Ribbon is one of my favourite embellishments, and I have boxes of it in dozens of colours and shades. My favourite is satin, but today I've used a gingham one which tones better with my card colours. I love the 3D effect on a card which makes it look more handcrafted when it's gifted.
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Annette
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Square cards are my favourite standard shape cardbase. I caveat that by saying I still love a fancy shaped card, like an apron shape for a food related image, or snowflake shaped cards for Christmas, but for my go-to cards, it's always a 6" square. Maybe it's the symmetry of them, but there's plenty of space for an image, pretty papers, and some fancy bits. Today's card is for my Brother-in-Law, so I've kept the fancy bits limited to some fonts with a personalised typed sentiment.
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Annette
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This week at As You Like It Challenge we're asking you to share your favourite die. This is an easy one for me, because I absolutely love my circle dies, of which I have a few with different stitching designs. But my most used is this simple single stitch design by MFT. I love the variation of using a circle die on a square card, and the stitching is a lovely textured effect. What did we do before these stitched edge dies became popular!
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Annette
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I really like making layered card with 3D elements, my favourites being flowers and ribbons. Many of my cards feature images framed with paper flowers and a double bow (a bowmaker is fabulous for this). It does make mailing more bulky, but I love the effect of making it look more crafted than store-bought.
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Annette
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We're asking for your favourite colouring medium at As You Like It Challenge this fortnight. I've been trying my hand at colouring pencils recently (more art drawings than cards) but my favourite go-to medium for cardmaking has been Ranger Distress Reinkers, which I use as watercolouring inks with a dinky brush. Watercolouring feels like relaxing therapy! I've watercoloured this sweet bunny image by Emma Punktchen on a clean and simple card.
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Annette
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We're asking for your favourite season at As You Like It Challenge this week, and although I love Christmas crafting, I'm not a fan of winter and cold weather, so my favourite season is the summer with the long sunny days and warm weather.
I've made this card for one of my lovely teamies at As You Like It Challenge. I really love this little bear and I've used him a couple of times this year because I love the image so much. I've kept the design layout simple, but added a personalised sentiment to make it a little more special.
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Annette
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I made this card for my bestie's birthday earlier this month. It took quite a bit of inking, and by the end of it my fingertips were blue! I don't think I've used this stamp before, so it was lovely to use something new and I really enjoyed the green and blue theme. The sentiment is spot on too!
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- Under the Sea by CC Designs
- Distress Ink pads (for blending)
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Annette
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