Impressions Abloom meets Simply Said

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Happy Birthday Sylvia

Easy to Intermediate level - die cutting, dry embossing, layering, stamping

Materials required for this card are:

 

Card Stock: basic white, balmy blue, fresh freesia

Designer Series Paper: beautiful bokeh

Dies: *deckled rectangles (6), impressions abloom, *labels aglow

Embossing Folders: exposed brick 3D

Ink: fresh freesia

Stamps: simply said

Accessories: *open weave ribbon 

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp 8 x 11.5, white, balmy blue and fresh freesia off cuts for die cutting

1. die cut and emboss the dsp
2. adhere lightly to the middle of the base card
3. die cut all the other pieces required
4. stamp the sentiment onto the label
5. arrange the flowers and leaves
6. adhere the flower centres and leaves using liquid glue
7. attach the flowers and label using dimensional pads
8. 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 of how to order.

 

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

Annette 😊

Cheerful Daisies meets Spotlight On Nature

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Happy Birthday Serenia

Easy level - die cutting, dry & heat embossing, layering, masking

Materials required for this card are:

Bundles: cheerful daisies

Card Stock: basic white, fresh freesia, gorgeous grape

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Embossing powder: white

Ink: fresh freesia, gorgeous grape, versaMark

Stamps: spotlight on nature

Accessories: *noble peacock rhinestones

* = no longer available

Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white 14.2 x 10.2, gorgeous grape 3 x 6.5, ribbon 18cm, sheet of paper torn in half to use as a mask

1. arrange the masking paper and secure down on the white layer
2. colour the exposed area using a blending brush and then remove the masking paper
3. stamp the flower
4. dry emboss the white layer
5. stamp the sentiment in versaMark ink, add the embossing powder then heat
6. die cut the sentiment 
7. secure the ribbon to the front layer using tape
8. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads
9. with the extra bit of ribbon create a faux bow to the left of the sentiment using a glue dot to secure it
10. add the rhinestones

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 of how to order.

 

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

Annette 😊

Eden's Garden meets Charming Sentiments

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Happy Birthday Donna

This was made as last years card, then I realised last year was a big year for Donna so quickly had to make her a new special card and put this one away.

Quick and simple - Layering, die cutting and stamping

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white (thick & normal), vellum, *shimmer vellum

Designer Series Paper: *ever eden

Dies: radiating stitches (1), sentiment silhouettes, timeless arrangements

Ink: *soft succulent 

Stamp Sets: *eden's garden, charming sentiments

Accessories: *open weave

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a thick basic white base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, dsp 14 x 10, and 2 basic white 9.5 x 5.5 & 9 x 2
2. stamp the sentiment and image on the 2 pieces of basic white
3. die cut these pieces plus the floral borders using the vellum, one green and one plain
4. cut 4 cm off the bottom of the dsp, turn it round and reposition it using tape
5. add a strip of ribbon across the dsp seam and adhere at the back
6. adhere the dsp to the base card using liquid glue, with another small piece of the ribbon, tie a faux bow
7. adhere the floral borders (cut to be individual) to the back of the floral image using glue dots
8. attach the floral image and sentiment using dimensional pads

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 😘

Dainty Delight meets Go To Greetings

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Thank you friend

Minimum stamping for this one, with lots of layers and textures.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: *friendly hello

Dies: dainty delight, deckled rectangles (6), scalloped contours (3)

Embossing Folders: Basic 3D (petal)

Ink: fresh freesia, old olive

Stampin' Markers: fresh freesia, granny apple green

Stamp Sets: dainty delights, go to greetings

Accessories: basic white note cards, *open weave ribbon

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a basic white note card
2. stamp the stem for the flower, and the sentiment
3. colour the flower using stampin' markers
4. cut round the sentiment to make a banner
5. die cut the rectangles and flower
6. emboss the scalloped rectangle
7. adhere the deckled rectangle to base card using liquid glue
8. attach the flower to the embossed rectangle using dimensionals
9. add ribbon around the embossed rectangle 
10. attach this layer to the base card using dimensionals
11. attach the sentiment 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 😘

Beautifully Happy

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Happy Birthday Peg

Something different I've used a fun fold layout. Reasonably quick and easy to make.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, soft succulent

Designer Series Paper: *favoured flowers

Dies: deckled rectangles (5,6)

Ink: fresh freesia soft succulent

Stampin' Up Blends: fresh freesia

Stamp Sets: beautifully happy

Accessories: basic rhinestones, open weave ribbon 

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Base card 15 x 15.8 scored at 10.5 (along the 15.8 edge)
2. Dsp 14.8 x 5, adhere to the narrow panel using wet glue
3. die cut the two deckled rectangles
4. stamp the image using soft succulent and fresh freesia onto the white panel
5. wrap the ribbon around the bottom of this panel and tie with a knot
6. adhere both panels together using wet glue
7. on a strip of basic white stamp the two sentiments, then trim them down
8. attach the rectangles to the base card (left side only) using dimensional's
9. now attach the two sentiments, one at the top and one at the bottom again using dimensional's 
10. colour a basic rhinestone and place it in the centre of the full flower (l added my rhinestone after the photograph taken and it looks so much better)

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 😘

Fable Friends (blast from the past)

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Happy Easter Sheilah

A blast from the past for a quick and easy make. stamping, blending and die cutting

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: *wonderful world

Dies: deckled rectangles (4)

Embossing folders: subtle

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Stampin' Up Blends: bermuda bay, crumb cake, daffodil delight, granny apple green, mango melody, pool party

Stamp Sets: *fable friends

Accessories: basic white note cards *open weave ribbon

 * = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a basic note card, basic white 6 x 9.5 and dsp 8.3 x 12
2. die cut the basic white using the rectangle, stamp the images and sentiment, then colour using the blends
3. emboss the dsp, add the ribbon and adhere to the card using liquid glue
4. attach the top layer 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 😘 

Art Gallery meets Alphabet A La Mode

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Happy Birthday Gemma

A mixture of stamping, die cutting and the baby wipe technique, this card is so simple to do.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: *sunshine rainbows

Dies: alphabet a la mode, basic borders, floral gallery

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: fresh freesia

Ink refills: fresh freesia, pale papaya, pool party

Stamp Sets: art gallery

Accessories: adhesive-backed snowflakes, baby wipe, open weave ribbon

 

* = no longer available

1. base card 29.7 x 10.5 scored at 14.85, dsp 14.85 x 5, layer one 14.85 x 9, letters basic white 9 x 5
2. load a baby wipe with 3 colours using re-inkers (only a couple of spots of each colour needed)
3. swipe the baby wipe across the card stock for the letters.
4. stamp the sentiment
5. Adhere the dsp to the top of the card using wet ink.
6. Die cut the clouds, letters and sentiment pieces.
7. Emboss the clouds using the subtle 3D folder (or similar)
8. Adhere the letters across the clouds 
9. Add ribbon to clouds and adhere to the base card
10. Add the snowflakes, then the sentiment using dimensional's

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 😘

Framed Florets - birthday card

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Happy birthday Ruth

Trying this set for the first time, and it's really nice!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, evening evergreen, fresh freesia, polished pink, shimmery white

Designer Series Paper: lights aglow

Dies: framed florets

Ink: evening evergreen, memento black

Stampin' Up Blends: petal pink, polished pink

Stamp Sets: framed florets

Accessories: basic rhinestones, open weave ribbon, shimmer paint, spritzer

1. card base 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, first layer 14.1 x 10.1, dsp 13.7 x 9.7
2. adhere first layer to dsp using wet glue, wrap ribbon around and add the knot
3. adhere these two layers to the base card
4. stamp the 3 flowers and colour using the blends
5. die cut all the pieces required, the 2 white leaves are cut using the shimmery white cs.
6. stamp the sentiment on the large white oval
7. Adhere the inner oval using wet glue
8. position the die pieces and adhere using wet glue
9. add the rhinestones 
10. spritz the card with the shimmer paint

 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 😘

Honeybee Home meets Go To Greetings

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Happy Birthday Heather

Mixing colours up a  bit today and thought these went quite nicely together.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, fresh freesia

Dies: honeybee blooms, layering circles (5)

Ink: basic tray, evening evergreen, tahitian tide

Punches:  lovely labels

Stampin' Up Blends: fresh freesia, mango melody, soft succulent

Stamp Sets: go to greetings, honeybee home

Accessories: open weave ribbon, *shimmer spritz, stampin' brushes

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, matt 10.1 x 14.1
2. stamp the flowers, bumble bee and sentiment on some spare basic white
3. colour the flowers and bee using the blends
4. die cut the flowers, bee and a circle 
5. place the circle on the matt and do some blending around it in the blue
6. add the ribbon
7. adhere the matt to the base using wet glue
8. adhere the bottom flowers with wet glue and the top flowers and bee using dimensionals
9. flag the ends of the sentiment and attach with dimensionals
10. add some shimmer 

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 😘 

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 😘

bottled happiness meets Deckled Rectangles

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Happy Birthday Karine

Just love  these colours together, stamping, die cutting, a little fussy cutting, add gems and a bow. Jobs done!

Just like Jackie said it would be. I always head for Jackie Bolhuis blog 'Klompen stampers' for quick and easy cards.

1. base card 14.5 x 10.5, layer one 13.5 x 9.5, layer two 13 x 9
2. die cut and emboss the deckled rectangle
3. carryout all the stamping 
4. die cut the sentiment 
5. fussy cut the flowers and bottle
6. adhere the first 3 layers using wet glue
7. adhere the flowers, bottle and sentiment using dimensionals
8. adhere the bow using a glue dot
9. add gems to the flower centres

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, rich razzleberry, soft sea foam

Designer Series Paper: *pansy petals

Dies: deckled rectangles (6), sentiment silhouettes

Embossing Folders: painted texture

Ink: fresh freesia, rich razzleberry, soft sea foam 

Stamp Sets: bottled happiness, charming sentiments

Accessories: basic rhinestones, 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 😘

Happiness Abounds meets Love & Happiness

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Happy Anniversary to Margaret & Simon

I tried doing water colouring for this card, but I don't seem to be able to do it very well, might just stick to using the blending pens from now on. I'm loving the current in colors though. there's lots of different textures going on, die cutting, embossing and using vellum.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: fresh freesia, tahitian tide, shimmery white, vellum

Dies: blossoming happiness, sending

Embossing Folders: timeworn type 3D, wintery 3D

Ink: fresh freesia, memento tuxedo black, tahitian tide

Punches: bough

Stamp Sets: happiness abounds, *love & happiness

Accessories: opal rounds, open weave ribbon, water painters

 

* = 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 😘

All the Seashells

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Happy Birthday Sue

Blended background using all 3 colours, die cutting and a little stamping.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: shimmer vellum, shimmery white

Dies: meadow, seaside seashells

Embossing Folders: seashells 3D

Ink: balmy blue, fresh freesia, soft succulent

Stamp Sets: friends are like seashells

Accessories: blending brushes, iridescent rhinestones, open weave ribbon

 

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest, N = narrow, W = wide

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 😘

Forever Fern Wedding Card

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Congratulations to Alasdair & Lindsey

A5 card using shimmer cardstock

Blended round the edges of the base card, embossed the first layer, stamped and die cut the images, added ribbon, placed the images and bow, added some basic jewels.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: shimmery white

Dies: forever flourishing, *tasteful labels

Embossing Folders: gingham

Ink: evening evergreen, soft succulent, pale papaya, smoky slate

Stamp Sets: forever fern

Accessories: 21/23 in color jewels, blending brushes, open weave ribbon

 

* = 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 😘

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 Summer Shadows

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Happy Birthday Peg

Light, bright and simple, just how I like it!

Emboss the background

stamp the image twice, once in each colour

stamp the sentiment

do the die cutting

wrap ribbon around background

fussy cut the flowers

adhere flowers & sentiment to background

add jewels and bow.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Dies: stitched rectangles (1)w, summer shadows

Embossing Folders: tasteful textile 3D

Ink: evening evergreen, fresh freesia

Stamp Sets: shaded summer

Accessories: open weave ribbon, 21/22 in color jewels

 

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

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 😘

Friendly Hello meets Square Vellum Doilies

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Happy Birthday Gemma

Using mostly 'Sale A Bration' items (available until the 28th February 2022.

A fairly easy card to make using layers, colouring and heat embossing on the vellum. As I was about to put the card in it's envelope I decided to add a bow below the flowers, to give it a pop. I made a double bow with the open weave ribbon in fresh freesia and pale papaya. This really stepped up the card.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, pale papaya, pool party, vellum

Designer Series Paper: friendly hello (sab)

Dies: hippo & friends (2,3)

Embossing Powder: clear

Ink: mossy meadow, evening evergreen, versa mark

Stampin' Blends: fresh freesia, mossy meadow, pale papaya, pool party

Stamp Sets: friendly hello (sab)

Accessories: in colour jewels, open weave ribbon, square vellum doilies

 

(sab) = sale a ration, 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 😘

Dahlia Days meets Pansy Patch

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Happy Birthday Ruth

I really enjoyed making this card, I die cut the big die, then used it as an overlay to position the blending behind it for each of the flowers. The rest was just stamping, die cutting and positioning. Easy as pie. There was a little ink smudging on the overlay but a strategically placed rhinestone and the sentiment soon took care of that. Remember there are never any mistakes in stamping only embellishment opportunities.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white thick and normal

Dies: detailed dahlias

Ink: fresh freesia, pale papaya, polished pink, soft succulent

Stamp Sets: dahlia days, pansy patch

Accessories: in color jewels, open weave ribbon, stampin' blends

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 😘 

Art In Bloom meets In Bloom

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Happy Birthday Ashlie

I've CASeD this card from Patty Bennett, with just one or two changes, the colours and sentiment are different. 

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: pale papaya, shimmery white (i don't use this enough)it's lovely

Dies: bloom

Embossing Folders: bloom

Ink: fresh freesia, pale papaya, polished pink

Punches: banner pick a punch

Stamp Sets: art in bloom, in bloom

Stampin' Blends: soft succulent (in fill for the leaves)

Accessories: open weave 

Hope you liked today's card and thank you Patty your cards are awesome.

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 😘

Sweet As A Peach meets Meadow Moments

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Happy 30th Birthday Lindsey

Well this was a set I swore I didn't want, but hey ho, here we are it appeared on my last order, don't know how it got there 😏(I don't think) but I'm so glad it did. I'm also doing well with dsp, I use it a lot more now than I used to but still seem to have a room full of the stuff!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white

Designer Series Paper: expressions in ink

Dies: basic borders, peach

Embossing Folders: meadow moments

Ink: calypso coral, pale papaya, pear pizzazz

Punches: lovely labels

Ribbon: open weave

Stamp Sets:  sweet as a peach 

Accessories: *wonderful gems

* = 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 😘