My Shellabrate Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! One final mermaid card for MerMay from me! I am sharing My Shellabrate Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Mermaid Ellie with Seahorse. 

The Details of My Shellabrate Card

Since it was perfect for my Mermaid theme, I decided to use the Mermaid Tales Collection Kit by Echo Park! The Kit came with paper and stickers. So, I used the “Sparkle & Shine” sticker as well as the paper on my card. The Shellabrate flag was from the Mermaid Dreams Frames & Tags also by Echo Park.

Once I picked my papers, I used the colours from it to colour Ellie with my Copic markers. I used Clear Wink of Stella on her tail and on the fins of the seahorse to add some sparkle just like the sticker said!

Next, I added an angel fish die cut to match the fish in the paper, as well as a shell and seaweed beside the sticker to help ground her.

Finally, for embellishments, I added three dew drops that look like air bubbles to mirror the air bubble paper. I also added a black rhinestone for the fish’s eye.

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Copic Markers

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

Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43

Purples: V17/V25/V22/V20 

Blues: BG53/BG57/BG78

Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03

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Card Recipe for My Shellabrate Card

Mermaid Ellie with Seahorse, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Mermaid Tales Collection Kit, Echo Park Paper Co.

Mermaid Dreams Frames & Tags, Echo Park Paper Co.

Perennial Essence Vellum Cardstock, Stampin’ Up!

Build-an-Ocean Die Set, Whimsy Stamps

Angel Fish Die Set, Frantic Stamper Inc.

Crumb Cake Classic Ink, Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!

Spring Blooms Dew Drops, The Robin’s Nest

Black Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Welcome Little One Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Welcome Little One Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Avery with Bird Nest. We discovered a bird nest with some robin eggs on one of our outdoor lights. So, I couldn’t resist creating a card around this miracle! I even used a photo of the eggs in the nest on my card!

The Details of My Welcome Little One Card

For my card, I decided to colour with my Copic markers Avery in similar colours to the eggs and nest but went with a bright red hair for all those gorgeous curls!

Next, I die cut the printed photo with a stitched circle die. I used this same die for all three layers of my “nest” so they would line up when layered. The top two offset layers consisted of leaves in two different greens to add dimension. I also added a few sprigs of leaves emanating from my nest.

I used the border leaf die on the darker DSP behind Avery to tie in my theme and make her stand out from the other DSP.

The sentiment was stamped in Balmy Blue, and one end was cut at an angle with my Paper Snips.

Finally, for embellishments, I added three birds from the Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds for a bit of sparkle.

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Copic Markers

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

Hair: R08/YR07/YR14/YR21

Blues: BG02/BG01/BG000

Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03

Browns: E35/E33/E31/E30

Bird: BG02/BG01/BG000/W3/W1/W00

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Card Recipe for My Welcome Little One Card

Avery with Bird Nest, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Spring Garden 12” x 12” Paper Collection, Paper Rose

Flight & Airy 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box

Birds & More Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Cradled in Love Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!

Balmy Blue Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!

Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds, Stampin’ Up!

Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!

Computer and Printer

Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, and Garden Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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Hugs,

Laurie

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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Copic Markers

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

Hair: E18/E15/YR23/Y21

Pinks: R22/R21/R11/R00 

Blues: BG13/BG11/BG10

Greens: YG63/YG61/YG03

Yellows: Y38/Y35/Y18 

Chicks/Polka Dot Patches: Y38/Y35/Y18/Y15/YR09/YR04

Flowers: R22/R11/Y18

Sky: BG10/0

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Card Recipe for My Happiness is Homegrown Card

Little Chick Emma, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Homegrown 6” x 8” Paper Pad, Simple Stories

Homegrown Bits & Pieces, Simple Stories

Picket Fence Die-namics, My Favorite Things

Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers, Stampin’ Up!

Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4”

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Hugs,

Laurie

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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Copic Markers

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

Hair: E49/E47/E44/E42

Pinks: R85/R83/R81 

Blue/Greens: BG15/BG13/BG11

Purples: V17/V15/V12

Whites: C3/C1/0

Shoes: BG15/BG13/BG11/C3/C1

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Card Recipe for My Happy Easter Tag

Egg Coloring Lulu, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Hoppy Easter 12” x 12” Paper, Doodlebug Inc.

Bracket & Tag Dies, Photo Play

Easter Eggs #2, Frantic Stamper Inc.

Reverse-Cut Spring Words Dies, Frantic Stamper Inc.

Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, Stampin’ Up!

Easter Collection Ribbon, Celebrate It, Michaels Arts & Crafts

Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Dots Assortments, Stampin’ Up!

Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!

