Hearts Galore

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Today's card is one I made for my eldest son and daughter in law for their (you guessed it) ninth wedding anniversary.  Just hope they realised there were nine hearts on it, did you?

I'm getting better at not using old stash lately but sometimes you just have to, don't you agree.  I know they liked the card because they put it up on their Facebook page. 

Still have a few cards to catch up on, I don't ever seem to catch up now but never mind, better late than never.  Hope you like this one and it's quite easy to do.

The materials used are:

Ink: Watermelon Wonder

Card stock: Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White

Stamps: Bohemian Borders, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Embossing folders: Boho Chic, Happy Heart

Punches: Itty Bitty Accents

Framelits: Hearts Collection (retired) 

Thinlits: Mini Treat Bag (can used instead of the hearts collection)

Ribbon: Dotted Lace (Watermelon Wonder)

Accessories: Scoreboard

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Works Over

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Today I've got a retirement card I made for my Aunt.  She decided it was time to go a few months ago but waited until the Summer months when the weather would be better and she'd be able to get out and about and spend lots of time in her garden (She's already up in Scotland with family for a few days as my cousin has her graduation this week) more on that soon.

For those of you who know me and my age (?) she's not some doddering old lady, she's only 18 months older than me, and I wish her a long and happy retirement.

The materials used are:

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, VeraMark

Markers: Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi

Card stock: So Saffron, Whisper White

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Embossing Powder: White

Punches: Bitty Butterfly, Washi Label

Ribbon: Taffeta Crushed Curry (retired)

Accessories: Basic Pearls

The Serene silhouettes was off stamped a second time and embossed in white but you can't really see it in this picture unless you look carefully to the left of the first.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

The Big Day

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Today is a mixture of old and SU, my youngest son got married a couple of weeks ago and so I needed to make a special card. (You're right Peg, I didn't do the cutting out for the Decoupage my good friend Jean did) remember readers, I don't do cutting (love all the punches and framelits etc). 

The day was warm with a cool breeze and it took place at a beautiful church on Dartmoor called St Michael's and All Angels. The reception was then held at the Moorland Garden Hotel and it was superb and everybody had a great time. The bride was beautiful and I thought my son looked great (but he wasn't in his uniform) he had a big grin on his face all day, he was so happy.

The materials used are:

Card stock: Pool party, Silver  glimmer

Card base: (NSU)

DSP: Bride (retired)

Punches: corner (NSU)

Ribbon: (NSU)

Framelits: Labels collection (retired)

Decoupage: (NSU)

Sentiment: (NSU)

Told you he looked great, and I don't scrub up too bad either

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Amazing Dad

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Today I've jumped forward a few weeks because I really liked the card I did for my Dad this year and for once he actually said it was great. Normally I just get a thanks.

I'm still behind with my posts and need to get caught up so hopefully over the next couple of weeks I will.

The materials used are:

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, VersaMark

Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Amazing Birthday, Fabulous Four, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Embossing Powder: White

Punches:Banner Triple, Word Window

DSP: Polka Dot Parade (retired)

Accessories: Candy Dots Real Red

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Son's new home

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Today I'm showing you the card I made for my youngest son and his at the time girlfriend. He is the last of my children to set up a new home of his own although he left home about 6 years ago.  He moved into it towards the end of May and we saw it for the first time last weekend when we were down there (he's a submariner and lives in Plymouth) will tell you all about that soon. 

I'm sorry about the loss of the Homemade holiday stamp set and co-ordinating framelits, and will carry on using them as they make great new home cards without too much cutting and as my upline Peg will tell you I hate cutting anything.

The materials used are:

Inks: Chocolate chip, Hello honey, Old olive, Soft sky, Soft suede, Wild wasabi, VersaMark

Card stock: Sahara sand, Whisper white

Card base: (NSU)

Markers: Daffodil delight, Real red, Soft suede

Stamps: Hardwood, Holiday home (retired), White christmas

Framelits: Bitty banners, Circles collection, Homemade holiday (retired)

Punches: Owl builder

Accessories: White embossing powder, Aqua painters (for the roof and windows)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Quick and easy

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Have spent some time with some of Grand children this week and they are so noisy I have a headache when I leave but I love then dearly and feel blessed to have so many.  Hope you all had a great half term week. 

Today it's a quick and easy card as nearly forgot my cousins birthday so had to whip one up quickly and this is what I came up with, did some scoring on this card which is something I don't do very often but felt it gave the card a bit more character,  and there 's only one thing that isn't in the  new catalogue (very good for me).

I'm doing a bit more now but still have a way to go before I catch up with my posts.  I'm doing some things with the new goodies and can't wait to show you all.

The materials used are:

Inks: Memento tuxedo black 

Card stock: Whisper white

Card base: Note card

Stamps: Guy greetings

Punches: Decorative label

Framelits: Deco labels

DSP: Modern medley (retired)

Accessories: Candy dots, Scoreboard

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Very old with fairly New

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Today I've been looking at what's no longer in season and find I have too much of it so decided to try and use some of it up.  Watched a great video on Elizabeth's craft room blog so will be making my grand children some little scrap books soon, will let you see them once there done. As for today's card it's for a friend of ours and I used some very old DSP along with an up to date embossing folder. Lots of different blue's but I think they went well together.  

The materials used are:

Inks: Not quite navy (retired)

Card stock: Not quite navy (retired), Sahara sand

DSP: Blueberry crisp (retired)

Stamps: Curly cute (retied) I still love this stamp set.

Embossing folder: Tiny triangles

Framelits: Banners

Ribbon: Stitched satin Midnight muse (retired)

Accessories: Button (retired), Linen thread

Alternative colour for this cards would be Pacific point.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x