Cross of Hope meets Stitched Labels and More

We are now three days before Christmas and my daughter has phoned to say my grand daughter (cleaner) can't come over to do the cleaning with me as one of the younger ones has come down with a tummy bug. So I know what I'll be doing in an hour.

This was quite an easy card to make, but looks really nice. I was stumped for a while and then saw one on Pinterest that I think JanB had created and put my spin on it.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Colours: Balmy Blue, Silver foil, Whisper White Embossing Folders: Basket Weave Framelits: Cross of Hope, stitched Labels Thinlits: Flourish Accessories: Adhesive sheets

I started by creating my own sentiment on the computer. 

Then die cut the crosses, two in silver and the other in balmy blue from the cross of hope set (I added some sheet adhesive to the back of the silver foil for the open cross before die cutting).  I die cut two of the leaves from the flourish set and the large label and sentiment from the stitched labels set. Except for the second set of leaves, these were all die cut at the same time.  

I embossed the background with the basket weave folder and added a strip of silver foil down each side.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Springtime Impressions meets Stitched Labels

Well the weather here today is quite cold and it feels as if we might have snow!!! 

So I'm snuggled up in my craft room enjoying a nice cup of tea, while hubby has a lie in. 

Today's card was one I made back in September, it was quite easy to create and my daughter loved it!

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Petite Pairs ® Colours: Blackberry Bliss, Highland Heather, Pool Party, Shimmery White Framelits: Stitched Labels Thinlits: Springtime Impressions Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Ruffled Ribbon ® 

To recreate this card follow the guide below.

Use a base card of shimmery white 4⅛” x 5¾” and a mat of highland heather 4’ x 5½.

The first thing to do is stamp the sentiment leaving space to die cut it later.

Then emboss the large die from the springtime impressions set along the left-hand side of the mat. 

Next die cut the butterfly and flower from the same set, along the heart and sentiment using the circle from the stitched labels set. (these can all be cut at the same time).

Then using sponges colour the butterfly with the three colours and add the rhinestones.

Sponge the edges of the circle with pool party and assemble the card adding a bow.

(The Daughter is not a Stampin' Up product)

Happy Crafting!!!

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Love Annette x

Plaid Look

Well todays card has a plaid look to it, as yesterday was my dad's birthday and he's scottish I thought plaid might be suitable.  I decided to look at my old stash of DSP and liked the colour combo in this pattern and played around with it until I was happy with the outcome. The only drawback to it was most of the colours are now retired, but you can always swap them out for up to date colours and paper and use layering squares instead of the retired punches.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Card: Tangerine Tango ®, Whisper White DSP: Howlstooth ® Ink: Tangerine Tango ® Stamps: Very Vintage ((H) Embossing Folders: Subtle Thinlits: Little Letters ® Punches: Square 1¼ ® , scallop square 1½ ® 

1 start with a card base of whisper white measuring 13.5 x 13.5.

2 stamp the sentiment towards the bottom of the base card on the right hand side.

3 emboss the right hand side of the base card from the middle with the subtle folder.

4 cut a piece of the dsp 13.5 x 6.75 and adhere this to the left hand side of the base card.

5 then punch out 3 squares from another piece of the dsp.

6 with some scrap pieces of tangerine tango punch 3 scallop squares and die cut the letters from the little letters dies.

7 layer the squares and letters up and place them down the centre of the card.

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Love Annette x

Heartfelt Blooms meets Petal Pair

This is a card I made a while ago and just hadn't got round to posting it before. Some of the products have now been retired off but there are plenty of alternatives in the current catalogues.  I got this stamp and put it on my shelf and clean forgot about it (how tragic is that) it's beautiful when stamped.

1 I started with a base card of 10.5 x 14.5 (i find this easier than 14.8).

2 The first layer is 10 x 14 and adhered straight onto the card base.

3 The second layer is 9.5 x 13.5 and embossed with the petal pairs folder towards the left hand side and then swiped down gently with the calypso coral ink pad and some white organza ribbon is tied around it before sticking it to the first layer using dimensionals.

4 Stamp the heartfelt image onto a piece of whisper white card stock and then die cut it using the stitched square framelits along with a scallop square from the layering squares set for the border.

