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Hi and happy weekend. Hope the weather is better where you are that it has been in Manchester today! I have two cards to show you today as I couldn't make one without the other!

 

These cards were easy to put together. It was just a case of matting lots of layers. I started with the Gingham card in baby pink and blue which had a matching solid colour piece to go with it from Kanban. I took some linen textured Kanban card in white for the base card, scored it at A4 fold on the Ultimate Pro (Crafter's Companion) and then took two different Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders One dies in two different combos to create a nice shape for the bottom of each card. I also cut the same shaped edge into the inside and back of the card and added a piece of the Gingham card to the inside with the same cut edge so that from the front you could see through to the Gingham card. I cut the same edge into the solid coloured pink and blue card as this was the first mat and it sits nicely and matches the base card edge. I then matted a Gingham layer onto a white layer and secured the trim on the pink card and the ribbon on the blue card before sticking it all down onto the white base card. The Trim was from Webster'sPages and the ribbon was from my stash. The little pink Gigham ribbon was from an Embellishments kit from Angel Crafts. The paper rose was from Magnolia and the button that I added two tiny Prima pearls to was again from my stash.

The Spellbinders used on the pink card to make the central focal point were the 5x7 Elegant Labels Four followed by the two biggest dies from Imperial Gold Labels Four. I cut and embossed these using the recommended Junior Magnetic Placement Mat and I can tell you that I had used the dies a couple of times before and they were no where near as deeply debossed without it. Even the cut was far better. I then added a final mat of Labels Four and turned it the opposite way. I stamped both cards with the same cute sentiment and baby shoes from Waltzing Mouse Stamps. I finished the card with a few Prima pearls.

The Spellbinders used on the blue card were the largest die from Decorative Labels One, then a Scalloped Labels One, then the next biggest from the Decorative dies again followed by the second largest die from Labels One Small. Again I finished off with a couple of Prima pearls.

 

 

Hope you like them. Back soon.

Michelle. x.