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My Sunflower Thanksgiving Card

October 9, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Sunflower Thanksgiving Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Sunflower Pumpkin Bundle. This purchase includes 5 PNG Images:

Sunflower Pumpkin Image
Sunflower Image
Pumpkin 1 Image
Pumpkin 2 Image
Happy Thanksgiving Sentiment

The Details of My Card

Since this weekend is the Canadian Thanksgiving, I decided to create a mini slimline Thanksgiving card using this beautiful sunflower arrangement. Perfect for a Thanksgiving card with the sunflowers and pumpkins!

I had fun colouring with my Copic markers the pumpkins in different colours to make them stand out from each other. The sunflowers are so gorgeous and a delight to colour as well!

I found this beautiful sunflower paper with soft colours that was fantastic for my card! I added a border at the top and bottom with some scraps of paper from Graphic 45. The fence behind the sunflower arrangement was a laser die cut that I trimmed down to fit my card.

The sentiment from the bundle was die cut with the Labels Aglow Dies to give it some interest. Of course, if you have an autumn card, you need a die cut leaf. Lol! I tucked this behind the sentiment which created an ideal backdrop for the paper sunflower from my stash.

The only other embellishments were a bumblebee and a scattering of rhinestones that matched my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Sunflowers: E15/Y38/Y15/Y21
Sunflower Centres: E79/E77/E74/E71/E15/Y38/Y21
Orange Pumpkin: E15/YR18/YR14/YR15/YR12
Green Pumpkin: YG61/G21/YG63/E43/E41/E47
Ribbon: E15/YR18/YR14/YR15/YR12
White Pumpkin: E40/E41/W3/E11/E13/E15

Close Up of the Sunflower and Pumpkins on the card — Close Up of the Sunflower and Pumpkins

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Card Recipe for My Sunflower Thanksgiving Card:

Sunflower Pumpkin Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
The Sunflower Collection 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Crafter’s Companion
Let It Bee Papercrafting Paper, Graphic 45
Countryside Laser Cut Elements, 49 and Market
Labels Aglow Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Colorful Season Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Sunflower Paper Flower, From My Stash
Bumblebee Trinkets, Stampin’ Up!
Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” 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
Sunflower Pumpkin Bundle for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Scary Cute Halloween Card

October 5, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Scary Cute Halloween Card using Vampire Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls as my Design Team Inspiration Card.

The Details of My Colouring

For my card, I had so much fun colouring Vampire Ellie with my Copic markers! I knew that I wanted to give her black hair and decided to go with a ghoulish green and red since she is a vampire. I made her skin a bit lighter by not using E04 for my shadows to give her a deathly pallor. Lol!

For the balloons, I went with an ectoplasm green like in Ghostbusters and a black for the bat. I used my white gelly roll pen to make bat’s fangs stand out and for the highlights on both balloons. The balloons also had glossy accents add to them to make them look like real balloons. Star Dust Stickles were added to the red bows and red trim of her dress.

The Details of My Scary Cute Halloween Card

I decided to create a mini slimline card since I wanted to create a spooky graveyard scene with my dies. Of course, if you have a vampire, you must have a moon dripping blood! Lol! So, I stamped the blood drips first before die cutting the moon out. That way the craters on the moon die did not cause voids in the stamped dripping blood. Next, I brushed Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink around the edges of my moon to make it glow.

Then, I die cut the graveyard in Basic Black and Basic Gray to help differentiate the two layers. Don’t you love how the spooky sky and moon show through the gate to the graveyard!

For the sky, I went with some spooky green skulls paper to match my colouring. Plus, they reminded me of all the ghosts in the graveyard.

A couple of black glimmer bats add some sparkle to the sky. The “Scary” sentiment was die cut from red glimmer paper to match my red colouring.

Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of red rhinestones and black sequins to match my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/R20
Hair: N10/N8/N6
Greens: G29/YG67/YG17/YG03
Reds: R39/R37/R35R32
Shoes/Bat Balloon: N10/N8/N6
Skulls: C3/0

Close Up of girl in vampire costume — Close Up of Vampire Ellie

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Card Recipe for My Scary Cute Halloween Card:

Vampire Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Kelly Panacci Halloween Designer Mat Pad, K & Company
Red Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Boneyard Edgers Dies, Frantic Stamper Ins.
Full Moon Dies, Lawn Fawn
Reverse Cut Halloween Words, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Bat Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger
Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!
Ghoulish Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Cherry Cobber Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Metallic Sequin Assortment, Stampin’ Up!
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura

Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Basic Gray Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ½” x 6”

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

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Vampire Ellie for Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Birthday Shopping Card

October 3, 2023 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Birthday Shopping Card using the Les Shoppes Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! It’s a friend’s birthday this week and she is very artistic. So, I thought a birthday card shopping for art supplies would be perfect for her!

The Details of My Birthday Shopping Card

For my card, I decided to create a shopping scene. So, I fussy cut with my paper snips the building with the art supplies, but you could use any of the buildings in the Designer Series Paper. Next, I stamped the awning stamp randomly on the Calypso Coral card base in Calypso Coral for a slight tone-on-tone. The Basic White piece was die cut by the 3^rd largest Deckled Rectangles Dies and embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder to add some interest.

Since I was creating a street scene, I thought the die cut lamppost and bench would be fun accents beside the shop. A strip of the cobbled DSP created the perfect grounding for my scene.

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in white on Misty Moonlight card stock and then die cut out.

The finishing touch was a scattering of Loose Silver Sequins that are included in the Collection.

Close Up of the street scene on the birthday card

Close Up of Card

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Les Shoppes Suite Collection (161337), Deckled Rectangles Dies (159173)

Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Calypso Coral (147101)

Paper: Calypso Coral (122925), Basic White (159276), Misty Moonlight (153118), Pecan Pie (161717), Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (in Collection)

Accessories: Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (161600), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Heat Tool (129053), Loose Silver Sequins (in Collection), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements:

Calypso Coral”
- 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Basic White:
- 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
Pecan Pie:
- Scrap for Bench
Misty Moonlight (2 pieces):
- Scrap for Sentiment
- Scrap for Light Post
Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (2 pieces):
- 4” x 1”
- The Art Shop or another building

More Information on My Birthday Shopping Card

I have made another card using this Suite. It was a fun z-fold card. If you wish to learn more about it, please click here or on the photo.

Open card displaying the boulevard — Open Z Fold Displayed

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Our Steampunk Journey Card

September 28, 2023 4 Comments

My Steampunk Journey Card - an anniversary card with gears and love on it — My Steampunk Journey Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing Our Steampunk Journey Card using the Stamperia Vagabond Series of paper and die cuts to create my anniversary card for my Hubby.

The Details of Our Steampunk Journey Card

My Hubby is always encouraging me to do what I love and explore mixed media more since I am still a novice. So, I decided to create a fun mixed media front with a steampunk feel for his anniversary card. He loves anything steampunk and I bought the Stamperia papers and all the bits in anticipation of making a card for him.

Angled View of Folds of the card — Angled View of Folds of the Card

For my card, I only used papers and die cuts…no stamping or colouring for me which is a rarity for me! Lol! But, when I saw the Stamperia papers, I knew that I wanted to create a 3-step fun fold card that would keep on going as my hubby opened it…almost like a mini album. I even decorated the back of it and made a custom envelope with the papers.

Fun with Mixed Media

For my mixed media, I sponged black gesso on my chipboards and then rubbed with my fingertips the Brushed Iron and Firebird waxes over the “Love” piece to help differentiate it from the other chipboard pieces. Next, I added some Gilding Flakes to give it some shimmer and brushed more wax where needed to give it a gritty feel. More gears that were rubbed with the Brushed Iron wax were adhered with glossy accents on top of the “Love” piece for dimension.

Mixed Media of gears and word love — Mixed Media

Once that was done, I added a gear frame tag behind the decorated chipboard that consisted of a snippet of paper with a small clock. The gears on this tag were lightly rubbed with the Brushed Iron wax as well. I added a few clear die cuts from Stamperia to represent my theme of a marriage being a journey, albeit a steampunk one! Lol!

Close Up of the gears and word love — Close Up of Mixed Media Focal Point

A monocle with an attached ball bead chain was glued in place with glossy accents. A scattering of red rhinestones added some sparkle and brightness to the front.

Part of Inside of Card — Inside of Card – Part 1

For my backdrop of my focal point, I decided to use a clock since it is the epitome of steampunk! I fussy cut two clocks out from the papers…one for the front and one for the back of the circle since you will see it when the card is opened. I needed a 5 ½” circle to mount these clocks and since I didn’t have a die that big, I pulled out my retired circle cutter from Stampin’ Up! It was what they used before they had dies!

Another Part of Inside of Card — Inside of Card – Part 2

Inside Our Steampunk Journey Card

For the inside of my card, I used several steampunk dies cuts and brushed the Brushed Iron wax on them to bring out the details. I even brushed it on the black edges of all the folds and card base. Of course, I used lots of die cut gears again with a stylized steampunk key, watch and wings! A few clear die cuts from Stamperia were added inside to continue my theme of a journey.

