My Christmas Pyjamas Card

My Design Team Card called My Christmas Pyjamas Card with Emma in Snowman Sweater
My Christmas Pyjamas Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Christmas Pyjamas Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Snowman Sweater

For my card, I decided that this cutie reminded me of the matching Christmas PJs that are so popular! So, I coloured her and her little friend with my Copic Markers in matching red and white. I love that you can have both cuties together or use them separately to suit your card! 

Since they are wearing Christmas PJs, I went with paper that suited this theme. T’was the Night Before Christmas tag and Santa Claus is Coming to Town mirroring my red/white colouring scheme were perfect for my card! The only die cut I used was Santa and his reindeer flying overhead. I dry embossed snowflakes on Basic White card stock to set her off from the busy background. I also used Glossy Accents on the candy cane and Stardust Stickles on the trim of the hats and boots. The only thing left was to add a few red rhinestones for a bit of sparkle.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E33/E35/E37/E39
Reds: R39/R37/R35/R32
Leggings/Sweater Trim/Candy Cane: R37/R32/C3/0
Boots: E33/E35/E37/E39
Snowman: C7/C5/C4/R37/C3/0/YR04/Y38
Penguin Feathers: C7/C5/C4/C3/C0/0
Penguin Feet/Beaks: YR04/Y38/YR12

Close Up of my Card with Emma in Snowman Sweater
Close of Emma in Snowman Sweater

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Card Recipe for My Christmas Pyjamas Card:

Emma in Snowman Sweater, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
North Pole Trading Co. 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Photo Play
Santa’s Sleigh and Reindeer Die Cut, Cheery Lynn Designs
Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Stardust Stickles, Ranger (Hat/Boot Trim)
Glossy Accents, Ranger (Candy Cane)
Basic White and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Emma in Snowman Sweater by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Merry Penguins Card

My Design Team card with 3 Penguins on it.
My Merry Penguins Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Christmas is only a month away and I’m still working on my Christmas cards. I am sharing My Merry Penguins Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Penguin Holiday Set

For this super-fast card, I decided I wanted a winter scene for these cuties. And what better way than a slimline card to fit all the penguins on it. So, I pulled out my Frozen Whimsy Stamps Paper Pack! These cute penguins are such a fast colour with my Copic Markers! All I needed to finish off my card were a few snowflakes die cut from some glimmer paper and my sentiment. Easy-peasy!

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Copic Markers:

Feathers: C7/C5/C4/C3/C0/0
Feet/Beaks: TR04/Y38/YR12
Reds: R39/R37/R35/R32
Whites: C3/C0/0/Stardust Stickles

Close Up of 2 Penguins
Close Up of Two of the Penguins on my Card

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Card Recipe for My Merry Penguins Card:

Penguin Holiday Set, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frozen Slimline Designer Paper Pack, Whimsy Stamps
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Pull Tab Dies, Heffy Doodle
So Many Snowflakes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Penguin Place Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! (Sentiment)
Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Stardust Stickles, Ranger

Finished card size: 3 5/8” x 8 5/8”

Close Up of the third penguin on my card
Close Up of Single Penguin on my Card

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Penguin Holiday Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Remembrance Day Card

Remembrance Day Card
My Remembrance Day Card

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 called Military 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 Uniform
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 Boy Soldier
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 Girl Soldier
Close Up of Military Girl

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Military Boy and Military Girl by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Tombstone Treat Boxes

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

My Treat Boxes Opened
My Treat Boxes Opened

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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

Decorated Treat Box
Treat Box 1

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Birthday Slimline Shaker Card

My Design Team Card
Birthday Slimline Shaker Card

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.

Green, purple and natural skin tones
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!

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Copic Markers:

Hair: R29/R27/R24/C5
Skin: G24/G21/G20/G40
Blacks on Dress: C7/C5/C4
Blues: BG18/BG15/BG13/BG11
Yellows: E18/E15/Y38/Y35
Pinks: RV14/RV13/RV21
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

Close Up of coloured Digital Stamp
Close Up of Ragdoll Sally

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Card Recipe for My Birthday Slimline Shaker Card:

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 Birthday Card
My Have a Spooktacular Slider Birthday Card

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

To view my other interactive cards, please click here.

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Perfectly Wicked Interactive Card

Perfectly Wicked Sentiment
My Perfectly Wicked Interactive Card

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.

