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!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Stack of Christmas Gnomes Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Gnome Stack. They come with 6 stamps including sentiment Sending Christmas Wishes and Merry Christmas in PNG and JPG.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers in reds, greens, and blue/greens to match my paper choice which you can see poking out from beneath the Holly border. The sparkle on my star was achieved by colouring it first and then using a technique of dots and White Gelly Roll Pen. To continue the sparkle, I die cut a flourish of stars with some metallic sparkly paper that I layered behind my sentiment. I used the leftover from this die cut to add some solid glittery stars to my card. To carry to poinsettia theme of the gnomes, I added a handmade one beside the sentiment with some gold metallic pearls in the centre to match their poinsettias. As a finishing touch, I added some red rhinestones to add even more sparkle to my card.
Card Recipe for My Stack of Christmas Gnomes Card:
Christmas Gnome Stack, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink North Pole Trading Co. 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Photo Play Gold and Rose 6’ x 6” Metallic Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up! Holly Card Band Precision Die, Frantic Stamper Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Floral Punch Poinsettia, Nellie’s Choice Label Me Fancy Punch, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Metallic Pearls, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Mossy Meadow, Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 3.5” x 6”
Close Up of Bottom Two Gnomes
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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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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Nature is an Adventure Card using the Reflected in Nature Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Card
The inspiration for my card is the prints that you see which have one pop of red in amongst a black/white scene. To create this, I pulled out my Blender Pen once I had stamped the image. I took the pen and dipped it into my Real Red
Ink Pad to pick up some ink. I started in the shadow areas, like under the roof line, and moved out from there. As you use the pen, the ink gets lighter and lighter until there is no more ink on it. I love this softer look that suited the stamped image! As the ink runs out, you get lots of dimension with the shadows, mid-tones, and highlights. I haven’t done this technique in a long time.
To match my rustic cottage in the woods theme, I distressed the edges of my stamped image and the Real Red mat with my Paper Snips. The Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper is gorgeous with its unexpected silver accents and perfect for my theme! I thought that adding a flag of the Cork Paper behind my focal point would add a bit of colour and interest. To match the silver accents on the DSP, I added a Silver Foil die cut tree from the Cabin Dies. For embellishments, I used Linen Thread wrapped around my sentiment and a scattering of Red Rhinestones to add some colour.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Reflected in Nature Stamp Set (156437), Cabin Dies (156404)
Inks: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084), Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad (131202)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Cork 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper (156393), Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper (156394), Silver Foil 12″ x 12″ Specialty Pack (156457)
Accessories: Blender Pens (102845),Linen Thread (104199), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Close Up of the Cottage on My Card
Measurements:
Real Red: 3 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
3 ½” x 3 ¼”
3 ½” x 5/8” (Sentiment)
Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
Basic White: 2 pieces:
3 ¼” x 3”
3 ¼” x ½” (Sentiment)
Cork Specialty Paper: 2 7/8” x 4 ½”
Silver Foil Specialty Pack: scrap
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Christmas Presents Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Present Gnome and Sentiment Bundle. This bundle comes with 9 stamps including Christmas Present Gnome PNG JPG format, Christmas Present Gnome with Tree JPG format, Christmas Tree PNG/JPG format, Sentiment May Your Christmas Be Filled with Peace and Love PNG/JPG format and Sentiment Season’s Greeting PNG/JPG format.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring this sweet gnome with my Copic markers that I coloured him twice. Once with him and the tree separately and then him with the tree. Stay tune for a card with my second colouring later.
My Coloured Christmas Present Gnome
I love the Tulla & Norbert’s Christmas Party paper! If you look closely, you will see gnomes with presents and Christmas trees driving in convertible cars! So fun and perfect for my card! Since the paper had a lot going on, I made my layers simple for the card with the pine branches and the pink snowflake paper. The only embellishment that I used was the wooden present under the tree since you need presents under a Christmas tree!
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! Have you started your Christmas cards? This is my one first since Christmas in July. I am sharing my Sending Christmas Wishes Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cuteChristmas Mailbox Gnome. You receive the stamp and the sentiment Sending Christmas Love in PNG and JPG. I used the sentiment from the Christmas Gnome Stack since it suited my letter shape.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers in traditional greens and reds, but I added a pop of unexpected blue in the presents and bows. I love paper since it has a robin with a Christmas letter in his mouth. You can see him in the lower-right corner. I thought it would be fun to have an opened envelope with my sentiment tucked inside in one of the corners. A couple of punched snowflakes with some sparkly Kraftin’ Kimmie Dots tied in my blue. I used a lot of glitter with Star Dust stickles on their hat trim, pompoms and snow, Glossy Accents on the red Christmas baubles and Clear Wink of Stella on all the bows.