Since the back was so long, I used two different papers and pieced them together to create a continual scene of a pilot in flight on one side and flight gear on the other.

Full Back of Card with pilot and flight gear — Full Back of Card Laid Flat

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Card Recipe for Our Steampunk Journey Card:

12” x 12” Paper, Sir Vagabond Aviator, Stamperia
6” x 6” Paper, Sir Vagabond Aviator, Stamperia
Sir Vagabond Aviator Collectables, Stamperia
Steampunk Greyboard Cuts and Scraps, Stamperia
Sir Vagabond Aviator Clear Die Cuts, Stamperia
Black Gesso, Deco Arts Americana
Makeup Sponges
Verdigris Gilding Flakes, Cosmic Shimmer
Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax – Brushed Iron, Prima Marketing
Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax – Firebird, Prima Marketing
Industrial Chic – Frame & Tag Dies, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions
Industrial Chic – Mixed Essentials Dies, Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions
Garage Gear Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Monocles, Idea-ology, Tim Holtz
6” Ball Bead Chain with Connector Clasp, Local Hardware Store
Red Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Black Ribbon, From my Stash
Floral Romance Seal, Stampin’ Up!
Silicon Craft Mat, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Circle Cutter, Stampin’ Up!
Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!
Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Up!

Basic Black and Very Vanilla Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 6”

Our Steampunk Journey Card in Action

A Pictorial of the Card — Different Views of the Card

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To view my other mixed media piece, please click here.

To view my other steampunk cards, please click here.

Hope you like Our Steampunk Journey Card using the Stamperia Vagabond Series!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Pumpkin Patch Card

September 25, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Pumpkin Patch Card using the new release Pumpkin Emily by Conie Fong Art & Design as my Design Team Inspiration Card. Doesn’t she make the most perfect autumnal card, but she could also be used for Halloween or Thanksgiving!

The Details of My Pumpkin Patch Card

For my card, I decided to create an autumnal card with fall like colours with a pumpkin patch theme since she is picking out her pumpkin. I had so much fun colouring Pumpkin Emily with my Copic Markers in oranges, blue/greens and blacks to match my paper. Once she was coloured, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the ribbon on her hat. For the cat, I decided to make it a tabby cat, but it could also be a black cat for Halloween. I used my black 0.3 Copic multi liner to add the stripes after I had coloured it with my Copic markers.

Next, I die cut her out with a 4” stitched circle die and placed a number of die cut leaves and a pumpkin in one corner to match my theme. The “Hello Pumpkin” sentiment was a sticker that came in the Carta Bella Welcome Fall Kit. In the other corner, I used another sticker of a Pumpkin Patch sign. Perfect for my Pumpkin Patch theme! The leaves falling around her were also from the same sticker set.

Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of Enamel Dots that matched my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E18/E08/YR18/YR14
Greens: BG90/BG93/BG96/BG99
Blacks: C9/C6/C4
Pumpkins: E15/YR18/YR15/YR14/YR12
Cat: E47/E44/E43/E42/E41/R20/0.3 Copic Multi liner
Sky: B00/B000/0

Close Up of girl holding a pumpkin — Close Up of Pumpkin Emily

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Card Recipe for My Pumpkin Patch Card:

Pumpkin Emily, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Welcome Fall Collection Kit, Carta Bella paper Co.
Layering Stitched Circle Dies, Memory Box
Gather Together Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
La Petites Stickers, The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby
Welcome Fall Enamel Dots, Carta Bella paper Co.
0.3 Multi Liner Black, Copic
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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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 Pumpkin Emily for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Halloween Is Here Card

September 16, 2023 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Halloween Is Here Card using the new release Broomstick Emily Witch by Conie Fong Art & Design as my Design Team Inspiration Card. This purchase includes 4 stamps:

The Details of My Halloween Is Here Card

I had so much fun colouring Broomstick Emily Witch with my Copic Markers in Halloween colours! Once she was coloured, I added Gold Gelly Roll to her boot buckles and Clear Wink of Stella to all the green trim pieces on her hat and top.

Next, I decided to create a mini slimline card since I wanted to use my new Haunted House Coverplate by Photo Play and thought it would be a perfect backdrop for Broomstick Emil y Witch. I added some Crushed Curry behind the windows to make them glow eerily.

I decided that the haunted house needed a big full moon. So, I die cut the moon die and brushed Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink along the edges to give it dimension. Of course, if you have a haunted house, you need a sparkly bat flying around.

