Winter Card

My Birthday Celebration Card 

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My Birthday Celebration Card - Birthday card celebrating a winter birthday with a girl
My Birthday Celebration Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Birthday Celebration Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Winter Wendy. It was my birthday a while back and I decided to colour this cutie and make a card to celebrate it!

The Details of My Birthday Celebration Card

Since I used this stamp for my birthday card, I decided to colour Wendy to look like me when I had long hair. So, I pulled out my Copic markers and gave her brown hair and eyes. I picked the colours for her clothes from my paper choice. The pink was a bit tricky to colour, but I discovered by adding E04 to the RVs, it allowed the shadows of the pinks to match my paper.

For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline to match the shape of the large snowflake die. I thought it would be fun having her pop out of this die cut snowflake opening with its matching snowy paper. I added a few die cut Pool Party snowflakes to bring out the blue/green in my colouring. 

The sentiment “Celebrating You Today” summed up my birthday theme perfectly! It was stamped in black and die cut with the matching flag die.

To add sparkle, I coloured rhinestones with my Copic markers to match my colour choice. I also used Star Dust Stickles on the Pool Party snowflakes and on her pompom.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: E39/E37/E35E/33
Blue/Green: BG13/BG11/BG10
Pink: E04/RV34/RV32/RV10
Rhinestones: BG13

Close Up of Girl on Birthday Card
Close Up of Winter Wendy

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Card Recipe for My Birthday Celebration Card:

Winter Wendy, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Simple Vintage Winter Woods 6” x 8” Paper Pad, Simple Stories
So Many Snowflakes Dies Stampin’ Up!
Mini Strips – Let’s Celebrate Stamp, Taylored Expressions 
Mini Strips – Flags Dies, Taylored Expressions
Versafine Black Ink, Tsukineko
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Pool Party Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 3 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 Winter Wendy for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Season to be Freezin’ Card 

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Season to be Freezin’ Card - a winter card with a Yeti holding a tree
Season to be Freezin’ Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Season to be Freezin’ Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Yeti with Tree. Paper Nest Dolls has several Yeti stamps to the point you could have a whole Yeti family! I just love these cuties so much that I made another card with the Yeti Father and Son for Christmas and have included a link at the end of this post to it.

The Details of My Season to be Freezin’ Card

For my Yeti, I had coloured him with my Copic markers before Christmas but didn’t get a chance to get him onto a card. So, I decided to create a winter themed card for him. I coloured his fur texture with individual strokes in the shadows and left the highlights white. The tree was also coloured with individual strokes to create lots of texture.

The Doodlebug paper that I used, had Yetis on it, but I went with more neutral papers to create my wintery scene. The sentiment was from the matching Chit Chat and was perfect for my wintery theme.

Next, I added a birch tree die cut for my wintery scene and, to add interest, I used a Stitched Hillside Die to complete my scene.

For embellishments, I used some wooden snowflakes that I had in my stash for that rustic look.

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Copic Markers

Fur: W3/W1/W0/0
Face: E43/E42/E41/E40/RV00/0
Horns/Nails/Tree Trunk: E44/E43/E42/E41
Tree: G29/YG63/YG03

Close Up of Yeti carrying a Tree
Close Up of Yeti with Tree

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Card Recipe for My Season to be
Freezin’ Card

Yeti with Tree, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Winter Wonderland 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Winter Wonderland Chit Chat, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn
Woodland Collection Birch Tree Forest, Sue Wilson
Wooden Snowflake Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Shaded Spruce Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 3”

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

My Yeti for the Holidays?

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

Yeti for the Holidays Card - A Christmas Card with a Yeti Father and Son getting a Christmas Tree.
Yeti for the Holidays Card

Hope you like my Season to be Freezin’ Card using
Yeti with Tree by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Warmest Winter Wishes Card 

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Warmest Winter Wishes Card - a winter birthday card with baby seals in the Arctic.
Warmest Winter Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Warmest Winter Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the Baby Seals On Iceberg from her drawing tutorial on You Tube. Conie Fong has started a Draw with Conie YouTube channel where you can draw along with her: https://www.youtube.com/@DrawWithConie. Don’t forget to subscribe to her channel while you are there for more tutorials that come out each week!

You can share your drawings in her Draw with Conie Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/339082068864209/

The Details of My Warmest Winter Wishes Card

For my card, I kept my card design simple in line with the simple drawing of the seals. The seals were coloured with very few Copic markers leaving a lot of uncoloured white space. Really, I just coloured the shadows for them and the ice flow and used my Colorless Blender to soften the edges of the colour to the white.

I had the perfect Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! to create a mini slimline card for these cuties! It had a winter artic scene with icebergs and ice flow, but it had polar bears on it! So, I strategically cut my DSP so that the bears would be hidden by the placement of my seals. Lol!

Next, I used a white mini slimline scallop die cut to frame my scene having it pop from all the blues. This also gave a support for my seals so that it looked like the seals are floating out of the scene.

The sentiment was stamped on white, and die cut with a stitched flag die. Again, I liked how it popped against the dark blue sky. The final touch was a few wooden stars that I had in my stash.

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Copic Markers:

Seals: W3/W1/W0/0
Ice Flow: B01/B00/B000/0

Close Up of Baby Seals
Close Up of Baby Seals

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Card Recipe for My Warmest Winter
Wishes Card:

Baby Seals On Iceberg, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Tsukineko
Essentials Mini Slimline Stitched Scallop Rectangle Die, Pink Fresh Studio
Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Free Skate Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
Wooden Star Elements. From My Stash
Night of Navy and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6 ¼” x 3 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 Baby Seals On Iceberg for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Sending Snowflake Wishes 

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A winter birthday card with a winter fairy holding a snowball
Sending Snowflake Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Sending Snowflake Wishes as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Snowflake Wishes. This digital purchase includes 5 stamps:

  • Image 1 and 2: Snowflake Wishes (girl facing left and right) (JPEG format)
  • Image 3: Poinsettia Flower (PNG format)
  • Sentiment 1: Wishing You A Magical Christmas (PNG format)
  • Sentiment 2: Sending Snowflake Wishes (PNG format)

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a winter birthday card for a good friend’s birthday that is next week. Since she is an amazing colourist, I wanted my colouring to be top notch! So, I went with a two-tone sparkly outfit something that was totally out of my comfort zone, but I knew she will appreciate it!

I love sparkle and it’s so easy to create with a white gel pen! Just make lots of small dots in the highlighted area and less in the shadows. Before using the white gel pen, I also added dots with my Copic markers.

The Doodlebug paper was perfect for the purple and blue/greens that I used and matched my wintery theme! 

I wrapped the glimmery snowflake border die around the side of my focal point and sentiment like it’s tying it all together! A scattering of more glimmery snowflakes adds to my theme. I couldn’t resist adding the Frosted Finishes Embellishment to the largest snowflake to give my card even more sparkle.

The finishing touches was Clear Wink of Stella on her wings, snowball, and flower in her hair. I also used Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on the snowflake trail and the snowflakes on the stamp.

Tips

When you colour two-tones, you need to make sure that the colours are close on the colour wheel to allow the blending at the transition point. I went with purple and blue/green since I knew my friend loves those colours and they suited my wintery birthday theme. The colouring of the transition doesn’t have to be perfect since the sparkle will hide any imperfections. Also, make sure to blend the lightest colour marker into the other lightest colour at the transition point. For instance, where they met, I blended BG 10 into V12 and vice versa to create a smooth transition.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42
Eyes: BG53/BG10/C3/C1/0
Purples: V09/V17/V15/V12
Blue/Greens: BG49/BG57/BG53/BG10
Snowball: BG53/BG10/0/Clear Wink of Stella

Close Up of Fairy holding snowball
Close Up of Snowflake Wishes Stamp

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Card Recipe for My Sending Snowflake Wishes Card:

