Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Techniques
No, we are not talking about Batman and Robin, rather a challenge which is perfect for me. Each week, the Design Team at Dynamic Duos selects two colours to be used for the challenge. Neutrals such as black, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome. Here is this week's challenge. A great monochromatic … Continue reading Dynamic Duos 8
Christmas is only 6 months away. Before we know it, we will be posting our Christmas cards. Well, before we can do that, we need to have the cards to send. Lesley Croghan has the right idea. She has a sketch challenge each Monday to create a Christmas card. This week is her 26th challenge … Continue reading Merry Monday Challenge
Yes, you read correctly. This is the Colour Challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers. Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke are the colours. I used a card base of Confetti White and cut and embossed the bottom edge with the Adorning Accents Scallop die and matching EF. A piece of Tangerine Tango was adhered to … Continue reading Tango with Choc Chips and Artichokes
Sounds intriguing doesn't it? Dawn Olchefske showed this wonderful technique on her blog recently and I just had it try it.Thanks Dawn for another great idea. Basically you cut out your layers, hold them together with temporary adhesive and stamp your images. Separate the layers, mat them and complete the card. A beautiful finish. I … Continue reading Triple Time Stamping
I found this great card on Dawn's site and just had to CASE it. Thanks for the inspiration Dawn. I used a retired Pacific Point DSP, and watercoloured the flowers from Apothecary Art with a marker and Pacific Point ink. The frame is from the Labels Framelits collection. A very simple, but elegant card don't … Continue reading Double Gatefold
Today I have some more butterflies in a pop out card. This time it is for Jessica's birthday. Hope you had a good day Jess. The card base is Rich Razzleberry and the inner is Old Olive and retired Cottage Wall DSP. The embossed butterflies are from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits and the stamped butterlies … Continue reading More Butterflies
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