Season of Chic meets Sunkissed

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60th birthday for a friend

It took a while for the mojo to get going for this one, and there's lots going on.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, petal pink

Designer Series Paper: texture chic

Dies: alphabet a la mode, chic, deckled rectangles (5), split card textures

Embossing Folders: timeless type

Ink: petal pink, soft succulent, versamark

Stamp Sets: season of chic, sunkissed

Accessories: gold embossing powder, polished dots, soft polyester ribbon, heat tool

dsp = designer series paper 

1. base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5  
2. dsp cut at 8 x 14.2
3. die cut the split card texture, then trim it down to 10 x 14.2 and adhere the dsp to the back of it.
4. emboss this layer and adhere to the base card
5. add the ribbon as a background for the flowers
6. stamp the flowers (emboss just the one flower) and leaves then die cut them 
7. stamp the sentiments (these need to be stamped separately and cut down to size) 
8. attach the flowers and sentiments with dimensionals and the leaves and numbers with wet glue
9. add a polished dot to the un embossed flower

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 😘

Best Family Ever and more

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Happy Anniversary to the best Husband in the world

This is a mixture of old and new, didn't have a clue what I was going to do and this was the result.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, *champagne foil, real read, 

Designer Series Paper: *pattern party

Dies: *playful alphabet, sentiment silhouettes, stylish shapes (2)

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Stamp Sets: best family ever

Accessories: basic pearls, *glittered organdy

 

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1)

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 😘

Go To Greetings meets Two-Tone Flora

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Happy Birthday Jean

This was the first time of using this bundle and I was pleasantly surprised how nice it all comes together. The ribbon is a real blast from the past though.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, rich razzleberry

Designer Series Paper: dainty flowers (sab)

Dies: meadow, two-tone flora

Ink: blushing bride, old olive, rich razzleberry

Stampin' Up Blends: old olive

Stamp Sets: go to greetings, two-tone flora

Accessories: *grosgrain stitched ribbon

 

* = no longer available, (sab) = sale-a-bration item

1. base card 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5
2. stamp the flowers, leaves and sentiment
3. die cut the background, flowers, leaves and sentiment
4. trim down the background to just a narrow edge (roughly 10 x 14)
5. cut a piece of the dsp to fit behind the background and adhere using wet glue
6. Adhere the background to the base card using wet glue
7. adhere the leaves, flowers and sentiment using wet glue
8. make a bow and attach using glue dots

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 😘 

Covered In Sunshine meets Dainty Delight dies

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Happy Birthday Sharon

just love this card, I CASed it from Pinterest and just used different colours and paper, and it was so easy to make. The original was created by Meg from "lovenstamps.com" 

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, calypso coral, granny apple green, fresh freesia, mango melody

Designer Series Paper: dandy designs

Dies: dainty delight

Embossing Folders: raindrops

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Stamp Sets: covered in sunshine

Accessories: *white perfect accents

* = no longer available

1. Base card 14.8 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp 14.8 x 5, dsp 7.5 x 8 plus off cuts for the flowers and leaves
2. emboss the right hand side of the base card (aprox 5.5 x 14.8
3. adhere the two pieces of dsp using wet glue
4. stamp the sentiment using memento black and fussy cut round it
5. stamp the three words and trim down to size then adhere using wet glue
6. die cut the leaves and flowers
7. position the leaves and attach at the bottom using a dimensional
8. adhere the rest of the leaves with wet glue
9. add more dimensionals to the back of the sentiment and stick it down
10. adhere the flowers using wet glue and add the white accent.

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 Alphabet A La Mode

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Happy Birthday Gemma

A mixture of stamping, die cutting and the baby wipe technique, this card is so simple to do.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: *sunshine rainbows

Dies: alphabet a la mode, basic borders, floral gallery

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: fresh freesia

Ink refills: fresh freesia, pale papaya, pool party

Stamp Sets: art gallery

Accessories: adhesive-backed snowflakes, baby wipe, open weave ribbon

 

* = no longer available

1. base card 29.7 x 10.5 scored at 14.85, dsp 14.85 x 5, layer one 14.85 x 9, letters basic white 9 x 5
2. load a baby wipe with 3 colours using re-inkers (only a couple of spots of each colour needed)
3. swipe the baby wipe across the card stock for the letters.
4. stamp the sentiment
5. Adhere the dsp to the top of the card using wet ink.
6. Die cut the clouds, letters and sentiment pieces.
7. Emboss the clouds using the subtle 3D folder (or similar)
8. Adhere the letters across the clouds 
9. Add ribbon to clouds and adhere to the base card
10. Add the snowflakes, then the sentiment using dimensional's

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 😘

On the Horizon

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Happy Birthday Sid

My New Years resolution is to try and use up some of my old DSP papers. So here we go. I've  I CASED this from Pinterest and it's so simple just cutting card and DSP then stamping the image and sentiment.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, basic black

Designer Series Paper: *new horizons

Ink: crumb cake, pale papaya, starry sky

Stamp sets: *on the horizon

* = no longer available

1. base card 14.8 x 21 scored at 10.5, layer one 14.4 x 10.1
2. layer 2 dsp 14 x 9.1
3. stamp the reeds in pale papaya and then stamp again in crumb cake
4. stamp the sentiment
5. adhere each layer 

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 😘

Friends Are Like Seashells meets Wonderful World

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Happy Birthday Margaret

Thought I'd use some of my new goodies for this card, and loved the result!

1. Start with a normal base card (half an A4)
2. The contrasting layer is die cut and embossed
3. Flowers are inked up using Stampin' markers, then die cut using a frame
4. wind bakers twine round the frame, then tie with a bow
5. Stamp the sentiment using a ¾''  strip of cardstock, then use the punch on each side.
6. Adhere elements to the card base and add some rhinestones.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, highland heather

Dies: painted labels, split card

Embossing Folders: timeworn type 3D

Ink: highland heather

Punches: lovely labels

Stampin' Markers: highland heather, pear pazzazz

Stamp Sets: friends are like seashells, wonderful world

Accessories: bakers twine essentials, iridescent 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 😘