Finally I have had time to play with my owl punch. There are many variations of this card on blogs throughout the land, and this is my take, although I have noticed that my little owl holding the balloons has a wing problem. That half circle was folded back to make a quarter circle for his wing, but he appears to have had a mishap in the photographing process.I used Wild wasabi ,close to cocoa and poppy parade stampin up cardstock,and a cuttlebug woodgrain folder which I inked with choc chip stampin up inkpad. I used various other punches and circle dies, some string and wobbly eyes to finish. I must go and pack my bag for tomorrows class, so til tomorrow…..
Category: Birthday
Vintage Garden
Tonights Card uses Stampin Up Cardstock – Bravo Burgandy, and Prima patterned paper – Pastiche “Vintage Graden” (absolutely gorgeous paper!) The little bird is from Websters pages Natures storybook die cut sticker sheet. The butterfly is fussycut from Prima “Flights of Fancy Miss pretty”and I finished off with some kaisercraft pearls. I made my 10 xmas cards for my order last night, and have packed up the xmas gear now, but have just realised I will have to unpack it all to make my gift tags!I think tonight will just be a t.v. viewing night as I am still flat out at work, and a bit tired. Til tomorrow…..
Happy 80th birthday
Tonights card uses Stampin Up Pink Piroutte cardstock, and websters Pages patterned paper. I also used some Prima bling and flower. Very quick post tonight as I have to go and make 10 xmas cards for an order . Til tomorrow….
Websters pages male card
An earlier than usual post today, but I had a very late night last night, and I’m off to have a nap, and may not get a chance to blog later, so here I am. Todays card is made with stampin Up cardstock – Baja Breeze, and stampin up greeting stamps and the patterned paper is Websters pages, one of my favourite paper companies! I have finished with xmas cards, and packed up all my xmas bits and pieces. I’m now moving on and thinking about Mothers Day. Last year I made 80 Mothers day cards, and I expect those numbers wont change this year, so I plan to do a few a week starting now! Til tomorrow….
Organic grace stamps
Continuing on with my practising of creating my own backgrounds, I made this card using bazzil cardstock, secret bird society paper from Kaisercraft, and a Stampin Up stamp set – Organic Grace.Not much card making happening at all this week – work is busy, and I have been trying to finish my xmas shopping – one more pressie to go! Yay! Til tomorrow….
October Afternoon swing stamp
Tonights card uses Stampin Up daffodil delight cardstock, and October afternoon Thriftshop patterned paper and Tree swing stamp.I stamped the image a couple of times, and fussy cut and pasted different elements. I like stamping like this, because I am still finding my niche in the colouring department. In the new year I would like to investigate copic markers but it is quite expensive to get started with them, so I might play around with the shop ones first. I do tend to reach for the ink pads and aqua brushes, so I think that is the technique I might concentrate on. What do you all colour your images with?Til tomorrow….
Art in Motion #2
Tonights card is my second play with my new art in Motion stamp from Happen Inc. This time I coloured the image with watercolour pencils instead of ink. I used stampin Up cardstock – Poppy parade, K&Co Lifes Journey Diecuts, a red ribbon, and I dyed the white lace with a couple of drops of re-inker in a mist it spray bottle.( A great way to match your lace to your project. Til tomorrow….
Art in motion stamp
I came across this huge stamp when I was browsing in Paper flourish, and just had to have it. I used Stampin Up Naturals Ivory cardstock, and coloured it with Tim Holtz distress ink. the stamp is from happen Inc and is called Art in Motion. I also used a Prima button, and ribbon and lace from my supply. Yesterday I purchased some new kaisercraft English rose paper, and some new Seaside papers which I had planned to use to scrapbook my recent Robe holiday. Today I sat down to some serious cardmaking intending to use the English rose but instead used most of the seaside paper, so now I have to purchase more for my scrapbook!I never fails to amuse me that you can start off with one goal, and head in a totally different direction! Til tomorrow….
Typewriter card
Tonights card uses Stampin Up Daffodil Delight as the base, and October Afternoon Thrift shop patterned paper and a Wild card on the front. I cut a slot in the typewriter image and thread a piece of paper through and stamped a greeting on it. I’ve been at Paper Flourish setting up my class and have seen lots of lovely new Kaisercraft papers…Not much card making this week as I’ve been so busy at work, so glad its the weekend,Til Tomorrow…
Hollywood Vogue
Here is another card using the new Websters Pages Hollywood Vogue range. The Black cardstock is Stampin Up and I also used Websters pages fabric ribbon and Journalling card, and an image from Collections elements. I wrapped the ribbon around the paper, and slid the journalling card in between the paper and ribbon. You could substitute the card for a gift card! Tonight has to be more xmas cards, I thought I was finished but I have had a run on them, and with still a few weeks to go til the big day, I need to stock up a bit. Til tomorrow…..
Helens Card Designs 