Finished Tag size: 2-7/8” x 5 -3/8”

Stamp Size: 4”

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Hugs,

Laurie

My Favorite Song Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing My Favorite Song Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Decade Collection Roller Skating 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 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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Copic Markers

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

Hair: Y21/Y26/YR24/E25

Shirt: B99/B97/B95/B93/B91

Shorts: R29/R24/R22/C3/C1/0

Tummy Sack: G99/G94/G21

Black on Skates: C7/C6/C4

White on Skates: C3/C1/0

Red on Skates: R29/R24/R22

Headphones: C7/C6/C4/R29/R24/R22

Walkman: C7/C6/C4/B91/B95/Glossy Accents

Socks: R29/R24/R22/G99/G94/G21/Y38/Y35/Y32/YR09/YR07/YR02

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Card Recipe for My Favorite Song Card

Decade Collection Roller Skating Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls

Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Seventies 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Ciao Bella
Portable Jams Dies, My Favourite Things

Violin and Music Notes Dies, Cottage Cutz

Holographic Trio Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up!

Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up!

For the Record Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!

Versafine Black Ink, Tsukineko

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Peaceful Poppies Sequins, Stamin’ Up!

Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up!

Real Red, Basic Black, Basic Gray, 

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 Roller Skating Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

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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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

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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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Hope you like my Season to be Freezin’ Card using

Yeti with Tree by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

My Cup of Cheer Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing My Cup of Cheer Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Reindeer PJ's. Isn't she adorable!

The Details of My Cup of Cheer Card

I had so much fun colouring Emma in her cute PJs with my Copic markers to match my non-traditional paper choice! For my card, I thought the Christmas cookie paper would be perfect since cookies and hot chocolate are a great combination, especially gingerbread! Yum! The pretty plaid pattern paper really brought out the non-traditional colours of my card.

Isn’t that die cut mug just the cutest! For the mug, I knew I wanted to use the snowflake tag and found that the die just fit it. To add some dimension to my mug, I blended some Pool Party ink along the edges. I also blended some Pink Pirouette Ink along the edges of the heart. I thought it would be fun to add whipped cream and a candy cane just like Emma’s. The spoon was die cut from some metallic paper that I had. Of course, if you have hot chocolate, you need marshmallows! Lol!

Since there was a lot going on the card already, I went with a simple die cut sentiment with a few red rhinestones to match my candy cane.

Finally, I used Glossy Accents on Emma’s candy cane, Stardust Stickles on the reindeers’ noses and Wink of Stella on Emma’s and the mug’s whipped cream.

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Copic Markers:

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

Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Browns: E37/E35/E33/E31

Blues: BG75/BG72/BG70

Headband: E30/E31/R85/R83/R81

Reindeers: E37/E35/E33/E31/E30/R85/R81

Whipped Cream: BG000/BG0000

Candy Cane: R27/C1/0

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Card Recipe for My Cup of Cheer Card:

Emma in Reindeer PJ's, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Sugar Plum Wishes 12” x 12” Paper, Paige Evans 

Hug in a Mug Honey Cuts, Honey Bee Stamps

Hug in a Mug Stamp Set, Honey Bee Stamps

Mugs & Kisses Honey Cuts, Honey Bee Stamps

VersaFine, Tsukineko

Pool Party Ink, Stampin’ Up!

Pink Pirouette Ink, Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!

Galvanized Metallic Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Stardust Stickles, Ranger

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Basic White, Real Red, and Pink Pirouette Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”

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Emma in Reindeer PJ's by Paper Nest Dolls!

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Hugs,

Laurie

Celebrate the Season Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Celebrate the Season Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Christmas Sweater. 

Details of My Celebrate the Season Card

For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline card using the Pink Fresh scallop die. What is so nice about this die is that it cuts two scallop rectangles at once. I used both scallop rectangles with one in pink and one in red to match my colour scheme.

I love Mintay Papers, and the Merry Little Christmas paper is gorgeous! So, I decided to use it for my colour scheme of red and pink with white accents. I coloured Emma with my Copic markers to match my colour scheme. Don’t you just love her snowman sweater!

For the sentiment cluster, I used a silver snowflake to add some sparkle, a fussy cut candy cane from the Mintay paper and a die cut sentiment.

Next, I used Glossy Accents on the candy cane and Stardust Stickles on the trim of the hats and boots. The only thing left was to add a few red rhinestones for a bit more sparkle.

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Copic Markers:

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

Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31

Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Whites: C3/C1/0

Snowman: C6/C3/C1/R27/C3/C1/0/YR18/YR15

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Card Recipe for My Celebrate the Season Card:

Emma in Christmas Sweater, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Merry Little Christmas 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Mintay Papers

Essentials Mini Slimline Stitched Scallop Rectangle Dies, Pink Fresh Studio

Simple Stripes – Christmas Stamp, Taylored Expressions

Simple Stripes Die, Taylored Expressions

VersaFine, Tsukineko

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Silver Snowflake, From My Stash

Stardust Stickles, Ranger (Hat/Boot Trim)

Glossy Accents, Ranger (Candy Cane)

Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!

