Today was photo day, and as threatened Nathan got the photo tent out. Taking the photos was great, it only took a short time, but folding that tent up took a great amount of time, and in the end we had to go on to u-tube and watch a folding demonstration.You will see the results of todays shoot in about a week, I have been building up a stockpile of photos because Nathan has wrestling commitments ( He takes the photos at the shows) for the next couple of weekends and may not be able to take my photos.Todays card was made using Stampin up cardstock – Blush Blossom, and Websters Pages – Postcards from Paris. I used some Prima say it in pearls, Mulberry st. handmade paper flowers, Kindyglitz and a bit of lace from my craft supply. Til Tomorrow…
Category: Birthday female
Handbags
Tonights card is a really simple one.stampin up black cardstock,and silver cardstock, stickers stuck on metallic paper,and cut out, and a bit of ribbon from my craft supply. The fun was photograghing it! We had a beautiful photo of Nathans face reflected in the silver cardstock, it was classic! Sadly Nathan deleted the photo before I could do anything with it, and then set his camera up on a tripod and took the picture remotely. I’m off now to do a bit of cardmaking,I’ll see you tomorrow!
Happy Birthday
A much more relaxed post tonight – no rushing off anywhere! Continuing on with the Tea at Elsies paper collection from kaisercraft ( I really like the colours in this set of papers) I used cor’dinations cardstock for the base, and stampin up stamps – nice and easy notes, and watercoloured the image. Trusty cuttlebug and nestabilities circles for the mats , ribbon from my craft supply, punched flowers with a stampin up punch, and kaisercraft pearls and clear kindyglitz finished it off. Thanks for visiting, see you tomorrow!
Time for a cuppa
Early post today because its shopping night! This card base is stampin up Riding hood red, with the cup and saucer cut out from Basic Grey’s Nook and pantry 6″ paper pad, the cupcakes are fussy cut from the same paper pad, and the tea bag that is tucked in the top is a Twinings! This card could be used for a number of reasons – birthday, friendly hello or get well soon. See you tomorrow!
Peacock
Hi, its been a busy couple of days, but I have finally got some time to sit and create, so the dining table is covered with papers and stamps, and my mind is busy ticking over. I saw a beautiful card on Kays site (link on the right) from her friend Judith, and I am going to pinch a couple of her ideas to make my cards tonight. But for now I want to show you a card that I made intending to give to Kay for her birthday, but ended up giving her a different one. This one will be kept for my other sisters birthday in October.I used stampin up cardstock – melon mambo – Die cut a circle in the front, and attached a window of acetate. I stuck on an outline sticker of a peacock and coloured it with sakura aqualip pens. I stamped a couple of feathers from stampin ups Natures Nest and silver embossed them, cut them out and attached them to the front .A bit of bling and Done!
Gypsy Sisters
This kaisercraft paper is lovely, but I found it hard to come up with ideas for. Most of the pages in the 6′ pad are heavily patterned, and I will have to play with it a bit more before I am completely happy with the results.I used stampin up Taken with teal cardstock which co-ordinates perfectly, and matching flowers, brad and rhinestones from kaisercraft. A computer generated sentiment matted onto more Taken with Teal and trim from my supply completes this one.
21st cards
I am still playing with the kaisercraft Le Chataeu collection . For the card above I used stampin up cardstock – black, a key sticker, ovals die cut using my spellbinders, and ribbon from my craft supply. For the card below I used Stampin Up cardstock baja Breeze, a key sticker, ribbon and lace and kaisercraft pearls.It’s funny how just changing the accent colours on a card can change the suitability from male to female. I always look for papers like this as they are such good value for money.I have put this paper away for now, but I haven’t finished with it yet!
Shoe Card
Here is a vey simple card to make but when completed looks really effective.I have used stampin up black cardstock and bazill bling onyx for the shoe and covered it in bling from my stash. The card base is stampin up black cardstock, 30cm by 15cm folded 3 times and the front flap folded again. All that is needed then is ribbon and lace from stash, a prima flower and prima  paper – Shabby chic collection, ‘My Lovely.If you join me regularly you will notice that 90% of my card bases are made from stampin up cardstock, for 3 reasons. It is a great heavyweight cardstock which will take a lot of weight without tipping over, the colour range is great and it is inexpensive as well, always a good thing!
Mums birthday card
I used kaisercraft Tea at Elsies paper on this card, with stampin up cardstock (brilliant blue), prima flower and say it in pearls, with a couple of die cut butterflies, and lots of kindyglitz, which, if you visit me often, you will notice that I use kindyglitkz almost everywhere. I love it!
Helens Card Designs 