Sunshine Wishes meets Well Said

 Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Thanks for joining me today!

Woke up today to our first snow fall of the year, here in the West Midlands so it's feeling a bit cold brrrr.

Happy Anniversary to Heather & Michael

A mixture of old and new!

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: *blueberry bushel, blushing bride, *grapefruit grove foil, very vanilla

DSP: *fallling in love

Dies: sunshine wishes, well written

Embossing folders: tasteful textiles

Ink: blushing bride

Punches: banner pick a punch

Ribbon: playing with patterns, *pleated satin

Stampin' blends: night of navy

Stamp sets: *sunshine wishes, well said

Accessories: basic rhinestones, *delicate white doilies

* = 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 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 😘

A Good Man and more

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world!

Thank you for joining me today!

My friend Donna came over yesterday and firstly we went for a beautiful ploughman's lunch at a local cafe, which is situated in what used to be our local library. I must admit, we could eat out every day of the week in a different establishment without going to the same place twice. What's even better is we'd never walk further than 5 minutes away from home. When we got back she wanted to make a card for her son and after looking on Pinterest she decided on this one. Once the card was finished she was very happy with what she'd created. 

It was then a cup of camomile tea and my darling hubby took her home.

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: *blueberry bushel, whisper white

Ink: gray granite, memento black, night of navy, seaside spray

Stampin' blends: balmy blue, ivory, petal pink, *pineapple punch, poppy parade, night of navy

Stamp sets: a good man, *perennial birthday, *varied vases, well said

Accessories: Stamparatus

* = 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 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 😘 

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 😘

Forever Blossoms meets Well Said and more

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world

Happy anniversary to Carole and Nigel

I enjoyed making this card so much I made two of them as we have  two lots of  friends with anniversaries in July.

Materials required for this card are:

Card stock: mint macaron, petal pink & whisper white

DSP: falling in love

Dies: cherry blossom, well written

Ink: gray granite, mint macaron

Ribbon: organdy striped

Stampin' blends: mint macaron, petal pink

Stamp sets: forever blossoms & well said

Accessories: champagne Rhinestones

Hope you liked today's card if you need more information please don't hesitate to contact me.

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 good day.

Love Annette 😘

Well said meets Butterfly Gala

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world.

Happy 70th Ita!

Today's my daughter-in-laws' Mums birthday and we should all have gone out for a meal last night, but due to the corona virus it didn't happen.

All measurements are in centimetres.
(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, (nsu) = non stampin' up, (r) = retired,

Purple Posy 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5 (card base), 5 x 1.5 (birthday) 3 x 6 (happy), 2 x 7 (numbers), Gorgeous Grape 6.5 x 6.5 (starburst), Whisper White small scrap (butterfly).
Vellum 10 x 14.

• Adhere the (r) botanical gardens (dsp) to the card base using liquid glue where you want the circle to be.
• Die cut the happy from the well written dies and the (nsu) numbers. 
• Stamp the birthday from the well said (ss) in gorgeous grape then trim down to a close fit with a tail on the right.
• Stamp a small butterfly from the butterfly gala (ss) in purple posy onto the whisper white (cs), then use the butterfly duet punch to punch it out.
• Add some wink of stella to the butterfly.
• Punch the circle using the starburst punch, add some dimensional pads to the back, then wrap some silver thread at the back securing it to the pads. Attach to the card base.
• Adhere the happy to the card base using liquid glue.
• Position the numbers in the circle and adhere using liquid glue.
• Using stampin' blends dark highland heather colour 2 small basic pearls and 1 medium. Attach these to the butterfly and birthday sentiment.
• Adhere the butterfly to the circle using liquid glue
• Attach the birthday sentiment using a combination of 1 dimensional pad on the right and liquid glue on the left. (balance's the layers out).
• Dye some of the crinkled seam binding ribbon using the dark purple posy stampin' blend.
• Make a bow and adhere to the card base using glue dots.

Will be back soon with more cards and thanks for popping by.

Annette X

Petals & More meets Stitched Lace

Hello and welcome to my haven in a hectic world.

My Niece had her big 40 last week and I forgot to post the blog! Oops....

When I'd completed the card I was quite pleased with it, then realised it was her 40th  this year so had to quickly add the little bit at the bottom. Just glad there was room.

