Sending Smiles meets Rays of Light

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Happy Birthday Serenia

Quick and easy 50th birthday card.

I think this is the first card for a long time I've made with nothing but current product.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, moody mauve

Dies: sending

Embossing Folders: basics 3D

Ink: moody mauve

Punches: decorative circle

Stamp Sets: rays of light, sending smiles

Accessories: 2023-25 in color dots

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, basic white 14 x 10
2. stamp the rays of light onto the basic white
3. stamp the sentiment on some basic white 
4. die cut the sentiment, the two sending pieces and the numbers
5. Punch the decorative circle and emboss it
6. adhere the rays of light to the base card, the numbers to the circle and the sending pieces together using liquid glue
7. Now attach these 3 pieces to the base card using dimensional pads
8. Add the coloured dot to the i of sending

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 😘

Love & Happiness meets lots of dies

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Anniversary cards for June

Quick and easy card, mostly die cutting, blending and a little stamping.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, shimmery white

Dies: *botanical builder, brilliant wings, *detailed floral

Ink: fresh freesia, misty moonlight, old olive, *polished pink

Stampin' Markers: misty moonlight

Stamp Sets: *love & happiness

Accessories: *adhesive backed sequins, *large basic pearls, blending brushes, 

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, basic white 10.5 x 14.5 (twice), shimmery white 10.5 x 14.5 
2. die cut the top layer using shimmery white and ink up the sentiment on the left omitting the bottom row using the marker pen
3. using the inks and blending brushes cover the basic white background and spare
4. using liquid glue adhere the top layer to the background layer
5. attach these two layers to the base card using dimensionals
6. die cut the butterfly background or flower using the spare 14.5 10.5 
7. die cut the delicate butter if required and adhere together with liquid glue
8. add either a large pearl or adhesive sequins

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 irresistible blooms

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Happy birthday Sue

Lots of techniques - blending, stamping, embossing and die cutting

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, lemon lime twist, lost lagoon

Designer Series Paper: hello, irresistible

Dies: irresistible blooms

Embossing Folders: basics 3D

Ink: boho blue, lemon lime twist, moody mauve

Stamp Sets: go to greeting

Accessories: blending brushes, *opal rounds

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, basic white 14 x 10 and a piece of lost lagoon for leaves
2. colour the basic white using blending brushes, working out from the centre
3. stamp the sentiment towards the bottom
4. emboss this layer and adhere to the base card using liquid glue
5. die cut the flowers from the dsp and the leaves from the card stock
6. arrange on the card using dimensional pads for the flowers and glue dots for the leaves
7. place the oval rounds 

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 😘

Dainty Delight meets Very Best Occasions

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Loss of a life partner

One of our dearest neighbours has gone to heaven

Cased from 'Mary Anne Coven'

I don't seem to have any of my own creative mojo at the moment. 

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, soft see foam

Dies: dainty delight, scalloped contours (4), stylish shapes (2)

Embossing Folders: timeworn type 3D

Ink: versaMark, soft sea foam

Stampin' Up Blends: soft sea foam

Stamp Sets: very best occasions

Accessories: *basic adhisive sequins, *crinkled seamed binding ribbon, vellum basics

 

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

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, green panel 10 x 14, vellum 9 x 12, extra white and green for die cutting
2. emboss the green panel using the folder and adhere to the base card using liquid glue
3. die cut the vellum using the scalloped rectangle
4. die cut 2 green leaves and 1 white, along with 1 of each of the buds
5. adhere the leaves and buds to the vellum rectangle using liquid glue
6. stamp the sentiment, then cut using the banner die 
7. attach the sentiment to the base card using dimension pads
8. ink up the ribbon using the stampin' blend, tie a bow and adhere to the base card using glue dots
9. now add the sequins.

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 😘

He's All That quick & easy

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Happy Fathers Day Dad

This is the last of the five cards from Carolyn Kings All Together marathon. I changes a couple of items but used the same layout.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white,  gray granite, silver foil

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *all that, *painted labels

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Stamp Sets: best family ever, he's all that

Accessories: *holiday rhinestones, *polka dot ribbon

 

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest, N = narrow, W = wide

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, layer one 10.5 x 8.5, layer two 13.5 x 3, the dsp measurements for these two layers are half a centimetre smaller
2. stamp the sentiment (I used my stamparatus to line the stamps up)
3. die cut the sentiment and swirly label 
4. adhere the dsp to the two black layers using liquid glue
5. attach the ribbon to the narrow layer using tear & tape
6. then adhere the labels to the base card using liquid glue
7. attach the swirly label using dimensional pads
8. attach the sentiment to the swirly label using dimensional pads and 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 😘

Peaceful Moments meets Bough punch and more

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Happy Birthday Sheilah

This is the one for the girls, and the 4th one of 5 in the Carolyn King marathon that I'm Casing at the moment.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, galvanised paper

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *painted labels

Embossing Folders: basic 3D 

Ink: memento black

Punches: bough, *medium daisy

Stamp Sets: *peaceful moments

Accessories: *playing with patterns resin dots

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, background 14 x 10, background for dsp 12 x 8, dsp 3 pieces 2 @ 4 x 7 & 1 @ 5 x 8
2. dry emboss the background using the basic 3D dots folder and adhere to base card using liquid glue
3. adhere the 3 dsp pieces to the dsp background piece using liquid glue then adhere to the card
4. stamp the sentiment and die cut
5. punch 6 flowers and 2 boughs in each colour
6. layer and adhere the petals to make 3 flowers using liquid glue
7. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads
8. attach the 2 flowers off the sentiment using dimensional pads
9. adhere the 3rd flower using liquid glue
10. arrange the leaves and adhere using liquid glue
11. add the resin 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 😘

Peaceful Moments and more

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Happy Birthday Kevin

This is card 3 from Carolyn Kings 'all together marathon' I'm enjoying making these cards. One more man card, then there's one for the ladies.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, gray granite

Designer Series Paper: *all together 

Dies: *layering circles (4) for both, *stitched stars

Ink: gray granite

Punches: banner pick a punch

Stamp Sets: peaceful moments

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white rectangle 8.5 x 12.5, black rectangle 8 x 12, dsp rectangles 3.75 x 5.75, black strip 2.5 x 9
2. adhere the white and black rectangles and then adhere them to the card base
3. cut the ends off the black strip using the banner punch, cut in half and then adhere these two pieces to card base leaving a small gap between them
4. stamp the sentiment
5. die cut the sentiment using the plain circle, scalloped circle and stars
6. adhere the two circles together using liquid glue
7. Attach the sentiment and stars using dimensional pads

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 😘

Biggest Wish meets Banner Pick A Punch

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Happy Birthday Rick

This is the second card in Carolyn Kings 'All Together designers series paper marathon', of which I will be making 5, for my cards this month. Seem to have lost my mojo at the moment and came across these great cards. All measurements are in centimetres.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, *galvanised metallic

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *painted labels

Embossing Folders: basic 3D 

Ink: crumb cake, memento tuxedo black

Punches: banner pick a punch

Stamp Sets: biggest wish

Accessories: *basic black rhinestones

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, galvanised metallic foil 12.5 x 8.5, and 1.9 x 5, dsp 2pieces 4.5 x 8 and 1 piece 3 x 8
2. adhere the 3 pieces of dsp to the galvanised metallic foil using liquid glue, then attach this to the base card using dimensional pads
3. die cut the label, stamp the happy and birthday across the centre
4. dry emboss the label
5. use the banner punch to cut each end off the narrow strip of galvanised metallic paper then cut this this in half.
6. adhere these pieces to either side of the label using liquid glue
7. attach this to the base card using dimensional pads
8. add some rhinestones to finish

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 All Together and more

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Happy Birthday Mike

This is a CASeD card created by Carolyn King, I've used most of the same products (all unavailable now, sorry). All measurements for this card are in Centimetres.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, *galvanised metallic

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *floral gallery, *stitched stars (1,2,3)

Ink: versaMark

Punches: *tailored tag

Stamp Sets: *art gallery

Accessories: White embossing powder, *silver thread

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

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, 2 galvanised metallic rectangles 8.5 x 5.5, 2 designer series paper rectangles 8 x 5, plus another dsp rectangle 3.8 x 7.5 in a different pattern
2. adhere the metallic rectangles to the 2 dsp rectangles using liquid glue
3. adhere these two rectangles to the base card about 1.5 in from the side using liquid glue
4. create a label shape with the last piece of dsp using the punch
5. adhere the label between the 2 rectangles using liquid glue
6. stamp the sentiment in versamark and cover with white embossing powder then heat emboss
7. die cut the sentiment and stars.
8. using some seal on the back of the largest star adhere the silver thread
9. use dimensional pads to attach the stars and sentiment

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 😘