Enjoy Life meets Label Me Bold

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world, hope you're having a great day!

Happy Birthday Ste!

I'm so pleased for him, as he's just started cycling again after breaking a hip back in January! Only shorter and slower rides just now but I'm sure he'll get back to his normal cycling soon.

For this card I've adapted a card layout from one of the blogs I follow, with a card I liked on Pinterest, thus making it my own creation.

All measurements are in centimetres.

Card Stock: Balmy Blue 9 x 9 (scallop circle), 1 x 4.5 (sentiment), Smoky Slate 12.5 x 12.5 (1st layer),  Whisper White 26 x 13 scored at 13 (card base), 8 x 8 (stitched circle) , when using layering dies (1) is the smallest.
DSP: Large piece 5 x 11.5, smaller piece 3 x 8

(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (ep) embossing powder, (ss) = stamp set, when using layered dies (1) is the smallest.

• Dry emboss the smoky slate 1st layer (cs) using the hammered metal (ef).
• Adhere a piece of the (r) black cord across the 1st layer just below the middle, I used narrow tear & tape for this, then adhere this layer to the card base using liquid glue.
• Stamp the whisper white stitched circle (cs) using the enjoy life (ss), garden green for the grass,  versaMark & memento black for the biker, heat embossed with black (ep), memento black for the sentiment, then finally use the above the clouds (ss) and memento black for the birds. 
• blend some colour lightly onto the white background using balmy blue and either a sponge or blending brush.
• Now for the die cutting, this can all be completed in one crank through your machine laying out all the pieces on your cutting plate.
• for the biker use the stitched shapes dies, circle (4).
• for the scalloped circle use the layering circles dies, scallop (8).
• for the Son I used (r) neutrals (dsp) and the hand lettered prose dies.
• Stamp the happy birthday from the label me bold (ss) in garden green onto the smaller piece of balmy blue (cs). Once stamped trim down if required.
• Adhere the larger piece of lily impressions (dsp) directly below the black cord using liquid glue.
• Adhere the biker to the scalloped circle using liquid glue.
• Attach the scalloped circle to the base card using dimensional pads.
• Cut a 5cm piece of the scalloped linen ribbon and use a balmy blue stampin' blend to change the colour.
• Adhere the happy birthday sentiment to the ribbon using narrow tear & tape, then attach to the card base using a combination of one dimension pad on the right side and a glue dot on the left side.
• Adhere the Son letters at the top of the card using liquid glue.
• Finally add 3 (r) black rhinestones below the happy birthday sentiment. Remember Stampin' Blends can be used to change basic rhinestones to any colour you want.

Will be back again soon with more cards, and thanks for joining me today.

Annette X

Get back on your feet count down

Hello, and welcome to my haven in a hectic world.

Well my world's got a busier since last week, as we are now collecting our grandson (which we love to do)  from school 3 days a week for the next 7 weeks, as our son came off his bike a week ago last Saturday and has broken his hip.

He had an operation on the Sunday and came home on the Monday, he's not allowed to put any weight on it for 8 weeks, a week and a half of which has already gone so I thought I'd make him a count down get back on your feet card.

I looked on the Internet for a perpetual calendar and adjusted Candace Gillespie's to make the frame and boxes. I needed to make 4 boxes for the numbers needed, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Colours: Basic Black 9 pieces 17 x 12.5 base, 14 x 12 boxes 4 needed, 7 x 7 scallop circle, 16 x 7 numbers (you can use the discarded pieces from the boxes for this), 3.5 x 6 label, Whisper White 2 pieces 7 x 7 tortoise, 7 x 3.5 sentiment.
DSP:  Lily Impressions 24 pieces all 2.8 x 2.8 (box sides), 13.8 x 6.3 (backing for base)

(cs) = Card Stock, (dsp) = Designer Series Paper, (nsu) Not Stampin' Up, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest.

• Using the back on your feet (ss) stamp the tortoise in memento black ink and colour using the granny apple green and soft suede stampin' blends on whisper white (cs).
• from the same (ss) stamp the "ouch!" using granny apple green ink.
• Die cut using the stitched shapes circle die (3). 
• Die cut the basic black scalloped circle (6) using the layering circles dies.
• Adhere the 2 circles together using liquid glue.
• Stamp the sentiment again from the same (ss) in memento black on whisper white (cs) and die cut using the stitched so sweetly dies.
• The "day's to go"was generated using my computer and punched out using the classic label punch.
• Score the 3.5 x 6 piece of basic black (cs) in half, down the long edge so as to slot in between the top and bottom boxes.
• Attach the "days to go" to this piece using dimensional pads.

• To create the base score down the long edge at 3cm and 9.5cm then down the short edge at 3cm.
• 3cm above the score line on the short edge make a mark on each side.
• Now cut from the score line at the top of the base down to the mark, on each side.
• Fold and burnish all the score lines.
• Now cut up the long length score line to the 3cm score line on either side, when folded in and adhered, this creates the base for the boxes to sit on.

• To create the boxes score down the long length at 1, 4, 7 and 10cm.
• On the short length score down at 1, 4, 7, 10 and 13cm.
• Now go back to 5cm and score down to the second long length score mark, flip the cs and do the same on the other side.
• Now cut away the 5 pieces as shown below marked with an X.
• Burnish all the score lines and adhere each square around the tabs to form a box using liquid glue.

• Adhere the lily impressions (dsp) to each side of all the boxes, (matching up pattern if required).
• Adhere the larger piece of lily impressions (dsp) to the back of the base.
• Die cut all the numbers (nsu) in basic black (cs) required and adhere to the boxes using liquid glue (do not use the top and bottom squares). Full set of 0 to 9 and then any other numbers needed for 11, 22, 33 etc. 

It sounds difficult but it really isn't!

I wasn't sure he would like it but even before I had this up on my blog, he's got it on his facebook page so I think he does 😊.

Will be back again soon with more cards.

Annette X