A Few Baby Card Variations

Posted in Baby, Cards, Creative Folds by lisababitz

In a recent post, I shared a few easel cards with negative framed scenes which were samples I had made for one of the classes in the 8-week card making course I am teaching through the Haddonfield Adult School. One of my students had asked me (prior to that class) if I had any baby shower supplies as she needed a card for her daughter-in-law who is expecting. I went through my stash at home and adapted the easel card lesson to include some baby shower elements and offered this variation as an option along with the others. The above sample is the same basic card as the others but has patterned paper behind the negative (instead of the scene) and different greeting stamps.

Once my baby supplies were out, I got to playing with them along with a few scraps of paper that seemed appropriate and came up with a few more designs. Below are a few cards using the negative of a “baby” word die cut.

For two of the samples, I embossed the stitched rectangle frame 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.) For the other two, I cut out the rectangle instead.

This is a pretty easy card design that could be customized with whatever colors and printed papers you desire. And once the front panel is created, it can either be adhered to an easel card base or to a plain folded card base. (I show how to create the easel card base in the post mentioned above.)

The “baby” die is called “In a Word: Baby Cutaway” and the “happy” die is called “In a Word: Happy Cutaway” which are both by Winnie & Walter. The “Baby Shower” stamp is from the “Mommy-To-Be Diva” set and the “a blessing from above” stamp is from the “Blessing From Above” set which are both by Gina K designs.

The patterned paper I used was Green/Pink Plaid HOTP-200210 (Paper Pizzazz/Hot off the Press) and several prints by Core’dinations called Light Aqua Plaid, White Plaid, and Light Aqua Small Dot. The solid colored card stock was Chiffon (Bazzill), April Lovely (Core’dinations), Grey Kraft (Recollections), and a sheet from the Earth value pack (Recollections).

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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25Oct2018

Floral Palette Screen Divider and Shutter Cards

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

Floral Palette Screen Divider Cards and Shutter Cards

(back: Wishing you a very happy birthday”

In my last post, I shared a few cards I made with the beautiful patterned paper called “Floral Palette” by Recollections.

Here are a few more cards I made using this same paper.

The pattern on the top of this paper is quite different from that on the bottom, and these patterns flow from left to right beautifully so I decided to keep the two patterns “as-is” for my screen divider cards. I had made a screen divider card last year and decided to “warm up” with the same punches. (Instructions on how I made these are included in that post.)

You can get 5 panels across the 12×12 inch page, and choosing two different groups of 4 gave me two variations.

This card is from the top (left) half:

Here’s another card from the top (right) half:

After I completed those, I played around with the bottom half of the paper and with a few different punches and dies for a different look. Here’s my third card (also shown at the top of this post):

Floral Palette Shutter Cards

In addition to screen divider cards, flowing patterns also make great panels on shutter cards. (HERE is a video tutorial on making this type of card.) I left the “inside” blank and could add a stamped or hand-written message when the card is needed.

To see the supplies used, click here…

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23Oct2018

Layered Sympathy and Get Well Cards

Posted in Cards, Get Well/Sympathy by lisababitz

Layered Sympathy and Get Well Cards

Recently, I was in Michaels and saw some patterned paper on clearance for $0.19 a sheet. I decided to buy several sheets of the same pattern and started “playing” with it when I got home. Scraps started piling up on my desk which led to a bunch of different card layouts. Fun, fun, fun!!

The beautiful patterned paper used for all these cards was called “Floral Palette” by Recollections. So much going on with this pattern; so many possibilities!

First, I focused on the soft colors from the upper right corner of the paper. The soft tones seemed perfect for a sympathy card. There is also a small section in the middle of the left edge that I thought worked well.

(The top sample above is a 5 x 7 inch card, and the bottom two are 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.)

For this last card, I used a portion of the paper to make a simple card front. I added a double mat and greeting, and it was done! Doesn’t get much easier than that!!

I still have a bunch of scraps left over. Hmmm…..

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20Oct2018

Embossed Birds Sympathy Card

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

Embossed Birds Sympathy Card

This card features the “Birds in Branches” embossing folder by Darice and a stamp from the “Timeless Textures” set by Stampin’ Up.

In order to make the stamped pattern appear behind the embossed birds and branches, you stamp the pattern onto the inside of the embossing folder before embossing. Embossing folders with larger, solid portions (as opposed to thin lines/patterns) work best for this technique. Open the embossing folder and stamp your image on the “front” side of the folder (with the indented images that will be embossed). You want the ink/stamped images to go only on the flat part of the folder; avoid getting ink inside the “indented” birds and branches. (In other words, press/stamp lightly; do not press so hard on your stamp that it squishes into the indented portions of the folder.) You can use a large background stamp to ink up the folder or repeatedly stamp a smaller image (like I did here). Keep in mind that whatever you stamp will transfer as a mirror image so text, music notes, etc. will appear backwards with this technique.

Once the embossing folder is inked up, carefully place your card stock inside the folder (position paper on clean side and then close folder to avoid smudging stamped images), and run it through your die cutting machine as you normally would. (You may want to use a card stock shim and run it through a few times to make sure all the ink transfers to the card stock.) And don’t forget to wash your embossing folder when done in case there is any ink left behind!

After I embossed my panel, I lightly rubbed over the raised portions with ink and a Darice Foam Ink Pod. Because these pods are kind of hard/firm (unlike a sponge), I find it easier to keep the ink only on the raised surfaces and not in the “nooks and crannies” around the embossed parts. (These pods can be washed with soap and water and reused.)

The embossing folder does all the work on this card! I simply added some mats, a greeting stamped on a stitched rectangle die cut, and a ribbon embellishment to finish it off.

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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19Oct2018

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.