Botanical Tags Birthday Card

Hello, Crafters.

After yesterday's post with the book mark, and my comment 

regarding using the dies for a card, I just had to do it! I really

 enjoyed working on this, but I do think it's a bit over busy!

 I started with a top layer of Balmy Blue Cardstock (CS), and I 

die cut the Botanical Tags bird die from the top half. I used my 

trimmer to cut from side to side to release the negative part of

 the cardstock which stayed attached! 

Next I decided to emboss the bottom half using the Petal Burst

 Embossing Folder, and then attached the layer to a layer of Sahara 

Sand CS which was the same size. 

The was an impression line along the front, which I decided to cover

 by using the Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon. Although I like the look

 of this it does hide the fact that the Balmy Blue layer underneath 

is one piece of cardstock, and not two separate pieces! 

 I finished the top half by using the corner stamp from Hold on to

 Hope Stamp Set in Night of Navy Ink. I chose the Happy 

Birthday sentiment from the Detailed with Love Stamp Set and

 stamped it on a piece of Sahara Sand CS and Night of Navy Ink.

 I also stamped the flower from Botanical Bliss Stamp Set using

the same ink and the same cardstock as the sentiment. I fussy

 cut the flower and die cut two of the leaf branches, and 

then attached them with Dimensionals. 

I wasn't sure which colours of cardstock to use for the inside

 of my card, and decided on Whisper White and Balmy Blue. 

 I made two more flowers as before in Sahara Sand CS, and

 finished off with three leaf branches, and two corner stamps

 from Hold on to Hope Stamp Set as before. 

Today's card is a lot busier than I normally do, but do you think it's

 too busy? I'll be very interested in seeing what you think! 

That's it from me today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting,

JanB.

Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper

Hello, Crafters.

 Yesterday I had a play with the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut

Specialty Paper, which I fell in love with when we had it as

 a make-n-take at the Stampin' Up! OnStage Convention in April. 

There are eight sheets in the pack, with four sheets each of two 

designs. One sheet is made of card fronts and decorative strips, 

and the other design is a complete sheet of a floral laser-cut design.

 I used the latter for today's card, and I started with a coloured top layer 

of cardstock, which I laid under one corner at a time, to see 

what the design would look like, and which one I'd like for my card. 

Once I had decided on the corner I wanted to use, I laid the

 cardstock on my desk with the Laser-Cut Paper on top. Then,

 very carefully, I cut out the approximate amount and shape

 I wanted so I kept wastage to an absolute minimum. 

 There is a Very Vanilla side and a Whisper White side to

 this specialty paper - my preference is the Very Vanilla side. I 

chose Coastal Cabanna as my card base and for the top layer

 for my laser cut image to sit on.

 I put tiny dabs of Tombow in as many places as I could on the 

laser-cut, and adhered it to the top layer. I trimmed off the 

straight edges that I had made sure had come off the edge of my

 cardstock. I stamped the sentiment, which is from the 

Detailed With Love Stamp Set, using Coastal Cabanna 

Ink onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

 I tied some old Coastal Cabanna ribbon (I think it was a Sale-a-bration 

gift about four years ago!) around the top two layers and tied in a

 bow. I wasn't sure how to decorate the inside of the card so that 

it would tie in with the front, so I used a very thin strip of Coastal 

Cabanna Cardstock and adhered a die-cut bow from the Bouquet

 Bunch Framelits - I think it finishes the card of beautifully! 

What with this Specialty Paper as well as the Graceful Glass

 Designer Vellum, we certainly do have some fabulous paper

 to play with in the new 2018 - 2019 Annual catalogue! Don't you agree!

That's about it from me today, so until tomorrow, happy crafting. 

JanB.