Christmas Blessings

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Christmas Blessings

(inside: Wishing you a Christmas season full of peace, goodwill, and joy!)

I started off thinking I wanted to use browns and blues for my color palette and thought the idea of a wood print background might be nice to create a rustic feel. (Wood.. stable…that’s where my mind was on this one.) Anyway, I saw several wood print backgrounds in my travels, but this one with the turquoise and brown really caught my eye. I told myself that turquoise is kind of blue (for Mary) and kind of green (for Christmas), and I often see people use non-traditional colors, so I decided to go for it. Still trying to decide if I like it for a Christmas card…..

The stamped image and greeting are from the “A Blessed Christmas“set by Paper Smooches. I stamped the holy family on white card stock and the greeting on Darice Picket Fence with Gina K Charcoal Brown ink. I colored the image with Copic markers (Mary: BG15; Faces: E53; Joseph: E57; Jesus and Headband: E55) and hand cut it out with scissors. To make them more rustic looking, I stamped over the colored image and greeting panel with the texture stamp from the Gina K Designs “Frame & Filler” set (retired?) and Kraft ink.

The inside sentiment is from the “Christmas Blessings” set by Our Daily Bread and was stamped on Gina K Sandy Beach card stock with Charcoal Brown ink.

The circle panels were cut with Spellbinders circle dies (from the Large and Small sets). The small circle was cut from the Picket Fence card stock and stamped with the Stampin’ Up “Cheesecloth” background stamp and Kraft ink. The large circle (and all the mats and card base) are Recollections Kraft card stock.

The music notes panel is “Tiny Music – Teal (518068)” by the Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby. I stamped the holly over the music print with Stampin’ Up Lost Lagoon ink using the stamp from the Sizzix/Hero Arts “Stamp & Emboss Holly Background 657769” set.

The wood print paper is called “Petite Wood Fence – Turquoise (1145234)” by the Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

I inked the edges of all of the panels with Gina K. Charcoal Brown ink.

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15Sep2016

Nativity Paperscape Box Card

Posted in Christmas, Holiday Cards, Paper Crafting Projects (other) by lisababitz

Nativity Paperscape Box Card

This large box card (9 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches when flattened) was made from a file called Nativity Paperscape Box Card SVG by Dreaming Tree (3dsvg.com) which is the company founded in 2015 by Leo Kowal (former co-founder of svgcuts). They offer svg files (that can be cut with an electronic die cutting machine) for a lot of amazing projects with tutorials to make assembly a breeze.

Like most box cards, it has a box-like frame with several panels layered inside. This one is a little different in that it is more rectangular than square and that all the panels are completely inside the box and do not extend over the top. As I mentioned above, this is a pretty large card. An envelope made to fit this card is included with the file. The card is 3 dimensional when opened and folds flat for storage or for mailing.

A greeting and sentiment can be stamped, printed, or written on the back. There is a place cut out in the back to place a battery operated tea light if desired. The photo above has a white light behind it. Below is a photo of the card with no light added:

And here is another photo of the card in the dark with a blue tea light:

So many ways to display it!!

I used basic white card stock for the base and panels. The printed card stock is called Holly Berries from the Holly Jolly collection by My Mind’s Eye. The background panel is Moonlit Fog card stock by Gina K Designs.

What I love about this project is that is can be a card or a decoration – or both!

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29Aug2016

Center Step Nativity Card

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Creative Folds, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Center Step Nativity Card

This card features the “Country Nativity” stamp by Uptown Rubber Stamps (H29014). The card base is a center step card; I used the template with measurements found HERE.

The image was stamped on white card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers [Mary’s Clothes (B95, B97, E41), Joseph’s Clothes (E43, E47), Jesus (E42), Skin (E00), Hair (E44), Stable (E44, E47), Cow (E42, E41, B95), Goat (E41, E43), Sheep (E40, E43), Staff (E47), Stars (Y23), Bird (E18), Branch G29)].

The card base is Gina K heavy base weight white. The brown printed card stock is from the Collectable collection by My Mind’s Eye called Unforgetable “Happiness” Delight Paper. It is two sided, and I used both sides. The blue card stock (mat and inside panel) is called “Winter Freeze” by Melissa Frances.

Raffia and jute was also used.

The Mod Squad Challenge this week is called Teacher’s Pet where we are encouraged to use a pet or animal on our creation. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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3Aug2016

Waterfall Cards

Posted in Baby, Cards, Holiday Cards, Interactive, Other, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Waterfall Cards

My last post was of a Mother’s Day waterfall card, and I realized that I had made a few others that I had never posted here so I thought I’d share them now. (These were previously posted in my StampTV gallery.)

The baby cards shown above were made using svg files from the “Waterfall Cards SVG Kit” from SVGCuts and my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine. The problem with posting things so long after they were made is that it’s hard to remember the actual papers and supplies that were used! The good news is that you can use any paper for these projects, and they’d still be adorable!

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I created this next one as a thank you note to send for my triplets’ birthday a few years back. For this one, I used one of the files from the same “Waterfall Card SVG Kit” (just to create the basic card base) along with the “Steve the Monkey” file from the “free designs” collection at SVGCuts. I changed the waterfall portion to have two sections instead of four, and I adapted his head so his mouth would open when the ribbon was pulled, revealing the sentiment.

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This final sample was a card I made (and taught) for one of the Holiday Card Classes offered at Michaels in 2013. This class was called “Vintage Holiday Card Tricks Class” and featured distressing techniques, heat embossing, and using Sizzix dies with the Big Kick. We created this waterfall card along with two others that you can see HERE. I did not design these cards; the lesson plans were provided.

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2Aug2016

Vintage Waterfall Card

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

Vintage Waterfall Card

A Waterfall Card is an interactive card that has a strip with cascading images. When you pull on a tab, you can make hidden messages or images appear, while pieces of card stock fold over and look like a waterfall.

HERE is a tutorial for making one.

I created this vintage style waterfall card with a Mother’s Day greeting.. The “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting appears, along with a new image, when the tab is pulled.

For this project, I used paper from two digital paper packs I purchased on Etsy. The floral background paper is from the “Floral Digital Paper Pack” (006) by AphroditaShop. The images on the waterfall panels are from the “Vintage Ephemera Digital Paper Pack” by VintageLeChocolate. The solid card stock was Gina K Innocent Pink and Sandy Beach. Inks used were Gina K Innocent Pink, Warm Cocoa, and Kraft. The “Happy Mother’s Day” stamp is by Studio G, and I used the Stampendous Marble Texture Cube stamp on the greeting panels. Recollection brads and some kraft ink on the edges added to the vintage look of the card.

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