Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Techniques
I am finally getting around to photographing the beautiful swaps I received at the recent Stampin' Up! Convention. To start the ball rolling, these are the two swaps that I made. They both used some products that are sadly retiring on June 2 - Stippled Blossoms and Four You stamp sets, Spring Flowers Textured Impressions … Continue reading 2015 Convention Swaps 1
This month I am showing you the Split Negative Technique. It may look complicated but it isn't, and it produces a stunning finish. The detailed instructions are for the most basic card [which I think looks great]. At the end I will give some short points on how to create some more complicated versions. You … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Split Negative
Alisa has given us some regal colours for this week's Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop. I know it is still early in the year, but I thought these colours would be perfect for a Christmas card. I used Elegant Eggplant for my purple, and silver embossed the tree from Lovely As A Tree and the … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Hop Elegant Silver
Alisa has given us a sketch for this week's Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop. I used Elegant Eggplant and Wild Wasabi markers to stamp the image from Serene Silhouettes on Whisper White. The base card of Elegant Egggplant was layered with matching DSP, and a piece of Whisper White which was embossed with the … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Hop Wild Eggplant
Another colour challenge from Alisa this week. I heat embossed the images with Black Embossing Powder on Naturals White. The flower and leaves were then coloured with a Blender Pen and the inks from the colour challenge. I suddenly realised that I hadn't used Whisper White. Oops! I heat embossed a sentiment with White Embossing Powder and sponged … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Hop Olive Rose
There is a cute little set in the catalogue that most people [including me] would probably not even notice. Whilst browsing recently, I found it - About the Label. It has a gift bag, envelope, a jar and lots of small sentiments that match the Little Labels Punch Pack. I stamped the gift bag in … Continue reading About the Label Bermuda Mambo
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