Sailing Home meets Posted For YouI

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Still trying to use up some of my old designer series paper.

Happy Birthday Nigel

I tend to hoard my DSP even though I know I shouldn't. 

It's coming into spring now but I'm still cold a lot of the time so thought I'd do a nice summery themed card to see if it warmed me up! No luck there.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, night of navy

Designer Series Paper: *come sail away

Dies: all dressed up, layering circles (s8), stitched shapes (c4)

Embossing Folders: painted texture 3D

Ink: night of navy, real red

Ribbon: boho frayed grosgrain

Stamp Sets:  posted for you, sailing home 

Accessories: blending brushes

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Senior Years, my first Retirement card!

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Well it's getting to that time in my life when friends are starting to retire. I retired in 2012 but most of our friends were still working, but now in a matter of a week 2 have told us they're taking the plunge and enjoy the rest of their life!

Nigel is the first, he retires today, which just happens to be his birthday so there's two cards, one for each occasion.

It's another quick and easy card to make!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, cherry cobbler

Designer Series Paper: in colors 20-22

Dies: hippo & friends, stitched rectangles (n1)

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Stampin' Blends: cherry cobbler, night of navy, smoky slate

Stamp Sets: senior years

Accessories: *noble peacock

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Dressed To Impress & more

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Today our Georgia puts her Big Girl pants on!!!

Woo Hoo she's 21

And it's time for her grow now, but I very much doubt if she will, she enjoys her fun too much!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, gold foil

Designer Series Paper: *golden honey (sdsp), true love 

Dies: all dressed up, playful alphabet, stitched so sweetly

Embossing Folders: subtle

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Ribbon: *scalloped edge

Stampin' Blends: black, colour lifter, daffodil delight, magenta madness, old olive, soft sea foam, so saffron

Stamp Sets: a wish for everything, dressed to impress  

* = retired

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

You Are Amazing

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It's my eldest son's birthday today so!

Happy Birthday Stephen

I won't tell you how old he is, it makes me feel too old.

Old stash and a free Sale-a-bration stamp set now no longer available. The stamparatus was used to create the repeated sentiment on the left.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, misty moonlight

Designer Series Paper: in colour 20/22

Dies: layering circles (s6), stitched shapes (c3)

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Ink: misty moonlight

Ribbon: *stitched satin

Stamp Sets: *you are amazing  

Accessories: *noble peacock rhinestones

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Daisy Lane meets Jar of Flowers

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Happy Birthday Ita

A quick and simple card, CASEd from Mitosu Crafts

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pool party

Designer Series Paper: flowers for every season 

Ink: pool party, night of navy

Punches: small bloom

Ribbon: flowers for every season combo

Stamp Sets: daisy lane, jar of flowers  

Accessories: basic rhinestones

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

New "Quiet Meadow" and leaving "Rococo Rose"!

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Well yesterday I had fun using a new stamp set from my pre-order and also a little sad as I say goodbye to "Rococo Rose" as it leaves us at the end of the month. I didn't use the colors that are leaving us as much as I should have, but I can tell that the new colors in May are all FANTASTIC and I just love them all.

Hope you're having a good day Sue, number 56 in your collection!

I did some dry embossing and blending for this card.

Materials required are:

Card Stock: basic white, rococo rose

Dies: ornate layers

Embossing Folders: tasteful textile

Ink: rococo rose, smoky slate

Ribbon: linen thread

Stampin' Blends: old olive, rococo rose

Stamp Sets:  quiet meadow 

Accessories: shimmer mist

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Beauty Abounds meets Punch Party

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Happy Birthday Peg

A card within a card, this is CASed from the 'A Stamp Above' blog I follow and was created by the lovely Kelly Acheson.

There are a couple of differences as i had a slight accident with the small card front and needed to add the butterfly to hide it, and I also used different ribbon as I wanted to post the card and didn't want the bulk of a bow.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: fine art floral

Dies: butterfly beauty 

Embossing Powder: gold

Ink: poppy parade, versa mark

Punches: rectangle postage stamp

Ribbon: sorry not sure?

Stamp Sets: punch party  

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Pretty Perennials meets Paper Blossom

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This started off as an A6 card but I changed it to a DL card, as I felt it was a little cluttered as an A6. I added some score lines at the top and bottom of the card then embossed the middle section (using my bigshot pro) firstly with the scripty embossing folder, then noticed the lettering was on the wrong side, so did it again with the subtle embossing folder which worked well. The rest of the card is just straight forward stamping and die cutting.

This is another Sunday card for Sue it's getting harder to come up with idea's but I've got some new goodies coming soon so I won't have a problem for a little while.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, night of navy, petal pink, rococo rose

Designer Series Paper: *paper blooms

Dies: all dressed up, perennial petals, stitched so sweetly (6)

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Embossing Powder: white

Ink: night of navy, petal pink, rococo rose, versamark

Ribbon: playing with patterns combo

Stamp Sets: pretty perennials 

Accessories: *white perfect accents

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Saying goodbye to the 2019 - 2021 in colors and more!

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Well it's that time of year again when we're saying goodbye to so many of our favourite goodies, in order to make room for our new favourite goodies. Because I'm sure a lot of the new products will become well loved, I know of one already!

This card includes one of my favourite colours form the 2019 -2021 in color selection, seaside spray along with the much loved Very Versailles stamp set.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, sahara sand, soft suede

Dies: ornate 

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Ink: sahara sand, seaside spray 

Ribbon: scalloped linen

Stamp Sets: *perfectly framed, very Versailles 

Accessories: blending brushes

* = retired

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Approaching Perfection

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Have a great day Uncle Duncan

This card is out of the norm for me, I don't usually go for this type of card, but the set was free with Sale-a-bration just now, so it had to be used.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, night of navy

Designer Series Paper: *tutty fruity

Dies: stitched nested labels (5 & 6)

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Ink: night of navy 

Ribbon: playing with patterns combo

Stampin' Blends: basic black light, misty moonlight dark

Stamp Sets: approaching perfection

Accessories: basic rhinestones

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Art Gallery meets Dainty Diamonds

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Tried this layout the other day and it took me ages to convert it to centimetres, but I persevered and got there in the end. Just hope Sue likes.

I can't remember where I saw the video for this card, but it's enough to know I CASed it. If you know who created it, please let me know so I can give them the credit.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pretty peacock, pool party

Designer Series Paper: fine art floral

Embossing Folders: dainty diamonds

Ink: pretty peacock

Stamp Sets: art gallery

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Darling Donkeys meets Zany Zebra's and more!

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Happy Birthday Tom!

Wasn't sure what to do for Tom this year, he's no longer a little boy but not quite 18 yet. So this is what I came up with and it was a way of using one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets.

This is a mixture of old and new, ribbon & designer series paper are from my old stash, the donkey is from this season's sale-a-bration, so no longer available and the rest is from the current catalogue.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: *go wild

Dies: stitched shapes (square 3)

Ink: memento black

Ribbon: *cord

Stampin' Blends: crumb cake, smoky slate

Stamp Sets:  *darling donkeys, framed for you, zany zebras 

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Timeless Tulips meets Teeny Tiny Sentiments

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It's an Easter card for Sue this week!

It's been a while since this set came out to play and it's quite simple to make.

 

Stamp the tulips and die cut using an oval, stamp an extra tulip & leaf and punch them out, die cut an opening in the 1st layer, die cut a border, emboss the 1st layer, add the dsp and ribbon, attach to base card and insert the tulips, add the sentiment and ribbon.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, so saffron

Designer Series Paper: butterfly bijou

Dies: layering ovals (s7), floral gallery, stitched shapes (04)

Embossing Folders: brick & mortar

Ink: old olive, memento tuxedo black, so saffron

Punches: tulip builder

Ribbon: ruched

Stamp Sets:  *teeny tiny sentiments, timeless tulips

Accessories: bakers twine, fine tip glue pen

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Inspiring Iris meets A Wish for Everything

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My second Easter card completed. 

This one's for my Aunt, My mum's name was Iris and yellow her favourite colour.

Again this is a mixture of old and current products. The only way to make room is to use up old stash or sell it.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white (thick), pear pizzazz

Designer Series Paper: *gingham gala

Dies: layering ovals (p6)(s6), snow time

Embossing Folders: dainty diamonds 3D

Ink: daffodil delight, pear pizzazz, smoky slate

Ribbon: *organdy combo 

Stamp Sets: a wish for everything, inspiring iris

Accessories: *gingham gala sequins

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘 

Welcome to Easter and more

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My first Easter card for this year 

This is a mixture of both past and current products, I only make a couple of Easter cards each year, one for my aunt and one to send to Plymouth with a cheque instead of an egg for my grandson.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, soft sea foam

Designer Series Paper: twinkle twinkle

Dies: dockside, nature's thoughts, ornate frames, stitched shapes (c3)

Embossing Folders: tasteful textile 3D

Ink: memento black

Punches: medium daisy (makes the groove for the twine)

Ribbon: snail mail twine

Stampin' Blends: petal pink, smoky slate

Stamp Sets: timeless tulips, *welcome to easter  

* = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