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
I have a couple of clean and simple, one layer Christmas cards for you today. They have been made using the Bordered Sentiment technique from Splitcoaststampers and the now retired Watercolor Winter stamp set. The first card is made with Whisper White card stock with the bottom edges rounded. The holly has been inked with … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Bordered Sentiment
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
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
I know that I have been rather quiet lately on the blog front. This is because I have been working on my projects for the latest Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Challenges. Yes, I am very pleased to announce that I have been asked to join the team again for the May - August challenges. The first … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 1
