Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: 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
A few years ago I found this Panel Z Fold design on Rachel Tessman's blog. I have adjusted her measurements for our metric cardstock. Thanks again for the inspiration Rachel. This is a great design to showcase any pretty Designer Series Paper. My metric measurements: Card base: 14.8cm x 21cm scored at 3.7cm and 10.5cm … Continue reading O Holy Night – a Panel Z Fold Card
For today's card, I have added water droplets to a watercolour wash background to provide some texture. Create a watercolour wash background on watercolor paper with Water Painters and Coastal Cabana, Azure Afternoon and Lost Lagoon inks. Allow to dry and add some water droplets of different sizes across the background. Stamp tree branch and … Continue reading Adding interest to a watercolour background
Here is another version of the four square side flap fancy fold card. (See the other one here.) The Thick Very Vanilla card base is 29.7cm x 10.5cm scored at 14.8cm, Fold on the score line and cut off a piece 4.3cm on the right hand side of the front (10.5cm from the left hand … Continue reading Four Square Side Flap Fancy Fold card for Christmas
By adding fine lines to an outline image you can create the look of a classic etching. You can see a tutorial on this technique here at splitcoaststampers.com. In this sample, I have used the retired Blended Seasons floral image. Supplies: Stamp Set: Blended Seasons, Go To Greetings Cardstock: Basic Gray, Basic White, Neutrals DSP … Continue reading Create Stamp Etchings with outline stamps
I recently showed you how to use die cuts with the Letterpress Technique in this post. Today I am going to show you how to use the same technique with punched shapes. Letterpress is a technique where ink is placed on an image and pressed into the paper - creating a debossed look but coloured … Continue reading How to use the Letterpress Technique with Punch shapes
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