For the sky, I went with some spooky green skulls paper to match my colouring. The other piece of DSP I used was a border along the left side to balance out Emily and to add some unexpected colour. This border was a perfect anchor for my black sparkly “EEK” sentiment.

Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of sprinkles that matched my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E37/E35/E34/E31
Greens: G29/YG67/YG17/YG03
Blues: BV08/BV04/BV02
Blacks 100/N10/N08/N06
Broom: E15/YR23/YR21/Y21/E37/E35/E31

Close Up of Witch — Close Up of Broomstick Emily Witch

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Card Recipe for My Halloween Is Here Card:

Broomstick Emily Witch, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Kelly Panacci Halloween Designer Mat Pad, K & Company
Ghouls & Goodies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Haunted House Coverplate, Photo Play
Full Moon Dies, Lawn Fawn
Reverse Cut Halloween Words, Frantic Stamper Inc.
Bat Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger
Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!
Bright Glitter Assortment Sprinkles, Doodlebug Design Inc.,
Black & White Assortment Sprinkles, Doodlebug Design Inc.,
Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Starry Sky, Basic Black, Basic White and Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ¾” x 6 ¼”

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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 Broomstick Emily Witch for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Aloha Santa Card

September 15, 2023 4 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Aloha Santa Card for as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Vacation Santa Set. There are 7 stamps, which include Surfer Santa, Ice-cream Santa, Santa with Reindeer Floatie, Santa & Mrs. Claus, Palm Tree and Flamingo & Gifts, that come in both rubber and digital stamps. I made cards with Ice-cream Santa and Santa with Reindeer Floatie from this set as well and will include a link to them at the end of this post.

The Details of My Aloha Santa Card

For my card, I thought to create an Aloha card since Hawaii is the perfect place for Santa to take a vacation before his busy time of year! Lol!

Once Santa was coloured with my Copic markers in bright vacation colours, I placed him on a stitched circle cut out from paper that looked like pool water. I thought it would be fun to place the “pool” off-centred on the card and trim a small piece off the one edge.

Don’t you just love the sparkle of the Aloha sticker, and it pulls out the orange that I used in my colouring! Of course, if Santa is in the land of paradise, he needs a sunny day to folic in the pool! Hence the die cut sun behind the Aloha. Lol!

For my card base, I used green DSP for my palm die cut frame and then some orange DSP with flowers behind it to add to my colour scheme. To mirror the palm die cut, I used a paper palm leaf in one corner.

I added some Star Dust Stickles to Santa’s hat trim, white Gelly Roll Pen for the shine on his floatie and Glossy Accents to Rudolph’s nose. Finally, for embellishment, I used a few sprinkles to match the colours of my card.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000
Beard: C3/C1/C0
Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22
Oranges: YR09/YR07/YR04/YR02
Reindeer: E35/E33/E31/E30/E31/E53/E51/E50/R29/R27/R24
Coconut Drink: R85/R83/R81/C3/C1/0/E33/E31/E30/E53/E51/E50

Close Up of Santa floating in a pool — Close Up of Santa

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Card Recipe for My Aloha Santa Card

Vacation Santa Set, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Island Oasis 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Make a Splash Collection 6” x 6” Paper Pad, BoBunny
Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn
Stitched Circle Layering Dies, Memory Box
Palm Leaf Frame Die, Paper Roses
Summer Glitter Assortment Sprinkles, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Paper Palm Leaves, The Paper Studio
Aloha Sticker, Crafter’s Square
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Tahitian Tide Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 3”

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My Other Cards Using this Set

For more information on my card, please click here or on the photo.

A Christmas Card with Santa on a floatie in a pool. — My Interactive Tubing Santa Card

A card with Santa on a beach eating ice cream — Santa on Vacation Card

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Vacation Santa Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Achievement Unlocked Card

September 12, 2023 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Achievement Unlocked Card using the Level Complete Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! Tomorrow is National Video Games Day and this stamp set is perfect way to celebrate all those gamers in your life (and I have many! Lol!)!

The Details of My Achievement Unlocked Card

For my card, I decided to pull my fun colour scheme from the Bright & Beautiful DSP which I thought was perfect for a gamer card! Once I decided that, I stamped all the bits from the stamp set on a piece of Basic White in the various colours. I saved the controller stamp so that I could heat emboss it in white on a piece of Azure Afternoon which I then fussy cut out.

The Countryside Corners Dies were used to die cut out the stamped piece, the mat, and the Blueberry Bushel stamped sentiment. In addition to them, I used the smallest die to create coloured flags under the sentiment show the “different levels unlocked”.

