Friday, September 15, 2023

My Aloha Santa Card

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.

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/Whites: 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

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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Ellie with Flower Basket by Noelene

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

Spring has finally come in Australia & I love spending time in my garden & seeing the pretty colours of all the new flowers blooming.

Today I have a Spring themed card to share with you using the pretty PND image called Ellie with Flower Basket .



I created a 6x6 base & layered some pretty papers. I glued some lace ribbon along the bottom for a soft feminine touch.  I then placed my coloured image & arranged the die cut pieces. I finished off by adding some flowers & sprinkles to embelish.




Copics:
Clothes: R81, R83, R85
Hair: E21, E25, E27, E29
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20
Basket & Flowers: R83, R85, R89, G43, G46, E13, E15, E18




Ellie with Flower Basket  is available in digital here.




Supplies:
Colouring Medium: Copics
Paper: Maja Design - Coffee in the Arbour
Accessories: Magnolia Lovely Umbrella Doohickey, La La Land Crafts Lattice Doily Border,
 Pierced Scalloped Ovals & Topiary Dies,  Doodlebug Design Glitter Sprinkles, 
WOC Flowers, Martha Leaf Frond Punch, Lace Ribbon from my stash.

For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Noelene x

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Birthday Party Emma by Noelene

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


August is a busy month for birthdays so I have created another fun birthday card using a sweet image from the latest PND release called Birthday Party Emma.




For my card I have used a 5x7 base & built up cut layers of colourful party themed paper. I then die cut my birthday sentiment 3 times & adhered on top of each other for dimension. For my happy sentiment I placed the letters back down onto the cut frame & slightly offset the letters to show the pink backing. 




Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Hair: E50, E53, E57, E59
Yellows: Y000, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y35
Greens: YG00, YG03, YG05, YG07
Pinks: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09
Blues: B12, B14, B16




Birthday Party Emma is available in digital stamp here.




Supplies:
Paper: Doodlebug Design - Hey Cupcake
Accessories: MFT A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax,  Doodlebug Design Happy Birthday Doodlecuts & Sprinkles

For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!

Thanks for stopping by!


Hugs


Noelene x 

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Birthday Party Emma

Hi Crafty Friends,
It's my birthday month! August 25th! So I'm all about the birthday cards. This is Birthday Party Emma from Paper Nest Dolls. I colored her up to match the Sweet Celebrations 6x6 Paper Pad from Ink N' Splatter.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is your birth stone?
A: Me? Peridot



Supplies:

Paper Nest Dolls Birthday Party Emma
Ink N' Splatter Sweet Celebrations 6x6 Paper Pad

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Dino Party Owen by Noelene

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


Today I have created a fun birthday card using a cute image from the latest PND release called Dino Party Owen.





For my card I have used a 5x7 base & built up cut layers of colourful party themed paper. I then die cut my sentiment 3 times & adhered on top of each other for dimension. Lastly I placed my coloured image onto a scalloped oval die cut & adhered to my base.




Copics:
Clothes & Shoes & Cupcake: B12, B14, B16, C1, 
YG0000, YG03, YG05, YG07, Y11, Y13, Y15
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Dino: E33, E35, Y32, Y35, Y38
Hair: E33, E37, E39




Dino Party Owen is available in digital stamp here.




Supplies:
Paper: Doodlebug Design - Hey Cupcake
Accessories: Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Ovals ,  Doodlebug Design Happy Birthday Doodlecuts & Sprinkles


Thanks for stopping by!


Hugs


Noelene x 

Monday, July 31, 2023

North Pole Mini Reindeer by Noelene

 Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene back today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls.  As this month comes to an end I am sharing one last Christmas in July card.


I decided to go with my favourite PND reindeer called "North Pole Mini Reindeer"




I coloured my image then cut out to create a clean & simple card on a 5x7 frame base. I die cut the Merry sentiment 3 times & clued the layers for some dimension then adhered it onto my card. Lastly I added the Christmas sentiment using foam tape. 




Copics:
Reindeer: E18, E51, E53, E55, E57, E70, E71, E74, E77, R30
Scarfe: BG90, BG93, BG96
Nose: R27, R29




"North Pole Mini Reindeer" is available in digital stamp here




He is also part of the North Pole set which consists of 7 images that you can purchase in rubber here or in digital here




Supplies:
Stamp: MFT - Birdie Brown Greetings Galore
Colouring Medium: Copics
Accessories: MFT Stacked Merry Die-Namics.


Thanks for stopping by!


Hugs


Noelene x

 

Friday, July 28, 2023

My Sliding Santa Card


 
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! 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.

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


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

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie
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