My Doll Detectives’ Slimline Box Card

Zoinks! Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Doll Detectives’ Slimline Box Card using Doll Detectives by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. This bundle comes with 6 digital stamps including 2 boys, 2 girls, a dog, and a van.

The Details of My Card

I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers that I made another card with them, but a slimline box card instead! I will add a link to the other card I made at the end of this post.

For my card, I thought a torture scene would be perfect for them using Enchanted Kingdom and Enchanted Forest Slimline Paper by Whimsy Stamps. This paper makes creating scenes so easy because it’s so detailed. Since the paper is so amazing, I decided to use the whole sheet, even though my card would be larger than a usual slimline.

To create my scene, I decided to a box card would be fun allowing for 3 different layers on the front and another one for the back of the card. For each layer, I sponged a stencil to create the cobbled floor and road.

For my sentiments, I thought speech bubbles with their iconic sayings would be such fun! So, I created them in Microsoft Word and used my Brother Scan & Cut to cut them out. For Jinkies and Jeepers, I wanted them to hover above the girls’ heads. Hence, I used a thin strip of window sheet for each and glued them to the layer behind them. I will include a link to a PDF of the sentiments that I created that you could download at the end.

The only embellishment that I added was the cute magnifying glass beside the main sentiment. Tip: use Glossy Accents to glue it to the card. I found it worked the best.

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Copic Markers:

Girl 1

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20

Hair: E57/E37/E08/E15/YR27

Shirt: YR68/YR65/YR61

Skirt: E37/E08/E15

Magnifier: W4/0

Glossy Accents on Glasses and Magnifier

Boy 1

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04

Hair: E57/E25/E99/YR27/YR24

Shirt: G07/YG09/YG05

Pants: E37/E08/E15

Shoes: W8/W6/W4

Sandwich: E50/E51/YG03/Y17/YR24/R08

Dog

Fur: E27/E25/E23

Collar: B18/B26/B24/B12

Tongue/Ears: RV00/R20

Nose/Spots/Eyebrows: W8/W6

Dog Tag: C3/C1

Boy 2

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04

Hair: YR24/Y35/Y13/Y11/Y00

Sweater: C3/C1/C0/0

Pants: B18/B26/B24/B12

Scarf: YR09/YR16/Y17

Shoes: E50/E53/E55

Girl 2

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20

Hair: E08/YR18/YR07/YR04/Y17

Scarf: G07/YG09/YG05

Dress/Shoes/Headband: BV04/BV02/BV00

Stripes/Tights: V12/V01/RV00

Van

Green: G07/YG09/YG05

Blue: BG57/BG45/BG53

Wheels: C9/C7/C5

Steel Parts: C5/C4/C3

Flowers: YR09/YR16/Y17

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Card Recipe for My Doll Detectives’ Slimline Box Card:

Doll Detectives, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Enchanted Kingdom Slimline Paper Pack, Whimsy Stamps

Enchanted Forest Slimline Paper Pack, Whimsy Stamps

Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up!

Microsoft Word for sentiments

Brother Scan & Cut

Rocky Road Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!

Basic Gray Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!

Magnifying glass charms antique silver tone, Nicole de Bruin Charms

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Tranquil tide, Basic Black, and Basic Gray Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 6/8” x 3 6/8”

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To download a PDF of my Doll Detectives’ sentiments, please click here.

Here is the other Doll Detective card that I made. Please click here to find out more about this card.

Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Doll Detectives by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

ZOINKS! Happy Birthday

Hi PND Fans! It's Betty here...My all time favorite cartoon growing up was a group of kids and their Great Dane dog, so when Paper Nest Dolls came out with this set of stamps, called Doll Detectives, I couldn't just color just one of the stamps, I had to color them all! This awesome stamp bundle comes in red rubber and in digital formats! I used the digital formats so that I can make them the size I needed for my slimline easel card.

To make this slimline easel card, I first printed the two girls and the two boys at 3-3/4" tall. The dog is 2" tall and the bus is 2-3/4" tall. I colored all the images with Copic markers and the sandwich with Prismacolor pencils then fussy cut them.

Copic Markers Used

Girl 1

Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Hair: E18, E08,YR18, YR14

Green: YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91

Light Purple: V25, V22, V20

Dark Purple: V17, V15, V12

Girl 2

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Glasses: B00

Hair: E29, E37, E35, E34, E31

Orange: YR18, YR16, YR14, YR12

Red: R39, R37, R35, R32

Magnifying Glass: C5, C3, C1, B01, B000

Boy 1

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Hair: E13, E11, E53, E50

White: C7, C5, C3, C1, 0

Blue: B99, B97, B93, B91

Red: R39, R37, R35, R32

Shoes: E47, E44, E43

Boy 2

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Hair: E29, E37, E35, E34, E31

Green: YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91

Brown: E47, E44, E43, E42

Shoes: T5, T2, T1

Sandwich - Prismacolor Pencils

Brown: PC943, PC946

Green: PC909, PC911

Orange/Yellow: PC916, PC918

Red: PC924

Dog

Brown: E39, E35, E34, E31

Red: R22, R20

Black: T7, T5, T3

Blue: B97, B93, B91

Gold: Y28, YR24

Bus

Blue: BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01, BG000

Green: YG17, YG09, YG07, YG05

Orange: Y18, Y16, Y15

Silver: T3, T2, T0

Black: T9, T7, T5

To make the slimline easel card, use the following measurements as shown below. There are two cut lines and the rest are score lines. I did my measurements and marked it with pencil, then I used a steel ruler and craft knife to make my cut lines. You can also use a rotary or blade paper trimmer that has grid lines and measurements to make your cuts. For this card, start with a sheet of 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock. Cut off 1/2" of the 11" side so that the cardstock measures 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Make the following cut and score lines:

After making the cut and score lines, fold the easel to look like this: 

I downloaded and printed some free digital patterned paper from Freepik to decorate the card. I thought this flower pattern was perfect for the card. I matted the patterned paper with turquoise cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere all the images onto the card. I created and printed the sentiment on my printer, then trimmed it. I added a turquoise cardstock mat behind it.

This was such a fun card to make! These stamps are just so cute! Great for scrapbooking too! 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a creative week!