Delicate Whispers and more

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Happy Birthday Sheilah

Intermediate level - colour using alcohol blends, and blending brush, die cutting, dry embossing, fussy cutting, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, *pebble path, soft sea foam

Bundles: delicate whispers

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: cloud cover, bubble bath, *pebble path

Stampin' Blends: bubble bath, soft sea foam

Stamps: *en français, *go to greetings, Spotlight on nature

Accessories: blending brush, *brushed brass butterflies, wink of stella

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a basic card base 15 x 21 scored at 10.5, basic white 6 x 15 (front panel), 6 x 9 (spray of flowers),5.5 x 3.5 (single flower), 2.5 x 7 (sentiment),soft sea foam 4 x 9 (ferns), pebble path 4 x 15 (torn strip)

1. stamp the background on the front of the base card, down the right hand side, and the second stamp from spotlight on nature using second generation stamping
2. using the blending brush colour the middle of the white panel
3. rip about half a centimetre off the pebble path cs
4. adhere the remainder of the strip to the white panel using liquid glue
5. now adhere to the base card leaving about half a centimetre on the left side showing, using liquid glue
6. stamp the spray of flowers and single flower in cloud cover, and the sentiment in pebble path
7. die cut the ferns, spray of flowers and single flower
8. colour the flowers and fussy cut round the sentiment
9. add wink of stella to the flowers and leaves
10. adhere the ferns in position using liquid glue
11. attach the flowers and sentiment using dimensional pads
12. add the butterflies

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊

Fabulous Sayings meets Gorgeous Grunge

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Happy Birthday Mike

Easy level - dry embossing, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: azure afternoon, basic white

Embossing Folders: exposed brick 3D

Ink: azure afternoon, poppy parade, smoky slate

Stamps: fabulous sayings, *gorgeous grunge

 * = no longer available

Start with a basic card base 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white (embossed) 14 x 10, (sentiment) 9.5 x 3.2

1. stamp the images onto the white layer
2. emboss the stamped layer
3. adhere the stamped layer to the base card using liquid glue
4. stamp the sentiment
5. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads

Like I said, quick and easy, only after I took nearly an hour to find the gorgeous grunge stamp set 😊

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊 

Color & Contour meets Meadow dies

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HappyAnniversary Alasdair & Lindsey

Intermediate level - colouring, die cutting, dry embossing, layering, stamping, 

Cased from Wendy Lee 'Creativeleeyours!.com'

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, misty moonlight, smoky slate

Dies: *scalloped contours

Embossing Folders: *tasteful textile 3D

Ink: basic grey, misty moonlight, smoky slate

Stamps: *color & contour

Accessories: *silver cord, *tinsel gems 3 pack, wink of stella

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a basic card base 15 x 21 scored at 10.5, blue (layer) 14.5 x 10, (flowers) 4 x 14, smoky slate flowers 5 x 11, white (layer) 14.5 x 8), (flowers) 5.5 x 10.5

1. dry emboss the the blue layer and adhere to the base card using liquid glue
2. die cut the white layer
3. stamp the white flowers using basic grey ink
4. die cut the blue, smoky slate and white flowers
5. do the stamping on the white layer - (sentiment, splats and leaf)
6. add a little smoky slate to a clear block -, then use the wink of stella to gently colour the white flowers
7. adhere white layer to the base card using liquid glue
8. adhere the blue and grey background flowers using liquid glue
9. attach the the white flowers using dimensional pads
10. make a bow and attach using a glue dot
11. add the gems

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊

Blast from the past Handsomely Suited meets Mini Alphabet

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Happy Birthday Leigh

Intermediate level - die cutting, dry embossing, layering, stamping

Inspired by Julie Gilson - stampingala.com

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, misty moonlight

Designer Series Paper: *20/22 in colors

Dies: mini alphabet, *stitched nested labels (7,8)

