Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
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Did you know that you can use your dies to emboss instead of cut? Did you also know that you can use your die cuts to create a letterpress look? Keep reading to find out how to do both of these techniques. Letterpress is a technique where ink is placed on an image and pressed … Continue reading How to use the Die Cut Letterpress Technique
Today I have a WOW variation of the standard gate fold card. It is known as a Double Die Gate Fold. Keep reading and check out the photos to see how it gets the name. The secret is to cut the die cut twice and attach to both sides of the front of the gate … Continue reading Double Die Gate Fold Card with Prized Peony
The 2023 September-December Mini Catalogue is now live and a couple of the great products are the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks and the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. There are seven masks in the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks set. Four of them combine to create the above sunflower and leaves image. The other three masks … Continue reading Sunflowers using a Decorative Mask
Did you know that you can use bubble wrap to create pretty designs to use on your cards? Lightly press a piece of bubble wrap onto a Lost Lagoon ink pad and then pat it gently onto a Bright & Beautiful DSP layer. Attach to a Lost Lagoon card front. Die cut Basic Black cardstock … Continue reading Using Bubble Wrap to create a background
Today's card is quick and easy using dies and Designer Series Paper but NO stamping. Take a piece of Bright & Beautiful DSP, layers it with Basic Black and add to a Lost Lagoon card base. Die cut one of the Wanted to Say Dies with Basic White cardstock and the shadow with Basic Black. … Continue reading Quick and Easy Card
Have you tried the Split Negative Technique? It is a great way to create two cards and show opposite colours side by side. The basic way is to use black and white with a symmetrical image, but once you have the idea you can change up your colours and types of images. Today I am … Continue reading Split Negative Technique with Free As A Bird
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