Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Challenges
It is the beginning of a new month, an important one in the Stampin' Up! calendar. Here in Australia, the list of products that will retire at the end of June is now available, and if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, you get to see the new catalogue and order some sneak peek products. … Continue reading Creative Crew Challenge 1 – June 2014
One of the recent trends is to use embossing folders as stamps to create backgrounds for your projects. This week's Technique Challenge [TLC482] on Splitcoaststampers was to use this technique. I used the Petals-a-Plenty TIEF and some Tim Holtz Distress Stains (Fired Brick, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord) with Watercolor Paper. An image from Thoughts … Continue reading Thoughts and Prayers Calypso Tempting Plum
The last of the May challenges is Scrapbook and More Focus: "Mini Books. Try your hand at Julie Griffith's idea of a toilet tissue tube book." Visit my gallery at Splitcoaststampers for more details of Julie's idea. My mini album was made with Afternoon Picnic DSP, Chalk Talk Framelits, sentiments from Favorite Thoughts [using MDS], … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 4
The third of the May challenges is Holiday Focus: "National Photograph Month. Create a card that looks like a photograph by putting a border around your image and making the image glossy. You may use On Film Framelits or make your own, you may use window sheets for glossiness or crystal effects." My 'photograph' card … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 3
The second of the May challenges is Catalog Focus: "scoring tools. Use all or one of these scoring tools--Simply Scored Tool, Simply Scored Borders Plate and/or Simply Scored Diagonal Plate to add interest to a gatefold card." The top of the Pacific Point base card was put through one of the Labels Framelits to create … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 2
I know that I have been rather quiet lately on the blog front. This is because I have been working on my projects for the latest Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Challenges. Yes, I am very pleased to announce that I have been asked to join the team again for the May - August challenges. The first … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 1
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