Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Techniques
Still trying to get my Christmas cards completed. At this rate, it will be Christmas 2012 before I finish. Today I have used a textured plaid technique to create a vintage style card. The Stripes EF is inked before placing the cardstock in for embossing. Remove the cardstock, clean the folder, and ink with another … Continue reading Plaid Christmas
Back again with more partial embossing. Once again, thanks to Tami White. I have created a tree this time. .. and to match, here is the inside Recipe: Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla Ink: Old Olive, Basic Gray Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Season of Joy, Many Merry Messages Accessories: Stripes EF, Petals-a-Plenty EF, … Continue reading Partial Embossing Tree
Following my last attempt at partial embossing to make the Christmas wreath, I have now tried this technique to make a Christmas tree. Again, I was inspired by Tami White. I used pieces of Very Vanilla and Soft Suede through the Top Note Die. Using partial embossing with the Very Vanilla Top Note and the … Continue reading Petal Tree
The uses for the embossing folders are many and varied. I have used them to make embossed frames, but that was all. During some recent 'surfing' Tami showed how to use these folders for partial embossing. My first attempt uses the Petals-a-Plenty folder to create a wreath. I love the effect it has made. I … Continue reading Wreath Petals
Check out this cute embossing folder called Petals-a-Plenty. It is perfect for Christmas cards. Here I have used it for the card background and again over the main image. You can see the fine detail here. For the sentiment, I used the Petite Pennants Builder Punch to create the 'pennant', and added some home made … Continue reading Petals-a-Plenty
Today I am participating in a challenge on the Less is More site. This site promotes clean and simple cards and shows that you don't need lots of layers and embellishments to produce a beautiful card. The challenge this week has the theme 'Stars'. This brings to mind celebrations such as birthdays and Christmas. My … Continue reading Starry Night
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