Avery with Watering Can & Bird House by Noelene

Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene here today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls. 

Autumn has started here in Australia but it is the beginning of Spring in some parts of the world. I am already dreaming of the warmer months & my favourite season of the year, where the flowers are starting to bloom & I get to play in my garden patch. 

For todays card I have combined 2 different images together to create a Spring themed scene. I have used Avery with Watering Can & Bird House. I have created a 5"x7" base & shaded the background of my image. I kept it fairly simple & only added sprinkle to embellish as this card was very colourful.

Copics:

Clothes: RV 02, RV04, RV06, Y13, Y15, Y18

Flowers: RV02, RV04, RV06, G02, G09

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R20

Hair: E42, E43, E47, E49

Hat & Bird House: E30, E31, E33, E35

Watering Can: V01, V04, V06

Bunny: C0, C2, R20

Avery with Watering Can is available digital stamp here & Bird House is available digital stamp here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Noelene x

 

Hello Springtime!

Hello Crafty Friends! Welcome Spring! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Hello Springtime! as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set. There are ten images in the set including:

• Shears Gnome
• Tulip Gnome
• Shovel Gnome
• Watering Can Gnome
• Bird Bath
• Tulips
• Daises
• Mushroom with Butterfly
• Wheelbarrow
• Gnome Home

Since today is the First Day of Spring, I thought I would create a Spring card with tulips blooming, birds singing and butterflies fluttering! For my card, I decided to create a scene using several stamps from the Gnome Set.

 

The Details of My Card

I used Microsoft Word to layout my carefully planned scene so that when I added the Watering Can Gnome, she wouldn’t block any of the other images. I printed and coloured her with my Copic markers separately so that I could add some depth to my scene.

Once everything was coloured, I used the different sizes of the Blending Brushes by Picket Fence and a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps cloud stencil to create my sky around the coloured images. It’s nice that the blending brushes come in different sizes! The smaller ones allowed me to get into areas close to the coloured images without having to mask them.

Tip: Use parts of digital stamps, like the birds from the birdbath, instead of the whole stamp to create interest.

For the grass, I wanted a straight part where the flowers were and then a hill to add interest. So, for the straight piece, I used the largest Small Mini Slimline Stackables Die to get the stitching along the top. The hill was from the Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies by Lawn Fawn. To create dimension and differentiate the two pieces of grass, I used dimensionals.

Tip: use your slimline dies for more than just slimline cards.

I tucked my coloured gnome into the hill part of the grass but added dimensionals behind her to give depth to my scene.

I added die cut stitched clouds to match the stitching on the grass. The sentiment was printed out on my computer and them die cut with another stitched die.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the wings of the butterflies and Glossy Accents to her watering can. A scattering of yellow resin flowers in the grass added to my Spring theme.

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Copic Markers

Girl Gnome

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20

Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21

Pink: R85/R83/R81

Green: G82/G43/G40

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Flower Petals: YR31/YR30

Flower Centre: YR24/YR31

Watering Can: C5/C3/C2

Tulips

Pink: R85/R83/R81

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Green: G82/G43/G40

Birds

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Beak: YR24

Butterflies

Body: C5/C3/C2

Wings: BG11/BG10

Mushrooms

Pink: R85/R83/R81

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Stems: E25/YR24

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Card Recipe for My Hello Springtime! Card

Gnome Set, Paper Nest Dolls

Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink

The Four Seasons Spring Paper Pad, P13

Aloe Vera Card Stock, Bazzill

Romance Card Stock, Bazzill

Turquoise Mist Card Stock, Bazzill

Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn

Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn

Small Mini Slimline Stackables, Lawn Fawn

Spring Gnome Sentiments, Polkadoodles Stamps & Papercrafting

Pretty Pillowbox Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Krafty Scenery 2 Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Salty Ocean Distressed Inks, Ranger

Blending Brushes, Picket Fence

Fun Flowers Resin Shapes, Stampin’ Up!

Electronic die cutting machine and scissors

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Finished card size: 5” x 5”

Stamp Size: 3”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using

Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

 

Hi Crafty Friends,
This little lamb is from the Down on the Farm Stamp Set from Paper Nest Dolls. This set comes with all the farm animals and a cute farm girl and boy. The lamb is a perfect March Card "in like a lion, out like a lamb" I'm ready to welcome spring!