Snowflake Wishes, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frosty Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Snowflake Border Punch, Martha Stewart
Snowflake Corner Punch, Martha Stewart
Chic Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Frostyville Border Die, Memory Box
Glossy Dots Assortment, Stampin’ Up!
Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay 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 Snowflake Wishes for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Wintertime Wishes Card

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A card with a girl holding a snowflake banner
Wintertime Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Wintertime Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the sweet Emma with Snowflake Banner. She is perfect for a winter birthday or Valentine’s Day with her heart banner!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I coloured Emma with my Copic markers in one of my favourite colour combos of pinks, blues, and tans! I added Glossy Accents to the hearts on her snowflake banner and Stardust Stickles to her hat pompom, bows and the snowflakes.

The Snowed In Paper was perfect for my card since the knitted snowflake pattern created a cozy warm feel and suited my snowflake theme. Even the “Wintertime” sentiment was from the Paper Pad.

I had the Frostyville Corner Die from Memory Box in my stash and thought it would work for a mini slimline card. I love how it peeks put from under the sentiment creating interest over the knitted snowflake paper! A few more glimmery snowflakes from punches and a die were added for sparkle. To ground Emma, I added a stitched snowbank and ran some Glittered Organdy Ribbon over it to add more sparkle. I also added the ribbon across the top of the so that the sentiment hangs from it.

The finishing touch was a scattering of rhinestones on the knitted paper to add even more sparkle!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E99/YR24/YR23
Blues: B91/B93/B95/B97
Browns: E41/E42/E43/E44
Pinks: R81/R83/R85

Close Up of girl with Snowflake Banner
Close Up of Emma with Snowflake Banner

Card Recipe for Wintertime Wishes Card:

Emma with Snowflake Banner, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Snowed In 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park
White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn
Frostyville Corner Die, Memory Box
Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Snowflake Border Punch, Martha Stewart
Snowflake Corner Punch, Martha Stewart
Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Basic White, Rococo Rose, and Crumb Cake Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6 ½” x 3 ½”

Stamp Size: 4 ½” Tall

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Fa La La Card 

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A Card with Snow People Singing Fa La La on it
My Fa La La Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Fa La La Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Snow Globe Bundle. This Bundle includes a clear snow globe with a selection of images and labels for the holiday season. I love the versatility of this bundle since you can interchange the images in the globe or use the images by themselves.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to use the singing snow people without the globe. They are just too cute, and I had the perfect Fa La La die for them. In fact, I had two Fa La La dies. Lol! The cover plate behind them and the red glimmer falala.

I pulled the colours of the DSP to colour my snow people in a red and a blue/green. I used my favourite technique for their snow bodies where I use two light makers along the edges and then use my colourless blender to soften the transition between the colour and the paper. The same technique was used for their song books.

Since these cuties are singing, I had to add some musical notes floating up from them! Some glimmery snowflakes and snowbank add even more sparkle to my card. The finishing touch was Star Dust Stickles on their hat trim and the hearts.

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Copic Markers:

Reds: R29/R24/R24/R22
Blue/Greens: BG09/BG57/BG53
Whites: BG0000/BG000/0
Carrots: YR12/Y38/YR12
Song Books: E42/E40/0

Close Up of Snow People on the Card
Close Up of Snow People

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Card Recipe for My Fa La La Card:

Snow Globe Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Santa Express Design Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red & White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders, Lawn Fawn
Frosted Flurries Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Fa La La Cover Die, The Stamp Market
Music Notes Die, From my Stash
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Basic White, Bermuda Bay and Petal Pink Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
Stamp Size: 3” Tall

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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Snowy Birthday Card

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Card with Penguin holding present
My Snowy Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Snowy Birthday Card as my Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using Snowy With Present. This cutie is a free digital stamp in the Conie Fong Art & Design Group on Facebook. You can find him here with some other freebies: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.439587832883062&type=3.

The Details of My Card

This cutie can be used for so many things like Christmas, Valentine, Baby, Anniversary, Birthday, basically any kind of celebration! I have several winter birthdays and I decided that he would be perfect for one of my birthday cards.

