Welcome Baby!

Posted in Baby, Cards by lisababitz

Welcome Baby!

Congratulations to Kim and her family over at Perfectly Rustics on the birth of their daughter, Abbey! This week’s Perfectly Rustics Challenge (PR Design Challenge – No. 39 – Animals) is to make a card using an animal, so I thought I’d use this rocking horse image on a baby card as my entry. Welcome Abbey!! (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2015/01/12/prdc-no-39-animals/)

The rocking horse image was stamped and paper pieced. The 8 piece stamp set, which contains baby sentiments and images, is by Recollections. I am not sure of the name of the set since I don’t seem to have the original packaging anymore. The hanging hearts stamp is from the Gina K Designs “Love You” mini stamp set, and the greeting is from the “Bundle of Love” mini stamp set, also by Gina K Designs. I stamped the greeting and hearts twice with both Memento Tuxedo Black and Memento Rose Bud inks. The black seemed too harsh, and the pink didn’t pop enough, so I thought I’d layer the two colors. The large background die is the largest of the 5×7 Detailed Scallops by Spellbinders (S6-004), and one of the Spellbinders Long Classic Rectangles – large (S4-142) was used for the image panel. The patterned papers are from the DCWV 6×6 Girl Stack paper pack, and the solid pink is Gina K Bubblegum Pink which was sponged with a little bit of the rose bud ink. The corners of the card were rounded to follow the corners of the die.

Since I’ve never used this scolloped die or the stamps before (all new), I am also entering this card in the NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) Challenge at djkardkreations.com. http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/01/happy-new-year-2015-nbus-challenge-3.html

I haven’t made too many baby cards before, so it took me a little while to get this one to come together. I’m going to work on this type of card more since I think they are so cute!

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8Jan2015

Snowman Shaker Thank You Card

Posted in Cards, Interactive, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Snowman Shaker Thank You Card

I recently saw a video tutorial by Theresa Momber making a Recessed Window Card. She showed how to make the recessed window using a Spellbinders die and a craft knife, and I thought this recessed window card could be easily adapted to make a shaker card.

After I created the recessed window and inserted my stamped panel, I simply added my “shakers” and taped a piece of acetate (cut slightly larger than the window) over the recessed window. I then cut a frame (using the same size die that I used to create the window) and adhered it over the acetate and window panel. For the card above, I created a second frame with the patterned paper (with the next larger sized die) and adhered it on the blue frame. The whole thing was attached to a card base with 4 small pop dots in the corners. (I used to use lots of pop dots to create the enclosed window to keep in the shakers.)

To create the snowman panel, I used stamps from the following Gina K Designs stamp sets: Fabulous Holiday Fillers, Let’s Talk, Winter Cheer, and Fabulous Frame Fillers. I stamped the images using Memento Tuxedo Black and used Gina K Blue Denim ink (and masks) to sponge the background. The snowflakes (hard to see) were stamped with Color Box Frost White pigment ink, although I’m not real happy with the way they came out. (Heat embossing or versamark resist may have been better.) I added color to the snowman with Copic Markers B39, B95, and Y17. Spellbinders Classic Squares (Large) dies were used to make the recessed window and the frames around it. The printed paper I used is “Winter Freeze” by Melissa Frances along with Gina K Blue Denim and Pure White card stock. To photograph the card, I rubbed the acetate with a piece of wool to build up a little static to make the sequins “stick” to appear to be shaken around; they usually sit on the bottom!

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7Jan2015

Chalkboard Thank You Card

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Chalkboard Thank You Card

Melanie Muenchinger recently posted a tutorial on the Chalkboard Technique on stamptv, and I thought I’d give it a try.

This card is being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge – Thank You, where the challenge is to make a 4″ x 4″ Thank You Card. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

It is also being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – Thank You. For this challenge, the thank you card could be any size. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

This card was made using all products by Gina K Designs. I created the chalkboard look with black card stock and white pigment ink. The mini snowflake frame is from the “Winter Blocks” set (retired?). I masked a portion of the frame to stamp the greeting from the “Lots of Lines” set. The long, straight line under the cord is from the “Perfect Plaids” set (retired?). The printed paper is from Winter Cheer 6″ x 6″ Paper Pack. I finished it off with silver cording.

Since I’ve never used stamps from the Winter Blocks set, I am also entering this card in the NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) Challenge at djkardkreations.com. http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/01/happy-new-year-2015-nbus-challenge-3.html

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4Jan2015

Penguin Thank You Card

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Penguin Thank You Card

This winter thank you card was made with the Cottage Cutz Skating Penguin die. The background was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder using the Hampton Arts Double Vision Ditto stamp (retired?). The flag was also heat embossed in white using a stamp from the “Fabulous Frame Filler” stamp set by Gina K Designs. Stampin’ Up dazzling diamonds glitter was used to add sparkle to the ice (which is hard to see in the photo).

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7Dec2014

Decorating the Tree

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Decorating the Tree

This card is being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – Frosty the Snowman – where the theme is snowmen. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

This card is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics Design Challenge No. 37 – Sentiment (Not Birthday). The focus of this challenge is the sentiment on the card, but NO HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiments are to be used in this challenge! They want us to think outside of the standard (most commonly used sentiment) and come up with something different than Happy Birthday. The “Merry and Bright” sentiment was chosen to go with the festive lights for the tree. (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/12/01/prdc-37-sentiment-not-birthday/)

This card is also being entered in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Christmas/Holidays – where we are to create a holiday themed project. (http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-christmas/)

The stamps used for this project were from the Gina K Designs “Winter Cheer” and “Christmas Joy” stamp sets. The card base is Gina K kraft, and the green is from the My Mind’s Eye “Signature Christmas” 6×6 designer paper pad. The printed card stock was from the DCWV “Storybook Christmas” 6×6 paper stack. I stamped the snowmen images on the printed background panel with Memento tuxedo black ink. I also stamped the snowmen onto white card stock , colored them with Copic Markers R89, Y17, YR18, C1 and T2 and went over their bodies with a clear Wink of Stella glitter pen (which you can’t really see in the photo). I then cut them out and adhered them to the background paper directly over the other stamped images. (Since I had stamped the snowmen directly on the background panel, I didn’t need to worry about cutting around their thin arms.) The tree is a Silhouette element called “Echo Park Christmas Tree” by Echo Park (design id # 17363). The string of mini “lights” was from AC Moore, with the decorations for the mini Christmas trees. The greeting was stamped with versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The edges of the brown and green card stock were all inked with Gina K dark chocolate ink.

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