Rejoice!

Rejoice!

by Lis Whiting 

This card turned out really well!  I wanted to use the new Angel cutting die from Frantic Stamper but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it.  I decided to cut it out of gold glitter card stock and set it aside.  I decided on a a card vase of plain white and I covered the front with a white patterned pearl paper.  I edged the entire card front with one row of white pearls.  I also decided to add a little color and cut out some holly on a rich green suede paper. I attached my angel with glue stick (TIP: I dabbed it on  - don't rub or you'll get clumps because of the intricacy of the die cut.) I used the flourish from the cut out of the angel as the "music" she was blowing on her horn.  I added a few music notes (another great Frantic Stamper die) in gold glitter also.  I added my green suede holly branch at the bottom of my card. I used some red jewels for the berries and had a couple of poinsettia flowers in acrylic leftover from last year that I added.  I added the word "Rejoice" (from a Dazzles sticker set).  I really like the way this card turned out.  The suede paper adds a tactile accent and the two acrylic flowers add that 3-D effect I like so much.

Inside of card:

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Products used:

• Frantic Stamper Dies
• Jolly Holly Sprigs set of 2
• Heralding Angel
• Small Music Notes set of 8
• Hot off the Press Dazzles Christmas Greetings in Silver 
• Although these are not the exact same, you can color these with alcohol ink to achieve the desired color
• Prima Say it in Crystals Single Crystals - Cheerful

Sew Christmas!

Sew Christmas!

by Lis Whiting

I love collage and I love dress forms! So, what's better than to match the two up in my Christmas card today!

Card Base:

• Normally I work in A2 - or 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Today's card is 5 x 6 1/2 inches.
• My card base is made from kraft paper to give an "old" feel.
• I chose a Christmas paper with roses on it for my die cut and an all over pattern for the card.  I found some white patterned paper that looked like old wood and decided to use that also.
• I decided to use the white "wood" paper on the left and the rose collage paper on the right - vertically. I planned on covering the seam with my dress form

Dress Form:

• Die cut Dress Form using Tim Holtz Sizzix die
• Cover top with roses patterned paper
• Cover stand with gold mirror (or gold glossy)
• Cover base with suede paper
• Edge one side with Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
• Decorate dress form with white pearls draped on one side
• Add small white crochet doily on lower left side - add a fancy button and glue a white pearl in the middle
• Mount Dress form onto card with foam tape -over the seam between the two paper mats.

Pie Plate:

• The pie plate is made from Frantic stamper's own die - the Parisian Lamp Post.  This die is amazing and can be used for so many things - my pie plate, a candelabra, a sign post - wow!
• To make my pie plate, I cut off the three candle sconces. I cut below the first "bulge" in the stem. I cut the very flat part of the base off. I cut just above the first indentation at the bottom.  I glued the two pieces together with a glue dot. I trimmed the bottom piece stem edges just a little so they were a little thinner.
• Although there is a seam, I did nothing with it. I used stardream gold paper and the seam is almost invisible.

The rest is decoration which I had fun with using Dazzles gold borders. 

I hope you try out this card!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Products used:

• Frantic Stamper Die Parisian Lamp Post
• Sizzix Die Tim Holtz Sewing Room
• Ranger Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
• SEI Suede Paper Newport
• Hot off the Press Holographic paper Silver Snowflakes
• Hot off the Press Dazzles Gold Lacy Borders
• Stardream paper in gold
• Paper Accents Gold Mirror Card
• We R Memory Keepers Antique Chic Crocket Doilies
• There are an incredible number of beutiful papers at Frantic Stamper. Enter "roses patterned paper" in the Search window.

NOEL

NOEL

by Lis Whiting

I really love the Mix n Match dies that Frantic Stamper has, especially the little squares!  Each square has a design inside and they all match.  I wanted to use the Christmas set so.  I cut out the NOEL square on green suede paper. I then cut around the edge leaving about a 1/4 inch edge for my square.  I mounted this on gold glitter card stock, added two layers of mounting tape and embedded two stick pins in the mounting tape.

  To create my card, I started with a dark green card base.  I added two mats - one of gold glitter card stock and the other a dark/light green chevron design.  I cut out the lamppost in black and gold shimmer paper and once in gold glitter card stock (I wanted to use the little rectangle cut outs for the lamps). 

I layered these and added to my card with glue stick.  I added my NOEL square to the lower right.  I wanted to add a splash of color and chose red ric rac at the top with a couple of acrylic glitter gems.

Thanks for stopping by! 

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Products used:

• Frantic Stamper Dies
• Mix n Match Christmas Windows set of 3
• Parisian Lamp Post
• SEI Sued Paper  Newport
• Stardream paper in gold and black (shimmer paper)
• Best Creations Solid Glitter Card Stock in Gold
• May Arts 1/8 inch  Ric Rac in red
• Maya Road Trinket Pins in Crystal Stars and White Pearls

Merry Kitchmas Santa!

Its getting closer to Christmas.  I still haven't finished everything but inst that like me every year?  At least I sent out my cards on time this year!

Today's card is a bright and fun one to do using Anna Griffin papers and paper tole.  I used red glossy for my card base which I almost never do.  This is because glossy tends to crack when you bend it - so you have to score it very carefully.
I used some of the Santa paper and added a paper tole holly branch to the right.

I added some snowflakes die cut from white glitter card.  The picture doesn't do them justice. They are SO sparkly in person, especially with the lights low.  Its just magical!

I added a Merry Christmas in red glossy to match my card base.

Both the snowflake and word dies come from Frantic Stampers own line of dies.

Well, back to cleaning my apartment!

Lis

Starlight Christmas Tree Card

HI and welcome to another Christmas card design!  I hope that these ideas inspire you to create some cards of your own!  It is cards and handwritten notes from my mom and dad that I cherish most. So, build a memory or two for your family.

Today's card features brown and green suede paper and a Frantic Stamper die.

I really love the look and feel of suede paper.  The pictures above give you some idea of the velvety feel that suede paper gives.  The darker colors are deep rich tones that give my cards a luxurious look.

For my card above, I used Bo Bunny paper.  I cut out a frame of tan suede paper and mounted both to my card base (red).  I added a green suede swirl with holly below.  I added touches of red glitter glue for the berries.

I cut my tree from gold glossy and added to my card using glue dots under the stars.  I decorated my tree with glitter glue and Liquid Pearls.

Here are the links to the dies:

• Starlight Tree
• Jolly Holiday Sprigs (set of two dies)

And a couple of places for the suede paper:

• SEI (Frantic Stamper)
• Paper Wishes - Suede Paper

Enjoy!

Lis