Easel Card with Negative Framed Scene

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Creative Folds, Father's Day, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Easel Card with Negative Framed Scene

For this card I used the negative of a “happy” die cut (the part left after the die cut is removed from the card stock) and a printed scene behind it. I embossed the frame around the “scene” and the stamped greeting with a wafer thin stitched rectangle die using my Cuttlebug and a Spellbinders embossing mat. (The “sandwich” I use for embossing with a thin die is A-plate, B-plate, embossing mat, card stock, die with cutting edge facing paper and embossing mat, B-plate, and a chipboard shim.)

I created a few more designs with different scenes, greeting stamps, and color combinations.

For this final sample, I did not emboss the panel with the rectangle die. Instead, I sprayed speckles of ink onto the card front using a Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool and a Vintage Photo distress marker.

To create the easel card base, I started with a piece of card stock measuring 6 1/4 inches by 10 inches and scored it at 5 inches and 2 1/2 inches. (I chose these measurements because they worked with the dies and stamps I was using. You basically just need to fold your card base in half and the front in half again.) The separate panel you decorate for the card front should be the same size as the folded card base; in my case it was 6 1/4 inches by 5 inches. After folding the card base in half, fold the front of the card base up along the 2 1/2 inch score line (like a “z”), and adhere your decorated card front panel to the half portion showing. (If you unfold the front of the card base after adhering the decorated panel, the decorated panel should flip to the inside of the card.) Stamp a greeting on a separate panel. Adhere the greeting panel to the inside of the card base with foam tape. (It needs to be raised up slightly; this piece will hold the “easel” card front when opened.) Your raised greeting panel will be hidden inside the card when the card is “closed” and only the decorated card front is showing.

The “happy” die is called “In a Word: Happy Cutaway” by Winnie & Walter . The scenes I used behind the “happy” negatives were google images. Photos and patterned paper would work also.

This card folds flat for mailing.

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16Oct2018

Rolled Frame Birthday Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Let's Craft! by lisababitz

Rolled Frame Birthday Card

I have been very busy (since April) planning and preparing for an 8-week card making class I just started teaching through the Haddonfield Adult School, and as a result, I have gotten VERY behind in posting projects here on my site. Now that all the projects/lessons are complete and the class is underway, I can get back to just “playing” and posting!

The rolled frame on the card project above is a technique I previously shared HERE. It’s a nice way to show off two-sided patterned paper and to draw attention to a die cut, focal image, object, etc. My tutorial for creating the rolled frame can be found HERE.

This 5″ x 7″ card is a project we completed in one of the classes. After learning to use the paper trimmer and score board for making basic cuts and folds, the students created this card where the trimmer was used to create diagonal cuts and the score board was used to create score lines that did not extend to the ends of the panel. Die cutting was also introduced.

As you may know, I love browns and earth tones for my cards, but I know others may prefer colors (lol!), so I offered this second sample to my students as well.

And here is a final variation using silk flowers in the frame instead of a die cut.

This frame adds a lot of “thickness” to this card and requires a trip to the post office if mailing. I used a bubble mailer to send mine. You could also create a “box envelope” with the We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board if desired.

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29Apr2018

Dahlia Fold Floral Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Get Well/Sympathy by lisababitz

Dahlia Fold Floral Card

A few weeks ago, I posted a card I made using the Dahlia Fold technique that I saw on this video, and here is another card I made with the same technique. The flower on this card was made with 8 folded circles (and 2 for the leaves). The card stock used for the flower (and mat panel) was the two-sided “Congratulations” print from Karen Foster Designs and Gina K Moonlit Fog ink for the leaves. I used my 1 3/8 inch circle punch from Stampin’ Up to cut the circles. “Rustic Cream” from Papertrey Ink was used for the main panel and card base.

The background was stamped with the “French Script” stamp from Stampin’ Up and Gina K Kraft ink. The “stem” was from the “Dot Flourishes” set from Inkadinkado and stamped with Gina K Moonlit Fog ink.

The center of the flower was made with my Epiphony Crafts Round (#14) Epoxy Shape Studio Tool (and the corresponding acrylic bubble caps) and a scrap of the “Congratulations” paper.

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26Apr2018

Fun Daisies

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

Fun Daisies

Recently, a friend of mine wanted to give card making a try. She found a few cards online that she liked and asked if I could show her how to make something like them. This is my version of one of those cards.

Here’s the card I CASED:

(from: Better Homes and Gardens, March 10, 2016)

The original sample was adorable the way it was laid out, but if you are at all familiar with my style, you know I wouldn’t be able to glue my pieces down so randomly or crookedly … LOL!! Also, the flowers on the sample were real daisies that were dried and pressed. I used die cut flowers instead.

I played around with different stems, grass and the yellow central florets. Here are two more versions.

I couldn’t find the paper or ribbon used on the sample so I improvised. The paper is from the “Pinks & Corals” pad by Craft Smith. The paper has a white core so I was able to sand and scrape it up a bit. I also rubbed white Gesso on the surface with a paper towel. I was afraid to use too much, and now I feel like there is not enough white. Next time…

For the stems, I used Recollections Jute Twine or white Darice Paper Rope. The leaves are Celebrate It Swiss Dot ribbon from Michaels. For the central florets, I used buttons from a mixed bag I purchased online or “You Had Me At Yellow” mini prills.

The daisies were cut with dies by Whitelotous. The grass is Gina K Grass Green card stock or a scrap of printed paper from my stash (not sure which paper pad it came from). Whaline Green and Celebrate It White raffia were also used.

The greeting is from the “Nurturing Blooms” set by Gina K Designs and was heat embossed with Ranger White embossing powder and versamark ink. (You can see the shine a little better on the second sample.)

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20Apr2018

Z-Fold Birthday Wishes

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Z-Fold Birthday Wishes

This card features the flamingo image from the Fiskars “Tropical Getaway” stamp set and a scrap of patterned paper (American Crafts #320330). Circles were cut from white and black card stock with dies from the Spellbinders Classic Circles (large and small) sets. Tim Holtz Milled Lavender distress ink was “smooshed” onto the white panel. The flamingo was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a die cut that I made with my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine and was colored with a “Pink Flamingo” Bic Alcohol Marker. The greeting is from the “Happy Birthday Stamps” set by Ms. Sparkle & Co.

This is what the card looks like when it is closed.