Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

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

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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19Aug2015

Spinning Santa

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Spinning Santa

This adorable Santa stamp called “Santa Falling Off Roof” is by Uptown Rubber Stamps. It just seemed to me like he needed to be “tumbling” so I created a penny slider/spinner card to allow him to “tumble” freely!

A penny slider or spinner card (I’ve seen them called both) has an element on the card that spins as it travels across the card. It’s called a penny slider or spinner card because the spinning element is mounted on a “sandwich” of two pennies with a pop dot in the center which rolls across the card in a slot or channel that you create on the front of your card.

Click HERE to see a tutorial on how to create a penny slider or spinner card.

After I stamped and colored my image, I used two dies (the 7th and 8th from the outside) from the We R Memory Keepers Nesting Dies “Circles” set to cut out the image and the mat. I used the smaller of the two long, skinny dies from the Spellbinders “A2 Matting Basics B” set to cut the channel or slot across the middle of my card. (It made a beautiful, clean looking cut, but it was slightly wider than I would have liked so I ended up using quarters instead of pennies to insure that the spinning element didn’t fall out. I discovered later that using larger pop dots would also have fixed the problem.) What I really like about this design is that with such a large spinning element, it is possible to display the card with the channel completely hidden from view when you are not “playing” with it. (I created another penny slider card HERE where the channel is always visible.)

I colored the image with Copic Markers (R59, G29, E21, E04, W1, and Y17) . The striped designer paper is called “Christmas Stripe” from the “A Christmas Story” line by Reminisce. I mounted this panel on a piece of heavy weight card stock (before cutting the channel) to make it sturdier. The strip of patterned paper that says “Merry Christmas” is actually the back of the bar code/label strip of a piece of paper called “Christmas Holly” from the same Reminisce line. The mats are Gina K Christmas Pine. Recollections heavy weight white was used for the card base. I adhered the striped piece (that was removed to create the channel) to the card base directly behind the channel to make the channel less noticeable. A piece of red raffia ribbon was added to finish it off.

This card is one of the cards being featured over at Die Cut Divas this month where I was invited to be a guest designer. They have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder, and this month’s challenge is Your Favourite Holiday. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.) Pop on over to Die Cut Divas and share your holiday projects. I can’t wait to see what you create!

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18Aug2015

Embossed Snowman

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Embossed Snowman

This card (previously posted) is one of the cards being featured over at Die Cut Divas this month where I was invited to be a guest designer. They have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder. This month’s challenge is Your Favourite Holiday. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.)

The snowman on this card was made with the Sizzix Snowman & Hat Bigz die which also came with a bonus embossing folder that fits the die. The snowman was cut from Gina K Pure Ivory card stock, and the hat was cut from a scrap of textured black DCWV card stock. The arms were cut freehand from a scrap of black. Ribbon and gems were added to finish him off.

The background panel is Gina K Kraft card stock embossed with the Darice Snowflake Swirl folder. The frame was cut using my trimmer from a piece of Pebbles “Mary” card stock from the Walnut Grove collection. The Card base is Gina K Pure Ivory.

The greeting stamp is from the Gina K Designs “Winter Cheer” set and was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with gina k black embossing powder on kraft card stock and matted on pure ivory. A scrap of ribbon, jute and a glittered, wooden mini snowflake ornament from Michaels were added to the greeting banner.

This card was originally made for the Perfectly Rustics Challenge No. 36 – Embossing – where we were to use wet or dry embossing on our project. I used both. (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/11/17/prdc-36-embossing/)

Pop on over to Die Cut Divas and check out their current challenge – Your Favourite Holiday.

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17Aug2015

Matchbox Card for Father’s Day

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

Matchbox Card for Father’s Day

I am extremely excited and honored to have been asked to be a guest designer for the month of August over at Die Cut Divas! (Thanks, Cathie, for asking me!!) 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.)

“Your Favourite Holiday” is the theme for the month of August so I thought I’d share this matchbox card project I made for Father’s Day.

A matchbox card has decorated, pop-up panels inside a sliding tray like a matchbox. I used my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board to create the box. I had never made a card like this before; this is the Matchbox Card Tutorial that I used make my card.

The elements I used to decorate the top and inside panels of my box are adapted from the Silhouette file by Lori Whitlock called Golf Box Card (Design #60656).

I designed the top of my box to fold and stand up; the underside of this panel is the “inside” of the card with the sentiment and signatures.

As you pull the tray out of the box, the panels inside pop up one by one.

My first panel has a golf cart on it…

Then a putting green…

And then a star with a golf ball and tee and a stamped image.

Here is a side view of the panels.

Behind the last panel is a space to include a gift card if desired.

The unique shape of this “card” requires a special envelope! I used the envelope punch board again to create a box-like envelope for my matchbox card.

This will definitely require a trip to the post office to mail!

The two-sided, patterned paper was called “Steady” from the Loyal Collection by Authentique . I also used Gina K kraft, cranberry tart, fresh asparagus, sandy beach and charcoal brown card stock. Both stamped images were from the “On the Links” stamp set by Papertrey Ink and were stamped with Gina K charcoal brown ink.

Now it’s your turn! Create a card for Your Favourite Holiday using a die or embossing folder and share it over at Die Cut Divas. I can’t wait to see what you create!

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24Jul2015

Wobble Head Santa

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Wobble Head Santa

An earlier version of this card was originally posted in my StampTV Gallery. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

The Santa I used is from an svg set called “Mr. and Mrs. Country Claus” which I have had in my file for a while. My records show it was purchased and downloaded from “Treasure Box Designs” although it was either discontinued or I am mistaken in the artist/company since it is no longer there on their site. (If I am giving credit to the wrong artist/company, I am sorry.)

I cut the pieces with my Silhouette, inked all the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink, and pieced him together. To create a bobble-head effect, I mounted Santa’s head on a spring. (Excuse the poor quality of the GIF file below. I cannot include videos here in my blog post but wanted to show the movement.)

The spring is called an “Action Wobble Spring” and is a plastic spring with adhesive on both sides so it sticks to your card project and to the element you want to wobble. (I got these on Amazon.com HERE.) I really love using these springs, but as you can see in the photo below, the adhesive panels are fairly large so your element needs to be big enough to cover the spring. (They now have mini ones for smaller elements.)

The background paper is Pine Green Plaid by Paper Pizazz mounted on a Gina K Cranberry Tart card base. The red for Santa’s clothes is Burgundy & Gold Crackle Paper by Colorbok. His sack was made with Recollections burlap scrapbook paper. Recollections gold paper was used for the gold elements. (My original card had gold glitter paper, but I it was difficult to cut, so I switched to a flat gold paper for this card.) The other pieces were cut from a piece of a manilla file folder and scraps of green, black and white from my scrap box.

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