Make Crafty Friends  Q & A:
Q: What is the weather like in March where you live?
A: Me? Just as described above... in Chicago it's in like a lion WINDY and wet, out like a lamb suddenly it's spring

Supplies:
Paper Nest Dolls Down on the Farm
Newton's Nook Square Frames Dies

Don't forget to subscribe, follow, and comment on my blog AND Instagram @MadeByMeghanK for your chance to win my March Prize

Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing my Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection 80's Girl Ellie. There are ten dolls in the Decade Collection that come in both rubber and digital stamps. You can find all the digital versions here.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to go with the bright neon colours of the 80’s. I usually don’t use these colours, but it was fun to go outside my comfort zone! I even used Copic markers that I haven’t used before! This might be dating me, but do you remember leg warmers and “Gag me with a Spoon” (said with my best Valley Girl voice)? Lol!

Doodlebug paper is always so bright and colourful that I decided to go with the Hey Cupcake paper. Perfect for my birthday theme in these bright colours! I also wanted a bright neon green and went with a piece of Parakeet Party DSP.

The Framed Florets Dies gave me a perfect backdrop for Ellie and I couldn’t resist using the bright pink sprinkles paper behind her to make her pop.

The sentiment was printed out on my computer. I used a fun script called Mystical Woods Smooth Script at 12pt which I cut apart so that I could run it beside Ellie. I popped up “Like”, TOTALLY” and “birthday” to give visual interest and to highlight these words since they are what my card is all about!

To add to the birthday theme, I added a banner that was die cut from the Doodlebug paper.

I found some bright sequins in my stash that went beautifully with my bright neon colours. Star Dust Stickles was added to the heart on her top, her earrings and the accents on her bow.

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Copic Markers

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20

Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Greens: YG09/YG06/YG03/YG01

Blacks: C7/C6/C4

Bracelets: YG09/R85/C6

Earrings: YG09/YG01

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Card Recipe for My Like TOTALLY Awesome Birthday Card

Decade Collection 80's Girl Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls

Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink

Hey Cupcake 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.

Butterfly Kisses 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Framed Florets Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Flag Banner Dies, from my Stash

Sequins, from my Stash

Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Polished Pink and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using

Decade Collection 80's Girl Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Cutest Pig Ever!

 

Hi Crafty Friends,
This darling little pig is from the Down on the Farm Stamp Set from Paper Nest Dolls. This set comes with all the farm animals and a cute farm girl and boy. I just love the pig so much, I wanted him to be featured on his own card.

Make Crafty Friends  Q & A:
Q: What is your favorite farm animal?
A: Me? Horses

Supplies:
Paper Nest Dolls Down on the Farm
Newton's Nook Square Frames Dies

Don't forget to subscribe, follow, and comment on my blog AND Instagram @MadeByMeghanK for your chance to win my March Prize

Stone Age Girl by Noelene

Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene here today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls. 

Today I have a baby card to share using one of the images from the PND Stone Age Family set called Stone Age Girl.

This is a super cute set released in 2022 based on our favourite cave man family The Flinstones. The set comes with 8 different images so you can mix & match to your hearts content to create different scenes.

I created my card on a 5"x7" base & shaded the background after masking my image. Lastly I added the sentiments & some shaped sprinkles to embellish.

Copics:

Clothes: C8, B00, B01, B02, G02, G03, G05

Bone: W00, W2, W4

Hair: YR07, YR08, YR14, YR21

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R20

Stone Age Family is available in rubber here & digital stamp here. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Noelene x

 

Just a Note to Say Thank You

Hello Everyone, it's Betty here on the blog! It's time to make some thank you cards to replenish my stash. I am using the cutest bee digital stamp from Paper Nest Dolls called Lulu Bee. It also comes in red rubber in the name of Lil Bee Emma. This adorable stamp makes the perfect A6 size shaker card. I used the Hexagon Stack Die from Paper Roses to create the shaker. 

Supplies used:

• Paper Nest Dolls digital stamp Lulu Bee
• Paper Roses Hexagon Stack Die
• Stephanie Bernard/Sizzix/Stamps of Life Windows stamp set and dies
• Penny Black Sentiment Collection
• A6 white card base
• Black cardstock (Mat layer 1)
• Yellow cardstock (Mat layer 2)
• White cardstock (card front)
• Shaker bits
• Clear acetate
• 1/4" double sided foam tape

I colored the stamp using Copic markers in the following colors:

Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair: E37, E35, E33, E31

Yellow: YR24, YR14, YR21

Black: T9, T7, T5, T3

Purple: V17, V15, V12

Green: G28, G14

Wings: T3, T2, T1, 0 Plus Arteza silver glitter gel pen

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a creative week! ~Betty~