Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Dry Embossing
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
Back again with more partial embossing. Once again, thanks to Tami White. I have created a tree this time. .. and to match, here is the inside Recipe: Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla Ink: Old Olive, Basic Gray Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Season of Joy, Many Merry Messages Accessories: Stripes EF, Petals-a-Plenty EF, … Continue reading Partial Embossing Tree
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