Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Butterfly Wings meets Go to Greetings

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and  thank you for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Ashlie


Used a layout from Pinterest, using different products.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, merry mertot
Designer Series Paper: *hydrangea hill mercury glass
Dies: brilliant wings, potted succulents
Ink: merry merlot
Punches: double oval
Stamp Sets: go to greetings
Accessories: metallic mesh ribbon, rhinestone basics

 * = no longer available
  1. base card 14.2 x 21 scored at 10.5, mercury glass 10.2 x 13.3 white matt 10.5 x 13.8
  2. die cut the white matt using the plate from potted succulent dies
  3. adhere the white die cut matt to the mercury glass using wet glue and trim round the edges
  4. wrap the mesh ribbon around the layered matts and tie with a bow, then adhere to base card using a strong adhesive tape
  5. die cut the intricate butterfly and the corresponding full butterfly, then adhere the two together by the body using wet glue
  6. stamp the sentiment and punch it out, then punch the corresponding scallop oval and adhere the two together using wet glue
  7. add a couple of strips of the mesh across the top of the card diagonally using adhesive tape, then attach the butterfly also using adhesive tape
  8. add the sentiment to the right of the bow using dimensionals
  9. add the 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 😘

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Bubble Over meets Timber 3D

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and  thank you for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Mick
This one's a blast from the past!


I have two cards for men in January and didn't know what to do, then came across this set on my shelf and decided to have a go. I made one in portrait and one in landscape.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: *cinnamon cider, crumb cake
Designer Series Paper: *true gentleman, deckled rectangles (4,7)
Dies: *bottles &bubbles
Embossing Folders: timber 3D
Ink: bermuda bay, crumb cake
Stamp Sets: *bubble over
Accessories: linen thread
* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest
  1. base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5
  2. Stamp the labels 
  3. Die cut the rectangles, bottles, labels and caps
  4. stamp the small rectangle
  5. emboss the front side of the base card 
  6. Angle and adhere together the 2 larger rectangles 
  7. wind linen thread around the 2 rectangles and tie a bow then adhere them to the base card
  8. layer the bottles and labels using wet glue then attach to the smaller rectangle using dimensionals
  9. Attach the smaller rectangle to the card using dimensionals 
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 😘

Honeybee Home meets Go To Greetings

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and  thank you for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Heather


Mixing colours up a  bit today and thought these went quite nicely together.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, fresh freesia
Dies: honeybee blooms, layering circles (5)
Ink: basic tray, evening evergreen, tahitian tide
Punches:  lovely labels
Stampin' Up Blends: fresh freesia, mango melody, soft succulent
Stamp Sets: go to greetings, honeybee home
Accessories: open weave ribbon, *shimmer spritz, stampin' brushes

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest
  1. base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, matt 10.1 x 14.1
  2. stamp the flowers, bumble bee and sentiment on some spare basic white
  3. colour the flowers and bee using the blends
  4. die cut the flowers, bee and a circle 
  5. place the circle on the matt and do some blending around it in the blue
  6. add the ribbon
  7. adhere the matt to the base using wet glue
  8. adhere the bottom flowers with wet glue and the top flowers and bee using dimensionals
  9. flag the ends of the sentiment and attach with dimensionals
  10. add some shimmer 

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 😘 

Monday, January 9, 2023

Celebrate With Flowers meets Ornate Layers

    Thank you for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Cheryl



It's quick and easy, with a little fussy cutting 

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white thick & normal
Designer Series Paper: fine art floral
Dies: ornate layers (n2)
Ink: bumble bee, just jade
Ribbon: Twill
Stamp Sets: celebrate with flowers
Accessories: *glitter enamel dots, scoreboard
 
* = no longer available, and 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 😘

Blast from the past Perennial Birthday

  Welcome to my blog and    t hank you for joining me today! Happy Birthday Stephen For this card I was inspired by one i'd seen on Pint...