Lovely Lily Pad meets New Wonders

Hi, welcome to my haven in a hectic world, thanks for joining me today.

Happy Birthday Peg!

I'm always nervous doing Peg's card as she's my Stampin' Up upline and of course I want to impress. Hope she likes it.

All measurements are in centimetres.

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

Petal Pink 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5 (card base), 15 x 5 (wavy lines), 7.5 x 8 (swirls), Whisper White 14 x 10 (1st layer), 6 x6 (flower), 5 x 5 (circle).

• Using the swirly scribbles dies and the petal pink (cs) die cut the waves and swirls.
• With the 6 x 6 whisper white (cs) stamp the outline flower from the lovely lily pads (ss) using memento black ink, then flip the stamp on the block so the flat side up and stamp again using petal pink ink. As you can see it doesn't fit the outline stamp perfectly, but that's how its supposed to be.
• With the smallest piece of whisper white (cs) stamp the happy birthday from the new wonders (ss) in petal pink ink.
• Now die cut the flower using the lily pad dies, and the happy birthday using the stitched labels dies.
• Lightly sponge down the left hand side of the 1st layer whisper white (cs) using petal pink ink. If I was doing this card again I'd take the sponging right to the edge.
• Emboss this layer using the stone 3D (ef).
• Adhere the waves to the 1st layer using liquid glue.
• Wrap a piece of the petal pink metallic edged ribbon across the 1st layer at the bottom adhering to the back using glue dots, then tie a faux bow at the front.
• Attach this layer to card base using dimensional pads.
• Place the swirls where you want it to be and adhere down, again using liquid glue.
• Attach the happy birthday sentiment using dimensional pads along with the lily.
• Add some champagne rhinestones. 

Will be back again soon with more cards, enjoy the rest of your 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