Lots of Love meets Country Floral

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world.

Happy Birthday Carole!

Well I made this card on the 29th of January, and the sun was shining here in Walsall but it was only 4 degrees.

It came together quite well, as I had no idea of what I was going to do, and just took bits and bobs from everywhere.

Cardstock: Rococo Rose 21 x 14.5 scored and folded at 10.5 (card base), Shimmery White 3 pieces 14.5 x 7.5 (embossed panel), 6 x 4.5 ("here's to the happiest birthday yet"), 4.5 x 1.5 (happiest). Vellum old olive 3.5 x 4.5 (1 sprig),  Vellum plain 3.5 x 9 (2 sprigs).

(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set

• Emboss the front of the rococo rose (cs) card base using the subtle (ef).
• Emboss the shimmery white panel (cs) using the country floral (ef).
• Lightly sponge this panel using old olive and rococo rose stampin' pads.
• I edged each side of the panel using (r) old olive grosgrain ribbon (you can use old olive (cs) if you don't have suitable ribbon.
• Adhere the panel to the card base using liquid glue.
• Using the larger of the 2 piece's of shimmery white (cs) stamp the full sentiment from the lots of happy (ss) in old olive ink.
• With the smaller piece of shimmery white (cs), stamp just the "happiest" in rococo rose, then trim down this piece to just fit across the other one.
• Die cut the full sentiment using the stitched so sweetly dies and attach the rococo rose "happiest" using dimensional pads.
• Adhere the (r) rushed ribbon (this is sweet sugarplum, but it's almost a perfect match) across the front panel using snail. 
• Attach the (r) silver sequins at the back of the sentiment (l used sellotape).
• Attach the sentiment in front of the ribbon using dimensional pads.
• Using the Sprig punch, punch out 2 plain sprigs and 1 perennial essence green sprig. 
• Arrange the sprigs where you want them and adhere using glue dots behind the ribbon.
• Add 3 basic rhinestones down the left hand side of the base card.

Will be back again soon with more cards, hope you have a great day!

Annette X

Lots of Happy meets Tabs For Everything

Hi folks, hope you're having a great day

Todays card is a bright and colourful card for my nephew who went into double figure's this month. My how the time flies.

This is a mix and match card, some current and some retired products, but it just shows how close some of the old colours are to some of the new, like Hello Honey and Mango Melody there's not much in it at all.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, ⓡ = retired, (nsu) = non stampin' up, (1) = layering dies starting with 1 being the smallest,

All measurements are in centimetres

Card Stock: Bermuda Bay 2 pieces, 21 x 14.8 (card base), 2 x 5.5 (numbers)
Mango Melody 2 pieces, 14.2 x 9.9 (first layer), 6 x 6 (square frame)
Smoky Slate 8 x 8 (swirl)
Whisper White 2 pieces, 6 x 6 (large sentiment) 2 x 1 (small sentiment)
DSP: ⓡ Moonlight 13.6 x 9.9
Dies: Layering Squares (6 & 8), ⓡ Little Numbers, ⓡ Swirly Scribbles
Embossing Folders: Corrugated
Punches: Detailed Trio
Stamp Sets: Artisan Textures, Lots of Happy, ⓡ Tabs For Everything

I let my folder slip when embossing the front of my card base and had to do an extra layer to put it right, so be careful how you place the card in the folder. I used my (nsu) corner punch to round off the card base corners after taking the photo.

Starting with the card base, emboss the front panel using the corrugated folder and round off the corners with the detailed trio punch. At the same time do the corners for the following 2 layers (moonlight (dsp) & larger mango melody (cs)) and adhere all of these to one another using liquid glue.

Now with the larger piece of whisper white stamp the sentiment and background using the lots of happy and  artisan textures (ss) in bermuda bay & smoky slate ink. And with the smaller piece of whisper white, the today from the ⓡ tabs for everything (ss) in smoky slate ink. Then trim down the happy to create a small tag.

With the smaller piece of mango melody (cs) die cut using the (8) die from the layering squares dies.
The rest of the die cutting can be done in one go. A window in the mango melody square using the (6) square, the larger sentiment using the (8) square, the swirl using smoky slate (cs) and the swirly scribbles dies and the age using the small piece of bermuda bay (cs) and the ⓡ little numbers dies.

Place the pieces where you want them and adhere to the card using a mixture of liquid glue and dimensional pads.

Hope you found this easy to follow, if not drop me an email and I will help you out!

Will be back again soon with more cards.
Annette X