Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Sympathy
Sympathy cards are always difficult as they mean so much to the recipient and often to the maker as well. I find that a Clean and Simple look is so elegant for a sympathy message. The edges of the Basic White layer were covered with Masking Paper to leave an open rectangle in the middle. … Continue reading One Layer Card with Thoughtful Wishes
This week, I am creating a set of matching cards using products from the Annual Catalogue: Painted Glass stamp set and matching Stained Glass Thinlits, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum and the 2018-2020 In Color Stampin' Emboss Powder. Here is the last one of the set. As you can see, these products are very versatile and … Continue reading Quick and easy cards 4 using Painted Glass
A very elegant CAS Sympathy card is my project for today. The Whisper White art panel was stamped with an image and sentiment from Thoughts & Prayers using Bermuda Bay ink, and then embossed with the Fancy Fan TIEF. This was layered onto Basic Black, and then a base of Bermuda Bay. Some small Basic … Continue reading Thoughts and Prayers Bermuda Bay
This month's mini challenge at Crafter's Anonymous is to take inspiration from the ANZAC day poppies or colours depicted in the image provided (Basic Black, Real Red, Sahara Sand and Whisper White). I stamped the image from Love & Sympathy using Basic Black and Real Red markers onto a piece of Crumb Cake. This was … Continue reading In Remembrance
Today, I have made a CAS sympathy card. The base card stock of Naturals White was embossed with the Lacy Brocade TIEF. A piece of Print Poetry DSP stack from the new Occasions catalogue was cut with one of the Apothecary Accents Framelits. The flower image from Love and Sympathy was stamped twice (without re-inking) … Continue reading Love and Sympathy Raspberry Pirouette
This sympathy card uses the inlaid or embedded embossing technique. The grass from Inspired by Nature was stamped in Old Olive on a piece of Very Vanilla. Soft Suede card stock was used with the Wide Oval punch and added to the top of the grass. The sentiment from Close As A Memory was stamped … Continue reading Inspired by Nature Olive Suede Sympathy
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