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

Congratulations on Your New Furball

 

 Hi Crafty Friends,
My twin sister is finally getting a PUPPY! Her name is Josie, and she is a Bernadoodle! I can't wait to visit her in July. I made her this card to celebrate and I'm sending a box of toys and cute collars. I just know Maddie and Josie are going to be BESTIES! I'll post pictures later in July after they meet!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is your favorite GIRL Dog name?
A: Me? Besides the two above, I like Molly

Supplies:
Paper Nest Dolls Dog Pillow

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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

My MerMay Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing My MerMay Card using the Mermaid Set by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. This Set comes with 12 digital stamps, and I use 3 of them on my card.

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to create an underwater scene using the Under the Sea Slimline Designer Paper by Whimsy. Once I decided which sheet of paper to use, I coloured my mermaids with my Copic markers in different colours to match my paper,

I die cut the Whimsy Bubbles in a lighter blue designer paper to make them stand out from the background and highlight my mermaids. Then I placed my mermaids so that they each centered on the circles with the one sitting on the rock overlapping the sentiment. The sentiment was sitting on my desk leftover from another mermaid card. Crumb Cake ink was brushed over the sentiment to give it a sandy feel.

Next, I added real shells in the bottom corners on top of some pink and green vellum die cut seaweed. A silver seahorse charm was added to the sentiment using my Flush Wire Cutter to cut off the loops on the charm to make it lie flat. Tip: use Glossy Accents to create a strong adhesive hold for shells and charm.

I added a scattering of clear bubble embellishments to mimic air bubbles in the water and add dimension.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the mermaids’ tails and starfish to give them a subtle shimmer and Glossy Accents to the pearl and braid tie for the Green Mermaid. 

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Copic Markers:

Mermaid in Pink

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

Hair: E25/YR24/Y38/Y35

Outfit: R85/R83/R81

Pearl: R83/R81/0/ Glossy Accents

Pearl Bed: R81/0

Shell: E15/E13/E11

Flower: R85/R83/YR24

Mermaid in Purple
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: W9/W7/W5/W3
Outfit: V17/V15/V12
Rock: E47/E44/E43/E41
Shell: E15/E13/E11

Mermaid in Green

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

Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43/E42

Outfit: YG67/YG63/YG03

Starfish: YR18/YR04/Y38/Y35

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Card Recipe for My MerMay Card:

Mermaid Set, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Rosealea Mermaid And Sentiment Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design

Under the Sea Slimline Designer Paper, Whimsy Stamps

Perennial Essence Vellum Cardstock, Stampin’ Up!

Foil Designer Paper 12” x 12”, Craft, Dollar Store

Build an Ocean Die Set, Whimsy Stamps

Slimline Connected Bubbles Dis, Whimsy Stamps

Spring Blooms Embellishments, The Robin’s Nest

Seahorse Charm, Bead Landing

Shells from Dollar Store 

Crumb Cake Ink Pad, Stampin' Up!

Blending Brushes, Stampin' Up!

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Flush Wire Cutter

Cucumber Crush Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 8 ¾” x 3 ¾”

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Hope you like my Design Team card using

Mermaid Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Happy Mother’s Day Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Mother’s Day Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Lulu with Peony. I decided to make a Mother’s Day card since tomorrow is Mother’s Day, but Lulu would be great for so many other cards like birthday, thinking of you, and more!

The Details of My Card

For my card, I decided to colour the peony a hot pink colour using my RV Copic markers. We have peonies in our garden that are this gorgeous colour and I just love them! I went with purples and greens for Lulu since these colours go so well with the peony colour!

When I looked through my papers, I didn’t have any peonies the particular colour. So, I went online and found some digital papers to match my colouring. This is a great resource for papers that you may wish to find. It’s amazing how many digital papers are available!

The other papers were pulled from my stash to match the purple and green of Lulu’s dress. I already had the Graphic 45 die cut green piece leftover from another project. So, I decided it would work for this card to give Lulu a nice backdrop from the peony paper.

The sentiment was stamped in Berry Burst onto a tag that came from the Artistry Collector’s Edition Vol 2. The doily under the sentient and stamp also came from that Collection. I love it when you get a collection that has all these fun elements that match the papers!

I added a wooden butterfly layered on top of the stamp to add interest. The rhinestones and glossy dots added some sparkle to the card. Clear Wink of Stella was added to her bow and to the peony for shimmer.

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Copic Markers

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

Hair: E37/E35/E33/E31

Peony: RV09/RV04/R83/R81/RV000

Purples: V17/V15/V12

Greens: YG67/YG63/YG11

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Card Recipe for My Happy Mother’s Day Card

Lulu with Peony, Paper Nest Dolls

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

Mystique Paper, Vintage Artistry Collector’s Edition Vol 2, 49 and Market

Tag, Stamp and Doily, Artistry Collector’s Edition Vol 2, 49 and Market

Botanical Tea 8” x 8” Paper Pad, Graphic 45

Watercolor Peonies Digital Paper, PrintsDigitalDecor

Labels Eight Dies, Nestabilities, Spellbinders

Berry Burst Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!

