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Ballgown Avery - Paper Nest Dolls
birthday, Birthday Cards, Echo Park Paper Co, Paper Nest Dolls, Queen & Co, Stamps of Life, Tim Holtz

Paper Nest Dolls – Ballgown Avery Card

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Hello!

Here’s another card using a beautiful stamp from the Paper Nest Dolls. This one is called “Ballgown Avery.” My son asked me to make him a card for his friend’s Quinceañera and I immediately knew this stamp would be perfect since Avery is dressed in a ballgown. I tried to replicate my son’s friend as best as I could, coloring her dress red and hair brown.  After all, red was the color of her actual dress.

Ballgown Avery - Paper Nest Dolls

Here’s a look at the inside of the card.

BallgownAveryInside

For a tutorial on how I made this card, watch my YouTube video here:

 

Markers
Dress: Spectrum Noir DR7, DR5, DR1, CR11, CR8
Hair: Copic W10, E49, E77, E47, E57
Skin: Copic E21, E11, E00
Flowers: Copic Y13, Y15, Y17
Ribbon: Copic G94, G99

Supplies

  1. Paper Nest Dolls Ballgown Avery Stamp – https://www.papernestdolls.com/product/ballgown-avery/
  2. Sizzix Regal Dies by Stephanie Barnard – htmzn.to/2YtXqV2tps://a
  3. Sizzix Framelits Dotted Ovals by Stephanie Barnard 561840 – https://amzn.to/2ykrwzN
  4. Echo Park Sweet Summertime 6 x 6 Paper Pad (Red Paper) – I used the 6 x 6 paper pad. I could only find a link to the 12 x 12 paper – https://amzn.to/2SMxp2c
  5. White Doily – Recollections – Purchased at Michaels
  6. Anna Griffin Perfect Palette II in Everyday Colors (yellow card stock) – This item is sold out on HSN. Any yellow card stock will suffice.
  7. Queen and Co Layered Flowers – white and red – https://queenandcompany.com/collections/flowers
  8. Walnut Stain Distress Ink – https://amzn.to/2SO3Z3G
  9. Blending Tool – https://amzn.to/2YvcIZY
  10. Tombow Liquid Glue – https://amzn.to/32ZHltO
  11. Scor Tape 1/4 inch – https://amzn.to/2K1pDP3
  12. The Stamps of Life Punch Number dies – HSN (for the number “15” on the inside of the card) – These are sold out on HSN. At this time, they cannot be purchased on the Stamps of Life website.
  13. Tim Holtz Thinlits 662685 (for the word “happy” on the inside of the card) – https://amzn.to/30VBvbc
  14. Anna Griffin’s Wishful Thinking dies (for the “th” on the inside of the card) – I could not find a link to this item. I purchased it on HSN. I believe it is out of stock.

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Happy Crafting!

Lisa

 

Paper Nest Dolls Ice Cream Ellie
Beach, birthday, Birthday Cards, Echo Park Paper Co, Ice Cream, Lawn Fawn, Paper Nest Dolls, Queen & Co, Spectrum Noir, Summer

Paper Nest Dolls – Ice Cream Ellie

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Paper Nest Dolls Ice Cream Ellie

Hello!

Today on my blog I am sharing a card that I made for my BFF. When her and I get together, we always go to the beach and eat ice cream so I incorporated these two items into this card. Besides crafting, these are my other favorite things to do!

Here’s a look at the inside of the card.

Ice Cream Ellie Inside

Supplies:

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Lisa

The Stamps of Life Wreath Gatefold Card
birthday, Birthday Cards, Flowers, Stamps of Life

The Stamps of Life Fan Group Weekly Challenge – Flowers – Card 4

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Hello!

I was asked by Kristin Bost, a design team member for The Stamps of Life, to host a weekly challenge in The Stamps of Life Facebook Fan Group. Of course, I said yes. I just love the stamps and dies from The Stamps of Life. I’ve been a member of their Die Hard Club for two years and just recently joined the Card Kit Club. More information about their Kit clubs can be found here – https://www.thestampsoflife.com/club.htm.

