Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Swallowtail
The theme for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week is Final Farewell. That is, to use products that will be retiring tomorrow. I have taken all five of the In Colors that will retire: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, and Tangelo Twist, and combined them with Swallowtail, Sassy Salutations and the Striped … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blackberry Lagoon
This week, the Artful Stampers Team Challenge is a sketch. You may have arrived from Jane Riches' blog with one of her lovely projects. I stamped the Swallowtail image on Whisper White with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured it with Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities. I then added a Soft Sky … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Calypso Cabana Delight
A few weeks ago, I showed you a card I created with lots of background texture. Here is another one using the same technique, but this time the background is sponged with Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Sahara Sand. I have used the Swallowtail image embossed with Black EP and sponged it with Marina Mist … Continue reading Swallowtail Marina Mambo
Today, I have used dry embossing, heat embossing and emboss resist to create this very pretty pink birthday card for my friend Janelle. I started by stamping the Swallowtail in Versamark on Whisper White. I then heat embossed it with Melon Mambo EP, sponged with Wisteria Wonder ink and fussy cut it. Using a two-way … Continue reading Swallowtail Stylish Mambo
Today's card is CASED from Dawn Griffiths. It is called out of the box because the butterfly is part of the oval framelit. A beautiful effect. I have used Very Vanilla and Perfect Plum card stock and Perfect Plum DSP. Swallowtail and Itty Bitty Banners provided the images, whilst the accessories included Bitty Banners Framelits, … Continue reading Swallowtail Out of the Box Plum
That big Swallowtail has been flying around the scene again. This time, I caught it with a colourful emboss resist. Unfortunately, it tried to fly away so I only managed to get half of it on the card. The image was inked in Versamark, and embossed with Iridescent Ice EP on Whisper White card. Pacific … Continue reading Swallowtail Emboss Resist
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