Tailored Tags meets Cuddly Ted

Well better late than never, I say. This is the card I made for my Dad for Fathers day this year and I'm so far behind with my blogging that most of it is now retired (sorry about that). I CASed it from the lovely Lea Denton over on the Craftyspark blog.

Over the last couple of months we've been so busy my crafting is taking a back seat. What with holidays and visiting our gorgeous new grand son who at 10 weeks is still only 5lb's but now home with mum and dad. I got a few cuddles in at last.

Getting back to the card it's what we call here in the UK a DL card which means the card size is 8 1/4" x 4". I stamped and punched out the tags then trimmed them down a little to be able to place a Night of Navy punched tag behind as a border and that was the hardest thing to do on this card. I'm so glad the Tailored Tag made it into the new Catalogue as it's so useful for other things (putting tails on banners for one thing). I use it quite a lot.

This post has taken quite a lot of time for me as it's the first time I've tried to do a weblink along with sub and superscript text. Managed the weblink but not the sub and superscript, will ask my friend Simon about doing that when I see him next week.

Take care for now and happy crafting!!!

The materials used are:

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

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments ®, Truly Tailored ® Colours: Chocolate Chip ®, Night of Navy, Tranquil Tide,Very Vanilla DSP: True Gentleman ® Punches:  Tailored Tag Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon ®, Mini Tassels ®

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Beautiful Bouquet with Scattered Sequins

Well we've just come back for a lovely holiday in Yorkshire, the weather couldn't have been better and the company was fantastic. There was a lot crammed into a week and by the time we were heading home we all felt like we needed a rest. 

York it's self is a beautiful city with lots to do and see so we needed two days there to cover all we wanted to do. The railway museum is a must. The rest of the time we went to Whitby for the Abbey and then onto Scarborough which was unfortunately enfolded in a thick sea fog so we didn't stop there. We had a day in the Dales which are stunning and a day on the Moors it's amazing how one county has such contrasting landscape the rugged moors and then the beautiful dales. Obviously throughout this holiday there was a bit of shopping thrown in here and there so empty wallets when we got home.

In all these places there were plenty of steps to climb so lots of exercise was had by all.

Now onto the card I made a while ago for my son's and their wives, but I have just realised that for Stuart it wasn't very appropriate as unfortunately they were unable to spend their's together. Rachael was back and forwards to the hospital in Plymouth and Stuart was in Portsmouth. but they're now both home with a beautiful baby boy that wasn't due until the 31st July. 

It was the simplicity of the card that caught my eye on Pinterest and it was also quite easy to make. Die cutting, embossing, punching and a little stamping job done. 

The materials used are:

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

Stamps: Beautiful Bouquet : Colours: Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White Embossing folders: Scattered Sequins Dynamic Punches: Washi Tape ® Framelits: Bouquet Bunch, Layering Circles, Stitched Shapes Accessories: Bakers Twine ®, Basic Pearls

Inspired by Carol Arneson

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x