Autumn Triangle Gatefold Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Creative Folds by lisababitz

This card base was made with the “Triangle Gatefold” die set from Creek Bank Creations. Also included in this set are the stitched triangles to decorate the flaps and the two stitched hexagons. The framed leaf die is by Mosaic Moments. I created a belly band to go around the card, but the hexagon panel could have been adhered directly to one of the triangle flaps.

The inside sentiment is from the birthday “Stamp & Cut Lot 6249A” set from Firefly/Momenta. I stamped it up on the panel a bit to leave room to sign the card.

Since this card does not stand up on its own, I created a stand with the Card Stand Die from Creek Bank Creations.

To create the handmade patterned papers, I use a gel plate, a brayer, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks, spritzes of water, the Stampendous! Decor Cling Leaves Rubber Stamp – DCR101, and the French Script background stamp from Stampin’ Up (retired?). I started with a stack of heavy weight white card stock and had a ball inking, rolling, spritzing, stamping, and layering the inks using the techniques I briefly described in this post. I ended up with a BUNCH of panels, and ultimately chose two from the pile to use for this card. (Lots of panels left for other cards!)

The card stock used was from the Recollections Nostalgia Pack along with Bazzill Butter Mints.

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4Sep2020

Elephant – Birthday Challenge # 3

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Elephant – Birthday Challenge # 3

Kevin came up with my “Birthday Challenge” #3 (as described HERE). He has always loved “cute” elephants. He had a few favorite stuffed elephants early on, and that became his thing. I wasn’t surprised that his first card challenge for me was to make an elephant card. Easy, right? Not so much… he said it had to have a moving trunk…

I had A LOT of trouble getting the trunk right. I used the spinner element die from the Karen Burniston “Spinner Square Pop-up” die set to make the trunk move. This spinning mechanism is designed to have a hidden element spin out from behind a panel, but the trunk needed to stay visible the whole time and stay positioned so it looked like it was part of his head as it moved. Ugh!! I kept playing with the size, shape, and position of the trunk to get it to work. It’s not perfect, but it does move – lol!

The elephant is an altered Silhouette file by Hero Arts (design id #41591). The leafy paper is called “Grow” by American Crafts (#354800). The balloons were cut with dies from the “Layered Happy Birthday” set by Spellbinders (#S5-345). The inside sentiment is from the “Flower Builders” stamp set from Gina K Designs (retired?).

The paper I used on the front is American Crafts #35322 and GKD Tranquil Teal, and the Happy Birthday die was unbranded. I used two “Rectangle Infinity Dies” by Hero Arts for the layers.

If I were to do this again, I’d make the front coordinate better with the inside…

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3Sep2020

Triangle Elements

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Triangle Elements

I loved the card samples Debbie Hughes created in the “Watercolor Masking” class from the Online Card Class – Spring Card Camp 2020 course which included the “Triangle Elements” die from Simon Says Stamp. She used the die cut as a mask while water coloring her background panel and then added the painted mask to a second card.

I CASED her card using similar colors and elements. Ironically, the lesson was on masking, and that is the only thing I did not do – lol! (I did not have the spray adhesive, and the die cut mask curled as it got wet so I water colored my background and die cut separately.)

I had so much fun painting and splattering – two techniques I rarely do – and made a few more samples:

and here is one painted in brown and gold…

This last one was done on a scrap used to blot off my black versafine ink pad when I was getting a lot of fibers on a project I was working on. I followed Bonnie’s lead and used my scrap instead of throwing it away!!

I used Kuretake GANSAI TAMBI Water Color paints (blue/green samples were No 54, 58, 62, 64, and 10; brown samples were No 47, 44, and 90). The stamped greeting was from “The Wetlands” set by Gina K Designs. The white, heat embossed greeting on the brown sample is from the “Tiny Words” stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and was cut with the Stampin’ Up “Word Window Label” punch (retired).

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28Aug2020

Hope Your Day is Par-fect!

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Hope Your Day is Par-fect!

(inside: Enjoy your day!)

This card features the golfer and two greeting stamps from the “And Many Mower” stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired). I colored him with Copic Markers (E30, E31, E34, G21, G24, G28, YG63, C0, C3, and C5). I used the “Argyle” embossing folder from Cuttlebug for the background. The inside greeting is from the “Celebrate” set (SC0752) from Hampton Art.

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22Jul2020

Blue Birthday Flowers

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Blue Birthday Flowers

This CAS card features stamps from the “Spring Flowers” set from Simon Says Stamp.

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic Markers (B91, B95, B97, G82, G94, and G99).

The greeting was heat embossed in white and was cut with the “Word Window Label” punch from Stampin’ Up (retired).

Over at The Paper Players, they are celebrating their 500th challenge! It is CAS, and it’s theme week – CELEBRATE where we are encouraged to celebrate any occasion or anyone (birthday, Christmas, anniversary, wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, friendship….).

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