Bad Girls Have More Fun! Sentiment
Bad Girls Have More Fun! Sentiment

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Blacks: T10/T8/T7/T6/T5
Purple: V09/V06/V04
Dress: RV17/RV14/RV13
Staff: YG09/YG06/YG03/YG00
Crows: C9/C7/C6/C5/YR04/YR02

Close Up of The Stamp on My Card
Close Up of The Evil Fairy on My Card

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Card Recipe for
My Perfectly Wicked Interactive Card:

Evil Fairy, Paper Nest Dolls
Maleficent Inspired 8.5×11 Digital Paper Pack, Monbonbon, Etsy
Build a Castle Dies, Whimsey Stamps
Give It A Whirl Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Black Soot Distress Ink, Ranger Ink
Mini Ink Blending Tool, Ranger Ink
Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax-Aged Brass, Prima Marketing
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green and Black Card Stock

Finished card size: 4.25” x 5.5”

My Design Team Card
My Perfectly Wicked Interactive Card

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Cards from the Party with
The Villains Retreat Weekend

Spinner Card
Spinner Card Using Evil Queen and Princess with Apple by Paper Nest Dolls
Centre-Step Card
Centre-Step Card with Evil Fairy by Paper Nest Dolls

Downloadable Centre-Step Template
(Click Image)

Centre-Step Card Template
Centre-Step Card Template

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

To view my other interactive cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Evil Fairy by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Steampunk Anniversary Card

My Design Team Card
My Steampunk Anniversary Card

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
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.

My Envelope for My Card
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 Anniversary Card
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 my Tag
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 Tag
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.

Inside Sentiment of My Card
Inside Sentiment of My Card

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Copic Markers:

Goth Mom
Skin: W0/W1/W3/W5
Hair: T9/T7/T5/T4/T3
Dress: T9/T7/T5/T3
Rose: R39/R37/R35/R32/G21/G94/G99

Close Up of Goth Mom
Close Up of Goth Mom

Goth Dad

Skin: W0/W1/W3/W5
Hair: T9/T7/T5/T3
Suit: T9/T7/T5 (dark stripes), T5/T3/T1 (light stripes)
Tie: T9/T7/T5/T4
Shirt: T2/0
Shoes: T9/T7/T5

Close Up of Goth Dad
Close Up of Goth Dad

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Card Recipe for My Steampunk Anniversary Card:

Goth DadGoth 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
A Goth Family Portrait Halloween Card

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

Hope you like My Steampunk Anniversary Card
using Goth Dad and Goth Mom by Paper Nest Dolls

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Pumkin’ Spice Card

My Design Team Card
My Pumkin’ Spice Card

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.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Coat: YG93/YG95/YG97/YG99/E47/E44
Bow/Collar/Tights: E07/YR04/YR16/YR12
Boots: E49/E47/E44/E43
Pumpkin: YR21/YR12/YR16/YR04/E07/E13/E18/E19
Pumkin’ Latte: E18/E13 (Cup)
E08/YR04/YR12 (Heart)
C3/C0/0 (Lid)
Leaves: E13/E18/E19/YG99/YG97/YG95/E07/YR04/YR16/YR12/Y17/YR24/YR27

Close Up of Stamped Image on my Card
Close Up of Emma on My Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for My Pumkin’ Spice Card:

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Fall Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Evil Queen Card

My Design Team Card
My Evil Queen Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Evil Queen Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the new release Evil Queen digital stamp. She is also available as a rubber stamp here. She just makes the cutest Halloween card!

For my stamp, I coloured the Evil Queen with my Copic Markers. I made her sleeves one shade lighter since I noticed in the Disney Show White movie that they are lighter. I then “painted” the Glow Drops onto her apple where the green is showing. Love that when you turn out the lights the poison glows! Next, I added some highlights with my White Gelly Roll Pen on the crown and jewels which I followed up with Glossy accents to make them shiny.

Video of The Nuvo Glow Drops in Action

For my card, I had these cool overlay acetates leftover from Halloween last year and thought having the poison paper show through it was a neat effect! Plus, the picture frame with the skeleton reminded me of her Magic Mirror! The spider web doily was in my stash, and I thought it was perfect way to frame her! The swirling rhinestones remind me of a magic spell being cast, but I wanted them red not clear. Easy enough to colour them with my R37 Copic Marker. To carry on the glowing theme, I added some dots with my Nuvo Glow Drops amongst the red rhinestones and on the web.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Dress: BV08/V17/V15
Sleeves: V17/V15/V12
Blacks: C9/C7/C6/C5
White: C3/C/0
Reds: R39/R37/R35
Gold: E15/Y38/Y35/Y060/0
Green: YG09/YG06/YG03/YG00
Apple Stem: E15
Rhinestones: R37

