Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Techniques
I had a few friends over recently and showed them how to do one of my favourite techniques - Faux Silk. My first sample uses Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Whisper White card stock. I stamped images from Peaceful Petals onto the tissue paper to create the silk look. Extra texture was added to the … Continue reading Peaceful Petals and Beautiful Season Faux Silk
A vintage style card today based on an idea from Pinterest. I used the Shop Around Jumbo Wheel on a piece of Crumb Cake using Crumb Cake ink. I think I need to ink my stamp pad as the result was very light. I then put this piece through the Beautifully Baroque TIEF and then … Continue reading Beautifully Baroque Pirouette Bird
The third of the May challenges is Holiday Focus: "National Photograph Month. Create a card that looks like a photograph by putting a border around your image and making the image glossy. You may use On Film Framelits or make your own, you may use window sheets for glossiness or crystal effects." My 'photograph' card … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 3
The second of the May challenges is Catalog Focus: "scoring tools. Use all or one of these scoring tools--Simply Scored Tool, Simply Scored Borders Plate and/or Simply Scored Diagonal Plate to add interest to a gatefold card." The top of the Pacific Point base card was put through one of the Labels Framelits to create … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 2
I know that I have been rather quiet lately on the blog front. This is because I have been working on my projects for the latest Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Challenges. Yes, I am very pleased to announce that I have been asked to join the team again for the May - August challenges. The first … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 1
I found a tutorial for this Match Box 3d Pop Up Card on Facebook and thought it would great for my friend Denise's birthday. Here it is closed ... ... and here it is open - impressive isn't it? Thanks Rachael Lewsley for the inspiration. ================ Stampin' Up! - what's happening now: Weekly deals are … Continue reading Flower Shop Baroque Pistachio 3d Pop Up Match Box
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