In Memorium - Obituary

 

Born: February 25, 1918

Death: December 29, 2014

Place of Death: Ellis Hospital

Occupation: Proofreader at the Albany Times Union

Hobbies: Traveling, canning

Organizations: Sons of the American Revolution, Saratoga Battle Chapter

Ray Leslie Whiting

February 25, 1918 - December 29, 2014

Schenectady (Schenectady County): Ray Leslie Whiting left his mortal body and went Home to be with The Lord on December 29, 2014.
Ray was born February 25, 1918 in the hamlet of Oak Ridge, Town of Charleston, Montgomery County to Myron and Jennie (Montanye) Whiting, being their fourth child.
Although growing up on the family farm, a farmer’s life was not for Ray. He left school at 16 and took a job as waxing machine operator in a local town, living in a boarding house across from the factory. In 1937, and with his parents’ permission, Ray joined the Army Reserves for three years, until 1940. Ray Whiting and Dorothy Hayes were united in marriage on January 25, 1942. On February 7, 1942, Ray again joined the Army to help defend our Country. Ray attained the rank of Sergeant with the 809th, Aviation Engineers attached to the 15th Air Force, and was in the Tunisian, Sicilian, Naples, Foggia, Rome and Arno Campaigns. He was honorably discharged August 27, 1945 with a Good Conduct Medal, European, African, and Middle Eastern Theater Ribbons with four Bronze Battle Stars, Five Overseas Service Bars and two Service Stripes. In 1980, Ray retired from the Times Union, Albany with 27 years of service.
Ray had a love for life and loved to travel and made many trips across the United States with his wife and children, visiting relatives, making new acquaintances and seeing our Nation’s many natural wonders. A lifelong friendship was made in New Mexico when the camper trailer broke down in the desert and Ray and his family were rescued by the Cheschilly family of Naschiti Trading Post.
Ray loved history, especially the War Between the States, and visited every significant battle field up and down the East coast. Ray loved planes, and gardening and canning peaches from his own peach trees. But most of all, Ray loved to travel.
At the age of 90, and to the horror of his family, Ray got on a Greyhound and took the bus across the United States, one more time. He stopped at various points of interest, including a journey to the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. Continuing on, Ray ended his trip in California, visiting two of his daughters for a short time before returning home.
Ray was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, of 68 years. Also, a brother, Jacob Whiting, and sister, Ruth (Whiting) Whitbeck and Reba (Whiting) Montanye.
Ray leaves behind three daughters, Lorraine Whiting, Charleston, NY, Lisabeth Whiting, Irvine, CA and Livia Morse (Mrs. Timothy), of Irvine, CA, one grandson Timothy Morse, Jr., one granddaughter Lisa Albertin (Mrs. Shawn), two great-granddaughters, Emalee Albertin and Charlotte Albertin, nephew Peter Whitbeck and wife Murline, grandnephew Scot Whitbeck and wife Nadia, many other grand nieces and nephews, and his beloved cats Blue and Tom.
Honoring Ray’s last withes, there will be no services held. Burial will be in the Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Ray to Ayers Animal Shelter, 133 Hilltop Road, Sprakers, NY 12166. 

 

Memorial donations can be made to:

Ayers Animcal Shelter, 133 Hilltop Road, Sprakers, NY 12166

    

 

In Memoriam... my dad

(At the request of my sister, I took my postings off my blog in December. I am now reposting them.)

(From Monday, December 29, 2014)
A few hours ago, my dad passed away.  He was 96 years old.  I know that he is in a happier place, probably Michigan which was his favorite place to be - on the family land near Hart, in the homestead that he helped build.

My dad was an adventurer, always looking for a new place to see, a new thing to learn.  He wasn't fond of school but was very fond of learning, reading and experiencing life. 

I will miss him.

Lis

Musica

 

I had this piece of collage card stock with the word "musica" on it. That is what inspired my card today.  I knew I had some Frantic stamper dies with a music them so I took those out.  Did you know that the small music notes fit the notes on the music score? Awesome!  I cut the music score out of Blue Fireworks holographic card stock by Hot off the Press (When you turn the card side to side, you get a flash.  Its hard to explain but its really neat!)  I cut the music notes out of silver glitter paper and layered the notes onto the score, then glued the score onto my collage paper.

 

 

 

I created a frame for my musica collage with the Fleur de Lis Rectangles by Spellbinders. 

I added tiny white pearls to decorate the edge.  I also used some gold glossy as the mat for my piece.  I embossed it with a handwriting embossing folder.  It added just the right texture for the background.

I added a grosgrain bow and I was done!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my card today!

 

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*** Materials for this project are available at www.franticstamper.com. Frantic Stamper Products Used:

•  Frantic Stamper Precision Dies
• Small Music Notes (set of eight)  (FRA-DIE-09044)
• Musical Score  (FRA-DIE-09043)

Thank You Very Much Card

 

 

I always think about making Christmas cards for the season but I don't often give much thought to making Thank You cards for the season.  That is what inspired this card.  I wanted a "winter  going into Spring" theme.  I grew up in upstate New York. It was a real celebration when the first blades of grass popped through the snow (mind you, winter was 6 months long for us).

 

I used Prima papers (Madeline Collection) for this card.  They are full of Spring-y flowers and designs.  I used one paper and tore it, inking the edges.  I glued it on top of the blue patterned paper.  It reminds me of the spring snow.

 

I used Frantic Stamper Precision dies including the Pussywillow Branch FRA-Die-09180  and the "Thank you very much" word die FRA-Die-09213.

 

The Pussy willow branch comes with one bird. On my card I used two branches, overlaid. I did a small amount of trimming to get the look I wanted.  I cut one of the birds off and glued it back on the other side where I wanted it.  I cut two birds out of red Stardream paper and added these on top.  (Where I grew up, we saw robins and cardinals in the Spring.)

 

 

I added the sentiment on the left without a backing. Beautiful, isn't it?

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Lis

An Old Fashioned Santa - a Card

I love old fashioned things,, especially Victoriana.  Today's card features a German die cut of an old fashioned Santa Claus.

Materials:

• light blue card base (A2)
• dark blue striped foil card (Hot Off the Press, Hunkydory)
• patterned paper (Bo Bunny-Frantic Stamper)
• gold foil card
• light blue glitter paper (DCWV, Michaels)
• Frantic Stamper Die Blessings and Cross (4 dies)
• Die from Sizzix (Sizzix has a number of swirly patterns to choose from)
• elegant flourishes
• holly and mistletoe
• classique
• German Die cut (Castle in the Air)

Steps: (this card is really easy to put together)

1. Cut the blue foil to 4 x 5 1/4 inches.  Cut a 1/4 piece also long enough to go across your card (I think mine was 3 3/4 inches long.)
2. Layer the foil piece onto your card base
3. Next take the pattern paper and cut to 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Also cut a strip of pattern paper that is 1/2 inch thick and long enough to go across the card.
4. Edge your pattern paper with silver paint pen. 
5. Attach large piece to your card.
6. Glue the thin blue foil strip to the center of the pattern paper strip.  Edge in silver paint pen.
7. Cut the strip so that it is long enough to go across your card on the pattern paper only (see picture) (The more I look at my card the more I don't think the strip should be used.)
8. Add your glitter swirl to the left side of your card.  Let the bottom swirl cradle Santa.

9. Add your sentiment (cut in gold foil) to the right.

Have a great day!

Lis

Wonderland...a card

 

 

Today's card uses one of Tim Holtz' new Christmas words that have come out this year.

 

Materials:

• plain white card stock for card base A2
• patterned paper (can you believe what I used is not Christmas paper?)
• embossing folder
• Frantic Stamper Precision Dies
• Small Swirl Paper Bow
• Small Solid Paper Bow
• Holly Leaves and Berries
• green glitter paper
• red glitter paper
• plain white card

To make the bow:

• Cut the solid bow from white card. This will be the base of the bow.
• Cut the swirl design bow from red glitter paper.
• Layer the red onto the white.  Be sure to bend them a bit to break the paper fibers and make it easier to form the bows.
• Use glue dots and glue stick to assemble.

Notes:

1. I embossed my plain white card base first.  then I measured it so that I knew about where to cut out he rectangle on my paper for the word to show through. 

 

2. I added some cut holly leaves in green glitter under my bow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have fun!

Lis

A Pink Christmas Card

 

I've been in a pink phase lately and everything I've been making is pink.  So why not make a pink Christmas card.

Materials:

• Frantic Stamper Dies (tree, sentiment and xmas ornament)
• Light green card base
• two pink patterned papers
• pink glitter paper, silver glitter paper
• pink ribbon

I think what's fun about this card is that the patterned paper is not Christmas paper.  Its just regular flower patterned paper.  Remember you can use most everything everywhere.

The tree is actually a bit taller than what I used on my card. I trimmed off the excess after I glued the tree to my card.  Also, the "star" on top of my tree is actually the cut out from the Christmas ornament square. 

 

I love this little ornament.  The die is exactly 1 1/2 inches square so cutting paper to fit it exactly was easy to do.  I cut out and layered three of these one on top of the other to create better dimension.  The first cut was on the pink patterned paper of my mat.  if you look, you can see the other patterned paper showing through.

Hope you enjoyed today's card!
Lis

Happy Holidays in Blue...a Card

I've made a lot of cards lately in non traditional colors like pink.  Today's (in blue) is traditional I suppose but not the regular red and green.

This is an easy card to make and you can make it out of whatever colors you want.

Materials:

• two patterned papers
• white cardstock
• one embossing folder (preferably a word but can be a pattern)
• a sentiment
• an embellishment (I chose two holly leaves in light blue glitter paper and three red pony beads)

The first thing I did was emboss my word (or design on the right side of the card base.  I used some chalk ink to brush over top o my word so that it was more readable.

After the ink dried I took my two papers and using the paper tearing technique, added them to my card with glue stick.

I added my sentiment and embellishment at the bottom. Done!

Lis

Happy Holiday Deer, a Christmas Card

 

 

This is a fun card that I made using the Frantic Stamper Reindeer Duo.  I love this set for two reasons.  First, I love the horns!  They are curly and so cute!  Second, I love that there are two deer in this set: one standing and one jumping (perfect for Santa's sleigh!)I chose to use only the standing deer.

 

To make my card, I die cut my standing deer from silver glitter paper.  To get deer die cuts that face each other, I die cut one with the silver side touching the die, and the second with the back side of the paper touching my die.

 

 

I used some pretty background Christmas paper with holly on it. Did you notice the white sparkly torn paper at the bottom?  You know what that is? It's FUN FOAM!  You can get it at any craft store and they make it in sparkle colors.  I got a sheet of the white sparkle and tore it.  I layered one deer behind and one deer in front. (The one in front had to be adhered with two layers of mounting tape.)  I decided to use some silvery handmade paper at the bottom also.

 

I die cut a fun swirl out of blue glitter paper and added this to my card (before I added the deer).  I cut the Happy Holidays from gold foil card and glued it to my card front with glue stick.

 

The deer just make this card.  I can see them being used for any season and for masculine cards also.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

Herading Angel - a Christmas Card

 

  

Hi everyone! Are you getting ready for Christmas? I am!  It's hard to decide which dies to use to make my annual Christmas cards. They are all so beautiful!  This year I am using the Heralding Angel die from Frantic Stamper on a set of my cards.

