A Grand Kid meets Hippest Hippos and more

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Happy birthday Freddie

Making an ocean scene with a mixture of stamping, blending, die cutting, dry embossing & heat embossing

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, soft sea foam, starry sky, tahitian tide

Dies: hippo, layering diorama (4)

Embossing Folders: basic 3D, * seaside

Ink: memento black, soft sea foam, soft succulent, starry sky, versamark

Stampin' Up Blends: light smoky slate, color lifter

Stamp Sets: a grand kid, *hippest hippos, *magical mermaid

Accessories: white embossing powder

* = 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. back ground layer 12 x 8, stamp the seascape, then use the blends for the water and embossing folder for the waves
3. top layer 9.5 x 13.5, die cut the aperture then emboss
4. stamp the sentiments in versamark and heat emboss in white, then fussy cut
5. stamp the hippo and colour using the blends, die cut the hippo and extra pieces
6. adhere the 3 main pieces to the card base and the snorkel and googles to the hippo using liquid glue, attach the hippo and sentiments 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 😘

A Grand Kid meets Amazing Phrasing

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Happy Birthday Jack

Mixing some old with some new! to create this card for one of my nephews. It's a clean and bright card using the closest colours I had to the Aston Villa strip.

1. base card 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5
2. dsp layer 14 x 10 
3. basic layer 14.5 x 10.5 (stamp the 'woo hoo' & 'happy birthday' then die cut the large star on this layer)
4. Emboss this layer and attach using dimensionals
5. stamp the 'you're' and fussy cut attach using dimensonals 
6. die cut the extra stars and 13 and attach using dimensionals

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pacific point, rich razzleberry

Designer Series Paper: *sycamore street

Dies: *playful alphabet, *stitched stars

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: pacific point

Stamp Sets: a grand kid, *amazing phrasing

Accessories:

 

* = no longer available

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 😘

Hats Off meets Biggest Wish

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Happy Birthday Kayden

I love the hats off set and it will stay in my stash for some time I think. Put together with the biggest wish set it makes a great card for a youngster. The birthday comes from the well written dies which are no longer available but again I can't stop using them occasionally.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: thick basic white

Designer Series Paper: 20 - 22 in colors

Dies: *hat builder, *well written

Embossing Folders: painted texture 3D

Ink: *misty moonlight

Stamp Sets: a grand kid, biggest wish, *hats off

Accessories: *holiday rhinestones

 

* = no longer available

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 😘

A Grand Kid meets Hat Builder

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Happy 18th Thomas

Love this hat, but haven't used it anywhere near enough so thought I'd give it an airing today. The layout came from Amy Koenders, I've just tweeted it slightly.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: balmy blue, basic white, real red

Designer Series Paper: pattern party

Dies: hat builder, playful alphabet

Embossing Folders: hammered metal 3D

Ink: balmy blue

Punches: *banner triple, classic label

Stamp Sets: a grand kid

 * = no longer available

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 😘

Fun, passing a driving test!

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Congrats!! to our Granddaughter Ashleigh on passing her driving test

It's a real mixture of old and new giving it a bright and fun feeling. She's bought herself  a silver car so that's why I went for the smoky slate and silver.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, smoky slate

Dies: *garage gears

Embossing Folders: painted texture 3D

Embossing Powder: silver

Ink: evening evergreen, fresh freesia, gray granite, pale papaya, polished pink, soft succulent, versamark 

Stamp Sets:  a good kid, * beautiful world, *geared up garage, *gorgeous grunge, hippo happiness 

The "you passed, the" were computer generated in soft succulent (#88A99D)

* = no longer available

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 😘

Zany Zebras waterfall card

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Happy 3rd Birthday Freddie, where does the time go!

This is my version of a card created by Lisa Cursio (lisasstampstudio.com) I had to make it a little bit bigger, hence the scalloped base for the card (nsu). Once I worked out the measurements I wanted, it was very straight forward to complete. At the time of making this card only the ribbon and tag punch were retired.

I think this is the best waterfall card I've made so far!  

Sorry it's a bit photo heavy.

There is also a zebra stamped on the pull mechanism, just loved this set and didn't get to use it as much as I'd have liked to.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, calypso coral, night of navy

Designer Series Paper: *playing with patterns

Dies: playful alphabet *stitched shaped frames (4)

Embossing Folders: hammered metal 3D

Ink: calypso coral, coastal cabana, crushed curry, night of navy

Punches: *classic label, *scallop tag topper

Ribbon: *sycamore street satin

Stampin' Markers: calypso coral, coastal cabana, crushed curry, night of navy

Stamp Sets:  a grand kid, *family party, *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 😘

A Grand Kid meets Curvy Christmas

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Thanks for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Kieran

Enjoyed making this card, and it was quite easy too!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: misty moonlight, whisper white

Designer Series Paper: in colors 20/22

Dies: curvy, stitched stars (3), tasteful labels

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Ink: misty moonlight

Stampin' Blends: misty moonlight

Stamp Sets: a grand kid, *curvy christmas 

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 😘

A Grand Kid meets Bonanza Buddies

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Happy 9th Birthday Evie

Wasn't sure what I was going to do for this card, but I was pleased with the finished result.

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: bermuda bay, whisper white

DSP: birthday bonanza

Dies: bonanza

Inks: bermuda bay, calypso coral, crushed curry, daffodil delight, memento black, smoky slate

Embossing folders: ornate floral 3D

Punches: detailed trio, lovely labels, rectangle postage stamp

Stamp sets: a grand kid, bonanza buddies

Accessories: *bakers twine

* = 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 contact me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

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

Annette 😘

A Grand Kid meets Family Party & more

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

This is for my gorgeous little Granddaughter

Happy 10th birthday Lily-Mae

My inspiration for this card was taken from Pinterest

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: whisper white

DSP: playing with patterns

Dies:playful alphabet

Embossing Powder: silver

Ink: gorgeous grape, versamark

Stampin' blends: highland heather, *pineapple punch, purple posy

Stamp sets: a grand kid, family party, *piece of cake, posted for you, 

* = 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 contact me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

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

Annette 😘

A Grand Kid meets Family Party

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Happy 7th birthday Kayden 💛

A Bright and happy card, for a bright and happy boy!

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: calypso coral, whisper white

DSP:playing with patterns

Dies: nature's thoughts, playful alphabet, stitched rectangles (4) wide

Ink: night of navy

Punches: balloon bouquet

Stamp sets: A grand kid, family party

Accessories: *bakers twine, pwp resin dots

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

I used both the stitched rectangle and nature's thoughts dies to create the frame. Cut the nature's thoughts frame, then gut the middle from just under the top left corner, then replace the nature's thoughts frame at the bottom right corner of the stitched rectangle and cut again.

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 contact me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

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

Annette 😘