Butterflies in Flight

 

Today's card is inspired by the many butterfly paintings, cards and art projects that I'm seeing in the web.  I love all the butterfly cluster projects. Butterflies are so feminine and delicate.

I started by using Frantic Stamper's Petite Butterflies (. I love this die for two reasons: 1-everything is on a single flat die which means I can't lose little pieces, and 2-there are three sizes of butterflies!   I die cut my butterflies using blue sticker foil. I prepared the sticker foil by adding it to plain card stock and then embossing it.  I cu two sets of butterflies. I didn't use the butterfly bodies that are also on the die (how nice!).

 

To prepare my card, all I did was to choose a pretty blue pattern paper (DCWV) and cut another card panel (Daisy Circles) out of white shimmer paper.  This was layered onto a white card stock base.

 

I arranged the butterflies, largest at the bottom and smallest at the top, few at the bottom and more at the top.  I also had them flying slightly to the left.  I attached my butterflies with a drop of liquid glue in the center so that the wings could be folded up.

I hope you enjoyed my butterfly card.

Lis     

 

Butterflies of Time Card

 

 

 

My card today uses my new favorite Frantic Stamper precision Die - Petite Butterflies!  I love this die because I can cut three sizes of butterflies with one pass and they are stackable!  What's not to love!  (They are just the right sizes for cards too!)

 

 

I had some extra strips of card stock and decided to weave them together to see what I got.  I liked it so much that I stamped it with a La Blanche stamp.  I added a few stacked butterflies to decorate. I was debating whether to use some pearls on the butterflies but they were so pretty by themselves. The embossed silver shimmer paper added a really fancy background for the butterflies.

 

 

Happy Holidays Christmas Lights Card

Today's card is a really pretty card for Christmas and very colorful.

First the materials!

• card base is plain white card stock in A2 size
• red glitter card
• silver linen card (Hot off the press)
• Frantic Stamper Dies
• Christmas Lights Card Panel
• Happy Holidays Word Die
• glitter glue
• white fun foam
• white card stock
• DG4 Gel (Judikins), Diamond Glaze or the stuff that Tim Holtz uses from Ranger

Steps:

1. Cut the panel from white cardstock and again from the white fun foam
• It is amazing how easy the fun foam cuts.  I thought it might be too thick to cut well but one pass and the innies are falling out of the die cut.
2. I used a liquid glue that dries clear (Aleene's Tacky Glue is a goo choice).  I put the glue on the back of my paper die cut.
3. Then I started at one corner and glued the entire thing down, making sure to match the design.  This will be the only time-consuming part.  And if you start the gluing own accurately, everything will fall into place.
4. The neat thing about using the foam is that you get instant dimension (THANK you Kathy for being the first one to suggest and try this!)
5. Cut the red glitter paper to 4 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches and layer onto your card base
6. Cut the silver linen (oh its so pretty) to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and layer onto your card.
7. Add glue to the back of your Christmas Light Panel and attach to your card.

Now comes the fun part - decorating the lights!

1. Use the various glitter glues and add color to all the bulbs.  I didn't add any other colors to each bulb (like the neck).
2. Let this dry overnight.
3. Take your clear lacquer and put a coat of it on each bulb over top of the dried glitter.
4. Let dry overnight
5. You may wish to add a second coat of lacquer after the first dries.  I was going for a more dimensional and rounded bulb look so I added a second coat.
6. If you add a second coat, let dry over night.

To make your sentiment:

1. Die cut your sentiment from gold foil card
2. Die cut a small oval of matte gold
3. Mount your sentiment onto the gold oval (I did this so that I could read the words clearly and there wasn't a distraction from the lights underneath. I also used gold because if I had used silver I think it would have blended in too much with the silver linen underneath.
4. Use mounting tape on the back of the oval only and mount your sentiment onto your card.

 Here is another view of my card.

I would be fun to have all one color bulbs, or have each strand a different color.  Have fun!

Lis

Happy Happy Happy

 Hi everyone! My card today is a "happy" one!