Christmas Mailbox Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink A Robin’s Christmas Paper Pack, Wild Rose Studios Snail Dies, Stampin’ Up! Snowflake Punch, From my Stash Kraftin’ Kimmie Dots, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Garden Green, Real Red and Pacific Point Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 6” x 6”
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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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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! Laurie here again! I am sharing my You’re my Gingerbread Card using the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle by Stampin’ Up!
For my card, I wanted to use the Gingerbread Dies to die cut the images out of the Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper. I love that you can do this to create your cards! Great for mass producing your Christmas cards!
Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper with Gingerbread Dies
I thought the Kraft paper would tie in nicely with the brown cookies in the DSP. Once I die cut it with the largest scallop die, I stamped the peppermint swirls all over it in Versamark. This tone-on-tone look adds a subtle bit of interested without taking away from the delicious cookies.
I also stamped in Versamark the sentiment on a piece of Real Red that I die cut using one of the Stitched Rectangles Dies. This I embossed in white using my Heat Tool. I added the gingerbread trim in Basic White under my sentiment trimming it to fit the rectangle. I added a fun Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shape and a scattering of Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to tie in my colours and theme.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (156807), Scalloped Contours Dies (155560), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820)
Inks: VersaMark Ink Pad (102283)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Kraft 6″ x 6″ Paper Pack (156325), Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper (156313)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shapes (156322), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Heat Tool (129053)
Close Up of my Card
Measurements:
Real Red: 2 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
3 ¼” x 1 ¼” (Sentiment)
Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
2 Die cut Cookies and one peppermint swirl
Basic White: Scrap
Kraft: 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
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Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Happy Thanksgiving Card using several dies, including Tailor Made Tags Dies, Giving Gifts Dies, Picture This Dies and Word Wishes Dies to create my festive card.
For my card, I wanted to create a very Autumnal card for this time of year. So, I pulled out Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Bumblebee and Old Olive to create my Fall wonderland card. I stamped each leaf off before stamping it onto my tag. I wanted a subtle background for my die cut word and leaves. The HAPPY was white embossed onto a scrap of Cherry Cobbler and layered onto a pile of leaves. I added to the tag, the Gingham Ribbon, and the Linen Twine which I frayed to create a rustic look.
The Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper has the perfect Fall paper in it that was destined for my card. I thought that the Picture This Dies would be a great way to have this DSP poking out. A scattering of die cut leaves and rhinestones make this card feel like there is movement to the falling leaves.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Tailor Made Tags Dies (155563), Giving Gifts Dies (156563), Picture This Dies (155559), Word Wishes Dies (149629), A Wish for Everything Stamp Set (149320)
Inks: VersaMark Ink Pad (102283), Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad (147083), Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad (147085), Bumblebee Classic Stampin’ Pad (153116), Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090)
Paper: Cajun Craze (119684), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Basic White (159276), Bumblebee (153077), Old Olive (100702), Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper (155841)
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! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Rustic Christmas Deer Card using the free Sale-a-Bration Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper and the matching Peaceful Deer Bundle. I can’t believe that today is the last day of Sale-a-Bration! You only have until tonight to get free products for every $60 you spend! Don’t miss out!
For my card, it is all about this wintery DSP and I knew that I wanted to create a rustic Christmas card with the Buffalo checked deer and those gorgeous snowflakes on the Rea lRed background! I love that the deer on the DSP can be punched out using the Deer Builder Punch! I embossed the Basic White square with the snowflakes embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders to set off my deer. To add a bit of unexpected colour, I used the die cut trees from the Cabin Dies and stamped the sentiment on Garden Green Card Stock. To tie in the black from the deer, I used a black mat and card base. The Matte Black Dots were perfect embellishment for my rustic card!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Peaceful Deer Bundle (156391), Cabin Dies (156404), Tasteful Labels Dies (152886)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Basic Black (121045), Basic White (159276), Garden Green (102584), Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper (156628)
Accessories: Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (155433),Wonderful Snowflakes (156340), Matte Black Dots (154284), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Close Up of Deer on My Card
Measurements:
Basic Black: 2 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼” and punch out deer
Basic White: 2 5/8” x 2 5/8”
Garden Green: Scrap for trees and sentiment
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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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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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