Vanilla Beetle Card by Bobbie

Today's card was made by one of my best friends, Bobbie!  We spent the last two weeks in craft heaven (we were on vacation)!  We went to as many craft stores as possible and even took a class from Michael Strong.  You may want to google him.  He designed a really great series of stamps that pre-date zentangle.  Also, he has come out with a beautiful oval shaped alphabet.  And there is even a punch that will punch out the letters!  You will definitely be seeing some cards from me with these amazing stamps!

Close Up!

I love the way that Bobbie accented the beetle's spots with lavender pearls. She also colored the beetle with distress ink.

Bobbie used a number of clear crystals in various sizes to accent the clock hands on her embossed anthracite stardream paper.

I hope you liked Bobbie's card!  Come back soon for more inspiration!
Lis

Tissue Tape Double Border Card

Hi everyone!

Today's card has a lovely double tissue tape border.

 Close Up!
The papers that I used for this card are from Prima.  I bought one of their 8 x 11 pads and it included the pretty bird below which I punched out.  I used Forest Moss distress ink on the edges and attached with mounting tape.

Here is a close up of the double border.  First I added the ticket border (Tim Holtz tissue tape). I added the full width of the tape to my card.  Then I mitered the corners. I used a ruler and an xacto blade and cut from the inner corner to the outer corner.  I was able to easily feel when my blade hit paper so I knew when to stop cutting.  I took off the cut tissue tape and voila - a perfect frame.
I took a variety of tissue tapes and tore pieces off and layered them onto the edges of my card, overlapping the tapes as I went.  For this second layer, I only used half the width of the tape.

I used an over sized gem to decorate the front of my card.  It looks like a ribbon slide, don't you think?

Since my ribbon wrapped around to the inside front of my card I wanted to finish it off.  I used a matching (smaller) gem on the end.



Thanks for stopping by!

Lis