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