All measurements are in centimetres and nested dies start with (1) being the smallest.
(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, (ep) = embossing powder, (nsu) = not stampin' up, (r) = retired, (ss) = stamp set,

Card Stock: Lovely Lipstick 2 pieces 14.85 x 21 scored at 10.5 (card base),  6 x 6 (scallop circle), Whisper White 3 pieces 10.5 x 14.8 (stitched lace), 6 x 6 (stitched circle), small scrap (today).
DSP: 18-20 In Color Pack 4.1 x 10.
Foil: (r) lovely lipstick 2 x 5

• Using the birthday cheer stamp from the parcels & petals (ss) add first versamark and then lovely lipstick before stamping on the  6 x 6 whisper white (cs) then heat emboss using clear (ep).
• With the Stitched lace dies and the 10.5 x 14.8 whisper white (cs) die cut the front panel (this may need to go through the die cutting machine more than once). Then use the edge piece to cut off the bottom piece.
• Adhere the 18/20 in color (dsp) across the bottom of the card base using liquid glue.
• Dye a piece of white metallic edge ribbon using the dark lovely lipstick blends approximately 21cms is needed
• Cut a piece of the dyed ribbon to about 13cm and adhere to the card base using glue dots at the back of each edge. Then with the rest of the ribbon tie a loose knot at the front right side. (the tighter the knot the fatter the card).
• Die cut the following
• scallop circle 6 x 6 lovely lipstick (cs) layering circles dies scallop (4) 
• birthday sentiment (cs) stitched shapes dies circle (2)
• (nsu) numbers  in (r) lovely lipstick foil 2 x 5 
• Using the well said (ss), stamp the today using the to, and the day from "mothers day", then trim down to make a small tag.
• Adhere the birthday cheer to the scallop circle using liquid glue, then attach to the card base using dimensional pads.
• Adhere the age using liquid glue and the today using dimensional pads.
• Colour a basic rhinestone with the lovely lipstick stampin' blends and adhere to the greeting.

Thanks for popping by and have a great day!

Will be back again soon with more cards.

Annette X

Floral Essence meets Well Said

Hi Folks welcome to my happy place, hope you're having a great day!

I will be posting twice today as there are to birthdays.

Happy Birthday Heather x

This is a mixture of old and current products, hope you like it.

The card base is 21 x 14.85 scored at 10.5, the first layer is 10 x 14.3, second layer (dsp) is 3.5 x 14.3.

Colours are daffodil delight, early espresso, old olive and whisper white.

(cs) = card stock, (dsp) = designer series paper, (r) - retired, (ss) = stamp set

All measurements are in centimetres.

• Starting with the first layer of (cs) and the floral essence (ss), stamp the sentiment in early espresso then lightly spritz with daffodil delight.
• Emboss this layer using the subtle (ef), and adhere the second layer (r) gingham gala (dsp) using liquid glue.
• Add the ribbon across the top of the (r) gingham gala (dsp). For this I used (r) taffeta and (r) grosgrain.
• Attach to the card base using dimensional pads and put to one side for now.
• Stamp 2 of the leaves from the floral essence (ss) using old olive and cut using the co-ordinating leaf punch.
• Stamp 2, of the 3 petal stamp on perennial essence velum using daffodil delight allow to dry for a few minutes then cut using the co-ordinating perennial flower punch, layer these together using glue dots.
• Position the flower and leaves where you want them and stick down using glue dots (vellum sticks easier with glue dots).
• Die cut the happy using the well written dies, adhere using liquid glue of adhesive sheet.
• stamp the birthday from the well said (ss) and cut using the classic label punch, then attach using dimensional pads.
• Add a (r) iced rhinestone to the centre of the flower.

Thank you for dropping by.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Annette X

Beautiful Bouquet meets Well Said

Hi and welcome to my blog

Happy Birthday Donna!

This card is CASed from the new 2019 catalogue, I just liked the sentiment and thought it would be a change from happy birthday all the time. Will make sure I say happy birthday inside the card.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
cs = Card Stock, when using layering dies number 1 is always the smallest

All measurements are in centimetres

Card Stock: Whisper white 3 pieces, 21 x 14.5 (card base), 7.5 x 6. 5 (oval), 3.5 x 11 (flowers & leaves)
Coastal Cabana 2 pieces, 14 x 10  (first layer), 8 x 5.5 (oval)
Bermuda Bay 2 pieces, 13.5 x 9.5 (second layer), 3 x 6.5 (friend)
Stamp Sets: Beautiful Bouquet, Well Said
Dies: Layering Ovals, Well Written
Stampin Pads: Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove, Gorgeous Grape and Pear Pizzazz

Starting with the larger piece of whisper white (cs) score and fold at 10.5 this is the card base.

Take the largest piece of coastal cabana (cs) and adhere straight onto the base card using liquid glue, as the first layer.

With the larger piece of bermuda bay (cs)stamp the tree and foliage images from the beautiful bouquet (ss) in bermuda bay ink towards the left side, and then dry emboss using the Subtle folder, again adhere straight onto the card using liquid glue.

Stamp the flowers and leaves using the smallest  piece of Whisper White (cs) and the beautiful bouquet (ss), in the following colors daffodil delight, grapefruit grove, gorgeous grape and pear pizzazz.

Now die cut these using the bouquet bunch dies, you can also, using the smaller bermuda bay piece die cut the friend from the well written dies at the same time.

With the medium piece of whisper white (cs) and the well said (ss) stamp the sentiment leaving a gap for the word friend in bermuda bay.

Now using the layering ovals dies, die cut the sentiment with the (5) oval and the smaller piece of costal cabana with the (5) scallop oval.

