Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Dry Embossing
Faux letterpress seems to be making a comeback these days, and goes by any number of names. Today, my card uses a tone on tone effect with Pistachio Pudding and the Beautifully Baroque TIEF. I then added the bouquet from Best of Flowers [only available until 30 April 2014] and some Silver Baker's Twine. Very … Continue reading Best of Flowers Pistachio Letterpress
Today I have another single stamp from the Occasions Catalogue. It is called People Like You and is perfect for watercolouring. I stamped the image in Stazon Jet Black on Whisper White and coloured it with a Blender Pen and Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple inks. I used the thick end of a Midnight Muse … Continue reading People Like You Primrose Ripple Muse
Here is my last Christmas card for the month. I used the faux letterpress technique with Encore Metallic Gold ink and the Petals-a-Plenty TIEF. The embossed piece was then used to cut out an ornament with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits [still available in the Carry Over list]. The base cardstock of Real Red was stamped … Continue reading Hardwood Ornament Real Sugar
As part of the recent 'brayer' afternoon with my sisters, I showed them how to use the brayer to create a faux letterpress look. It really is quite simple, and yet produces the most amazing results. One of my sisters challenged me to use Melon Mambo for my sample as I seldom use such bright … Continue reading Secret Garden Black Mambo Argyle
Here is another of the hybrid MDS Santa's List cards. This time I embossed the Cherry Cobbler base with the Modern Mosaic TIEF, cut the Santa with a Labels Framelit and added a row of pearls for his belt. The sentiment is from Petite Pairs. ================ Stampin' Up! - what's happening now: Sale-a-bration is here. … Continue reading Santa’s List Mosaic Cobbler
Did you know that Splitcoaststampers provides a new tutorial each week and also runs many weekly challenges to help get your creative juices flowing? It has been a while since I have participated in a challenge. Today, I am going to try the recent tutorial on No-Line Piercing and combine it with Sketch Challenge SC479. … Continue reading Fabulous Florets No-Line Piercing Indigo
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