Since I created this card for a swap, I went with a panel of three different papers for my card base. This allowed me to get more cards made using the paper with minimal waste. Plus, it permitted me to include a piece of the stars paper on each card. To me, stars are the personification of a gamer card!

To mirror the stars from the DSP, I die cut some stars from the Holographic Trio Specialty Paper using the Give It a Whirl Dies. Love that the colours seem to shift and change as you move holographic paper! Such a fun mesmerizing effect for a fun card!

Four gems from the Tinsel Gems Four-Pack were used to mimic the buttons on the controller and to add some colour the controller.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Level Complete Stamp Set (161563), Countryside Corners Dies (161471), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336)

Inks: VersaMark (102283), Blueberry Bushel (147138), Azure Afternoon (161663), Berry Burst (147143), Lemon Lolly (161666), Lemon Lime Twist (147145)

Paper: Blueberry Bushel (146968), Azure Afternoon (161719), Basic White (159276), Berry Burst (144243), Lemon Lolly (161720), Lemon Lime Twist (144245), Bright & Beautiful 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (161449), Holographic Trio 12” x 12” Specialty Paper (161744)

Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Heat Tool (129053), Tinsel Gems Four-Pack (161623), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close Up of video controller on card — Close Up of Card

Measurements:

Blueberry Bushel (2 pieces):
- 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
- 5” x 3 ½”
Azure Afternoon:
- 2 ¼” x 3”
Basic White: (2 pieces)
- Sentiment: 2 ¼” x ½”
- Background: 4 ½” x 3”
Lemon Lolly:
- Scrap
Berry Burst:
- Scrap
Lemon Lime Twist:
- Scrap
Bright & Beautiful 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (3 pieces):
- 4” x 1-5/8”
Holographic Trio 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper:
- Scraps

More Information on My Achievement Unlocked Card

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

The Perfect Day Card

September 6, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing The Perfect Day Card using the digital stamp After the Vows by Tiddly Inks Stamps. This past weekend we attended a wedding, and this was the card I made for the happy couple to celebrate their love!

The Details of My Card

The digital stamp comes with the couple in full length, but I thought a close-up of the couple kissing would be a lovely focal point. So, I coloured the couple with my Copic markers in tones befitting my couple. The bride has gorgeous flowing locks of hair, and this stamp was perfect to represent her! I added a light coating of white pencil over the veil to differentiate where the veil was on her hair. Unfortunately, it is hard to see in the photo. Finally, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the bride’s veil to give it shimmer. For the groom, I coloured the skin and hair to look like the groom’s Pilipino heritage. This was the first time colouring this skin tone and I was quite happy with how it turned out!

For my card, I decided to create lots of pretty layers with the lace ribbon, heart doily and die cut hearts. The beautiful Craft O’Clock paper was the perfect backdrop with lace, flowing script, worn wood planks and flowers on it!

The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder to match the sparkly rhinestones and then die cut out. The die cut “love” sentiment was the epitome of what brought these two together to be married.

Finally, I couldn’t resist adding one more heart in the form of the sliver heart charm under the sentiment.

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Copic Markers

Guy
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: W9/W7/W4/W3
Suit: C9/C7/C6/C4
Shirt: C3/C1/0
Tie: YG67/YG63/YG03

Girl
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35/E33/E31
Dress/Veil: B00/B000/0/Wink of Stella on Veil/Prismacolor White Pencil Crayon
Pink Flowers: R85/R83/R81
Yellow Flowers: E15/Y17/Y15/Y11
Purple Flowers: V09/V06/V04
Leaves: YG67/YG63/YG03

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Card Recipe for The Perfect Day Card

After the Vows, Tiddly Inks Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Greenery Invitation 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Craft O’Clock
Your Perfect Day Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Love Notes Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Meadow Dies, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink, Tsukineko
Silver Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
1 ½” Lace Ribbon, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Crafts
White Heart Lace Doily, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Heart Charms, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Stickers, Craft Dollarama
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Prismacolor White Pencil Crayon
Powder Pink and Mossy Meadow Cardstock

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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Hope you like my card using the digital stamp After the Vows by Tiddly Inks Stamps.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Grouchy Kitty Birthday Card

August 15, 2023 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Grouchy Kitty Birthday Card using the Grouchy Pets Clear Stamp Set and matching dies by CC Designs. It was my sister-in-law’s birthday recently and I thought she would find this kind of snarky card funny!

