Hand made background using meshing and sponge daubers

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My sister-in-law fell and broke her shoulder the other day so I've made a thinking of you card as I feel her pain and wanted to make her smile!

With me it was a chipped bone in my foot and 2 broken wrists (fell down our stairs) ouch. So glad they mend.

I watched a video the other day from "AStampAbove.com" demonstrating the drywall tape technique but didn't have any so did it with some mesh I had in my stash and I was really pleased with the result, what do you think!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, pale papaya, shimmery white

Dies: meadow

Ink: fresh freesia, memento black, pale papaya

Ribbon: bakers twine essentials

Stamp Sets: *a touch of ink  

Accessories: champagne rhinestones, silver & clear epoxy essentials, sponge daubers

* = retired

Now thanks to my lovely son-in-law I have some drywall tape so will have go at the technique again in the near future.

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 😘

Garden Wishes meets Art Gallery

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I forgot I had the Dandy Laser-cut paper so decided I needed to use it up quickly. Don't know if that will happen, but here's the first card using it!

It's an easy to make card, using the heat embossing technique for the flower & sentiment.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white thick

Designer Series Paper: *dandy laser-cut, *flower & field

Dies: floral gallery, stitched rectangles (4n) 

Embossing Powder: white

Ink: versamark

Ribbon: *twill bumblebee

Stamp Sets: art gallery, garden wishes 

Accessories: basic pearls

* = retired, 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 😘

Timeless Tropical meets Senior Years & more

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Happy Retirement Simon, may this be the start of the best years yet!

A mixture of old and new, and fairly easy to make. Die cutting, stamping and colouring. At the time of making this card all products were live.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, cherry cobbler, just jade

Dies: *layering ovals (5), *friendly silhouettes 

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Punches: *classic label

Stampin' Blends: basic black, cherry cobbler, gray 

granite, highland heather, just jade

Stamp Sets: birch, *friend like you, senior years, timeless tropical

Accessories: stamparatus

* = retired, 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 😘

Beautiful Moments meets Field of Flowers

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Have a great Birthday Idwin!

I'm into clean and simple cards just now and loving them.

This one is a CASe from Mary Deatherage at stampsnlingers.com with a couple of things added on.

It was a fairly easy card to make using the samparatus to get the two layers in exactly the same position. Mary explains how to do it on her blog. Sadly the field of flowers stamp set has now retired but I think it's one that may stay on my shelf forever.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, highland heather

Dies: stitched so sweetly rectangle (4)

Ink: highland heather, pear pizzazz, so saffron

Ribbon: *forever fern combo

Stamp Sets: *field of flowers, beautiful moments 

Accessories: *gingham gala sequins

* = retired, 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 Bloom meets Pierced Blooms

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A floral card this week for Sue, with a new technique for me called "alcohol colour wash on vellum", and it looks so cool!

The background uses the vellum, stampin' blends and the Isopropyl alcohol and it needs to be at least 95% or the vellum will just curl up. There's a video on u-tube by Jan B on how to do it.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, highland heather, vellum

Dies: pierced blooms

Ink: highland heather

Ribbon: *everyday enchantment organdy

Stampin' Blends: highland heather, old olive

Stamp Sets: In bloom 

Accessories: basic rhinestones

* = 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 😘

Zany Zebras waterfall card

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Happy 3rd Birthday Freddie, where does the time go!

This is my version of a card created by Lisa Cursio (lisasstampstudio.com) I had to make it a little bit bigger, hence the scalloped base for the card (nsu). Once I worked out the measurements I wanted, it was very straight forward to complete. At the time of making this card only the ribbon and tag punch were retired.

I think this is the best waterfall card I've made so far!  

Sorry it's a bit photo heavy.

There is also a zebra stamped on the pull mechanism, just loved this set and didn't get to use it as much as I'd have liked to.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, calypso coral, night of navy

Designer Series Paper: *playing with patterns

Dies: playful alphabet *stitched shaped frames (4)

Embossing Folders: hammered metal 3D

Ink: calypso coral, coastal cabana, crushed curry, night of navy

Punches: *classic label, *scallop tag topper

Ribbon: *sycamore street satin

Stampin' Markers: calypso coral, coastal cabana, crushed curry, night of navy

Stamp Sets:  a grand kid, *family party, *zany zebras 

* = retired, 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 😘

Forever Fern meets Itty Bitty Birthdays

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Happy Birthday Aunty Joyce

I took inspiration for this card from one I'd seen on Pinterest, the jar is because she likes astronomy. It's easy to do with very little stamping.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, gold foil, pretty peacock

Designer Series Paper: forever greenery, forever gold specialty

Dies: floral gallery, layering circles (s4), playful alphabet, stitched shapes (c2)

Embossing Folders: tasteful textile 3D

Ink: pretty peacock

Stamp Sets: itty bitty birthdays

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 😘