Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Artistic Dies
This card which I made for a recent Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge uses the Die Cut Letterpress Technique. Letterpress is a technique where ink is placed on an image and pressed into the paper – creating a debossed look but coloured with ink. It creates a much deeper impression than just using the die to emboss. … Continue reading Die Cut Letterpress with Artistic Dies
Did you know that you can use your dies to emboss instead of cut? Did you also know that you can use your die cuts to create a letterpress look? Keep reading to find out how to do both of these techniques. Letterpress is a technique where ink is placed on an image and pressed … Continue reading How to use the Die Cut Letterpress Technique
Did you know that you can use bubble wrap to create pretty designs to use on your cards? Lightly press a piece of bubble wrap onto a Lost Lagoon ink pad and then pat it gently onto a Bright & Beautiful DSP layer. Attach to a Lost Lagoon card front. Die cut Basic Black cardstock … Continue reading Using Bubble Wrap to create a background
The Artistically Inked stamp set and coordinating dies create a beautiful array of cards with a watercolour feel. Add the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper and you have an even wider range of combinations to create WOW results. Click on the picture to go to my online shop CARD 1 CARD 1 Close … Continue reading Artistically Inked with Dies and Patterned Paper
The beautiful Expressions in Ink Paper Pumpkin Kit is now available. About the kit:Contains enough supplies to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes.Includes an exclusive stamp set and two Classic Stampin’ Spots - Bumblebee and Evening Evergreen.Features colours from our 2020–2022 and 2021–2023 In Color collections!Coordinates with products from our Expressions in Ink Suite. Click … Continue reading Paper Pumpkin Expressions in Ink
In previous posts I have shown how beautiful the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder works on Shimmer Vellum. Today I have used it on plain vellum cardstock. As you can see in the above photo the embossing creates an amazing effect on vellum.Supplies:Stamp Set: Artistically InkedCardstock: Misty Moonlight, Very Vanilla, VellumInk: Misty Moonlight, Polished Pink, Fresh … Continue reading Dry Embossing on Vellum
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