Beautiful You meets Swirly Frames

Quick 'n' simple, Well I took a card created by Amanda Charlesworth and used different colours to use up some of my retired stash then jazzed it up with some ribbon and sparkle.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(r) = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (h) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, (dsp) = designer series paper, (cs) = Card Stock

You will need:

Whisper White card base 10.5 x 29.7 cm scored at 14.85 cm.
Falling in Love (r) (dsp) measuring 11.5 x 8 cm.
Silver Foil measuring 11 x 7.5 cm.
Whisper White measuring 11 x 7.5 cm.
Beautiful You (ss) and Swirly Frames (ss).
Soft Sky ink (r), VersaMark.
Seam Binding (r) ribbon.
Aqua Painter, Stamparatus, Pinewood Planks embossing folder, Silver embossing powder, basic Rhinestones.

Emboss the front of the base card using the Pinewood Planks folder.
Adhere the silver foil to the dsp using liquid glue.
Cut a 4' strip of the ribbon, fold in half and cut a banner shape at each end and adhere towards the bottom of the silver foil.
Adhere this to the base card at a slight angle.
Prep the piece of whisper white (cs) using an embossing buddy and stamp the lady, rectangle frame and sentiment using versamark and heat emboss with silver powder.
Add a wash of colour using Soft Sky across the dress and hat.
Trim round the edge of the frame, add dimensionals to the back and adhere to the card.
Finish off with a few Rhinestones.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Annette X

By the Bay meets Up Up and Away

Hi again, this is the second post for today, a day of two birthday's and this one is for a friend of ours. I'm not sure if the wash technique is my thing but will keep trying it to see if I can get any better with it. But over all I was pleased with the card.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:

(r) = retired, (cs) = card stock, (ss) = Stamp Set,(dsp = Designer Series Paper)

Base card, measures 14.8 x 21cm scored at 10.5cm
First layer, uses Wood Textures (dsp) and measures 14.8 x 10.5 cm and is adhered straight to the card with liquid glue.

Die cut some Watercolor Paper using the Rectangle Stitched framelits, the 5th smallest rectangle from the group of 8 and then stamp the image from the By the Bay (ss) using Black Stazon ink. I used the (r) Up Up and Away (ss) for the birds.

Using an Aqua Painter do a wash of Crumb Cake across the image and then again in Balmy Blue for the sky.
Using the Rectangle Stitched framelits create a frame in Basic Black using the 5th and 6th smallest rectangles from the group of 8.
Now run this frame through the Big Shot using the Subtle embossing folder.
Adhere the frame on the left hand side of the card using liquid glue and then adhere the image the same way.
With Very Vanilla Thick (cs) heat emboss the sentiment from the Vertical Greetings (ss) using VersaMark and Black Embossing Powder.
Use the Tailored Tag punch for the sentiment tails and then dry emboss using the Pinewood Planks folder. Adhere to the card with dimensional pads.
Add some Black Rhinestones across the bottom!!

Will be back again soon with more cards

Annette X

Waterfront meets Vertical Greetings

Hi all,

This is the first full landscape picture I've done with the Waterfront stamp set and to my astonishment was quite pleased with. I must admit I took inspiration from a card on Pinterest, so thank you.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(r) = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (h) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, (dsp) = designer series paper, (cs) = Card Stock

Start with a base card of Whisper White (cs) measuring 21 cm x 14.8 cm scored at 10.5 cm.
There are three layers, the first is Blueberry Bushel measuring 10 cm x 14.3 cm, this is embossed using the Seaside embossing folder and adhered to the base card with liquid glue.
The second layer is also Blueberry Bushel (cs), using the Rectangle Stitiched framelits, die cut using the 3rd largest rectangle from the group of eight. To give it the white edging I used Whisper White craft ink.
The smallest layer is Whisper White (cs) and is die cut using the 4th largest die from the group of eight.
Using this layer and the Waterfront (ss) create your scene (if you don't use the same colours as I did then you will need to change the first and second layers of your card to match your colour scheme). I used Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel as a wash, Old Olive stamped off at least once, Sahara Sand stamped off twice, Shaded Spruce, Soft Suede stamped off once. Before stamping the trees I used an Aqua Painter to give the whole scene a gentle wash to leave no sharp white edges. The sky was given a very light wash with balmy blue. Once totally die, adhere this to the second layer using dimensional pads.
On a piece of Whisper White (cs) measuring 11 cm by 1.8 cm stamp the greeting Happy Birthday from the Vertical Greetings (ss). Use the rectangle label die from the Stitched Labels framelits to create the top and bottom edging. Using dimensional pads adhere the greeting to the righthand side of the card.
Now again using dimensional pads adhere the scene to the lefthand side of the card and add the White Perfect (r)  accents along the bottom.

Will be back again soon with more cards.

Annette x

Shaker Card using the thumping technique

It's rather dull here again today yet when I got up this morning it was glorious sunshine. Just shows close your eyes for a second and the weather can change just like that.

The card I have for you today is again a nice easy one, and retired products can be swapped out for similar stamps in the current catalogue.

The thumping technique is so easy to do!!

First ink up your stamp with the base colour (for me that was powder pink) then using a different colour marker (for me it was balmy blue) gently tap up and down randomly across the base colour and then stamp.

I used whisper white thick card for the base and the mat is normal whisper white die cut using the balloon die, stamped, daubed with the stars using the mask and then embossed using the subtle's embossing folder.

The cat was shaded using watercolor pencils and then brushed out with an aqua painter. It was at this stage I embossed the mat. A bakers twine bow was then placed at the bottom of the balloon. I used our foam adhesive strips round the edge of the circle for height and placed the sequins on the base card and pressed down.

The party hat was  stamped coloured, fussy cut and then a glitter enamelled dot used as the pompom. 

Sorry the Granddaughter sentiment is not an SU product and it was this I stamped with powder pink and thumped with balmy blue. 

Just hope she likes it!!

Must go, as I've to get ready now for Evie's birthday celebration. 

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Balloon Celebration, Beautiful Bouquet, Hello ®, Pretty Kitty, Colours: Balmy Blue, Powder Pink: Embossing Folders: Subtle Framelits: Balloon ®  Accessories: Aqua painter, Bakers Twine, Fancy Frost Sequins ®, Glitter Enamel Dots ®, Hearts & Stars Mask ®, Watercolor Pencils 

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x