Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Techniques
Today's card uses the Frosted Watercolour Technique which was the theme for a recent class. This technique creates a frosted look by watercolouring over white ink laid down on coloured cardstock.Stamp outline images on coloured cardstock (eg Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand) with Versamark ink.Cover with White Embossing Powder and heat emboss.Use an Aqua Painter and … Continue reading Frosted Watercolour with Botanical Bliss
The new catalogue has many beautiful Designer Series Papers which stand out all by themselves to create quick and easy cards. Today I am using a piece from the Bird Ballad pack. This card uses the one piece of DSP - the front is the bird panel and the back is the pink polka dots.A … Continue reading Quick and Easy Card with Bird Ballad DSP
Here is a recent color challenge at Splitcoaststampers. Click on the link to find out more about it. Here are the colours ... Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, Call Me Clover ... and here is my card. Tips: Stamp the images on watercolor paper and colour with Stampin' Blends.Add a little black ink to an acrylic block, … Continue reading To A Wild Rose so bright for the Color Challenge
In a recent class, I showed participants a number of inky techniques. The first one was wrinkle free distress. Tips: The basis for this technique is to add a number of inks to a craft sheet (or plastic surface) by dragging the ink pads across it, spritz with water so that the ink starts to … Continue reading Wrinkle Free Distress THREE Ways
Wax Paper Resist or Wax Emboss Resist is a technique that I have not used for a long time. Today I am trying it out for the sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers. Click on the link to find out more. Here is the sketch ... ... and here is my card. Tips: Wax Paper Resist is … Continue reading Botanical Bliss and Wax Paper Resist for the Sketch Challenge
Here is a recent color challenge at Splitcoaststampers. Click on the link to find out more about it. Here are the colours with a dessert option of stripes ... Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo ... and here is my card. Tips: Another card with the new Free As A Bird stamp set which will … Continue reading Free As A Bird for the Color Challenge
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