Happy Birthday Gorgeous

I created this card at the request of a fellow brass band member who wanted a special card for her bestie as they are both 50 this year.  She had seen a card I made for Olivia and wanted something similar.

This is a shaker card so I cut a circle aperture in my top layer and added a piece of window sheet large enough to cover the reverse of the aperture. I adhered the glimmer paper 50, which I die cut with the now sadly retired large numbers, to the centre of the aperture, but actually on the base card.  I then made a circle of adhesive strip on the base card making sure the edges met and that the strips were out of view of the aperture.  I used my embossing buddy to rub inside the adhesive strip circle to try to prevent static that would make the micro beads I used for the shaker,  stick to the window sheet.

I then added stampin dimensionals to the reverse of the aperture layer and removed the baking and that of the adhesive strip circle to then attached my top layer to the base.

Of course what is important is that you decorate the top layer before adhering it to the base card! I did I assure you, although you'd be forgiven for thinking I may not have as I can be ditzy tee hee.
To decorate I used the lovely Stampin' Up! stamp set Happy Birthday Gorgeous.  I stamped some images onto the top layer and others onto additional pieces of whisper white card or retired sweet sugar plum card and fussy cut them out.  I added touches of petal pink and mint macaron along with fresh fig ribbon and pearls.  The sentiment is punched out with the classic label punch.

I'm pleased to report that the card was well received by the friend who ordered it and the recipient.

If you're celebrating a big birthday this year I hope you have some wonderful celebrations and wish you a happy year.

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon.

Zoe x

Moving Along with the Times - My Challenge

It's my turn to set the challenge at  Moving Along with the Times and I'm asking you to share your projects witIh the theme of Girls' Birthday any age up to 21.  It's my beautiful daughter's birthday this week and so it seemed like an appropriate theme.  She's 19 and so I needed it to be girly, but grown up too.  I've also made a matching tag.

I started by adding some texture lines by using my Stampin' Up! Simply Scored scoring tool to the base card of whisper white thick cut at 11" x 5.5" and scored on the landscape at 5.5".  I also die cut a square framing using the stitched shape framelits and layering squares both available from my Stampin' Up! online shop.  I cut the stitched shape first and then positioned a smaller layering square inside it to cut the aperture.  I've then fussy cut some of the beautiful pearlised flowers from a sheet of  Share What You Love specialty designer series paper and layered them onto the frame.  I used my Stamparatus to stamp the happy birthday which is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.  I positioned the stamp in the frame, before removing the frame and using the Stamparatus to make sure it stamped exactly where I wanted it before repositioning the frame which I adhered with mini dimensionals.  As you know gentle reader I love bling so I've added some rhinestones including a few left over retired black stones.  I stamped a frame with Old Olive ink from the same stamp set and added the 'gorgeous'.  I used the classic label punch to cut the frame shape and then just snipped off one end to add it to the card.

Top Tip

The tag was made in the same way. It is a large tag so to make the tag shape I just cut a triangle off one corner then laid it onto the other corner to cut along the edge of the triangle to make the sides the same.  It means you can make a tag any size.  Punches are fabulous, but this is perfect for larger tags.

Don't forget to come join us at MAWTT for the challenge we'd love to see your makes.

Also just in case you haven't heard the new 2018 - 2019 Stampin' Up! annual catalogue has launched and you can browse it online on my website  if you click hover on shop and click the catalogues button, or you can contact me for a copy of the catalogue @ zoetant@live.co.uk

Thanks for popping by
Zoe x

Stampin' Up! Thailand Acheiver's Blog Hop

Stampin' Up! Blog Hop 

Hi and welcome to June's Stampin' Up! Thailand Achiever's blog hop.  We're focusing on the new catalogue products this month and I've a fab stamp set to share. It's called Happy Birthday Gorgeous and was just perfect for my daughter's 18th birthday card.  I made a shaker card using the layering circle dies and cut numbers with the large number dies.   The beautiful flowers are from the main stamp set and are fussy cut to build layers and depth.  I'm pleased to say it was a big hit.  

I hope you'll visit the other fab blogs on our hop for more ideas and inspiration from the new annual Stampin' Up! catalogue. 

Remember on the list you are here with Zoe Tant in the UK.  

Thanks for stopping by.  

Zx.