Celebrate Sunflowers meets Pretty Perennials and more

 Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Thanks for joining me today!

This is the 3rd card I made for Ashlie, it's a Sister card, for her 3 younger sisters to give to her. In side it just say's Happy 18th!

Enjoyed making this card, but wasn't very happy when I'd completed it, then had a brain wave and added some sequins to liven it up. It made all the difference, I thought!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: *irresistibly yours

Dies: *hand-lettered prose, stitched so sweetly (2)

Embossing Powder: clear

Ink: *lovely lipstick 

Ribbon: *glimmer

Stampin' Blends: magenta madness (colour ribbon)

Stamp Sets: celebrate sunflowers, family party (18th inside) pretty perennials ( happy,inside) 

Accessories: woven threads sequins

* = 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 😘

Enjoy Life meets Label Me Bold

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world, hope you're having a great day!

Happy Birthday Ste!

I'm so pleased for him, as he's just started cycling again after breaking a hip back in January! Only shorter and slower rides just now but I'm sure he'll get back to his normal cycling soon.

For this card I've adapted a card layout from one of the blogs I follow, with a card I liked on Pinterest, thus making it my own creation.

All measurements are in centimetres.

Card Stock: Balmy Blue 9 x 9 (scallop circle), 1 x 4.5 (sentiment), Smoky Slate 12.5 x 12.5 (1st layer),  Whisper White 26 x 13 scored at 13 (card base), 8 x 8 (stitched circle) , when using layering dies (1) is the smallest.
DSP: Large piece 5 x 11.5, smaller piece 3 x 8

(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (ep) embossing powder, (ss) = stamp set, when using layered dies (1) is the smallest.

• Dry emboss the smoky slate 1st layer (cs) using the hammered metal (ef).
• Adhere a piece of the (r) black cord across the 1st layer just below the middle, I used narrow tear & tape for this, then adhere this layer to the card base using liquid glue.
• Stamp the whisper white stitched circle (cs) using the enjoy life (ss), garden green for the grass,  versaMark & memento black for the biker, heat embossed with black (ep), memento black for the sentiment, then finally use the above the clouds (ss) and memento black for the birds. 
• blend some colour lightly onto the white background using balmy blue and either a sponge or blending brush.
• Now for the die cutting, this can all be completed in one crank through your machine laying out all the pieces on your cutting plate.
• for the biker use the stitched shapes dies, circle (4).
• for the scalloped circle use the layering circles dies, scallop (8).
• for the Son I used (r) neutrals (dsp) and the hand lettered prose dies.
• Stamp the happy birthday from the label me bold (ss) in garden green onto the smaller piece of balmy blue (cs). Once stamped trim down if required.
• Adhere the larger piece of lily impressions (dsp) directly below the black cord using liquid glue.
• Adhere the biker to the scalloped circle using liquid glue.
• Attach the scalloped circle to the base card using dimensional pads.
• Cut a 5cm piece of the scalloped linen ribbon and use a balmy blue stampin' blend to change the colour.
• Adhere the happy birthday sentiment to the ribbon using narrow tear & tape, then attach to the card base using a combination of one dimension pad on the right side and a glue dot on the left side.
• Adhere the Son letters at the top of the card using liquid glue.
• Finally add 3 (r) black rhinestones below the happy birthday sentiment. Remember Stampin' Blends can be used to change basic rhinestones to any colour you want.

Will be back again soon with more cards, and thanks for joining me today.

Annette X

Birthday Jubilee meets Hand Lettered Prose

Hello, and welcome to my haven in a hectic world, hope you're having a good day!

Happy Birthday Sis!

I'm Still trying to use all my new stamp sets before buying more, and there's lots more I want to buy. So I just keep crafting.

This is the big 60 for my sister but she'd kill me if I advertised it on her card, so I left numbers off and just put the sis instead.

Card Stock: Soft Sea Foam 2 pieces 10 x 6 (lattice work x 2), So Saffron 2 pieces 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5 (card base), 1.5 x 9.5 (letters), Whisper White 2 pieces 10 x14 (1st layer), 5.5 x 5.5 (circle).

All measurements are in centimetres.
(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (ss) = stamp set, when using layering dies (1) is  the smallest.

• Place the smaller piece of whisper white (cs) on your cutting plate along with the stitched shape circle (2) die, next to this place the so saffron (cs) along with the first 2 letters from the hand lettered prose dies, and lastly one of the soft sea foam (cs) pieces along with the lattice work die from the jubilee beauty dies, now run these through the big shot ( or equivelent) save the 2 small flower shaped pieces from the lattice work as you will use them later.
• Now die cut the second piece of lattice work using the same die along with the second S from the hand lettered prose dies. Again save 1 of the small flower shaped pieces to be used later.
• Stamp the happy birthday from the birthday Jubilee (ss) using so saffron ink at the top of the whisper white 1st layer (cs).
• Emboss the 1st layer and the stitched circle using the scripty 3D (ef).
• Adhere the first of the lattice work pieces below the happy birthday using liquid glue.
• Now adhere the second one at the bottom to form a circle in the middle and leaving a small gap between them.
• Adhere the letters to form the word sis using liquid glue across the stitched circle, now using small glue dots attach the 3 small flower shapes around the word sis.
• Colour 3 small basic rhinestones and 1 medium basic rhinestone using the dark so saffron stampin' blend, now attach the 3 small ones in the middle of the little flowers and the medium one in the middle of the open flower at the top of the lattice work.
• Now attach the circle in the middle of the lattice work using dimensional pads.
• Colour a piece of whisper white crinkled seam binding ribbon using the so saffron stampin' blend and create a small bow. Attach this bow at the bottom of the lattice work with a glue dot to finish off the card.

Will be back again soon with more cards, thanks for dropping by.

Annette X

Snowman Season meets Hand Lettered Prose

Hi folks, welcome to my haven in a hectic world.

This is my CASe of a card from Kelly Acheson, A Stamp Above.com  (just love her cards and video's).

I didn't have the embossing folder Kelly used, so used the (r) Cable Knit folder instead.

All measurements are in Inches.
Card base is 5½ x 8½ scorned at 4¼, pool party embossed mat is 5⅜ x 4⅛, black mat is 4⅝ x 3⅜, white mat is 4½ x 3¼.
Colours for this card are basic black, gray granite, pool party.
(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set.

First emboss the the pool party (cs) mat using the cable knit (ef).
Stamp the snowman from the snowman season (ss) using memento tuxedo black ink and colour the scarf using pool party and the rocks using gray granite blends, then stamp the snow flakes in pool party ink.
Using a fine glue add a few streaks across the bottom and cover with stampin' glitter, this grounds the snowman. Adhere to the black mat using liquid glue.
Add the polka dot tulle ribbon down the left side of the embossed mat tying off with a knot, then attach to the card  base using dimensional pads. Then attach the snowman scene again using dimensional pads.
Oops, forgot to colour the snowman's nose before photographing, so don't forget to use pumpkin pie for his nose or one of the nose's from the let it snow embellishment kit. (which is what i used).

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette X

Hand-Lettered Prose meets Designer Tee

Hello and welcome to my blog,

Well done Ashlie!

I hadn't really thought about my granddaughter doing here GCSE's this year until she texted me saying she'd passed what she needed to be able to do the course she wanted. So whoops, I need a card quickly as she's coming over today. So here it is.

I tried the 'oval brush' blending technique on this card and for a first attempt I think it looks quite good. The brushes are oval makeup brushes and work brilliantly for blending (see Dena Rekow's 'the creativity cave' blog for how to use them and get good results).

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(cs) = card stock, Ⓡ = retired, (sab) = sale-a-bration, (ss) = stamp set

All measurements are in centimetres

Card Stock: Whisper White 2 pieces, 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5 (card base), 14.5 x 10 (top layer)
Dies: Hand-Lettered Prose
Elements: Basic Rhinestones
Embossing Folders: Bricks & Mortar
Stampin' Blends: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Purple Heather (all dark)
Stampin' Pads: Coastal Cabana, Highland Heather, So Saffron
Stamp Sets: Ⓡ Designer Tee (sab)

With the top layer, do your blending using the 3 stampin' pads.

Then lay out the first 3 letters of each word using the hand-lettered prose dies and die cut them, then  die cut the last letter of each word (maybe 2 sets would be better). Might need to get myself a new set as lots of our family names have the same letter twice within them.

Stamp the 'congratulation!' from the Ⓡ designer tee (ss) in highland heather.

Having removed the letters from the top layer, emboss it using the bricks & mortar folder and adhere to the card base using liquid glue.

Replace the letters back into their spaces, using small dimensional pads.

Colour three rhinestones using the 3 stampin' blends and adhere to the card.

Well I never, created, photographed and blogged all today and it's only 9.30!!

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette X