Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Occasion
More retiring products are showcased on today's card. I have used a card base of Smoky Slate and layers of Calypso Coral and Whisper White. The scalloped piece of Soft Sky was cut with the retiring Tasteful Trum XL Bigz Die. The base of the vase was made by adhering scraps of Smoky Slate and … Continue reading Backyard Basics Smoky Calypso Sky
A birthday card using the Building Block Card technique from Splitcoaststampers is on show for you. The base card stock is Whisper White with layers of Blackberry Bliss [new In Color] and Moonlight DSP [in new catalogue]. The sentiment is from Sassy Salutations, and the letters on the blocks have been cut with the retired … Continue reading Sassy Salutations Blackberry Building Block Card
Today you can see an MDS Hybrid card that incorporates some products that will appear for the first time in the new catalogue next month. Firstly, the MDS part: I created some background shadows using Soft Sky and Sahara Sand. To that, I added the grass and birds from Wetlands [also in the catalogue - … Continue reading Wetlands Birds Brown Sugar and a Sneak Peek
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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