Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Beautiful Season
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
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
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
I liked the Colour Challenge at Splitcoaststampers this week so much [see previous post] that I decided to use it again with the Merry Monday sketch. As the Colour Challenge also had a dessert option of Christmas, I am covering both challenges. The card base of Primrose Petals was put through the Chevron EF. The … Continue reading Lucky Primrose Pirouette Beautiful Season
Time for another Merry Monday Challenge. Here is the sketch. I decided to use it for a masculine Christmas gift card. The base is Crumb Cake with a layer of Early Espresso which has been embossed with the Elegant Lines EF. A strip of DSP from the Festival of Prints DSP pack provides a little … Continue reading Beautiful Season Elegant Lines Espresso
This continues the Merry Monday July challenges of using previous sketches. This week, I have used Sketch #21. I also combined it with a Colour Challenge at Splitcoaststampers to use Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green. Unfortunately, Gumball Green has yet to make an appearance in Australia [will be in the new catalogue on … Continue reading Christmas in July 4
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