Two Elegant but Simple Christmas Cards in Black and White

I have crafted two elegant Christmas cards for today.  I used my new EK Success Christmas bulb punch for each one. (I am really crazy for this punch.  It is very simple and elegant.)

The first card is very simple with a white card base, silver glossy, black suede paper and silver glitter card.

The second card includes a sentiment stamped in red. It reminds me of Art Deco design.

Have a great day shopping!
Lis

All Good Wishes Christmas Card

Hi Happy Sunday to you all.  Can you believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner? FOUR DAYS AWAY!  Just four days!  The year has gone amazingly fast this year.

I wanted share a pretty Christmas card that I made last night.  I started with a white card base.  The layers are silver glossy (not embossed), black suede paper, silver glossy embossed with snowflakes.  I punched out four Christmas lights in glitter card stock (Michaels is carrying their Recollections 12 x 12 with just glitter card stock.  They came out with one with just the Christmas colors which was fabulous for me. (I always wait for the 40% off coupons and sales.)

I punched out four colors of bulbs and then punched out just the base in black suede paper and glued the two together.  I added some green/white bakers twine.

I stamped my sentiment on white card (I used one of the new Tim Holtz stamp sets).  I cut out the stamped image and then edged it with a silver krylon pen.  Then I back it in black suede paper and cut it out again leaving a 1/8 inch border.  I mounted this on my card with mounting tape.

Here is a side view.



I hope you enjoyed my card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

Believe in Christmas! a Card

Today's card is a Christmas card.  I really wanted to try out the new Tim Holtz On the Edge die stars.  I made my card starting with a plain white card stock base.  I added a sparkly light blue glitter paper to the front and then die cut the stars edge. 

I cut a piece of blue suede paper (a rectangle) and attached to the inside of the card so that the blue would show on the front.  I decided to trim around the light blue star edge so that I would have about a 1/8 inch border of dark blue. 

I added some Idea-Ology star gems.  ( I did try them out on all the stars but it didnt look good so I opted to use these embellishments on only some of the die cut border stars.)

I had some embellishments from K&Co from last year so I used one of them (the title "believe" and the gold stars).

You can see behind the word that there is a punched design.  I used a Martha Stewart punch and punched out a two inch strip (both sides) as a background.  I think that I probably shouldnt have done that.  I think the word would have been better alone. Unfortunately I couldnt take it off as I had already glued it down. Oh well.  SAMPLE! :-)

 Here is a close up of the star border. Pretty, yes?  I added a patterned paper of music to the inside of my card so that it would show on the front also.

This is the inside of my card.  I used some Dazzles Red Jewel Border to disguise the edge of the blue suede paper.

Hope you liked my card. More Christmas cards to come!
Lis

Tarot Cats Card

Tarot Cats - a Card
by Lis Whiting 

I really like how this card came out.  I kind of worked backwards to get the size of the card right, starting with my tarot cats.  I backed them in different colors of foiled card stock.  Then I chose a pretty royal purple (shows that you can use Christmas papers year round!).  I wanted to do something with the stars so I used silver glitter paper.  I backed it all on black card stock.  I added a strip in the middle to place my tarot cats on.  I decorated the entire card in crystals and pearls, including my elegant cats.  I made several stampings of my tarot cats so that I can make a couple more different cards.  This was a lot of fun to make! Here are some close ups!

Thanks for stopping by!

December the 25th

Hi everyone!

The Holiday season has started, I've heard my first Christmas Carole on the radio and I've started thinking about Christmas presents!  So, that means, Christmas cards!

I like to do collage and I had a collection of die cuts so what better way to use them than on a Christmas card.

I like the way that this card turned out.  I started with a plain white card base and put down a mat using some Christmas pattern paper.  Then I just layered the die cuts and glued them down.  To add sparkle, I used Dazzles gold jewel borders.  I didn't have enough of one pattern to use on my whole card, so I used what I had.  It looks pretty good!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Flower Power Card

Flower Power

by Lis Whiting



I love this card with its touches of gold and pretty dark blues. 



I wanted to make something with flowers today.  I pulled out Messy and Mischief from the BoBunny Family Is line. I started with a card base of dark blue and added a bright yellow cardstock for matting.  I added my two patterned papers.  I had some scrap gold that I had embossed and decided to use it between my two papers.  Then I pulled out some ric rac and some ribbon in greens and added that also.  I still had some stuff leftover from Christmas (yeah I know...) and had this one die cut piece from Festive Greenery.  I tried it and it looked great! 