Embossing Folders: exposed brick 3D

Ink: misty moonlight

Stamps: *handsomely suited

Accessories: *20/22 in color enamel dots, *nature tones linen thread

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a misty moonlight basic card base 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, basic white 13 x 9, 12 x 6.5, dsp 14.5 x 10.5, misty moonlight 14 x 8 (need 2)

1. adhere the dsp to the base card using liquid glue
2. dry emboss the white layer and add some linen thread towards the bottom tying with a knot (I then frayed the ends of the the thread using a pokey tool)
3. adhere this to the base card using liquid glue
4. die cut the two stitched labels and the lettering
5. stamp the heading on the white label then, layout the letters and adhere using liquid glue
6. adhere this label to the blue label using liquid glue
7. attach the blue label to the base card using dimensional pads
8. add the enamel dots

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊

Country Woods meets Fabulous Sayings

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Happy Birthday Jim

Easy/Intermediate level - die cutting, dry embossing, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, misty moonlight

Designer Series Paper: country woods

Dies: *deckled circles (7)

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: misty moonlight, pool party

Punches: *banner triple

Stamps: fabulous sayings, *woodgrain

Accessories: *candy dots

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a basic card base 29 x 10.5 scored at 14.5, black layer 13.5 x 9.5, dsp 13.1 x 9.1, circle 10 x 10, white banner 3.4 x 14

1. adhere the dsp to the black layer, then adhere to the base card using liquid glue
2. die cut the circle, then stamp using the woodgrain
3. adhere to the right side of the base card using liquid glue
4. stamp the sentiment using the banner strip
5. crop each side using the punch
6. dry emboss the sentiment
7. attach to the base card using dimensional pads
8. add the candy dots

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊

Petal Park meets Everyday Greetings

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Happy Birthday Idwin

Intermediate level - die cutting dry embossing, layering, punching out, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, balmy blue, petal pink

Designer Series Paper: *regency park

Dies: *basic borders

Embossing Folders: beautiful pattern 3D

Ink: balmy blue, petal pink

Punches: modern oval, *petal park

Stampin' Markers: *balmy blue

Stamps: *everyday greetings, *petal park

Accessories: drusy embellishments 

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a basic card base 10.5 x 29 scored at 14.5, white 14 x 10, 6.5 x 5 oval, blue 5 x 2 (2 leaves), petal pink 15 x 1.5 border,  6.5 x 8 petals, dsp 8.5 x 10

1. dry emboss the white layer using the 3D folder
2. die cut the border
3. mark the bottom edge of the dsp at 5.5, then cut down from the top right corner to the mark
4. align the border to the dsp and adhere using liquid glue, then cut off the excess pieces 
5. adhere the dsp to the embossed layer using liquid glue
6. adhere this layer to the base card using liquid glue 
7. stamp the label, petals and leaves, then punch them out
8. add a border round  the label using the marker
9. attach the label using dimensional pads
10. attach the petals and leaves using glue dots
11. add the gems to the petals

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊 

Blast from the past - Birthday

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Happy Birthday Alasdair

Intermediate level - die cutting, dry embossing, layering

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, pretty peacock

Designer Series Paper: *oxidised copper

Dies: *stitched nested labels (5), *most wanted

Embossing Folders: soft waves 3D

Accessories: *sequins trio pack, adhesive sheets

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a basic card base 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white 10 x 14, (sentiment background) 9 x 5, pretty peacock sentiment 8.5 x 5, label 10.5 x 6, dsp 1cm full strip, 2cm full strip

1. dry emboss the white layer using the 3D folder
2. starting with the thiner strip adhere diagonally across the bottom left corner of the white layer, using liquid glue
3. adhere a second wider strip leaving a small gap, now adhere the next 3 strips the same way
4. add adhesive sheet to the back of the sentiment card piece
5. now die cut all the pieces (3 in all)
6. adhere the sentiment to the white background
7. adhere the label to the card using liquid glue
8. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads
9. adhere the white layer to the base card
10. add the sequins

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear form you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details of how to order.

 

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😊