5 Adhere these together using dimensionals and then again using dimensionals place over the top of the ribbon.

6 Stamp the happy birthday from the create a cupcake or similar stamp set and punch it out using the window punch. 

7 Punch a border for the sentiment using the modern label punch and adhere the sentiment. Pop this up on dimensionals and then add some pearls to finish off the card.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Colours: Calypso Coral, Whisper White  Stamps: Create a Cupcake ®, Heartfelt Blooms (sab) Embossing Folders: Petal Pair  Framelits:  Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes Punches: Modern Label ®, Word Window ®  Accessories: Organza ribbon, Basic Pearls

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Plain and Simple

That's it my Christmas cards for 2018 are completed and I can start on January's birthday cards from Monday.

Have had a really busy week again this week, Dad at hospital, car service (yearly trip to Birmingham for the day, yippee !!!) I just love yearly car service day.  Dad shopping and Daughter at hospital. 

The card I'm featuring today is a plain and simple one, with some of it being retired product which can be swapped out for current product.

The card base is 10.5 x 14.5 cm and the Whisper White matting is 10 x 14 cm with the bottom 9 cm embossed with the pinewood planks an gently rubbed across with the memento ink. Next the dsp is cut to 2" x 10 cm (sorry for the mixture of metric and imperial) and attached above the planks. The retired satin ribbon is attached and the black cord placed over it to finish off the matting. Both the heart and happy birthday are die cut and attached (I used tombo glue with a sponge to attach the happy birthday and dimensions for the heart to which I added a red rhinestone.  The last thing I did was create a computer generated sentiment and die cut this using the tailored tag punch once cut I trimmed it down slightly and die cut a second tag in black and layered them together, then placed it as seen in the photo.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Colours: Basic Black, Black Foil, Poppy Parade, Whisper White DSP: It’s My Party ® Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks Ribbon: Black Cord, Stitched Satin ® Thinlits: Happy Birthday Framelits: Stitched Labels Punches: Tailored Tag Accessories: Basic Red Rhinestones

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Love Annette x

Very Vintage

Well can you believe it, I nearly forgot to do my sister in law a birthday card this year. I went to my box of completed cards to pick it out to give to her and there wasn't one there!!! So what do I do in half an hour.

Get a base card of whisper white 10.5 x 14.5, Then a layer of Highland Heather 14 x 10 (i die cut the larger oval from this piece)  followed by a layer of Sahara Sand 13 x 9 embossed with the basket weave folder. Next i randomly stamped round the edge of the larger oval with the round stamp from the very vintage set in highland heather.  Die cut the white oval and stamped it with the large flower from the very vintage set, then embossed this with the subtle folder. Next I stamped the happy birthday on a scrap of whisper white, punched it out using the classic label punch and ran it through the big shot again using the subtle folder. Added a bow using the narrow organza ribbon. Done!!!

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Very Vintage Colours: Highland Heather, Sahara Sand Embossing Folders: Basket Weave, Subtle Punches: Classic Label Framelits: Ovals Collection ® Accessories: ¼” Organza Ribbon ® 

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Love Annette x

Happy 18th

Today's card is one I did some time ago for my Granddaughter's 18th. The base card is (nsu) the first layer and starburst circle are both done with the scoreboard. The sunburst is die cut using the vellum. The happy is die cut using dazzling diamonds glimmer and coloured with highland heather blends as is the grand daughter and 18th (nsu). The card was finished off with an organza bow and enamel shapes.

Sorry this card is mostly made with retired products, but I liked it and was pleased with the finish, hope you like it too!!! 

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Card stock: Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Vellum, Whisper White, Stampin’ Blends: Wisteria Wonder ®, Thinlits: Hello You ®,Sunburst ®, Punches: Starburst, Ribbon: White Organza, Accessories: Metallic Enamel Shapes, Scoreboard

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Love Annette x

Perennial Waterfront

This was a simple card to make using the waterfront stamp set as the main feature. 

There are 4 layers to the card, first a white base, then blueberry bushel followed by shaded spruce and finally a white layer that I just stamped from the top down using the waterfront set and then stamped the happy birthday from the perennial birthday set at the very bottom. After stamping, I embossed this layer using the subtle folder, then added the grosgrain ribbon and the die cut Son (nsu).

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Perennial Birthday, Waterfront Colours: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce, Whisper White Embossing Folders: Subtle Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon ® 

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Love Annette x

Envelope Surprise

Today's card is what I call an Envelope card, open it and get a surprise. I made this one for my nephew. We don't see him very often as he goes to his dad's most weekends.

