Peaceful Moments meets Bough punch and more

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Happy Birthday Sheilah

This is the one for the girls, and the 4th one of 5 in the Carolyn King marathon that I'm Casing at the moment.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, galvanised paper

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *painted labels

Embossing Folders: basic 3D 

Ink: memento black

Punches: bough, *medium daisy

Stamp Sets: *peaceful moments

Accessories: *playing with patterns resin dots

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, background 14 x 10, background for dsp 12 x 8, dsp 3 pieces 2 @ 4 x 7 & 1 @ 5 x 8
2. dry emboss the background using the basic 3D dots folder and adhere to base card using liquid glue
3. adhere the 3 dsp pieces to the dsp background piece using liquid glue then adhere to the card
4. stamp the sentiment and die cut
5. punch 6 flowers and 2 boughs in each colour
6. layer and adhere the petals to make 3 flowers using liquid glue
7. attach the sentiment using dimensional pads
8. attach the 2 flowers off the sentiment using dimensional pads
9. adhere the 3rd flower using liquid glue
10. arrange the leaves and adhere using liquid glue
11. add the resin dots 

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 😘

Peaceful Moments and more

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Happy Birthday Kevin

This is card 3 from Carolyn Kings 'all together marathon' I'm enjoying making these cards. One more man card, then there's one for the ladies.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, gray granite

Designer Series Paper: *all together 

Dies: *layering circles (4) for both, *stitched stars

Ink: gray granite

Punches: banner pick a punch

Stamp Sets: peaceful moments

* = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, white rectangle 8.5 x 12.5, black rectangle 8 x 12, dsp rectangles 3.75 x 5.75, black strip 2.5 x 9
2. adhere the white and black rectangles and then adhere them to the card base
3. cut the ends off the black strip using the banner punch, cut in half and then adhere these two pieces to card base leaving a small gap between them
4. stamp the sentiment
5. die cut the sentiment using the plain circle, scalloped circle and stars
6. adhere the two circles together using liquid glue
7. Attach the sentiment and stars 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 😘

Biggest Wish meets Banner Pick A Punch

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Happy Birthday Rick

This is the second card in Carolyn Kings 'All Together designers series paper marathon', of which I will be making 5, for my cards this month. Seem to have lost my mojo at the moment and came across these great cards. All measurements are in centimetres.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, *galvanised metallic

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *painted labels

Embossing Folders: basic 3D 

Ink: crumb cake, memento tuxedo black

Punches: banner pick a punch

Stamp Sets: biggest wish

Accessories: *basic black rhinestones

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, galvanised metallic foil 12.5 x 8.5, and 1.9 x 5, dsp 2pieces 4.5 x 8 and 1 piece 3 x 8
2. adhere the 3 pieces of dsp to the galvanised metallic foil using liquid glue, then attach this to the base card using dimensional pads
3. die cut the label, stamp the happy and birthday across the centre
4. dry emboss the label
5. use the banner punch to cut each end off the narrow strip of galvanised metallic paper then cut this this in half.
6. adhere these pieces to either side of the label using liquid glue
7. attach this to the base card using dimensional pads
8. add some rhinestones to finish

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 All Together and more

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Happy Birthday Mike

This is a CASeD card created by Carolyn King, I've used most of the same products (all unavailable now, sorry). All measurements for this card are in Centimetres.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, *galvanised metallic

Designer Series Paper: *all together

Dies: *floral gallery, *stitched stars (1,2,3)

Ink: versaMark

Punches: *tailored tag

Stamp Sets: *art gallery

Accessories: White embossing powder, *silver thread

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

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5, 2 galvanised metallic rectangles 8.5 x 5.5, 2 designer series paper rectangles 8 x 5, plus another dsp rectangle 3.8 x 7.5 in a different pattern
2. adhere the metallic rectangles to the 2 dsp rectangles using liquid glue
3. adhere these two rectangles to the base card about 1.5 in from the side using liquid glue
4. create a label shape with the last piece of dsp using the punch
5. adhere the label between the 2 rectangles using liquid glue
6. stamp the sentiment in versamark and cover with white embossing powder then heat emboss
7. die cut the sentiment and stars.
8. using some seal on the back of the largest star adhere the silver thread
9. use dimensional pads to attach the stars and sentiment

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 😘

He's All That for this man

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Happy Birthday Jim

This is a simple card to make using the He's all that stamping set

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: early espresso, very vanilla

Designer Series Paper: *he's the man

Dies: all that

Embossing Folders: *subtle 3D

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Stamp Sets: he's all that

 * = no longer available

1. Start with a base card 10.5 x 29 scored at 14.5, early espresso 8 x 12, dsp 7.5 x 11.5, off cut very vanilla for stamping
2. stamp the sentiment and put to one side
3. emboss the early espresso rectangle
4. adhere the dsp to the early espresso using liquid glue
5. now adhere the early espresso to the base card using liquid glue
6. die cut the sentiment and attach using 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 😘

Irresistible Blooms Bundle meets Label Aglow & more

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Happy Birthday Idwin

Online only set, available until stock runs out. I really enjoyed making this one but make sure the strips of dots are fully adhered before cutting the edges off.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, flirty flamingo, lost lagoon

Designer Series Paper: hello irresistible

Dies: irresistible blooms, labels aglow

Embossing Folders: basics 3D

Ink: flirty flamingo, lost lagoon

Stampin' Up Blends: flirty flamingo

Stamp Sets: irresistible blooms

Accessories: loose frosted dots, wink of stella

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5
2. cut a square of basic white 10 x10 and died cut the circle in the middle
3. cut a slightly smaller piece of the dsp and adhere to the back of the white piece using liquid glue, the adhere this to the base card again using liquid glue 
4. stamp and die cut the flower and sentiment (you only get the outline of the flower), along with the leaves and block of lines and dots
5. colour the flower using stampin' blends, once dry use wink of stella for a shine on the flower and leaves
6. adhere the block of lines and dots to the bottom of card and cut off the edges using liquid glue or adhesive sheets
7. add the flower and leaves using glue dots, and the sentiment with dimensionals
8. To finish off add the frosted dots using a spot of liquid glue and holding it down for a couple of seconds

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 Grand Kid meets Hippest Hippos and more

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Happy birthday Freddie

Making an ocean scene with a mixture of stamping, blending, die cutting, dry embossing & heat embossing

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, soft sea foam, starry sky, tahitian tide

Dies: hippo, layering diorama (4)

Embossing Folders: basic 3D, * seaside

Ink: memento black, soft sea foam, soft succulent, starry sky, versamark

Stampin' Up Blends: light smoky slate, color lifter

Stamp Sets: a grand kid, *hippest hippos, *magical mermaid

Accessories: white embossing powder

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

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5
2. back ground layer 12 x 8, stamp the seascape, then use the blends for the water and embossing folder for the waves
3. top layer 9.5 x 13.5, die cut the aperture then emboss
4. stamp the sentiments in versamark and heat emboss in white, then fussy cut
5. stamp the hippo and colour using the blends, die cut the hippo and extra pieces
6. adhere the 3 main pieces to the card base and the snorkel and googles to the hippo using liquid glue, attach the hippo and sentiments 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 😘