Mountain Air meets Well Said

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Thanks for joining me today!

Have a great Birthday Rob

This one had to be made quick smartish, as I've lost the one I'd already made for him oops!!! but I like it a lot better, hopefully it will remind him of his honeymoon in Alaska.

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: night of navy, whisper white

DSP: 19/21 in color

Dies:nature's thoughts, well written

Embossing folders: tasteful textile

Ink: seaside spray, night of navy

Stamp sets: mountain air, well said

Accessories: *candy dots, foam adhesive sheets

* = 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 😘

Nature's Thoughts meets painted Labels and more

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world, it's so nice of you to pop by.

We still can't go out for Sunday dinner so here's another card for Sue and her family (between them they cook and deliver our lovely dinner every week).

It's a clean and crisp card today

 Last Sunday I had a lovely picture drawn on the box holding our dinners, which made me smile, should have taken a photo of it but didn't think about it until now.

(cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (r) = retired, (su) = stampin' up

Today I'm using a (su) note cards, mint macaron, night of navy, pear pizzazz, (r) pineapple punch and whisper white (cs), night of navy, smoky slate ink,  polka dot tulle ribbon.

•  To do the sentiment I used my stamparatus.
• with a larger piece of whisper white (cs) than you need,  die cut the scalloped circle from the painted labels dies.
• put the scalloped circle to one side for the moment and work with the negative piece.
• position the sentiment  from the (r) oh so eclectic (ss) in your stamparatus and stamp onto the grid paper. 
• position the negative over the sentiment making sure it's in the middle and hold in place with your magnets.
• place the scalloped circle over the sentiment (you may need to use re-positionable tape to keep it place) and then stamp the sentiment a second time.
• Remove from stamparatus.
• With whisper white (cs) stamp the feather from the positive thought's (ss) in smoky slate.
• Now die cut the following using the nature's thoughts dies
• night of navy butterfly
• mint macaron & pear pizza leaves
• pineapple punch & whisper white blooms
• Stamped feather
• with the painted labels dies and pineapple punch (cs) die cut the large swirled circle.
• Emboss the front of the note card using the bricks n mortar (ef) and lightly sponge it using smoky slate ink.
• zig zag some of the polka dot tulle ribbon across the back of the swirled circle and attach using double sided tape.
• adhere this to the (cb) using liquid glue.
• attach the sentiment using dimensional pads.
• adhere the feather, leaves, butterfly and white bloom using liquid glue.
• attach the pineapple punch bloom using dimesional pads.
• add a basic rhinestone to the butterfly.

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, enjoy the rest of your day.
Annette X

Timeless Tulips meets Stitched So Sweetly and more

Hi, welcome to my haven in a hectic world, thanks for dropping by!

This will be my card for Sue a week on Sunday.

This card came about from seeing a colour challenge in "stamping for all" which I decided to have a go at!
All measurements are in centimetres.
(cb) = card base, (cs) = card stock, (ef) = embossing folder, (ep) = embossing powder, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest,  w = wide and n = narrow.
Colours: Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla.

• Start with very vallnilla (cs) 29 x 10.5 scored at 14.5 to form the (cb).
• Cut a piece of early espresso (cs) 10 x 14 and adhere to the front of the(cb) using liquid glue.
• Cut a piece each of early espresso, calypso coral and gray granite (cs) 1 x 10, then die cut each piece using the filigree die in the nature's thoughts dies. 
• Cut a piece of very vanilla (cs) 9.5 x 13.5 and adhere the filigree about 1cm in and then 1cm apart. Adhere this layer to the (cb) using liquid glue.
• Using a piece of very vanilla (cs) 8 x 10 die cut a scalloped rectangle (6) from the stitched so sweetly dies.
• Stamp the tulips from the timeless tulips (ss) in calypso coral and gray granite. At the same time stamp a second large tulip and large leaf on a scrap piece of very vanilla (cs) then punch out both of these using the tulip builder punch.
• Emboss the tulips rectangle using the subtle (ef), then attach to the (cb) using dimensional pads.
• Using very vanilla (cs) 3 x 7 stamp the sentiment from the timeless tulips (ss)  in early espresso and heat emboss using clear (ep), then die cut using the stitched rectangles dies (1) w.
• Attach the sentiment using dimension pads.
• Attach the tulip and leaf using liquid glue at the bottom and dimensional pads at the top to give a little extra dimension.
• Add a small bow. Mine is (r) ombre ribbon, but you can use crinkle seam binding and colour it any colour you want using stampin' blends.

Will be back again soon with more cards, enjoy the rest of your day & happy stampin'

Annette X

Beautiful Bouquet meets Thoughtful Blooms

Hello, and welcome to my haven in a hectic world.

The one stamp set was a sale-a-bration item and is no longer available but it would be easy enough to do the card with a similar type of stamp set.

I loved making this card and it was so easy to do.

Card Stock: Silver Foil 2.5 x 4 (butteflies), Smoky Slate 9.5 x 13.5 (1st layer), Whisper White 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5 (card base), 9 x 13 (2nd layer), 5 x 3.5 (sentiment), 3 x 9 (flowers).

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

• Using the thoughtful blooms (ss) stamp the leaves and small flowers on the whisper white (cs) layer in smoky slate and grapefruit grove.
• Stamp the 3 larger flowers, again in grapefruit grove using the (flowers) whisper white (cs).
• Punch these out using the small bloom punch.
• With the (sentiment) whisper white (cs)  stamp the happy birthday from the beautiful bouquet (ss) in grapefruit grove.
• Emboss the smoky slate (cs) layer using the subtles (ef).
• Emboss the whisper white (cs) layer using the bricks n mortar (ef).
• Die cut the happy birthday using the stitched so sweetly dies and the (2) rectangle, at the same time you can die cut one of the butterflies from the natures thoughts dies.
• Die cut the 2nd butterfly.
• Adhere the first layer to the base card using liquid glue.
• Wrap some grapefruit grove grosgrain ribbon around the bottom of the second layer and adhere to the back (I use sellotape for this).
• Make a faux bow and add this on the righthand side using a glue dot.
• Adhere the butterflies and the punched blossoms to card using liquid glue.
• Attach the sentiment using dimensional pads.
• To  finish off I added faceted gems to each of the blossoms.

Will be back again soon with more cards, thanks for dropping by and have a great day.

Annette X