Easel Card with Negative Framed Scene

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Creative Folds, Father's Day, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Easel Card with Negative Framed Scene

For this card I used the negative of a “happy” die cut (the part left after the die cut is removed from the card stock) and a printed scene behind it. I embossed the frame around the “scene” and the stamped greeting with a wafer thin stitched rectangle die using my Cuttlebug and a Spellbinders embossing mat. (The “sandwich” I use for embossing with a thin die is A-plate, B-plate, embossing mat, card stock, die with cutting edge facing paper and embossing mat, B-plate, and a chipboard shim.)

I created a few more designs with different scenes, greeting stamps, and color combinations.

For this final sample, I did not emboss the panel with the rectangle die. Instead, I sprayed speckles of ink onto the card front using a Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool and a Vintage Photo distress marker.

To create the easel card base, I started with a piece of card stock measuring 6 1/4 inches by 10 inches and scored it at 5 inches and 2 1/2 inches. (I chose these measurements because they worked with the dies and stamps I was using. You basically just need to fold your card base in half and the front in half again.) The separate panel you decorate for the card front should be the same size as the folded card base; in my case it was 6 1/4 inches by 5 inches. After folding the card base in half, fold the front of the card base up along the 2 1/2 inch score line (like a “z”), and adhere your decorated card front panel to the half portion showing. (If you unfold the front of the card base after adhering the decorated panel, the decorated panel should flip to the inside of the card.) Stamp a greeting on a separate panel. Adhere the greeting panel to the inside of the card base with foam tape. (It needs to be raised up slightly; this piece will hold the “easel” card front when opened.) Your raised greeting panel will be hidden inside the card when the card is “closed” and only the decorated card front is showing.

The “happy” die is called “In a Word: Happy Cutaway” by Winnie & Walter . The scenes I used behind the “happy” negatives were google images. Photos and patterned paper would work also.

This card folds flat for mailing.

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6May2018

Roses for Mother’s Day

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

Roses for Mother’s Day

This box card, designed to look like a dozen roses in a tall vase, was made with a cut file designed by Snapdragon Snippets called “Rose Bouquet Tall Valentine Box Card” (Design ID# 73758) that I purchased in the Silhouette Store and cut with my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine. An assembly tutorial is provided HERE. The file contains Valentine’s Day elements for the front of the vase, but I decided to create this project as a Mother’s Day card instead. I had to laugh – after receiving this card, my mother called to thank me and to tell me she loved the flowers (not card) I sent! 🙂

I created a few additional elements that were not included with the file I purchased (a solid piece to go behind all the leaf panels because the veins were open and you could see through the “holes” in each of the leaves and the white and light gray mats on the vase).

The bow was created with my We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board and my paper crimper. (It was much easier to “roll” the card stock after it had been crimped; it kept bending and creasing on me when it was flat.)

The card stock and paper used was Gina K Cherry Red, Christmas Pine, white, gray from the Recollections “Coffee and Cream” heavy weight pack, green from the Recollections Christmas pack, American Crafts #368312 (polka dots), and The Paper Studio Silver Wedding Texture (#352070).

There is room on the back for a stamped or handwritten message.

Often, box cards fold flat and fit in regular envelopes making them easy to mail. However, this card is quite tall (about 11.25 inches) and is about 7 inches wide when folded flat. And it was suggested in the tutorial that foam tape or pop dots be used to separate the leaf layers from the bud layers to add a bit more dimension. As a result, the size and thickness of this card necessitated a larger envelope (I used a padded mailer) and a trip to the post office for mailing.

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20Apr2018

Z-Fold Birthday Wishes

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Z-Fold Birthday Wishes

This card features the flamingo image from the Fiskars “Tropical Getaway” stamp set and a scrap of patterned paper (American Crafts #320330). Circles were cut from white and black card stock with dies from the Spellbinders Classic Circles (large and small) sets. Tim Holtz Milled Lavender distress ink was “smooshed” onto the white panel. The flamingo was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a die cut that I made with my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine and was colored with a “Pink Flamingo” Bic Alcohol Marker. The greeting is from the “Happy Birthday Stamps” set by Ms. Sparkle & Co.

This is what the card looks like when it is closed.

And here is a version I made on a tent fold base:

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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.

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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12Dec2017

Nativity Box Card

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

Nativity Box Card

This beautiful box card was made from an svg file from the “Yuletide Box Cards” svg kit from svgcuts and my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine. A tutorial VIDEO is provided to show you how to assemble the pieces once they are all cut out.

I loved the sample shown on their site and decided to create mine the same way. I used Cor’e dinations Bright White textured card stock, a Cuttlebug (Anna Griffin) Matelasse border embossing folder, and an adhesive rhinestone by Recollections.

There is room on the back for a stamped or hand-written message. I used a stamp from the “Peace and Joy” set by Gina K Designs and stamped the sentiment in GK Moonlit Fog ink. I created a frame around my sentiment panel with my We R Memory Keepers Frame Punch Board.

This box card folds flat for mailing but is not a common size. (The card measures approximately 6.25 x 5.75 inches when folded flat.) The download includes an svg file to create a custom envelope and will require a trip to the post office to mail.