The Details of My Card

For my Grouchy Kitty Birthday Card, I knew that I wanted to use the grouchy cats from CC Designs since I thought my SIL (sister-in-law) would get a kick out of them! Plus, I found the perfect poem online that I typed out on my computer and printed off. If you watch Sheldon the TV series, you will get the reference. I knew that my SIL would get a laugh out of it!

A poem about a grouch cat — Grouchy Kitty Poem

My SIL has a brown tabby cat. So, I coloured with my Copic markers one of the cats to look like it. For variation, I made another black and the third an orange tabby. For the tabby cats, I used a Copic multi liner to create their stripes in a triangle scribble shape.

Next, I pulled out my Small Slimline with Lift the Flaps Dies by Lawn Fawn. I love this interactive die set! So fun! I thought it would be neat to have one cat on the front holding a balloon. Don’t you just love the face on this cat! Like he is so put out that he must hold a balloon! Lol!

When the flaps are open, you see the other cats and the grouchy kitty poem. I used my paper snips to cut down the cats to fit and added a party hat sticker to each of the cats. Again, the faces of those cats are so priceless especially since they must wear party hats! I can definitely see a cat making that face! Lol!

All Three Panels Open showing two cats with party hats and the grouchy kitty poem — All Three Panels Open

I added a few present stickers to dress up the poem panel. On the front of the card, I added some paw gems and red rhinestones for embellishments.

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Copic Markers:

Black Cat
Fur: C7/C6/C4
Tummy: C3/C1/0
Ears: R22/R20
Eyes: G99/G94/C3/C1/0

Brown Tabby Cat
Fur: E47/E44/E43/E42/E41
Stripes: 0.3 Multi Liner Black, Copic
Ears: R22/R20
Eyes: C3/C1/0

Orange Tabby Cat
Fur: YR18/YR14/YR12/Y17
Stripes: 0.3 Multi Liner Sepia, Copic
Ears: R22/R20
Eyes: C3/C1/0

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Card Recipe for My Grouchy Kitty Birthday Card:

Grouchy Pets Clear Stamp Set, CC Designs
Grouchy Pets Outline Die, CC Designs
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Biggest Wish Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink, Stampin’ Up!
White Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
Playful Pets Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Small Slimline with Lift the Flaps Dies, Lawn Fawn
Stylish Shaped Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Fun Balloons Stickers, Autumn Leaves
Multi Size Presents Stickers, Jolee’s Boutique
Party Hat Stickers, Crafts, Dollarama
Paw Adhesive Gems, The Paper Studio
Red Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
0.3 Multi Liner Sepia, Copic
0.3 Multi Liner Black, Copic
Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!
Computer to print sentiment

Real Red, Soft Suede and Thick Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 ½” x 3 ½”

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To view my other Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my card using Grouchy Pets Clear Stamp Set by CC Designs!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Field of Daisies Birthday Card

August 14, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Field of Daisies Birthday Card using the Fresh As a Daisy Suite by Stampin’ Up! This Suite includes the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set, the Cheerful Daisies Dies, Fresh As a Daisy 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper and Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems.

The Details of My Card

My card was for a swap, and I decided to use the Fresh As a Daisy Suite for it. I love how the big daisy die is one piece making it easy to cut out a garden of happy daisies in seconds!

Once I die cut the daisies from Basic White cardstock, I used my sponge daubers to dab some Lemon Lolly in their centres to give them depth. I also dabbed some Pecan Pie to the edges of the Lemon Lolly piece on which I used the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder.

Next, to add to my focal point, I added a stitched circle of the DSP behind my daisies, almost like a blue sky in a field of dasies. From this, I added the sentiment stamped in Garden Green and some Garden Green die cut greenery.

To tie in my colour scheme, I added a piece of DSP between my focal point and the Lemon Lolly piece.

The only embellishments that I used were the Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems that came in the Suite.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Fresh As a Daisy Suite (161301), Stylish Shaped Dies (159183)

Inks: Garden Green (147089), Lemon Lolly (161666), Pecan Pie (161665)

Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Boho Blue (161724), Lemon Lolly (161720), Basic White (159276), Garden Green (102584), Fresh As a Daisy 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (in Suite)

Accessories: Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder (156505), Sponge Daubers (133773), Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems (in Suite), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Close up of daisies on card — Close up of Focal Point

Measurements:

Thick Basic White:
- 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Boho Blue:
- 4” x 5 ¼”
Basic White: (2 pieces)
- Sentiment: 2 ¼” x 1”
- Daisies: 3 ¾” x 3”
Lemon Lolly:
- 3 ½” x 3 ½”
Garden Green:
- Scrap
Fresh As a Daisy 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (2 pieces):
- 2” x 4 ¾”
- 3” x 3”

More Information on My Field of Daisies Birthday Card

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My Serene Birthday Card

August 5, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my second card using Serenity by Conie Fong Art & Design called My Serene Birthday Card. The Design Team members are celebrating Girls/Ladies this weekend with all things feminine! So, I picked this beautiful image to celebrate, and I coloured her twice! I will post my other card at the end.

