Floral Wreath Mother’s Day Card

Posted in Cards, Holiday Cards, Mother's Day by lisababitz

This Mother’s Day card features stamps from the “Circle of Spring” set by Stampin’ Up. I really love this delicate wreath image and chose to keep the layout simple to highlight the wreath.

I created a faux wood-grained background by scoring a piece of white card stock with my Martha Stewart Scoring Board and then swiping Papertrey Ink Soft Stone ink across the surface. I also used Gina K Designs Peach Bellini and Ocean Mist card stock along with the white.

I created a cut file of the wreath with my Silhouette. Then I stamped the image onto the die cut with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic Markers (E93 and B00). I know, it’s a bit weird that I chose blue for the leaves, but I LOVED these two colors together!

I created the “ribbon” with the “Alison’s Ribbons” die by Cheery Lynn Designs and used a die from the “Classic Squares (large)” set by Spellbinders for the greeting block. (The mats were cut with my trimmer.) The finishing touch was a “string” created with a thin strip of the Ocean Mist card stock and a jeweled brad by Recollections.

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21Aug2015

Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

Posted in Cards, Creative Folds, Mother's Day by lisababitz

Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

I have another holiday project to share in honor of the “Your Favourite Holiday” challenge over at Die Cut Divas where they have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.) I created this box card for Mother’s Day.

One of my favorite sites for svg files is svgcuts.com. Leo and Mary create such beautiful project files with amazing samples and tutorials for assembling the projects. This beautiful box card is from the “Spring Blossoms SVG Kit” which you can see HERE. The kit contains several Asian-inspired projects for Spring or any time of year. Projects include a paper lantern which has a reinforced hole in the back for plug-in lights or a battery operated tea light, a beautiful tiered pagoda that could be used as a very fancy gift box or centerpiece (for a spring wedding perhaps!), and several card designs. They provide the svg files that you can cut with your electronic die cutting machine, and you choose the papers and embellishments. Once all the pieces are cut out, you assemble them into beautiful projects. The tutorial VIDEO makes assembly a breeze!

I loved the colors in the sample and used similar colors for my card. The card stock I used was Core’dinations April Lovely and Nutmeg. The printed paper was Sandy Lion Pink Flowers. The greeting was heat embossed with versamark ink and and Tsukineko silver embossing powder. (I can’t seem to locate the stamp I used but will keep looking and will include it here when it turns up!) Recollections adhesive rhinestones and a Creative Memories Precious Elements (silver) Pen were used to add a touch of sparkle to the centers of the blossoms.

When open, the card stands like a box, but it closes flat for easy mailing. There is room on the back of the box to add a panel of plain paper with a sentiment and signatures.

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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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22Apr2015

Vintage Floral Mother’s Day Card

Posted in Cards, Mother's Day by lisababitz

Vintage Floral Mother’s Day Card

The current challenge over at Perfectly Rustics is the try a new technique. (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2015/04/20/prdc-no-46-new-technique/)

For this card, I tried a new technique for my background panel that I saw on StampTV called “Scrappy Background” which you can see HERE. Basically, you cut strips of paper, and arrange them in a perpendicular pattern with a thin space between them. In the tutorial, Gina uses a variety of patterned paper scraps. My pieces are all the same pattern. I started with a piece of paper from the Momenta “Songbird” 12×12 inch paper pad (which was white and gray) and sponged Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink on the whole surface (to match my focal image panel). I cut 3/4 inch strips and arranged them on a piece of Gina K Dark Sage card stock. Once all my strips were attached and the edges trimmed, I matted the panel on another piece of Dark Sage card stock. I thought this looked kind of cool because it appears that I measured (perfectly!) the edges to leave a border around the outside to match the spaces throughout the pattern.

One of the things that frustrates me is that I have a room full of paper (I am running out of places to put it!!), and yet I can never seem to find paper to match my projects when I am working on them. That was the case with this project. I had completed my focal panel, and then I could not figure out what to do with it because nothing seemed to match it! (Mental note – choose papers first and then color the images! Seems obvious, but I never do that! The other thing I always forget is that different surfaces and papers take ink differently so even using the same color ink doesn’t always look exactly the same.) Anyway, I found the printed paper that had very little color and inked it to match (or at least complement!) my focal panel. It was still pretty boring as one whole piece, but the Scrappy Background technique added a bit more interest. If I had multiple matching papers, I may have tried it with several patterns, but as I said, finding one was a challenge! I kind of like the single pattern on this card, though. (Next time, I’ll try several patterns!)

The focal panel was made with an Inkadinkado large background stamp called “Floral Wood Cut” stamped on Strathmore Mixed Media paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The darker parts of the flowers were first colored with a Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany distress marker, and then they were “water colored” with plain water and a brush to fill in and blend them. The leaves were colored with a Peeled Paint distress ink marker, and the edges were water colored with peeled paint ink and water. Once that dried, I sponged over the entire panel with the Tea Dye distress ink. This panel was mounted on a piece of the Dark Sage card stock. (I used the mixed media paper because my water color paper is textured, and I was having trouble stamping my image on it. This image is very subtle with lots of shading and I needed a smooth surface. Since I planned to water color my images, I wanted a paper that could handle the water. This was my first time using the mixed media paper, and it worked well!)

For my greeting, I used a scrap of the paper I used for my scrappy background. The greeting was from the Spellbinders “Matching Clear Stamps – Label Accents” (which matches their Labels 2,4, and 8 die sets) and was heat embossed with Stampendous Garnet embossing powder and versamark ink. I cut this piece out with an oval die from the Spellbinders “Fancy Frame Tags Two” die set and tucked it behind a metal Tim Holtz idea-ology ornate plate.

To complement the flowers, I cut burgundy mats from the Recollections “Habitat” 12×12 paper pad and inked over them with a bit of the Aged Mahogany ink to get the colors closer.

Finally, I used Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany distress stain to color some “Hug Snug” seam binding to create the crinkle ribbon for my bow.

If you’d like to try a new technique and share your project over at Perfectly Rustics, I’d love to see it!

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8Oct2014

You Are So Beautiful – Purse Card

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

You Are So Beautiful – Purse Card

This project was made for Joyce’s “Stamp Out Cancer – Challenge #7 – No Rectangles or Squares” for StampTV. For this challenge, we are to make a card that is not square or rectangle and to use designer paper (can be custom made). (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

This card was made with elements from a kit from svgcuts called Luxury Handbags SVG Kit. CLick HERE to check it out at svgcuts.com.

I cut the pieces out with my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine. The 2 pieces of designer paper I used for this project came from the Recollections “Memories Documented” paper pad. The solid card stock is gina k sandy beach. The greeting stamp came from the Gina K Designs “Fight Like A Girl” set and was stamped with gina k charcoal brown ink on the sandy beach card stock. The circle was cut using a Spellbinders standard circle die, and it was adhered to the center of the flower. The greeting was the only stamp used on this project. The metal heart charm, jute and raffia were in my stash.

Choose any (small) greeting to put on the flower and select coordinating card stocks, papers, and embellishments, and this card design can be used for a variety of occasions!

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