More Pop-Up Cakes

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

More Pop-Up Cakes

I made my original pop-up cake a while ago and kind of forgot about the die until I recently got a request for a custom pop-up wedding cake card. Now that the die is out, I’ve been having fun making different cakes! (I’m including two more of them in this post.) My daughter needed an 18th birthday card for her friend so I created this “chocolate” one for her.

Here is the front of the card when it is closed:

(inside: wishing you a day filled with good things)

Ingredients for this card are listed at the bottom of this post.

“Anything Goes Birthday” is always the challenge over at Seize the Birthday which is a bi-monthly challenge blog aimed at helping you get those birthday cards done. This week’s “toppings” option is to use a stencil, but I opted not to use one on this project. Pop on over and check out the beautiful inspiration posted by the design team along with all the entries in the gallery.

Here is another wedding cake using strips of plain white card stock and printed acetate, crimped and layered.

And here is the front of this card:

(inside: Wishing you every happiness, today and always)

Ingredients for this card are listed at the bottom of this post.

I designed this envelope to accommodate the bulk of these cards when closed.

The envelope can be left plain or can be customized to match the card.

Ingredients for Birthday Cake Card: Continue reading →

7Oct2016

Baseball Box Card

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

Baseball Box Card

This baseball box card is from the “Father’s Day Box Cards” SVG Kit by SVGCuts. The kit contains several different box card projects with themes that are perfect for Father’s Day or that could be used year round. In addition to this baseball card, there is a golf cart card (which I previously made), a toolbox card, a BBQ grill card, and a generic card with stars. The kit contains the svg files that you can cut with your electronic die cutting machine, and you can choose the papers and embellishments. Once all the pieces are cut out, you assemble them into an amazing dimensional card! A tutorial VIDEO is provided to make assembly a breeze.

I made this card for my son’s birthday. The greeting I added to the star element is from the “Just Fore You” stamp set by CC Designs stamped with Gina K Charcoal Brown ink.

The card stock I used was all from Gina K Designs: Sandy Beach, Grass Green, Charcoal Brown, Cherry Red, White, and Metallic Gold. I swiped Gina K Kraft ink across the bats to give them a wooden appearance.

There is a panel on the back where you can write or stamp a message to the recipient.

The stamp I used on this card is from the “All About You” set from Gina K Designs and was stamped with Gina K Charcoal Brown Ink.

Box Cards fold flat to fit into a regular envelope, and depending on the embellishments that you choose, they may not even require extra postage (if you make them light and flat enough).

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24Jul2016

Golf Cart Box Card

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

Golf Cart Box Card

This golf cart box card is from the Father’s Day Box Cards SVG Kit by SVGCuts. The kit contains several different box card projects with themes that are perfect for Father’s Day or that could be used year round. In addition to this golf cart card, there is a baseball themed card, a toolbox card, a BBQ grill card, and a generic card with stars. The kit contains the svg files that you can cut with your electronic die cutting machine, and you can choose the papers and embellishments. Once all the pieces are cut out, you assemble them into an amazing dimensional card! A tutorial VIDEO is provided to make assembly a breeze.

What I love about box cards is that they fold flat to fit into a regular envelope, and depending on the embellishments that you choose, they may not even require extra postage (if you make them light and flat enough).

The patterned paper and printed card stock I used was Authentique “Durable” from the Loyal collection, “Green Plaid” by Paper Pizazz – Hot Off The Press, “Persnickety Finicky” by lilybeedesign, and Recollections silver shimmer card stock. The textured white was the back of some scraps of printed paper I had in my stash. The brown card stock was from the open stock at AC Moore (not sure of the name; no label). The textured-looking metalic silver was from the “Silver Textured Foil” digital paper set by ScubamouseStudiosJr which I purchased on Etsy. I also used Recollections green from their Christmas cardstock pack and Gina K Cherry Red.

I used the Sizzix Dot Matrix embossing folder to add the dimples to the golf balls and two Recollections brads on the wheels.

I found the score card on google and stamped “fore you” with Gina K Grass Green ink. This stamp is from the CC Designs “Just Fore You” set.

There is a plain panel on the back where you could stamp or write a message and sign your name. The sentiment I used is from the “And Many Mower” set (retired?) from Stampin’ Up, and was stamped with Gina K Green Grass ink. (This stamp set also contains a “Happy Father’s Day” stamp which I also used in place of the “Happy Birthday” on a few cards.)

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14Jul2016

Changing Picture Birthday Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Changing Picture Birthday Card

This adorable cutie is my mother when she was 2 years old. She recently turned 75 (although she’s as youthful and active as a 30 year old!), and I thought this “Changing Picture” card was perfect for her birthday. When you pull the tab, the photo “magically” transforms from her toddler photo to her present day photo.