Basic White, Real Red, and Pink Pirouette Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ¼” 6 ¼”

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Hope you like my Design Team card using

Emma in Christmas Sweater by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Scary Cute Halloween Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing my Scary Cute Halloween Card using Vampire Ellie by Paper Nest Dolls as my Design Team Inspiration Card.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I had so much fun colouring Vampire Ellie with my Copic markers! I knew that I wanted to give her black hair and decided to go with a ghoulish green and red since she is a vampire. I made her skin a bit lighter by not using E04 for my shadows to give her a deathly pallor. Lol!

For the balloons, I went with an ectoplasm green like in Ghostbusters and a black for the bat. I used my white gelly roll pen to make bat’s fangs stand out and for the highlights on both balloons. The balloons also had glossy accents add to them to make them look like real balloons. Star Dust Stickles were added to the red bows and red trim of her dress. 

I decided to create a mini slimline card since I wanted to create a spooky graveyard scene with my dies. Of course, if you have a vampire, you must have a moon dripping blood! Lol! So, I stamped the blood drips first before die cutting the moon out. That way the craters on the moon die did not cause voids in the stamped dripping blood. Next, I brushed Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink around the edges of my moon to make it glow.

Then, I die cut the graveyard in Basic Black and Basic Gray to help differentiate the two layers. Don’t you love how the spooky sky and moon show through the gate to the graveyard!

For the sky, I went with some spooky green skulls paper to match my colouring. Plus, they reminded me of all the ghosts in the graveyard.

A couple of black glimmer bats add some sparkle to the sky. The “Scary” sentiment was die cut from red glimmer paper to match my red colouring.

Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of red rhinestones and black sequins to match my colour scheme.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/R20

Hair: N10/N8/N6

Greens: G29/YG67/YG17/YG03

Reds: R39/R37/R35R32

Shoes/Bat Balloon: N10/N8/N6

Skulls: C3/0

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Card Recipe for My Scary Cute Halloween Card:

Vampire Ellie, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Kelly Panacci Halloween Designer Mat Pad, K & Company

Red Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Boneyard Edgers Dies, Frantic Stamper Ins.

Full Moon Dies, Lawn Fawn

Reverse Cut Halloween Words, Frantic Stamper Inc.

Bat Punch, Stampin’ Up!

Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger

Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!

Ghoulish Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!

Cherry Cobber Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!

Metallic Sequin Assortment, Stampin’ Up!

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura

Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Basic Gray Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3 ½” x 6”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Vampire Ellie for Paper Nest Dolls!

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Hugs,

Laurie

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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Vacation Santa Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

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Hugs,

Laurie

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

Santa on Vacation Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing my Santa on Vacation Card for Christmas in July and 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 Card

For my card, I decided to create a summer beach scene with Santa enjoying his ice cream! I coloured Santa and the palm tree with my Copic Markers. I love that he has a candy cane in his ice cream! Lol! I added Glossy Accents to his glasses and the light bulbs on the palm tree. For the palm tree, I used Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen to make the star sparkle and Silver Gelly Roll Pen on the wires for the lights.

Next, onto the scene building! The sky was created with watercolor paper and blending two blue Distress Oxide Inks onto it with my blending brush. Then, I used my splatter brush to splatter water to create some texture. Once that was done, I die cut some sand dunes and embossed them to give them the texture of sand. Finally, the sun and cloud were added to finish off my scene.

For the sentiment, I wanted just “Merry and Bright” even though the sentiment was “May Your Days be Merry and Bright”. So, I used Scotch Tape (you could also use a post-it note) to mask off the text that I didn’t want. Remember to remove the tape before you stamp though! Once the sentiment was stamped, I heat embossed it in white and die cut it out.

My beachy scene was added to a piece of Make A Splash paper that had palm trees in a bright greens and blue sky to mirror my scene.

The only embellishments added were some red rhinestones scattered around my focal point.

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Copic Markers

Santa

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000

Beard: C3/C1/C0

Reds: R29/R27/R24/R22

Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03

Ice Cream Cone: E35/E33/E31

Ice Cream: R85/R83/R81/E35/E33/E31/E53/E51/E50

Palm Tree
Trunk/Coconuts: E35/E33/E31/E30
Leaves: YG67/YG63/YG03
Wire: C3/C1/C0
Red Light Bulbs: R29/R27/R24
Green Lights Bulbs: YG67/YG63/YG03
Blue Lights Bulbs: B28/B24/B32
Yellow Lights Bulbs/Star: Y38/Y35/Y32

Card Recipe for My Santa on Vacation Card

Vacation Santa Set, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Make a Splash 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Bo Bunny

Watercolor Paper, Stampin’ Up!

