Old Favourite meets Brick & Mortar

Hi folks, hope you're having a great day.

Good Luck in your new home!

Some friends of ours have taken the plunge and are moving from the country side into a town today, hence today's card.

This set is no longer in the catalogue, but it's one of my forever sets, which sits on my shelf and comes out now and again.

This is what you'll need to create a similar card!

All measurements are centimetres
(dsp) = designer series paper, (r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set,

Card Stock: Smoky Slate 12.3 x 12.3 (wall layer)
Granny Apple Green 5.5 x 1.5 (door mat)
Whisper White 3 pieces 13 x 13 (card base), 4 x 14 (flower pot, congrats, wreath, lamp), 9.5 x 4.8 (behind the door)
DSP: Wood Textures10.5 x 6 (door)
Dies: (r) At Home
Embossing Folders: Brick & Mortar
Stampin Pads: Granny Apple Green, Memento Black
Stamp Sets: At Home With You
Stampin' Blends: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Petal Pink, Pineapple Punch, So Saffron, Soft Suede

Emboss the smoky slate (cs) layer using the brick & mortar folder and adhere to the whisper white card base.
Stamp the granny apple green (cs) using the at home with you (ss)
Stamp the door onto the wood textures (dsp) and the rest of the elements using the long whisper white strip, using the at home with you (ss).
Colour the elements using the stampin' blends.
Using the at home dies, the door needs to be die cut twice, first with the outer frame and then the inner frame, when doing the second frame you can cut all the other elements at the same time.
With the last piece of whisper white (cs) stamp the sentiment "on your new home" from the at home with you (ss) over 2 lines in the middle and adhere behind the door opening, only around the edges (so the door will still open).
Adhere elements to card base, add a little wink of stella to the flame in the lantern, so it glistens.

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette X

Wild About Flowers meets Sunshine Wishes

Welcome, hope you're having a good day!

Congratulations to Laura & Richard

My Inspiration for this card came from Leonie Schroder at http://www.stamp-a-latte.com

All card dimensions and instruction are on Leonie's blog. Dated 30 October 2019
When cutting the (dsp) I used the 19-21 in colour pack.

My measurements are in centimetres.
Colours for this card are Night of Navy 6.5 x 7, Purple Posy, Sparkle Glimmer paper 6.5 x 7, Whisper White.
(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, (r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest.

Start by using a computer to print the word Engagement on whisper white (cs) using Snell Roundhead 27pt  and RGB (BEA5EB) colour, I found this to be the closest colour to purple posy ink I could find. Leave enough room above it for the rest of the sentiment (about 2 cm).
Once printed stamp the rest of the sentiment using the (r) wild about flowers (ss).
Using the stitched rectangle dies, die cut the sentiment using the (2) narrow and the purple posy (cs) background using the (3) narrow. Then layer these together.
With the sparkle glimmer and night of navy (cs) die cut the 2 hearts using the sunshine wishes dies. place the 2 hearts together as you want them and snip the sparkle heart where the hearts cross over and adhere to the back of the night of navy heart using liquid glue. adhere both heart to the base card.
attach the sentiment using dimensional pads and add the noble peacock rhinestones.

Will be back again soon with more cards!
Annette X

A Little Lace meets Easy Events

Hello and welcome to my craft haven,

Todays card is a quicky, as I needed to make it and give it out today! (well yesterday really).

My eldest Granddaughter got engaged a few weeks ago in Spain, but decided to have party yesterday.

Her engagement card went out a few weeks ago but you can't turn up to a party with nothing in your hand can you?

So here's the one I made to take with us, with just a little something inside. It's new and a blast from the past, but I thought it was quite cute!

The card is quite simple and only 4 pieces, note card, scrap of Whisper White, scrap of Seaside Spray and some flax ribbon.

Colours for this card are cherry cobbler, old olive, seaside spray.

(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set.

When using layering dies (1) is the smallest.

Along the bottom in the middle of card front stamp the sentiment from the a little lace (ss) I used cherry cobbler for this.

Emboss the front of the note card using the subtle folder, then emboss again across the middle using the non flowery petal pair folder.

Stamp the image from the easy events (ss) in memento black ink, on white (cs) and colour using seaside spray, old olive and cherry cobbler stampin' blends'. Now die cut using the layering ovals (2), at the same time cut a seaside spray scalloped (2) oval.

Cut a strip of flax ribbon and adhere to the card front.

Adhere the two ovals together and attach to the card front using dimensional pads.

Adhere 3 hearts from the (r) metallic enamel shapes.

This card took me about 15 minutes to make, once I decided what I was going to do, and that took a bit longer.

Will be back again soon with more cards.

Annette X

Crackle Paint meets Piece of Cake and Rooted in Nature

Hello hope you're having a great day!

Happy birthday Roy!

This is hubby's card and I just hope he likes it. I find making his cards difficult because he's nearly always here so they have to be made in stages while he's out.

To recreate the card follow the guide below:
(cs) = card stock, ⓡ = retired, (ss) = stamp set

All measurements are in centimetres

Card Stock: Gold Foil 5 x 5 (emboss/die cut leaf)
Merry Merlot 2 pieces 27.9 x 10.5 scored at 14.8 (card base), 9 x 5 (die cut word)
Whisper White 3 pieces 14.2 x 9.9 (first layer) 4.5 x 14.2 (second layer) 1.5 x 14 (sentiments)
Dies: Celebrate You ⓡ, Natures Roots
Embossing Folders: Subtle
Embossing Powder: Gold
Punches: Classic Label
Stamp Sets: Amazing You ⓡ, Crackle Paint, Piece of Cake, Rooted in Nature
Inks: Merry Merlot, Pool Party, VeraMark

Starting with the first layer (cs), the crackle paint (ss) and merry merlot ink stamp the background.
Now with the second layer (cs), the rooted in nature (ss) and both the merry merlot and pool party stamp the leaves using (second generation) stamping, then emboss using the subtle folder.
Adhere the second layer across the first, then adhere both to the card base.
Now emboss the leaf from the nature's roots dies, and then die cut both the leaf and the sentiment from the ⓡ celebrate you dies.
Using the long sentiments strip, stamp the 2 sentiments from the celebrate you (ss) and the happy birthday from the piece of cake (ss) using versamark, and then heat emboss with the gold powder.
Cut these sentiments into individual pieces and arrange across the card front, then attach using liquid glue for the amazing sentiment and dimensional pads for the rest.

Hope you liked today's card and look forward to see you again soon.

I would love to hear what you think of the card, and thank you for visiting.

Back again soon with more cards
Annette X

Dandelion Wishes and a blast from the past

Welcome to my blog, hope you're having a great day

Happy Birthday Rachael

I tried a new technique with this card but it didn't go quite as planned. Instead of getting water marks I got little white dots. But it still looked okay so I used it. My answer to the problem is not to blot off water with a tissue, it leaves a furry mark.

On the whole this is a very simple card to make.

(r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set
Standard A4 card cut in half with .5 increment matting.

For the card base I used whisper white, layered with basic black and the last layer is sponged using blending brushes and the following colours coastal cabana, granny apple green, pineapple punch, so saffron. The stamping was done using memento black ink and the Dandelion Wishes (ss) along with the (r) Beautiful Birthday stamp (this is one of my forever stamps)  and then finished off with a few (r) black  Rhinestones.