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
The third Creative Crew challenge is Holiday focus: "Did you know that November 26th is national cake day? Trip number three is to be inspired by some cake pictures. Show us what creation one of these cakes led you to." The pictures provided great inspiration for a variety of cake types. I chose to go … Continue reading Creative Crew: Itty Bitty Banners Modern Medley Cake
The second CreativeCrew Challenge is Creative Focus: "KITS! We have a mountain of kits to choose from, they make a class or a workshop easy peasy! The next part of our trip takes us into packaging territory, show us something with the Pretty Packages line on pages 158 & 159 of the main catty or … Continue reading Creative Crew: Build A Christmas Banner
Here is another example of an easy and elegant Christmas card using one of the Single stamps now available. Wonderful Blessings was stamped in Early Espresso on a piece of Very Vanilla and cut with a circle die. The rest of the piece was then embossed with the Modern Mosaic TIEF. These were layered onto … Continue reading Wonderful Blessings Mosaic Suede
Do you get any of your ideas for card making from the Stampin' Up! catalogues? I do. There are a myriad of ideas that can be adapted to any stamp sets and colours that you desire. Today, I have taken one of the cards in the Holiday Catalogue, used similar colours, but different images. I … Continue reading Evergreen Bermuda Silver Tree
Here is another Christmas card using a carry over set. This one is Snowflake Soiree. It is also one of the sets that is 25% off until 28 October. I used Glossy White [retired] to stamp some images in Versamark and then heat embossed them with White EP. Summer Starfruit was used to create an … Continue reading Snowflake Soiree Crushed Starfruit
Do you know that it is only 2 months until Christmas? I have made a slow start to my Christmas cards this year. Last year, I had most of them complete by now. Looks like my projects over the next few weeks will be mainly Christmas oriented. I will start with a clean and simple … Continue reading Evergreen Gumball Tulip