I coloured him with my Copic markers to match my paper. The Doodlebug Paper was perfect for my wintery theme, and it had the cutest penguins on it! To add to my wintery theme, I embossed some white card stock with snowflakes and added a snowflake wreath to frame my focal point. A couple of rhinestones tied in the colour scheme and added sparkle.

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Copic Markers:

Fur: C7/C5/C3/C1
Beak/Feet: YR68/YR16/YR15/Glossy Accents
Blues: B26/B23/B12
Blue/Greens: BG49/BG15/BG45

Close up of Penguin with present on card
Close Up of Snowy With Present

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Card Recipe for My Snowy Birthday Card:

Snowy With Present, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frosty Friends 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.
Frostyville Wreath Die, Memory Box
Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box 
Wintery 3D Embossing Folders, Stampin’ Up!
Noble Peacock Rhinestones, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Blueberry Bushel and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 4.25”

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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
Snowy With Present for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Piece

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Mixed Media Piece using Eskimo Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls
My Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Piece

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Piece using Eskimo Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Project. We are still in the depths of winter here is Canada. So, I thought I would make something pretty to brighten the last of the winter days.

The Details of My Project

I decided to create a Mixed Media piece. Something that I haven’t done before but have always wanted to create. So, I pulled out my 8” x 10” Gel Printing Plate, my Distress Paints and brayer and went to town. Once I had paint laid down and before it dried, I stamped several different stamps to add interest to my background piece. I placed my mixed media paper over the gel plate and pulled several prints from it.

Prints from Gel Press
My Prints from Gel Press

Once everything was dried, I added some shimmery embossing paste using a stencil. I then splattered some paint all over with my splatter brush.

Splattering Paint
Splattering Paint in my Splatter Box

At this point, I painted the sides of the wood frame with Seedless Preserves to bring out that colour from the print.

Painted Frame
Painted Frame with Seedless Preserves

I trimmed down my print, framed it with a matching blue card stock and glued it to my dried frame. Then, I added my “snow” and snowflake dies. Next came, the white embossed sentiment which used the same blue card stock as the frame. I fussy cut my Copic coloured images and used a die cut iceberg to help ground them. A scattering of rhinestones added more shimmer to the piece.

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Eskimo Ellie

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000/R20
Hair: C10/C7/C5/C4
Jacket: B97/B95/B93/B91
Trim: E44/E43/E42/E41
Mitts: E44/E43/E42
Boots: C10/C7/C5/C4
Seal: E43/E42/E41

Close Up of Eskimo Ellie and Friend
Close Up of Eskimo Ellie and Friend

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Supplies for My Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Piece:

Eskimo Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Mixed Media Paper, Canson
8” x 10” Gel Printing Plate, Gelli Arts
Peacock Feathers Distress Paint, Tim Holtz, Ranger
Seedless Preserves Distress Paint, Tim Holtz, Ranger
Spun Sugar Distress Paint, Tim Holtz, Ranger
Frost White All-Purpose Ink, Tsukineko
Shimmery White Embossing Paste, Stampin’ Up!
Ledger Script CMS241, Tim Holtz Collection, Stampers Anonymous
Distressed Textures Stamp #10105756, BoBunny
Distressed Textures Stamp #10105762, BoBunny
The Right Words DS016, Dylusions
Water Mandala Stencil, Sweet Sentiment
Snowflake Border Die, Frostyville, Memory Box
Polar Bears Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Snowfall Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Seasonal Frames Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Versamark Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Basics Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Gun, Stampin’ Up!
Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush, Ranger
Splatter Booth
Brayer, Recollections, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Palette Knives, Stampin’ Up!
Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!
Exacto Knife
6” x 8” Wood Painting Panel, Currys
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Misty Moonlight and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished piece size: 6” x 8”

Side View of Mixed Media Piece
Side View of My Mixed Media Piece

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

Hope you like My Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Piece using Eskimo Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card

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A winter card with a girl holding a penguin
Wintery Birthday Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Happy New Year! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card as my first 2022 Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweet Emily with Penguin. She comes with 6 stamps including a choice of curly hair or braids and 2 sentiments that consist of Believe in the magic of Christmas and Sending Christmas Joy in PNG and JPG.

