Bird's Eye View meets Sentimental Park

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Happy Birthday Bill

Intermediate - colouring with blends, die cutting, dry embossing, glassing, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white thick, gray granite

Designer Series Paper: nature's sweetness

Dies: radiating stitches (2)

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Ink: memento black

Stampin' Blends: balmy blue, cherry cobbler, gray granite, misty moonlight, old olive, smoky slate

Stamps: birds's eye view, sentimental park

Accessories: black rhinestones, fine tip glue pen

when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp 9.5 x 14.5, basic white 7.5 x 10.5, gray granite 7 x 10, off cut for sentiment
2. stamp the owl, books and sentiment, trim down the sentiment
3. colour the images using the blends
4. using the fine tip glue create the lens for the glasses and leave to dry for a little while
5. adhere the dsp to base card using liquid glue
6. adhere the gray rectangle to dsp using liquid glue
7. once the lens glue is dry die cut the rectangle, then dry emboss it and adhere it with liquid glue
8. attach the sentiment and add the rhinestones

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 😊  

Sweetly Scripted meets Hearts Pack

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Happy Anniversary Alasdair & Lindsey

Intermediate - die cutting, dry & heat embossing, layering, punching

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: petal pink, very vanilla, gold foil

Designer Series Paper: *nature's sweetness

Dies: cheerful daisies

Embossing Folders: distressed tile 3D

Ink: versaMark

Punches: *heart pack

Stamps: sweetly scripted

Accessories: brushed brass butterflies, gold embossing powder, soft polyester ribbon

 

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, very vanilla 10 x 14, dsp & petal pink for punching
2. at the bottom of very vanilla layer stamp the sentiment with versaMark, add the embossing powder and heat
3. dry emboss the top 10cm of the very vanilla layer using the 3D folder
4. punch out the two hearts, and dry emboss the petal pink one
5. die cut two sprigs from the cheerful daisies set
6. wrap the ribbon around the very vanilla layer at the bottom of the embossed part and secure at the back with tape
7. adhere this layer to the base card using liquid glue
8. adhere the sprigs to the back of each heart using liquid glue
9. attach the hearts using dimensional pads
10. 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 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 😊 

Blast from the past Perennial Birthday

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Happy Birthday Stephen

For this card I was inspired by one i'd seen on Pinterest, don't know who it was but thank you.

Intermediate level - brush blending, dry embossing, heat embossing, layering, punching, sponge daubing, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: early espresso, very vanilla

Designer Series Paper: nature's sweetness

Embossing Folders: metal plate 3D

Ink: pecan pie, versaMark

Punches: banner pick a punch, heartfelt hexagon

Stamps: *perennial birthday

Accessories: *designer elements, *faux suede trim, sponge dauber

 

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp 10 x 14, 10 x 6, sentiment 6.5 x 6, vellum banner 10 x 8, cs banner 11 x 2.5
2. distress the edges of the 10 x 14 dsp and all of the 10 x 6 dsp, using a blending brush
3. stamp the sentiment using versaMark, add gold embossing powder then heat emboss
4. punch out the sentiment and distress the edges using a sponge dauber
5. to make the V in the vellum banner put a mark 1cm up and 5cm in from the edge, then from the bottom corners cut up to the mark on each side
6. emboss this banner using the folder
7. for the dark banner, flag each end with the banner punch
8. attach the trim towards the bottom of the larger layer using tear n tape
9. adhere the smaller piece of dsp and the darker banner using liquid glue
10. add the sentiment to the vellum banner using dimensional pads 
11. add liquid glue to the back of the vellum behind the sentiment and adhere to the card
12. attach the elements

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 😊 

Inspirational Sketches meets Go To Greetings

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Happy Birthday Duncan

Intermediate card for men -  brush blending, die cutting, dry embossing, layering, punching, stamping. CASEd from 'Mandy VanHavermaet'

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: early espresso, pecan pie

Designer Series Paper: nature's sweetness

Dies: deckled rectangles (4)

Embossing Folders: basics 3D

Ink: early espresso, pecan pie

Punches: happy labels

Stamps: inspirational sketches, go to greetings

Accessories: blending brushes, *faux suede trim, rustic metallic dots

 

* = 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, pecan pie layer 10 x 14, dsp layer 10 x 6, deckled rectangle 6.5 x 9.5, basic white 10 x 2.5, basic white 5.3 x 8.5
2. With the hay type stamp, stamp around the pecan pie layer on the left, top and right sides, using the stamping off method, then emboss this layer
3. using pecan pie and a blending brush, lightly colour the dsp, white rectangle and sentiment strip, then finish off each end of the sentiment using the punch
4. adhere the dsp to the bottom of the pecan pie layer using liquid glue
5. wrap the suede trim around the top of the dsp and attach to the back using tape
6. attach these layers to the base card using dimensional pads
7. stamp the bird and sentiment
8. adhere the bird to the deckled rectangle using liquid glue
9. attach the sentiment and bird to the base card using dimensional pads
10. add the metallic 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 😊 

Notes of Nature bundle meets Deckled Rectanges

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Happy Birthday Jean

Easy intermediate: Bow making, colour with blends, die cutting, dry & heat embossing, fussy cutting, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pebbled path

Bundles: notes of nature

Designer Series Paper: nature's sweetness

Dies: deckled rectangles (5)

Embossing Folders: *subtles 3D

Embossing Powder: gold

Ink: versamark

Stampin' Blends: shaded spruce

Accessories: linen thread

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

1. Start with a base card 14.8 x 21 scored at 10.5, matt 10 x 14.3, dsp 7.5 x 10.5, scraps of basic white for stamping
2. die cut the holes down the left hand side of the matt
3. emboss the matt using the subtle's folder, then adhere it dto the base card using liquid glue
4. die cut the dsp using the deckled rectangle and adhere this to the base card using liquid glue
5. stamp the leaves, sentiment and flowers using versamark, then heat emboss with gold embossing powder.
6. die cut the leaves and flowers and fussy cut the sentiment
7. attach the leaves, flowers and sentiment using dimensional pads
8. make a double bow using the thread and adhere to card using glue dots
9. for added embellishment adhere 3 of the circles discarded from the matt using glue 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 😊