Clean and Bright Butterflies

Spring will soon be here!!!

I loved doing this card, don't know why particularly but I did.
I had no idea what I was going to do when I started but loved the finish. Again there is a mixture of old and new. I did a bit of sponging under the butterfly and a bit of thumping on the little butterflies. It was for one of my granddaughters and she loved it.

The card size is 5x7 and I extended the polka dot embossing.
 

The materials used are:

Card stock: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango

DSP: Irresistibly yours (retired)

Stamp sets: Birthday Banners, Papillon Potpourri

Embossing folders: Perfect Polka Dots (retired)

Punches: Bitty Butterfly

Framelits: Bunch of Banners

Thinlits: Butterflies
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Wink of Stella

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 pleased to help you.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Colour Resist Meets Thumping

Summer Colours

This is a card I made for my Dad's Chiropodist as his appointment was on her birthday this month and as we go every few weeks I thought it would be nice to give her a card from us and wish her a happy day.  She was thrilled with it.

I'm trying to use different colours at the moment, and different techniques, we did this one with my upline Peg a few weeks ago using the flowering flourishes stamp set, I swapped that with the Timeless Textures this time and was quite pleased with the result. I also used the thumping technique in the butterfly to get the speckled effect.

The materials used are:

Ink: So Saffron, VersaMark

Markers: Bermuda Bay

Card stock: So Saffron, Whisper White

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Timeless Textures, Watercolor Wishes

Embossing powder: Clear, White

Punches: Bitty Butterfly

Accessories: Basic Rhinetones, Sequin Trim

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Thanks A Million

A Big Thank You Cousin

Thanks for dropping by today 

I've got a thank you card which is quite unusual for me, I don't do cards like this very often as I usually see people I want to say thank you to. But this time I needed to do a very big one (figuratively speaking) as my cousin gave me a beautiful picture of one of my Grand Daughters taken nearly six years ago, she was only about 6 weeks old. I've put it in the alcove going up my stairs and it looks really lovely there.

I've had the Elegant dots embossing folder for ages and this is the first time I've used it, I love the effect and it's so delicate I will use it a lot more now. In fact I have at least another two cards I've used it on. So keep watching.

 

The materials used are:

Markers: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz

Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Papillon Potpourri, What I Love (SAB retired)

Embossing folders: Elegant Dots

Punches: Washi Label, Word Window

Framelits: Oval Collection

Accessories: Basic Pearls, Wink of Stella

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Butterflies Galore

Growing Up

It's sometimes hard when people request certain themes for their cards, but not so when it's butterflies. My Granddaughter wanted butterflies and lots of them so I came up with the idea of a pop up box with yes you guessed it 13 butterflies. She counted them and complained there were only 12 but one was hidden on the back panel so she was much happier.  She had a perfect day and our card took pride of place on the mantle piece.

The materials used are:

Ink: Encore Silver, Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder

Markers: Stampin Dazzle Silver, Wisteria Wonder

Card stock: Vellum, Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Window Sheets, Wisteria Wonder

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri

Embossing folders: Decorative Dots, Softly Falling

Punches: Bitty Butterfly, Elegant Butterfly

Framelits: Bold Butterfly, Bold Butterfly, Large Numbers

Thinlits: Butterflies

DSP: Perfectly Artistic (Sale-A-Bration) freebie with a £45 order

Accessories: Pearls (NSU), Wink of Stella Clear

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Butterfly basics

Hello there, so glad you dropped by

Today's card I made some time ago for my Aunt, she just loves butterflies. I think a saw a similar one on Pinterest but don't know who did it.

Again I'm using lots of old stock (I don't like to just leave it on the shelf, what about you?) but there are plenty of new colours etc that would be perfect for it.

I made some really up to date, beautiful butterfly cards the other day with my friend Peg, so will show you them, some time soon. Until then take care and happy crafting.

The materials used are:

Inks: Wild wasabi, Wisteria wonder

Card stock: Whisper white

DSP: Irresistibly yours (retired) 

Stamps: Butterfly basics, Papillon potpourri, Sassy salutations

Punches: Corner (NSU)

Thinlits: Butterflies

Embossing folder: Decorative dots

Ribbon:³/₈Taffeta Perfect plum (retired)

Bakers twine: Wisteria wonder (retired)

Blendabilities: Wisteria wonder (retired)

Accessories: Basic pearls (NSU)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Works Over

Hello there, so glad you dropped by

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

butterflies meets decorative dots

Hello there, so glad you dropped by

Not feeling too well today as had a root filling in one of my back teeth yesterday and now in more pain than I had before, but hopefully will feel better once the pain has gone (thank God for Ibuprofen). 

This is a birthday card I did for my upline Peg, I got the idea from the Internet but not sure where, so if it's one of yours please let me know so I can give you the credit.  I have since seen a great video on giving the butterfly a marble effect and I will let you who's blog that's on when I create a card using the technique. Still behind and still busy but keep crafting when I can.  

It was sad to see the blendabilities go but I kept mine as l like using them (used on the pearls). 

Happy crafting 

The materials used are:

Ink: Wild wasabi, Wisteria wonder

Card stock: Whisper white

DSP: Irresistibly yours (retired) 

Stamps: Butterfly basics, Papillon potpourri, Sassy salutations

Punches: ¹/₁₆ circle (hand held), corner (NSU)

Thinlits: Butterflies

Embossing folder: Decorative dots

Bakers twine: Wisteria wonder (retired)

Blendabilities: Wisteria wonder (retired)

Accessories: Basic pearls (NSU)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Thumping and embossing

Hello there, so glad you dropped by

I loved making this card for a dear friend of mine.  Embossing on vellum and then colouring it on the reverse side looks really good to me.  I also used the thumping method for the butterflies, stamping in one colour and then thumping (gently tapping randomly with a marker) with another colour. Tried to make sure it was done with current materials but didn't quite make it.  

The materials used are:

Ink: So saffron, VersaMark

Markers: So saffron, Wild wasabi

Card stock: So saffron, Whisper white, Wild wasabi

Stamps: Butterfly basics, Papillon potpourri, Something lacy

Framelits: Apothecary accents

Punches: Bitty butterfly, Elegant butterfly

Ribbon: taffeta so saffron (retired) nearly made one with no retired items

Accessories: Basic pearls, Essentials piercing template, White embossing powder, White vellum

Embossing powder: White

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x