Happy Birthday, Mom!!

I first saw this project in a book called Making Mechanical Cards by Sheila Sturrock. (She calls it the “Venetian Blind Variation” Technique and includes the needed templates to copy and cut out.) Sara Sandberg did a video tutorial HERE of this technique which I found very helpful. On her site, she includes all the templates for this project in a variety of file formats (including svg files, studio cut files, and pdf files for hand-cutting).

I originally watched her video on YouTube and didn’t see her templates so I created my own cut files using the templates that are included in the book. After I was done my card, I discovered her website! Ugh!!! Anyway, it worked out ok because the first time I tried to make this card, I glued my photos on the photocopied templates as suggested. I was having a hard time making the photos slide/change smoothly; the edges kept getting caught. When I created my cut files, I did it as a “print and cut” and printed the photos directly onto the templates. The photos slid much more smoothly this time around.

My photos were about 2 3/8″ x 2 3/8″ (about 6cm x 6cm). (I think she recommends a 5cm square photo with her templates.) The green panel with the cupcakes is called “Birthday Wishes” from the “It’s Your Day!” collection by Nikki Sivils. The printed frame was made with digital paper from a set called “Birthday Digital Paper” by GraceGraphicDesign which I purchased on Etsy. The white frames were made with a cut file from the “4 Vintage Frames (Design #24374)” set by Lori Whitlock which I purchased from the Silhouette Store and were cut with my Silhouette. The pink center strip is Gina K Innocent Pink card stock and was embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. I used a heavy weight white card base to make it easier to push and pull the tab without bending the card.

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9Jul2016

Tropical Birthday Shaker Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Tropical Birthday Shaker Card

(Inside Text: May your birthday be filled with sunshine, smiles, laughter, love and cheer!)

Wow, it’s been a while! Great to finally have some time to get back in my craft room…

Our family has several men who celebrate summer birthdays, so I thought I’d design a card with a tropical theme. I ordered the stamps for this card just before I went on vacation with my family to Ocean City, NJ. While sitting on the beach, I thought about what I would do with these images when I got home and came up with the shaker card idea. I brought the shells and sand from the beach home with me!

The image stamps are called “Tropical Island (L-24219)” and “Birthday Flamingo (J-29905)” and are from RubberHedgehog Rubber Stamps. The birthday stamp is from the “Happy Birthday To You” set, and the sentiment on the inside is from the “Happy Birthday Duo” set, both from Gina K Designs.

I made another version of this card with the “Let’s Party (G-9610)” stamp from RubberHedgehog Rubber Stamps. I love this stamp for a party invitation as well as a birthday card.

The tropical island image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and was colored with Copic Markers (G24, G28, E55, E57, E59, E42, E43, and E44). I masked the colored image and inked the background with Gina K Powder Blue, Sweet Mango, and Ocean Mist ink.

The flamingo was stamped on the frame with Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger black embossing powder. (A portion of the image was lost when it was stamped over the cut-out portion of the frame.) I then created a cut file and die cut with my Silhouette Electronic Die Cutting Machine for the body of the flamingo so it could hang over the shaker window. I stamped the body onto this die cut with Memento Tuxedo Black ink (click HERE to see how) and colored it with Copic Markers (R14, R29, and BG18). Then, to make it bolder to match the embossed legs better, I stamped over the colored image with Versafine Black Onyx ink. I was able to stamp over the image because I used my MISTI for all my stamping so it was easy to line up the image to stamp it a second time. The colored die cut was lined up over the embossed image on the frame.

The greeting was also stamped with the Versafine Black Onyx ink.

The solid card stock is Gina K Blue Lagoon and Ocean Mist, and the patterned paper is DCWV Green Woodland Stripe. The background panel was embossed with a Darice “Basketweave” embossing folder to add some texture.

I cut the printed frame with my Silhouette, and I used a sizzix die (38-0163 Frame Rectangle) to cut fun foam (3 layers glued together) that I used to raise the frame up to create the pocket for the shaker window. This window needed to be pretty deep to accommodate the thickness of the shells. (Here’s a video showing you how to create a shaker pocket with fun foam.) I also used a small piece of thick acetate for the shaker window, and raffia ribbon to finish it off.

The Mod Squad Challenge this week is “Lazy Days of Summer” where we are encouraged to create a project that makes one think of the lazy days of summer. Lying on a hammock on the beach…ahhhhh! (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

The “Let’s Party” card will be entered in the RubberHedgehog 2016 card contest.

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