Beautiful Balloons meets Patchwork Pieces

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Happy Birthday Leigh

Something Different for me -  die cutting, dry embossing, layering, paper piecing, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pretty peacock

Designer Series Paper: tartan foil

Dies: deckled circles (3,4), patchwork pieces 

Embossing Folders: timber 3D

Ink: pretty peacock

Stampin' Blends: pretty peacock

Stamps: beautiful balloons

Accessories: bakers twine white, *noble peacock rhinestones

 

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

1. Start with a base card 10.5 x 29 scored at 14.5, dsp 8.5 x 12.1 (you need one of each side), pretty peacock 8.5 x 12.1, white off cut for hb, white rectangle 14.5 x 10.5
2. dry emboss the white rectangle and adhere it to the base card using liquid glue
3. colour the bakers twine using the blend pen and put to one side to dry
4. die cut the two pieces of dsp using the patchwork pieces
5. cut another piece of white card 11.6 x 8, now adhere the alternate pieces using  liquid glue
6. die cut the larger circle from the middle of pretty peacock rectangle
7. adhere the patchwork layer to the pretty peacock rectangle using liquid glue
8. attach the pretty peacock layer to the base card using dimensional pads
9. stamp the sentiment and die cut it
10. attach to the larger circle using dimensional pads, then adhere to the base card using liquid glue
11. wrap the bakers twine around the spine of the card and tie a bow
12. add the rhinestone to the sentiment to top the i.

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 from 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 😊  

Thoughtful Expressions meets Cheerful Daisies & more

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Happy Birthday Jim

mixture of old and new - colour with blends, die cutting, layering, stamping

At first I made the card without the bird and hubby wasn't impressed. So I had a think and this is what I came up with

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: cheerful daisies, thoughtful expressions

Card Stock: basic white, misty moonlight, vellum

Designer Series Paper: *new horizons

Dies: *aspen trees, enduring beauty

Ink: misty moonlight, stazon black

Stampin' Blends: misty moonlight, *purple posy

 

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white panel 14 x 10, dsp panel 9.9 x 13.9, vellum 11 x 8, off cuts for sentiment
2. place the aspen die in the centre of the white panel and die cut
3. adhere to the dsp and white panels together using liquid glue then adhere to the base card
4. stamp the bird onto the vellum and the sentiment onto a white off cut
5. colour the bird using stampin' blends on the reverse side of the image
6. die cut the sentiment, bird and and the backing for the sentiment
7. adhere the bird to the card using a little bit of spread out liquid glue and then slightly curve the wings
8. attach the sentiment to its backing using dimensional pads
9. adhere the sentiment to the base card using liquid glue

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 from 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 😊 

Everyday Details meets Something Fancy

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Happy Birthday Idwin

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

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: everyday details (4), something fancy

Card Stock: basic white, bubble bath

Designer Series Paper: *poetic expressions

Embossing Folders: exposed brick 3D

Ink: bubble bath, memento black 

Stampin' Blends: bubble bath, lost lagoon

Accessories: *adhesive backed sequins & gems, blending brush

 

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

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp 5.5 x 10.5, white layer 9 x 10.5, pink 6.4 x 10.1, white 6.4 x 10.1, strip of white for the sentiment
2. dry emboss the white layer using the folder
3. die cut the crosses across the bottom of the dsp
4. Join the dsp layer to the embossed layer at the back using some tape
5. add the ribbon across and adhere at the back
6. using the bubble bath ink, colour  across the base card towards the bottom using a blending brush (for the pink behind the crosses in the dsp
7. adhere this layer to the base card using liquid glue
8. die cut the white rectangle, stamp and colour the flowers and leaves using the blending markers
9. attach this to the pink rectangle using dimensional pads and adhere to base card
10. stamp the sentiment and die cut, then attach to the base card using dimensional pads
11. 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 from 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 😊 

Days To Remember meets Zoo Crew

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Happy Birthday Alasdair

Quic and easy card - die cutting, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black & white

Designer Series Paper: zoo crew

Dies: stylish shapes (1,2,3) squares

Ink: memento black

Stamps: days to remember

Accessories: opaque faceted gems

 

When using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a base card 14.8 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp panel 10.1 x 14.4, white off cut for stamping, dsp off cut for image, black off cut for square and 4 strips of .5 x 14 for fracture effect
2. stamp the sentiment
3. die cut the central image, sentiment and black square
4. position the central image onto the dsp layer and adhere down using liquid glue
5. adhere the black strips around the central image and cut off the excess
6. adhere the dsp layer to the base card using liquid glue
7. adhere the sentiment to the black square and adhere to the card 
8. add the faceted 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 from 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 😊 

Beautiful Balloons meets Best Family Ever

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Happy Birthday Freddie

Fun card - die cutting, dry embossing, layering, stamping

Sorry to see these stamp sets going, just love them

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: *beautiful balloons bundle

Card Stock: azure afternoon, basic white

Designer Series Paper: *bright & beautiful

Embossing Folders: basics 3D

Ink: azure afternoon, berry burst, lemon lime twist, misty moonlight

Stamps: *best family ever

Accessories: *gingham gala sequins, linen thread

 

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white layer 14 x 5.5, dsp 14 x 4.5, off cuts for sentiments and balloons
2. dry emboss the white panel using the folder and adhere down the right side of the base card using liquid glue
3. adhere the dsp the same way on the left side meeting in the middle (mine slightly overlapped as I cut the middle edge down the edge of the coloured strip)
4. stamp the balloons and sentiments
5. fussy cut  the sentiments and die cut the balloons
6. adhere the large balloon using liquid glue, the middle balloon using a glue dot
7. cut 3 lengths of linen thread and tie them together with a bow, gather them together at one end and attach them to the bottom of the 2 balloons using a dimension pad
8. add a glue dot to the back of the bow and attach to the card leaving the balloon end quite loose so you can see all three threads at the top
9. attach the 3rd balloon using the thread dimension pad plus one or two more
10. attach the sentiments using dimensional pads
11. 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 from 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 😊