Gold Wedding Pop-Up Cake

Posted in Cards, Interactive, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

The Mod Squad Challenge this week is called “Go For The Gold” where we are encouraged to, “Just put some gold on your project. Lots or just a little. It must be gold.” (Sadly, this site is no longer active.) I came across this glittery gold paper and thought it would make an elegant wedding or anniversary cake.

Here is the front of the card:

Ingredients:

The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) “Gold Dainty Damask – Glam Glitter” (#214106) PP
The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) “Gold Wedding Words” (#345207) PP
The Paper Studio (tan open stock – no name) CS
Core’dinations “Deep Navy” CS
Recollections heavy weight ivory CS
Corru-Gator paper crimper.
Creative Memories “Mini Heart Maker” punch
Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish Die
Spellbinders Stately Circles die set
Sizzix “Cake, Three Tier, 3-D” Bigz Die (designed by Karen Burniston)
Gina K Designs “Always and Forever” stamp set (retired?)
Gina K In the Navy ink

As I mentioned in my earlier pop-up cake posts, I needed to design a custom envelope (box) to accommodate the bulkiness of this card, and it will need to be sent as a package (in a mailing box). Here is the envelope I designed:

The envelope can be left plain or can be customized to match the card inside.

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16Oct2016

Lace Pop-Up Wedding Cake Card

Posted in Cards, Interactive, Wedding/Anniversary by lisababitz

Lace Pop-Up Wedding Cake Card

I was asked by a woman to make a custom wedding card for her daughter who is getting married in a few weeks. The color scheme of the wedding is navy, grey, ivory, and burlap, and her daughter is wearing an ivory lace dress. She liked the pop-up cake card I made a while back (HERE) so I thought I’d make a sample of one with these colors. Continue reading →

3Aug2016

Waterfall Cards

Posted in Baby, Cards, Holiday Cards, Interactive, Other, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Waterfall Cards

My last post was of a Mother’s Day waterfall card, and I realized that I had made a few others that I had never posted here so I thought I’d share them now. (These were previously posted in my StampTV gallery.)

The baby cards shown above were made using svg files from the “Waterfall Cards SVG Kit” from SVGCuts and my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine. The problem with posting things so long after they were made is that it’s hard to remember the actual papers and supplies that were used! The good news is that you can use any paper for these projects, and they’d still be adorable!

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I created this next one as a thank you note to send for my triplets’ birthday a few years back. For this one, I used one of the files from the same “Waterfall Card SVG Kit” (just to create the basic card base) along with the “Steve the Monkey” file from the “free designs” collection at SVGCuts. I changed the waterfall portion to have two sections instead of four, and I adapted his head so his mouth would open when the ribbon was pulled, revealing the sentiment.

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This final sample was a card I made (and taught) for one of the Holiday Card Classes offered at Michaels in 2013. This class was called “Vintage Holiday Card Tricks Class” and featured distressing techniques, heat embossing, and using Sizzix dies with the Big Kick. We created this waterfall card along with two others that you can see HERE. I did not design these cards; the lesson plans were provided.

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2Aug2016

Vintage Waterfall Card

Posted in Cards, Interactive, Mother's Day by lisababitz

Vintage Waterfall Card

A Waterfall Card is an interactive card that has a strip with cascading images. When you pull on a tab, you can make hidden messages or images appear, while pieces of card stock fold over and look like a waterfall.

HERE is a tutorial for making one.

I created this vintage style waterfall card with a Mother’s Day greeting.. The “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting appears, along with a new image, when the tab is pulled.

For this project, I used paper from two digital paper packs I purchased on Etsy. The floral background paper is from the “Floral Digital Paper Pack” (006) by AphroditaShop. The images on the waterfall panels are from the “Vintage Ephemera Digital Paper Pack” by VintageLeChocolate. The solid card stock was Gina K Innocent Pink and Sandy Beach. Inks used were Gina K Innocent Pink, Warm Cocoa, and Kraft. The “Happy Mother’s Day” stamp is by Studio G, and I used the Stampendous Marble Texture Cube stamp on the greeting panels. Recollection brads and some kraft ink on the edges added to the vintage look of the card.

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14Jul2016

Changing Picture Birthday Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Changing Picture Birthday Card

This adorable cutie is my mother when she was 2 years old. She recently turned 75 (although she’s as youthful and active as a 30 year old!), and I thought this “Changing Picture” card was perfect for her birthday. When you pull the tab, the photo “magically” transforms from her toddler photo to her present day photo.

Happy Birthday, Mom!!

I first saw this project in a book called Making Mechanical Cards by Sheila Sturrock. (She calls it the “Venetian Blind Variation” Technique and includes the needed templates to copy and cut out.) Sara Sandberg did a video tutorial HERE of this technique which I found very helpful. On her site, she includes all the templates for this project in a variety of file formats (including svg files, studio cut files, and pdf files for hand-cutting).

I originally watched her video on YouTube and didn’t see her templates so I created my own cut files using the templates that are included in the book. After I was done my card, I discovered her website! Ugh!!! Anyway, it worked out ok because the first time I tried to make this card, I glued my photos on the photocopied templates as suggested. I was having a hard time making the photos slide/change smoothly; the edges kept getting caught. When I created my cut files, I did it as a “print and cut” and printed the photos directly onto the templates. The photos slid much more smoothly this time around.

My photos were about 2 3/8″ x 2 3/8″ (about 6cm x 6cm). (I think she recommends a 5cm square photo with her templates.) The green panel with the cupcakes is called “Birthday Wishes” from the “It’s Your Day!” collection by Nikki Sivils. The printed frame was made with digital paper from a set called “Birthday Digital Paper” by GraceGraphicDesign which I purchased on Etsy. The white frames were made with a cut file from the “4 Vintage Frames (Design #24374)” set by Lori Whitlock which I purchased from the Silhouette Store and were cut with my Silhouette. The pink center strip is Gina K Innocent Pink card stock and was embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. I used a heavy weight white card base to make it easier to push and pull the tab without bending the card.