Center Easel Birthday Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Creative Folds by lisababitz

(Inside: wishing you a day filled with good things)

I know it’s September, and I’m feeling like fall colors and patterns are more appropriate, but as I mentioned in my last post, I am “a bit” (big time understatement!) behind with posting so I have a card to share today (finally!!) that I made in the spring….

This card has a panel that props up like an easel to reveal the greeting. It’s a great design for showing off beautiful printed paper (either store bought or handmade). The card is flat when “closed” for easy mailing.

My card features printed paper called “Blossom” by American Crafts (#340303) along with Stampin’ Up Mint Macaron and white card stock. The flowers were cut with a Sizzix Originals die called “Flower Layers #3” and embellished with some thin, white ribbon and some pieces of a small pearl spray I purchased at Hobby Lobby (DIY Wedding Department).

The greeting stamp is from the “Frame & Flowers 2” set by Gina K Designs. The inside sentiment is by Hero Arts and was stamped on a panel cut with the EK Success “Real Estate Sign” label punch. Both were stamped with Stampin’ Up Mint Macaron ink.

Here is a template for a 5×7 card base. (Click on diagram to make it bigger.) You can adapt the measurements to make an A2 sized card if desired.

You can see a tutorial HERE on You Tube.

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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3Sep2017

Off to College!!

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Off to College!

Boy, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything!

Things got a bit busy around here with my triplets’ “End of Senior Year” stuff, and I decided to take a break to enjoy the last few months with them before they went off to college. We survived senior trip, prom, exams, graduation, and summer jobs, and now that all four of my kids are away, I am able to begin catching up here. I have quite a few projects that need to be photographed and posted, and hopefully I’ll have some stuff ready soon.

(“off to college” clipart above from google images)

19Apr2017

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15Apr2017

Floral Thank You Note

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Floral Thank You Note

Inspiration comes from many places. Even bathrooms! I recently visited a friend who just moved into a new home, and when I was getting the tour, I fell in love with the color combination and design of her shower curtain! (I took a photo of a portion of it.)

The floral image from the Stampin’ Up “Avant-Garden” set as well as the SU Mint Macaron ink that I recently purchased immediately came to mind, and I used those to create my card.

The flowers were first stamped with the Mint Macaron ink and then stamped again (slightly off-set) with Stampin’ Up Blackberry Bliss. To add the darker detail to the centers of each flower, I applied Gina K Edible Eggplant ink to the stamp by swiping the corner of the ink pad directly onto the stamp (as if I were drawing lines from the center and out a bit onto each petal.) I would have used a water-based marker to add the darker shade, but I didn’t have a color that worked. I used the Edible Eggplant for the stamen as well. I created a mask of the flower and then went on to stamp the stems and leaves.

For the stems and leaves, I used stamps from the Stampin’ Up “Terrific Tulips” set. (Of all the leaf stamps I have in my collection, I was surprised to find I had nothing similar to the ones on the shower curtain. I didn’t even see anything online so I went with what I had!) I inked up the stamps with the Mint Macaron ink and then randomly swiped my Spectrum Aqua “Moss” marker over parts of the inked stamp before stamping the images. Again, my water-based marker colors are limited, and in hindsight, I probably chose a color that is more green than the color I was going for. (It is really overpowering the mint color!)

The greeting is from the Stampin’ Up “What I Love” set and was stamped with GK Edible Eggplant ink. The card stock I used is “Soft Stone” from Papertrey Ink and “Edible Eggplant” from Gina K Designs.

Thanks for checking out my card project!

5Apr2017

I’m Freaking Out!!!!!

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I’m Freaking Out!!!!!

With one click, I somehow deleted a TON of photos from my site. My slideshow is gone, and MANY of my posts are missing photos. Ugh!!!!!!!

I am in the process of manually re-uploading them…one photo at a time. (Hopefully someone from wordpress will have a magical solution for undoing whatever I did to cause this problem when they respond to my request for help!)

I apologize if you have taken the time to visit and are seeing a bunch of empty squares where photos should be. (In some cases, the photo will pop up if you click on the square.) I will hopefully have this fixed soon.

Thanks for your patience!

UPDATE: WORDPRESS HAD NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME TO CONTINUE MANUALLY RE-UPLOADING THE PHOTOS AS I HAVE BEEN. SLOW AND TEDIOUS, BUT I FINALLY FINISHED!!! (Please let me know if you notice anything I missed.)

(above photo from google images)