Interactive Birthday Cake Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

(Inside: Wishing you the Best on your Special Day)

This card was made with the Die-namics “Interactive Birthday Cake” die set that was part of the “Twice the Wishes” card kit (retired?) from My Favorite Things. When the tab is pulled, the single layer cake becomes a double layer cake.

Next time, I would probably position the cake a little higher and would put the greeting either under the cake or on the hidden top layer so you would see it when the tab is pulled. I like the greeting above the cake when the top layer is hidden, but I’m not crazy about it being covered when the top layer is pulled up. As I said, next time…

HERE is a video by Jennifer McGuire showing the die set and how to use it to create an interactive card. (She also talks about how to make some of the elements by hand for a slider card like this without the dies.)

If you watch the tutorial video I just mentioned, you will see that MFT has these plastic slider elements that sandwich between the pull tab and the top cake layer which allow them to slide up and down smoothly in the die cut channel behind the cake. These slider elements do not have adhesive on them, and the glue I was using didn’t seem to want to stick to the plastic very will, so I used foam pop dots (1/4 inch diameter and 1/8 inch thick) instead.

I tried fun foam on one card and foam tape on the other to raise the front panels to allow the slider tabs to slide. Both worked well.

The greeting is from the “Notable Notes” set from Stampin’ Up and was heat embossed with versamark ink and Gina K white embossing powder. The stamp originally had a cake with the words, and I cut the stamp apart (creating two separate stamps) so I could just stamp the greeting on this card.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the “Birthday Sentiments” set from Honey Doo Crafts.

The brown and white striped card stock is called “Party Time” from the Spring Fling Collection from Pebbles (#733104). The tan mat is called “Nutmeg Boy Southwest Paper” from the Indie Chic collection from My Mind’s Eye (#IC0187). I used Recollections heavy weight white for the card base, and either Gina K Blue Denim or Stampin’ Up Mint Macaron for the main panel behind the cake. On the mint card, I used Recollections Printable Glitter Paper for the candles, flames, and cake trim. I colored the flames with Copic E35 marker.

I tried to make the tab obvious for the recipient by making it extend over the top of the card. As a result, I ended up creating a card that no longer fit in my standard A2 sized envelopes, so I needed to create a custom envelope with my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board. I started with an 8 3/8 inch square of heavy printer paper. Normally, when using this punch board, you measure the first “punch and score line” and then use the notch on the tool and the previous line to create the next line. Instead, for this envelope, I “punched and scored” the 1st and 3rd sides at 3 3/4 inches, and the 2nd and 4th sides at the 4 5/8 inch mark. This created the perfect envelope (not too big, and not too small) to accommodate the tab.

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9Apr2018

Heartfelt Thanks

Posted in Cards, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Heartfelt Thanks

In a recent post, I shared a sympathy card I had made with just the outline stamp of one of the two-step images from the “Heartfelt Thanks” stamp set from Stampin’ Up. Here is a card I made where I added color with the corresponding solid filler stamp.

I used Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany and Forest Moss distress markers to ink the outline stamps. The solid stamp and greeting were inked with Forest Moss and Victorian Velvet distress ink. (I created masks of the stem/leaves and of the petals so I could stamp each part separately to add two colors.) I spritzed ink from the Forest Moss marker onto the stamped panel with my Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool.

The greeting is from the “Fabulous Flowers” set from Gina K Designs. Card stock is GKD Dark Sage and white. The printed paper is “Tan Floral Tapestry” by Paper Pizazz – Hot Off The Press.

The stamped panel was cut and embossed with a die from the Spellbinders “Classic Rectangles Large” set.

Here is a sample without the speckles:

The greeting on this one is from the “With Love and Prayers” set from Gina K Designs.

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8Apr2018

Water Colored Hearts

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

Water Colored Hearts

(inside: Happy Valentine’s Day)

I saw this patterned paper by American Crafts (#320318) and fell in love with it! I matted it on Gina K Edible Eggplant and a white card base. I added a piece of Offray Ribbon, squares of the Edible Eggplant and white card stock cut with dies from the “Stitched Squares” set by Gina Marie Designs, and a heart cut from a scrap of the patterned paper and the smallest heart from the “Nellie’s Choice Multi Frame, Hearts” die set by Ecstasy Crafts (#MF0060). Quick and easy!

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7Apr2018

Penn Shaker Thank You Card

Posted in Cards, Interactive, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Penn Shaker Thank You Card

I’ve designed several Penn-themed thank you cards over the past few years and found myself needing another one recently. I decided to go with a shaker card design for this one.

I hand-cut the split P from a piece of a rubber sheet (used to make custom gaskets) and mounted the pieces on EZ Mount Foam. I stamped the two parts of my hand-made stamp on Gina K ivory card stock with Gina K In the Navy and Cranberry Tart ink. I used a Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire distress marker and the Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool to create the speckles.

The “thanks” was cut with the “In A Word: Thanks Cutaway” die (#WW031CA) from Winnie & Walter.

I used the “Die-namics Gift Card Window & Frame” die set and a plastic “Gift Card Pouch” to create the shaker portion of the card.

The red and blue paper is called “Patriotic Stripe” from Hot Off The Press and coordinated nicely with the red and blue sequins I found online. Gina K Ivory and In the Navy card stock was also used.

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5Apr2018

Sketched Sympathy

Posted in Cards, Get Well/Sympathy by lisababitz

Sketched Sympathy

This card features a stamp from the “Heartfelt Thanks” set from Stampin’ Up (retired). The set has several two-step floral images with sketchy outlines and corresponding solid fillers that look water colored when stamped. I wanted to try out different color combinations so I arranged the stamps on my MISTI to make it easier to line up the layers. While playing, I noticed that the outline by itself looked so elegant and seemed perfect for a sympathy card. I added the greeting, layered the panels and ended up with this CAS design.

The greeting is from the “Love and Prayers” set from Gina K Designs and was stamped with Gina K Edible Eggplant ink. Card stock is GKD Edible Eggplant, cream from the Recollections “Coffee and Cream” heavy weight pack, and water color paper.

The stamped panel was cut and embossed with a die from the Spellbinders “Classic Rectangles Large” set.

The current Mod Squad Challenge is “Simply Clean” where we are encouraged to “make a Clean and Simple card. Clean and simple means there is a LOT of blank space, typically white, but I suppose you could use any color. Other than the focal, there is nothing on the card, except a greeting if you want. No embellishments or extras of any kind.” (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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