Congratulations, Eagle Scout!

Posted in Cards, Other by lisababitz

(inside: You did it!)

One of the things I love about card making is being able to customize a card to fit any occasion, situation, or subject. My friend’s son was being honored for the well-deserved achievement of becoming an Eagle Scout, and I was invited to his Court of Honor. I needed a card to fit the occasion but saw nothing in my travels that was made just for congratulating scouts. It was great to be able to come up with something that worked, and I had a lot of fun making it!

I started with the digital paper/image from Ladybird Press called “Boy Scout Oath Print” that I purchased on Etsy. At my request, the shop owner was nice enough to also send me the blank wood-grained background file (without the words) that I used for my greeting panel. Thanks, Carlee!!

I used Gina K Dark Chocolate and Sandy Beach card stock for the card base and mats.

I purchased the Eagle Scout sticker on ebay, but the colors did not match those on the background that well, so I scanned and printed the sticker image on a piece of vellum, cut it out, and glued it to a piece of Gina K Sandy Beach card stock. The color of the card stock through the vellum made the whites of the original sticker more of an off-white and dulled the reds and blues to be closer to the background. I cut a frame with dies from the Spellbinders Classic Ovals (large and small) sets out of the Dark Chocolate and adhered it on top of the vellum to hide the glue dots that were visible around the edges.

The greeting stamp originally said, “Congratulations, You did it!” (unknown brand). I cut the stamp apart and used the “You did it!” half on the inside of the card. Both were stamped with Gina K Dark Chocolate ink.

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2Apr2018

Bud Blossom Thanks

Bud Blossom Thanks

This square note card features one of the stamps from the “Bud Blossoms IV” set (#3757) from Hero Arts. It was stamped on white card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers (E93, E97, W1, YG93, and 0). I used my score board to emboss stripes on the background panel. Black card stock was used for the mats and center strip.

The greeting is from the “Fabulous Flowers” stamp set from Gina K Designs.

Currently, the Mod Squad Challenge is “ready for spring” where we are encouraged to “make a Spring themed card with flowers, bunnies, pastels…anything Spring.” (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

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1Apr2018

Dahlia Fold Birthday Wishes

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards by lisababitz

Dahlia Fold Birthday Wishes

(Inside: A birthday wish is sent your way hoping you’ll have a wonderful day.)

I saw this video on You Tube on how to make flowers using the “Dahlia Fold” technique and thought I’d give it a try.

I used 2 sheets of double sided paper from the “Stella & Rose” 6 inch paper pad from My Mind’s Eye, a 1-3/8″ circle punch from Stampin’ Up, and a 5/8″ heart punch from Recollections to make my flower pieces (and mat panel). I also used Rustic Cream card stock from Papertrey Ink.

The “stem” was from the “Dot Flourishes” stamp set from Inkadinkado, and the greeting was from the “Wild Blossoms” set from Gina K Designs. The sentiment on the inside was from the “Birthday Sentiments” set from Honey Doo Crafts. All were stamped with Gina K Moonlit Fog ink. To add the speckles on the front panel, I used a Tim Holtz Bundled Sage distress marker and the Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool (which is quickly becoming one of my favorite toys!).

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1Apr2018

Gold Embossed Easter Blessings

Posted in Cards, Easter, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Gold Embossed Easter Blessings

(Inside: May you be blessed with the gifts He gave us – Hope, Peace and Love today and every day. Happy Easter)

The stamps used on this CAS card are “Easter Lily and Crosses Oval” (#234KU), “1 Line Easter Blessings” (#W1029DU), and “Blessed With Gifts” (#970GU) from DRS Designs. The images were stamped with versamark ink and heat embossed with Gina K Fine Detail Gold embossing powder. I swiped the edges of my mat panel with versamark and embossed that as well. Gina K base weight Ivory card stock and Edible Eggplant were also used.

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31Mar2018

Hoppy Easter Z-Fold Card

Posted in Cards, Creative Folds, Easter, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Hoppy Easter Z-Fold Card

This z-fold card features stamps from the “Bunny Hop” stamp set by Newton’s Nook Designs. The images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on water color paper (I love the texture!) and colored with Copic Markers (Y15, YG03, R85, C0, Bv20/R81, and 0).

A Tim Holtz Dusty Concord distress marker and the Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool were used to add the speckles to the two stamped panels.

Recollections Yellow Grey Plaid paper and a piece of the grey from the Recollections Coffee and Cream heavy weight card stock pack were added to the water color paper card base.

The card base was created by scoring an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch panel at the 4 1/4 and 2 1/8 inch marks (in half and one side in half again). Fold the card base in half, and fold the top half back on the scored line creating a Z.

I created my inside panel the same size as my front panel and lined it up directly under the front panel so it is completely hidden when the card is closed.