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 😊

Timeless Charm meets Simply Said

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Happy Birthday Jean

intermediate level - colouring using stampin' blends, die cutting, heat embossing,  layering, scoring, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: timeless charm

Card Stock: basic black & white, flirty flamingo

Dies: *well written 

Embossing Folders: 

Embossing Powder: white

Ink: lost lagoon (stamped off), versaMark

 Stampin' Blends: soft sea foam

Stamps: simply said

Accessories: *black rhinestones, brushed brass butterflies, gold cord, scoreboard

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 11.5 x 23 scored at 11.5, coloured layer 11 x 11, white layer 10.6 x 10.6, scraps of black for sentiments, scraps of flirty flamingo for flower head
2. stamp the leaves in the middle of the white layer and colour the leaves in (not the flower)
3. score 4 lines down the middle of white layer
4. now adhere the coloured layer to the base card and the white layer to the coloured layer
5. on black card heat emboss the happy birthday using versaMark and white embossing powder
6. Trim this sentiment down and cut it in half
7. add some adhesive sheet to a piece of black card and die cut the friend sentiment along with the flower head in flirty flamingo
8. remove the adhesive sheet backing and adhere the sentiment to the card
9. attach the happy birthday sentiment and the flowerhead using dimensional pads
10. attach the butterflies and add the bow using a glue dot

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 😊

Softly Sophisticated and more

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Happy Birthday Anne

Bright and cheerful, using the new in colors and Cased from Sharon Berkert ("astheinkdries") - die cutting, dry embossing, layering, two step stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, petunia pop

Dies: perennial postage (5)

Embossing Folders: softly sophisticated 

Ink: memento tuxedo black, mossy meadow, petunia pop, pretty in pink

Stamps: loveliest tree, *softly sophisticated

Accessories: *bakers twine, brushed brass 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, pp 10 x 14, bw 12.5 x 9.5
2. dry emboss the background layer and adhere to the base card using liquid glue
3. stamp the flowers across the white layer starting with the stems, then the lighter colour flowers followed by the darker colour (you should get 5)
4. stamp the sentiment
5. die cut this layer, and then add bakers twine using a double bow
6. attach to the base card using dimensional pads
7. finish off by adding 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 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 😊 

Color & Contour meets Sending Smiles

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Happy Birthday Friend

Love these two set stamps, it makes life so easy. I've used retired dsp, but you could easily make your own marble effect dsp using blending brushes, I've also embossed the dsp for more texture.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, calypso coral

Designer Series Paper: *butterfly bijou

Dies: deckled rectangles (7), sending, scalloped contours (3)

Embossing Folders: timeworn type 3D

Ink: calypso coral

Stamp Sets: colour & contour, sending smiles

Accessories: bakers twine, brushed brass butterflies

 

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

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 on how to order.

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

Annette 😘