Happy Birthday Thinlit

Nice to have you visit today. 

This was quite an easy card to make, there was very little stamping and loads of die cutting.

The color theory DSP was used as a base for the card. 

I die cut two happy birthdays to give the sentiment a bit of shadow one in dapper denim and the second one with whisper white card which had been sponged with Marina Mist ink, I quite liked the graduated shading and was pleased with the outcome.

Don't you just love using the stitched shapes and layering framelits together they're always my go to for making things stand out, and the faux stitching gives that added dimension I like.

For the "Son" I used scrap pieces of whisper white and dapper denim placed on a strip of card.

The materials used are:

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

Card stock: Dapper Denim, Thick Whisper White, Whisper White

Ink: Dapper Denim, Marina Mist

DSP: Color Theory

Stamp sets: Thoughtful Banners

Framelits: Layering squares, Stitched Shapes

Thinlits: Happy Birthday

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Daisy Delight

This is an easy card to make and didn't take long to do. Most of what I've used is in the current annual catalogue.

I just loved the vellum daisy with the leaf behind it from the flourish thinlit set. I also thought cutting across background at an angle made a nice change and finishing it off with some linen thread.

The materials used are:

Card stock: Powder Pink, Whisper White, Vellum,Wild Wasabi

Ink: Berry Burst, Powder Pink

DSP: In Color 17/9

Stamp sets: Avant Garden (r), Daisy Delight

Embossing folders: Petal Burst

Framelits: Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes

Thinlits: Flourish

Punches: Daisy

Ribbon: Taffeta Pink Pirouette (r)

Accessories: Linen Thread

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Sweet & Simple

Clean and Bright

This card was made some time ago, as you can see it uses one of the Sale-a-bration stamps from 2017. I'm showing it as you could easily swap out what I used for newer products.

Well a couple of things went wrong with this card, first the embossing was a little off  so I had to add some ribbon to hide the gap, but then the only ribbon I had was not the right colour so I used my Melon Mambo blendabilities pens to darken it up before adding the silver ribbon.

I tried the stamping and then layering technique and found it looked very pretty and I just love the combination of the stitched shapes and layering framelits which gives your projects just that little bit more dimension.

The materials used are:

Card stock: whisper white, Melon Mambo

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Old Olive

DSP: Sunshine & Sprinkles (retired)

Stamp sets: Avant Garden (SAB)

Embossing folders: Petal Burst

Ribbon: Glitter Blushing Bride (retired), silver (SAB), Taffeta (retired)

Framelits: Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes

Accessories: Wink of Stella

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Graduation Congratulations

Congrats Ash On your Masters

A couple of weeks ago it was my friends Son's graduation and he did very well. She used to make her own cards but since starting work has found it difficult, so she asked me to do one for her. I didn't have a clue what to do but I know he got a 1st so this is what I came up with.

She was thrilled with it and I just hope he liked it too. 

To do the hat I first punched out a best badge and cut it down with a slight angle, next I punched out a tree, turned it round and pushed again taking the trunk off and giving me a diamond shape, for the tassle I used DMC thread.

Sorry there's a lot of retired items used but it was how it came together. I'm sure it could be done with more up to date items but I was under pressure to get it done ASAP as she needed it a couple of days later. 

The materials used are:

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

Card stock: Crushed curry, elegant eggplant, whisper white

Ink: black tuxedo (memento), elegant eggplant versaMark

DSP: It’s my party (r)

Stamp sets: Blue ribbon (r), number of years, sky is the limit (r), Teeny tiny sentiments

Embossing folders: sparkle

Embossing powders: Black (r)

Framelits: Layering circles, large numbers, stitched shapes

Punches: Best badge, tree (r), classic label, modern label (r)

Accessories: bakers twine (r), DMC thread (nsu)

The "Gaining A Masters Degree" was computer generated

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Just a note

Eastern Beauty Note Card

Well I just couldn't wait to get my hands on this set along with all the goodies that came with it. So ordered early and then wasn't able to play with it for a while. Once I did I just love it and hope it stays for next year too.

