Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Labels Framelits
This month's mini challenge at Crafter's Anonymous is to take inspiration from the ANZAC day poppies or colours depicted in the image provided (Basic Black, Real Red, Sahara Sand and Whisper White). I stamped the image from Love & Sympathy using Basic Black and Real Red markers onto a piece of Crumb Cake. This was … Continue reading In Remembrance
The second sneak peek from the upcoming Sale-a-bration also uses digital images from Feeling Sentimental. I printed out the ferris wheel image and Celebrate sentiment in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla. The ferris wheel was cut with a Labels Framelit and the sentiment was punched with the Decorative Label Punch. The base card stock of … Continue reading Ferris Wheel Sale-a-bration Sneak Peek
Whilst doing some blog surfing, I came across this beautiful way of using the poinsettia flower from Watercolor Winter. Thanks so much Beverly for the inspiration. I started with a base of Naturals Ivory. A piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations was run through the Woodgrain TIEF and then sanded to provide extra texture. This was … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Real Espresso
Another forgotten technique that was demonstrated very well last Saturday at the Stampin' Up! Regional Heartfelt Event in Brisbane was using watercolour crayons. Kim Gavarra gave us lots of handy ways to use the crayons. I have not used them for years, so my first attempt this week was on a very small project. I … Continue reading Watercolour Crayons
At this time of year, we all turn our thoughts to preparations for the season ahead. I found this lovely little gift box on Connie Babbert's blog and just had to make one.Thanks for the inspiration Connie. I used Pool Party, Primrose Petals, and Whisper White card stock, and Silver Glimmer paper. The small snowflake … Continue reading Vintage Brad Gift Box
Today's Christmas card has lots of sparkle. I took a piece of Whisper White and dry embossed it with the Lacy Brocade TIEF. The Versamark ink pad was then lightly touched to the raised areas of the embossing, the card stock covered in Iridescent Ice EP and heat embossed. The corners were punched with the … Continue reading Heart of Christmas Iridescent Lacy Brocade
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