Annette Sullivan: Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator, Australia – Providing inspiration for handmade greeting cards
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this is a CASE of a card in the 2023 September-December Mini Catalogue. The frame was die cut with Basic White cardstock and then different elements coloured with Stampin' Blends. Supplies: Stamp Set: Christmas Classics, Itty Bitty Christmas Cardstock: Pebbled Path, Very Vanilla, Joy of Christmas DSP Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Stampin' Blends: Cherry Cobbler, Shaded … Continue reading A Mini Slimline Card for Christmas
today I have a Diamond Z Fold card using the Joy of Christmas DSP and Christmas Classics Stamp Set. Take a piece of Shaded Spruce Cardstock 29.7cm x 10.5cm. Score on the long side at 5.25cm and 14.8cm. On the short side closest to the 5.25cm score line, make a mark at 5.25cm. Cut from … Continue reading Christmas Classics with a Diamond Z Fold
today I have two versions of a Pinwheel card. The only difference between the two cards is that Card 2 (the blue one) has extra layers behind the pinwheel shape. Card 1 pinwheel: 2 pieces each 6.5cm square of Lights Aglow DSP 4 pieces each 3cm square of one pattern of Lights Aglow DSP 4 … Continue reading Pinwheel 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
Lavender Thoughts 