A message from Annette's Family; It is with great sadness that we share the sudden passing of Annette, the creative heart behind this site. This site will remain online for now as a celebration of her talent and joy she found in sharing and creating.
Author: Annette
I had a few friends over recently and showed them how to do one of my favourite techniques - Faux Silk. My first sample uses Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Whisper White card stock. I stamped images from Peaceful Petals onto the tissue paper to create the silk look. Extra texture was added to the … Continue reading Peaceful Petals and Beautiful Season Faux Silk
A vintage style card today based on an idea from Pinterest. I used the Shop Around Jumbo Wheel on a piece of Crumb Cake using Crumb Cake ink. I think I need to ink my stamp pad as the result was very light. I then put this piece through the Beautifully Baroque TIEF and then … Continue reading Beautifully Baroque Pirouette Bird
Here are the specials for May 7 - May 13. Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders $15.95 $11.96 Beautiful Butterflies Stampin' Up! Bigz Die $37.95 $28.46 Champagne Glass Glitter $6.95 $5.21 Heat Tool $49.95 $37.46 Pewter Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.50 $6.38 Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.50 $6.38 Tangerine Tango Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.50 $6.38 … Continue reading Weekly Deals May 2014 Week 2
The last of the May challenges is Scrapbook and More Focus: "Mini Books. Try your hand at Julie Griffith's idea of a toilet tissue tube book." Visit my gallery at Splitcoaststampers for more details of Julie's idea. My mini album was made with Afternoon Picnic DSP, Chalk Talk Framelits, sentiments from Favorite Thoughts [using MDS], … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 4
The third of the May challenges is Holiday Focus: "National Photograph Month. Create a card that looks like a photograph by putting a border around your image and making the image glossy. You may use On Film Framelits or make your own, you may use window sheets for glossiness or crystal effects." My 'photograph' card … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 3
The second of the May challenges is Catalog Focus: "scoring tools. Use all or one of these scoring tools--Simply Scored Tool, Simply Scored Borders Plate and/or Simply Scored Diagonal Plate to add interest to a gatefold card." The top of the Pacific Point base card was put through one of the Labels Framelits to create … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 2
