Follow Your Dreams Card

 

 

Today's card uses the following materials: (I thought this would be easier.)

• Tropical Leaf Card Panel (Frantic Stamper)
• Couture Creations Sophia Collection - Lanvin
• Hot off the Press Dazzles Stickers
• Stardream papers (in green and beige) (Kelly's Paper)
• Petaloo Dahlia Box Blend Flowers
• Gold Glitter Paper (Michaels)
• Gold Glossy (The Paper Cut)

To attached the gold glossy swirl, I used small glue dots.  I placed the glue dots at the end of each swirl.  I did not glue the "vines" down.  This worked just fine and the swirl is secure.

 

Because the panel card die cut has about a 1/4 edge on it, I used red liner tape around the edge and then used a liquid glue -placing dots on the leaves - to glue it down.  All the other parts of the card were either glued down with regular double sided tape or glue dots.

 

The majority of the card uses muted colors. I decided to use flowers with a it more color to make them really pop.

 

 

 

 

The Tropical Leaf Card Panel Die was incredibly easy to use.  Normally with this kind of intricate die, I spend time having to  pop out all the bits of paper stuck in the die with a pin.  Not so with this die, a couple of soft raps on the table and CLEAN!!  Wonderful!

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Please let me know if this format works better for you!

 

Lis



Time to Celebrate!

Today's card is a fun little card I made for a birthday coming up.  I have this ric rac ribbon that 've been wanting to use.  I decided to take it out and see what I could do with it. I've tried making bows with it but they've been ugly failures. SO - if anyone out there knows how to make a good bow out of thin ric rac, give me a holler!

I got this set of clock stamps for about $2 which is a BARGAIN!  The large clock is missing one of the numbers.  I didn't notice and I can always hide it with a pearl or something.  Hey, almost free stamps are great!

 

 

I decided to just crisscross the ric rac on my card.  I stamped a white background with green clocks and added the calendar with the date accented with a pearl. Yes I did curl one of the corners of the calendar.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

 

 

 

 

 

Home from Paris



I love the way that this card came out!  The card base is ivory cardstock BUT the mat is made of wood.  I bought this small box of thin slices of bare wood.  It's not veneer and I also forgot where I got these from.  I think I got them from a store that sells Japanese art products. 

To start I used several distress stains (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Tarnished Brass).  I also dropped water on each layer to create water spots.  It turned out pretty. You can see some f the stain in the picture below.  The picture doesn't show it but there is also a sheen on it from the Tarnished Bras which I applied last.

Do you like the little bag I made from vellum? You'll never guess how!  I cut it from an old Sizzix mini bag die I had.  I punched the little holes and added the bakers twine. Don't you just love how the little pearls came out?
I have a few CDs of vintage images.  I printed out the man and colored him using Distress Inks and  waterbrush.
All in all, a nice result.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Lavender Butterfly

I love to use butterflies on my cards. They make a great 3-D addition and add a bit of whimsy to any card.  (As I'm sitting here looking at the top of my card...wouldn't this make a pretty decoration for the top of a box or gift?)

 

I have several butterfly dies.  After Rozy made all those butterflies, I decided that I wanted to make a card or two (see the Frantic Stamper Facebook post on 5-12-14) using the FS dies.

I wanted my card to be non-traditional. I started with a black and white striped paper added to an ivory card base.  I added some patterned lavender paper which I also used to cut out the intricate butterfly.  I also used one of the new photo card sets (ADORE).  I only used the photo card itself and cut it twice; once in gold glossy and once in gold shimmer.  I took the cut-outs and added them back into the gold glossy and added to my card.  This is the anchor for my pretty butterfly.

 

To keep the paper theme going, I used the solid butterfly die to cut out a gold glossy butterfly which became the bottom layer.  I put the lavender butterfly on top.

I added some bling and some ribbon to finish. 

 

I love the way this card turned out with the vertical and horizontal lines.

 

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Wish...a Card with a Castle

Hi everyone!  Today, as promised, I am exploring the variety of way that the castle die from Frantic Stamper can be used. 

First, the card!

I made my castle using Frantic Stampers Precision Die   Princess Castle Die FRA-Die-09185.  I used dark brown linen cardstock.  The castle itself is three layers.  Continue reading below for how I did it!

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I hand made the banner.  I cut two triangles from gold glossy cardstock.  I cut the inside out of one using an xacto blade leaving about 1/8 inch border.  I attached this to the other triangle with mounting tape.  The valence is actually made from some of the sires of the castle, only done in gold glitter card.

 



Here is another look. The gold glitter is very sparkly. This photo doesn't do it justice.

Here is a closer view of my castle.  There are actually three layers here.  I used the same die cut and did some trimming. Read on for how I did it!

Step 1:  I used two die cuts of the castle. 

The castle on the left has the left tower cut off.
The RIGHT castle has the tall thin spire cut off.

I added mounting tape as seen below. The castle on the RIGHT: you are looking at the back side of the TOP piece.  the piece on he left is the bottom piece, front side.  Notice that one piece I placed on the TOP castle. I did this because I was able to hide it better - it was easy to position.

 Put together with mounting tape.

Side view

 

 

 Without mounting tape - now you see why I chose to use mounting tape..

 

This is the third layer.  The modified die cut is on the right.  It will be adhered to the back of the castle with mounting tape.

 

Result:

Side view:(cool shadow - I just couldn't cut it out!)

 

And on my card~!

I hope that you had as much fun reading about this card as I had making it!

Take care and come back soon!
LIS

Princess Castle - other uses

As promised, here are some other uses for the Princess Castle Die .

Candle Holders

Pueblos, City Scape, Valences or spears

Modern house, Arrows, Chess Pieces (The cstle die cut on the left is the full unaltered die cut)

Have fun!

Lis

Blue Flower on White

Hi all!  I SO love white on white (or ivory on ivory) cards.  For they are so elegant.  Can you guess what today's card is?  You are RIGHT!  It's a white on white (almost) card!

 

 

For my card I used white card stock.  I used an embossing folder (Hot off the Press) for the front of my card base (no mat here).  Then I cut out the center pieces again using white card. 

 

The dies  used are called "anja's" designs. The company is Marianne Creatables Dies.  I have really fallen in love with these Anja designs.  They are so ornate and awfully pretty!

 

All I did was layer both pieces (these come as a pair) with mounting tape and add to my card.  The larger piece is also embossed. 

 

I added a strip of gold (Dazzles) to each side of my card and added the flower to the center. 

 

There aren't many layers to this card but the die cuts are so ornate that I don't think I need to add anything else. What do you think?

 

Lis

 

Thank You Card using Trellis Frameworks Die from Tim Holtz & Sizzix

 

 

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog today!

 

I've been so excited about the new Tim Holtz die release with the frameworks designs.  As you can see, my card today uses the one called Trellis.  It's a very pretty design that reminds me of India and Persia.

 

I started out by die cutting the design three times: with grungeboard, purple cardstock and one of Tim Holtz' paper stash patterns.  I used a navy card base.

 

I decided to use the paper stash pattern for my base.  The patterns and colors really give a lot of movement to my card.  I took the grungeboard inner pieces and colored them using the Tarnished Brass Distress Stain.  Then I stamped a writing pattern on them with black Staz On.  It came out really light because the writing stamp I used had a thin font.  If I had to do it over again, I would use a slightly thicker font to make it show up better.

 

I randomly placed the grungeboard into the vacated spaces.  I placed the purple "innies" in the rest of the spaces.  (Of course I attached all of this down with glue.)  I added some blue bling randomly.

 

I took a crinkle ribbon and died it with Tea Dye Distress Stain. I also had some oval chipboard pieces.  I colored one of these the same color as my ribbon and added the Thank You in Gold Dazzles.

 

I really like the way that the grungeboard pieces add some height because of their thickness.  I like the randomness of the pieces also.  It looks fairly balanced.  The blue bling adds a pretty brightness to my card which otherwise would have been really dark.

 

Did you notice that the frameworks piece covers my A2 card?  Because this is geometric, I can put two together and make a larger single one! (I wonder how it would look down one side of a 12 x 12 scrapbook page...hmm.)

 

Lis



ATC- Time and Space

 

I love ATCs.  They are a compact little piece of art!  "Officially" an ATC is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (there are also other sizes like "inchies" too.)
I started by cutting a piece of white smooth card stock to the "official" size. I had some stamps with geometric patterns and chose one with squares.  I stamped this using Staz-On black.  Then I stamped a small clock and a postcard image with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.  I added some red Stickles glitter glue to a few squares, added some tissue tape and finally added a small post card which I covered in Glossy Accents.  I edged my ATC with Vintage Photo.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Steampunk Butterfly Greetings

 



Hi everyone!  This was an interesting card to make.  I started off wanting a sweet Victorian card. I ended up adding a steampunk element to it.  Quite a mixture!

The unique material that I've just start using is the paper ribbon.  I've used it in pink on this card.  It starts out as paper twine (Maya Road).  I unroll it and the resulting paper ribbon is about 1 1/2 inches wide.  You get a lot on a roll too.

It does take a little patience to get it unrolled but well worth the effort. Its SO pretty.  I am working o another card and I want to ink it before I unroll it to see what tie die effects I can get. So stay tuned!

Do you like my butterfly?  I used a Frantic Stamper solid Butterfly die to cut the card base, the patterned paper mat and a gold glossy butterfly that you can just see on the inside of the card.

I stamped a gear image onto some transparency that I cut a bit larger than the butterfly window on the front of my card.  I used double sided tape to attach it to the front of my card base.  Then I added my mat (made from purple suede paper and patterned Graphic 45 paper on top).  My mat already had the butterfly window cut out.  I matched up the windows and glued it down.  The stamped transparency shows through.  I cut out a gold glossy butterfly to place on the inside of my card. When the card is closed, there is a gold background to the butterfly.

This is not a new technique but one that isn't used a whole lot.  Hope you enjoyed my card today!

Thanks foo stopping by!
Lis