The Details of My Card

For My Serene Birthday Card, I decided to create a mini slimline card to show that you can create different sized cards with the same image. I made my card size a little larger than a normal mini slimline to fit all my elements, but it can still fit in a No. 10 envelope.

I used the Secret Garden paper again for my colour choices in her colouring with a slight variation on her flowers from my first card. Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen was used for her necklace and Wink of Stella for the butterfly’s wings to add some shimmer.

Two different coloured versions of the lady — Serenity

Next, I went with the Photo Play dies for my background. One of the dies is shaped like a tag, but I wanted to use it for the green piece behind her. So, I snipped off the tag part and hid that part beneath the sentiment piece. The two top horizontal banners were remnants from my first card, and I didn’t want them to go to waste. Plus, they gave a finished edge to the top while tying in the colour scheme.

For the next step, I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape onto a tag cut out from the P13 paper pad.

I thought the leafy vine going from my girl to the sentiment tied everything together so nicely while adding interest.

Finally, I added a scattering of brass butterflies for embellishments.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Eyeshadow: V12
Lips: R21/R20/White Gelly Roll Pen
Greens: YG97/YG95/YG93
Purples: V17/V15/V12
Light Purples: V12/V01/V0000
Yellows/Butterfly: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21/Clear Wink of Stella

Close Up of lady holding flowers — Close Up of Serenity

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Card Recipe for My Serene Birthday Card:

Serenity, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Secret Garden 6” x 6” Paper Pad, P13
Bracket/Speech Bubble Dies, Photo Play
Dainty Delight Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Gorgeous Grape Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Best Year Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Brushed Brass Butterflies, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Fresh Freesia Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ¾” x 6 ¼”

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

Here is my other card using this stamp. Please click here or on the photo for more information on my card.

A card with a Lady holding flowers — My Serenity Blooms Card

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Serenity Blooms Card

August 4, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Serenity Blooms Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Serenity. The Design Team are celebrating Girls/Ladies this weekend with all things feminine! So, I picked this beautiful image to celebrate!

The Details of My Card

When you buy this digital stamp, you will receive two stamps with the girl’s hair flowing left or right. I couldn’t resist colouring them both with the same colour scheme, but with a variation on their flowers. So, I made one card for today and the other card will follow later.

For My Serenity Blooms Card, I decided to use the Secret Garden paper and decorative tags by P13 for my colour choices. I just love the gorgeous colours of them! I picked the paper with a wreath off to the side for my background and matted it with a matching purple paper from the P13 paper pad.

Next, I decided to add a die cut frame behind her to create some visual interest, but I thought it would be fun to have her off-centred from it. As a result, the wreath was flowing through my frame and they created a nice backdrop for my colouring.

The Decorative Tags are a perfect match to the paper, and I decided to use two of them to tie in my colour scheme. I added a bow to the top to cover the hole and finish the tags off.

For the next step, the Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen was used for her necklace and Wink of Stella for the butterfly’s wings to add some shimmer.

Finally, for embellishments, I added a scattering of brass butterflies and rhinestones coloured with my Copic markers to match my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Eyeshadow: V12
Lips: R21/R20/White Gelly Roll Pen
Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03
Purples: V17/V15/V12
Light Purples: V12/V01/V0000
Butterfly: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21/Clear Wink of Stella

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Card Recipe for My Serenity Blooms Card:

Serenity, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Secret Garden 6” x 6” Paper Pad, P13
Secret Garden Decorative Tags, P13
Vellum Cardstock, Stampin’ Up!
Fabolous Frames Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Brilliant Wings Dies, Stampin’ Up!
White Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Brushed Brass Butterflies, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Fresh Freesia Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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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 Serenity for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Poinsettia Christmas Card

July 31, 2023 Leave a comment

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I’m squeezing in one final Christmas in July card for you today! I am sharing My Poinsettia Christmas Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful Christmas Leilani.