Stitched Circle Layering Dies, Memory Box

Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn

Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn

Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Subtle Textured Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!

Simple Strips – Christmas, Taylored Expressions

Versamark Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!

White Embossing Powder, Stampin Up!

Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!

Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger

Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink, Ranger

Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up!

Tim Holtz Splatter Brush, Ranger

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura

Silver Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura

Red Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Scotch Tape

Real Red, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Basic White 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

My Dino Birthday Party Cards

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! Paper Nest Dolls is celebrating their 10^th birthday this year! So, I am sharing two birthday cards to celebrate! My Dino Birthday Party Cards are my Design Team Inspiration Cards using Dino Party Amara and Dino Party Owen by Paper Nest Dolls. Don’t you think these two stamps go so perfectly together!

The Details of My Cards

I had debated about placing them on the same card, but in the end decided to go with two different cards with the same party theme using boy and girl matching papers. So, the Doodlebug papers were perfect with those gorgeous bright colours! I used the same coordinating papers from each paper pack such as the cupcakes, the Happy Birthday, the sweets, and confetti.

Once I decided on the papers, I coloured Owen and Amara in bright colours with my Copic markers to match it.

For my Amara card, I decided to create a regular A2 card with lots of layers in greens and pinks to match my colouring. I included some fun banners and a balloon since it’s a birthday card.

For my Owen card, I decided to create a different shaped card. Again, I used lots of layers, this time in blues, but with a mini slimline card layout. I used the same banners and balloon to match Amara’s card, but with different dies for the background.

The sentiments for both cards came from the Simple Strips - Birthday by Taylored Expressions. I love that you can stamp 18 sentiments at once and die cut them all out at the same time!

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the party hats and the pink ribbon on Amara’s dino. For Owen’s cupcake, I added white gelly pen sprinkles to his cupcake. The finishing touch was adding sequins to both the cards since sequins say birthday party to me! Lol!

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Copic Markers:

Dino Party Amara

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

Hair: E18/E15/YR23/Y21

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03

Dino: BG57/BG23/BG11/R85/R83/R81

Dino Party Owen

Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04

Hair: E57/E43/E53

Greens: YG67/YG63/YG03

Blues: B39/B28/B24/B32

Shoes: E37/E35/E31

Dino: YR09/YR07/YR15/E15/E37/E35/E31

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Card Recipe for My Dino Birthday Party Cards:

Dino Party Amara and Dino Party Owen, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Party Time 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Doodlebug Design Inc.

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

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

Simple Strips – Birthday, Taylored Expressions

Simple Strips Die – Birthday, Taylored Expressions

VersaFine Ink Pad Onyx Black, Tsukineko

Bracket/Speech Bubble Dies, PhotoPlay

Balloon Pop-Up Thinlit Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Framed Florets Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Flag Banner Dies, from my Stash

Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Stampin' Up!

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura

Starry Night and Thick Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished cards sizes: 5 ½” x 4 ¼” and 3 ½” x 6”

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Hope you like my Design Team cards using

Dino Party Amara and Dino Party Owen by Paper Nest Dolls!

Happy 10th Birthday Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Down on the Farm Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing my Design Team Inspiration Card using Down on the Farm Bundle by Paper Nest Dolls. This card would be great for Father's Day! This bundle comes with 15 digital stamps including 5 dolls, horse, cow, pig, ewe, chicken coop, tractor, hay, corn, sunflowers and so many more. I created another slimline card using this bundle which I will link at the end of this post.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline card with a farm scene that revolved around the characters that I coloured with my Copic markers. Aren’t they just the cutest!

The Farm Scape dies were perfect for my scene. I die cut the dies multiple times to get the variation in colours of the barn, tractor and trees and pieced them together. Once that was done, I layered the Fun on the Farm papers for the sky and grasses to complete my scene. All I needed to add were the characters.

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Copic Markers:

Farmer Boy
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E57/E43/E53
Shirt/Boots: YG67/YG63/YG03
Overalls: B26/B23/B12
Hat: E35/E33/E31/YG67/YG63/YG03
Pitchfork: C4/C3

Cow
Hide: E27/E25/E23/C3/C0/0/R20
Hair: C3/C0
Hoofs: C6/C4/C3
Horns: E41/E40/0

Horse

Coat: E29/E27/E25/E23

Mane/Hoofs: C6/C4/C3

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Card Recipe for My Down on the Farm Card:

Down on the Farm Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Fun on the Farm 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Echo Park Paper Co.

Farm Scape Dies, Sugar Pea Designs

Slimline Grassy Hillside Borders Dies, Lawn Fawn

Soft Suede, Real Red, Granny Apple Green and Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 6” x 3.5”

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This is the other card that I created using the Down on the Farm Bundle. To view it, please click here.

Hope you like my Design Team card using

Down on the Farm Bundle by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie