Chalk Talk meets Falling Flowers

Hi Folks, it's a lovely day here today, hope its nice where you are!!

Todays card is a blast from the past, with a another retiring stamp set. I CASed it from one I'd seen on  Pinterest by Stampin fun with Selene.

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 Whisper White (cs) 7" x 10" scored at 5" (my base card is (nsu).

You now need a piece of Basic Black (cs) measuring 4⅛" x 5½" and the Falling Flowers ®  (ss) along with the Stitched Rectangle dies.

I found For this stage my Stamparatus gave me excellent placement for the image, which is  stamped using VersaMark then heat embossed with White Embossing Powder.

Once embossed layer the largest and 3rd largest of the rectangles over it and die cut (you now have 3 pieces). Starting with the outer frame adhere to the base card using liquid glue, then do the same with the middle frame making sure there are no gaps. Wrap some of the White Organza Ribbon ® round the 3rd frame and secure it. Now adhere in the middle of the card using liquid glue and making sure again there are no gaps.

For the last stage you need Whisper White (cs) measuring at least 2½" x 3¾", Chalk Talk ®  (ss) and the Chalk Talk ®  dies.

Use the Stamparatus again for the topper and Memento Tuxedo Black ink, as it will probably need a couple of layers of ink (depending on how juicy your ink pad is). Once stamped die cut it and adhere to the card using dimensional pads.

Make a bow with some of the Organza Ribbon and adhere to label using a dimensional pad, then add some random Candy Dots ®.

Don't worry it's not as hard to make as it sounds.

Will be back again soon with more cards.
Annette x

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

Geared Up Garage Suite

This is a fabulous suite of goodies and I've only just realised it, now some of it has gone, thanks to the new Catalogue. But what the heck if you've got it, use it. Thats what I say.

I did some fussy cutting (not my thing), stamping, die cutting and dry embossing and it was so much fun and quick.

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 Whisper White (cs) measuring 21 x 14.5, scored at 10.5cm.

Next have a layer of Tranquil Tide (cs) measuring 10 x 14cm and adhere this to the front of the base card.

The Top layer is Whisper White (cs) measuring 9.5 x 13.5cm. On this layer randomly stamp the nuts from the Geared Up Garage (ss) in Tranquil Tide and Smoky Slate ink, using third and fourth generation stamping. Then dry emboss using the ® Seaside folder, and adhere to the front of the card (there are now 3 layers).

Using Whisper White (cs) stamp the Happy Father's Day sentiment from the Geared Up Garage (ss) Using VersaMark topped with Tranquil Tide ink and heat emboss with Clear Embossing Powder.

With the ® Classic Garage (dsp) fussy cut one of the Tranquil Tide engines (at least I think it's an engine) and adhere where required.

Now for the die cutting, using the Garage Gears dies, die cut the sentiment with the appropriate die, the label needs to be in Tranquil Tide and the gears need to be in Silver Foil. These can all be die cut at the same time.

Attach the pieces to the card where you want them and then add the ® Garage Metal Element.

Hope you liked today's card.

Will be back again soon with more cards
Annette x

Stitched Be Mine meets Beautiful Bouquet

Hello, and thanks for dropping by today!!

It's June now and so there are 2 anniversaries and one Wedding this month along with 2 birthdays. 

All three of my children decided June was the month to get married so here's the first.

My youngest son is now celebrating his 4th anniversary and here's the card I made for them both. It's just a shame they can't spend it together as he's in the Navy and up North at the moment.

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 Thick Whisper White (cs)  measuring 21 x 14.5 scored at 10.5 cm.

Next came 2 pieces of the Bride dsp ® measuring 10.5 x 4 cm, these pieces are cut using the scalloped edgelit from the Stitched Be Mine die set. (make sure you line the edgelit as close as you can to the edge of the dsp. Adhere using liquid glue.

Again with the Stitched Be Mine dies, cut out the 3rd smallest of the stitched hearts using the Bride dsp, the fancy heart, the straight line scroll and the open hearts using Grapefruit Grove Foil (sab).

Position the Bride dsp heart in the middle of the card and adhere down with liquid glue, sponge the back of the fancy heart with liquid glue and adhere over the top of the dsp heart. In the same way adhere the straight scroll below the scalloped edge at the bottom.

Take 2 of the popped out hearts and using small dimensional pads adhere where required.

On a piece of Whisper White (cs)  and using the Beautiful Bouquet (ss) stamp the sentiment in VersaMark and heat emboss using Copper embossing powder.

Using the Layering Ovals dies, die cut the sentiment and corresponding scalloped oval again in Grapefruit Grove foil (sab). Layer up these with dimensional pads and adhere to the card with liquid glue.

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

Epic Celebrations meets Gorgeous Grunge

Wasn't sure what to do again, as this is for a teenage boy, so I looked at my stamp sets, old and new and thought this was the only one I've got that's age appropriate. so what I'll do next year I don't know? Football again probably!!!

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 Real Red (cs) measuring 21cm x 14.5cm scored at 10.5 cm.
There are two mats, the first mat is Basic Black measuring 10. cm x 14 cm and adhered straight to the base card with liquid glue.
The second mat is Whisper White (cs) measuring 9.5 cm x 13.5 cm, this is stamped using the Gorgeous Grunge (ss) and then embossed using the Subtle folder. This is also adhered to card using liquid glue.
Using a scrap piece of Whisper White (cs) and the Epic Celebrations (ss) stamp the sentiment using VersaMark and heat emboss using Silver embossing powder. Punch out the sentiment using the Tailored Tag punch, then with Real Red (cs) stamp the edge of the "To A Classy kind of guy" stamp from the Truly Tailored (ss) in Basic Black ink and punch out using the Tailored Tag punch.
Now on another piece of Whisper White (cs) stamp the Headphones, guitar and sneakers from the Epic Celebrations (ss) using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Colour them all using Stamping' Blends (black, real red and smoky slate).
Once coloured in add some VersaMark along the edges of the sneakers, around the rim of the headphones and along the one bar of the guitar and heat emboss using Silver embossing powder. Now fussy cut them ready to go on the card.
Cut the red Tailored tag in half down the long edge and adhere to the sentiment using liquid glue. Position the elements where you want them and adhere down using dimensional pads.
For the wire use black Bakers Twine adhered down using  a small amount of liquid glue.


Will be back again soon with more cards!!

Love Annette x

Simple 21st

It's our eldest Grandson's birthday today and as you can see he turns 21!!! What a mile stone that is.

Again I'm using some products that are no longer in the catalogue, naughty me.

I'm what they call a lonely crafter. None of my friends or family craft, so I've never really been able to turn my hobby into a cottage industry as so many demonstrators have been able to do, so I just do it for my own pleasure.

I keep trying to get people interested but so far no luck!!!

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
cs = Card Stock, dsp = Designer Series Paper, ® = Retired

Start with a Basic Black base card measuring 5” x 7”

Cut a piece of Sliver Foil measuring 4½” x 6½”  and using the Startdust and Large Numbers dies cut the Stardust and Numbers from the middle, place these to one side for now, then adhere this to the base card as the second layer.

Using Basic Black cs cut a third layer measuring 4¼” x 6¼” and emboss the sentiments using VersaMark and silver Embossing Powder and adhere to the second layer.

Cut another piece of Silver Foil 6¼” x 2” and back it with some Adhesive Sheeting, then die cut with the wavy lines from Swirly Scribbles dies.

Place the wavy lines across the middle of the card and adhere.

Using a piece of scrap Basic Black cs die cut a circle from the Layering Circles dies to fit just inside the silver starburst, emboss this with the Subtles embossing folder and adhere it. 

Using dimensionals place the numbers on top, then again using dimenionals add the starburst across the wavy lines.

That's it folks!!! job done.

Will be back again soon with more cards

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

Birthday Blossoms meets Oh So Eclectic

Well I had a real mishap today. Went to do my blog and couldn't get into it anymore (tried everything I could think of) so here I am starting a new one. As it has been a long time since I set the old one up I haven't got all the gizmo's working yet so this is a blog in the making for now.

I just love this card, my inspiration came from one a saw a while ago on Pinterest.  There are a couple of elements that are retired now but could easily be swapped out for something current.

I used the daubing technique behind the main die cut image using fresh fig and powder pink to get the effect I wanted. Next was the stamping and die cutting, I'm not good with 2 step stamping so was very happy with the flowers.

The materials used are:

(r) = retired, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Card stock: Gold Foil, Whisper White

Ink: Fresh Fig, Garden Green, Powder Pink, VersaMark

DSP: Fancy Frost (r)

Stamp sets: Birthday Blossoms, Oh So Eclectic

Embossing powders:Gold

Thinlits: Eclectic Layers

Accessories: Gold cord (r), Wink of Stella

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x