Lots of Dots Christmas Tree

Posted in A Blast from the Past, Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Lots of Dots Christmas Tree

(inside: Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year)

This card is kind of “a blast from the past” in that I had used this tree idea for a tag project back in 2014. At that time, I thought I’d create a pile of these trees and make them into more “mail friendly” cards. I got as far as stamping all the circles and attaching the gems on the triangles, and then I misplaced/forgot about them. After searching high and low, I found them last year, (misplaced them again, eventually found them!) and finally finished the cards. Why am I telling you this? Because, with all the the time that passed, I forgot/didn’t realize I had used an off-white card stock for the trees until AFTER I hand scored and stamped all the background panels and card bases on white and began to assemble all the cards! Sigh…

I used one of the polka dotted circle stamps from the Gina K Designs “Fabulous Holiday Fillers” stamp set (retired) and Gina K Christmas Pine ink to create the circles on the triangle panel. I colored self-sticking, clear rhinestones with Copic marker R89 and adhered them in the spaces between the stamped circles. The layered star and trunk were cut with punches. The embossed/debossed lines on the background panel were added with my Scor board. The greeting is from the Patterned Pines stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired), and the inside sentiment is from a Hero Arts set (CL359). Gina K Cherry Red and Christmas pine card stock was used along with Recollections Dove White (I think?) and white.

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22Dec2024

Hanukkah Card in Blues and Gold

Posted in Cards, Hanukah, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Hanukkah Card in Blues and Gold

(inside: Wishing you all the joys this special holiday brings)

This card features paper from the “Festival of Lights” pack from Photo Play along with Recollections Matte Gold Foil and Midnight Navy. The greeting is from the Holiday Wreath Builder set from Gina K Designs (retired?), and the inside sentiment is a (long retired?) rubber stamp from My Heart Stamps for You.

Here’s a photo with a little more shine…

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21Dec2024

Ghosting with Stencils

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Ghosting is a technique using water to remove color from an inked or water colored panel. There are several ways to do this technique. For my sample here, I used a stencil to apply the water to remove the ink.

First, I generously applied Vintage Photo Distress ink to water color paper. Then, I spritzed water on the back of my stencil and placed or “stamped” it on my inked panel. Finally, I lifted the stencil, waited a few seconds, and blotted the panel with a paper towel to remove excess water. The water lifted the ink where the wet stencil touched the panel. The effect intensifies as the water/panel dries.

The nativity die is unbranded. The greeting is part of the Penny Black “Wonder Collection” stamp set that was a free gift with the Papercraft Essentials Magazine (issue 113) from September 2014.

I had inked up a few panels and used the extra panels to create two more samples.

This one was made with all the same supplies.

And I used a stamp from the “Tropical Getaway” set by Fiskars on this last one.

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23Aug2024

Three Tees with Pop-up Scene

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Three Tees with Pop-up Scene

(Inside: happy birthday today – happy times all year!)

In addition to the golf-themed card front, there is a fun scene on the inside!

For the front, I used the ball and tee image from the “Golf Ball Tee Trio A6 Card” by Heartsewn (Silhouette Store item #82551). The greeting was cut using the “Happy Birthday Friendship Script” die by Memory Box. Core’ dinations Green Plaid was layered on Recollections Christmas Green and a white card base. The corners were rounded with a Fiskars 1/4 inch corner rounder punch.

The 3D golf scene on the inside of this card was created with elements from the “Shadow Box Card Golf Cart” file (Silhouette Store item #348019) and the “Pop Up Box Card Golf” file (Silhouette Store item #148379), both by Lori Whitlock. I used dies from the “Bam Box Pop-up” set (#1222) by Karen Burniston for the pop-up mechanism behind the cart and for the layered scalloped octagons.

The cardstock for the inside was Recollections Christmas Green, Grey Kraft, Kraft, white, and black, along with a scrap of lighter green and a blue index card I had in my stash. The sentiment is from the “Birthday Best” set by Stampin’ Up (retired) and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

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11Jul2024

Golf Scene Father’s Day Card

Posted in Cards, Father's Day, Holiday Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Golf Scene Father’s Day Card

(inside: You’re Tee-rific!)

This post is a little late, but…

I found this digital paper of a water colored golf scene and thought it would make a nice Father’s Day card front.

The digital paper was from a file called Golf Clipart Bundle by LunaSkyeFinds that I purchased on Etsy.

To jazz it up a bit, I cut the panel with the Die-Namics “Framed Greetings Cover-up” die (discontinued?) from My Favorite Things, making sure to keep all the cut out pieces along with the frame so the pieces could be re-inserted back into the holes. I cut a few more of the frames from white card stock as well and stacked them with the printed frame piece on top. I then filled in the “holes” with the cut out pieces.

I decided to leave the front as is with no greeting; it’s on the inside…

The pop-up golf ball greeting panel was made with a circle die and a dots embossing folder (debossed side) for the dimples. The greeting was from a die set that included the shadow and words. The pop-up mechanism behind the ball was created with a die from the “Mini Pops Pop-up” set (#2246) from Karen Burniston. The stamp is from the “On the Links” set from Papertrey Ink (retired?). GKD Christmas Pine card stock and ink along with white were also used. I left lots of room for a handwritten message.

By using the layered cover die on the front and the pop-up element on the inside, I was able to make a simple card design a bit more interesting.

Sadly, I made this card for my dad, and while he did see it, he passed away the day before Father’s Day. It was sudden and unexpected, and he will truly be missed.