Selfies

I admit that I don't personally partake in the current trend for selfies, but these little guys from Dies to Die For are too cute not to indulge in a little Polaroid fun!  

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass

Card Recipe:

• MFT Picture Perfect Stamp Set
• Polaroid Dies
• MFT Paper Pad
• Versafine Ink Pad

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Bright & Cheerful

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Hanging Stockings

I'm still in Christmas mode with these little sweeties from the new release at Lili of the Valley.



Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Pumice Stone, Tattered Rose
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Reds: Abandoned Coral, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany
• Ground: Weathered Wood, Black Soot
• Bacground: Antique Linen

Card Recipe:

• LOTV Hanging Stockings with Dad
• MFT Plaid Patterns

I've been inspired by:

• Dream Valley - Christmas in July

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Gingerbread Christmouse

Lili of the Valley have some cute new Christmas Critters and I've used these adorable gingerbread meecies for my card.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Weathered Wood, Tattered Rose
• Gingerbread: Tea Dye, Vintage Photo
• Sweets: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Wilted Violet, Candied Apple, Mermaid Lagoon, Squeezed Lemonade

Card Recipe:

• LOTV Gingerbread Mice
• MTF Petite Plaid Papers

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Fly With Me

I made some little tags for a couple of gifts I sent recently using some adorable little heffalumps from Mama Elephant.

Card Recipe:

• Mama Elephant Fly With Me
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL67 Double Stitched Ovals
• Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds
• Nitwit Collections Promises Papers

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Not a Card using ME Fly with Me Stamps

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Birthday Blanche

Today's card is a simple birthday card featuring Blanche the Butterfly Fairy from Stamping Bella and a Birthday die.

Blanche's wings are smothered in Pixie Dust and they shimmer when the light's on them.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Hair: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot
• Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Worn Lipstick
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Purples: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet
• Yellows: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Stamping Bella Blanche the Butterfly
• Versafine Ink Pad
• MFT Watercolor Papers
• MFT Birthday Text Dies
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2
• MFT Stitched Scalloped Basic Edges 2
• Liquid Pixie Dust

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Mistletoe Mice

I've been playing with another one of the soon-to-be released images from Lili of the Valley. This one's called Mistletoe Mice and they're adorable.  I've added some glamour dust as snow and a simple sentiment.
Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Tattered Rose
• Mistletoe: SBundled Sage, Peeled Paint
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Reds: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany
• Snow: Weathered Wood

Card Recipe:

• Mistletoe Mice
• MFT Merry & Bright Plaid Papers
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2
• Glossy Accents
• Glamour Dust glitter
• Purple Onion Design Handwritten Holiday Sentiments

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Animal Magic using Ranger Reinkers & MTF Edgers

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Christmas Sled

We want to know whether you prefer birds or beasts today at As You Like It Challenge and for me it's definitely the cute and furries, in particular bunnies!  So I've been playing with one of the soon-to-be-released bunny images from LOTV with this clean and simple watercoloured card.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Reds: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany
• Sled: Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain
• Snow: Weathered Wood

Card Recipe:

• LOTV Christmas Sled
• MFT Plaid Patterns Papers
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2
• Glossy Accents
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Vivo Liquid Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Animal Magic

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Beary Good Birthday

My favourite Stamping Bella bear, Harry, has come out to play today, sending some special birthday wishes to a special friend.  I managed to somehow get some liquid pixie dust in the bottle that I wash my brushes in, so if you wonder why he's got glitter in his fur, that'll be why!

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Envelope: Old Paper

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Stamping Bella Harry the Stuffie had Happy Mail
• MFT Polar Pals (sentiment)
• Versafine Ink Pad
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Animal Magic

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Christmas Bunnies

I've been playing with the soon-to-be-released Christmas bunnies from Lili of the Valley.
They're due out on 25th and the DT are giving some sneak peeks over the next week.  These two are called Christmas Cheers and Bunny and Robin. I've kept the designs really simple with some stripy backing papers matted onto sparkly gold card which frames both the image and the papers.  The images will be available on 25th July so you've not got too long to wait.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Bunny: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo
• Badger: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Reds: Abandoned Coral, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany
• Brown outfits: Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain

Card Recipe:

• Christmas Cheers from Lili of the Valley
• Bunny and Robin from Lili of the Valley
• MFT Plaid Patterns papers
• Glossy Accents
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Simon Says Stamp "Merry Christmas" Wafer Thin Die
• Gold speckled card

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Happy Heffalumps

I've got a couple of cute tags to share with you today featuring the aptly named Adorable Elephants from MFT.  They're simply made die cut or fussy cut and popped up on foam pads on a die cut tag.  Simples!

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Elephants: Hickory Smoke, Tattered Rose

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• MFT Adorable Elephants
• MFT Dienamics Adorable Elephants
• Paper Smooches Tag Die
• MFT Watercolor Wash Papers
• Versafine Ink Pad

I've been inspired by:

• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Babygro

It's a baby challenge at As You Like It Challenge this week and I've made a little babygro card using a cute image from Lili of the Valley.  I love making shaped cards and this little fella seemed perfect for a cute babygro card. I've added faux stitching around the edge of the card and fussy cut the baby giraffe.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Giraffe: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain
• Green: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss

Card Recipe:

• Toy Giraffe from LOTV
• Memory Box Plush Frosty Mitten die (button)
• CC Designs Mini Alphabet and Numbers die
• Embroidery Thread

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Special Fairy Friend

There are some sweet new fairy images released from Lili of the Valley and I've been playing with one of them.  She's called Forever Friends and I've used a sentiment from the matching Fairy Sentiment set.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Bunny: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy
• Hair/Dress: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet
• Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Worn Lipstick
• Wings/Flowers: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Tree Stump: Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain

Card Recipe:

• LOTV Forever Friends
• LOTV Fairy Sentiments
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Crealies On The Edge scalloped stitched border die
• InkOn3 Liquid Pixie Dust (shimmer on wings)

Happy crafting
Annette
xx