This is the first thing I did with them.  Used the small note cards and placed a strip of DSP down the lefthand side, then scored at one eighth intervals down the righthand side to give  it some dimension, Die cut 2 of the medallions and placed a gold sticker on the smaller one (next time I think I might place the sticker before die cutting as it took me ages to line it up. Add a tassel (think these are great), stamped the sentiment on Very Vanilla card stock and die cut using the stitched shapes ovals then layered that over a scalloped oval. Used some of the sale-abrations ribbon to anchor the medallion.

The materials used are:

Card stock: Fresh fig, very vanilla

Card base: Note cards (white)

Ink: Fresh fig, VersaMark

DSP: Eastern Palace

Stamp sets: Eastern beauty, flourishing phrases

Embossing powders: Clear

Framelits:Layering ovals, stitched shapes

Thinlits: Eastern medallions

Accessories: Eastern gold vinyl stickers, metallic ribbon (sab), scoreboard

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Spring is in the air

Sunshine and Flowers

Hi everyone, well today I've again mixed the old with the new and was quite pleased with the result.  I'm tending to do this as I have a lot of product and feel it should be used whether it's old or new, as long as it looks nice.  You could easily swap out the retired items for current product, 

For the sentiment you need to place an order for £45 before 31st March  and then you can choose the Avant Garden stamp set as your free gift.

As for the shop around stamp, I bought this when it was in the catalogue at the time and then believe it or not didn't use it until now.

The materials used are:

Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Shimmery White, So Saffron, Whisper White

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron

DSP: Subtles Paper Stack (retired)

Stamp sets: Avant Garden (SAB), Shop Around (retired)

Embossing folders: Festive

Framelits: Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes

Thinlits: Flourishes

Ribbon: Taffeta (retired) 

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Spring is in the air

One for Two (oops)

Well this card went to two people and the story is that for once this year I'm a little  ahead of myself in making the cards i need so my niece's card was made towards the end of January and put away safely for today. 

Then shock horror!!! at the very beginning of February I realised I had forgotten to make my lovely neighbour a card and it was already lunchtime. So I quickly did an insert for my niece' card (thank goodness I hadn't already put one in) and gave it to my neighbour, who loved it.  The problem was I really liked it for Ruth so straight away I made another one and put it away for her, hope she likes it too!

Happy Birthday Ruth

The materials used are:

Card stock: Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White

Ink: VersaMark,Watermelon Wonder

DSP: Neutrals Stack

Stamp sets: Circle of spring

Embossing Powders: Clear, Silver

Framelits: Layering circles, Stitched shapes, Wonderful wreath

Ribbon: Dotted Lace Trim (retired)

Accessories: Basic rhinestones, Tea lace doilies (retired)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Big Birthdays'

Celebrating Big Occasions

Today is bright at the moment but very windy and the trees are swaying as if there's no tomorrow. So for me it's batten down the hatches as my son would say and enjoy a day at home.
Again it's a man card, sorry I've used a retired embossing folder it was the one I liked best for this project.Looking at the picture of the card now I see I missed out the black ribbon used for the separation between the top and bottom it's the stitched satin ribbon and I believe it's also retired now.
It was quite easy to make, but has a bit of a pop to it I think. Hope you like it!!!

The materials used are:

Card stock: Basic Black, Emerald Envy, Shimmery White

Ink: Emerald Envy

DSP: In color stack 16 - 18

Stamp sets: Number of years

Embossing folders: Zig zag (retired)

Framelits: Large numbers, Layering ovals, Stitched shapes

Thinlits: Party pop up

Accessories: Rhinestones (NSU)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby more and would love to help you get started. If you'd like to have a go and live in the Walsall area of the West Midlands contact me and I would be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for my details.