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.
Category: Techniques
Alisa Tilsner's Stampin' Up! group, The Artful Stampers is having a team challenge blog hop based on the above colour combination. You may have arrived here from Jane Riches blog. If you haven't seen her wonderful creation, just follow the link below to Nicole and move on from her link till you get back to … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Daffodil Coastal Bermuda
A few weeks ago, I showed you a card I created with lots of background texture. Here is another one using the same technique, but this time the background is sponged with Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Sahara Sand. I have used the Swallowtail image embossed with Black EP and sponged it with Marina Mist … Continue reading Swallowtail Marina Mambo
Here is a great way to use the negative images from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits. I cut a piece of Lost Lagoon with one of the Deco Label Framelits and then cut 'Joy' from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits in the die cut piece. This was layered onto Whisper White embossed with the Tiny Triangles TIEF … Continue reading Wonderful Wreath Lagoon Joy
Here is the second card I made with Washi Tape. This one features an image from Cheerful Christmas stamped in Encore Metallic Silver and the sentiment from Wondrous Wreath stamped in Pear Pizzazz. The art panel is layered onto a base of Pear Pizzazz. The three pieces of Washi Tape are from the All is … Continue reading Cheerful Christmas Silver Pizzazz Washi
Washi Tape has been the rage for quite a while now. However, I still can't get my head around using it. My sister challenged me to make a few cards with the new All is Calm Washi Tape from the Holiday Catalogue. My first card is quite simple. I embossed a piece of Whisper White … Continue reading Festival of Trees Filigree Lagoon Washi
Today's Christmas card is very non-traditional - at least in colour. I have used Perfect Plum for the Circle Flip card base and some Moonlight DSP for contrast. The sentiment is from Wondrous Wreath, stamped in Always Artichoke on Whisper White with a Blackberry Bliss star. The background of the circle has been sponged with … Continue reading Festival of Trees Moonlight Plum Circle Flip
