Happy Star Wars Day everyone!     Noelene here with you today sharing a card I made using two out of this world images from the Paper Nest Dolls called Rebel Pilot & Furry Rebel.   I started with a black 5x7 base. For my image background I wanted a galaxy look, so I took out some of my alcohol inks & added random drops with the chosen colours. I then used a heat gun & blended them around till I achieved my desired look. Once this was dry I then added splatters of diluted Copic Opaque White. Lastly I fussy cut my coloured images & ..read more

  Hello Crafty Friends! It's Laurie here! Mother’s Day is only a few weeks away! So, I am sharing my Mother’s Day Birdhouse Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Avery with Birdhouse Banner.  The Details of My Mother’s Day Birdhouse Card I just love this sweet image with her birdhouse banner! Perfect for a Mother’s Day gift from a little girl! I coloured Avery with my Copic markers in soft purples and pinks to match my Spring Echo Park paper. For my card, I decided to add a cute die cut birdhouse using the Echo Park papers to match my colou ..read more

 Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene here today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls.  Today I have a berry sweet card to share using the adorable Strawberry Jam Emma stamp. I created my card on a 5"x7" base & die cut some panels & layered. I used a scalloped die for the background of my image. I created a strawberry shaker by layering my strawberry die cut mutliple times till I got the desired height & filled some shaker sprinkles inside then covered the top with acetate & lastly another red die cut. I cut & ink blended my leaf die cu ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

 Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene back today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls.  Today I have a baby card to share using the adorable Goodnight Hippo stamp. I created my card on a 5"x7" base & die cut a panel then shaded the background with some splaters. I fussy cut my image after colouring & stuck into place. Lastly I added the sentiments & some shaped sprinkles to embellish. Copics: Clothes: Y15, Y17, Y19, YG11, YG13, YG17, YR12, YR14, YR16 Hippo: C0, C1, C2, C3, C4 Bear: BG000, BG01, BG02 Goodnight Hippo is available in ..read more

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 ..read more

  Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene back today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls.  I have made a Holy Communion card using the super sweet image called Avery with Cross.  I created my layout on a 6x6 base & added lots of dies cuts & flowers for my card Copics: Flowers: R81, R83, R85, YG41, YG45 Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20 Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37, E39 Dress: W0, W1, W2 Cross: C0, C2, C3   Avery with Cross is available in rubber here & digital stamp here.  Supplies: Stamp: Paper N ..read more

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 Walkm ..read more

 Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene back today with some D.T. inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls.   Today I have a baby girl's card to show you, using 3 out of the 5 adorable images in the Baby Animal Train set from PND. I have used the no lines technique to colour my images up. This is not something I do often as I am not confident to do so, although I love how it turned out! I should try it more often! I then created a simple slimline card with some enamel dots to embelish & finished of with raised sentiments. Copics: Violets: BV0000, BV000, BV00 ..read more