Sixteenth birthday

Sweet Sixteen

Well here in the UK we now seem to be into summer, the winter clothes have gone away (maybe a bad move, but we'll see) and the summer clothes are out. hopefully it will be sunshine all the way now?

Today it's the turn of Stephens daughter, born two days after his birthday and as you can see that was 16 years ago. She's gorgeous, tall blonde and beautiful. Towers above me now, but it only seems like yesterday she was a little bundle of joy in my arms. Oh how time flies. 

I still have one more card for April so will be back in a couple of days with that one and then I'm onto May.  Not so many to do this month.

The materials used are:

Ink:Wisteria Wonder

Card stock:Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Balloon Celebration, Honeycomb Happiness (SAB Retired)

Embossing folders: Designer Frames (retired), Elegant Lines (retired)

Punches: Washi Label

Framelits: Scalloped Ovals (nsu)

Thinlits: Little Numbers

Ribbon: Ruffled (retired)

Accessories: Basic Pearls (nsu), Blendabilities (retired), Glimmer Paper, Piercing Tool

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Hip Hip Hooray

Brain not in Gear anymore

Today I thought I'd go away from the usual type of card for my brother in law and this is what I came up with, using DSP and the hip hip hooray thinlits die I've had sitting on my shelf  for a while now.  I don't know about you but I never like to cut into new DSP and thought it was about time I started to.  Realised when I looked at the image below I should have placed the happy birthday over to the left or cut the bottom of the word bubble off, don't you think.  Brain and dangerous is what I think at the moment. 

Well off to watch the afternoon film on TV now!!! Love being retired, lots of lovely things to do 

The materials used are:

Ink: Lost Lagoon

Card stock:Lost Lagoon Shimmery Black

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Balloon Celebration, Sprinkles of Life

Punches: Corner (nsu), Washi Label

Thinlits: Party Pop Up

DSP: Going Places

Ribbon: Lost Lagoon striped

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Soft and Simple

Simply Sweet

A dull day here in the West Midlands but I'm cosy and warm in my craft room with nothing to do all day but play. Oh what joy!!!

This is a card I made using the stamp set flowering fields from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue, you can earn this set free if you spend £45 and if you don't like this one there are plenty more to choose from.

I used my markers and then did a little blending with my Aqua painter to give the petals and leaves a bit of depth and it looks really good. I don't use DSP often enough I buy it and it just sits on my shelf looking very pretty so I decided I need to use it more often and although the one I used on this card is very old there are plenty out there that would look just as pretty.

The materials used are:

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Markers: Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi

Card stock: Shimmer

Stamps: Balloon Celebration, Flowering Fields

DSP: Cottage Wall (retired)

Accessories: Aqua Painter, Sequin Trim, Wave cutting Blade

My inspiration came from Brandy Cox, thank you for sharing Brandy

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x