Dressed to Impress Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Dots Assortment, Stampin’ Up!

Butterfly Elements, Stampin’ Up!

Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Clear Wink of Stella, 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 Lulu with Peony by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Happiness Is Coffee Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing my Happiness Is Coffee Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Avery with Coffee (Without Glasses).

The Details of My Card

For my card, I used the Brewtiful paper to create horizontal bands with the coffee theme. The green corrugated band that draws the eye to Avery mirrors the one on Avery’s coffee cup.

I had fun colouring this cutie with my Copic markers especially those curls! I went with espresso-coloured (since we are talking about coffee! Lol) pants, bright green for her top and purple for her sweater.

Don’t you just love the hearts on the coffee cup and in her hair! To mirror these hearts, I added some hearts over the coffee, especially since we know Avery loves her coffee!

And talk about coffee! Wouldn’t you just love a coffee as big as the die cut coffee cup! The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso ink (another homage to coffee) on the coffee cup!

Star Dust Stickles was added to the hearts. The only other embellishment was a scattering of red rhinestones for a bit of sparkle.

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Copic Markers

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

Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21

Hearts: R39/R37/R35/Star Dust Stickles

Top/Coffee Sleeve: YG67/YG63/YG03

Sweater: V12/V15/V17

Pants: E29/E27/E25/E23

Shoes: YG67/YG63/YG03/ E35/E33/E31

Coffee Cup: E35/E33/E31

Coffee Lid: B000/0

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Card Recipe for My Happiness is Coffee Card

Avery with Coffee (Without Glasses), Paper Nest Dolls

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

Brewtiful Day 12” x 12” Paper Pad, Craftsmart, Michael’s Arts & Crafts

Early Espresso Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!

Coffee Café Photopolymer Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!

Coffee Cups Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Give it A Whirl Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Corrugated Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Star Dust Stickles, Ranger

Real Red, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Garden Green and Basic White Card Stock

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

Stamp Size: 4 ½”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using Avery with Coffee (Without Glasses) by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Bunches of Wishes Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! I am sharing my Bunches of Wishes Card that was published in the March Issue (#242) of the Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine. I was honoured when Christine Young, owner of Paper Nest Dolls, asked me to create a card to be published using Shovel Gnome from the Gnome Set. There are ten images in the set including:

The Details of My Card

For my card, the Magazine had specified pastel colours with a Spring theme. So, I used The Four Seasons Spring, P13 paper for my card. I coloured my images with my Copic markers to match my paper. 

I love how the circles on the yellow paper match the circles in my design with the different flowers from the set and the sentiment! So many choices for him to think about planting! Lol!

Tip: Place all three circle dies on paper where you want them. Using a Post-it Note secure them to paper to keep position and run through die cutting machine all at the same time.

One thing that is so great about digital stamps is that I was able to add flowers to the wheelbarrow! Since I added tulips in it, I added a die cut tulip boarder behind him that I coloured to match my scene.

The sentiment was printed out on my computer and die cut out. It and the other circles were slid into place using liquid adhesive. 

The birds and butterfly added interest to my scene.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the wings of the butterfly to add some sparkle.

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Copic Markers

Shovel Gnome

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

Hair: E29/E27/E25/E23

Greens: G82/G43/G40 

Yellows: YR24/YR31/YR30 

Browns: E29/E27/E25E/23

Shovel/Shoes: C5/C3/C2

Tulips

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Yellows: YR24/YR31/YR30

Greens: G82/G43/G40

Wheelbarrow

Wood: E29/E27/E25/E23

Wheel/Handle: C5/C3/C2

Birds

Blues: BG11/BG10

Beaks: YR24

Butterfly

Body: C5/C3/C2

Wings: BG11/BG10

Flowers/Tulip Border Die Cut

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Yellows: YR24/YR31/YR30

Greens: G82/G43/G40

Sky

BG11/BG10/0

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Card Recipe for My Bunches of Wishes Card

Gnome Set, Paper Nest Dolls

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

The Four Seasons Spring, P13

Aloe Vera Card Stock, Bazzill

Stitched Layering Circle Dies, Memory Box

Tulip Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Spring Gnome Sentiments, Polkadoodles Stamps & Papercrafting

Electronic die cutting machine and scissors

Manual die cutting machine

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Tombow Liquid Glue

Finished card size: 5” x 5”

Stamp Size: 3”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using

Wheelbarrow Gnome from the Gnome Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie