Cloth Tree and Snowman Card

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Cloth Tree Card

This card is being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – Frosty the Snowman – where the theme is snowmen. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

This card is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics Design Challenge No. 37 – Sentiment (Not Birthday). The focus of this challenge is the sentiment on the card, but NO HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiments are to be used in this challenge! They want us to think outside of the standard (most commonly used sentiment) and come up with something different than Happy Birthday. The “Warm Winter Wishes” sentiment was chosen to go with the “warm” fabrics for the tree, scarf and hat. (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/12/01/prdc-37-sentiment-not-birthday/)

This card is also being entered in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Christmas/Holidays – where we are to create a holiday themed project. (http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-christmas/)

The snowman on this card was hand-cut from a piece of corrugated cardstock and inked with Gina K dark chocolate. The hat and scarf were hand-cut from a piece of burlap ribbon, a small bell was added to the end of the hat, and mini button brads were used for the eyes.

To make the tree, I first airbrushed a craft stick with Copic Marker E59. Then I cut plaid fabric in strips, tied them to the stick, and trimmed them to resemble a tree shape. I cut a piece of burlap for the bag at the base of the tree and added a piece of twine. A star (used to make jewelry) was adhered to the top.

I used Gina K dark chocolate card stock, and the patterned card stock is from the DCWV “The Storybook Christmas” stack.

The stamp for the greeting is from the Stampin’ Up “Warm Winter Wishes” set and was stamped with Gina K dark chocolate ink. The matted panel was adhered to a piece of burlap.

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5Dec2014

Winter Chocolate

Posted in Cards, Other by lisababitz

Winter Chocolate

This card is being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge – Winter Chocolate – where we are to combine Winter and Chocolate….however we are inspired to do that! (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

For this card, I used hot cocoa, pink and a touch of bling on the mugs – it is Lee’s challenge after all! I used Gina K warm cocoa, pure ivory, and innocent pink card stock along with the pink plaid digital paper (Freezin Season by happyheartstudios) I ordered HERE on Etsy. The stamps are from the Gina K Designs “Season’s Greetings” and “Warm Woolen Mittens” (retired?) stamp sets and were stamped on ivory card stock with Gina K warm cocoa ink. The mugs and greeting panels were adhered with pop dots. I didn’t have tiny brown rhinestones, so I colored some with Copic Marker E59. I also used the warm cocoa ink to ink all the edges.

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5Dec2014

Winter Chocolate…and other good stuff!

Posted in Cards, Other by lisababitz

Winter Chocolate…and other good stuff!

This card is being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge – Winter Chocolate – where we are to combine Winter and Chocolate….however we are inspired to do that! I had this stamp set for a while and hadn’t used it yet, so I thought I’d use the chocolate sentiment from it and combine it with this patterned paper covered in snowflakes. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

The stamps used on this card are from the Gina K Designs “Girl Talk” stamp set and were stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink on white card stock. I also stamped the girl stamp on the patterned paper and cut out the shirt and flower to paper piece onto the black and white panel for a pop of color. The snowflake paper is from the Gina K “Winter Cheer” patterned paper pack. I also used Gina K turquoise sea , black and white card stock. The white background panel was embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, and some white ribbon finished it off.

A cute, girly note card that was easy to make – can’t beat that!

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4Dec2014

“Shore” Grateful Thank You Card

Posted in Cards, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

“Shore” Grateful Thank You Card

This thank you card was made for friends who took my sons with them to their shore house for a weekend. While there, they went crabbing which they really enjoyed.

This card is being entered in the Perfectly Rustics Design Challenge No. 37 – Sentiment (Not Birthday). The focus of this challenge is the sentiment on the card, but NO HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiments are to be used in this challenge! They want us to think outside of the standard (most commonly used sentiment) and come up with something different than Happy Birthday. My card is a thank you card with “I’m Shore Grateful!” as the sentiment to reflect the shore theme of the card and the actual purpose of the note. (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/12/01/prdc-37-sentiment-not-birthday/)

I had seen a card done by Carole Renneker with this technique to create the look of water, and I was excited to try it for this project. Click HERE to see how it is done.