Close Up of My Evil Queen Card
Close Up of My Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for My Evil Queen Card:

Evil Queen, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
13th Hour 6.5” x 6.5” Paper Pad, Kaiser Craft
Witches Brew 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Jillibean Soup
Black Soot Distress Ink, Ranger
Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!
Midnight Magic Overlays, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts Store
Spider Web Doily, Stampin’ Up!
Adhesive Rhinestones, Recollections, Michael’s Arts & Crafts
Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Apple Sour, Nuvo Glow Drops
Glossy Accents, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen
Old Paintbrush
Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Evil Queen by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Lazy Days of Summer Card

My Design Team Card
My Lazy Days of Summer Card

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 stamp Surfer 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!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E21
Pinks: RV13/RV14/RV17
Purples: V12/V15/V17
Sand: E31/E33/E35

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

Card Recipe for My Lazy Days of Summer Card:

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

Here are two other cards that I created using this same digital stamp.
For more information on these cards, please click the photos. 

My Design Team Card
My Fun in the Sun Card
My Summer of Sun Card
My Summer of Sun Card

Hope you like my Design Team card using Surfer Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Mandalorian Card

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 Opened
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

Close Up of Stamp
Close Up of Rebel Hero

Rebel Baby
Skin: YG11/YG13/YG17
Robes: E70/E71/E74

Close Up Jedi Baby on Card
Close Up of Rebel Baby

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Measurements:

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
Magic Iris Instructions Download

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

My presentation went so well, that I have been asked to present at
the Party with The Villains (Online) Event October 2nd and 3rd.
https://www.papernestdolls.com/product/online-party-with-the-villains-event/

Hope you like my card using Rebel Hero and Rebel Baby by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

I’m Smiling Under This Face Mask

My Covid Design Team Card
I’m Smiling Under This Face Mask Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing I’m Smiling Under this Face Mask as my Design Team Inspiration Card using a number of digital stamps by Paper Nest Dolls including Essential Worker (Doctor)Essential Worker (Nurse)Essential Worker (Masks Set) and Avery in Heart.

I just received my second dose of the Covid vaccine on Monday and my Hubby received his on July 1st, which was Canada Day for us. So, I made a card for my Hubby and a different one for me to give to the medical staff as our way of showing our appreciation for what they are doing.

Don’t you just love the sentiment, “I’m smiling under this face mask”! It was from a Covid Fundraiser by Stampin’ Up! where you could buy a PDF with a ton of Covid sentiments. 

Inside of My Covid-19 Card
Inside of My I’m Smiling Under This Face Mask

I love how you can add the Essential Worker (Masks Set) to a digital stamp either afterwards like I did with the doctor and nurse or add it directly to the stamp. I decorated the inside of my card with the Avery in Heart digital stamp, but I added a mask directly to her using Word. Then I coloured her with my Copic markers to match the nurse and doctor on the front of my card. I layered her onto the heart beat which I die cut from a die in my stash.

My Hubby’s Card

For my Hubby’s card, I created a Canadian flag on the front since he was getting it done on Canada Day. I even used “red/white checked flannel” Designer Series Paper for the background. Can’t get any more Canadian than that! Lol! Instead of using the Essential Worker (Masks Set), I left their faces bare. Isn’t it neat how you can get two different looks with and without the masks!

Covid Card
My Hubby’s Covid Card

For the inside of his card, I used the Share Sunshine PDF Download by Stampin’ Up! for the Thank you Hero sentiment and punched it out using the Heart Punch. 

Inside of My Hubby's Covid-19 Card
Inside of My Hubby’s Covid-19 Card

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Copic Markers:

Masked Doctor
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: C9/C7/C6/C5/C3
Pants/Tie: B99/B97/B95
Coat/Shirt: C3/C0/0
Doctor Bag: R29/R27/R24/R22/C3/C5/C7
Shoes: C7/C5/C3
Mask: BG13/BG11/BG10

Close Up of The Doctor
Close Up of Masked Doctor on My Card

Masked Nurse
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35/E33/E31
Uniform/Mask: R85/R83/R81
Shoes/Stethoscope/Clip Board: C5/C3/C1

