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Friday, January 31, 2014

Victorian Birthday Greetings







Hi everyone and welcome to my blog!  I share all kinds of projects here and how to make them, techniques and so on.  I really love cards so I make a lot of them.  If you are interested in another type of project, let me know and I;ll see what I can do for you!

My card today is one that I made for my sister's birthday.  It turned out so nice!  I used an oval die from Paper Wishes (oval doily) and its so pretty! I cut the doily out of grey suede paper believe it or not!  I thought I had gone a little crazy BUT when it came out it was really nice.  I chose grey because I was looking for a more Victorian antiquey look.  I used an ivory card stock for my card base.

There have been some new dies that have come on the market which die cut bows. The gold one I used on my card is one of them. Although I like it very much, it doesnt really replace a real ribbon bow.
As you can see from the inside of my card, I did cut a window oval in the front so that the inside could show through (this die I used includes a shadow die which is so cool.).  I used Anna Griffin papers to cover the inside and a cute Victorian postcard greeting.


Hope you enjoyed my little card!

Lis

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

A Loving Heart - an ATC




Loving Heart
by Lis Whiting

I've been making ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) lately and wanted to share one with you today. I started with my message which also guided me to my color scheme. 

I backed my message on gold glossy and also used some German scrap to highlight the message. I wanted to use some lace because it gives a wonderful vintage feel.  I added some pink because these types of sayings come from mom.

The embossed "KINGS" for me symbolizes that this wisdom is good for everyone, even kings.

Take care, Lis

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Ride & Together - two Journaling Note Cards

Hi everyone!  I wanted to share the following two cards I made with more of the Journaling note paper.  I've been having a lot of fun creating with them!  (The best part was they were on sale cheap!)

Enjoy!  Lis





Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Buttons Card




Travel Buttons
by Lis Whiting



I haven't used buttons as an embellishment lately so I decided today was the day! I have these really cool silver buttons and thought they would go well with the Family Is BoBunny Collection that I'm using for my cards right now.

I started with an ivory card base and added some silver glossy as a mat. Then I chose Drama and Nuts for my patterned papers.  I added a strip of tissue tape on which I used some smooch glitz.  I have to say that this glitz is really sparkly and bright!  I painted it right over the tape, let it dry and added it to my card.  Here are two pictures of it so that you can really see the sparkliness of this smooch!






I arranged some white, silver and some glittery buttons along the edge of my card and moved them around until I was happy with their position.  Then I glue dotted each one down.
For the roses I twisted two together by their wires, cut the wires to about 1 1/2 inches.  I spread the wire ends, about 1/2" from the end. I laid the roses down and glued the buttons on top of the rose wires with glue dots so all are secure, hiding the wires.



Even though the roses are dipped in gold, I think they are a beautiful pop of color against this silver card.



To finish my card I took a label and cut it in half and adhered with mounting tape.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Lis

Friday, January 17, 2014

A Hearty Birthday Wish



My sister's birthday is coming up this week and I wanted to make her a few very special cards.  She loves the Victorian style so I chose Anna Griffin paper and a pretty Happy Birthday sentiment.  I used two oval dies (comes from a doily set by Hot Off the Press - their line is called Paper Artist.  I like these dies = they cut nicely.)  The doily is cut from grey suede paper.

I didn't even cover the front of my card (ivory card base).  I punched a pattern from gold card and added it to the bottom of my card.


For the inside of my card, I added the Anna Griffin paper and edged it in gold.  I added my little sentiment tag.  On the left I added some transparency and covered the glue dots I used with white lacy Dazzles.  I added a swirl of bling to finish.

Here is a close up of my little tag.  Its so pretty.

Thank you as always for stopping by and adding your comments which I always read and appreciate.

Lis

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?








I love The Wizard of Oz.  I've watched it every year since I was a small child.  I was happy to see that die cuts of the characters have come out that can be used on cards and scrapbook pages.
My card today is using the Good Witch of the North, Glinda.  The die cut is exactly accurate and very clear.  I added some 2mm clear gems and some glitter glue to accent her crown.  I also added a Tim Holtz star to her wand so that it would stand out.
I made this card for my sister's birthday which is coming up soon.  I am sure that she will get a kick out of this as she is a fan of Oz also.

Materials used:
  • Hot Off the Press Gypsy Jewels paper pack (love this paper - each sheet is ombre)
  • Tim Holtz Idea Ology Mirrored Stars
  • Light Pink Crinkle Ribbon
  • 2mm clear acrylic gems
  • Glitter Glue
Close Up!

Here is a closer look.  As you can see, the image is perfect!


I computer journaled this famous question to Dorothy.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

Beautiful - a Card






Beautiful French Country
by Lis Whiting



Roosters are popular right now and the Graphic 45 French Country Collection is full of them!  I love the beautiful reds with touches of green and blue.  I created this as a 6 x 6 card.  I started with a card base of kraft. It lended itself to the whole "countryside" feel.  I worked with the 8 x 8 pad.
There is a page with six different "cards" (I don't know what else to call them).  I cut one out to use as part of my cover. Since there are two sheets of each pattern, I cut out the stamps from the second sheet to layer onto my card below.


I added a Tim Holtz Idea-Ology trinket heart, painted in Fired Brick and tied with red bakers twine.  The heart is attached to the little tag.

All I had left to do was to add my ribbon and bow. I used a bright blue that matched (sort of) the feathers in the rooster's tail.