It wasn't too hard once i worked out the distance between the stamping (there is another blue happy birthday under the top flap). The brick wall was layered with the dapper denim and adhered to the whisper white base card. The sentiment was then die cut with the stitched shapes ovals adhered to the top of the card and a velcro dot used to keep the card closed.

For the inside I used the eastern palace dsp and layered again with the dapper denim. then made a pocket for his gift voucher and used a paper clip to keep it in place. The  shoes and second sentiment were die cut with the stitched shape dies and layered up, the shoes with a larger stitched square and the sentiment with the artisan punch shape.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Colours: Basic Gray, Dapper Denim, Lemon Lime Twist. Whisper White DSP: Eastern Palace Stamps: Epic Celebrations (sab), Perennial Birthday, Sunburst Sayings Embossing Folders: Brick Wall Framelits: Layering Ovals & Squares, Stitched Shapes Punches: Artisan Label ® 

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Love Annette x

Bright and Beautiful

Well not beautiful but very bright and I felt this card has a happy feel about it.

My granddaughters birthday was back in September and I've been so busy with things since then I didn't get round to uploading it until now, but better late than never.  

With the ribbon, although you can't see it very well there are two colours Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral. these colours are not within the card but matched quite well and I wanted something down the side.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Happy Birthday Gorgeous Colours: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Lovely Lipstick, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White  Embossing Folders: Seaside Embossing Powders: White Punches: Cookie Cutter Thinlits: Happy Birthday Accessories: Organza Ribbon ®, VersaMark, Watercolor paper, Wink of Stella

I love bright cards and think this is a great one.

I started with a base card of whisper white 13.5cm square with the front embossed with the seaside folder. i then cut a strip of basic black 13.5cm x 5cm, I stamped the happy with versaMark and embossed with white embossing power. Then i took a strip of watercolor paper and sponged out a rainbow of colours then die cut the birthday out and a few small circles in various sides. I die cut about another 4 birthday’s in plain whisper white and layered them up to give the birthday some depth. I coated the small circles with wink of stella and placed them randomly around the card. Lastly I used some retired ribbon to run down the edge of the card and tied in a knot.

Cased from Jill at Paper Daisy Crafting

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Love Annette x

Sympathy times Two

Today there are two cards as I had a phone call from my friends Father a couple of days ago thanking me for his birthday card, and letting me know that his brother who'd we met at a party a couple of weeks ago had passed away. So i wanted a card for him (he's the most lovely man) as well as for my friend.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Card One

Stamps: Hopeful Thoughts ®, Pocket Silhouettes ®, Teeny Tiny Wishes ®  Colours: Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla Embossing Folders: Subtle Framelits:  Lebles Collection ®, Stitched Season’s ® Accessories: Delightfully Detailed Note cards & Envelopes

I stamped the leaves from the pocket silhouettes set across the bottom of the card as a background. Then I stamped the tree from hopeful thoughts and the sentiment from teeny tiny wishes. I die cut this using the small frame from stitched season’s framelits. Using mint macaron card stock i then cut a label from the labels collection to use as a backing for the tree and sentiment. Sponged both labels with mint macaron and layered using dimensionals.

Card Two

Stamps: Love & Sympathy ® Colours: Merry Meriot, Whisper White Accessories: Basic pearls, Note Card & Envelopes, Organza ribbon ®, Frost White Shimmer Paint  

The sentiment and flower were Stamped using the shimmer paint onto a piece of Merry Merlot card stock 3⅜” x 4⅞”. Then organza ribbon was wrapped round the Merry Merlot and tied a knot at the front. To finish it off I added three pearls below the sentiment.

Sorry for the use of so much retired stock in these two cards but they are stamps I particularly like. Soft and simple.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Birthday Girl

Well today is quite a dull day and the forecast say's it's also going to be wet. We're hoping for slightly better weather as tonight we're at my cousin's Wedding reception which is being held out doors in an adventure park.

I should have blogged this card before the last one as this little angels birthday is a few days before her sisters, but I had a senior moment and swapped the blog posts! Oh my, getting old.

The card it's self is made mostly of retired products but sometimes you get an idea in your head and just have to go for it (which happened in this case).

I'm sure you could come up with something similar using what's in the current catalogue as a starting point. 

The base base card is NSU as I like to use scalloped edging sometimes. With the background I started with two strips of card stock and a piece of the 17/8 In Colors paper stack, then using a mat of whisper white I stamped the cake in various colours and then die cut the number 8  from the 'Large Numbers' framelits and placed it on top of the cake using dimensionals. Next I stamped and die cut the 'TH' from the 'Number of Years' stamp set and die cut it using the same framelits I used for the number. Using a strip of card I stamped the happy and birthday also from the 'Number of Years' set, then cut them at either side with a pair a snips. Added some tinsel trim at the edge and that's it.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Build a Birthday ®, Number of years ® Colours: Berry Burst, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer, Fresh Fig, Powder Pink,Whisper White DSP: In Colors 17/8 Framelits: Large Numbers ®, Accessories: Love Mini Tinsel Trim ® 

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Love Annette x

Shaker Card using the thumping technique

It's rather dull here again today yet when I got up this morning it was glorious sunshine. Just shows close your eyes for a second and the weather can change just like that.

The card I have for you today is again a nice easy one, and retired products can be swapped out for similar stamps in the current catalogue.

The thumping technique is so easy to do!!

First ink up your stamp with the base colour (for me that was powder pink) then using a different colour marker (for me it was balmy blue) gently tap up and down randomly across the base colour and then stamp.

I used whisper white thick card for the base and the mat is normal whisper white die cut using the balloon die, stamped, daubed with the stars using the mask and then embossed using the subtle's embossing folder.

The cat was shaded using watercolor pencils and then brushed out with an aqua painter. It was at this stage I embossed the mat. A bakers twine bow was then placed at the bottom of the balloon. I used our foam adhesive strips round the edge of the circle for height and placed the sequins on the base card and pressed down.

The party hat was  stamped coloured, fussy cut and then a glitter enamelled dot used as the pompom. 

Sorry the Granddaughter sentiment is not an SU product and it was this I stamped with powder pink and thumped with balmy blue. 

Just hope she likes it!!

Must go, as I've to get ready now for Evie's birthday celebration. 

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Balloon Celebration, Beautiful Bouquet, Hello ®, Pretty Kitty, Colours: Balmy Blue, Powder Pink: Embossing Folders: Subtle Framelits: Balloon ®  Accessories: Aqua painter, Bakers Twine, Fancy Frost Sequins ®, Glitter Enamel Dots ®, Hearts & Stars Mask ®, Watercolor Pencils 

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Love Annette x

Z Fold Fridge Magnet Card

Today's card is based on one I saw on one of the blogs I troll each day and can't remember who's it was (Sorry). I love this sentiment from the "Layering Love" stamp set and thought it would make a lovely fridge magnet but never got round to using it until now (sorry it's retired) but here goes on how i made it.

Card base is a Z fold with a centre fold and then a 1¼” fold back for the front.

The sentiment is stamped using “layering love” and an oval stitched shape followed by a scalloped layering oval. 

The flowers and leaves are stamped from the “beautiful bouquet” and die cut using the “bouquet bunch” framelits. 

The close mechanism is formed using magnets, which in turn means the sentiment can be a fridge magnet afterward. 

Basic pearls were added to the centre of each of the flowers.

Hope you enjoyed today's card!

closed open

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Beautiful Bouquet, Layering Love ® Colours: Mint Macaron, Whisper White DSP: Tranquil Textures  Framelits:  Bouquet Bunch, Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes Accessories: Basic Pearls, Magnets (nsu)

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Love Annette x

Birthday Blossoms meets Butterfly Basics

Well today I tried using the watercolour pencils to do the colouring for the flowers from birthday blossoms and was pleased with the results.

I started with a base of Flirty Flamingo then a layer of Whisper White stamped with the "happy birthday" sentiment from Butterfly Basics and embossed with the Softly Falling folder. 

Next I stamped 5 pansies, 2 in Flirty Flamingo and 3 in Peekaboo Peach using the VersaMark and colour combination embossing technique (place the stamp on the versaMark then again onto the colour pad before stamping, then add the embossing powder and heat) then coloured the flowers with the watercolour pencils and added the faceted gems.

The "Sister" was die cut and the rhinestones were coloured using the stampin' blends.

The materials used are:

® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Stamps: Birthday Blossoms, Butterfly Basics Colours: Dapper Denim ® , Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach ®, Whisper White Embossing Folders: Softly Falling Embossing Powders: Clear Punches:  Pansy ® Thinlits: (nsu) Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Blends, Clear Faceted Gems, VersaMark, Watercolor Pencils

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x