Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Watercolor Winter
I have a couple of clean and simple, one layer Christmas cards for you today. They have been made using the Bordered Sentiment technique from Splitcoaststampers and the now retired Watercolor Winter stamp set. The first card is made with Whisper White card stock with the bottom edges rounded. The holly has been inked with … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Bordered Sentiment
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
It is never too early to start making your Christmas cards. I found a great design on Angie Leach's blog and just had to CASE it. I made a couple in different colours just to see how they looked. Both centre pieces were made with the large die from the Apothecary Accents Framelits. The two … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Christmas
My final Christmas cards for 2012 use the remaining two Snow Festival Designer Tags. The first one has a Naturals White base. The Primrose Petals piece was partially embossed with the Petals-a-Plenty TIEF, and finished with a piece of matching Primrose Petals ribbon. Some images from Watercolor Winter were added to the tag which already … Continue reading Compliments of the Season and more Designer Tags
Whilst doing some blog surfing, I came across this beautiful way of using the poinsettia flower from Watercolor Winter. Thanks so much Beverly for the inspiration. I started with a base of Naturals Ivory. A piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations was run through the Woodgrain TIEF and then sanded to provide extra texture. This was … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Real Espresso
Another forgotten technique that was demonstrated very well last Saturday at the Stampin' Up! Regional Heartfelt Event in Brisbane was using watercolour crayons. Kim Gavarra gave us lots of handy ways to use the crayons. I have not used them for years, so my first attempt this week was on a very small project. I … Continue reading Watercolour Crayons
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