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

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Creative Folds by lisababitz

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.

And here is a version I made on a tent fold base:

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19Apr2018

Silhouette Daisies

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Silhouette Daisies

This CAS card features the daisies from the “Various Verses” stamp set from Gina K Designs (retired?) and a greeting from the “Painted Harvest” set from Stampin’ Up. Both were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on white card stock matted on black. A sponged background of Gina K Ocean Mist and Applemint inks added a pop of color.

Using the same layout, the same mask for the sponging, and the same daisy stamp, I switched up the colors and made a birthday card as well.

On this version, the images were stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on white card stock. (The greeting on this one is also from the “Various Verses” set.) The ink for sponging and the card stock used was Gina K Peach Bellini and Kraft.

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10Apr2018

Interactive Birthday Cake Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Interactive Birthday Cake Card

(Inside: Wishing you the Best on your Special Day)

This card was made with the Die-namics “Interactive Birthday Cake” die set that was part of the “Twice the Wishes” card kit (retired?) from My Favorite Things. When the tab is pulled, the single layer cake becomes a double layer cake.

Next time, I would probably position the cake a little higher and would put the greeting either under the cake or on the hidden top layer so you would see it when the tab is pulled. I like the greeting above the cake when the top layer is hidden, but I’m not crazy about it being covered when the top layer is pulled up. As I said, next time…

HERE is a video by Jennifer McGuire showing the die set and how to use it to create an interactive card. (She also talks about how to make some of the elements by hand for a slider card like this without the dies.)

If you watch the tutorial video I just mentioned, you will see that MFT has these plastic slider elements that sandwich between the pull tab and the top cake layer which allow them to slide up and down smoothly in the die cut channel behind the cake. These slider elements do not have adhesive on them, and the glue I was using didn’t seem to want to stick to the plastic very will, so I used foam pop dots (1/4 inch diameter and 1/8 inch thick) instead.

I tried fun foam on one card and foam tape on the other to raise the front panels to allow the slider tabs to slide. Both worked well.

The greeting is from the “Notable Notes” set from Stampin’ Up and was heat embossed with versamark ink and Gina K white embossing powder. The stamp originally had a cake with the words, and I cut the stamp apart (creating two separate stamps) so I could just stamp the greeting on this card.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the “Birthday Sentiments” set from Honey Doo Crafts.

The brown and white striped card stock is called “Party Time” from the Spring Fling Collection from Pebbles (#733104). The tan mat is called “Nutmeg Boy Southwest Paper” from the Indie Chic collection from My Mind’s Eye (#IC0187). I used Recollections heavy weight white for the card base, and either Gina K Blue Denim or Stampin’ Up Mint Macaron for the main panel behind the cake. On the mint card, I used Recollections Printable Glitter Paper for the candles, flames, and cake trim. I colored the flames with Copic E35 marker.

I tried to make the tab obvious for the recipient by making it extend over the top of the card. As a result, I ended up creating a card that no longer fit in my standard A2 sized envelopes, so I needed to create a custom envelope with my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board. I started with an 8 3/8 inch square of heavy printer paper. Normally, when using this punch board, you measure the first “punch and score line” and then use the notch on the tool and the previous line to create the next line. Instead, for this envelope, I “punched and scored” the 1st and 3rd sides at 3 3/4 inches, and the 2nd and 4th sides at the 4 5/8 inch mark. This created the perfect envelope (not too big, and not too small) to accommodate the tab.

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1Apr2018

Dahlia Fold Birthday Wishes

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Dahlia Fold Birthday Wishes

(Inside: A birthday wish is sent your way hoping you’ll have a wonderful day.)

I saw this video on You Tube on how to make flowers using the “Dahlia Fold” technique and thought I’d give it a try.

I used 2 sheets of double sided paper from the “Stella & Rose” 6 inch paper pad from My Mind’s Eye, a 1-3/8″ circle punch from Stampin’ Up, and a 5/8″ heart punch from Recollections to make my flower pieces (and mat panel). I also used Rustic Cream card stock from Papertrey Ink.

The “stem” was from the “Dot Flourishes” stamp set from Inkadinkado, and the greeting was from the “Wild Blossoms” set from Gina K Designs. The sentiment on the inside was from the “Birthday Sentiments” set from Honey Doo Crafts. All were stamped with Gina K Moonlit Fog ink. To add the speckles on the front panel, I used a Tim Holtz Bundled Sage distress marker and the Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool (which is quickly becoming one of my favorite toys!).

Currently, the Mod Squad Challenge is “ready for spring” where we are encouraged to “make a Spring themed card with flowers, bunnies, pastels…anything Spring.” (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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