'Happy Birthday.'

Good afternoon Lovelies,

Hoping all is well with you and you are enjoying this glorious weather.   The plants, shrubs and trees in our garden are going mad lol!!  so much new growth, not to mention the grassy paths around our veggie plot and the lawns !    A full time job just keeping the garden right lol!

Today I have a birthday card made for a lovely member of our family and as she has already received it, I can now post it on my blog.

This was made using a fabulous A4 set of stamps, which was given free with issue 109 of  The Creative Stamping  Magazine.   A very useful set of stamps, I'm sure I will use them a lot.     Hope you like it.

From white card stock, make a base  card on which to work,  just over five inches square.   Cut another square from black  card, slightly smaller than the base card and fix this to the base card.

Cut another smaller square from white card and using a black ink pad, stamp 'Happy Birthday' near the top and 'Lots of Love'  near the bottom of the card, leaving enough room for a square stamped topper in the centre, plus four triangles, one in each corner.

Using the black Versafine pad and some spare white card, stamp the three roses square from the stamp set and cover with some clear embossing powder, shake off the excess and heat emboss, using a heat gun.   Trim around this square, close to the embossing and colour with the Promarker Alcohol Pens.   (Just a little tip, don't cut right up to the embossing or it will crack and come away.)

Using the black ink pad,  stamp a leaf sprig, one at each side of where the square topper will be when fixed to the card.

On some spare white card, stamp two of each corner stamp using the Versamark pad and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  

Trim around each triangle.

Fix the square of white card onto the black layer on the base card.   Glue one triangle in each of the four corners of this square of white  of card.

Fix the roses square to the centre of the card using sticky foam pads to raise it up a little.   Using a black ink pad, stamp the larger flower a further ten times onto some spare white card.   Colour with the alcohol pens and cut out five layers for each main flower (ie: making 2 x 5 layer roses (3D).   Fix the layers together, using silicone glue.   3D the three smaller roses on the original stamped topper.

Below are a few photos, showing the dimensions of the card.  

Well that's all from me for now my Lovelies,  take good care of yourselves and happy crafting.   Catch you all again soon.   Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your lovely comments, as ever, they are always very much appreciated.

                                                              Love and rainbows.

                                                               Hugs Jennifer xx.

'Just A Note To Say.......

Hi there Lovelies,

Hoping all is well with you and you are enjoying all the celebrations of the Queen's Jubilee.   As the recipient of my card today, has already received it , I can now share it with you all.   This is a very easy card  and does not take long to make.    I have used  stamps which have been given free with various craft magazines over the years but any flower stamps of your choice would do equally well.  

The colouring is done with Promarker Pens and the stamping was done with a Spectrum Noir Finesse, alcohol proof black dye pad,  as this does not smear when used with the  alcohol pens.   The flower centres are done with drops of liquid gold pearls. 

Make a base card from a piece of A4 white card - five and three quarter inches square.   Cut a smaller square of white card five and a quarter inches square.   Using a Promarker Pen, edge all four edges  of  piece square  card.   Using the black dye pad, stamp 'Just a note to say....' at the top of this piece of card and 'Happy Birthday'  at the bottom.

Fix this square of card onto the white base card using double sided sticky tape.   Using the black dye pad, stamp out 3 large flowers, 5 small flowers and 6 leaves.   Colour these with the alcohol pens and add some drops of liquid gold pearls to the flower centres.

Cut out the flowers and leaves and glue them to the base card using silicone glue.

If I remember correctly, the Promarker pen colours I used were Cool Aqua, Denim Blue. Pastel Pink, Oatmeal,  Pastel Yellow and Olive Green, plus a Spectrum Noir DG2 a light green.   

Below are a few extra photos to show the dimensions of the card.

Well that's all from me for the moment, enjoy the sunshine and have fun during the Queen's celebrations.    Catch you all again soon.

                                                                   Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs  Jennifer xx.
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