Foiled Valentine’s Day Z-Fold Card (and a few variations)

Posted in Cards, Creative Folds, Holiday Cards, Valentine's Day by lisababitz

Foiled Valentine’s Day Z-Fold Card (and a few variations)

Z-fold cards display beautifully and are easy to make. To create an A2 size z-fold card base, simply score an 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ panel at 4 1/4″ and 2 1/8″ and fold like a Z. Z-fold cards fold flat for mailing, and this one (with these dimensions) fits in an A2 size envvelope.

The Valentine’s Day greeting I used is a digital clip art image I found at clipground.com, and the background pattern (part of a Valentine’s Digital Paper Pack) is from an Etsy shop called Printkits Designs. After printing both with my laser printer on white card stock, the panels were foiled with Gina K Designs Red Velvet fancy foil and my Mini Minc foil applicator.

One of the great things about using digital images is that they can be sized to fit any project.

Here are a few simple variations:

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The Mod Squad Challenge this week is called “Foiled Fun” where we are encouraged to use foiling on our cards. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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3Feb2019

Spring Tree Note Card (and a few variations)

Posted in Cards, Get Well/Sympathy, Other, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Spring Tree Note Card (and a few variations)

In my last post, I shared a project I created to demonstrate die cutting, masking, and sponging for the Card Making Class I am teaching. I also created some spring themed cards as options.

Here is one with slightly different colors:

For both these samples, I used “Meadow” Flower Soft to add a bit of texture and dimension.

We had done this same card design in the fall using “Autumn” Flower Soft and fall colors:

I also tried a sample using “Polar White” Flower Soft as snow, although I think I’d like it better if the “snow” were whiter/brighter.

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2Feb2019

Winter Scene

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards by lisababitz

Winter Scene

I did a little masking (with a die cut negative) and sponging to create a winter scene on this card. The snow was added to the stamped pine trees with a white gel pen and a clear glitter pen.

This is one of the card designs we will be working on in the Card Making Course I am teaching this winter through the Haddonfield Adult School.

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1Feb2019

Winter Napkin Card

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Winter Napkin Card

Here is another card I made using my Mini Minc Foil Applicator to adhere a decorative paper napkin to card stock to use as a background panel. The napkin creates a textured panel that looks and feels like cloth, and there are so many different napkins (prints) from which to choose! (HERE are a few samples I made earlier with a Santa napkin.)

To adhere the napkin to a piece of card stock, you first separate and discard the one (or two) plain layers from the top printed layer of the napkin. Then, you sandwich a piece of cling wrap between a piece of card stock and the top layer of the napkin (all trimmed to the same size), and run it through your Minc (on the highest setting). The panel can then be trimmed to fit your card project. (HERE is a video showing you how this technique is done.)

I added a die cut greeting and some yarn, gold cord and a metallic snowflake charm to the panel to finish it off.

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28Dec2018

Snowflake Frame Thank You Note

Posted in Cards, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Snowflake Frame Thank You Note

This clean and simple thank you note features the Hero Arts “Snowflakes and Ornament” fancy die (#DI528), a thank you die from Gina Marie Designs (retired?), and Recollections printable glitter card stock.

You can see the sparkle better in the photo below:

This die set also comes with an ornament die that can be used alone or “around” the snowflake frame. You can see a pretty sample of the ornament die cut combined with the snowflake frame HERE (halfway through Darnell’s post).