Layer the two ovals together using liquid glue or tear and tape and then adhere both to the card base.

Add the friend sentiment using liquid glue.

Give the flowers some dimension using either a ball tool or bone folder and arrange at the edge of the oval using a mixture of liquid glue and dimensional pads.

Add basic pearls to the two smaller flower.

Hope you liked todays card!!

Back again soon with more cards
Annette x

Beauty Abounds meets Butterfly Gala and more

Hello and welcome, hope you're having a good day!

Happy Birthday Karine

It's actually only August 17th while i'm writing this, and the sun is shining beautifully, I like to get my cards done early along with the blog post.  For 2 reason's, 1. when I've finished the card if I do the blog straight away I can remember the order in which it was all done and 2. once I get my goodies from the new Autumn Winter catalogue I have quite a few Christmas cards to make ready to be sent out at the beginning of December.

Today's card was made for my aunt.

I really loved the Beauty Abounds set when I first saw it in the catalogue, but I've only just started using it.

To create this card follow the guide below:
(cs) = Card Stock, ⓡ Retired, (ss) = Stamp Set,

All measurements are in centimetres.

Blends: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green
Card Stock: Granny Apple Green 3.5 x 14.5 (scalloped edge)
Very Vanilla Thick 14.5 x 21 scored in half at 10.5 (card base)
Very Vanilla 2 pieces 14.5 x 7.3 (front panel), 2 x 29.7 (butterflies & sentiments)
Dies: Stitched be mine, Stitched Labels
Embossing Folders: Subtle
Ink: Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Memento Tuxedo Black
Punches: Butterfly Duet
Ribbon: Braided Linen Trim, ⓡ Organdy combo
Stamp Sets: Beauty Abounds, Butterfly Gala,  Varied Vases, Well Said
Accessories:  ⓡ Gingham Gala Sequins

Starting with the front panel, stamp two scrolls from the beauty abounds (ss) in opposite directions using Memento ink (I used my stamparatus for this).

Once stamped colour using the blends, add shading by using both light and dark blends, then emboss using the subtle folder and adhere to the card base on the righthand side using liquid glue.

With the strip of very vanilla (cs) stamp the 3 butterflies using the butterfly gala (ss), the happy from the well said (ss)  and the birthday wishes from the varied vases (ss).

Using the butterfly duet punch, punch out the 3 butterflies.

For the birthday wishes, I just cut down the (cs) to fit the sentiment.

Using the small tag from the stitched labels dies, die cut the happy and at the same time with the granny apple green (cs) die cut the scalloped edge using the stitched be mine dies.

It's now time to put it all together.

Add the ribbon down the middle of the scalloped edge piece and attach to the card base using dimensional pads. Use liquid glue to add the butterflies and dimensional pads to add the greetings. Lastly add the sequin using liquid glue next to the happy. You may want to use a glue dot to attach the butterfly on the ribbon instead of liquid glue.

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette X

Well Said and lots more

Hello folks, hope you're having a good day

Happy Anniversary Margaret & Simon

Fancied using some of my old stash along with some of the newer stuff, not used for a while.
So got out a bit of this and that, and threw in a bit of the other, and this is what I came up with.

A couple of these items retired without me ever using them, so thought I better remedy that before hubby finds out!!

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, (DSP) = designer series paper, (CS) = Card Stock, When using Layering frames (1) is always the smallest.

All measurements are in inch's

Card Stock: Whisper White: 3 pieces 10" x 5" scored at 5" (card base), 2¾" x 2¾" (3rd layer), 2" x ½" (sentiment)
Blueberry Bushel: 3" x 3" (1st layer) , 2½" x 1¼" (happy)
Purple Posy: 2¼" x 2" (heart)
DSP: 2019-2021 In Colors Purple Posy 2¾" x 2¾" (2nd layer)
Embossing Folders: ® Country Floral, ® Pretty Print, Subtle
Dies: Layering Squares, Stitched Be Mine, Well Written
Stamp Sets: Well Said
Stampin' Pads: Blueberry Bushel
Accessories: Organza Ribbon®

Emboss the front of the base card with the country floral folder leaving a ¾" gap on the left side.

Add the organza ribbon along the left edge and add a bow (adhere using glue dots).

Die cut all three of the square's using the layering squares (7) , the heart from stitched be mine and the happy from well written.

Emboss the Whisper White square with the pretty print folder and the heart with the subtle folder.

Adhere the blueberry bushel square to the card base using dimensional pads.

Adhere the DSP square to the whisper white square using liquid glue and slightly off set. 

Then adhere to the blueberry bushel square using dimensional pads, again slightly off set.

Adhere the happy to the heart using liquid glue, then adhere to the whisper white square using dimensional pads.

Stamp the sentiment Anniversary from the well said (ss) on the small piece of whisper white (cs) in blueberry bushel and then trim down to size and adhere to the card using dimensional pads.

Thanks for dropping by, will be back soon with more cards
Annette X