Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Welcoming Window meets Wild About Flowers

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Wishing Carole a long and happy retirement

Bought this bundle and don't use it enough so thought I'd get it out for a spin!


Once I got going and found the right sentiment, I totally enjoyed making it.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, soft succulent
Dies: forever flourishing, window flower box
Embossing Folders: brick & mortar
Ink: fresh freesia, soft succulent 
Stamp Sets: Welcoming window, *wild about flowers  
Accessories: blending brushes, wink of stella
* = 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 😘

Saturday, August 28, 2021

Dragonfly Garden meets Punch Party

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Hoping our friends get better soon, they've both come down with covid!


I'm saying this is my own design as it came about from looking at lots of different cards, it has product that's no longer available as well as current products.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, rich razzleberry, vellum
Designer Series Paper: pansy petals (love this one)
Dies: stitched so sweetly (6)
Embossing Folders: tasteful textile 3D (dragonflies)
Ink: momento black, rich razzleberry, soft succulent
Punches: dragonflies, double oval
Ribbon: *grosgrain stitched
Stampin' Blends: rich razzleberry, soft succulent
Stamp Sets: dragonfly garden, *punch party
Accessories: blending brushes, wink of stella
* = 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 😘

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Biggest Wish meets Textures & Frames

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This is my first attempt at creating my own one sheet wonder background
using a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set.


I'm never sure about colour combinations, but thought this one wasn't too bad for creating what I'd call an abstract kind of card.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white
Dies: stitched rectangles (narrow 3 trimmed down)
Embossing Folders: timber 3D
Ink: bumble bee, misty moonlight, soft succulent
Stamp Sets: biggest wish, textures & frames
 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 😘

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Queen Anne's Lace meets Timeless Tulips

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Happy Birthday Donna


It's the first time I've used the mercury glass designer acetate and I found it quite hard to get it to fold, but was pleased with the finished result. I did some blending on basic white cs for the background then stamped the image on vellum and heat embossed. Both the cs and the vellum were die cut, then the vellum was cut down to just the plain frame and adhered with tiny dots of liquid glue. I think if I was to do this card again I would use a lighter colour for the label.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, calypso coral
Designer Acetate: mercury glass
Dies: ornate layers, painted labels, *well written
Embossing Powder: white
Ink: calypso coral, Gorgeous grape, rich razzleberry versamark  
Stamp Sets: queen anne's lace, timeless tulips  
Accessories: basic pearls
* = 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 😘

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Birch meets Many Messages & more!

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Wishing Margaret & Simon a Happy Anniversary!



This is sort of CASed from a card on Pinterest by Debby Hughes. I changed the sentiment, embossing and background stripe. I also added some ribbon so it's now kind of my own.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, soft succulent
Dies: dandy wishes, *merry christmas, tasteful labels (ends cut off on a diagonal)
Embossing Folders: macrame 3D
Embossing Powder: white
Ink: soft succulent, versamark
Ribbon: open weave 
Stamp Sets: birch, many messages (-happy)  
Accessories: in-color 21/23 jewels
* = 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 😘

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Sweet Ice Cream

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Happy birthday Lily-Mae


I wasn't quite sure where I was going with this card, but very pleased with the result. I love blackberry bliss but realised while making this I very rarely use it!

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, cinnamon cider, coastal cabana, petal pink
Designer Series Paper: *it's my party
Dies: playful alphabet, stitched so sweetly (6), stitched with whimsy
Embossing Folders: tasteful textile 3D
Ink: blackberry bliss, cinnamon cider, coastal cabana, petal pink
Punches: detailed duo, ice cream cone builder
Stamp Sets: sweet ice cream   
Accessories: basic pearls, foam adhesive sheets, white bakers twine
* = 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 😘

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

All Squared Away meets Simply Succulent

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A blast from the past with this DSP it's one of the first packs of paper I ever got and I still have a full pack, oops!


It's not as hard to do as it looks!

I watched a video using the basic borders and this idea sprung to mind, as I'm now going to be making lots of 'thank you' cards for Paul, it's now week 3 and the dinners are beautiful, even Dad like's them as much as he liked Sue's.

If you're new to my blog, the story is since the start of Covid we had Sunday dinner delivered every week from the lovely Sue, but she has now moved down to Devon and it's just a little too far away for Holly to deliver it every week 😞. So we are having our Sunday dinners on a Wednesday as Paul doesn't do Sundays.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, very vanilla
Designer Series Paper: *mocha morning
Dies: basic borders, layering circles (4,5), potted succulents
Ink: soft suede
Ribbon: faux suede trim
Stamp Sets: all squared away, simply succulents 
Accessories: gilded gems
* = 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 😘

Lovely Arrangements meets Everyday Arches

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