Happy Anniversary

Wow it's thursday already where has this week gone?

Today I thought I'd share with you all a couple of cards I've made using the beautifully elegant 'Always in my Heart' bundle. This is a very pretty and elegant set to have. It's easy to create beautiful cards with in a hurry, and we all need cards in a hurry don't we!

I had a couple of anniversary cards that I needed to make and these are what I'm sharing with you today.............

Materials needed:

Basic white thick cardstock

1pc - 7" x 10" scored on longside at 5" - cardbase

2pc - 4-7/8" x 6-7/8" inside and front of card layers

1pc - big enough to die cut the sentiment banner

1pc - 1" x 4-7/8" for additional sentiment strip if needed

Purple Posy cardstock

1pc - big enough to die cut the heart shape/element out

1pc - big enough to die cut the heart border

Whisper white ribbon

Length long enough to tie double bow with

Card recipe:

1. Cut,  score and burnish where necessary all of the card layers.

2. Glue the front and inside layers to the card flat.

3. Die cut the large heart/element out and then using the Painted texture 3D embossing folder, emboss the heart from the middle section and put dimensionals on the reverse side of it.

4. Glue the heart element into place by applying wet glue to the back, but only apply it around the inner section then you can curl the outer part up slightly to give it more depth. Place the embossed heart into the middle again only it will be raised now giving the whole thing even more depth.

5. Die cut the white banner and the purple posy heart border, making sure you keep all of the little dots and hearts that are cut out from within it.

6. Stamp the sentiment onto the banner using Highland heather ink and then fold the banner where the markings have been die cut, now glue this into place over the heart section.

7. Glue the heart border only applying glue to the straight edge (it's less messy this way).

8. Using the take your pick tool putty end pick up the tiny little hearts that came from the border piece and glue them carefully onto the card all over. Now using the pokey tool end dab it into some glue (have a blob on a scrap piece of paper) and dab it onto the card, andthen pick up a tiny dot whilst the end is still sticky (but not gluey) and apply to the glue that's on the card.

9. Tie a double bow and adhere to the card using glue dots.

That's the basis of the card but as my card was for my Son and Daughter-in-laws anniversary I needed to add more to it....

So I layed my words that I needed onto my card piece (mine was cut to size after finished), picked them up with a clear block I and stamped in Highland heather ink. Then I needed to put 'and' in between the 'son' and 'daughter-in-law' and unfortunately the 'Family Party' - 149379 stampset doesn't contain one, so I had to make one.

So I took the 'a' from the sentiment that says 'To a wonderful' by covering the words not needed with washy tape applying ink and then remving tape, first I then stamped the 'nd' from the stampset and then applied the inked up 'a' and voila I had my 'and' yayyy!!

There is always a way round these problems......

Problem solved!!!

This is the other card I made (in exactly the same way) this time using Very vanilla cardstock and the 'Brushed metallic cardstock' (now retired) and then applying a 50 from the 'Playful alphabet' - 152706

I loved making these they were very quick, easy and clean to make which is what I love.

Thanks for hopping on and taking a look at my blog I really appreciate please leave me a comment and tell me what you think.

Take care everyone and happy crafting!

Huge Crafty Hugs

Natalie x

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3K2SWYSB

Only use ths code if your order is under £150 to receive a small gift and a card in the post from myself the following month, but if your order is over then please use the rewards yourself and not my host code.

xx

Product List

Always In My Heart Bundle [156194] £46.75	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] £7.75	Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887] £8.25
Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] £7.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] £7.00	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] £8.25
Clear Block H [118490] £8.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Bone Folder [102300] £6.50
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £112.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] £5.00	Take Your Pick [144107] £9.00

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