A Little Bit of Sunshine

Spring Is In The Air

Or it was the day I made the card, here in the Midlands it's rather wet and windy today.

I was browsing the blogs I follow the other day and found a card similar to this one and just new it was what I wanted to do for a friend of mine. Again it is a mixture of old and new, the ribbon is very old as is the embossing folder but it's one I keep using and the stamp sets are bang up to date.  I used the thumping technique for the butterfly and for the leaves I stamped on the card before embossing then stamped again on a scrap piece of card stock before (yes Peg) fussy cutting them out and slightly overlapped on the original stamping.  Loved the effect.  

The materials used are:

Ink: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, So Saffron

Markers: Old Olive

Card stock: Old OliveWhisper White

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Grateful Bunch

Embossing folders: Perfect Polka Dots (retired)

Punches: Bitty Butterfly, Blossom Bunch

DSP: DSP Stack Brights (retired)

Ribbon: Taffeta So Saffron (retired)

Accessories: Basic Pearls

Inspired by Brandyscards.com

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

Lazy Days

Relaxing Times

This is a blast from the past, as I'm not very good with male cards I find it hard to come up with ideas.  My friend is a keen fisherman and I always do him cards that are fishy but this time I thought I'd go slightly away from the fish theme but still incorporate water.  He's retired and has been for some time so thought he might like a laid back relaxing theme. Hope he likes it.

The materials used are:

Ink: Early Expresso, Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi

Stamps: Moon Lake (retired), Remembering Your Birthday, Up Up and Away (retired)

DSP: Adventure Bound (retired)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Butterflies birthday

So glad you dropped by 

Been busy the last couple of days, Hubby has the man flu and needs looking after.  He looked after me very well when I broke my wrists last year so I felt I need to return the favour but I don't have a very good bedside manner so I leave him in bed for as long as possible.  They say sleep is the best thing when you're ill don't they?

On to today's card it's a very simple one as I needed to get 2 cards done for the same day.  One female and one male, not so good at male ones, find it hard to come up with ideas but I keep trying. Will show you that one in a couple of days. Hope my cousin liked this one.

The materials used are:

Ink: Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon

Card stock: Shimmery White, Soft Sky

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Hardwood

Thinlits: Butterflies

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Happy 18th

Thanks for dropping by

Today I'm showing the card I made for our Grandson, can't believe we now have an 18 year old in the family but there you go, time flies when you're not looking.

I enjoyed doing this one, and although you can't see it I've done lots of 18's all over the Pumpkin Pie in Illuminate but it doesn't show up very well on the photo, I should've used Pumpkin Pie and the stamped off method, will know next time. I also used one of the Sale-A-Bration stamps you can get free at the moment with every £45 you spend and they are all worth having this year. Have a look through the catalogues on the right and if you want to place an order contact me and I'll be happy to help you.

The materials used are:

Ink: Illuminate (retired), Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie

Markers: Basic Black

Card stock: Black Glimmer, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, 

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Need For Speed (retired), Number Of Years, Sky Is The Limit (sab)

Embossing folders: Cloudy Day (retired)

Framelits: Large Numbers

Ribbon: Taffeta Black (retired) 

Punches: ¹/₂ Corner NSU

Looks like I'm getting back on track now and will be able to post more often as all the physio etc is over and my wrists are as good as there ever going to get.

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Friendly wishes

Friends are so special and good ones last a lifetime

One of my friends had a birthday the other day and I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her and saw this stamp set on Pinterest and came up with a quick and easy card, sorry there are some retired items used, I just can't stop using the Happy Birthday out of Create a cupcake it's my favourite, and thought the Dahlia just finished it off. I keep buying adornments and then don't want to use them but I'm trying to get over that now slowly one adornment at a time.

The materials used are:

Ink: Crumb cake

Markers: Watermelon Wonder

Card stock: shimmery White, Whisper White

Stamps: Friendly Wishes, Create A Cupcake (retired)

Embossing folders: Lovely Lace (retired)

Punches: Corner (NSU), Modern Label (retired), Word Window

Framelits: Lots Of Labels

Ribbon: Dotted Lace

Accessories: Dahlia Adornments (retired), Pearl Basic Jewels

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Age Awareness meets Flowering Flourishes

Big changes from the 5th January, seasonal catalogue changes and Sale-A-Bration starts

It's all change now for the seasonal catalogues, we lose the Autumn Winter catalogue and go to the Spring Summer catalogue along with the Annual catalogue, so there is ample chances for you to earn Sale-A-Bration goodies during the next couple of months.

But watch out some of them are limited edition and only last for 6 weeks of the Sale-A-Bration promotion. So check out the catalogues on the right and email me if you want to place and order.

I love the Age Awareness stamp set and just had to have it, put it on my shelf and there it sat for quite sometime. Then it jumped out at me again and this is what I came up with.

The materials used are:

Ink: Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Watermelon Wonder

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Age Awareness, Flowering Flourishes, Petite Petals

Embossing Folders: Decorative Dots

Punches: Petite Petals

Ribbon: Dotted Lace Trim

Accessories: Smooch Spritz (retired)

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x