Cuddle Bunnies

It's been a week since my last post but today I've got a real cutie to share with you using a sweet bunny image from Digi Stamp Boutique called Bently and Bunny.  The challenge at As You Like It Challenge is to showcase your favourite colouring medium and mine is definitely my reinkers. I find them so therapeutic when I have the paintbrush in my hand blending out the ink.  The only downside is when I confuse my water bottle with my cuppa and dunk my brush in the wrong one.

Card Recipe:

• Image - Bently and Bunny from Digi Stamp Boutique
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Maja Design Papers
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• 15mm Ribbon
• Flat Backed Pearls
• Spellbinders Grand Ovals

I've been inspired by:

• The Ribbon Girl - Any Image
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Beach Babe

I'm in summer mode today with a lovely image from Stamping Bella called Sandy has a Sombrero. I just wish it was me on the beach!  I've added some lace to support the Lace challenge at In The Pink too!  Gotta dash as I'm off to meet some friends today in "Tweeksbury"! :0)

Card Recipe:

• Image - Sandy has a Sombrero
• Colouring - Alcohol Markers
• Maja Design Papers
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink 
• MFT Stitched Scallop Edges
• Die-namics Sunny Skies
• Mama Elephant Hello Script Die
• Memory Box Stitched Clouds

Created for:

Sponsored by:

I've been inspired by:

• Bunny Zoe - Summer
• That's Crafty - In the Pink
• Stamping Bella - Sketch
• Noor Design - Summer

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Maisy and Madeline

It's mid-week and I'm here to share one of my creations for My Mum's Craft Shop, this time little Maisy and Madeline.  I've used a 'new to me' colour combo of aqua and orange which is definitely away from my usual pinks and purples!  I started off picking my backing paper first, and then decided when painting the image chose orange for the flower, so matched that on the embellishments.  :0)

Card Recipe:

• Image - Stamping Bella Woodsies Maisy and Madeline have some tea
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Magnolia Papers
• Stazon Ink Pad
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• MFT Stitched Ovals
• 15mm Satin Ribbon
• Flat Backed Pearls

Created for:

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Patterned Papers

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Super Critters

This is my very first attempt at a pop-up box card, and I'm hooked.

This one did take me an age to construct but I really loved the end result.  I used my new Clearly Besotted Caped Cuties and matching dies (a lovely surprise gift from a very dear friend) and lots of dies (grass, fence, landscape borders, stars, stitched circles etc) and created a bespoke sentiment printed onto my backing paper.

I hope you like it because I'm already thinking about my second one!

Here's a bit of a close up. The flying bunny is on a little strip of acetate.

You can tell I loved how this one turned out by the multitude of pictures ... here's one from the front:

Card Recipe:

• Image - Clearly Besotted Caped Cuties
• Clearly Besotted Caped Cuties Matching Die Set
• Typed Sentiment
• Colouring - Alcohol Markers
• Maja Design Papers
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• MFT Stitched Circles
• Memory Box Stitched Clouds
• Frantic Stamper Stitched Scene Builder Die
• Memory Box Fence Die
• Whiff of Joy Grass die
• Nesting Star dies

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Hold my hand

We want you to show us your favourite dies this week at As You Like It Challenge and this Nottingham border die has been my favourite for a while.  I love the pretty flowers and it's my 'go-to' die for clean and simple feminine designs.

I've teamed it up with a recently purchased stamp set called Snuggle Bunnies from MFT, and the sentiment is from the same set.

Although they look black in the pic, the ribbon and pearl are actually navy blue. I do find it difficult to find true blue embellishments because most of my blues are aquas, but these navy blues seemed to match the papers.

Card Recipe:

• Image - Snuggle Bunnies & Sentiment by MFT
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Maja Design Papers
• Stazon Ink Pad
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White
• Memory Box Nottingham Border Die
• Flat backed pearl
• Ribbed ribbon

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic
• ABC - Just as you like it

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Wedding Day

I attended a family wedding last weekend and I made the bride and groom a card with a matching guest book / photo album.

I really love this image from Lili of the Valley and painted it up in their wedding colours which were pink and white.

I used lots of flowers, ribbon, jute mesh and lace all from The Ribbon Girl and I was really pleased with how it turned out.  I love the combination of the rustic jute mesh together with the soft velvet ribbon and lace.

I also made a little bound book using the same image. I covered 2 pieces of stiff mountboard with patterned papers and added a strip of contrasting coloured paper along one edge.  I wrapped all the raw edges around the edge of the mountboard and stuck them down on the reverse side of each cover. I then punched a hole in the opposite edge, added a hole reinforcer cut from the same contrasting backing paper, threaded a piece of narrow pink satin ribbon through the hole and stuck it down on the reverse with tape.  I then lined the inside of each cover with kraft paper.  I cut 40 square pages of plain kraft paper for the inserts, and bound the lot together with my binding machine using matching pink wires.  Sorry about the photo quality, I forgot to take a proper photo before I gave it away, so only had a basic picture on my phone so the colours are a bit bright.

Hope you brought your sun glasses!

Card Recipe:

• Image - Wedding Couple from Lili of the Valley
• Typed Sentiment
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Nitwits Paper (book)
• Magnolia Paper (card)
• Stazon Ink Pad
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White
• MFT Stitched Circles
• WOC & Mulberry Flowers
• Ivory Jute Mesh
• 9mm Pink velvet ribbon
• Lace
• 6mm Satin Ribbon
• Flat Backed Pearls
• Beaded Twirl
• Whiff of Joy Heart Banner

I've been inspired by:

• Bunny Zoe - Lovely Layers
• The Ribbon Girl - Card
• Creatalicious - AG optional Wedding

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Coffee (in a Teapot)

It's my turn to showcase a project at My Mum's Craft Shop and I've got a cute little mousey from Whipper Snapper Designs called Colby's Caffeine.  I've made a teapot shaped card from a circle with shaped spout, handle and base.  The 'lid' is just an added circle with a brad on it.  I've cut the image out with a stitched circle stax die and kept the embellishments simple with just some flowers and a die cut '50'.

Card Recipe:

• Image - Whipper Snapper Designs called Colby's Caffeine
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• LOTV paper pad (retired)
• Stazon Ink Pad
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White
• Sizzix Sizzlits Graffiti number dies
• MFT Stitched Circles
• WOC & Mulberry Flowers
• Glossy Accents
• Large brad

Created for:

I've been inspired by:

• The Ribbon Girls - Card Challenge
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

My name is Annette, and I'm a Chocoholic ...

This weeks' challenge at As You Like It Challenge is to show us what is your favourite food or drink. My favourite could be either, because you can both eat and drink chocolate!  In my project I've used the edible variety in the form of a chocolate cake. Yum!

Card Recipe:

• Image - CC Designs Baker Nancy
• Colouring - Alcohol Markers
• Papers from Wild Rose Studio
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White
• 15mm Satin Ribbon
• Flat Backed Pearls
• Spellbinders Grand Ovals 

I've been inspired by:

• Sweet Stamping - Embossing (I embossed around the edge of the oval with a tool)
• ABC Challenge - Important (it's for by friend's birthday on Sunday)

Happy crafting
Annette
xx