Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Christmas
Back today to show you a few of the ornaments you can make from the tutorials I showed in an earlier post [see them also on the sidebar]. The first one is the paper bow. I used Festival of Prints DSP and have shown it here sitting on one of the Kraft Gift Boxes [#124106 … Continue reading Paper Bows and Ornaments
Just a quick little post to let you know about some great little tutorials that Stampin' Up! have prepared to help in your Christmas preparations. You can make one of the beautiful ornaments from the Holiday catalogue, some pretty bows to brighten up your gifts and some lovely flowers to decorate just about anywhere. Just … Continue reading Quick Tutorials
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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