The paper I used for the card front and the panel behind the “water” is from the K&Company paper pack shown below. The name of the pack (TC Travel Specialty Paper) is in really small print in the lower right hand corner.

I used Gina K Blue Denim card stock for the card base and the second layer of the top panel, and I also used scraps of brown and red from the Authentique Seasons: Autumn 6×6 paper pack for the greeting panel, anchor and wave swirl. The stamps I used for the fish, crabs and greeting were from the Gina K Designs “Fishing You The Best” mini stamp set and were stamped with gina k faded brick ink. I used the Spellbinders Superelipse die for the frame, although if I had to do it again, I’d choose a different shape since these dies don’t nest well, and I had to use my Silhouette to create the inner mat frame on the blue piece. For the wave swirl and anchor, I used dies from the Spellbinders Nautical Frame and Accents set. I hand-cut the crabs and fish. All the edges were inked with gina k dark chocolate ink. The netting is from AC Moore. And I used blue LA Looks hair gel for the water.

Here are a few close-ups:

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4Dec2014

Water Gel Card Tutorial

Posted in Tutorials by lisababitz

How to Make a Water Scene Using Hair Gel

This cool water panel is very easy to make.

First, choose the card stock you wish to use for your card base and top panel. This card gets a little heavy, so a good, heavy weight card stock works best. (On my sample above, I used a light weight printed paper on top, so I did a double panel with heavy weight card stock underneath to give it support.)

In addition to the card stock, you will need hair gel (blue is my personal preference, although any gel will work) and a small plastic ziplock bag. (The size of the bag depends on the size of the card stock you use on the front of your card and the size of the frame you cut out. I’ll explain more on this in a moment.)

Next, decide what you wish to put behind the water/framed panel. You may use printed paper, solid paper, or a background scene you create yourself. (Place your bag of gel over the image to see how it looks!)

The following is the sample I used in my instructions (see below).

Decide if you wish to add any other images to your scene (either on the background panel or the top panel).

Cut a mat in the top panel. I used a Spellbinders die, but you can use a paper trimmer, a punch, an electronic cutting machine, or you can cut it by hand.

The bag you choose to use needs to be bigger than your cut-out frame but smaller than the card stock panel.

Put gel in the bag so it just covers the entire inner surface of the bag when it is closed and flattened. Remove large air bubbles at this time by pushing them to the top before sealing the bag. (Small bubbles are fine and desirable.) Make sure the gel stays in the bag when flattening or removing air bubbles!

You want the gel layer to be as thin as possible while covering the entire surface. My bag was about as thick as a quarter when it was filled and closed. If you put too much gel in, it is harder to see through it to the background.

Next, put some adhesive on the back of the top panel around the edge of the frame opening. I used Tombow monoadhesive, but any 2 sided flat tape will work well here.

Place the bag filled with gel over the frame opening and on the adhesive you just applied. At this point, it is ok if the sealed side hangs over the edge of the card. You will fix that in a moment. All the other sides should have no overhanging parts of the bag.

Turn the sealed edge over and tape it so it no longer hangs over the edge, but make sure it doesn’t hang over the frame opening either.

Continue taping the bag to the back of the framed panel with masking tape. I needed to cut my tape in half so it fit on the top and bottom parts without hanging over the edges or into the frame opening.

Next, use pop dots or foam tape around the outer edges of the frame panel. I used a double layer of foam tape (one piece on top to the other) to make it thicker. You want to raise the panel up off of the card base enough so it lies flat. The thicker the bag with gel, the thicker the foam adhesive needs to be. (Pictured is just one completed side. Put foam adhesive on all 4 sides.)

Trim your background panel so it shows in the frame as desired. (It should be large enough to be in the frame completely, but small enough so it fits behind the top panel without sticking out on the sides.) (I added a stamped crab image to my background here.) Position it as desired with respect to your frame, and adhere onto your card base.