Details of My Card

For my card, Emily comes with Christmas sentiments, but I thought she would make a sweet winter birthday card! I have six birthdays, including mine, this month alone! So, I needed to get busy making birthday cards! 

I love the soft pastel colours of the Doodlebug paper! So, I used that beautiful palette to colour the digital stamp with my Copic marker. The large Wonderful Snowflake has a beautiful iridescent foil card stock look to it. Once I punched out the large snowflake, I used the leftover scraps of the foil card stock to die cut my smaller snowflakes to match it. By adding a few rhinestones to the centre of the snowflakes, I created even more shimmer. Aren’t those mittens just the cutest! Perfect for a winter card! And to add a bit of sparkle to them, I added some embellishments that look like snowflakes! Finally, I couldn’t resist using Stickles to Emily’s trim on her hat for even more sparkle! A birthday sentiment was all the card needed!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E18/E08/YR18/YR14
Blues: BG57/BG13/BG23/BG11
Purples: V12/V15/V17
Browns: E74/E71/E70
Penguin: C9/C7/C5/C3/C1/C0/0
Penguin Feet/Beak: YR14/YR18

Close Up of Digital Stamp
Close Up of Emily with Penguin

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Card Recipe for My Wintery Birthday Wishes Card:

Emily with Penguin, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Winter Wonderland 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Best Year Yet Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
So Many Snowflakes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Painted Labels Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Wonderful Snowflakes, Stampin’ Up!
Precious Mittens Die, Memory Box
Winter Wonderland Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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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
Emily with Penguin for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Merry Penguins Card

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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 Penguin Wonderland Card

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My Penguin Card
My Penguin Wonderland Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Penguin Wonderland Card using the Penguin Place Bundle which includes the Penguin Place Stamp Set and the Penguin Builder Punch by Stampin’ Up! Isn’t this penguin just the cutest!

For my card, I decided that I wanted to use the punch to create my penguin rather than stamp and punch him out. This allowed me to use Basic Black to make him pop off the card. However, I did stamp his eyes and beak from the stamp set. I also knew that I wanted to use the Giving Gifts Dies in relation to the snowflakes on the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper. This paper is gorgeous with its specialty silver foil! 

Since the Giving Gifts Dies create a fun peek-through effect only and are to be use in correlation to other dies, I used the Stitched Rectangles Dies with them to create my winter wonderland. I used the Snowy White Velvet Sheets to add a soft wintery texture to my card. Here is a tip if you need to make the same card multiple times such as for Christmas cards. Position the dies how you want them to cut and then use washi tape to keep them that position.

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Tip for Die Cutting Multiple Times

To continue my wintery wonderland, I stamped snowflakes in Balmy Blue on opposite corners of the Balmy Blue mat. The DSP was cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies as well. To tie in the silvery accents on the DSP, I die cut a single snowflake from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack using the snowflake in the Giving Gifts Dies. The finishing touch was three Subtle Shimmer Sequins placed on the snowflakes from the Giving Gifts Dies.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Penguin Place Bundle (156789), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820), Giving Gifts Dies (156563)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Pumpkin Pie (147086)

Paper: Balmy Blue (146982), Basic White (159276), Basic Black (121045), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Snowy White Velvet Sheets (156405), Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper (156394), Silver Foil Specialty Pack (156457)

Accessories: Subtle Shimmer Sequins (156407), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips (103579)

Close Up of the penguin on my card
Close Up of My Card

Measurements: 

  • Basic White: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Balmy Blue: 2 pieces
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
    • ½” x 3” (sentiment)
  • Snowy White Velvet Sheets: 4” x 2 5/8”
  • Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper: 4 3/8” x 3”
  • Basic Black: 2 ¾” 1 ½”
  • Pumpkin Pie: scrap
  • Silver Foil Specialty Pack: scrap

More Information on My Penguin Wonderland Card:

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

Here is a video showing the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper along with the Peaceful Place Suite: https://youtu.be/bYaJWfSgoEQ

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

My Chilly Willie Cards

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My Chilly Willie Cards

SNEAK PEEKS! Time for another Christmas in July card! Today I am sharing 2 cards instead of one that are using a Sale-A-Bration product that you can earn for free starting in August! My Chilly Willie Cards features the free Penguin Playmates 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper. This DSP has the sweetest critters all over it and coordinates with the Penguin Builder Punch that will be in the new Mini Catalogue starting on August 3, 2021.

Card #1
Card #1 Using the Penguin Playmates 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper

For my cards, I created one card and I used the leftover pieces to create my second card. For the first card, I decided that I wanted the cute penguins popping out of the circular frames from the Picture This Dies with different backgrounds. So, I fussy cut them from the DSP. Then, I stamped the snowflakes that come with the Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set in Balmy Blue on a piece of Balmy Blue card stock. Once done, I then die cut it and two different pieces of the Penguin Playmates DSP. One had pink snowflakes and the other had green trees on one side and the critters on the other. This allowed me to mix and match pieces for the circles.

My Second Card
Card #2 Using the Penguin Playmates 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper

The embellishments that I used are also from the upcoming Mini Catalogue. They included the Subtle Shimmer Sequins and the beautiful iridescent Wonderful Snowflakes. Don’t you just love how delicate are the Wonderful Snowflakes! I wanted some smaller snowflakes to scatter on my cards. So, I ended up using the snowflake die from the Giving Gifts Dies.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Penguin Place Bundle (156789), Picture This Dies (155559), Giving Gifts Dies (156563)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), VersaMark Ink (102283), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105)

Paper: Balmy Blue (146982), Misty Moonlight (153081), Basic White (159276), Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper (158420)

Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Wonderful Snowflakes (156340), Subtle Shimmer Sequins (156407), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Heat Tool (129053)

Close Up of Card #1
Close Up of My Chilly Willie Card #1

Measurements: 

  • Balmy Blue: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (Card base #1)
  • Misty Moonlight: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (Card base #2)
  • Balmy Blue: 4” x 5 ¼””
  • Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼” (2 pieces)
  • Basic White: scraps (sentiment/snowflakes)
  • Balmy Blue: scraps (sentiment)
Close Up of Card #2
Close Up of My Chilly Willie Card #2

More Information on My Chilly Willie Cards:

Hope you like my Chilly Willie Cards.

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

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

My Puppy Love Card

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My Puppy Love Card
My Puppy Love Design Team Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Puppy Love Card as my first official Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. I am so excited that I have been asked to become a permanent Design Team Member! Yippee!

For my card, I used the sweet Puppy Cuddles and coloured with my Copic markers her hair colour to match her puppy’s fur. You know what they say…you look like your dog. Lol! 

Since it is still snowy here is Canada, I thought I would create one last winter card as a mini slim line card. I have been having so much fun with slim line cards and thought it would be fun to create my first mini card for her! The birch trees were the perfect size for my slim line card with a couple of snow banks to fill in the space at the bottom. I decided that the Friend die would be neat die cut from the snow bank. I added the white embossed “Best” on Early Espresso to match the colour of her dog and to complete my Best Friend sentiment since all dogs are Man’s Best Friend!

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E49/E43/E42/E41
Eyes: E47/E44/E43
Blues: B91/B93/B95/B97
Browns: E44/E43/E42/E41
Pom Pom on Hat: E43/E42/E41/Star Dust Stickles
Boots: E44/E43/E42/E41
Soles of Boots: E49/E47/E42
Puppy: E47/E44/E43/E42/R20

Close Up of My Design Team Card
Close Up of My Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design

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Card Recipe for My Puppy Love Card:

Puppy Cuddles, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Warm & Cozy 6” x 6” Paper, Echo Park
Woodland Collection Birch Tree Forest, Sue Wilson
Friend Saying, CC Designs
Freezin’ Friends Dies, Stampin Up!
Snowfall Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Art Gallery Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
VersaMark Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Misty Moonlight, Early Espresso and
Whisper White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 3.5”

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

To view my other Slim Line cards, please click here.

