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

Butterfly wall

Bold Butterfly meets Borderlines

It's a bright morning here in the West Midlands today and I have a nice bright card for you.

With a mixture of old and new again I created this card closely following one I found on Pinterest I think? If it's yours let me know so I can credit you with idea.  I didn't have the flowers down the wall stamp so substituted the borderlines stamp with some tiny flowers coming dow it instead.  I used my blendabilities to colour some of the pearls and added some sequin trim to finish it off.  Hope my friend liked it? I know I did when it was finished. 

The materials used are:

Ink: Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow, Versa Mark

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla

Card base: NSU

Stamps: Borderlines (retired), Petite Pairs, Watercolor Wings

Embossing Powder: Calypso Coral (retired)

Embossing folders: Brick Wall

Punches: Itty Bitty Shapes (retired), Large Oval, Scallop Oval

Framelits: Bold Butterfly

Thinlits: Butterflies

DVS: Botanical Gardens

Accessories: Pearls (stash), Sequin Trim Blushing Bride, Wink of Stella Clear

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

Guy Greetings

For A Great Guy

Today I'm showing a card I made for one of our neighbours he's a great guy and always has time to say hello and have a chat.  In fact if Roy goes to the shops and takes more than ten minutes I know he's bumped into Dave and will probably be well over half an hour, they could win a talk for Britain competition if there was one. 

I have also had a breakthrough as this card has NO retired elements on it, well done me. I'm so glad that the woodland textured embossing folder has not been retired off after all.

The materials used are:

Ink:Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Soft Suede

Card stock: Early Expresso, Whisper White

Stamps: Boys Will Be Boys, Gorgeous Grunge, Guy Greetings

Embossing folders: Woodland Textured

Framelits: Lots of Labels

Thinlits: Gift Card Envelope

Accessories: Candy Dots

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

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