Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Blessings of Home
What do you do with all the little leftover pieces from your projects? If you are like me you probably just put them in the trash. Today I kept all the little pieces. Look at how great the finished card is! I attached the scraps to a piece of Basic White using Adhesive Sheets, cut … Continue reading How to create a pretty background with leftover pieces
Today I am mixing the old and the new to create a pretty floral look. The card base of Orchid Oasis was layered with a piece of vellum which I embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. The floral bouquet was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. The … Continue reading Blessings of Home for a floral spray
Today I have a couple of fun trifold cards for you. They are a great way to showcase your Designer Series Paper. My thanks goes to Patty Bennett for the inspiration. Card 1: This uses the Ever Eden Specialty DSP with the Blessings of Home Stamp Set and matching Flowers of Home Dies. Card 2: … Continue reading Fun Trifold Cards
Today I have CASE'd a technique from page 56 of the latest Annual Catalogue. I have used one of the Blessings of Home images for my sample. Stamp the image multiple times on a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.Colour the petals with white, the leaves with olive and the small … Continue reading Whitewash Technique with Watercolor Pencils
Today is the start of the 2022 Annual Catalogue (link to PDF below) and there are so many new products from which to choose. I have a series of cards for you using the Botanical Layers stamp set with the Lovely Layers Vellum and the 2022-2024 In Colors (Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, Tahitian … Continue reading Botanical Layers and Lovely Layers Vellum
Slimline Cards are all the rage at the moment. In the 2022 January-June Mini Catalogue there is a Slim Sayings Bundle which has some large sentiments and dies to create stylised quatrefoil and chevron patterns. Today I have some slimline cards using this bundle and the Flowering Tulips Stamp Set, Tulips Dies and Flowering Fields … Continue reading Slimline Cards and Tulips
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