Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Heat Embossing
A very shimmery Swallowtail for you today. I used Versamark and Pool Party EP on Wisteria Wonder card stock. Champagne Shimmer Paint was then added with a dry Aqua Painter and heat set. After cutting around the end of the image, a piece of Whisper White was added to highlight the wing. These were then … Continue reading Swallowtail Pool Party Wonder
Do you remember the tie dyed t-shirts from the 60's? How about translating that into a technique for a card? Jamie Albanese recently provided a tutorial on just that. I used the large Swallowtail from the current Occasions catalogue for my image. To start, I added a few drops of Pacific Point, Rose Red and … Continue reading Swallowtail Tie Dyed Wasabi
Another Serene Silhouettes project today. I stamped the tree silhouette image with Versamark on First Edition DSP and heat embossed it with Early Espresso EP. I ran the edges across the Early Espresso ink pad before layering onto Very Vanilla. A sentiment from Sassy Salutations was added with Early Espresso, and the vanilla layer spritzed … Continue reading Serene Silhouettes First Edition Salutations
Today's Christmas card has lots of sparkle. I took a piece of Whisper White and dry embossed it with the Lacy Brocade TIEF. The Versamark ink pad was then lightly touched to the raised areas of the embossing, the card stock covered in Iridescent Ice EP and heat embossed. The corners were punched with the … Continue reading Heart of Christmas Iridescent Lacy Brocade
My card today is a simple Christmas sample. I layered the base of Naturals White with a piece of Gumball Green that was embossed with the Woodgrain TIEF. I added a piece of the Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots ribbon [dots to the back] across the bottom of the card as a ground for the sentiment. … Continue reading Beautiful Season Gumball Espresso
My third Blooming with Kindness card also uses Emboss Resist. This time, instead of using the dark colour to emboss and sponging with the light colour, I tried it the other way around. The embossing was with So Saffron and the sponging with More Mustard. The sentiment was embossed with More Mustard. Both the flower … Continue reading Blooming with Kindness in Saffron Mustard
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