Plant a Garden

I really love these little critters by Colorado Craft Company and I've used one of the background stamps which I've fussy cut to create a small scene.  The background is a simple embossed panel with a stamped sentiment from another Colorado Craft Company stamp set.

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Butterfly: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

• Colorado Craft Summer Garden Stamp
• Colorado Craft Rooting for You (sentiment)
• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Dark Green Plain Card 240gsm
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL41 Pierced Circles
• Nellie Snellen Embossing Folder

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Kitty Chef

Today's card is a simple watercoloured image matted onto layers of lilac and purple.

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Ground: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord
• Greys: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft - Dad's Cooking

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Violet Plain Card 290gsm
• Lavender Plain Card 160gsm

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Four Legged Friends
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

That's Quackers

This little duckling makes me smile playing in the grass.

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Duck: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss

Card Recipe:

• Pond Pampering by Colorado Craft Company
• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Billiard Green Card 210gsm
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Enamel dots from Hobbycraft

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Summer Fun

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Toadily Quackers

Yellow and green are not my go-to colours, but are perfect for the current summery season.

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Duck: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Water: Tumbled Glass
• Pinks: Kitsch Flamingo

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Pond Pampering by Colorado Craft
• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Billiard Green Card 210gsm
• Nitwit Collections Papers

I've been inspired by:

• Country View Crafts - Seaside (using Distress Inks from CVC)

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Fresh Vegetables

I've used this Flower Cart cut file to create this fun pop-up card.  I've added the watercoloured bunny and vegetables which are fussy cut and layered onto the cart.

I really enjoy making pop-up cards. They seem a little more special than the standard square fold which I normally make.

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Oranges: Dried Marigold, Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Company Summer Garden

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Mocha Brown Card 240gsm
• Black Plain Card 240gsm
• Smooth Orange Card 200gsm

Other:

• Typed Sentiment
• Silhouette Flower Cart Cut File

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Dance to your own Beet!

Another cute critter scene using my Colorado Craft Summer Garden Stamp (and a lot of fussy cutting!)

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Reds: Festive Berries, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany
• Oranges: Dried Marigold, Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft - Summer Garden
• Colorado Craft - Rooting for You (Sentiment)

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm

Other:

• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL41 Pierced Circles
• Nellie Snellen Embossing Folder

Happy crafting
Annette

Veg-tastic

A simple embossed background with some fussy cut bunnies and vegetables for a clean but textured card.

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Purples: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Villainous Potion
• Oranges: Dried Marigold, Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft - Summer Garden
• Colorado Craft - Rooting for You (Sentiment)

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm

Other:

• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL41 Pierced Circles
• Nellie Snellen Embossing Folder

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Summer Garden

This week at As You Like It Challenge we want to know if you prefer using digi or physcial stamps. I confess that I do love the benefits of a digital stamp, including storage, re-sizing, masking and merging and the confidence that there's a reduced chance of wasting watercolour card on a mis-print, but I also still love my physical stamps. There's something special about peeling back the rubber and seeing a perfectly inked image on the card!  I must admit this image was a particular challenge in that respect, and I had several increasingly frustating attempts before I got a fully stamped image becuase it's such a big stamp. But I ended up fussy cutting some of the misprints and using them on some other cards which I'll share later in the month.

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge
Dies to Die For

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Company Summer Garden
• Typed Sentiment (fonts: KG Beneath Your Beautiful Chunk & Outside)

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Paint the Town Red

I love this paintbrush stamp set from Colorado Craft. I've typed a sentiment in a font called 'Take Warning' to look like dripping paint and a couple fo the hamsters with a stencilled background.

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Reds: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Paint the Town
• Taylored Expression Brick by Brick Stencil

Other

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Plain Red Card 290gsm
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL24 Rectangles with Stichline
• Heidi Swap Foiling machine & red foil

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Whisker Kisses

A watercoloured image and stamped sentiment on a red matt and white cardbase.  

This image was really quick to colour.  It's quite large so I decided it would work well in a clean and simple layout like this.

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Blues: Tumbled Glass, Prize Ribbon
• Reds: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany
• Greys: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Speckled Egg

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Whisker Kisses

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Plain Red Card 290gsm

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

White Christmas

It may be March, but since most of the country has been blanketed in snow I feel justified in sharing a wintry creation!

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Trees: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain
• Blues: Prize Ribbon
• Reds: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany
• Greys: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft White Christmas
• MFT Watercolour Papers
• Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Borders
• Whimys Stamps Elegant Snowflake Border
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2
• MFT Stitched Scalloped Basic Edges 2
• Glossy Accents

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm

Other:

• Flat backed pearl
• Crystal Glamour Dust
  

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

No Peeking

I love this little kitty image from Colorado Craft, and I've used him on a gift tag for today's project. 

Designed for:
Dies to Die For

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Reds: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft No Peeking

Papermill Direct:

• Plain Red Card 290gsm
• Apple Green Plain Card 240gsm

Other:

• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL65 Double Stitched Circles
• Green Spotty Ribbon

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Snuggle Bunnies

I've created a frame for these cute snuggle bunnes in orange card using a butterfly corner die in each corner.

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

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Snuggle Bunny Mini from Colorado Craft
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Circle Stax
• Die-Namites Butterfly Corner die
• MFT Birthday Circle Frame
• Taylored Expression Brick by Brick stencil

Other:

• 15mm Satin Ribbon
• Cosmos Daisy
• Open Roses
  

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

It's Always Tea Time

I've made another pair of cards in order to make a gift-set of 4 using my Colorado Craft Tea Time Fun stamps .  

I've stamped and watercoloured the image, and then matted it onto alternating layers of nude pink, white and fuschia pink coloured card.

The 'Friend' sentiment is die cut, but I've used my Silhouette cutting machine to create a double shadow using the same card colours around the text.

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

• Fur: Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Tattered Rose
• Browns: Antique Linin, Brushed Corduroy
• Pinks: Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo
• Ground: Speckled Egg, Old Paper

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Tea Time Fun by Colorado Craft
• Mama Elephant Friend Script Die
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Rectangles Stax

Papermill Direct:

• Polka Dots Card 250gsm
• White Hammered Card 255gsm
• Nude Sirio Card 290gsm
• Woodstock Malva 285gsm

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Colorado Mice

I've made a set of sweet cards using a stamp set from Colorado Craft called Tea Time Fun. I've stamped and watercoloured the image, and then matted it onto alternating layers of nude pink, white and fuschia pink coloured card.

The sentiment is die cut, but I've used my Silhouette cutting machine to create a double shadow using the same card colours around the text.

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

• Fur: Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Tattered Rose
• Browns: Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo
• Pinks: Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo
• Ground: Speckled Egg, Old Paper

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Tea Time Fun by Colorado Craft
• Mama Elephant Friend Script Die
• Mama Elephant Thanks Script Die
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Rectangles Stax

Papermill Direct:

• Polka Dots Card 250gsm
• White Hammered Card 255gsm
• Nude Sirio Card 290gsm
• Woodstock Malva 285gsm

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

My Greatest Joy

I've watercoloured the adorable Happy Day bunny image from Colorado Craft Company.  The image has been die cut using a stitched rectangle die before being matted onto multiple layers of red and cream to frame it.

The wide layer of red has been embossed, but my embossing folder wasn't wide enough to cover the whole width of 7" card, so I've only embossed part of the card, then scored a line down to 'edge' the embossed area rather than try to line it up and emboss the remaining strip.

I fussy cut the image and used a blending brush to create a bit of blue sky behind the bunnies.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

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

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Company Happy Day!
• Rectangle Stitched Nesting Die Stax

Papermill Direct:

• Post Box Red Card
• Ivory Hammered Card

Other:

• Embossalicious Floral Frenzy Embossing Folder
  

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

It's Always Tea Time

I love making fancy shaped cards and this teapot shape seemed the perfect match for these adorable Tea Time Fun mice from Colorado Craft.  

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

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose
• Backgrouns: Antique Linen
• Reds: Candied Apple, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany
• Greys: Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Tea Time Fun from Colorado Craft
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Oval Stax

Other:

• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses
• Wild Orchid Crafts Mini Rosebuds
• Flat Backed Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Four Legged Friends

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Bunny Time!

I love this little bunny trio so they're taking the centre stage on my clean and simple card using my new Colorado Craft Happy Day stamp set.  

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

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Purples: Seedless Preserves

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Coloraado Craft - Happy Day
• Your Next Stamp Plaid Paper
• MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other:

• 6mm Satin Ribbon

I've been inspired by:

• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Bear with me

A bit later than planned today, I'm sharing my card featuring an adorable bear. As soon as I saw this stamp set I knew I 'needed' him!  He makes me smile!

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

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs 
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Flower: Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Company Anita Jeram Happy Day!
• Your Next Stamp Summer Plaid Papers
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Oval Stax

Other:

• Wild Orchid Crafts Cosmos Daisy
• Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses
• Wild Orchid Crafts Mini Rosebuds
• Spotty Ribbon
• Gold flat backed pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

A well used brush is a good thing

I love this little meecie holding his paintbrush. He's a lot dinkier than I thought he was going to be, and the sentiment text is miniscule, but he's perfect for a little note card.  I've doodled around the edge of my image panel and framed him with some plaid papers in matching colours.  For a bit of added interest, I've rounded the corners of my card.

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

• Mouse: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Reds: Candied Apple, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Colorado Craft Company Be Creative
• Your Next Stamp Summer Plaid Papers

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Clean & Simple

Happy crafting
Annette
xx