The paper I used on this card is from Stampin up – Gingham garden. Although the colours are quite modern I couldn’t resist giving this one a bit of a vintage twist – by adding ribbon, lace, a flower and a doily which I coloured with my squeezed lemonade distress ink pad. I am quite liking the yelolow/ pink colour combination at the moment1The sentiment is also from stampin up. Til tomorrow…..
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Kaisercraft Secret Admirer number 10
While looking through my files to post something tonight I found a card that never made it to my blog when I made this series. The paper collection is Kaisercraft Secret Admirer, and it was a favourite when it was released.I think I still have some left, but always full of good intentions to get back to paper collections , it hasn’t happened yet! I teamed the paper with the matching collectables for this card, and added some ribbon and rhinestone strips and butterflies punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I have been in the craft room in the evenings this week fulfilling some orders, but tonight is T.V. Night! til tomorrow…..
Stamped fuschia card
Very slow internet tonight – very nearly didn’t get this post done, but here we are – A kazzazz Fuschia stamp,which i coloured with my distress markers and an aqua brush. The cardstock is Stampin up pink Pirouette and wisteria wonder, and the border embossing folder is by Darice. The ribbons and sentiment stamp are from Stampin Up. Well thats my weekend officially over – went far too quickly, but at least I got my October lessons done. I have laid out some things on my craft table to do a scrap book page, so will work on that on and off this week, til tomorrow,…..
Butterfly stamps
A stamping Card today. I used Kaisercraft butterfly stamps and lined them up down the cardstock. I coloured them with distress inks , and then layered onto some kaisercraft patterned paper. Added lace, a flower and a punched leaf frond,inked around all my edges, and stuck the whole lot onto stampin up cardstock.I have been busy making Sympathy cards today, and now I am going to work on some classes for October. Til tomorrow….
Stampin Up Sycamore street
Something a bit different from last nights card – a nice bright one with lots of colour! Everything here is Stampin Up. The cardstock is Marina Mist and Pool Party. Embossing folder is Hexagon, and I embossed a few differents bits of designer paper ( from the Sycamore Street range) and fussy cut out the hexagons to stick over the embossed panel. I added a few matching buttons tied with linen thread, and stamped an itty bitty banner for the greeting.this one is a great way to use up all those little bits of scraps at the end of a crafting session! Til tomorrow….
kaisercraft true romance 9 and 10 – stepped up..
This is an interesting one tonight – Kaisercraft True Romance paper collection, and matching collectables on both cards, but the card on the left is a simpler card, and for the card on the right I stepped it up by adding lace and a doily, and making a tag.I inked around all pieces with a pink ink pad.Thats it for this collection for now, tomorrow we will have a look at something new! Til tomorrow….
kaisercraft true romance 7 and 8…
two very similar cards tonight – I couldn’t choose between them so decided to put them both up! the paper is Kaisercraft True Romance and I used the matching collectables. i inked around all my edges with pink ink, and added a little kindyglitz and ribbon bows. the flower on top is one we ( my sister and I) made and coloured when playing with the new moulding clay from stampin Up.There is also some lace on the top card!Must go – tea is very nearly ready, til tomorrow….
graphic 45 french country number 4
This is the last in my Graphic 45 French Country series for now – i have a couple more but they are waiting to be photographed so tomorrow we will return to the true romance series to finish that one off. I did a bit of matting and layering on this card, and distressed all the edges and inked with Tea Dye distress inks.The little bike image was laying on my desk so it ended up on the card as well – I think it came from a piece of Kaisercraft sears and sons paper. The Eiffel Tower was stamped, and heat embossed – the stamp is from Stampin Up artistic etchings stamp set. I tied some string with a charm attached around one of the layers. Til tomorrow….
French Country number 2
I was always going to do something with this image on one of the Graphic 45 french Counrty papers. It’s a lovely picture, so i have matted itwith red cardstock,and fussy cut a rooster to pop on the corner. I used a strip of paper to make into a corner and added a seam binding bow tied with bakers twine and a charm to finish.This one may end up framed on my craft room wall!Had a lovely afternoon cardmaking with one of my most favourite people, and now I am ready to sit and watch a little t.v. with a nice cup of tea! til tomorrow….
Graphic 45 french Country
We havent finished with the true romance cards , but we will get back to them – Today I ran a class using Graphic 45 French Country papers, and I had forgotten how much I liked this collection of papers, so i couldn’t resist making some for myself ! For this card, I covered the whole base card with paper, and ran a strip of border paper across the bottom. The sentiment is cut out of some more of the paper, and I used a matching chipboard for the focal point. I have a huge bag of new papers here at my feet, and I can’t wait to have a good look at it all, so Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 