Spring Birthday

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Creative Folds by lisababitz

Spring Birthday Card

As I mentioned in my last post, Peggy Timmerman and I will be hosting the Mod Squad Challenge this week. The theme of the challenge is SPRINGTIME. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

The card I created is a flip card. The center panel flips over as the card is “pulled” open.

For my card sample, I used a few of the stamps from the Newton’s Nook Designs – Newton’s Birthday Bash stamp set along with one of the coordinating dies from the Newton’s Nook Designs – Newton’s Birthday Bash Die Set. Both of these sets are available at Kat Scrappiness who is one of the Mod Squad Challenge sponsors this week .

Kat stocks the products that she loves and uses as well as what her customers request. If you don’t see it in her store, feel free to contact her. She is happy to do special orders for you! And she offers a DISCOUNT CODE for The Mod Squad Challenge: MSC10!

To create my card base and the decorative panels, I used the Sizzix Square Flip Framelit Dies and my paper trimmer. The base is Gina K Sweet Corn card stock, and the patterned paper is from the Gina K Designs Garden Tour and Spring Parade Patterned Paper Packs.

I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink for my stamped images. The image was stamped on white card stock, colored with Copic markers (YR23, YR24, YR27, YG91, YG93, and a Colorless Blender), a Copic Black Multi Liner, and a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, and fussy cut. (The swirly lines were cut off of this panel.) The “happy birthday!” greeting was added after the image was colored. The image was stamped again on the GK Sweet Corn card stock and cut with the die from the set mentioned above. The colored image was adhered over the stamped image on the yellow panel giving the colored image a yellow border with the swirly lines now included. To add some dimension, this panel was mounted on fun foam (also cut with the die so it fit behind the panel perfectly) and was adhered to the card front.

The greeting on the inside panel of the card is also from the “Birthday Bash” set. The stamp actually says “have a purr-fect birthday!” but I masked the “birth” part of the word “birthday” because that sounded better to me when paired with the “happy birthday” on the front. Masking makes it possible to use this cute stamp in different ways and for a variety of occasions; it’s like having two stamps in one!! I stamped the sentiment a little higher than center so there was a place to sign the card.

Now it’s your turn! Head on over to the Mod Squad Challenge Blog, and show us your spring projects. I can’t wait to see what you create!

In addition to this being the Mod Squad Challenge Blog sample, I’d also like to “send” this card to Iliana’s “Sweet Little Petunia” who is turning 11 today! In honor of this special day, Iliana (creator of the MISTI) is hosting a Birthday Giveaway. Pop on over, and wish her daughter a happy birthday!

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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23Mar2016

Hoppy Easter – MSC Card Sample

Posted in Cards, Easter, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Hoppy Easter – MSC Card Sample

(inside sentiment: Hoppy Easter!)

I was asked to co-host the Mod Squad Challenge this week with the very talented Peggy Timmerman. The theme of the challenge is SPRINGTIME. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

For my card sample, I used a few of the stamps from the Newton’s Nook Designs – Bunny Hop stamp set along with the Gina Marie Designs – 4×4 Stitched Quilt Die #2. Both of these items are available at Kat Scrappiness who is one of the Mod Squad Challenge sponsors this week .

For the quilt, I used digital paper from a set called Happy Easter by Pininkie that I purchased on Etsy. The panels on the quilt are pretty small, so I needed small-patterned prints. With digital paper, you can choose how big or small to print your panel which varies the size of the pattern. You can see this if you look at the egg print on my card. The panel for the quilt was printed small (3.5 x 5 with “fit picture to frame” unchecked) and the panel for the background strip was printed larger (4 x 6). You can see the difference in the size of the eggs.

In addition to the digital paper, I also used white and Gina K Lemon Drop card stock.

The bunny image was stamped on white card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic markers (YG03, R85, R81, BV20, C0, Y11, Y13, and Y15), and fussy cut. It was then adhered to the circle panels cut with dies from the Spellbinders Standard Circle Dies (large) and Spellbinders Standard Circle Dies (small) sets. I used the EK Tools 2-Point Flag Large Tag Punch to shape the ends of the accent panels behind the circles.

The Cuttlebug Scrollwork Embossing Folder was used on the white circle and the white background panel to add a bit of fun texture.

I wanted my background egg panel to have stitched sides to match the stitched patterned on the quilt, so I used a die from the Gina Marie Designs – Stitched Rectangle Dies set (also available from Kat Scrappiness. The set didn’t contain a rectangle in the size I needed so I just used one edge of a larger rectangle and “stiched” just the top and bottom edges of my strip.

Now it’s your turn! Head on over to the Mod Squad Challenge Blog, and show us your spring projects. I can’t wait to see what you create!

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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21Mar2016

Easter Tulips – Center Step Card

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

Easter Tulips – Center Step Card

(inside sentiment: may joy and peace surround you this Easter season)

This 5×7 Center Step Card card features images from the Stampin’ Up “Two Step Stampin’ – Terrific Tulips” set along with a greeting from the SU “All Year Cheer I” set. They were stamped on white card stock with Gina K Designs Wild Lilac, Lovely Lavender, and Fresh Asparagus Ink. This panel was adhered to a piece of Gina K Wild Lilac card stock.

The patterned background paper on the front is called “Lavender Lines” by Recollections. The card base was made with Gina K Heavy Base Weight White. I used a panel of Gina K Lovely Lavender and white card stock for the inside. The sentiment on the inside was computer generated. (I need to get more Easter stamps!)

I thought I’d participate in The Paper Players Challenge this week which is “Clean-and-Simple: Celebrate Spring ” so I tried not to add too much to this card. However, I will admit that I don’t really know what CAS is exactly since the card samples from their design team vary greatly in the amount of “stuff” on the cards. Since I feared my step card wasn’t CAS enough, I decided to try an even simpler design using the same stamped panel on just a plain white card base:

I’m still not sure it is CAS enough since the card base is so small (this is an A2 sized card) and the stamped images are so big, but this is the version I decided to submit. I do love CAS card designs when others make them and wish I were better at them; this is something I will definitely keep working on.

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26Feb2016

Love Is…

Posted in Cards, Valentine's Day, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

Love Is…

The Die-Namites Inspiration Challenge this month is to create any project using love as the theme, and “as love is in the air, anything goes.” Below is the inspiration photo for this challenge; I used the word “LOVE” on my project.

To participate in their challenge you need to use any die cut from Die-Namites and let it be the STAR of your design. You can use this combined with any colors, shapes, patrons, pattern papers, stamps, paints, stencils, etc. (There is a required minimum of 9 different participants or entries on the challenge which was not met this month so there will be no prize given nor “Top 3 Favorites” chosen.)

I was not familiar with this challenge blog before Verna mentioned it in her blog post, nor did I own any of their dies. I purchased the Flower Scroll die last week so I could participate in this challenge and have enjoyed playing with it the past few days. I created another 6×6 card using this die.

This card is also being entered in the “February Release Party Challenge – Mixing Patterns” on stamptv where we are to use at least two different patterned papers and a stamp from Gina K Designs. You can check out the gallery of cards HERE.

The stamp I used is called “Love Is” (an incentive stamp in Jan. 2015) by Gina K Designs and was stamped with Gina K Charcoal Brown ink.

I used two sheets of patterned paper from the “French Kiss” 6″ paper pack by Glitz. Gina K Charcoal Brown was used for the mats and card base. Since this card was too big to create the base by folding an 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of paper in half, I needed to create the card base with two panels that I adhered together. (The front panel was slightly longer and was folded over the top of the back panel. If you turn the card over, you can see the seam.)

The panels on which the floral die cut (and its “shadow”) are attached were cut using a die from the Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight set. I cut a panel of vellum using a die from the Spellbinders Labels Eight set and placed it under the floral die cuts to soften the background a touch to make it easier to see the flowers. I used the same die from the Labels Eight set for the stamped panel and its shadow piece.

Adhering vellum to your project can be tricky because most types of adhesive can be seen through the vellum. However, I discovered that applying Stick It to the back of the vellum before it is cut (so the adhesive covers the entire die cut) eliminates this problem. (Stick It is great for adhering intricate dies to your project as well. Check out this video to see how it works.)

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25Feb2016

With Love – Floral Heart

Posted in Cards, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

With Love – Floral Heart

This 6×6 card features the beautiful Flower Scroll die by Die-Namites.

I created two die cuts using this die and Gina K layering weight Ivory card stock. I used one of the cuts (whole) on the right side of the heart and a piece of the second one to fill in the upper left side of the heart. (If you follow the stem out of the top of the butterfly, that is the portion of the second one that I added.)

The heart shape was cut using a die from the “Nesting Hearts (#100384)” set by Little B.

The peach and taupe paper is from the “Four Seasons” card stock pack by DCWV. The printed panel is from the “French Kiss” 6″ paper pack by Glitz.

The greeting is from the “Bundle of Love” stamp set by Gina K Designs and was heat embossed with versamark ink and Liquid Platinum embossing powder by Ranger. I purchased the pearl “ribbon” by the yard at Joann Fabric and adhered the strip to the card front with glue dots. I also cut a few of the pearls off and adhered them to the middles of the tiny flowers in the die cut.

The Die-Namites Inspiration Challenge this month is to create any project using love as the theme, and “as love is in the air, anything goes is perfect!” Below is the inspiration photo for this challenge; I used a large, background heart on my project.

To participate in their challenge you need to use any die cut from Die-Namites and let it be the STAR of your design. You can use this combined with any colors, shapes, patrons, pattern papers, stamps, paints, stencils, etc. (Thanks Verna, for passing this along in your blog!) Unfortunately, there is a required minimum of 9 different participants or entries on the challenge which was not met this month so there will be no prize given nor “Top 3 Favorites” chosen.

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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