in Basic Black would create a perfect spooky scene for my little tricker-or-treaters! So, I pulled out my Blending Brushes and Masking Paper to create the eerie night sky. I used the 1 3/8” inch circle die (second smallest) from the Layering Circles Dies to create my moon. Once that was in place, I blended Tuxedo Black on the edges of the Basic White piece, followed by Night of Navy and then Crushed Curry around the moon. When I removed the mask, I lightly brushed Crush Curry over the moon to give it a yellow glow.

My trick-or-treaters were stamped in Versamark, and heat embossed in black. I wanted to get a good solid image and thought this would work better than just stamping. Tip: use the die cut grove to help position where you would like you stamp to go.

Since the die cut grove took up most of the front, I made the Gingham Cottage DSP 1/8” larger all around to allow it to be seen and gave the card some colour.

There was room at the bottom to place the Pumpkin Pie Glitter Washi Tape. It ties in the DSP and the sentiment which was embossed in black as well. A few sequins were added to add some interest.

Supplies for My Boo and Scary On Halloween Card:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Scary Cute Bundle (159852), Grove Dies (157844), Layering Circles Dies (151770)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), VersaMark Ink (102283), Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110), Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad (147087)

Paper: Basic Black (121045), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Basic White (159276), Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper (159651)

Accessories: Blending Brushes (153611), Stampin’ Up! Masking Paper (155480), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins (159964), Glitter Washi Tape (159973), Bone Folder (102300), Black Stampin’ Dimensionals (150893), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close Up of Tricker-or-Treaters on Halloween Card — Close Up of Tricker-or-Treaters

Measurements:

Basic Black:
- 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored a 4 ¼”
- 5 ¼” x 4”
- Scraps for Bats
Basic White:
- 5-1/8” x 3-7/8”
Pumpkin Pie:
- Scrap (sentiment)
Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper: 5-3/8” x 4-1/8”

More Information on My Boo and Scary On Halloween Card:

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Happy Hauntings Halloween Card

October 18, 2022 Leave a comment

A Halloween card with Girl trick-or-treater — Happy Hauntings Halloween Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Hauntings Halloween Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Secret Girl Emma.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a Halloween card and colour her with my Copic markers like Coraline in the movie. But Emma would be great for Spring, back to school, birthday and so many more occasions!

I decided to watch the movie for colouring inspiration! It’s a very entertaining movie and a must see if you love not so spooky Halloween movies like me. So, I had a lot of fun colouring her blue hair and making her look like Coraline!

I had to add a spooky spider web panel with a glittery spider on it. The openings of the spider web allowed me to add some bootackular paper behind it! Lol! I thought it would be fun having her walking by a graveyard as she is trick-or-treating. The sentiment is from the Chit Chat and I just cut off the pointy speech bubble part to make it non-directional and more like a sentiment.

The Halloween candy banner was perfect for my card since she is trick-or-treating! A couple of sprinkles to match her jacket/boots and a black rhinestone were all the other embellishments this card needed.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Freckles: E15
Hair: B24/B97/B39/B99
Yellows: Y11/Y13/Y15/Y17
Reds: R56/R39/R59
Blues: BG75/BG72/B52

Close Up of Girl on Halloween Card — Close Up of Secret Girl Emma

Card Recipe for My Happy Hauntings Halloween Card:

Secret Girl Emma, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Cute Halloween 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Carnival Candy Chit Chat, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Boneyard Edgers Die, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Spiderweb Card Panel Die, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Spider Glitter Sticker, Jolee’s Boutique
Candy Banner Sticker, Jolee’s Boutique
Halloween Assortment Sprinkles, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Black Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger (Boots)
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! (Hair Barrett)
Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black, Basic White and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4” Tall

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

To view my Halloween cards, please click here.

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Tombstone Treat Boxes

October 31, 2021 Leave a comment

Decorated Treat boxes for Halloween — My Tombstone Treat Boxes

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 Digital Stamps — 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!

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Copic Markers:

Hair: R29/R27/R24/C5
Purple Skin: BV20/B60/V20
Natural Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Blacks on Dress: C7/C5/C4
Blues: BG18/BG15/BG13/BG11
Yellows: Y38/YR23/Y15
Pinks: RV55/RV63/RV52
Shoes: C7/C5/C4
Socks: C4/C3/C0
Jack Stuffie: C9/C7/C5
Jack’s Head: C3/C0/3
Jack’s Collar: C5/C4/C3

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Recipe for My Tombstone Treat Boxes:

Ragdoll Sally, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Tombstone Treat Boxes, Stampin’ Up!

Treat Box 1
Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Gold Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Scary Town Builder Dies, Stamp AnnieThing
Cauldron Bubble Bundle, Stampin’ Up!
Sliding Star Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
KP Halloween Die-Cut Cardstock, K& Company
Spooky Bats Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Black and Crushed Curry Card Stock

Treat Box 2
Ghouls & Goodies 6” x 6” Paper Pad Doodlebug Design Inc.
Frightful Tags Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Haunted Adhesive Rhinestones, Recollections
Idea-ology Adornments, Tim Holtz
Cheese Cloth
Basic Black Card Stock

Another Decorated Treat Box — Treat Box 2

Finished Treat Boxes size: 3.5” x 5”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration using
Ragdoll Sally by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie