Get Well Friend - a card

Hi all,
This is a quick post today.  I mad this card for a friend.

Items used:

• Downton Abbey car die (Crafters Companion
• Patterned paper Downton Abbey (CC)
• Gold card
• Silver German scrap
• Silver silk card
• Dark mahogany Adorable Scorable (Hunkydory)
• Collage by Anna Griffin
• Card base is 5 x 6 1/2 white card

For those of you who are Downton Abbey fans, Crafters Companion has come out with two series of dies from Downton Abbey (also embossing folders and papers).  I love the style of these.  I used the car because my friend has a sports car that he loves and drives it with the top down.

The card was easy to make as I only layered the various items.

Thanks for stopping by,

Lis

Bluebirds in Gold - a card

Hi all,
Today's card is a pretty collage card.

I made this card using several leftover pieces from other projects.  I like to cut an extra one or two items in case I destroy the ones I'm using.  Sometimes I have leftovers.

Items used:

• Dark pink wrinkle ribbon May Arts
• Gold Ripple card (Hot off the Press)
• Lavender and silver silk foil card
• Tonic dies
• Anna griffin die cuts
• Tim Holtz Bird punch
• Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

 I punched the birds from silver glitter paper and colored them with alcohol markers

Have a great day!
Lis

Thinking of You Card

Hi all,

Today's card is a fun style that I like to make every now and then with washi tape.   I took a variety of washi tapes and started adding them to a plain white card (5 x 6 1/2).  I didn't weave them.  I just added and overlapped them.

Items:

• Variety of washi tape
• Fancy Foils Steampunk by Hot off the Press
• Thinking of You stamp by Hampton Arts
• Black StazOn Ink
• Green jewels and pearls (Bo Bunny)
• Gold Paint Pen

The balloon is from Hot Off the Press and they are called Foiled Fancies.  They are similar to Desden scrap or German foil scrap but are much more sturdy.  These are paper but are a sturdy 110lb+ so you can color them, sand them and so on. They have a silver core so you can get a lot of different effects from them.

(The picture above doesn't show the gold very well.  It looks washed out but it is a rich gold color.)

I stamped the sentiment onto some collage paper and then cut it out and edged it in gold.

Thanks for stopping by, Lils

 

Congratulations Card

Hi everyone!  Yes, it's me!  Ive been so busy at work lately.  I've neglected my cards terribly.  I may also have crafters block too! (Did I get it from the flu?)

 

I have a card today with a slight twist.  This is a Congrats card and the front off the card is the oval section.

 

 

 

 

You can see what I'm talking about below with the card opened.

I am going to do some more cards like this one.  I want to create some different constructions.

Items used:

• Spellbinders Ovals dies
• Hot off the Press Tiny Words and Phrases Dazzles
• Gold Raffia ribbon (Michaels)
• Various patterned papers

When I cut out this one oval mat I included the gold foil bird in it.

I colored this greetings dazzle with alcohol ink markers (Spectrum Noir)

Here's another look at the front.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Keep Calm and Adjust Your Tiara -a Card

Today's card is a collage card.

 

Items used:

• Anna Griffin paper
• Martha Stewart Deep Edger Punch
• Journaling Card from Bo Bunny
• Little girl photo from Tim Holtz Found Relatives
• Silver shimmer ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Paper Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• White adhesive pearls

I started my card with the journaling card and built my card up from there. I'm still in a pink phase (good for me that the Pantone colors this year are pink and blue pastels -I think?).  I love the ribbon. 

I bought it on a whim and its turned out to be a keeper for me. It is silverfish white with the occasional sparkle in it.  It takes coloring well without giving up anything.

I puncher out two borders and placed them together to get the center band on my card. I layered the rest.  I didn't use any foam tape.

Take care ,
Lis

Love You Card with embossed satin card stock

Hi everyone,

I was going to use this card for Christmas but I never quite got to it.  So,  here it is for Valentine's Day in a non traditional green and gold.

 

Items used:

• Gold satin card stock
• Embossing folder- Anna Griffin
• Green Crinkle ribbon
• Kaiser Craft paper and tags
• green card for card base

The satin card really picks up the embossing.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  There are no cracks or tears either.  The color is a very pastel gold.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Congrats! Card

Hi everyone,

I bought some of Tim Holtz silverware embellishments.  They are SO cute!  And I love the detail.  So, now I am trying to find card uses for them!  I know that I can make a Thanksgiving card but I wanted to do something else.  So, I thought - maybe a congratulations card...for opening a restaurant? Getting a culinary degree?

 

Items used:

• Idea Ology Silverware
• Brown card stock for card base
• Gold Glossy
• Spellbinders Die
• Frantic Stamper Sentiment Die
• Misc paper flowers
• Idea Ology Gumdrops
• Goil Foiled Roses cardstock (cant remember from where)

I adhered the silverware with glue dots.  Don't you love the detail?

 

I really like the frantic Stamper die with the letters' open spaces.

The flowers are from my stash and I added a gumdrop embellishment in the center. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Tempus Fugit (Time Flies)

Hi everyone, Thank you for stopping by!

I have been hanging on to some matted patterned paper for a while now (I'm embarrassed to say ho long) and finally decided to use a piece on this card.  It is matted with blue suede paper.

Items used:

• Bo Bunny papers
• white adhesive pearls
• yellow crinkle ribbon
• yellow ribbons with the long hair (I really forget what its actually called)
• paper roses (Wild Orchid Crafts)
• Glitter (Ranger)

The basic card (done on white card stock) is straightforward.  When I added the ribbons, I used double sided tape.  When I put on the hair ribbon, the tape showed so I added some glitter which worked out very well.  The ribbon area now has this pretty subtle sparkle.  The glitter I used is that from Ranger that Tim Holtz has.  Its really pretty and not over powering.

Since the hair ribbon wants to curl, I cut some small one inch pieces and used them like leaves and with a glue dot adhered them under the roses.

Bye for now, Lis
 

Celebrate the Little Things

 

This is a 6 x 6 card - white card base.  The technique I am using is a heart stencil with glitter texture paste for the hearts.  After I let it dry overnight, I added the Dazzles red holographic round stickers and the borders.

I chose to use a light red vellum that I cut into three banners.  I used my Xyron to add the glue to the back and then added to my card.  I added the white saying (Hot off the Press) and a couple of white stars tat came with the package.

Thanks for stopping by, Lis

Sympathy Card

hi everyone!

I bought some of the Tim Holtz color vellum and wanted to use it in a card this weekend.  Oh! It is SO lovely!
I chose a pattern with two birds on it.

I have a small xyron (5 inch) so I was able to cut my vellum to A2 size and put it through the machine to cover the back with adhesive. I added this to a white card stock which I then trimmed to size and mounted onto a dark brown card base.  The white card really brought out the colors of the vellum, don't you think?  I'm going to try ivory next to see what I get. Stay tuned!

I added some plum netting ribbon and some blue satin ribbon (I wish I had embossed it. I think the plain ribbon is just a bit too strong).  I made a bow out of pink organza with white dots.

Now, for the pearls.  Do you see those three pearl pins at the bottom?  What a story I have about them!  First they are made by Oasis...and Oasis doesn't make them anymore.  I saw some pictures of these pins on ebay (of course) and thought they would be nice to have for decoration.  So, I ordered some white and lo and behold I was told not only did the seller not have any, the company didn't make them any more. Do you know how you can get caught up in finding an item?....

I went to amazon to see if I could find any. I found a seller who made them (China). And I sent an email asking for a box of this and  a box of that.  Never got a response. So I emailed again - and again no response. NOW I read the amazon ad a little more closely.  Apparently the minimum order is 200 boxes with delivery of 1,000,000 pins per month. ACKKK!!  I laugh now...

Onward and upward!  I finally found a seller who actually had some and ordered.  I continued looking and found some others that had some and got that too (Australia).  So now I have my pins and you'll see more of them.

I think Im in a pin phase.  I've started making some really nice pin decorations with pearls and misc stiff that I have in my stash. I'll be sharing that with you too! So, come back soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis







 

Live Love Laugh ... A New Years Card

I actually made this card in November during a pink phase but it speaks to what we all want for the new year: Live Love Laugh.

The die is from  Frantic Stampers' own collection.  One of the really cool thiings about these dies is that often times, they work in little patterns like hearts and start so that one can use even the cut outs.  The pink heart on the bow is such a die cut out.

Don't you love the feathers?  I don't usually incorporate feathers into my cards but I just couldn't resist this one.  I added two feathers that I had (pink, no less!) from some random grab bag I had gotten last year.  I had to glue dot the paper and then add the feathers.

Here's a close up of the word die cut.  It's all one so I don't have to worry about settin each word with the next - very convenient.  Icut this from pink glitter paper that I got from DCWV.  It's really nice stuff; very fine glitter and it doesn't rub off.  This came as a 6 x 6 pad which was even better.

 

I hope your new year is a safe and joyous one!

Lis

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

Thinking of You Card

 

I wanted to send my sister a card just to say hello.  I don't get much of a chance to speak withe her because she's in New York and I'm in California!  My sister loves nature and has a dark green thumb!  I also wanted to try out some watercolor pencils that I bought and I thought this rose would be just the thing.

I saw this pretty scrapbook paper with a line rose on the side and thought I'd use that. I roughly colored the rose and leaves with the pencils (dry) then used a paintbrush (comes with) and plain water to fill it in, blend and smooth.  It was very easy.

I love burlap -it has such an interesting texture (and I love the brown color) layered burlap on one side and  and added the Frantic Stamper dies branch and bird.



I added some green crepe ribbon to match the leaves.

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The Old Bear of the Mountain

    

I love the country, hiking and outdoors in general.  I've done a lot of camping with my family when I was young so this panel die is really great for sending my dad a Fathers Day card.