I decided to use a blue and silver/grey color palette for my card.  I was going to cut the angels from silver glitter paper but found this grey patterned paper in my stash and thought it was just perfect.  There is a pretty cut out design in the angel that I left open so that the blue mat could show through.

My base card is black card stock and then a silver glossy piece of card stock matted also, then this pretty blue patterned paper (kind of looks like a sweater, doesn't it?).

 

How I cut out my word "JOY":

I used Time Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Dies Alphanumeric by Tim Holtz.  You get a whole set of letter dies and multiples of some so that you can cut in one pass.  I chose the word JOY.

I placed the die cut angels on my blue patterned paper (don't glue yet!). I placed the dies for JOY where I wanted them and taped them down so that they didn't move.  I removed my angels and then cut out my word.

 

Now I glued down my blue paper mat and then positioned and glued down my angels.  The JOY really pops with the silver glossy showing through.

 

I decided to add a few music notes in silver glitter.

 

I think the three different types of paper that I used really show off each of the three die cuts really well.  I hope you enjoyed today's card.

 

Lis

Merry, a Christmas Card

 

 

 

 

I just love Christmas and making Christmas cards.  I really fell in love with the Ornate Chair.  Matching it with the Christmas holiday theme, of course it had to be Santa's chair!

 

I die cut my chair from red suede paper (Isn't Santa always sitting on a red velvet chair?)  I added a sweet Santa hat hanging off the chair back (also out of red and white suede paper).  I wanted my card's focus on the chair so I added a fancy frame in silver ripple holographic paper around it. 

 

 

I added the word "Merry" to the top of my card (cut from green Bazzill card). 

 

I made my card base out of white card stock and matted it with red then a beige glossy stripe card stock.  I edged this last layer with silver pen.

 

I wanted a bow at the bottom of my card. I used gold crinkle ribbon and glue dots to make stay where I wanted.  I added the gold pine cones and red berries, and then a silver bell to finish.

 

Of course I had to add a little bling, two lime green gems one in each corner.

 

I hope you enjoyed this festive card!

  Lis

Believe in Santa!

  

The inspiration for this card comes from when I was a kid and waiting to see Santa in the store. Even as an adult, whenever I go to the shopping mall before Christmas, there it is - Santa's chair! 

When I got the Frantic Stamper Dies -chair, I couldn't believe just how beautiful it was. I think I cut out 20 different chairs out of different colors and materials that first night LOL!

 

I used Bo Bunny's new Candy Cane Lane Collection.  It's SO pretty! I used Frosty.  It has a pretty mint green plaid on one side that was perfect for my tree and chair.   I added a strip of crocheted lace to anchor my die cuts.

 

I used the Triangle tree die and cut out more Bo Bunny to back it and some gold glossy for the tree base.  I had these cabochons and little white crystals to decorate my tree.

 

 

My chair was cut from gold glossy.  I cut out the sea from red suede paper and added it to my chair. Looks great!

 

I hope you enjoyed my little Christmas card!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Lis

 

 

Happy Holidays Snowflake card

WOW!  Is it the middle of November already? Where did the year go?  I barely got out a few Halloween cards before I started on my Christmas cards.  This year has been so fast!

Today's card has a snowflake theme.

 Materials:

• Dark Blue suede paper
• Gold Line Dazzles (Hot off the Press)
• Snowflake die by Frantic Stamper
• Happy Holidays Die by Frantic stamper
• Blue holographic snowflake card by Hot off the Press

The snowflake die by Frantic Stamper is an interesting one.  Its inverted which means that it will cut out the design within the card front.  It won't cut out a separate die cut. 

I made an A2 size card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches) and placed my die on the inside with the cut blades facing p.  This cut the design into my card front.

I backed my card front with dark blue suede paper. This would have also looked good with red glitter paper.  I used the die again on some blue holographic paper and cut out one of the snowflakes and layered it onto my card.  I added a light blue jewel to the center.  I also cut out a Happy Holidays from silver foil card and used mounting tape to add it to the lower right.

