Celebrate Sunflowers meets Free As A Bird

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Hi Sue, yes it's week 20

Playing with my new stash of goodies!!

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: thick whisper white, whisper white

DSP: flowers for every season

Dies: ornate frames, sunflowers

Embossing folders: tasteful textile 3D

Embossing Powder: *black

Ink: memento tuxedo black, petal pink, versamark

Punches: detailed trio 

Ribbon: scalloped linen

Stampin' blends: cinnamon cider, just jade, petal pink

Stamp sets: celebrate sunflowers, free as a bird

Accessories: *glitter enamel dots, *silver metallic thread

* = 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 😘

Free As A Bird

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Hello to Sue, week 18

Nearly forgot to do this one, it's now Saturday morning and I need it for tomorrow, so it needed to be quick and easy but not like any of the others!!!

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: whisper white

DSP: bird ballad

Dies: all dressed up

Embossing folders: subtle

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Ribbon: organdy striped 

Stamp sets: free as a bird

Accessories: basic & champagne rhinestones

* = retired 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 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 😘

Free As A Bird meets Charming Cafe

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world. thanks for stopping by!

Sue's card for week 9, it's a blast from the past and hopefully the last time I will use the charming cafe & cafe builder dies as I now want to sell them to make room for new stuff>

Measurements are in centimetres.
Colours: Basic Gray, (r) Crisp cantaloupe, Flirty Flamingo, Gary Granite, Mint Macaron, Old Olive, (r) Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Smoky Slate
(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, (ef) = embossing folder, (r) = retired, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest.

• Start with a card base of crisp cantaloupe (cs) 21 x 14.8 scored at 10.5.
• Die cut a circle using the layering circle dies (8) and shimmery white (cs) 8.5 x 8.5
• Stamp the window from the charming cafe (ss) in gray granite ink in the middle of the circle.
• Colour the awning using crisp cantaloupe and basic gray markers and the frames in smoky slate, then lightly sponge the bottom part of the circle  in mint macaron ink and the top part in sahara sand.
• Stamp the table and chairs on shimmery white (cs) 7 x 4 in gray granite ink, then colour using the markers again and lightly sponge the bottom in mint macaron.
• Die cut the table and chairs using the cafe builder dies.
• Stamp the garland of flowers on shimmery white (cs) 8 x 9.5 in gray granite and colour using the markers, (r) crisp cantaloupe and flirty flamingo for the flowers, old olive for the leaves and (r) rose red for the berries.
• Die cut the garland using the cafe builder dies (cut the outer edge first then the inner edge).
• Using a piece of the (r) 13/15 in color (dsp) stack 10 x 14.3, die cut the outer garland about a third of the way up.
• Emboss the dsp using the tufted 3D (ef) and add some of the (r) crisp cantaloupe ruffled stretch trim across the bottom.
• Adhere the circle to the base card using liquid glue making sure it's in the right position.
• Attach the table and chairs in front of the window using dimensional pads.
• Adhere the flower garland to the front of the (dsp) panel using liquid glue making sure all sides line up.
• Attach this layer to the front of the card using dimensional pads.
• Stamp the hello from the free as a bird (ss) on a scrap of shimmer white (cs) in gray granite, then die cut using smallest banner from the (r)  bunch of banners dies.

Will be back again soon with more cards, and enjoy the rest of your day.

Annette X

Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Cards meets Free As A Bird

Thank you for stopping by my crafting haven today,

Happy Birthday Cheryl!!!

Although at the time of creating this post it's a cold wet miserable day, I'm feeling really good.

Have had  this stamp set for a while now but don't use it enough, so thought I'd have a go with it today.

Card base is one of the bird ballad laser-cut cards 10.8 x 14,  2 pieces of pineapple punch (cs) 10.6 x 14 (backing for the front), 8 x 4.5 stitched nested label 4, 2 pieces of very vanilla 3.5 x 6.5 stitched nested label 3,  21 x 7 all other stamping.

All measurements are in centimetres, and when using nested dies (1) is the smallest.

Colours for the card are pineapple punch, shaded spruce, very vanilla.
(cs) = card stock, (r) = retired,  (ss) = stamp set

• Adhere the front backing to the card base using liquid glue around the outside edge only.
• Stamp the greeting from the free as a bird (ss) on the smaller very vanilla piece.
• Die cut the sentiment and the smaller pineapple punch (cs) using the stitched nested labels (3 & 4).
• Stamp 4 of the leaves, 2 of the larger flowers, 2 of the buds and 1 of the smaller flowers using memento tuxedo black ink.
• Use shaded spruce and pineapple punch stampin' blends to colour the flowers and leaves, and then fussy cut them. Use a black stampin' marker to go round the edges if needed.
• Attach the 2 labels together using dimensional pads and then attach to the card front, again using dimensional pads.
• Adhere the flowers and leaves using liquid glue, tucking the leaves behind the label.
• Add some basic rhinestones as flower centres.
• Tie a bow using the (r) yellow organdy combo ribbon and attach using a glue dot.

After completing and photographing the card I decided to add some wink of stella to the flowers, which looked quite nice.

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette X