'You Make My Heart Sing.'

 Hi there Lovelies,

Hope this post finds you all well and  that you are enjoying your weekend.    Another week about to begin, we seem to be galloping through the year so far lol!    I have another card to share with you, I do hope you like it, I just love the sentiment - 'You Make My Heart Sing.'   This stamp is a Woodware stamp I purchased a few years ago now and the Deco Frame die-cut is another favourite in my craft stash and is by Tonic  called 'Ivy.'    Unfortunately the sheen from the gold wax on the die cut,  does not show up on the main photo.     Time to get started on the card lol !

Make a white base card approximately five and three quarter inches x six inches, portrait style.   Cut another piece of white card just slightly smaller than the base card.   Colour this piece of card using the Fired Brick, Wild honey, Crushed olive, & Weathered wood, using a blending tool.

After die-cutting some flowers for a previous creation, I used the  left-over negative  piece of card as a stencil.   Lay the negative on the coloured piece of card and using a blending tool, lightly rub some fired brick through the flowers, don't try to make them perfect, just 'misty' like.

 Remove the negative.   Edge all four edges of this card with a black marker pen.

Matt and layer this onto the white base card.

Die-cut the 'Ivy' frame from white card and a one from black card.   Colour the white frame using  some gold wax ' and a blending tool or piece of cut 'n' dry foam.   Before fixing the frame to the card, lay it on the card so you can see where to stamp the sentiment so it will be in the centre of the frame.   Stamp the sentiment using a black ink pad.

Lay the gold frame on top of the black frame and just off-set it slightly, so there is a tiny bit of the black showing,  creating a 'shadow' effect.   Then glue them together.   Fix this onto the base card.

Stamp out five flower heads and six leaves onto white card,   colour them with the Distress inks and some water and cut them out.   Add some gold pen to the flower centres.

Glue the flowers and leaves to the base card, using silicone glue.   Stamp 'Happy Birthday' onto a piece of white card using a  black ink pad.   Trim the edges and add some black pen around all four edges.   Fix this to the frame using sticky foam pads.

Well that is this card finished, hope you're still with me lol !   if you are well done !   I do like to show photos of my stages, fortunately there is not a lot of reading to be done.   Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, I will catch you all again soon.   Take good care of yourselves and Happy Crafting.

                                                                 Love and Rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs  Jennifer xx.