Tropical Birthday Wishes

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards by lisababitz

(a blast from the past…)

The tropical scene on this 5 x 7 card was inspired by Theresa Momber’s “You & Me Card Making Tutorial” from her blog.

The palm tree stamp is by All Night Media. (I can’t take credit for the details on this image; the stamp did all the work! I just ran a green and brown marker over the fronds and trunk.)

The sentiment, stamped on vellum, is from the “Birthday Label” duo by GKD. I needed a shorter sentiment, so I masked the end half and just used the birthday wishes part of the stamp.

This project was originally posted in my StampTV gallery on July 2, 2014. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

(The above description came from the original post in which I failed to include the details for the ink colors, embossing folder, paper/card stock, and additional tools and products used.)

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25Apr2019

Sealed With A Kiss Anniversary Card

Posted in Cards, Creative Folds, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

Sealed With A Kiss Anniversary Card

(inside: In all you dream and in all you do, may the love you share bring joy to you…)

This amusing, kissing couple image is from a stamp set called “Sealed with a Kiss” by Paper Pretties. Sadly, the online store closed, but I contacted the owner who actually still had the stamp set, and I was able to purchase it from her. Yay!!

I used a die from the Spellbinders Labels 2 set (S4-162) to create my focal panel on this z-fold card. I sponged GKD Dark Chocolate ink over/around my stamped image while the die cut was still in the die. To create the z-fold card base, I scored my 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch panel at 4 1/2 and 2 1/8 inches.

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers (woman: B32, B34, RV02, E57, E47, E13; skin: E50, E13, E21; man: E44, E59, E55, E51, E57).

The greeting is unnamed (#97219) by Inkadinkado. The sentiment inside is called “In All Your Dreams” from Print Words by Annette Allen Watkins. (I masked off the “happy wedding day” part of this stamp.)

American Crafts (#320337) patterned paper was used along with Recollections kraft and white card stock.

Z-fold cards fold flat for mailing.

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22Apr2019

Thank You with Polka Dots

Posted in Cards, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Thank You with Polka Dots

(a blast from the past…)

This card was made for a StampTV challenge (several years ago) where we were to use Polka Dots and black, white, and/or gray with one other color. My additional color was tattered rose (peach).

I started with a piece of Basic Grey polka dotted paper (the back side of “Grapevine”) and added a bunch of images to create my own patterned paper. The stamps I used for the background were all from the Gina K Designs and came from the following sets: If I Had a Flower, Sympathy Label, Hope is Faith, Time, and Vintage Backgrounds (all retired?). I used Memento Gray Flannel ink to stamp the images and then lightly sponged Memento London Fog ink over the whole thing.

For the focal image and greeting panels, I inked white card stock with Tim Holtz Tattered Rose distress ink. (I then stamped the floral image from If I Had a Flower randomly all over these panels in Tattered Rose ink to try to create a subtle background, but the ink soaked right in and you can hardly see it! This was made pre-MISTI, so I couldn’t re-stamp the images to make them darker.) Next, I stamped my focal image and sentiment using Memento Gray Flannel ink. The stamps used were from GKD Hopeful Flowers and Thank You duo (both retired?).

Satin and sheer ribbon, a hat pin, and some self-sticking gray pearls were added. I created a mat for the gray background panel by sponging the Tattered Rose ink on white card stock. White and black mats were also used.

This project was originally posted in my StampTV gallery on August 13, 2014. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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21Apr2019

Embossed Easter Cross

Posted in Cards, Easter, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Embossed Easter Cross

(a blast from the past…)

This CAS card features a stamp called “Easter Cross” by Stampendous. The image was embossed with gold embossing powder on GKD Ivory card stock. The mat was also embossed in gold (around the edges) before adhering to the back of the front panel. I used a Spellbinders oval die to emboss the frame around the cross.

This card was originally posted in my StampTV gallery May 4, 2014. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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20Apr2019

Peeking Bunnies Easter Card

Posted in Cards, Easter, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Peeking Bunnies Easter Card

(inside: to some Bunny special)

I really liked these dies when I saw them and envisioned the card in my mind that I planned to create with them, and then I had a bit of trouble trying to fit all the actual die cuts on the card front – lol! Luckily, die cuts are moveable so I played around with the placement until I came up with something that worked.

The textured, purple card stock is called “Elegance” by core’dinations and has glitter on it so adhering the die cuts required glue (and not tape). You can see how I attached these intricate die cuts HERE. For this project, I used Art Institute Glitter Designer Glue.

You can see the sparkle a little better here: