Birthday Jubilee meets Dapper Dad

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

This is a mixed card, both new and old products being used.

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: *blueberry bushel, whisper white

DSP: *in colors 18/20

Dies: layering squares (5&7)

Embossing folders: subtle

Ink: *blueberry bushel

Punches: triple banner

Ribbon: *stitched satin

Stamp sets: *birthday jubilee, *dapper dad

Accessories: (nsu) epoxy stickers, *silver soda pop tops

* = retired, (nsu) = non stampin' up!, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make this card 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 have a great day.

Annette 😘

Traveler meets World Map & Timeless Tulips

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Happy Birthday Gareth

Blast from the past portrait!!

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: basic black, very vanilla

DSP: *going places

Embossing Folder: stone 3d

Ink: crumb cake, sahara sand

Punches: banner triple

Ribbon: linen thread

Stamp sets: timeless tulips, *traveler, *world map

Accessories: *black rhinestones

* = retired and when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card if you need more information 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 take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

World Map meets Traveler

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Happy Birthday Charles

Blast from the past landscape!!

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: basic black, very vanilla

DSP: *going places

Embossing Folder: stone 3d

Ink: crumb cake, sahara sand

Punches: banner triple

Ribbon: linen thread

Stamp sets: timeless tulips, *traveler, *world map

Accessories: *black rhinestones

* = retired and when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card if you need more information 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 😘

Sailing Home meets High Tide and more

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world, thank you for dropping by.

Happy Birthday Mike!

This is my take, on card from Kelly Acheson's blog "a stamp above"  on 5 May 2020, I changed the orientation and turned it into  swing card.

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Measurements are in centimetres.

(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, (ss) = stamp set, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest.

Colours: Basic Gray, Blueberry Bushel, Pool Party, Seaside Spray.

• Card base is blueberry bushel (cs) 10.5 x 29.7 scored at 14.8.
• Die cut the opening for the front using the layering ovals dies  (7), then randomly stamp the anchor from the sailing home (ss) in blueberry bushel.
• On a piece of whisper white (cs) 7 x 9.5 stamp the scene, water is from the high tide (ss) in seaside spray, boat is from the sailing home (ss) in blueberry bushel and the birds are from the my meadow (ss) in basic gray. Lightly sponge above the water in pool party to form a sky line.
• Die cut the scene using the stitched shape dies oval (4), now die cut another oval the same size in blueberry bushel.
• Cut a piece of whisper white (cs) 10 x 14.3 (card insert), do a dry placement, and through the aperture stamp the greeting from the sailing home (ss) using blueberry bushel in the middle.
• Cut a 2.5 stripe from the 6" x 6"  18/20 in color (dsp) stack, then use the triple banner punch to make the tail at one end and a 1cm score mark at the other.
• Adhere the dsp to the back of the card insert making sure it's in the middle.  Then using 2 pieces of bakers twine measuring 14cm each create a reef knot and attach both ends to the back of the card insert towards the bottom using sellotape, making sure the knot on the front is roughly in the middle.
• Attach the card insert to the card base using dimensional pads.
• Close the card, add some liquid glue down the centre of the dsp showing through the oval aperture then place the scene oval over the top, making sure it's in the right place and adhere down.
• Open the card and adhere the blueberry bushel oval over the top of the white one.
• On a scrap piece of whisper white (cs) stamp the happy birthday from the itty bitty greetings (ss) in blueberry bushel and punch out using the classic label punch. I re-inserted the ends to make the label smaller then punched a second label in blueberry bushel and adhered the two together and attached to the front of the card using dimensional pads.
• Lastly I added a couple of the (r) sail away trinkets.

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

Annette X

Snowman Season

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello and welcome, thanks for popping by!

I still have a few of my Christmas cards to show you, so will carry on with them until my birthdays for this year start.

This card was for Freddie, my youngest grandson.

All measurement are in centimetres
When dealing with nesting dies the smallest is 1
(nsu) = non stampin' up!, (r) = retired

Card Stock: Real Red 8.5 x 8.5 (scallop circle:, Thick Whisper White 29.7 x 10.5 scored at 14.85, Whisper White 3 pieces 8.5 x 8.5 (snowman), 10.5 x 2 (merry christmas), 11 x 4 (large banner)
DSP: Let it Snow 10.5 x 14.85 (cut down at 3 cm and reversed)
Dies: Layering Circles (scalloped 8) Stitched Nested Labels (3 and straight strip), Stitched Shapes (circle 4)
Inks: Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Tuxedo Black Memento
Punches: Triple Banner
Stamp Sets: Snowman Season
Stampin' Blends: Coastal Cabana, Gray Granite, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Accessories: Glitter (r), Stampin' Glitter
Grand Son sentiment (nsu)

Having created this card I feel the dsp layout would have been better the other way round (the short piece on the right) but I left it to late to change.

• Adhere the dsp using liquid glue to the front of the card base and add the ribbon to hide the join.
• Lightly sponge the large banner with coastal cabana, flag the one end using the triple banner punch and adhere with liquid glue just above the middle of the card.
• Stamp the snowman in memento ink and lay to one side, then stamp the Merry Christmas and do the same.
• Go back to the snowman and die cut using the stitched circle die,  colour the snowman using stampin' blends, once dry dab some liquid glue across the front gently then cover with the stampin' glitter (if you still have some, adhesive sheets are good for this).
• Use the triple banner punch to flag the ends of the Merry Christmas sentiment.
• Die cut the scalloped circle and adhere the snowman using liquid glue, then attach to the card base using dimensional pads.
• I then die cut the Grand Son (nsu) and adhered toward the bottom of the card.

Will be back again soon with more cards!
Annette X