Creative Journey

Vintage Cards with Glitz Design Love Notes Collection

Good morning! As we approach Thanksgiving here in the United States., I would like to thank everyone for taking a moment to visit today!

I would also like to thank Glitz Designs for the opportunity to work with their marvelous product lines, and today I will be sharing a couple of projects from the Glitz Designs Love Notes collection.

One thing that we can all be thankful for is a good friend and what better way to remember a friend than with a handmade card like the one below:

For this card, I used the following products:

• Glitz Design “Love Nest” Paper:  Sky, Polka
• Glitz Design “Love Nest”  Titles Cardstock Stickers, Whatnot Cards
• Other: Bazzill cardstock, Prima flower, Cuttlebug die, woven trim, ribbon

To create this card, I made a card base from dark brown cardstock. Next, I cut a piece of Sky Glitz Design “Love Nest” Paper and adhered it to the left side of the card front. A piece of Glitz Design “Love Nest” Polka paper was adhered to the right side of the card front and then I drew a border around the edges of the patterned papers using a black pen.

 

A piece of brown cardstock was die cut and the swirls were adhered on top of the Sky patterned paper. A length of woven trim was adhered next to the die cut swirls and a vintage card from the Love Nest Whatnot set was adhered onto the card front. Layered on top of the vintage card is a doily and a vintage image sticker from the Love Nest Titles cardstock sticker set. Finally, a ribbon bow and flower complete the card.

Another thing we can all remember and be thankful for is the journey that we make through life with all its ups and downs, good times and challenging times, joys and sorrows. So often it's easy to focus on where we want to be that we forget the moments that are before us to enjoy. I hope that this following project is a reminder to take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for the journey that we travel in the present time.

 

I used the following products for the card shown above:

• Glitz Design “Love Nest” Paper:  Sky, Damask
• Glitz Design “Love Nest”  Titles Cardstock Stickers, Whatnot Cards
• Other: Bazzill cardstock, Prima flower and pearls, Tattered Angels chipboard, Martha Stewart border punch, lace, ribbon, sewing machine stitching

First, I created at 6”x6” card base and adhered a piece of Love Nest Sky patterned paper to the top half of the card. A piece of Love Nest Damask patterned paper was adhered to the bottom half of the card front. A Love Nest Whatnot card with the title “Remember” was cut in half, stitched along the edges, and adhered to the top half of the card front.

A border was punched from a piece of brown cardstock and adhered to the bottom half of the card front as shown. Layered on top of the punched border is a length of aqua ribbon, lace, an embossed chipboard piece and a sentiment sticker from the Love Notes Titles Cardstock set. Finally, a flower and pearls were added to complete the card.

Thank you again for dropping by for a visit today, and may you all enjoy a wonderful week ahead and a blessed Thanksgiving holiday for those in the United States!

Blessings,

Christine

Glitz Design Love Nest Cards

Good morning! I hope this day has begun with beautiful weather and an abundance of blessings your way!

I am so excited to be able to share the projects that I created with the new Glitz Design Love Nest collection. When I first saw the papers, stickers, and embellishments from this collection, I nearly fainted! I simply adore this collection, and I hope you'll agree with me after I show you what I created…

For this first card, I used the following products:

• Glitz Design “Love Nest” Paper:  Sky
• Glitz Design “Love Nest”  Titles Cardstock Stickers
• Other: Bazzill cardstock, Prima flower, rhinestones, laces, ribbon

I rarely make tall or long cards so I decided to make a couple that would fit into a regular business sized envelope. I started with a brown cardstock base then I cut a piece of Glitz Design Love Nest Paper in the Sky pattern. I adhered an aqua colored ribbon down the middle of the patterned paper and then stitched along the edges to create a border. I adhered a piece of white lace on top of the aqua ribbon and attached this to the card front.

Next, I adhered a piece of cream lace along the bottom of the patterned paper and adhered the bottom part of the aqua ribbon over the lace. The sentiment sticker from the Love Nest Titles set was adhered on top of the lace and the card was embellished with a flower and rhinestones as shown to complete it.

The card above was created using the following products:

• Glitz Design “Love Nest” Papers:  Sky, Polka
• Glitz Design “Love Nest”  Titles Cardstock Stickers, Whatnot card
• Other: Bazzill cardstock, Nestabilities die, rhinestones, lace, Prima die cut felt, Martha Stewart border punch, Shimmerz paint

This time I chose to make a long horizontal card by starting with a dark red cardstock base. A piece of Glitz Design Love Nest paper in the Polka pattern was stitched along the border. Next, I punched a border from brown cardstock and adhered it to the bottom edge of the patterned paper. I adhered a length of lace on the paper a shown and then adhered this to the card front.

A small  piece of Glitz Design Love Nest Sky paper was stitched along the border, the edges were distressed, and then adhered to the card front. On top of that paper, I adhered a small calendar card from the Love Nest Whatnot card set using foam adhesive for dimension. Next, I layered a piece of die cut felt on top of the calendar card. I die cut a piece of Sky patterned paper, painted it with Shimmerz Tickle Me Turquoise paint, and then adhered the sentiment sticker from the Love Nest Titles set on top of the die cut. Finally the rhinestones were added to the card as the finishing touch.

I hope you enjoyed seeing a bit of the Love Nest collection in these projects! May you be inspired to created with this lovely collection some time soon!

Blessings,

Christine