Fishing You The Best

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Other by lisababitz

As I mentioned in my last post, the Perfectly Rustics site will no longer be hosting challenges after their last “Anything Goes With Glitter” challenge.

I had already made this card for a color challenge we were intending to run in a few weeks (using three Stampin’ Up! colours -Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, and Smoky Slate), and since there will be no color challenge, I decided to share it now.

For this project, I found a printed paper by Karen Foster Design called “Coral Reef” which matched the Stampin’ Up Bermuda Bay. I used that as the backdrop for this card. The frames were cut with dies from the Spellbinders 5×7 Matting Basics A and B sets. The card stock I used is Stampin’ Up Smoky Slate, Bazzill Tiarra (similar to Smoky Slate), Core’dinations Mediterranean (similar to Bermuda Bay) and black. (This card is 5×7)

The tag was cut from a die from the Heartfelt Creations “Decorative Flower Pot” die set by Spellbinders. The stamp is from the Gina K Designs “Fishing You the Best” set (retired?) and was heat embossed with versamark ink and Gina K black embossing powder. A piece of black string was added.

I filled a ziplock sandwich bag with clear Suave Sculpting (hair) Gel, and placed it over the fish paper and “under” the mats to make it look like the fish were in water. I had done another card using this technique (HERE) and a tutorial (HERE). For the tutorial, I used blue hair gel, but the paper I was using here was blue so I used clear gel on this project.

(click on photo to see the water/bubbles)

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25Jul2015

Happy 29th Birthday

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Happy 29th Birthday

A friend recently commented that his 29th birthday was fast approaching. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to use two new stamps I had recently added to my collection. (He is not 29….. and I am not 110 pounds!) The image on the front is an Art Impressions wood mount stamp (distributed by Hampton Art) that I purchased at AC Moore. There is no name on the stamp, but the item number is PS0919. (Over at the Ai blog, it is referred to as “Ai Girlfriend Birthday Celebrate!”) The inside stamp is another Ai stamp from the “Girlfriends” collection (UMF3572).

I created a cut file with my Silhouette software and stamped the images on the die cuts I created.

Click (HERE) for a tutorial on how to line the stamp up perfectly on the die cut.

Copic Markers were used to color the image (skin: E00, E31, E57, E04 (mouth); hair: E57; Cake: E57, E59, E40, B34; Clothes: B39, B34) along with a Sakura clear glitter pen for a little touch of sparkle.

(Click on photo to see the sparkle.)

Once cut and colored, she was mounted on an Action Wobble spring.

The white panel was embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. The solid blue card stock is Gina K Blue Denim. The striped panel is digital paper from a set called “Yankee Fan” that I purchased from a store called happyheartstudios on Etsy (HERE).

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9Jul2015

Above Par Birthday Card

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Above Par Birthday Card

The Mod Squad Challenge this week is “Fast & Easy” for those times where you “just need to get a card done quickly.” (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

I was on vacation with my family and returned home realizing I needed a birthday card which needed to be mailed the next day in order for it to arrive on time. (I seem to have trouble with birthdays that are on the 1st of a month; it was the end of June, and I forgot July was right around the corner!!) I decided to take advantage of an awesome piece of scrapbook paper by 7gypsies called “Vintage Varsity: Putt” and used the corner of the sheet as my card base. Here is what the whole sheet looks like:

The printed panel was mounted on Gina K Charcoal Brown card stock and then on a Recollections Kraft base.

The greeting was stamped with Gina K Charcoal Brown ink on the kraft and charcoal brown as well. The stamp is called Above Par Birthday Greeting by DRS Designs and actually says, “May your Birthday be like your golf game – way Above Par!” but I wasn’t sure if the “joke” would be appreciated so I masked out the “like your golf game” part!

To finish off the card, I added some jute and a metal golf bag charm I had in my stash. (I had ordered these HERE a while back.)

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(photo of printed paper was a google image photo and not my own)

28Jun2015

With Love Triple Layer Card

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

With Love Triple Layer Card

Normally, I stamp my panels when making a triple layer card, but I had this beautiful printed paper and wanted it to be the focus of my card. The dark layers add interest without covering up the print.

This card was done with patterned papers (floral and brown) from a pack by Momenta. (There is not a name on the package so I don’t know what it called.) Once I cut and layered the panels, I adhered them to an ivory card base so the card was sturdier. The stamp used for the greeting is from the “Vertical Greetings 2” stamp set by Gina K Designs. I heat embossed it with versamark ink and Ranger’s Liquid Platinum embossing powder. The ribbon by Recollections – Celebrate It #215813 matches the embossing powder beautifully. I stamped a birthday sentiment on the inside, but this card could be used for a variety of occasions. To cut my panels, I used dies from the Spellbinders “5×7 Matting Basics B” for the dark panels and “5×7 Matting Basics A” for the floral panels. (The center panel was cut with a paper trimmer.)

This technique could be used with any printed paper for any occasion, and I will definitely use it again!

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14Jun2015

Best Wishes – Color Challenge

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Best Wishes – Color Challenge

Join us this fortnight over at Perfectly Rustics for Design Challenge No. 50 – Colour Combo. For this challenge, we are to use three Stampin’ Up! colors (Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, and Smoky Slate) to create our project. Equivalent colors in different products and neutrals are allowed! (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2015/06/15/prdc-no-50-colour-combo/)

The stamps I used for this project came from the Gina K Designs “Fleur de Lis” and “Birthday Blessings” sets.

The butterflies were heat embossed with versamark ink and Recollections “Snow” embossing powder. The greeting and flowers were stamped with Gina K Ocean Mist ink (substitute for Stampin’ Up Pool Party), and the leaves were stamped with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint distress ink (substitute for SU Pear Pizzazz). With a sponge dauber, I applied a bit of Memento London Fog ink (substitute for the SU Smoky Slate) over the white embossed butterflies and around the edges of the white panels.

My white stamped panels were mounted on Stampin’ Up Smoky Slate card stock.

Measurements for my panels: (2″ x 3 1/4″), (3″ x 4 1/4″), (4″ x 5 1/4″), and the mats: (2 1/4″ x 3 1/2″), (3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″) and the card base (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″)

I’ve done triple stamping before, but I had never used multiple colors or the emboss-resist technique for my focal images. I was inspired to do so on this project after viewing THIS video tutorial.

Now it’s your turn! Create a project using these colors, and share it over at Perfectly Rustics I can’t wait to see what you create!

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