Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Christmas
This is for the "CASE the catalogue" August 2014 Creative Crew challenge. I have chosen to CASE from page 9 in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. The base card of Pear Pizzazz was stamped with the berries from Wondrous Wreath in Old Olive. A piece of 1/8" Gold Ribbon was added across the centre of the … Continue reading Wondrous Wreath Real Pizzazz
My preorder from the Holiday Catalogue arrived today and I just had to start playing immediately. You are going to love absolutely everything in it. Here is a sneak peek of a few of the products: a new Textured Impressions Embossing Folder called Filigree Frame [which I think could be used for any occasion, not … Continue reading Christmas Bauble Marina Mist
As a Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator, I get lots of 'perks' including a discount on product purchases, seeing the catalogues and ordering products before the general public. This weekend, I placed an order from the new Holiday Catalogue which goes live on 28 August. There are some wonderful new products which I will show you … Continue reading Corner Garden for Christmas
The third challenge is Holiday Focus: "Celebrate your favourite holiday with a new technique!" Christmas is a wonderful time of giving and my favourite holiday. I am using the tent card as the new technique, following the SCS tutorial here. I have one of the retiring Naturals Composition Specialty DSP for the base card. After … Continue reading Creative Crew Challenge 3 – June 2014
I have a couple of clean and simple, one layer Christmas cards for you today. They have been made using the Bordered Sentiment technique from Splitcoaststampers and the now retired Watercolor Winter stamp set. The first card is made with Whisper White card stock with the bottom edges rounded. The holly has been inked with … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Bordered Sentiment
I had a few friends over recently and showed them how to do one of my favourite techniques - Faux Silk. My first sample uses Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Whisper White card stock. I stamped images from Peaceful Petals onto the tissue paper to create the silk look. Extra texture was added to the … Continue reading Peaceful Petals and Beautiful Season Faux Silk
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