Close Up of the Masked Nurse
Close Up of Masked Nurse on My Card

Doctor
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Pants: E37/E35/E33/E31
Tie: B99/B97/B95
Coat/Shirt: C3/C0/0
Doctor Bag: R29/R27/R24/R22/C3/C5/C7
Shoes: C7/C5/C3

Close Up of the Doctor
Close Up of Doctor on My Hubby’s Card

Nurse
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35/E33/E31
Uniform: BG13/BG11/BG10
Shoes/Stethoscope/Clip Board: C5/C3/C1

Close Up of Nurse
Close Up of Nurse on My Hubby’s Card

Avery in Heart
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21
Blues: B99/B97/B95
Pinks: R85/R83/R81

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Card Recipe for My Covid Cards:

Essential Worker (Doctor)Essential Worker (Nurse)Essential Worker (Masks Set)
and Avery in Heart, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Share Sunshine PDF Download, Stampin’ Up!
Heart Beat Die, From my Stash
Heart Punch Pack, Stampin’ Up!

My Card
Woven Threads Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Galvanized Metal Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Nurse’s Gear Precision Cutting Dies, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Adhesive Bandage Precision Cutting Dies, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake, Rococo Rose
and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Hubby’s Card
Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Gathered Leaves Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card sizes: 3.5” x 6”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Essential Worker (Doctor)Essential Worker (Nurse)Essential Worker (Masks Set)
and Avery in Heart by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Fun in the Sun Card

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 stamp Surfer 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 Fun in the Sun card
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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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

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 Design Team Card Using Surfer Emma
My Summer of Sun Card Using Surfer Emma

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Surfer Emma by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Twirly-Whirly Birthday Card

My Design Team Card
Twirly-Whirly Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Twirly-Whirly Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp Emma with Pinwheel.

I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers to match my pinwheel paper. This paper was perfect for my card! I love the pinwheel Sizzlits that I had in my stash. If you have a pinwheel, you need to have a slider to make it move! And, since you need room to twirl your pinwheel, I made a mini slimline card! The sentiment was too long for my card. So, I snipped it on wonky angles and adhered them haphazardly to mirror my fun card.

Did you know that you can currently (until June 6/21) get this digital stamp for free over at the Kit and Clowder Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitandclowder/permalink/3808697382591836/

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31/E30
Top: YG03/YG63/YG67-BG23
Pants: RV52/RV63/RV55
Shoes: E37/E35/E33/E31/E30
Pinwheel: RV52/RV63/RV55/BG57/BG23//BG11/YG63

Close Up of my Twirly-Whirly Birthday Card
Close Up of my Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for Twirly-Whirly Birthday Card:

Emma with Pinwheel, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Splendid Sunshine 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co.
I {Heart} Summer 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Simple Stories
Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Sizzlits Pinwheel, Stampin’ Up!
Wishes You Way Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Silver Mini Brads, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 6”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Emma with Pinwheel by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Secret Garden Card

My Secret Garden Design Team Card
My Secret Garden Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Secret Garden Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. This pretty digital stamp is called Sweet Annabelle. She is perfect for Mother’s Day, a birthday, thinking of you and so many other card occasions!

I love the Secret Garden Paper that I have in my stash and have been keeping it for a special card. So, I decided to use it for my card and coloured Annabelle with my Copic Markers in softs pinks, blues and purples to match. I added Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen to the dots on her apron and on her hair bow for a little bit of sparkle.

For the card base, I embossed a die cut piece of Highland Heather with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder to give Annabelle a subtle floral backdrop. From that I layered the leaves so that they are wrapped around the tag that came with the paper pad. A few hydrangeas made with a punch tie in the colours of my colouring. For the pearl flower centres, I coloured them with my Y17 Copic markers to match the flowers in her basket.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23
Dress: R22/R21/R20
Apron/Lace: BG70/BG72
Eyes: E23/E25/E27
Flowers: V28/V25/V20/Y17
Leaves: YG03/YG63/YG67
Basket: E23/E25/E27
Pearl Flower Centres: Y17

Close Up of My Secret Garden Design Team Card
Close Up of My Secret Garden Card

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Card Recipe for My Secret Garden Card:

Sweet Annabelle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Secret Garden 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Graphic 45
Labels Eight Dies, Nestabilities, Spellbinders
Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!
Fanciful Flourish, Cheery Lynn Designs
Hydrangea Punch 3 in 1 Flowers Trio Flower, Martha Stewart EK Success
Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
White Gelly Roll Pen
Pear Pizzazz, Highland Heather and Petal Pink Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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

Hope you like my Design Team card using
Sweet Annabelle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie