Well, thats another Christmas day past, I hope you all had a lovely day with your loved ones. I certainly did, and so good to get together with my Mum and dad and 3 sisters, and their families.Today has been a day of recovery, not so much from eating too much yesterday, but from the hectic time I have had at work! I did spend a klittle time in the craft room this afternoon making all my cards for Februarys classes, and nathan fiklmed a bit of a clip for the Paper Flourish blog which will go live in a couple of weeks. Now for todays card… Prima Seashore collection is the paper,and I stamped the top layer with a stampin up boat stamp, and inked around all my edges with some distress ink.The trim is from prima, and I added a button from my collection.Til tomorrow….
Category: Birthday
Kaisercraft sandy toes number 1
As today is so hot here I thought it would be a good idea to put up a card that makes me feel cool while I look at it! The paper collection is a new release from Kaisercraft – Sandy toes, and is full of lovely patterns and cool colours.I inked around all my edges with shades of blue and green distress ink, and added a bit more colour to the panel with the ship on it too.Wound a little linen thread around my main panel, and added a charm to finish.I am off now to finish wrapping some presents, and then I think I am all organised for Christmas! til tomorrow…..
Pink Paislee Bella Rouge and C C Designs stamp
Two very similar cards today,both made with pink paislee bella Rouge paper collection, and stamped with C C Designs Cupcake Birgitta stamp. I coloured the image with Kaiserfusion markers,and added assorted flowers and a ribbon bow. the spellbinders dies I used were Timeless Triangles and opulent Ovals.Such a busy time of the year! No time for crafting so far this weekend, but I am going to go now and sit down with some stamped out images and my bottles of re-inkers and relax in front of the tv and do some colouring so that when I do get back to the craft room I have some images coloured and ready to go!Til tomorrow…..
Pink Paislee Bella Rouge paper , stampin up create a cupcake
A mix of paper collection and stamping today. The paper collection is Pink Paislee bella Rouge. I only bought a couple of sheets of this paper,( I liked the colour combination of pink and mustard)and I layered it onto my card front. the flowers were fussy cut from the reverse of one of the sheets. The stamp set is Stampin up Create a cupcake, and I stamped my images onto white scrap cardstock and fussy cut them out. the butterfly was also fussy cut from the reverse of the patterned paper. The sentiment stamp came from the create a cupcake set.I taught my last lesson of the year today, a big group of lovely ladies, and a very enjoyable morning it was too!I have had a relaxing afternoon, but now it’s time to organise dinner, so Til tomorrow…..
Secret Garden and Bloom with hope stamps
Still with the stamped cards, and for this card I used two stamps sets, Stampin up bloom with hope and Secret garden. I stamped the greenery straight on to my card base, and stamped the flowers separately onto scrap white card stock, and coloured in with kaiser fusion markers.I then fussy cut them out and stuck onto the card with foam pads of varying thicknesses.The butterfly is a spellbinders die and I used some liquid pearls for a butterfly trail!Til tomorrow….
Stampin up fabulous florets
While we are on stamped cards, I have a couple more to show over the next couple of days . These two were made with Stampin Up fabulous Florets stamp set. I stamped the greenery straight onto my cardstock, and stamped the poppies separately on scrap cardstock, then coloured them with my Kaiserfusion markers, and fussy cut them out. kept these ones very simple – just added a punched butterfly, ribbon bow and some liquid pearls. A lazy day today, with just some experimenting with embossing happening in the craft room this afternoon. Til tomorrow….
Stampin Up Sweet Briar rose
In between playing with paper I like to do a bit of stamping and colouring.The stamp I used on these cards is from stampin Up – Sweet Briar rose. I coloured it with Prisma colour pencils, and kept the rest of the cards white. I used a few different dies – spellbinders Opulent ovals,magnolia flourish and Memory box Kaliadescope butterfly. Added a few white pearls to the butterflies, and layered it all on a piece of cardstock embossed with cuttlebug swiss dots folder.Til tomorrow…
Kaisercraft tropical Punch 5 and 6
Here are the last two ( for now) cards made with Kaisercraft Tropical Punch.Again I have used the 12 x 12 papers ( so still a whole 6″ pad to use later!)and on the top card matching collectables.Admittedly the bottom card was made with lots of leftover bits on my table!So busy at work just now I haven’t the energy for the craft room, but certainly looking forward to the Christmas break to relax in there! Til tomorrow….
Kaisercraft Tropical Punch 3 and 4
These bright colours certainly make a change from all the shades of red and green we have been working with! Both of todays cards use the 12 x 12 papers from the Tropical Punch collection by kaisercraft, and I also used some collectables from the same collection on the top card. Flowers, ribbon, stampin up greeting stamp and fussy cutting ( on the bottom card) to finish.Til tomorrow……
Kaisercraft tropical Punch 1 and 2
As promised, we have moved on from Christmas and now to catch up on some other cards I have been working on. This collection is Kaisercraft tropical Punch which was released a couple of months ago. I have used the 12 x 12 papers on both cards and made good use of the matching collectables as well. A couple of flowers, and some lovely yellow ribbon, and done!Cardstock is Stampin up.Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 