Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Perfect Punches
Whilst checking out Pinterest recently, I came across a great technique to emboss in gold on Brushed Gold card stock, and then colour the image with markers. I knew it would work perfectly for Christmas cards. The retired Watercolor Winter images were used for the focal points. The first card features the poinsettias which have … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Gold Embossed
Perfect Punches is a very useful sentiment set that works with a number of our different punches. Sad to say that it is another set that will be retiring on 1 July 2013. Here are some of the cards I have made with these images. You can see more by scrolling to the bottom of … Continue reading Farewell Perfect Punches
Today I have been playing with some of my new toys. I have used Baja Breeze for the base card. A piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations was embossed with the Lacy Brocade TIEF and sanded to show the monochromatic core. Festival of Prints DSP and Early Espresso were cut with the Sizzlits Large Delicate Doilies. … Continue reading Perfect Punches Delicate Doilies Christmas
Another DTGD challenge and a rare occurrence for me - a square card. This Christmas card uses Old Olive, Very Vanilla and the retired Jolly Holiday DSP. Cherry Cobbler ink was used for the sentiment from Perfect Punches and an image from Welcome Christmas. The sentiment was cut with the 1¼" Circle Punch and layered … Continue reading Welcome Christmas Jolly Holiday
Hearts or strawberries - no this is not the DTGD challenge. I can't give that away, but I wondered what you think of the shapes. I made these cute little strawberries using the Large Heart Punch, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack,Sizzlits Little Leaves and Basic Jewel Pearls. The sentiment is from … Continue reading Perfect Punches Strawberry Thanks
Today, I have another card made from Creative Elements. This is such a versatile set. The base card is Naturals Ivory, with layers of Concord Crush and Very Vanilla. I ran the base card through the Adorning Accents Hearts Embossing Folder before adding the layers. The sentiment is from Perfect Punches and is punched with … Continue reading Concord Butterfly
Lavender Thoughts 