All the little gold accents you see on my snowflakes came from the extra bits and pieces from my stickers.  You know - that extra stuff that is left after you use the sticker?

Here is a side view of my card.

Thanks for stopping by.
Lis

Saint Nicholas Card

I am fascinated that there are so many different "santas".  I especially love the Victorian Santas. So, my card today:

 

I wanted a simple front and chose some Sizzlits paper in dark green over an ivory card base.  The frames are light weight and something I've hung on to for years waiting for the right moment to use them. 

 

I added a simple grosgrain ivory ribbon and decorated it with some holly and berries.  The berries are bling and the holly leaves I cut from green glitter and gold crepe paper (Yes, there is such a thing!  Go to Castle in the Air.  They have crepe paper in so many colors. The metallics are incredible.)

I used Frantic Stamper Precision Die Holly Leaves and Berries to die cut my leaves.

I hope you enjoyed my card~!

Lis

Merry Christmas from Santa Card

Today's card is a simple Christmas card I made using Bo Bunny Papers.

Materials:

• Bo Bunny Christmas Paper
• Frantic Stamper Dies (Reverse Snowflake panel, Merry Christmas word die)

 

I try to challenge myself to use the scrapbook papers with the big designs on them.  They are really beautiful but usually too large for the size cards I make.  I decided to make a quick card using the Santa sleigh and reindeer .  I cu it to size and added it to a plain white card base. 

I added some leftover blue holographic snowflake die cuts.  This was a panel but I cut them out in pieces so that I could put them on the card where I wanted.

I also cut out a greeting in silver glossy card and added that last.

 

Here's a side view.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Red Velvet Christmas Card

Hi everyone!  Today's card is a pretty red and white card It looks plain when you first glance at it but look closer and see the detail!

Materials:

• card base - white
• red suede paper
• Martha Stewart punch
• Gold border dazzles by hot off the press
• embossing folder (I used an ornate rose pattern)

First of all, don't you like the Martha Stewart border punch?  It comes with a corner for punch around the page and its a large design.  I love the swirls and snowflakes.

I embossed the red suede paper and then added it to my card.  (So, the inside of my card will not show any embossing).  Suede paper embosses really well and creates  crisp, clean images and lines.

Here is a close up of the embossing. There seems to be a little white fluff but its not on the card.

 

To create my edge, I punched it with the border punch, then added a plain piece of red velvet underneath.  You cant see it but I did add a gold dazzle about 1.8 inch above that red velvet piece.
If you look at the card you will also see a gold border dazzle on the front next to the punched design.

Thanks for stopping by. COme agaian for more Christmas card inspiration!
LIS

Christmas Greetings Card

 

 

This Christmas card is really bright! The silver foil card stock really shines! 

I am sure that you recognize the Tim Holtz dies that I used (the sentiment and the pine branch).  This year was so exciting because of the number of dies in each package.  He really designed a lot of words.  I love the play between block and script too!

Materials:

• Frantic Stamper Dies (Snowflakes)
• Tim Holtz Dies
• Silver Foil Card stock
• Red card stock (poppy by Neenah in the Linen line - love this line of card stock. I use it almost exclusively for my cards)
• green, gold, blue glitter card
• red foil card
• red suede paper (for the word "Christmas")

The card is actually pretty easy to make.  The only step that I want to mention is the sentiment.

Steps:
1. I took the Greeting die and placed it on my silver foil card.  I kept it in place with a tiny bit of tape.
2. I ran it through my cuttlebug and die cut the word into my silver foil card. ( When I attach the solver foil to my card base, the red of the card base will show through)
3. I used red suede paper and the Christmas script word die to die cut the word Christmas.
4. I attached the silver oil to my card base
5. I adhered the word Christmas onto my card as you see in the pictures.

 

 

 Its very cool!

Other pics:

The snowflake was layered using three snowflakes.

Hope you enjoyed my card!
Lis