Hope you like my first Design Team card using
Puppy Cuddles for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

My Winter Sweethearts Card

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My Winter Sweethearts Design Team Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Winter Sweethearts Card as my last Guest Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. I am so excited that I have been asked to become a permanent Design Team Member with them starting in March! Yippee!

For my card, I used Winter Sweethearts and coloured them with my Copic markers to match my paper in purples and taupes. I coloured the girl in purples since it is one of my favourite colours. I coloured the boy with matching hat/jeans and boots/sweater since my hubby is all about matchy-matchy! LOL! Wouldn’t they make a great Valentine, Anniversary, Christmas, anything love card, but I made them my winter sweethearts!

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Copic Markers:

Girl
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E39/E35/E34/E33/E31
Sweater/Leggings/Scarf: V20/V22/V25/ Clear Gelly Roll Pen on Flower Centre
Dress/Leg Warmers: V12/V15/V17
Hat: V20/V22/V25/ V12/V15/V17/B000/0/Star Dust Stickles on Pompom
Boots: E37/E35/E33/White Gelly Roll Pen on Buttons

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

Boy
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E49/E47/E43/E42
Sweater/Boots: E70/E71/E74/E77
Shirt: B000/0
Jeans/Hat: B91/B92/B95/B97/B99

Snow: B000/0/Star Dust Stickles

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Card Recipe for My Winter Sweethearts Card:

Winter Sweethearts, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Frosty 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Pink & Main
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Precious Mittens Die, Memory Box
Snowflake Border Die, From my Stash
Seasonal Frames Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Snowfall Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Celebrate It 1.5” Ribbon, Michaels Arts & Crafts
Winter Wonderland Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Clear Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather and
Tip Top Taupe Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”

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

Hope you like my Guest Design Team card using
Winter Sweethearts for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Hugs for Mr. Snowman

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Hugs for Mr. Snowman Design Team Card
Hugs for Mr. Snowman Design Team Card

It’s Laurie here with my Hugs for Mr. Snowman Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her ‘Snowman Hug’ Christmas Digital Stamp. Isn’t this just the sweetest image with the little one giving Mr. Snowman a big hug!

I pulled out the Winter Fun paper a while back and had it sitting on my table in anticipation of this card. I love the soft blues and browns of it and coloured with my Copic markers the stamp to match. Once the image was coloured, I used my new Stampin’ Up! Blending Brush to give the sky a pretty blue to make the snowman pop from the background. Of course, you have to have snowflake dies cuts when a snowman is involved! I thought the Tan/ White Twine and the snowflake charm were perfect accents to my card! I added some sparkle with the Clear Gelly Roll Pen on the snowsuit’s snowflakes and a scattering of rhinestones.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Blues: B91/B93/B95/B97/B99
Browns: E40/E41/E42/E43
Snowman: W3/W0/0/R20/YR04/YR65

Close Up of Hugs for Mr. Snowman Design Team Card
Close Up of Hugs for Mr. Snowman Design Team Card

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Card Recipe for Hugs for
Mr. Snowman Card:

Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios, ‘Snowman Hug’ Christmas Digital Stamp
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Winter Fun 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Carta Bella
Snowflake Corner Die, Memory Box
Seasonal Layer Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Tan/White Twine, Maya Road
Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up!
All is Calm Snowflake Embellishments, Stampin’ Up!
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Balmy Blue Classic Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Balmy Blue, Sahara Sand and Whisper White Card Stock

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

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To view my other Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios cards, please click here.

Don’t forget to enter our January Challenge: Anything Goes Optional Twist Winter or Summer over at the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook Group where you can win some digital stamps! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.414061023046478&type=3

Hope you like Hugs for Mr. Snowman Card with ‘Snowman Hug’ Christmas Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie