Golf Ball Snowman Holiday Card

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Three stamps called “Golf Ball Snowman,” “Sand Snow Water Lines,” and “Vertical Happy Holidays” by DRS Designs were used to create this holiday card that I made for the Rolling Green Golf Club’s Holiday Boutique and Luncheon (that I mentioned in my last post).

I used my MISTI for placement and to make it easier to make more than one card. The images were stamped and colored with Memento tuxedo black ink and Copic Markers (R59, C2, and C4) on white card stock, mounted on Recollections black and then on a white card base.

The inside sentiment was computer generated and says “and a wonderful new year.”

This card was designed to be made and packaged as boxed sets.

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24Sep2015

Where has the time gone?!

Posted in Cards by lisababitz

Where has the time gone?!

I can’t believe the summer is over and fall is already here! That went fast!!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here on my blog or since I’ve had a chance to check out all the projects that everyone has been working on. I’ve been so busy (since May!) preparing for a craft show of sorts. I was invited to participate in the annual Holiday Boutique at the Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, PA in December. There will be a variety of vendors and a few crafters selling items for this event, and I will be selling boxed card sets, some single cards, and other paper-crafting projects. Since it is a holiday-themed event for the lady golfers at the club, I decided to primarily make Christmas/holiday and golf related projects. I am creating some new projects as well as re-creating some of my past favorites, and I hope to start posting some of these projects soon. (I need to put down my markers and stamps and start taking pictures!!) Anyway, I just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know what I have been up to all summer and to explain why it might seem (at least here on my blog) like I’m doing nothing!

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21Aug2015

Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

Posted in Cards, Creative Folds, Mother's Day by lisababitz

Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

I have another holiday project to share in honor of the “Your Favourite Holiday” challenge over at Die Cut Divas where they have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.) I created this box card for Mother’s Day.

One of my favorite sites for svg files is svgcuts.com. Leo and Mary create such beautiful project files with amazing samples and tutorials for assembling the projects. This beautiful box card is from the “Spring Blossoms SVG Kit” which you can see HERE. The kit contains several Asian-inspired projects for Spring or any time of year. Projects include a paper lantern which has a reinforced hole in the back for plug-in lights or a battery operated tea light, a beautiful tiered pagoda that could be used as a very fancy gift box or centerpiece (for a spring wedding perhaps!), and several card designs. They provide the svg files that you can cut with your electronic die cutting machine, and you choose the papers and embellishments. Once all the pieces are cut out, you assemble them into beautiful projects. The tutorial VIDEO makes assembly a breeze!

I loved the colors in the sample and used similar colors for my card. The card stock I used was Core’dinations April Lovely and Nutmeg. The printed paper was Sandy Lion Pink Flowers. The greeting was heat embossed with versamark ink and and Tsukineko silver embossing powder. (I can’t seem to locate the stamp I used but will keep looking and will include it here when it turns up!) Recollections adhesive rhinestones and a Creative Memories Precious Elements (silver) Pen were used to add a touch of sparkle to the centers of the blossoms.

When open, the card stands like a box, but it closes flat for easy mailing. There is room on the back of the box to add a panel of plain paper with a sentiment and signatures.

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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19Aug2015

Spinning Santa

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Spinning Santa

This adorable Santa stamp called “Santa Falling Off Roof” is by Uptown Rubber Stamps. It just seemed to me like he needed to be “tumbling” so I created a penny slider/spinner card to allow him to “tumble” freely!

A penny slider or spinner card (I’ve seen them called both) has an element on the card that spins as it travels across the card. It’s called a penny slider or spinner card because the spinning element is mounted on a “sandwich” of two pennies with a pop dot in the center which rolls across the card in a slot or channel that you create on the front of your card.

Click HERE to see a tutorial on how to create a penny slider or spinner card.

After I stamped and colored my image, I used two dies (the 7th and 8th from the outside) from the We R Memory Keepers Nesting Dies “Circles” set to cut out the image and the mat. I used the smaller of the two long, skinny dies from the Spellbinders “A2 Matting Basics B” set to cut the channel or slot across the middle of my card. (It made a beautiful, clean looking cut, but it was slightly wider than I would have liked so I ended up using quarters instead of pennies to insure that the spinning element didn’t fall out. I discovered later that using larger pop dots would also have fixed the problem.) What I really like about this design is that with such a large spinning element, it is possible to display the card with the channel completely hidden from view when you are not “playing” with it. (I created another penny slider card HERE where the channel is always visible.)

I colored the image with Copic Markers (R59, G29, E21, E04, W1, and Y17) . The striped designer paper is called “Christmas Stripe” from the “A Christmas Story” line by Reminisce. I mounted this panel on a piece of heavy weight card stock (before cutting the channel) to make it sturdier. The strip of patterned paper that says “Merry Christmas” is actually the back of the bar code/label strip of a piece of paper called “Christmas Holly” from the same Reminisce line. The mats are Gina K Christmas Pine. Recollections heavy weight white was used for the card base. I adhered the striped piece (that was removed to create the channel) to the card base directly behind the channel to make the channel less noticeable. A piece of red raffia ribbon was added to finish it off.

This card is one of the cards being featured over at Die Cut Divas this month where I was invited to be a guest designer. They have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder, and this month’s challenge is Your Favourite Holiday. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.) Pop on over to Die Cut Divas and share your holiday projects. I can’t wait to see what you create!

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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18Aug2015

Hang in There Get Well Card

Posted in Cards, Get Well/Sympathy, Interactive by lisababitz

Hang in There Get Well Card

This card is one of the cards being featured over at Die Cut Divas this month where I am extremely excited and honored to have been asked to be a guest designer for the month of August. (Thanks, Cathie, for asking me!!) They have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.)

The monkey image on this card is from “Monkey Business” by Stampin’ Up. If you move the green circle at the top of the card, the monkey “swings” back and forth. The card design was inspired by a You Tube video called, “INTERATIVE CARDS – HOW TO CREATE A SWING CARD” by Craft Lovers (HERE).

The leaves were cut with my Silhouette (leaf design id #1221 from the Silhouette Store). The ovals were made with dies from the Spellbinders Classic Ovals die sets. The greeting is computer generated. The green patterned paper is from a digital paper set called Jungle from an Etsy shop called PrettifulDesigns (HERE). The two solid green papers were made by importing the digital paper into the Silhouette Software and using the “Fill Color” dropper to “copy” the colors onto panels to print. This paper was then used for the leaves. The ivory panel behind the monkey was made with the Hero Arts “Florentine Scroll Background” stamp and memento dessert sand ink.

Pop on over to Die Cut Divas and check out their current challenge – Your Favourite Holiday.

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