Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Masking
I have a couple of clean and simple, one layer Christmas cards for you today. They have been made using the Bordered Sentiment technique from Splitcoaststampers and the now retired Watercolor Winter stamp set. The first card is made with Whisper White card stock with the bottom edges rounded. The holly has been inked with … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Bordered Sentiment
A Happy New Year to all my readers. I hope that 2014 brings you all the opportunities and happiness that you desire. As a bright start to the new year, I have a Retiform technique card to share with you. Retiform basically means netlike. By using some sponges to create the grid like net pattern, … Continue reading Fabulous Florets in Retiform
Inlaid or embedded embossing is the technique I have used today. Triangular pieces of Wisteria Wonder were added to opposite corners of a piece of Pink Pirouette. Flowers, leaves and sentiment from Fabulous Florets were then stamped between the DSP using Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade ink. The leaves were stamped using a masking technique. … Continue reading Fabulous Florets Wisteria Pirouette
Always Artichoke and Certainly Celery are the monochromatic colours for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge. Whilst I believe you can never have too much green, I thought I would start with a Naturals White card base for this one. I reverse masked some of the Sizzlits Little Leaves in Certainly Celery to provide some background … Continue reading Monochromatic Dynamic Duos Week
Washi tape is the latest craze on the paper crafting scene today. It is reasonably easy to create a faux washi tape look using some border stamps and thin tape. For this DTGD challenge, my card base is Confetti Cream, and my faux washi tape is made on Whisper White card stock as I didn't … Continue reading Reason to Smile Not Quite Cream
The current Less is More challenge is to make a one layer card and include script as well as the sentiment. I have used Naturals Ivory as my base card. The script image from French Foliage was then stamped twice in the middle of the card using Crumb Cake ink. The silhouette image from Fabulous … Continue reading Less Is More One Layer Script
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