December the 25th

Hi everyone!

The Holiday season has started, I've heard my first Christmas Carole on the radio and I've started thinking about Christmas presents!  So, that means, Christmas cards!

I like to do collage and I had a collection of die cuts so what better way to use them than on a Christmas card.

I like the way that this card turned out.  I started with a plain white card base and put down a mat using some Christmas pattern paper.  Then I just layered the die cuts and glued them down.  To add sparkle, I used Dazzles gold jewel borders.  I didn't have enough of one pattern to use on my whole card, so I used what I had.  It looks pretty good!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Flower Power Card

Flower Power

by Lis Whiting



I love this card with its touches of gold and pretty dark blues. 



I wanted to make something with flowers today.  I pulled out Messy and Mischief from the BoBunny Family Is line. I started with a card base of dark blue and added a bright yellow cardstock for matting.  I added my two patterned papers.  I had some scrap gold that I had embossed and decided to use it between my two papers.  Then I pulled out some ric rac and some ribbon in greens and added that also.  I still had some stuff leftover from Christmas (yeah I know...) and had this one die cut piece from Festive Greenery.  I tried it and it looked great! 



I added my flowers over that with some pearls and done!  I added the banner in gold also. I left it blank for now because I'm not sure if I'm going to use it for a thank you or a birthday. So, into my stash it goes!



I hope you enjoyed my card today. See you next time!

Lis

Paris Mini Scrapbook Page

Paris Mini Scrapbook Page
by Lis Whiting 

I really like mini scrapbooks and brag books.  I like the smaller size because I can complete the pages a little faster and because I love to use smaller sized pictures (I really do).  For the mini page above, I started with the 6 x 6 daisy sheet from the French Country Collection by Graphic 45. I added some dark green card stock at my mat where my pictures will be.  Don't you love the blue stripe paper?  I thought it was just perfect for this page.  I added a couple of gold photo corners, my ribbon and a Paris brass charm I had. 

The gold photo corners are already adhesive-backed which was nice.  There a several different colors which I like.  The "Carte Postale" is a piece that I cut from one of the other papers from the collection.  I hope you enjoy my page!

Kitten in a Teacup Card

Un Petit Chat

by Lis Whiting

I want to share a card with you that I made using one of the Frantic Stamper Stamps.

I chose the black and cream design as the starting place for my card.  My card base is ivory cardstock.  I found some colored cardstock that was a similar color as the teacup flowers and used this as an additional mat.

I colored a white crinkle ribbon with Distress Stain in Spun Sugar and Victorian Violet to match the flowers on the teacup.  I think it came out really well.  I added a gold tassel as a last touch to finish my card. 

Hope you enjoyed my card today!

Romance Heart Card

Purple Suede Heart Card
by Lis Whiting

I've had some gorgeous purple suede paper for a month or so thinking of what I wanted to do with it.  I have made a few cards and here is my first one!
Suede paper is a specialty paper.  It has a pile, or fuzzy texture.  The backing is like paper although that doesn't adequately describe it.  Suede paper is very rich looking and very touchable.
Suede paper can be cut, punched (not too detailed), die cut, embossed, painted on - pretty much anything goes.

I started with a piece of suede paper about 5 x 5 inches.  I carefully folded it in half - with the back side showing and without creasing it.  I drew a half heart on the back side and then cut it out.  I chose a swirl embossing folder and embossed the front of the suede paper heart. (Suede paper takes embossing really well.)  I took red liner tape and lined the back side and added the folded ribbon - half pink, half white. ( The ruffled trim I used was some that I have had for a while.  Maya Road also has pleated trim that can be used for this project. 

I chose two beautiful papers from Bo Bunny's Isabella Collection (lots of pinks and greys - just gorgeous) and matted them together. I added a dark purple cardstock behind them. I thought the card front still needed something so I took some music patterned paper and tore a piece. I glued it across my card front.
I mounted the heart with mounting tape after I added the crystal swirls.  I attached two purple paper roses with glue dots.

I hope you enjoyed this very romantic and fancy card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Birches - a Christmas Card

Hi everyone!  I am sitting here trying not to type on my kitty's tail as she lays across my desk (what can I say, I love her! But she's not spoiled...oh no!)

Today's card is one that I made for my sister to use.  I just got this cutting die of birch trees and found a paper (Bo Bunny) to match.  I wanted to share the link to Frantic Stamper so you can see the die close up. I didnt realize she carried so many different kinds of birch dies.  This one is my favorite though - Taylored Expressions Birch Die. 

I cut my birch using gold glitter card stock.  To mount, I used foam tape.  There were so many little holes that I didn't bother to be careful with my foam tape.  Instead, once I completed adding my foam tape, I looked for any that were showing through the little "birch" holes and added some fine gold glitter to cover them up.  It worked perfectly.

I used the following:

• White plain card stock for my card base (I used 8 1/2 x 11 inches which doesn't work well for 6 x 6 cards so I matted my card front on one piece, trimmed it with about a 2 inch back flap. I punched a design in this flap. Then I cut the back of my card from a separate piece of white card. I glued the two pieces together to get my 6 x 6 card base.  The flap made a beautiful inside border at the top of my card.
• Dark blue suede & medium blue stardream papers for my mats
• Tim Holtz Idea-Ology embellishments including the ice skates (arent' they just too cute!) and the word tag
• The two ribbons are from one set: Petaloo Fancy Trims Glitz Assortment All Teal
• A small crochet doily (You can get an assortment from We R Memory Keepers - see Frantic Stamper.com)
• Dazzles by Hot off the Press for the borders

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis