Christmas engagement

Hello and Happy New Year

Well the Christmas season is over and it was a hectic one for us.  Then we both came down with bad colds so no blogging done for quite a while.  I'm glad to be back though and looking forward to what will hopefully be a good year.

Today's card is the last one made for 2015 as a good friends Son only went and got himself engaged on Christmas day, congrats to both of you. But that gave me the excuse to get back into the crafting mode, had lost my mojo for a while but it seems to be back now!!!

The materials used are:

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Card stock: Gold Foil Sheet 

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Love & Laughter (Retired), Your Perfect Day (Retired)

Embossing Powder: Gold

Punches: Itty Bitty Accents

Accessories: Gold Metallic Thread

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Gorgeous Grunge Man

My Mans' Birthday

My husband tells everyone that my cards cost him at least £1000 each, so I felt sore wrists or not I better make him one or he might divorce me and I can't have that as I love him too much.  He's also very good to me, and looks after all the family (there's a lot of us) without moaning too much.

I don't know about you but I have real problems with male cards and can never really think of good ideas, but this one just seemed to fall into place and he said next time I make him a card I shouldn't just chuck the ink on, but he loved it really.

Have made 2 other cards for men that I'm quite pleased with but can't show them until after the 9th December. 

Love being back in the craftroom, but still not a hundred percent yet. Physio is killing me.

The materials used are:

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate

Card stock: Whisper White, 

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Amazing Birthday, Gorgeous Grunge, Relationship (NSU)

Punches: Corner (NSU), Decorative Label

Framelits: Banners

Ribbon: Grosgrain Night of Navy (retired)

Accessories: Sequins & washers (NSU) 

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

Boys Will Be Boys

Welcome and Hello

I'm happy to say this is a card I made a couple of days ago for my Great Nephew who's birthday was yesterday and he loved it.

I found it difficult and need to use my less dominant hand a lot more than before and so it's quite a simple one. But at least I'm getting there.

I got my cast off just over a week ago, still need to use my less dominant  hand for most things as my left hand can't take any pressure or weight yet but hopefully will improve soon as I have lot's of Christmas cards to make as well as a few more birthdays.

The materials used are:

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Markers: Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: Boys Will Be Boys

Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Embossing folders: Large Polka Dot

Punches: Corner NSU,Washi Label

Accessories: Candy Dots Neutrals & Regals

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Cute butterfly

Hello and welcome

Today is another card I made with my fabulous up line Peg, some time ago.  I have used a few of my older cards lately but should be back crafting soon.  I had the cast taken off yesterday and hopefully should have my hand working again soon. The wrist feels very stiff and sore at the moment but hopefully it will be a little better each day. I sent this card to my lovely cousin for her birthday last week.

The materials used are:

Ink: Soft Suede

Card stock: Soft Suede , Whisper White

Stamps: Perfect Pennants

Punches: Elegant Butterfly

Framelits: On Film (retired)

Washi Tape: Retro Fresh (retired)

Accessories: Basic Pearls

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Emboss Resist

So glad you dropped by

Today is another card from the past, l made this one sometime earlier this year when having a lovely craft day with my fantastic upline Peg. So if you follow her blog you may have seen it before. Being out of action at the moment l picked this one to send to my Aunt, hope she liked it.

I'm feeling out of sorts at the moment, as l ordered a MISTI and Fuse tool a couple of weeks ago and there now both sitting there waiting to be used, while l sit with two useless hands for at least another two weeks. My advise don't come down stairs with your hands full, it could be very painful indeed. 

The materials used are:

Ink: Sahara Sand, VersaMark

Card stock: Sahara Sand, Vellum, Whisper White

Stamps: Perpetual Calendar, Petal Potpourri (retired), For The Birds (retired)

Embossing Powder: White

Punches: Flower Medallion, 1" Square (for banner tails) 

Embosslits: Beautiful Butterflies (retired)

Accessories: Sponges

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Way Back When

Nice to see you, with a blast from the past

Today is a sample from so far back in my Stampin Up life, I don't think I was even a demonstrator. But as you know I don't have the use of either of my hands at the moment (life is so sad without crafting) and I still have over another 3 weeks possibly 5 weeks before I have the one cast off and it's my predominant hand.  Trouble is people still have birthday's so all my old cards are coming into their own again.

The materials used are:

Inks: Real Red

Stamps: Elementary Elegance SAB (11-12)

Embossing Folders: Perfect Polka Dots

Embosslits: Beautiful Wings

Bigz: Top Note

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Dazzling Diamonds

All now sadly retired except for the ink and accessories.  All other materials used were not SU.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x