I started out with an ivory card base, added dark green shimmer paper and copper foil die cut of the Ombre Chevron Card Panel. I cut out another chevron panel using green foil card stock.  I used some of the green foil cut outs on my card by fitting the cut outs into the copper negative space.

I cut out the Happy Happy Happy using the die of the same name out of some green patterned Basic Grey paper.  I  layered another "happy" out of gold gloss in the center and added it to my card.

As a final touch, I added a group of paper flowers (tulips, the other flower I don't know the name of) and tied it with light green and yellow silk ribbons.

 

Wanderlust..a collage card

 

  

I love to travel and that's why I made today's card.  I have this beautiful 5 x 6 inch stamp of a map and I love using it in backgrounds and collages (like today's card which is 6 x 5 1/2nches!).

 

I created my map by stamping in black ink (Archival Ink by Ranger) on white card stock.  Then I added a translucent pink sparkle sticker sheet (new from Frantic Stamper) over top.  As you can see, the stamped image comes through clearly while the pink sticker sheet makes this a truly beautiful image adding glitter and a pink shade. What's particularly wonderful about this sparkle sheet is that it is smooth and the glitter doesn't come off.  if I tried to stamp on regular glitter sheet or card stock, it would not come out sharp at all. Even with the smooth glitter sheets, the glitter and color would overpower the image.  As you can see here, everything is crystal (or should I say sparkle) clear.

The picture does not do this pink sparkly card justice The glittery look is fabulous. I hope that you can pick up the glitter look. I tried to take different pictures as different angles for you.

Do you see the flower below?  These are two Frantic Stamper dies called Petite Leaves and Petite Layering Flowers. These dies are wonderful. It is a single square die with several sizes of flowers (or leaves) an several each size - all on one die.  I've had a lot of fun with them.

 

I completed this collage card with some paper flowers ad a couple of chipboard embellishments.

 

I hope you enjoyed my card today!

  Lis

Discover and Exoplore ....a Card

I really love engineered cards.  Cards that have doors or windows, cut outs and movement in general.  Today's card has a center cut out and the card is a tri fold.  I wish that I could take credit for the cutting and folding but I can't Hot Off the Press sells these as blank white and already scored ad cut. So, all I have to do is add my papers. 

Materials:

• white card stock base
• coral shimmer paper
• Sizzix embossing folder
• gold shimmer paper
• washi paper
• Frantic Stamper Precision Die (Ornate Table was cut out of silver glossy, Butterfly out of blue foil)
• misc embellishments and tags
• misc rubber stamps

I have this pretty coral shimmer card stock that I embossed for the front and back of my card.  My card started out as an Asian themed card and I think, ended up quite differently.  You would not believe how long it took me to make this card...HOURS....  I had no design in mind ad I think that's what the reason for it was.

Here's a close up of the front of my card.

 

And the back...

Here is another look at the inside...

Thanks for stopping by.
Lis

Muse with Butterflies Card

Hi everyone!  I'm going to jump right into today's card!

When I'm looking at other websites and blogs, and I see a card I like, or want to know what materials the artist used, I go a little nuts when I can't find out. This is because I want to use some of those papers or embellishments.  So, I am trying to provide a basic materials list for you, dear readers, in case you are curious about what I used.

Materials:

• writing embossing foiled (Sizzix) on gold foil card
• Chain is from a steel rule die from Sizzix called Chained (I've been using this a lot. Check it out.)
• Butterflies used Frantic Stamper Petite Butterflies  (I am providing the link because this die is neat!)
• Background paper by Sizzix called Little Sizzles.
• Gold lines from Dazzles by Hot off the Press

It's a pretty simple card to make but very dramatic!  I love the little butterflies cut from blue foil which was embossed first..  They reflect back to the chains cut from dark blue shimmer paper.

The muse letters were some random ones that I had but I did color over them with a light wash of pink shimmer.

In the next picture you can really see the pink shade come out on the letters.  Also I only attached the butterflies at the center so I could bend up the wings.  These little butterflies are so delicate.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Fall Card

Hi everyone!  When I make a card, I tend to cut a few of the same thing. That leaves me extra to play around with.  Not the most efficient way to tell the truth. But I was playing around with some spare parts today and came up with this card.