The theme for the weekly challenge is flowers. The only rule is to use products from The Stamps of Life….easy peasy!!

I made six cards and will be posting them on separate blog posts. Each card also has a You Tube process video which I will link in the blog post.

Card 4 – Wreath Gatefold

I just love the pink and green colors in this card. I incorporated flowers on the wreath, within the panels of the gatefold card, and on the patterned paper on the inside of the card. All of the colors match beautifully.

The Stamps of Life Wreath Gatefold Card

The Stamps of Life Wreath Gatefold Card

Wreath Gatefold Process Video

Supplies Used:

  1. Sizzix Framelits 661120 (Gatefold Card Base)
  2. Sizzix Thinlits Half Card Panels 661839
  3. The Stamps of Life Rectangle Dies
  4. The Stamps of Life Card Stock – Kiwi
  5. The Stamps of Life Card Stock – Candy
  6. The Stamps of Life Card Stock – Bubblegum
  7. The Stamps of Life Card Stock – Artichoke
  8. The Stamps of Life Card Stock – Powdered Sugar
  9. Together Collection 6×6 petite patterned paper pad
  10. Wreath2Stamp
  11. Wreath2Stamp Dies
  12. The Stamps of Life Kiwi Ink Pad
  13. Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
  14. Sparkle and Sprinkle Tear-iffic Tape 2 ½ inch 
  15. Sparkle and Sprinkle Tear-iffic Tape 1 inch 

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Lisa

Birthday Cards, Copic, masculine cards, Spectrum Noir, Spectrum Sparkle Pens, Stamps of Life, Uncategorized, water coloring

Lighthouse Card

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Lighthouse2stamp

Hello! This card was super fun to make and it is perfect for a masculine card. I used the brand new lighthouse2stamp stamp and die set from The Stamps of Life.

To make this card, first I stamped the image onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium Cardstock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink. The stamped image does not have stripes so I decided to add my own. Using washi tape, I sectioned off portions of the image before starting to color. (In the image below, you can see the white washi tape on the image.)

Lighthouse - 1

After coloring the entire red section, I removed the washi tape, colored the gray section, and then colored the rest of the image. The image was colored using Copic and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. The yellow windows were colored with the Spectrum Noir Sparkle markers in Moonlight. After the lighthouse was colored, I die cut the image using the lighthouse2stamp coordinating die.

lighthouse2

Next, I worked on the sky background. Using Spectrum Noir Sparkle markers (Blue Topaz, Aquamarine, and Moonstone), I colored a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper. I started with the darkest color, Blue Topaz, and drew lines across the paper. Then I moved to the medium color, Aquamarine, and drew lines directly underneath the Blue Topaz lines. Next I followed with the lightest color, Moonstone. After all the markers were on the paper, I used a wet paint brush and smoothed out the colors.

background

The blue water colored paper was cut down into a piece that could fit nicely on top of the card. I stamped the sentiment and birds onto the blue water colored paper and then adhered the lighthouse to the blue paper.

Next, I cut a piece of Strawberry cardstock that is just slightly larger than the blue paper and then adhered the blue paper to the Strawberry card stock. The Strawberry cardstock was adhered to the A2 card base using foam adhesive to add dimension. The A2 card base was cut with Gingersnap paper.

Lighthouse2stamp_inside2

Next, using hot glue, I added shells to the bottom of the card. (I don’t recall the name of the company I purchased the shells from. They were at the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo Orlando in 2018. If I find the name, I’ll update the blog post.)

The inside of the card was stamped with a “Happy Birthday” sentiment from the lighthouse2stamp stamp from The Stamps of Life.

Lighthouse2stamp_inside

Lighthouse2stamp_closeup

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Lisa