I added my flowers over that with some pearls and done!  I added the banner in gold also. I left it blank for now because I'm not sure if I'm going to use it for a thank you or a birthday. So, into my stash it goes!



I hope you enjoyed my card today. See you next time!

Lis

Paris Mini Scrapbook Page

Paris Mini Scrapbook Page
by Lis Whiting 

I really like mini scrapbooks and brag books.  I like the smaller size because I can complete the pages a little faster and because I love to use smaller sized pictures (I really do).  For the mini page above, I started with the 6 x 6 daisy sheet from the French Country Collection by Graphic 45. I added some dark green card stock at my mat where my pictures will be.  Don't you love the blue stripe paper?  I thought it was just perfect for this page.  I added a couple of gold photo corners, my ribbon and a Paris brass charm I had. 

The gold photo corners are already adhesive-backed which was nice.  There a several different colors which I like.  The "Carte Postale" is a piece that I cut from one of the other papers from the collection.  I hope you enjoy my page!

Kitten in a Teacup Card

Un Petit Chat

by Lis Whiting

I want to share a card with you that I made using one of the Frantic Stamper Stamps.

I chose the black and cream design as the starting place for my card.  My card base is ivory cardstock.  I found some colored cardstock that was a similar color as the teacup flowers and used this as an additional mat.

I colored a white crinkle ribbon with Distress Stain in Spun Sugar and Victorian Violet to match the flowers on the teacup.  I think it came out really well.  I added a gold tassel as a last touch to finish my card. 

Hope you enjoyed my card today!

Romance Heart Card

Purple Suede Heart Card
by Lis Whiting

I've had some gorgeous purple suede paper for a month or so thinking of what I wanted to do with it.  I have made a few cards and here is my first one!
Suede paper is a specialty paper.  It has a pile, or fuzzy texture.  The backing is like paper although that doesn't adequately describe it.  Suede paper is very rich looking and very touchable.
Suede paper can be cut, punched (not too detailed), die cut, embossed, painted on - pretty much anything goes.

I started with a piece of suede paper about 5 x 5 inches.  I carefully folded it in half - with the back side showing and without creasing it.  I drew a half heart on the back side and then cut it out.  I chose a swirl embossing folder and embossed the front of the suede paper heart. (Suede paper takes embossing really well.)  I took red liner tape and lined the back side and added the folded ribbon - half pink, half white. ( The ruffled trim I used was some that I have had for a while.  Maya Road also has pleated trim that can be used for this project. 

I chose two beautiful papers from Bo Bunny's Isabella Collection (lots of pinks and greys - just gorgeous) and matted them together. I added a dark purple cardstock behind them. I thought the card front still needed something so I took some music patterned paper and tore a piece. I glued it across my card front.
I mounted the heart with mounting tape after I added the crystal swirls.  I attached two purple paper roses with glue dots.

I hope you enjoyed this very romantic and fancy card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Birches - a Christmas Card

Hi everyone!  I am sitting here trying not to type on my kitty's tail as she lays across my desk (what can I say, I love her! But she's not spoiled...oh no!)

Today's card is one that I made for my sister to use.  I just got this cutting die of birch trees and found a paper (Bo Bunny) to match.  I wanted to share the link to Frantic Stamper so you can see the die close up. I didnt realize she carried so many different kinds of birch dies.  This one is my favorite though - Taylored Expressions Birch Die. 

I cut my birch using gold glitter card stock.  To mount, I used foam tape.  There were so many little holes that I didn't bother to be careful with my foam tape.  Instead, once I completed adding my foam tape, I looked for any that were showing through the little "birch" holes and added some fine gold glitter to cover them up.  It worked perfectly.

I used the following:

• White plain card stock for my card base (I used 8 1/2 x 11 inches which doesn't work well for 6 x 6 cards so I matted my card front on one piece, trimmed it with about a 2 inch back flap. I punched a design in this flap. Then I cut the back of my card from a separate piece of white card. I glued the two pieces together to get my 6 x 6 card base.  The flap made a beautiful inside border at the top of my card.
• Dark blue suede & medium blue stardream papers for my mats
• Tim Holtz Idea-Ology embellishments including the ice skates (arent' they just too cute!) and the word tag
• The two ribbons are from one set: Petaloo Fancy Trims Glitz Assortment All Teal
• A small crochet doily (You can get an assortment from We R Memory Keepers - see Frantic Stamper.com)
• Dazzles by Hot off the Press for the borders

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

Note Card Set

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share with you a note card set that I made for my sister. I used Anna Griffin papers and gold glossy card stock. Enjoy!