Victorian Birthday Greetings

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog!  I share all kinds of projects here and how to make them, techniques and so on.  I really love cards so I make a lot of them.  If you are interested in another type of project, let me know and I;ll see what I can do for you!

My card today is one that I made for my sister's birthday.  It turned out so nice!  I used an oval die from Paper Wishes (oval doily) and its so pretty! I cut the doily out of grey suede paper believe it or not!  I thought I had gone a little crazy BUT when it came out it was really nice.  I chose grey because I was looking for a more Victorian antiquey look.  I used an ivory card stock for my card base.

There have been some new dies that have come on the market which die cut bows. The gold one I used on my card is one of them. Although I like it very much, it doesnt really replace a real ribbon bow.

As you can see from the inside of my card, I did cut a window oval in the front so that the inside could show through (this die I used includes a shadow die which is so cool.).  I used Anna Griffin papers to cover the inside and a cute Victorian postcard greeting.

Hope you enjoyed my little card!

Lis

A Loving Heart - an ATC

Loving Heart
by Lis Whiting

I've been making ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) lately and wanted to share one with you today. I started with my message which also guided me to my color scheme. 

I backed my message on gold glossy and also used some German scrap to highlight the message. I wanted to use some lace because it gives a wonderful vintage feel.  I added some pink because these types of sayings come from mom.

The embossed "KINGS" for me symbolizes that this wisdom is good for everyone, even kings.

Take care, Lis