Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Watercolour Wash
For today's card, I have added water droplets to a watercolour wash background to provide some texture. Create a watercolour wash background on watercolor paper with Water Painters and Coastal Cabana, Azure Afternoon and Lost Lagoon inks. Allow to dry and add some water droplets of different sizes across the background. Stamp tree branch and … Continue reading Adding interest to a watercolour background
Looking to create a very handmade Christmas card? Grab some sponge daubers, watercolor paper and ink pads and you are ready to go. Use a pencil and lightly outline the tree shape. Take a few different green ink pads (Old Olive, Shaded Spruce and Soft Sea Foam) with some sponge daubers and gradually fill in … Continue reading Create a Christmas Tree with Sponge Daubers
Here is the latest Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. Click on the link for more information. The challenge: Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam My card ... The dessert option for this challenge was Christmas in July.Check out the sneak peeks on this card. The images have been die cut are from the upcoming Poinsettia … Continue reading Christmas in July in tones of blue for the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge
I am honoured to announce that the Color Challenge team at Splitcoaststampers has invited me to guest design with them for the month of August. Their guest designers are selected from the weekly faves and I was their fave from CC735. Click on the link to see that card. This week there are some bright colours … Continue reading Starch Watercolour Wash and Silhouettes for the Color Challenge
Today I have a beautiful card created by one of my team for a recent shoe box swap. Tips: Supplies: Stamp Set: Wonderful RomanceCardstock: Very VanillaInk: Versamark, Coastal CabanaAccessories: Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder, Coastal Cabana / Granny Apple Green Reversible Ribbon ... a little decoration for the inside.
Today I am using one of the new bundles in the Holiday Catalogue - Still Night. I also have a FREE PDF. Tips: The background has been created with a watercolour wash. The branch image consists of lines. Use a Blender Pen to move some of the ink in the branch for extra definition. Clear … Continue reading Still Night Owl with FREE PDF
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