Although the panel die is really great all by itself, I wanted t add some real dimension and "forest" feel to it.  Here's how I made my card.

I am actually using two different panel for this card.  The first and bottom part s the sun and rays.  I used a solid bright blue mat 3 3/4 x 5.  I cut out a sunburst panel out of gold gloss and then also cut out just the round sun out of bright yellow glitter card,  The yellow glitter "sun" was attached to the gold glossy panel with glue dots.  This was adhered with glue to the blue mat.  (This was adhered to a slightly larger rust colored mat. And all this went onto my card base.)

I cut my bear scene from dark brown cardstock.  I recut the small tree several times (just that section) using dark green suede paper.  I also cut the Oregon Fir Tree die using dark green suede paper.  I cut just the top of this die several more times.  What can I say, I like trees!  Last but not least I cut the "fence" (looks like a log to me) in rust and in dark brown.  I added more of the mountain trees in back and in front of the original, which I covered in green suede paper.  I added the large tree between the two "logs" and added yet more young trees by the logs. 

 

I used mounting tape for most of this section. After this top part was done, I mounted it using more mounting tape to the card base/sunburst panel.

I really love all the small trees and the logs.  It gives a mountain top feel (for me at least).

 

 

 

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

•  Frantic Stamper Precision Dies
• Bear in the Woods    FRA-Die-09151
• Barbed Wire Fence (Set of two dies)   FRA-Die-09122
• Sunburst Panel   FRA-Die-09141
• Oregon Fir Tree   FRA-Die-09078

Follow Your Dreams Card

 

 

Today's card uses the following materials: (I thought this would be easier.)

• Tropical Leaf Card Panel (Frantic Stamper)
• Couture Creations Sophia Collection - Lanvin
• Hot off the Press Dazzles Stickers
• Stardream papers (in green and beige) (Kelly's Paper)
• Petaloo Dahlia Box Blend Flowers
• Gold Glitter Paper (Michaels)
• Gold Glossy (The Paper Cut)

To attached the gold glossy swirl, I used small glue dots.  I placed the glue dots at the end of each swirl.  I did not glue the "vines" down.  This worked just fine and the swirl is secure.

 

Because the panel card die cut has about a 1/4 edge on it, I used red liner tape around the edge and then used a liquid glue -placing dots on the leaves - to glue it down.  All the other parts of the card were either glued down with regular double sided tape or glue dots.

 

The majority of the card uses muted colors. I decided to use flowers with a it more color to make them really pop.

 

 

 

 

The Tropical Leaf Card Panel Die was incredibly easy to use.  Normally with this kind of intricate die, I spend time having to  pop out all the bits of paper stuck in the die with a pin.  Not so with this die, a couple of soft raps on the table and CLEAN!!  Wonderful!

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Please let me know if this format works better for you!

 

Lis



Time to Celebrate!

Today's card is a fun little card I made for a birthday coming up.  I have this ric rac ribbon that 've been wanting to use.  I decided to take it out and see what I could do with it. I've tried making bows with it but they've been ugly failures. SO - if anyone out there knows how to make a good bow out of thin ric rac, give me a holler!

I got this set of clock stamps for about $2 which is a BARGAIN!  The large clock is missing one of the numbers.  I didn't notice and I can always hide it with a pearl or something.  Hey, almost free stamps are great!

 

 

I decided to just crisscross the ric rac on my card.  I stamped a white background with green clocks and added the calendar with the date accented with a pearl. Yes I did curl one of the corners of the calendar.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Father's Day Card

 

Don't you just love it when the stars align and everything comes together to make a beautiful card?  This was that card for me last night.  I wish that all of my cards would come together so easily but sometimes I really struggle. 

 

Today's card is a pretty one using Prima flowers in burlap, some unusually colored leaves, some lace and a homemade banner at the top.  I even used some washi tape accents at the top and bottom.  I also put inside my card.

 

 



Don't you just love the leaf colors? I decided to start using different colors.  I saw that Prima had some different ones and I thought they were just so cool!  They really go well with my flower which a little on the drab side.

I love how my label turned out.  I used the same paper (K and Company) as I did for the mat on the card base.  I matted it on white and cut some white for the center and then stamped in black.  Do you like this tiny saying?  I found a set of Tiny Sayings stamps at Hot Off the Press (Paper wishes.com). I'm always looking for a great set of sayings stamps with interesting fonts and styles that I can use on small tags.

I added some lace that I've had lying around for a while (I won't admit how long!).  Take another look at my tag.   added one piece to it also.

Hope you enjoy this card and make some beauties of your own!

Lis

PS: I bet you may wonder why I've not made any Mother's Day cards.  My mom passed away a few years ago. It's still so hard to get by during any holiday.  I don't have any family of my own and I'm not married so its double hard.  I miss her. We didn't always get along or agree on everything but she was there for me.  She taught me the value of education.  She got a nursing degree and a four year degree in her 50's.  I carry a picture of her and me when I graduated college that I look at once in a while.  She was an amazing person.