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