Artistic dies meets Layers of Beauty

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Happy Anniversary Heather & Mike

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

Sorry most of the products for this card are retired

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, coastal cabana, vellum

Designer Series Paper: winter frost*

Dies: artistic*, label with love

Embossing Folders: stripes & splatters 3D*, subtle 3D

Embossing Powder: clear

Ink: coastal cabana, versaMark

Stamps: layers of beauty

Accessories: sequins & gems*, crinkled seam binding*

 

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, layer one 14.5 x 10.5, white strip 2 x 14.5, dsp strip 3 x 14.5, vellum & green 6 x 13.5, white for sentiment
2. dry emboss the 2 white layers
3. adhere the larger layer to the base card using liquid glue
4. adhere the white strip to the right side of the card again using liquid glue
5. do the same with the dsp next to the white strip
6. stamp the sentiment, (ink up the stamp with versaMark then the coastal cabana ink before stamping)
7. add the embossing powder and heat set 
8. die cut the sentiment and leaves 
9. attach the leaves with spots of liquid glue at the base of each leaf
10. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads
11. make the bow and attach using a glue dot
12. 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 😊

Round We Go meets Sweetly Scripted & more

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Happy Birthday Sima

Intermediate Level - colour using blending brushes, die cutting, dry & heat embossing, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, bubble bath

Designer Series Paper: bright & beautiful

Dies: deckled circles (2,7), round we go, spotlight on nature

Embossing Folders: dotted circle 3D

Embossing Powder: white

Ink: versaMark

Stamps: sweetly scripted

Accessories: blending brush, iridescent pearls, paper butterfly accents

 when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a base card 14. x 21 scored at 10.5, white 13.6 x 10.1, dsp 14 x 4.5 (you'll need 2 of these), white 9 x 9, bubble bath 4 pieces 10.5 10.5, 4.5 x 4.5, 2 x 2, 6.5 x 2
2. die cut the 4 circles, and the 2 long strips
3. emboss the white layer using the 3d folder (making sure the middle of the circle is where you want it on the card)
4. adhere this layer to the base card using liquid glue
5. adhere the larger circle and the white circle to the base card using liquid glue
6. stamp the sentiment using versaMark, then heat emboss using white. once cool fussy cut
7. fold the 2 strips and join them together using liquid glue
8. using the smaller of the deckled circles as the base for the wheel, flatten out the dsp and adhere together using liquid glue
9. adhere this to the card using liquid glue
10. using a blending brush lightly colour the butterfly and adhere to the top of the wheel using liquid glue, then add 3 pearls to the middle of the butterfly (these are not on the photo as they were added later)
11. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads
12. add the pearls

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 😊

Happiest Day meets Deckled Rectangles

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Happy Birthday Lindsey

Easy level - 2 step stamping, die cutting, dying bakers twine, layering

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: smoky slate, very vanilla

Designer Series Paper: 24/6 in colours 

Dies: deckled rectangles (5,8)

Ink: memento black, peach pie, smoky slate

Stampin' Blends: smoky slate

Stamps: happiest day

Accessories: essentials bakers twine, neutrals sequins

when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a base card 14 x 21 score at 10.5, dsp 13.5 x 10, small rectangles 10.5 x 7, very vanilla 6 x 5 (dragonfly's)
2. stamp the dragonfly's, colour the wings, fussy cut 
3. colour the bakers twine using the stampin' blends
4. on small rectangle stamp the sentiment 
5. die cut all the rectangles 
6. adhere the dsp rectangle to the base card using liquid glue
7. adhere the 2 smaller rectangle's together at an angle
8. wrap the bakers twine around the rectangles and tie with bow
9. then again using liquid glue adhere these to the base card
10. attach the dragonfly's 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 😊

Adventurous Sky and more

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Happy Birthday Simon

Intermediate level - colouring with alcohol markers, die cutting, dry embossing, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: adventurous sky

Card Stock: basic white, copper clay

Designer Series Paper: take to the sky

Dies: everyday details (3)

Embossing Folders: so swirly

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Punches: happy labels

Stampin' Blends: balmy blue, copper clay grey granite, color lifter

Stamps: simply said

Accessories: 23.5 color dots

when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white layer 14.5 x 10.5, copper layers 6 x 14.5, 5.5 x 10.5, dsp 5.5 x 14.5, 5 x 10.5, white for circle, sentiment & plane
2. dry emboss the white layer using the folder, then adhere to the base card using liquid glue
3. adhere the pieces of dsp to the copper backings using liquid glue, then adhere to the base card
4. stamp the sentiment and plane, then colour the plane using the blends
5. use the punch to crimp each end of the sentiment
6. die cut the circle and plane
7. dry emboss the circle
8. attach these three elements using dimensional pads
9. add the colour 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 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 😊