• writing embossing folder (Sizzix) (on gold foil card)
• birch tree die (Frantic Stamper) (cut from copper Stardream paper)
• Embossing strip (Sizzix)
• Letters Basic Grey
• Flowers (?)

I used a black card for my base and mounted the gold foil card with the embossed writing on it. This is a square 4x4 inches which I normally don't do.  The birch die is actually wider than the card. I adhered it to the gold embossing and then trimmed it before adding to my card.

 

 

I don't normally use the embossing folders that are those thin ones that only do edges but I did this time (my first actually).  It worked out very nicely!.  I embossed onto gold Stardream paper (Shimmer paper) and then cut into two lengths to add to my card. I was going to cut the normal two-point banner end but wanted to do something different so I used a small circle punch to create a different end to my pieces.

 

Another view:

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Adore ...A Collage Card

 

 Today's card includes an acetate covering so there's a bit of shine to my pictures.  The acetate came with the white dots or "snow" on it.  I thought it was such a cool effect for this card.

Materials:

• "Snow" acetate (Hot off the Press)
• Word Die Adore (Frantic Stamper Precision Dies)
• Flowers (Prima)
• Ribbon (mint green)
• card base (This is a mustard yellow caard stock with flecks of other colors in it.  I got it a Kelly Paper)
• Patterned card stock (DCWV)
• Washi tape in dark brown with writing (Michaels)
• Gold foil border stickers

The card is pretty easy to put together. I cut the  acetate about 1.4 inch wider than my A2 card and scored it before creasing it.  I attached it to the back of my card using Red Line super adhesive tape.

I pulled the acetate back so that you could see the detail of the card a little better.

Here you can see a little of the border foil sticker.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!
lis


 

Happy Holidays Santa Card

Hey!  It's the holiday season!  Time to make Christmas cards!  It's my favorite time of year. 

Today's card is my first of the season:

Materials:

• Graphic 45 Twas the Night before Christmas Collection
• Frantic Stamper Die Happy Holidays
• Red Grosgrain Ribbon
• White card stock for my card base (A2)
• Red Foil card stock

• I love Graphic 45 but sometimes have a hard time figuring out how to use the 12 x 12 papers, especially the ones with the large graphics on them.  This is what I used for my card today.
• I decided that I wanted the Santa design on the front of my card and I wanted it to cover the whole front. 
• I used glue stick and put glue over the front of my card.
• I laid it down carefully onto the back of the patterned paper (remembering which way the card opened!)
• I trimmed around my card.  It came out really well.
• There is another paper in the collection that uses the poem so I cut a strip to help decorate the front of my card. There is a coordinating strip on the inside of my card also.
• I cut the greeting from foiled card stock, used mounting tape and added it to the lower right corner.
• I added the bow and had longer streamers which I made waves with and secured with glue dots.

The card looks a lot more complicated than it really is.  It came out really well.

Stay tuned for more Christmas card designs!

Lis

Texas Cactus Card

Hi everyone!  Welcome to November!  I hope that you all had a great Halloween last night.  Mine was kind of quiet.  I didn't really make many Halloween cards this year. I am amazed at that because this is my favorite holiday season (it's everyone's I think!)

I'd like to share this card with you. 

 

 

I have a few things going on in this card.

1. I used the Frantic Stamper die Cactus Chorus Line to create my die cut of dark brown card.  The die actually cuts a border.  I have the positive space above layered onto my card (It's a border).
2. I matted a lighter brown patterned paper on it and then a strip of blue/brown patterned paper on that - reminds me of the west.
3. The cactus border was then glued onto a light brown and white polka dot paper.  This all went onto my card base.
4. I used one of Tim Holtz Sizzix dies (Trellis Frameworks ) t create a dark purple die cut which I then glued to the card. 
5. I finished with some blue/pink (they change color) bling.

What was I thinking?
Good question!  I really like my card.  The purple and blue remind me of the evening sky in the desert when the blue sky starts fading away and the sky starts turning purple and orange.  I guess I have a good imagination!

Thanks for stopping by to see my card. Leave comments! They are always appreciated!

Lis