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
That big Swallowtail has been flying around the scene again. This time, I caught it with a colourful emboss resist. Unfortunately, it tried to fly away so I only managed to get half of it on the card. The image was inked in Versamark, and embossed with Iridescent Ice EP on Whisper White card. Pacific … Continue reading Swallowtail Emboss Resist
I was recently asked to make a full A4 size birthday card for a 60th birthday. The only instructions were that it had to have lots of colour. Secret Garden was the perfect stamp set for this one. I stamped flowers from the set tone on tone with Summer Starfruit, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry and … Continue reading Secret Garden Pool Indigo Tango
This week at the online class at Crafters Anonymous, Kristine showed us how to make a box pleat card. I used a card base of Baja Breeze, with some Calypso Coral DSP. The two step images from Field Flowers were stamped with Calypso Coral and Versmark for the stems. The sentiment is from Memorable Moments. … Continue reading Calypso Box Pleats
I was a little sceptical when I saw the Pool Party Core'dinations card stock (#129321) in the Occasions Catalogue. I thought it would be too light to show the core when sanded. How wrong I was. Check out this tone on tone card I made with the Flower Garden TIEF. Pool Party Core'dinations card and … Continue reading Just Believe Flower Garden Party
Another MDS page today as I continue to complete Heather Summers and Kimberly Van Diepen's online classes. The image I have used is a goanna that my sister found in her garden. Unbelievable size isn't it? I don't think I would like to be surprised by one of these. ================ What's happening now with Stampin' … Continue reading A giant goanna?
One of the most popular trends today is to use a chalkboard effect. There are a number of different ways to achieve this. In the past, I have always used pastels as my medium. Today I have used White EP and Whisper White Craft Ink to achieve the look. Firstly, I stamped the images from … Continue reading Field Flowers Chalkboard
