Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Sympathy
The new 2026 May-August Catalogue has a beautiful Valley in Bloom Suite Collection. It includes a stamp and die bundle (Lily of the Valley), Valley in Bloom Designer Series Paper, Floral Spray 3D Embossing Folder, Luxe White Specialty Designer Series Paper as well as Shimmering Dots embellishments. I showcased the embossing folder in an earlier … Continue reading The Delicate Flowers of Lily of the Valley
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
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