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!!!

Will be back again soon with more cards

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.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x