Quilled Flowers and Swirls

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Get Well/Sympathy, Mother's Day, Other, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Quilled Flowers and Swirls

(inside: May your birthday be filled with sunshine, smiles, laughter, love and cheer! Happy Birthday)

I’ve tried some basic quilling in the past and thought I’d give it another try here.

I used a few new (to me) quilling tools and techniques for this project. The purple petals (marquise/eye shape) and round accents (tight coils) were made with the Quill Ease motorized quilling tool (which I talked about HERE). The swirly “stems” were too thick for my slotted quilling tool so I held the ends with tweezers and hand coiled them. I tried out a quilling comb for the leaf.

This is the first time I attempted the large swirls, and I found it challenging to glue them down exactly as I wanted them (the basic shape and to get the strips evenly spaced). The problem is that once the piece (with glue) touches the paper, you can’t really move it or you have blobs of glue everywhere. I have a whole new appreciation for the amazing, intricate designs I see on Pinterest! I definitely need more practice!!

The pre-cut paper strips were from a pack by Quilled Creations. The card stock used for the card base and panels was Gina K Pure Ivory and Wild Lilac. The sentiment on the inside was from the Birthday Duo stamp set by Gina K Designs.

The challenge over at The Paper Players is “Clean and Simple: flowers” where we are to use a flower on a CAS design.

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26Jan2017

Bingham Heart Wedding Card

Posted in Cards, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

Bingham Heart Wedding Card

This 5×7 “Clean and Simple” wedding card features the beautiful Bingham Heart die (style # 98499) from Memory Box.

I originally envisioned this card being white on white as I see and admire so many cards like that on Pinterest, but whenever I try to make one, I feel like it is so bland. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong (I tried embossing folders and thicker layers for my die cut and panels), but I always bail and add an additional color. For this card, I ended up using Gina K Designs Metallic Silver card stock along with the white.

I hit the card with lots of light to try to show some of the sparkle and shine below. Not a great photo, but hopefully you get the idea…

The greeting is a stamp from the “Pleasant Plurals” set by Gina K Designs which I heat embossed using versamark ink and Gina K white embossing powder. I added some Recollections silver rhinestone adhesive gems to some of the flowers on the wreath to finish it off.

I’m really happy with the way this card came out, but I do intend to keep working on an all white version! We’ll see…..

The challenge over at The Paper Players is “Clean and Simple: flowers” where we are to use a flower on a CAS design.

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25Jan2017

Pool Table Gift Box

Posted in Paper Crafting Projects (other) by lisababitz

Pool Table Gift Box

I haven’t had access to my photography studio (-ok, my son was home for winter break, and I couldn’t use his room/desk!), so it’s been a little while since I’ve been able to share projects. He’s now back at school, and I moved back in to his room until he come’s home again.

Here’s a fun gift box I made from an svg file from SVGCuts. It is part of a kit called “The Green Room” which includes projects for anyone who loves throwing darts, shooting pool, playing poker or bowling. I cut the pieces with my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine and some card stock. A video tutorial is available to help with the assembly.

The card stock I used is Core’dinations French Roast and Gina K Christmas Pine. I used an adhesive pearl for the cue ball, although I would prefer it to be whiter so I may keep looking for something different. The svg file contains circles for the balls, but they do not have detail on them so I found a google image for the rest of the balls and created a “print and cut” file. Then I used a thin strip of the brown card stock to create height for the rack (as you would when quilling).

The cue stick had visible score lines when it was folded, so I inked the edges with some Gina K Dark Chocolate ink.

The box is a pretty nice size for small gifts and treats. (It is 4″ x 6″ on the bottom and 2″ deep, and it gets slightly wider toward the top).

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25Jan2017

A “2016 RubberHedgehog Ornament Challenge” Winner!

Posted in I'm Honored by lisababitz

A “2016 RubberHedgehog Ornament Challenge” Winner!

(January 2017)

I am so honored and excited to have been chosen as the grand prize winner for the “2016 RubberHedgehog Ornament Challenge” this year! The folks over at RubberHedgehog generously offered a $100 store credit as the prize. Thank you RubberHedgehog!!

Click HERE for winning announcement.

Click HERE for challenge description.

Click HERE for gallery of submissions with winner labels.

Click HERE for original blog post.

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3Jan2017

Awesome Quilling Tool

Posted in Tools & Products I like by lisababitz

Awesome Quilling Tool

I think quilling is so beautiful and have tried a few basic projects in the past. Many of the shapes start with a strip of paper that is usually coiled (by hand) around a slotted quilling tool.

The problem is you often need to quill quite a few strips to create your designs or shapes, and this can get tiring/tedious. This battery operated quilling tool called Quill Ease makes it so much easier and quicker!

HERE is a quick video demonstrating how it works.

I will admit that when I first saw the product in the store, I thought it was a great idea but was afraid that it would not work as well as I hoped. I was more than pleasantly surprised!

I should point out that since purchasing and trying the Quill Ease tool, I’ve discovered that there are several other motorized quilling tools on the market. Because I’ve only tried this one, I am not in a position to say how this tool compares to the others. And since I’ve so far only used this tool for a half hour or so, I am not in a position to say how it will hold up over time, but my initial impression is that I will enjoy using this very much and am already thinking of card ideas that I can’t wait to try! Hopefully, I’ll have one or two to share soon….

If you are interested in quilling and have not yet tried it, there are quite a few video tutorials on YouTube showing how to create basic quilled shapes that can be used as a starting point for your projects. This was one of the first videos I had seed and had found it to be quite helpful.

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