Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
Tag: Handmade Greeting Cards
This card which I made for a recent Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge uses the Die Cut Letterpress Technique. Letterpress is a technique where ink is placed on an image and pressed into the paper – creating a debossed look but coloured with ink. It creates a much deeper impression than just using the die to emboss. … Continue reading Die Cut Letterpress with Artistic Dies
A few years ago I found this Panel Z Fold design on Rachel Tessman's blog. I have adjusted her measurements for our metric cardstock. Thanks again for the inspiration Rachel. This is a great design to showcase any pretty Designer Series Paper. My metric measurements: Card base: 14.8cm x 21cm scored at 3.7cm and 10.5cm … Continue reading O Holy Night – a Panel Z Fold Card
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
today I have a card made using the Ghosting or Versamark Resist Technique. If you look hard you can see the ghostly images. Stamp images on either Glossy White or Basic White with Versamark and allow to dry. Use Blending Brushes to add ink over the dry stamped images. Take a paper towel and lightly … Continue reading Ghosting or Versamark Resist with Dainty Delight
The Traditions of St Nick DSP was used to create a couple of Offset Gate Fold cards for Christmas. The first card has a Real Red base and the second one has a Wild Wheat base, Start with a standard card base of 21cm x 14.8cm (8½" x 5½"). Instead of scoring at 5.25cm (2-1/8") … Continue reading Offset Gate Fold Cards for Christmas
How easy is it to create this one layer card? Stamp some strips of cardstock with small images and use Blending Brushes to colour them. Attach them to the lower part of a Thick Very Vanilla card base. Stamp images over the rest of the card front with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Supplies: Stamp Set: … Continue reading A pop of colour with Faux Washi Tape
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