Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Heat Embossing
This week at Crafter's Anonymous, Julia showed us how to make this elegant masculine card. I used a base of Bravo Burgundy with a layer of woodgrain from the Natural Composition Specialty DSP. The shirt panel is Very Vanilla, and the tie and pocket handkerchief are Bravo Burgundy DSP. I used a White Gel pen … Continue reading Elegant Masculine Suit
One of the most popular trends today is to use a chalkboard effect. There are a number of different ways to achieve this. In the past, I have always used pastels as my medium. Today I have used White EP and Whisper White Craft Ink to achieve the look. Firstly, I stamped the images from … Continue reading Field Flowers Chalkboard
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
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