Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Occasion
Last Saturday, my sister, a few friends and I attended the Stampin' Up! Regional Heartfelt Event in Brisbane. It was a magnificent day. We saw lots of different techniques demonstrated, and got to try out many of Stampin' Up!'s great products. One of the techniques was to use baby wipes to put colour on an … Continue reading Baby Wipe Acrylic Block Background
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
Kristine showed us how to make this massive Bon Bon at the online class tonight at Crafters Anonymous. I used Lucky Limeade for the base and Festival of Prints DSP for the layering. The sentiment is from the retired Gifted set, stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla and layered on Cherry Cobbler. Lucky Limeade … Continue reading Christmas Bon Bon
Flower Garden for Christmas? I thought the shimmery look of the embossed Flower Garden would make a classic Christmas card. The base card of Riding Hood Red was layered with a piece of the same which was embossed with the Woodgrain TIEF. A piece of Whisper White was then embossed with the Flower Garden TIEF … Continue reading Flower Garden Christmas
My card today is a simple Christmas sample. I layered the base of Naturals White with a piece of Gumball Green that was embossed with the Woodgrain TIEF. I added a piece of the Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots ribbon [dots to the back] across the bottom of the card as a ground for the sentiment. … Continue reading Beautiful Season Gumball Espresso
Lavender Thoughts 