Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Watercolouring
Sorry if I appear to have been MIA for the past few days. In fact, I have been ultra busy with the annual Dare to Get Dirty Challenge Week on Splitcoaststampers. This set of challenges is for Fan Club members only and offers challenges each day over the week by the SCS design team members. … Continue reading Secret Garden Rose Frosted Watercolour
The last of the Summer Afternoon images is the bicycle. After stamping with Stazon Jet Black on watercolour paper, and colouring with inks and a Blender pen, I layered the image on a piece of Elegant Eggplant which had been embossed with the Elegant Bouquet TIEF. The embossed image was highlighted with Frost White Shimmer … Continue reading Summer Afternoon Bicycle
Here in Australia, we are in the middle of summer, and a rather hot one at that. To create a cool feeling, I have used the Hostess set Summer Afternoon. Today's card uses the swing image. I stamped it with Stazon Jet Black on Watercolour Paper and coloured it using inks and a Blender pen. … Continue reading Summer Afternoon Swing
Whilst doing some blog surfing, I came across this beautiful way of using the poinsettia flower from Watercolor Winter. Thanks so much Beverly for the inspiration. I started with a base of Naturals Ivory. A piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations was run through the Woodgrain TIEF and then sanded to provide extra texture. This was … Continue reading Watercolor Winter Real Espresso
Another forgotten technique that was demonstrated very well last Saturday at the Stampin' Up! Regional Heartfelt Event in Brisbane was using watercolour crayons. Kim Gavarra gave us lots of handy ways to use the crayons. I have not used them for years, so my first attempt this week was on a very small project. I … Continue reading Watercolour Crayons
On the inside looking out for a DTGD challenge. The base card of Pear Pizzazz has been embossed with the Stripes EF and swiped with the Stazon Cotton White ink. The Window Dressing images were fussy cut and coloured with a Blender Pen and various inks. The sentiment from Elementary Elegance was stamped in Melon … Continue reading Window Dressing Pizzazz
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