Collage Circus Birthday Card

Hi everyone and welcome to the weekend and the start of the Holiday Season!  The year is flying by and I am working on Christmas and Thanksgiving cards which I hope to start sharing with you next weekend!  So stay tuned!

Today's card is one I created for my sister.  It's her birthday this month.  She doesn't look at my blog so I am safe sharing this card with you!

The background paper is from Penny Black. If you follow my blog you know that I've mentioned her papers quite a few times.  She doesn't have very many but there are four in particular that she makes that are out of this world.  They are all foiled and come in either white/gold or brown/gold (as you see below).  The choices are music (like below), mini flowers or damask.  And all are wonderful.  I will be using a lot of the white music for my Christmas cards this year.

The center paper is from Graphic 45 (of course! How did we ever live before they came along!)  I believe it is from the Circus collection.

Close Up Close Up!!

To make the tickets more realistic, I took a small hole punch and punched half circles at each end of the tickets.

I love using jewels and pearls (who doesn't?).  I put in one red heart to symbolize the love I have for my sister.

I used bright purple and pink ribbons for this card.

I have a point and shoot camera (not a fancy one with all kinds of lenses).  I wanted to try a "fancy" shot.  How did I do?

Well I hope you liked my card!  Come back next weekend for the start of my Christmas cards!

Lis

Lace Glitter Technique Card

For today's card I wanted to show a really great technique using lace and glitter.  I saw this being done last year at the Carson Stamp Show. I was very impressed!

Here is the first completed card.  (There is another at the end of this post.) The camera does not do this card justice.  The entire card is solid glitter and is incredibly sparkly.  I added a glittery flower and a jeweled border as accents.

You can really see the lace pattern in the card!

And here is how I did it! 
You will need:

• Shipping labels
• two colors of fine or ultra fine glitter (one light and the other dark)

First I purchased white shipping labels.  I got the full page size and cut them up into 4 pieces.  You can also buy them just large enough for your card size.

 Cut up shipping labels into invitation sized pieces.

Peel the backing off the shipping label to expose the sticky side.  Place the label sticky side up on your work surface.

Add a piece of lace to the sticky side of the label.  Press it down. It can be any lace you want BUT lace with larger patterns like the one I used work best.  Tiny patterns or very close patterns don't work too well.

Once the lace is on the sticky side of the label, pour your first glitter color on it.  The first color should be your background color and should probably be light-colored (example: clear or white, or pastel). 

1. I don't have a picture of the first color. 
2. After you have poured your first glitter color, place a piece of paper over the glitter and lace and press it in.
3. Remove the paper and remove all excess glitter.
4. Carefully remove the lace.

 Pour your second glitter color (should be darker and have a good contrast with the first color). Rub the glitter in as you did before with the first color.

Carefully lift the paper and remove all excess glitter.  You should now see your lace pattern IN GLITTER!  Is this not the coolest?!

Here is the finished card. 

You would think that the glitter would be all over the place but it is surprising that it is not.  The label glue really holds onto the glitter.

I hope you enjoyed this glitter technique.  Think how beautiful Christmas cards would be!

Lis