I hope that you liked my card. Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Journaling Notes - Rectangluar Gatefold Card - On Your Retirement



Welcome to Day 2 of using journaling sheets (Making Memories) for cards!  Today's card is a gatefold retirement card.

Measurements of my finished card: 6 x 4 1/4 inches

I got the paper I used from the journaling notebook on the right.



I chose the paper on the right for my gatefold Travel card.  I really loved the newspaper print and the stamp design border.

Hmmm....Once I cut both sheets to make a square/rectangle, I realized that I would have to cover the left side because they didnt mirror each other.  No problem!



I used one of the half sheets as a stencil and was able to recreate the stamp effect using a small circle punch I had.  The blue paper I used is from Authentique.

I attached my outside paper to my card base using regular old glue stick. 

I was going to do just one side with the blue and use the original pink/newsprint for the other side because I loved the pattern so much (especially the newsprint!).  Unfortunately the more I looked at it the stranger it looked so I decided to do both sides the same.  I also cut out a smaller rectangle of dark blue card for the center.  I mounted my chalkboard onto this (left side only) with Red Liner tape and decorated with cut pieces of washi tape.


I wanted the postage border to hand off the edge of my card. I should have covered this with another paper or colored the edges before I attached it to my card  (Distress stain? embossing powder? glitter?) but I didn't.
 For the inside of my card, I chose 7 Gypsies paper. They have a really neat paper pad featuring maps. I matted them on dark brown card.  I double matted the center (or larger) piece and used more of the blue Authentique paper.

EK Success has this design as a punch. I punched out from ivory card and matted to dark brown card to match.  I cut the mat by hand. (I've been practicing and its not actually that hard to hand cut a 1/.8 inch mat border around a shape.)


And here is the finished card!
 Here is the finished inside.  You can see the backside of the chalkboard that I adhered to the left side of my card.
 Close Up!

This is a close up of the right front of my card. You can see the dark blue card I used to add to the front and the pieces of washi tape I used to decorate.

I got these little chalkboards (3 x 2 inches) from some website that I cant remember. If you google mini chalkboards Im sure that you can find it.  You cant really see it here but the outside of the chalkboards are made of unfinished wood. There was a gold thread loop attached at the top that I cut off as this was originally intended as an ornament.

I used white embossing powder and a Versa Mark pen to write the words on my chalkboard.  I covered the edges with Dazzles Jewel gold borders.  I added the buttons and bling with glue.

I stamped the sentiment in Staz On black.  I had this clock embellishment which I added as a final touch.

I hope that you enjoyed my gatefold cards this weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

Friday, January 10, 2014

Journaling Notes - Round Gatefold Card - Valentine



Today's card is a gatefold card using the Making Memories Spiral Bound Journaling Notes from Frantic Stamper.  The card turned out ok although I struggled a bit with the inside ...and the outside.  Apparently circles are harder to make round than I thought!

First I chose my sheet.  What was nice about this is that these pads provide 3-4 sheets for each pattern. So, a gatefold card seemed natural.

I chose a pretty red and ivory half circle.

I cut both sheets so that they formed a complete circle.
 I attached to a backing sheet of pink with dots from Authentique - Smitten Line in Cupid.

Then I took a pair of Fiskars design scissors (remember them? How many of you have a collection, raise your hand.  Me too!)  I love these scissors.  They are a little hard to begin with but worth the effort to use.)

When I finished cutting my pink scallop border, I cut the circle in half, following the edge of the circle journal halves.

Once I had cut a scallop of about 1/2 inch around the edge, I used an embossing folder (The Paper Studio) with a writing design going horizontally.  This is the first time that I've seen one like this.  It helps when I want to do larger areas.  I was able to line up the embossing folder so that both sides of my card would line up.


Once I finished embossing, I colored the raised embossed writing with Ranger Distress Ink Festive Berries.  I also edged the outside of my circle with it too.

Now for the inside!  At first I was going to use another circle for the inside...

After some difficulty with a round inside....

I settled on a heart shaped inside.  It fit better and I was able to work with it a bit easier.  You can see the two folded "wing" shaped folded edges.  That gets covered with red liner tape and attached to the front two pieces (the gate) of the card.

Now - TIP: do not attach your heart (inside of the card) UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED DECORATING IT.  I was so thrilled at getting a heart cut to fit that I immediately attached it with Red Liner Tape.  It was very difficult to cover the inside of the card with it attached to the front. If I had to do it again, putting my card together would be the last thing I did.

The card will open as you see below.

I really wanted pattern paper for my inside but couldnt do it because I couldnt recut the exact same heart shape SO I opted for some color blocked star dream paper (shimmer).  I used a pretty red and pink.  Since my card is round, I wanted the inside decorations to not be too "square".  I took a small circle punch and used it to punch the corners of the papers.  It created a really pretty tag-like design.

I used some Frantic Stamper dies: the tree branch which comes with some cute owls, keys and the hearts.  I cut them from red suede paper and hung them from the branch with Dazzles Jewel Borders in Gold.


This is the Frantic Stamper die I used for the front of my card, cut from gold glitter card.  I attached it only on the left side to allow the card to open from the center.  I attached the red bow in the same manner.

And here is my finished card!  As I said, it turned out quite nice!

This is the completed inside of my card.  I edged my card in more gold Dazzles and added some mini Jewel Dazzles tiny dots. Frantic Stamper carries these.

I hope you enjoyed today's card! Come back tomorrow for the second gatefold card!

Lis