Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Botanical Layers
Acrylic paint on watercolor paper is a great way to create an abstract background. Mix some white acrylic paint with a few drops of Shaded Spruce and Pretty Peacock reinkers on a craft sheet. Dab some splotches on a piece of watercolor paper and more around to create abstract shapes. Allow to dry. Stamp images … Continue reading Create an abstract background with acrylic paint
A quick and easy card today using the Embedded or Inlaid Embossing Technique. Stamp the leaves on Basic White cardstock with Old Olive ink. Die cut with a Deckled Circles Die and attach to an Old Olive layer. Stamp the sentiment on Basic White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut with a … Continue reading Botanical Layers with Embedded Embossing
How easy is it to create this one layer card? Stamp some strips of cardstock with small images and use Blending Brushes to colour them. Attach them to the lower part of a Thick Very Vanilla card base. Stamp images over the rest of the card front with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Supplies: Stamp Set: … Continue reading A pop of colour with Faux Washi Tape
Today I have used a masking technique to stamp the same image three times. Use a die or punch approximately 3cm square to cut three squares on a sheet of masking paper. Line up the masking paper on a piece of Basic White and sponge over the negative squares with Crumb Cake ink, Keep the … Continue reading Multiple images using Masking Technique
Today's card uses the Reverse Stamping or Mirror Image Technique with the cat image so that you can have two cats looking at each other. I have been promising to create a video showing this technique. Scroll down to view the video. Supplies: Stamp Set: Nine Lives, Botanical Layers, Oceanfront Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, … Continue reading Reverse Stamping with Nine Lives and VIDEO
Stamping on coloured cardstock is an easy way to create a WOW look without a lot of effort. For this one I have used a piece of Purple Posy cardstock (retired) as my art panel. It would work just as well with any light coloured cardstock. Images from Dainty Delight were stamped with Memento Tuxedo … Continue reading Stamping on coloured cardstock
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