Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Dry Embossing
Happy birthday Janene. I made this card for my friend Janene's birthday last week, but couldn't show it here until she received it. Snail mail has now delivered the real thing, so here it is. I CASED the idea from Cindy. Thanks for a great idea Cindy. I have used some more of the new … Continue reading Fresh Vintage Birthday
A challenge from Crafter's Anonymous to make a bookmark. I thought I would make mine with a masculine theme. I have used my new Open Sea set for the images and created a collage effect on Very Vanilla card stock using Crumb Cake pastels and ink, and Soft Suede ink. The fancy corners were punched … Continue reading Masculine Bookmark
Yes, bleaching it is. Today's technique uses heat embossing and bleaching in the outlines of the image. I started with a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock, stamped the floral image from Elements of Style using Versamark, then heat embossed it with black embossing powder. When it was cool, I used an Aquapainter to pick up … Continue reading Bleaching
I can't believe that it is 10 days since I posted to our blog. The time seems to have flown. Anyway, here is my creation for my niece's 21st birthday. Hope you had a great time Stacie. Sorry I couldn't make it to the celebrations. I have used Champagne Shimmer Paint mixed with Isocol to … Continue reading 21st Birthday
Back again with another from the Welcome Christmas set. Today, I have used part of the large sentiment and the wreath on a scallop square. This was then lightly spritzed with Real Red. The Garden Green background has the lower part embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper EF. Recipe: Cardstock: Confetti White, Garden Green, Whisper White … Continue reading Welcome Christmas Vintage Wreath
Still trying to get my Christmas cards completed. At this rate, it will be Christmas 2012 before I finish. Today I have used a textured plaid technique to create a vintage style card. The Stripes EF is inked before placing the cardstock in for embossing. Remove the cardstock, clean the folder, and ink with another … Continue reading Plaid Christmas
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