Annie’s CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club April 2020 + 50% Off Coupon

Today, we are reviewing Annie’s CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club that has the theme of “Beautiful Friendship”. This is the perfect time for me to make these cards and send them to my friends! Especially now, while we are in isolation because of COVID-19.

This month's card making techniques are Layering and Stamping.

About Annie’s CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club

Annie's CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club sends you most of the supplies and instructions you need to make 8-10 high quality hand made cards! I personally love getting hand made cards, and really enjoy making them too!

• Price: $19.99 / month
• Shipping: $5.95
• Ships to: US and Canada

DEAL: Get 50% off your first month of Annie's Card Maker Club with coupon CAROLYN50.

We received this card kit for review purposes. 

Annie CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club March 2020 Review “Celebrate Life”

Annie's sends their monthly card kits in a purple mailer. 

Here's our first peek at this month's kit. I love the pink and navy blue theme! 

Each month you'll get an instruction booklet with color photos. You can tell by the pictures below that we are going to make some very beautiful cards!

The inside of the booklet shows you everything that is included in this kit. The “Celebrate Life” Card Kit includes: 

• Cards
• Envelopes
• Foil Cardstock
• Patterned papers
• Die-cut sheets
• Ribbon
• Twine
• Sequins
• Self-cling rubber stamps

You will also need the Cardmaker Tool Kit (which is included with your first shipment and has a bone folder, stamp block, ruler, etc.), scissors or a paper cutter, a black stamp pad or black marker, adhesive, and foam adhesive dots.

Our favorite paper cutter is this Fiskars Rotary Trimmer and favorite adhesive to use is Tombow Mono Adhesive Applicator. We also like StazOn ink pads for black ink. 

There are detailed instructions on each page, with all the dimensions you need to cut the card stock and patterned paper. 

This month, Annie's gives you instructions to make 5 different cards, but they include enough materials to make your own designs, too. 

Patterned Paper and Gold Foil Cardstock

This month, Annie's include gold foil cardstock. This card stock is so elegant and heavy weight. The floral and striped patterned paper is beautiful as well!

Beautiful Friendship Die-Cuts

These die-cut messages and embellishments make it really easy to make your cards look professional.

Navy Blue and Pink Pre-Scored Cards & Envelopes

Annie's includes pre-scored cards to make folding cards a lot easier.

Sequins, Ribbon, and Twine

We got color coordinated sequins, ribbon, and twine. These are easy ways to dress up homemade cards!

Beautiful Friendship Self Cling Rubber Stamps

These stamps have cute messages and flowers. I really like the selection in fonts in this month's kit.

Now, let's see what cards we made!

Have a Beautiful Day Card

This is the cardstock and paper that we cut according to the dimensions provided in the instruction booklet. My rotary paper cutter makes cutting paper really easy!

To make a flag for this card, we cut some notches into the gold foil paper. 

This was the finished “Have a Beautiful Day!” card. Don't you just love it? 

We made another version of this card using the “You Make Me Happy” die cut. 

Congrats Card

This card required cutting 3 paper strips from the patterned paper.

You can see here, we spaced them equally apart using our Tombow mono adhesive. 

We also used the pink grosgrain ribbon to create some interest at the top of this card. 

The Congrats message was assembled using layers of the die cuts and gold foil paper

Here is the finished card. I really love how all of the colors and patterns are pulled together on this card. 

We also made our own version of this card by turning the card sideways and adding the “You Are Beautiful Inside and Out” die-cut message. 

Enjoy The Little Things Card

This card required less paper cutting and uses the pink and gold sequins. 

We adhered the pink ribbon to the bottom of the patterned paper and gold foil cardstock. 

Here is the finished card. The gold foil cardstock really adds a touch of elegance and bling to these cards. I think I'm going to have to buy more of this cardstock! 

Here is our version of this card using the Grateful flag die cut. 

Grateful For All You Do Card

This card uses mainly navy colors with pops of color in gold and pink. 

Here is our finished card. I love the simplicity of this card. 

Thankful for you Card

This card uses the striped patterned paper with gold accents. 

Here is our finished card. I am partial to stripes, so I really like this card. 🙂

I also made another card using the same paper, but used the Happy Day banner. 

Here is another card that I made using the gold “hello” die cut. 

In Summary

I am in love with the gold, navy, and gold color scheme that was used in this month's “Beautiful Friendship” card kit from Annie's. All of the cards were really easy to make and were mess free! I really loved the gold foil cardstock that was used in this month's card designs. They added a perfect amount of bling and elegance! The die cut messages and flowers also give these cards a professional look. 

What did you think of this month's card kit? 

DEAL: Get 50% off your first month of Annie's Card Maker Club with coupon CAROLYN50.