Beautiful Bouquet meets Bouquet Bunch

Well Jenny's big day has arrived.

From 5:00pm tonight all our children will be married, she's so excited and so are her daughters, who are going to be bridesmaids.

It's 8.30 now and I'm enjoying my last few minutes of tranquility before they all arrive to get ready!

As for the card I went for simple and stylish. There's a lot of my old stash in this one.

I was inspired by a card made by Lou Katzelman

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

Start with  a card base of Whisper White (cs) 17.5 x 25 cm scored at 12.5 cm

(my base card is (nsu)

Bride ® (dsp) measuring 12.3 x 17 cm

Silver Foil measuring 7 x 7 cm

Window sheet measuring 7 x 7 cm

Gorgeous Grape (cs) measuring 3.5 cm x 16.5 cm

Whisper White (cs) measuring 3.5 x 11.5 cm

Sahara Sand (cs) measuring 7 x 9.5 cm

• Make a window in the Bride ®  (DSP) using the 2 largest square shapes from the Stitched Shaped framelits 
• Place the (DSP) on top of the base card and using a light pencil, mark out the square on the base card
• Stamp the sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet (ss) in Basic Grey inside the marked square then remove the pencil mark
• Stick the piece of Window Sheet at the back of the Bride (DSP) using Tear and Tape
• Adhere Foam Adhesive Strips around the window and along the edges of the (DSP) 
• Remove the backing from the strips at the bottom of the card and the bottom 3 sides of the square  but not the top of the square or card to the base card
• Insert the sequins into the square then remove the rest of the backing  paper and adhere the rest of the card down
• On the strip of Whisper White  Mr & Mrs from the Beautiful Bouquet (ss) in Basic Grey 
• Die cut the Mr & Mrs Using the Bouquet Bunch framelits die then die cut 3 fern leaves in Silver Foil, 3 small flowers in Whisper White, 4 small flowers in Gorgeous Grape, 1 larger flower in Gorgeous Grape and the stems in Sahara Sand
• Wind the metallic thread round the stems attaching the Mr & Mrs label and adhere to the card using liquid glue
• Add the 3 ferns, then the 3 white flowers, then the 4 small purple flowers also with liquid glue then larger flower in the middle using small dimensional pads and adding the Rhinestones as the flower centres. (Instead of rhinestones I used some small beads  I have in my stash.

Will be back with more cards soon

Annette X

Chicken Wire meets Lovely Words

Here are 2 cards I made a few weeks ago. They're for friends of mine who both have birthdays this month so I wanted to do them something bright and cheerful, but nice and feminine. 

Mind you the day I made them back in February was a lovely day and the sun was shining  for most of it.

With the one on the right I had dropped a bit of a clanger, as it turns out for Jean this was a  bit of a biggy and I needed very quickly to add a couple of numbers to it but didn't have the time to photograph it.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:

® = 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 Thick Whisper White (cs) measuring 15 x 21cm scored at 10.5cm.
For the first layer use a backing of Watercolor Wonder ® DSP measuring 15 x 10.5  and then adhere the Chicken Wire ® on top. (this creates the first mat).
Using Whisper White (cs) stamp the Happy Birthday from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous (ss) in Lemon Lime Twist making sure you have enough room to die cut it.
Using Silver Foil backed with some adhesive sheeting die cut the Friend from the Lovely Words ® thinlits and at the same time die cut the following pieces, the stamped Happy Birthday using the 2nd smallest circle die from the Stitched Shapes framelits and the spray of flowers from the Stitched Seasons ® framelits in Lemon Lime Twist.
Now die cut the spray of flowers again from the Stitched Seasons ® framelits in Calypso Coral and cutting off the flower and buds adhere them to the Lemon Lime Twist spray of flowers and add a Basic Rhinestone to the middle of the full flower.
Adhere the Happy Birthday circle using liquid glue to a Pearlised Doily ®  and using Dimensional pads place onto the card where you wish it to be and adhere the spray of flowers.
Using the (sab) Organdy ribbon make a bow, add a glue dot to the back of it and place it where you want it.
Now adhere the sentiment Friend.


Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x