Romance Heart Card

Purple Suede Heart Card
by Lis Whiting

I've had some gorgeous purple suede paper for a month or so thinking of what I wanted to do with it.  I have made a few cards and here is my first one!
Suede paper is a specialty paper.  It has a pile, or fuzzy texture.  The backing is like paper although that doesn't adequately describe it.  Suede paper is very rich looking and very touchable.
Suede paper can be cut, punched (not too detailed), die cut, embossed, painted on - pretty much anything goes.

I started with a piece of suede paper about 5 x 5 inches.  I carefully folded it in half - with the back side showing and without creasing it.  I drew a half heart on the back side and then cut it out.  I chose a swirl embossing folder and embossed the front of the suede paper heart. (Suede paper takes embossing really well.)  I took red liner tape and lined the back side and added the folded ribbon - half pink, half white. ( The ruffled trim I used was some that I have had for a while.  Maya Road also has pleated trim that can be used for this project. 

I chose two beautiful papers from Bo Bunny's Isabella Collection (lots of pinks and greys - just gorgeous) and matted them together. I added a dark purple cardstock behind them. I thought the card front still needed something so I took some music patterned paper and tore a piece. I glued it across my card front.
I mounted the heart with mounting tape after I added the crystal swirls.  I attached two purple paper roses with glue dots.

I hope you enjoyed this very romantic and fancy card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Birches - a Christmas Card

Hi everyone!  I am sitting here trying not to type on my kitty's tail as she lays across my desk (what can I say, I love her! But she's not spoiled...oh no!)

Today's card is one that I made for my sister to use.  I just got this cutting die of birch trees and found a paper (Bo Bunny) to match.  I wanted to share the link to Frantic Stamper so you can see the die close up. I didnt realize she carried so many different kinds of birch dies.  This one is my favorite though - Taylored Expressions Birch Die. 

I cut my birch using gold glitter card stock.  To mount, I used foam tape.  There were so many little holes that I didn't bother to be careful with my foam tape.  Instead, once I completed adding my foam tape, I looked for any that were showing through the little "birch" holes and added some fine gold glitter to cover them up.  It worked perfectly.

I used the following:

• White plain card stock for my card base (I used 8 1/2 x 11 inches which doesn't work well for 6 x 6 cards so I matted my card front on one piece, trimmed it with about a 2 inch back flap. I punched a design in this flap. Then I cut the back of my card from a separate piece of white card. I glued the two pieces together to get my 6 x 6 card base.  The flap made a beautiful inside border at the top of my card.
• Dark blue suede & medium blue stardream papers for my mats
• Tim Holtz Idea-Ology embellishments including the ice skates (arent' they just too cute!) and the word tag
• The two ribbons are from one set: Petaloo Fancy Trims Glitz Assortment All Teal
• A small crochet doily (You can get an assortment from We R Memory Keepers - see Frantic Stamper.com)
• Dazzles by Hot off the Press for the borders

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis