Happy Birthday Thinlit

Nice to have you visit today. 

This was quite an easy card to make, there was very little stamping and loads of die cutting.

The color theory DSP was used as a base for the card. 

I die cut two happy birthdays to give the sentiment a bit of shadow one in dapper denim and the second one with whisper white card which had been sponged with Marina Mist ink, I quite liked the graduated shading and was pleased with the outcome.

Don't you just love using the stitched shapes and layering framelits together they're always my go to for making things stand out, and the faux stitching gives that added dimension I like.

For the "Son" I used scrap pieces of whisper white and dapper denim placed on a strip of card.

The materials used are:

(r) = retired, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Card stock: Dapper Denim, Thick Whisper White, Whisper White

Ink: Dapper Denim, Marina Mist

DSP: Color Theory

Stamp sets: Thoughtful Banners

Framelits: Layering squares, Stitched Shapes

Thinlits: Happy Birthday

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

Fidget Spinner

Hello and welcome, I wasn't sure about making this card but so glad I did as my nephew Jack was so impressed with it it was the first thing he showed people when they came with cards and presents. "Mum" wasn't amused as she'd spent a fortune on an Xbox game for him. He even took it to school to show class mates.

I came across a video on how to make the spinner (which does spin) on Youtube and decided to make one for him, but then I hit problems. I couldn't get my hands on one, my grandchildren all had them some time ago, so asked my daughter if I could borrow one to make a template but she said they'd all got broken (my little lovelies, are not very toy friendly) so then the hunt for a fidget spinner began.  It took me over a month to find one, but it was well worth it when my sister told me how much he liked it. 

As you can see I'm not good at fussy cutting but he didn't look to closely at the edges it seems, and the rest was quite easy to do.

If you go to Youtube and type in bettysstampingcrazy fidget spinner it's the first video that comes up.

The materials used are:

(r) = retired, (nsu) = non stampin’ up

Card stock: Basic Gray, Real Red, Silver Foil, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red

Stamp sets: Happiest Birthday Wishes (r),Tie Dyed (r)

Punches: ^!/_2, ³/₄, 1, 1¹/₄ circles 

Accessories:Candy dots (r)

Betty’s stamping crazy video

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

I have never enjoyed a hobby so much 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 will be happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Daisy Delight

This is an easy card to make and didn't take long to do. Most of what I've used is in the current annual catalogue.

I just loved the vellum daisy with the leaf behind it from the flourish thinlit set. I also thought cutting across background at an angle made a nice change and finishing it off with some linen thread.

The materials used are:

Card stock: Powder Pink, Whisper White, Vellum,Wild Wasabi

Ink: Berry Burst, Powder Pink

DSP: In Color 17/9

Stamp sets: Avant Garden (r), Daisy Delight

Embossing folders: Petal Burst

Framelits: Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes

Thinlits: Flourish

Punches: Daisy

Ribbon: Taffeta Pink Pirouette (r)

Accessories: Linen Thread

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

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 happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Milestone Birthday

Missing A Big One

My Aunt came to visit me the other day and I was so glad she did, as she started  talking about her sister in laws big birthday coming up!! I'd made her a lovely card but it wasn't a big one, so oh heck!! here I go, what can I do for her. After Sheilah had gone I went into my craft room and started to rummage around and couldn't think of anything so I went to bed.

Next day I needed to get it done as her birthday was close. I looked at the large number and dies and then the milestone moments came to mind and that was it my idea came alive pretty quickly.

When I die cut the two numbers I wasn't happy with them as the stamping was a bit patchy then I had a light bulb moment and grabbed my old faithful embossing folder and all was saved. Sorry for the use of retired products, but I'm sure you could adjust the colour scheme to suit your own preferences.

The materials used are:

Card stock: Coastal cabana (r), whisper white

Ink: Coastal cabana (r)

DSP: 2013/5 In colors (r)

Stamp sets: Milestone moments, number of years

Embossing folders: Perfect polka dots (r),  Seaside

Framelits: Large numbers

Thinlits: Happy Birthday

Ribbon: Glitter (r)

Accessories: Lace doilies (r), white perfect accents

Happy crafting

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

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 happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Magical Mermaid

Mermaids Are So Magical

The card I have chosen for today is one I made some time ago.  It was a stamp set I wasn't going to get until my granddaughter started going on about mermaids all the the time. So I thought hey ho it will be worth getting if she likes her card and she did.

It was quite easy to make the hardest part being the colouring in of the mermaid which I did in a combination of colours for the tail with blushing bride for the bottom of the tail and for her back I used the retired blendabilities (yes mine still work) for her back and arm.

The dazzling diamonds hasn't really shown up in this picture but I just put a few spots of glue across the bottom where the shells and so forth are and then added the dazzling diamonds.

The materials used are:

Card stock: shimmery white,versamark, whisper white

Ink: Old olive, pool party, sahara sand

Markers: Berry burst, blushing bride, crushed curry, fresh fig, so saffron

Stamp sets: label me pretty, magical mermaid

Embossing folders: ruffed 

Embossing powders: clear, copper

Punches: pretty label

Accessories: dazzling diamonds, tombow glue

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

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 happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Sweet & Simple

Clean and Bright

This card was made some time ago, as you can see it uses one of the Sale-a-bration stamps from 2017. I'm showing it as you could easily swap out what I used for newer products.

Well a couple of things went wrong with this card, first the embossing was a little off  so I had to add some ribbon to hide the gap, but then the only ribbon I had was not the right colour so I used my Melon Mambo blendabilities pens to darken it up before adding the silver ribbon.

I tried the stamping and then layering technique and found it looked very pretty and I just love the combination of the stitched shapes and layering framelits which gives your projects just that little bit more dimension.

The materials used are:

Card stock: whisper white, Melon Mambo

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Old Olive

DSP: Sunshine & Sprinkles (retired)

Stamp sets: Avant Garden (SAB)

Embossing folders: Petal Burst

Ribbon: Glitter Blushing Bride (retired), silver (SAB), Taffeta (retired)

Framelits: Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes

Accessories: Wink of Stella

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

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 happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.

Graduation Congratulations

Congrats Ash On your Masters

A couple of weeks ago it was my friends Son's graduation and he did very well. She used to make her own cards but since starting work has found it difficult, so she asked me to do one for her. I didn't have a clue what to do but I know he got a 1st so this is what I came up with.

She was thrilled with it and I just hope he liked it too. 

To do the hat I first punched out a best badge and cut it down with a slight angle, next I punched out a tree, turned it round and pushed again taking the trunk off and giving me a diamond shape, for the tassle I used DMC thread.

Sorry there's a lot of retired items used but it was how it came together. I'm sure it could be done with more up to date items but I was under pressure to get it done ASAP as she needed it a couple of days later. 

The materials used are:

(r) = retired, (nsu) = not stampin’ up

Card stock: Crushed curry, elegant eggplant, whisper white

Ink: black tuxedo (memento), elegant eggplant versaMark

DSP: It’s my party (r)

Stamp sets: Blue ribbon (r), number of years, sky is the limit (r), Teeny tiny sentiments

Embossing folders: sparkle

Embossing powders: Black (r)

Framelits: Layering circles, large numbers, stitched shapes

Punches: Best badge, tree (r), classic label, modern label (r)

Accessories: bakers twine (r), DMC thread (nsu)

The "Gaining A Masters Degree" was computer generated

Will be back again soon with more cards

Love Annette x

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 happy to help you. Click the Contact Me above for how to get in touch.