Friday, April 26, 2024
Strawberry Jam Emma by Noelene
Friday, April 12, 2024
Happiness is Homegrown Card
Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! Spring has finally arrived here! So, I am sharing my Happiness is Homegrown Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Little Chick Emma.
The Details of My Happiness is Homegrown Card
Don’t you just love Emma in her patchwork dress! So, sweet! I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers in Spring colours to match my papers.
For my card, I decided to use the Simple Stories paper since it had a farm theme, and I loved the soft colours! I had some scraps with chickens left over from a previous project, but not a lot. So, I created two squares and placed them in opposite corners on the blue/green polka dotted card base. Great way to use scraps!
Next, I added a die cut white fence to add some interest to the background.
The sentiment and banner were from the matching Simple Stories Bits & Pieces. The needlepoint look was perfect for Emma with her patchwork dress! An adhesive-backed pink heart on the banner mirrored the pinks in Emma’s dress.
Finally, for embellishments, I added more adhesive-backed hearts and flowers in addition to Star Dust Stickles to the hearts on Emma’s dress.
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Card Recipe for My Happiness is Homegrown Card
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
Stamp Size: 4”
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Friday, March 29, 2024
My Happy Easter Tag
Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! Who’s ready for Easter? There is always time for one last Easter tag! So, I am sharing My Happy Easter Tag as my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls using Egg Coloring Lulu.
The Details of My Happy Easter Tag
I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers in Easter colours to match my Easter paper and card stock.
For my tag, I decided to use several Easter dies including a pink Easter Egg and the reverse Happy Easter words. I also added a purple floral border behind Lulu to make her pop and give some visual interest behind her. I used paper snips to trim the edges of the border piece to fit my round corners of my tag.
Next, I went with a Polka Dot Tulle ribbon since it reminded me of Easter tulle. The Happy Easter ribbon in purple was a perfect colour for the theme of my card! I used some Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine to tie this all together.
Finally, to add some sparkle, I used Star Dust Stickles on Lulu’s heart on her smock and Wink of Stella on her egg. As well, a scattering of Glossy Dots that matched my colour scheme were placed around the sentiment.
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Card Recipe for My Happy Easter Tag
Finished Tag size: 2-7/8” x 5 -3/8”
Stamp Size: 4”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Egg Coloring Lulu by Paper Nest Dolls!
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Goodnight Hippo
Friday, March 22, 2024
My Easter Egg Hunt Card
Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! Easter is just around the corner. So, I am sharing My Easter Egg Hunt Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Lulu with Easter Basket.
The Details of My Easter Egg Hunt Card
I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers in Easter colours to match my Easter paper. I just love these soft colours!
For my card, I decided to use the gorgeous Tulip Dies as a backdrop for Lulu. I just bought these dies and was eager to use them! So, I went with white card stock and a soft pink that has some texture on it so as not to detract from Lulu. The sentiment “Easter Egg Hunt” was from the Welcome Easter Paper Pad and perfect for my theme.
To decorate my card, I added die cut Easter eggs that matched the colours of Lulu’s eggs in her basket. Next, I added several Brass Butterflies floating from the focal point.
Finally, to add some sparkle, I used Wink of Stella on Lulu’s eggs, hair bow and basket bow.
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Card Recipe for My Easter Egg Hunt Card
Finished card size: 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”
Stamp Size: 4”
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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Lulu with Easter Basket by Paper Nest Dolls!
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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Avery with Cross by Noelene
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
My Favorite Song Card
The Details of My Favorite Song Card
I had coloured this stamp with my Copic markers a while back…in fact, since I liked her so much, I coloured her twice at the time! Lol! So, I decided to finally get this one onto a card especially since I bought the perfect Walkman dies by My Favorite Things!
For my card, I thought that the Walkman would make a fun shaker. So, I built my Walkman using the dies and even added four layers to the red foam ear pieces to give them some dimension! I used a Window Sheet for where my shaker sequins would go. Once that was built, I added Foam Adhesive Strips between the top and the cassette paper to enclose my sequins. I thought that the cassette paper was a great backing for my Walkman! The skates and disco ball paper behind my focal point was perfect for my theme!
The sentiment was from a retired Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set, but you could easily type this out on your computer and printing it. It was stamped in black ink and die cut out using the Stitched Rectangles.
To add some sparkle to the card, I used Stickles on Ellie’s pompoms on her skates. For the musical notes, I used holographic paper to give them an iridescent look! Very hip for the 80’s. Lol! The final touch was adding Glossy Accents to her Walkman case.
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Card Recipe for My Favorite Song Card
Seventies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Ciao Bella
Portable Jams Dies, My Favourite Things
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
Stamp Size: 4”
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Baby Animal Train by Noelene
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Amara with Donut by Noelene
Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene back today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
My Kitty Love Card
Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing My Kitty Love Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the New Release Kitty Love with the Snow Globe Bundle!
The Details of My Kitty Love Card
For my card, I decided to combine the Snow Globe Bundle with the Kitty Love stamp since the kitty fits so perfectly in the snow globe! I used Microsoft Word to size and insert the kitty into the globe. In addition, I used Word to add Happy Valentine’s Day to the plaque on the base.
I haven’t coloured a snow globe before and wanted to challenge myself. So, I used the 3.0 Mini Class Bundle from Kit and Clowder as a reference and used my Copic markers to colour the image. It was a lot of fun getting the shine on the glass! Once it was coloured, I added Glossy Accents to the plaque on the globe base and Stickles to all the hearts.
I decided to use the French Kiss Doodlebug Paper since it had hearts, envelopes, and happy mail on it. Perfect for my card! To ground the snow globe, I used a solid piece of red paper that was already embossed with hearts to add to my Valentine theme.
Next, I added some die cut hearts in opposite corners for balance. A die cut glassine envelope with die cut hearts inside and an adhesive-backed heart to seal it was added to mirror the letters in the mailbox.
For embellishments, I used a piece of white lace trim and white resin hearts.
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Card Recipe for My Kitty Love Card
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
Stamp Size: 3 ¾”
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Monday, January 22, 2024
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!
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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Card Recipe for My Season to beFreezin’ Card
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
Stamp Size: 3”
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