The Details of My Card

I loved colouring with my Copic markers Leilani, especially all that gorgeous hair! I matched my colouring of the flowers to the beautiful Poinsettia Garden Paper Collection by Paper Roses that I just purchased on a road trip with friends! So, I went with a deep red for the poinsettias, a blue/green for the succulents and white for the other flowers. Tip: for contrast with the reds, add C5 to the deepest shadows to make the individual petals pop.

Once she was coloured, I knew that I wanted to use the pretty Poinsettia Border Die also by Paper Roses. This was purchased on the same road trip as the paper. I loved how the die is so delicate while allowing the Paper Roses smaller poinsettia paper to peek through.

Next, I added a border of pretty lace to mark my transition between the die and the other side of the card. I used a piece of the Paper Roses paper with larger poinsettias on it as a backdrop for Leilani. Since this is a Christmas card, I thought a gold edge to it would tie in nicely to the other gold accents.

The sentiment was heat embossed in gold and matted with Cherry Cobbler. To continue the gold theme, I added a gold die cut filigree below it.

Then the paper poinsettias were added around her. The gold centres mirror the gold Gelly Roll Pen that I used on the poinsettias in my colouring.

Finally, the finishing touch was a couple of gold glitters dots placed around my focal point of Leilani.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23/E21
Eyes: BG99/BG96/BG93/BG90/C3/C1/0
Lips: R32/R20
Poinsettias: R39/R37/R35/C5/ Gold Gelly Roll Pen
White Flowers: C3/C1/0/Gold Gelly Roll Pen
Green Succulents: BG99/BG96/BG93/BG90

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Card Recipe for My Poinsettia Christmas Card:

Christmas Leilani, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Poinsettia Garden 12” x 12” Paper Collection, Paper Roses
Poinsettia Garden – Watercolours 12” x 12” Paper Collection, Paper Roses
Gold Foil Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Poinsettia Border Die, Paper Roses
Cherish the Season Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Painted Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Gold Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
2” Lace Ribbon, Celebrate It, Michael’s Arts & Crafts
Poinsettia Paper Flowers, Christmas Paper Crafts, Hobby Lobby
Gold Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6 ½” x 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 Christmas Leilani for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Sliding Santa Card

July 28, 2023 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Sliding Santa Card for Christmas in July and as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the Vacation Santa Set. There are 7 stamps, which include Surfer Santa, Ice-cream Santa, Santa with Reindeer Floatie, Santa & Mrs. Claus, Palm Tree and Flamingo & Gifts, that come in both rubber and digital stamps. I made a card with Ice-cream Santa from this set as well and will include a link to it at the end of this post.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create fun interactive slider card using Santa with Reindeer Floatie. I had so much fun colouring this cutie with my Copic markers! In fact, I coloured two of him and will use the second version on another card. I added some white Gelly Roll Pen to his floatie and Rudolph’s nose to give them a shine.

Next, I wanted to see the different layers of the papers behind him. So, I used two different slimline die sets. I picked a water-like paper for the slider piece as if he is going down a river twirling around like at one of those amusement parks. Lol! I kept the cut-out piece from the slider die and glued it through the hole onto the layer below it so that you couldn’t see the orange layer below. This added to my pool like feel.

I used some slider discs to create my slider, but in the past, I have also used pennies. I made sure that my dimensionals were round so that I could get him spinning around. There is a good video by Taylored Expressions on making a slider card using their discs. I followed it to create my slider part. I will add a link at the end of this post.

My Sliding Santa Card in Action

I decorated my card using some Christmas Chit Chat pieces. I popped up the sentiment ones making sure that my Santa would not get caught on them. A couple of matching glitter dots were added to add some sparkle.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000
Beard: C3/C1/C0
Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22
Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03
Reindeer: E35/E33/E31/E30/E31/E53/E51/E50/R29/R27/R24
Coconut Drink: R85/R83/R81/C3/C1/0/E33/E31/E30/E53/E51/E50

Close Up of Santa on the floatie — Close Up of Santa on reindeer Floatie

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Card Recipe for My Sliding Santa Card

Vacation Santa Set, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Beach Party 12” x 12” Paper Pad, Carta Bella
Christmas Magic Chit Chat, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Small Slimline with Lift Flaps Dies, Lawn Fawn
Large Slimline with Slider Dies, Lawn Fawn
On the Right Track Discs, Taylored Expressions
Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Pop-Dot Adhesives, Forever in Time
Granny Apple Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 3 ½”

Stamp Size: 3”

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For More Information On My Sliding Santa Card

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

Link to Taylored Expressions Slider card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeyVQAvFKmc

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Vacation Santa Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

My Santa on Vacation Card

For more information on my card, please click here or on the photo.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie