Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Forever Plaid 3D EF
The new 2026 May-August Catalogue has a beautiful Valley in Bloom Suite Collection. It includes a stamp and die bundle (Lily of the Valley), Valley in Bloom Designer Series Paper, Floral Spray 3D Embossing Folder, Luxe White Specialty Designer Series Paper as well as Shimmering Dots embellishments. I showcased the embossing folder in an earlier … Continue reading The Delicate Flowers of Lily of the Valley
On page 42 on the 2025 September-December Mini Catalogue there is a template and sample ideas for using a One Sheet Wonder. This is the template and I have used it today with a sheet of the Florals in Bloom DSP to create six cards. Card 1: This one uses a Blending Brush to add … Continue reading Inspiration from Catalogue – One Sheet Wonder
Thanks to Susan Campfield for the inspiration for these elegant fun fold cards. The inside has a little surprise with a pop up piece of DSP. Card 1 uses the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, Blooming Phrases stamp set and Beautiful Gallery DSP.Card 2 uses the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder, Garden Meadow stamp set … Continue reading Some quick and easy Fun Fold Cards
The Sentimental Christmas DSP has many images that can be die cut with Sentimental Wishes Dies or fussy cut to create beautiful cards. One of the sheets of this DSP has leaves and berries sprigs (which I fussy cut) as well as stockings and ribbon bows (which I die cut). The insides and envelopes were … Continue reading Using Designer Series Paper as the focal point on your Christmas Cards
Today I have a huge selection of Christmas cards for your inspiration. I found this unmade October 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit Joy to the World whilst searching my stash for Christmas supplies. Although these supplies are no longer available, my idea is that you could replicate the designs with any Christmas stamps, die cuts and … Continue reading A selection of quick and easy Christmas cards for your inspiration
this week I participated in a colour challenge from Colour INKspiration on Facebook. The colours were Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Bubble Bath and Pool Party. I stamped the images from the Regal Flora stamp set using these colours and then die cut them with the matching dies. The card base of Basic Beige was layered … Continue reading Colour INKspiration Challenge #174
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