Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Techniques
Alisa has given us a theme of 'In the Air' for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week. I really had to put my thinking cap on for this one. I finally decided on a hummingbird flying through the clouds. Here it is .... How I created it: Picture Perfect provided the hummingbird, which was stamped with … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge In The Air Party
We are back to colours for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week. Welcome if you have arrived via Leah's lovely project. Some dry embossing, sponging on the embossing, and collage stamping (with a little colouring using markers) are all you need to produce this beautiful card. Supplies used: Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe Ink: Calypso Coral, … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Calypso Taupe
Here is a clean and simple, almost one layer card using In the Meadow stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue. It is my entry for this month's livelovecards.com challenge which is to create a masculine card. I added a 1 cm strip of Lost Lagoon cardstock down the left hand side of a Thick Whisper … Continue reading In the Meadow Lost Lagoon
Today, I am going back to the Annual Catalogue. It seems that lately, I have been showcasing mainly from the Holiday and Occasions Catalogue. So, here is a reminder of a couple of the great sets from the main catalogue. Serene Silhouettes, one of my favourites which lends itself so well to the clean and simple … Continue reading Serene Silhouettes Espresso Wildflowers
Today I have watercoloured the beautiful rose from the new Rose Wonder stamp set. I stamped the image on Whisper White with Memento Tuxedo Black and then watercoloured it with an Aqua Painter and Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Wild Wasabi and Smoky Slate inks. I thought it looked too stark so I outlined the rose … Continue reading Rose Wonder Daffodil Wasabi
And now for something completely different! This week, we have a theme challenge for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop. It is to create a monochromatic project. Welcome if you have arrived via Amanda's pretty project. You all know that I love to create projects with minimal colours, or in many cases, just the one colour. … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Monochromatic
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