Annemarie Caister

The challenge this month is to use paint and flowers. The painting below is the inspiration. Here is my layout. I used a wood grain patterned paper for the background but then applied light brush strokes of paint in light pinks, blues and yellows to enhance the colours of the flowers. I stencilled texture paste

 This month the challenge was to create any holiday themed layout. The picture below was for inspiration And this is my creation. I used lots of fussy-cut images, texture, stencilling and art stones to complete my layout.

I am so honoured to have been chosen as Guest Designer for Kaisercraft this month. https://kaisercraftblog.com/2020/01/30/guest-dt-annemarie-caister-lady-like-double-layout/

I was inspired by the wood and stones in the mood board. I stamped the wood pieces in Distress Oxide Hicory Smoke using a Kaisercraft stamp, fussy cut lots of stone pieces from Kaisercraft Morning Due paper collection and added art stones to complete the look

Christmas! Use stars and ribbon Here is my take on this artwork inspiration

This is the mood board for this stunning black and white colour scheme this month.And here is my interpretation.

For me, orange always screams autumn! I loved the citrus combo which would allow some other shades of orange, yellow and rusty colours. I love using sketches as a starting point for my work. I have always used sketches and when I taught classes, I always made a point of showing how great they are

I love black and white photos. I knew I had a great original black and white photo of me as a child. It was taken by my Late Father who was a horse racing photographer for over 50 years.I love the stark contrast between black and white and decided to keep the layout crisp and

This is the sketch provided to be used for the challenge.And here is my take on it!