Our Little Princess

Just Love the Princess Years

Well it's nearly time for Lily-Mae to put away the princess years but hopefully we'll get a couple more out of her as she has a sister just a year younger than her, even though she's not to much the princess type, she prefers to dig holes, a bit of boxing and generally get up to mischief. Is it just me or do children grow up a lot faster these days 

The card was surprisingly easy to make with the Sliding Star framelits along with the new foam adhesive strips. The only mistake I made was to do it in normal whisper white card stock instead of the thick card.

I took my time getting the Heard from the Heart stamp set and then it retired without me using it that much at the time, but it just seemed the right sentiment for this card so I pulled it out of mothballs along with the Little Princess set and I must admit Lily-Mae loved her card.

The materials used are:

Card Stock: Soft Sky, Thick Whisper White 

Card Base: NSU

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Soft Sky, VersaMark

Markers: Marina Mist, Pool Party, Rose Red, Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Soft Sky, 

Stamp Sets: Little Princess (retired), Heard From The Heart (retired), Perpetual Birthday Calendar, Shooting Star

Embossing Powder: Clear

Embossing Folders: Lucky Stars

Punches: Washi Label (retired)

Framelits: Sliding Star

Accessories: Metallic Enamel Shapes, Wink of Stella

Matting: card base 5 x 7, first mat 4⁵/₈ x 6⁵/_8, second mat 4¹/₂ x 6¹/₂

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Keeping it Simple

Banners & Stars

Just back from a great weekend with my younger son in Plymouth.  Love going there and catching up with him and his wife.  They've bought their own house and are now waiting for the exchange date and keys before moving in.  Life is so good for him now, but we miss him loads.

I felt like having a change for this card and decided to use my Bigshot for most of the card and this is what I came up with. I used the stars from the PBC set to create my own dsp and was quite pleased with the result. I teamed this up with basic card stock for the banner and the In Color DSP stack for the star. I also stamped the birthday before doing the embossing on the main part of the card.

The materials used are:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Dapper Denim

DSP: In Colors 16-18

Ink: Dapper Denim

Stamp Sets: Endless Birthday Wishes, Perpetual Birthday Calendar

Embossing Folders: Lucky Stars

Framelits: Banners, Stars

Thinlits: Hello You

Accessories: Basic Rhinestone

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Perpetual Birthday Calendar meets Softly Falling

Thank you for stopping by today

My recovery is slow but steady and I start physiotherapy on my wrists this Monday (not looking forward to it) I've had to learn how to do things differently as I can't move my wrist properly anymore.

This is a card which was inspired by my good friend Peg, we made a similar one some time ago and I've just put a slightly different spin on it today by using stamps from the current catalogue and making it bigger in size so as to add the sentiment at the top. 

The materials used are:

Ink: VersaMark, So Saffron

Sponging: So Saffron

Card stock: So Saffron, Whisper White

Glimmer Paper: Dazzling Diamonds

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Bloom With Hope (retired), Perpetual Birthday Calendar

Embossing Powder: Heat & Stick, White

Embossing folders: Softly Falling

Punches: Washi Label

Framelits: Starburst (retired)

Thinlits: Daughter (NSU)

Ribbon: Taffeta So Saffron (ret), White Organza

Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, soft clay & flower mould (retired), Tea Lace Doilies

All retired items could easily be replace with items in the current catalogue

Take care and have a great day.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Hula Minion punch and dies art

Hello, nice of you to pop by

Not able to do any crafting at the moment, fell down the stairs last week and broke my right arm, left wrist in two places and chipped a bone in my right foot. Painful or what!!!

The card for today and next time were made already as the first one was in my hand when I fell and the next one was needed the next day, even though I can't show it yet as Stuart won't get it until at least this Monday as he's away at sea at the moment.

The materials used are:

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi

Markers: Wild Wasabi 

Card stock: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Silver Glimmer, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Hip Notes (retired), Perpetual Birthday Calendar, Remembering Your Birthday

Embossing folders: Brick Wall

Punches: ³/₄ & 1” circles, Corner (NSU), Cupcake Builder, Itty Bitty Shapes (retired), Itty Bitty Accents, Tree Builder

Framelits: Balloon, Ovals Collection

Thinlits: Little Numbers

DSP: Watercolor Wonder (retired)

Bakers Twine: Thick Crushed Curry (retired)

Accessories: Large Brads (NSU), Crystal Effects, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stamping Sponges

Will be back again soon with more cards hopefully, with help from my Grand Daughter

Love Annette x