Hand-Lettered Prose meets Designer Tee

Hello and welcome to my blog,

Well done Ashlie!

I hadn't really thought about my granddaughter doing here GCSE's this year until she texted me saying she'd passed what she needed to be able to do the course she wanted. So whoops, I need a card quickly as she's coming over today. So here it is.

I tried the 'oval brush' blending technique on this card and for a first attempt I think it looks quite good. The brushes are oval makeup brushes and work brilliantly for blending (see Dena Rekow's 'the creativity cave' blog for how to use them and get good results).

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(cs) = card stock, Ⓡ = retired, (sab) = sale-a-bration, (ss) = stamp set

All measurements are in centimetres

Card Stock: Whisper White 2 pieces, 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5 (card base), 14.5 x 10 (top layer)
Dies: Hand-Lettered Prose
Elements: Basic Rhinestones
Embossing Folders: Bricks & Mortar
Stampin' Blends: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Purple Heather (all dark)
Stampin' Pads: Coastal Cabana, Highland Heather, So Saffron
Stamp Sets: Ⓡ Designer Tee (sab)

With the top layer, do your blending using the 3 stampin' pads.

Then lay out the first 3 letters of each word using the hand-lettered prose dies and die cut them, then  die cut the last letter of each word (maybe 2 sets would be better). Might need to get myself a new set as lots of our family names have the same letter twice within them.

Stamp the 'congratulation!' from the Ⓡ designer tee (ss) in highland heather.

Having removed the letters from the top layer, emboss it using the bricks & mortar folder and adhere to the card base using liquid glue.

Replace the letters back into their spaces, using small dimensional pads.

Colour three rhinestones using the 3 stampin' blends and adhere to the card.

Well I never, created, photographed and blogged all today and it's only 9.30!!

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette X