Hand Penned meets Happiness Abounds

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A big Thank You

In February this year we decided to have our bathroom refitted so went along to a fairly local company, decided what we wanted and were told it wouldn't get done until March next year. We felt it was worth waiting for, and I was right. We got a phone call from the lovely Emma about 6 weeks ago and now we have a lovely new bathroom and I'm sooooo pleased with it. So thanks to all the gang who made it possible.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic  white

Designer Series Paper: 21/23 in color, mercury glass acetate

Dies: penned flowers, scalloped contours (3)

Embossing Folders: subtle 3D

Ink: fresh freesia, memento tuxedo black

Stampin' Up Blends:  fresh freesia, soft succulent

Stamp Sets: hand penned, happiness abounds

Accessories: open weave ribbon

 

When using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. stamp the image and sentiment
2. colour the image using the blends
3. die cut the image and rectangle
4. fussy cut the sentiment
5. cut off 2cm from the front of the card
6. cut a piece of the dsp 10 x 14.5, now cut 2cm from the right hand side and adhere to the inside back on the right.
7. Adhere the rest of the dsp to the left front side.
8. cut a strip of the mercury glass 14.5 x .5 and adhere down the righthand side of the card front.
9. adhere the rectangle
10. attach the flowers and sentiment using Dimensionals
11. make a bow and attach using a glue dot.

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 😘

Nature's Prints meets Timeworn Type

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A very quick thank you card

I needed a thank you card in a flash and this is what I came up with. I thought I had a week to make it. I had a new wedding ring about 8 weeks ago and last week I noticed one of the diamonds had fallen out so went back to get it repaired. They said it would be about a week so no no rush on the card, then the next day they phoned to say it was ready, as the lady serving me had put a rush on it. Hence the rush, It's taken me until now to get it on my blog as for the last week I've had no internet. Just hope nothing else goes wrong.

1. die cut the 2 scalloped rectangles
2. Ink up the flower using stampin' markers and die cut
3. emboss the white scalloped rectangle
4. adhere the 2 scalloped rectangles to the note card
5. Attach the flower using dimensionals
6. Add the bow

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, basic white note card

Designer Series Paper: 21-23 in color 

Dies: natural prints, scalloped contours (3,4)

Embossing Folders: timeworn type 3D

Ink: fresh freesia

Stampin' Markers: evening evergreen, fresh freesia

Stamp Sets: nature's prints

Accessories: *21-23 in color jewels, open weave ribbon

 

* = no longer available, 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 😘

Flowing Flowers meets Stitched dies

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Happy Birthday Ita

Simple layers with a bow

Die cut dsp with scallop die

die cut & emboss larger rectangle

ink up flower & die cut with smaller scalloped rectangle

stamp sentiment & die cut

place layers and add the bow

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, soft succulent

Designer Series Paper: 21/23 in color

Dies: scalloped contours (4), stitched rectangles (2)N, stitched so sweetly (4)

Embossing Folders: timeworn type 3D

Ink: polished pink

Stamp Sets: flowing flowers

Stampin' Markers: pale papaya, polished pink, soft succulent (inking flower)

Accessories: open weave ribbon

 

When using layering dies (1) is the smallest, N = narrow

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 😘 

Shaded Summer meets Textures & Frames

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Happy Birthday Rachael 

This is a stepped up version of a card created by Brian King! I liked the idea and just ran with it until I was happy with it.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, basic white thick

Designer Series Paper: be dazzling, in colors 21/23

Dies: potted succulents, scalloped contours (5), stitched so sweetly (6), *summer shadows  (sab)

Embossing Folders: painted texture 3D

Ink: pale papaya, soft succulent

Ribbon: open weave

Stamp Sets: *create a cup cake, shaded summer, *textures & frames  

Accessories: gilded gems

* = no longer available, 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 😘

Color & Contour meets Family Party

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Happy birthday Jennifer

I've CASed this card from the lovely 'Kylie Bertucci' just making a couple of minor changes, and adding one of my forever stamp sets.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, fresh freesia, memento black, versamark

Designer Series Paper: 2021/23 in color pack

Dies: scalloped contours (1, 5)

Embossing Powder: white

Ink: fresh freesia, memento black, versamark

Stamp Sets: color & contour, *family party

Accessories: white bakers twine, *white perfect accents

* = no longer available, 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 😘

In Your Words meets Brilliant Wings

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Happy Birthday Alison

This is my take on a Christmas layout created by Amanda Fowler.  It's quick and easy to make using one piece of 6"x6" designer series paper and 2 off set diagonal cuts which lets you create 4 cards.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, fresh freesia, vellum

Designer Series Paper: in color 21-23

Dies: brilliant wings, stitched so sweetly

Embossing Folders: ornate floral

Embossing Powder: white

Ink: versamark

Ribbon: crinkled seam binding

Stampin' Blends: fresh freesia (larger butterfly)

Stamp Sets: in your words (sab host)

Accessories: in color jewels

* = no longer available, 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 😘

Days To Remember meets Sharing Sunshine

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Hello, and happy birthday to  our grandaughter  Evie 

Something a little different today, a calendar birthday card. I've seen some on Pinterest and thought I'd have a go. 

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, polished pink

Designer Series Paper: 2021 - 23 in color pack

Dies: basic borders, layering circles (1,4), stitched so sweetly (5)

Embossing Folders: birch 3D

Ink: daffodil delight, memento black, polished pink

Stamp Sets: days to remember, sharing sunshine, *make a difference  

Accessories: 2021-23 in color jewels, wink of stella (sun face and balloons)

* = no longer available, 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 😘

Flowers of Friendship meets Scalloped Contours

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A note for my upline Peg!

A bit of this and that for this card, wanted to use the new shimmer vellum and I must say it's lovely in person, you can't really see the shimmer in this photo.

Materials required for this card are:

Designer Series Paper: in color 2021-23

Dies: scalloped contours  (3)

Ink: pale papaya

Punches: medium daisy

Stamp Sets: flowers of friendship 

Accessories: *lace doilies, note cards, in color 2021-23 shimmer vellum, *white perfect accents

* = no longer available, 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 😘

Color & Contours meets Art Gallery

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Happy Birthday Anne

A clean and simple look today, with 2 step stamping and little die cutting.

The one thing I did do was to cut down the base card to 13.8 (5 7/16) in height to create an even border all round.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: 21-23 In color pack

Dies: scalloped contours (3,5)

Ink: evening evergreen, fresh freesia

Punches: lovely labels 

Stamp Sets: art gallery, color & contour 

Accessories: bakers twine, 21-23 In color jewels

 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 😘

Flowers & Friendship meets scalloped contours

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I just love the sentiments in this stamp set. You can never have enough ways of saying Thank You!

Again this Sunday I've used more of my new goodies, and this one is almost the same colours as last weeks card but "hey ho" it's the thought that counts. Not quite so easy to make this time.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: soft succulent, very vanilla

Designer Series Paper: 21/23 in colors

Dies: scalloped contours (4)

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Punches: double oval, flowers & leaves

Ribbon: in color open weave

Stampin' Blends: pale papaya, polished pink, soft succulent

Stamp Sets: flowers of friendship

Accessories: 21/23 in color jewels

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 😘

Color & Contour meets Dress to Impress

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There won't be many more of these cards for Sue as she is heading to the sunny coast of Devon soon, will miss her and the family very much 😢.

A simple card today using two of the new in colours!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pale papaya

Designer Series Paper: 21-23 in colors

Dies: scalloped contours (3)

Ink: evening evergreen, pale papaya

Ribbon: open weave

Stamp Sets: color contours, dress to impress

Accessories: in color 21-23 jewels

 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 😘