Beautiful You meets Swirly Frames

Quick 'n' simple, Well I took a card created by Amanda Charlesworth and used different colours to use up some of my retired stash then jazzed it up with some ribbon and sparkle.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(r) = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (h) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, (dsp) = designer series paper, (cs) = Card Stock

You will need:

Whisper White card base 10.5 x 29.7 cm scored at 14.85 cm.
Falling in Love (r) (dsp) measuring 11.5 x 8 cm.
Silver Foil measuring 11 x 7.5 cm.
Whisper White measuring 11 x 7.5 cm.
Beautiful You (ss) and Swirly Frames (ss).
Soft Sky ink (r), VersaMark.
Seam Binding (r) ribbon.
Aqua Painter, Stamparatus, Pinewood Planks embossing folder, Silver embossing powder, basic Rhinestones.

Emboss the front of the base card using the Pinewood Planks folder.
Adhere the silver foil to the dsp using liquid glue.
Cut a 4' strip of the ribbon, fold in half and cut a banner shape at each end and adhere towards the bottom of the silver foil.
Adhere this to the base card at a slight angle.
Prep the piece of whisper white (cs) using an embossing buddy and stamp the lady, rectangle frame and sentiment using versamark and heat emboss with silver powder.
Add a wash of colour using Soft Sky across the dress and hat.
Trim round the edge of the frame, add dimensionals to the back and adhere to the card.
Finish off with a few Rhinestones.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Annette X

By the Bay meets Up Up and Away

Hi again, this is the second post for today, a day of two birthday's and this one is for a friend of ours. I'm not sure if the wash technique is my thing but will keep trying it to see if I can get any better with it. But over all I was pleased with the card.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:

(r) = retired, (cs) = card stock, (ss) = Stamp Set,(dsp = Designer Series Paper)

Base card, measures 14.8 x 21cm scored at 10.5cm
First layer, uses Wood Textures (dsp) and measures 14.8 x 10.5 cm and is adhered straight to the card with liquid glue.

Die cut some Watercolor Paper using the Rectangle Stitched framelits, the 5th smallest rectangle from the group of 8 and then stamp the image from the By the Bay (ss) using Black Stazon ink. I used the (r) Up Up and Away (ss) for the birds.

Using an Aqua Painter do a wash of Crumb Cake across the image and then again in Balmy Blue for the sky.
Using the Rectangle Stitched framelits create a frame in Basic Black using the 5th and 6th smallest rectangles from the group of 8.
Now run this frame through the Big Shot using the Subtle embossing folder.
Adhere the frame on the left hand side of the card using liquid glue and then adhere the image the same way.
With Very Vanilla Thick (cs) heat emboss the sentiment from the Vertical Greetings (ss) using VersaMark and Black Embossing Powder.
Use the Tailored Tag punch for the sentiment tails and then dry emboss using the Pinewood Planks folder. Adhere to the card with dimensional pads.
Add some Black Rhinestones across the bottom!!

Will be back again soon with more cards

Annette X

Pinewood Planks meets Fable Friends

Hello folks, well this was a card on the hop, I'd forgot to do my Aunt an Easter card, so when mine arrived it was a quick dash to the craft haven and this is what came out of it.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
(r) = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (h) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, (dsp) = designer series paper, (cs) = Card Stock

Start with a card base of Crumb cake (cs) measuring 14.5 x 21 cm and score at 10.5 cm.
Adhere a strip of (dsp) (I used Botanical Gazette (r)) across the bottom of the base card measuring 10.5 x 3 cm.
Next using Crumb Cake (cs) measuring 10.5 x 12 cm emboss using the Pinewood Planks folder and add a faux bow across the bottom of this layer, mine is Taffeta So Saffron (r). Add this layer to the top of the base card.
Place a Pearlised Doily towards the top of this layer using a glue dot in the middle.
Now using a piece of Whisper White (cs) measuring at least 6 x 12.5 cm and Memento Tuxedo Black ink, stamp the Bunny and the Easter greetings sentiment from the Fable Friends (ss) leaving room to die cut them both later. Then colour in the Bunny using the light and dark Crumb Cake, light and dark Daffodil Delight, Light Flirty Flamingo, and light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends To add the grass at the bottom use the stamp from the A Little Wild (ss)  using Call Me Clover ink.
With the Layering Ovals framelits die cut the bunny and sentiment, while at the same time die cut the two corresponding scalloped ovals In So Saffron (cs) the smaller one can be die cut from within the larger one.
Use dimensional pads to adhere the ovals together and then to the base card.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Annette X

Swirly Bird meets oldie Wacky Wishes

Well I decided today to make two cards at the same time, as they are people who don't know each other. 

It's a really easy card to make and there's only stamping and dry embossing involved. I liked the wacky wishes happy birthday but there are plenty of alternatives in the current catalogue. I need to use old stamp sets sometimes to justify keeping them or hubby moans!!! Plus I like them.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, DSP = designer series paper, CS = Card Stock

Start with a base card of Crumb Cake measuring 29 x 10.5cm scored at 14.5cm
The first layer also Crumb Cake measures 14 x 10cm and is embossed using the Pinewood Planks folder. Once embossed adhere straight to the base card using liquid glue (Tombow).
The second layer Very Vanilla  measures 12.5 x 8.5cm, stamp across the bottom using the Swirly Bird (ss) with Crumb Cake and Night of Navy ink, then towards the top, stamp the sentiment from the Wacky Wishes ® (ss) in Night of Navy
Once stamped emboss this layer using the Subtle folder, add ribbon at the top and tie with a faux knot or if you're going to be posting the card use a staple to attach it, then adhere to the card using dimensional pads.

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

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x