Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Category: Tutorials
This month I am showing you how to make a Gatefold card. There are many variations, and this one is the simplest. Instructions: Cut a piece of A4 cardstock in half so that each piece is 21cm x 14.8cm. This will give 2 standard sized cards. Use one of the pieces for this project. To create … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Gatefold Card
This month I am showing you the Split Negative Technique. It may look complicated but it isn't, and it produces a stunning finish. The detailed instructions are for the most basic card [which I think looks great]. At the end I will give some short points on how to create some more complicated versions. You … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Split Negative
This month's Technique Tuesday is a simple one so I don't have step by step photos. I am not sure if it has a special name, but I have called it Watercolouring with White Pigment Ink. It creates an elegant look for very little effort. Basically it involves heat embossing a line art image on … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Watercolouring with White Pigment Ink
This month's technique is Spotlight. As the name suggests, this puts the spotlight on a small portion of the image by colouring that part and leaving the rest as an outline. Stamp full outline image. I used Sweetbriar Rose. Stamp the portion of the image that you are going to spotlight on a scrap piece. Decide … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Spotlight
This month's technique is a Trifold Shutter Card. Don't be put off when you see the pictures. 🙂 I apologise for the quality of these photos as the weather is playing havoc with my lighting. This is what a finished card looks like from the front. .... and this is looking from the side. It is … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Trifold Shutter Card
As part of my 2015 objectives, I am going to present a technique here on my blog on the first Tuesday of each month. Here is the first of hopefully many. If you have a particular technique you would like explained, please leave a comment or email me. ================ Have you ever wanted to use … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Altering the Size of a Framelit for layering
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