Thoughtful Expressions meets Labeled With Love

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and  thank you for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Sian

This is Sian's first card from me, hope she likes it.

Intermediate level - adding embellishments, blending with alcohol markers, blending with brushes, die cutting, dry embossing, layering, 

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: thoughtful expressions (frames 3,4)

Card Stock: basic white, lemon lolly

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Embossing powder: heat & stick, *dazzling diamonds

Ink: memento black, fresh freesia, versaMark

Stampin' Blends: fresh freesia, lemon lolly, shy shamrock

Stamps: labeled with love

Accessories: bakers twine 3 color pack, basic rhinestones, 

 paper butterflies

* = 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, white layer 14.1 x 10.1, white 6 x 13.5, lemon lolly 8 x 8
2. dry emboss the white layer
3. wrap bakers twine around the bottom of white layer 3 times and tie a bow
4. attach the white layer to the base card using dimensional pads
5. on the smaller piece of white place the smaller circle and then stamp the 2 flowers in moment black on what is left of the piece
6. colour the flowers using the alcohol markers
7. die cut these pieces plus the larger circle in lemon lolly (these can all be cut with one pass through the cut & emboss machine 
8. using a blending brush lightly colour the butterfly
9. add some veraMark round the edges of the wings, cover with the heat & stick powder and heat using a heat gun, once warm add the dazzling diamonds and heat up again 
10. arrange the elements on the card and adhere the butterfly and circles with liquid glue, the large flower with a dimensional pad, and the smaller flowers, again with liquid glue
11. add the rhinestones to the butterfly

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 😊