Oh dear – hit the wrong button and this photo might appear twice… sorry…. Another 2 cards using graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue, and a little ribbon and bling. the Cardstock used is stampin Up taken with Teal, summer sun, Calypso Coral and green galore. Some of those colours are retired now, but I stocked up on them and I am so glad I did!They match this paper so well. Quick post as its shopping tonight and I have an order to fulfill as well…. Til tomorrow…
Category: Birthday
Graphic 45 tropical tavelogue
Another hot day here in my part of the world, but I have found the perfect papers to cool me down – graphic 45 tropical travelogue collection. The colours are gorgeously vibrant , bright and cool! I have used Stampin Up cardstock with them – taken with teal, and summer sun. I also added some ribbon, a maya stick pin and assorted kaisercraft bling. I only have a couple more to show in this series, but will be making more with it soon – it’s such a gorgeously bright collection, and different from what I have been using lately… Til tomorrow…..
Sidewalk 5 and 6
Here we are for our second post today. This is the last in my October Afternoon sidewalk series, which I wanted to finish today as I am eager to move on to the next…. These two cards also used the button, twine and seam binding that came in the matching Miscellany pack, and I used a spellbinder labels 14 to stamp my Stampin Up Perfectly Penned greeting stamp on to in choc chip ink.There is a little lace peaking through the layers, and I punched a lacy edge with my Martha stewart punch.So Hot here in Adelaide today – 40C ( thats 104F for my overseas visitors) Very hard to craft in this heat – My quick dry glue was drying before I could get anything stuck to it, my double sided tape went quite tacky, and parts of my body were uncomfortably stuck to my seat! It looks as though it is cooling down now, although that could be wishful thinking! Welcome to my new subscribers,I hope you all enjoy my card making journey as much as I do…. Til tomorrow….
Sidewalk 4
An early post today,and maybe I will still do one tonight as i have had a look through my photo files and I have lots that I haven’t shown yet so to catch up now and again I will do a double blog!This morning we are still on October Afternoon Sidewalk 8×8 paper pad and the matching Miscellany pack, which comes with those cute buttons! Til this afternoon……
Sidewalk 3 with Cuttlebug
We are still with my October afternoon Sidewalk patterned papers, but on this card I have used my Picot Edges circles spellbinders die with my cuttlebug as the focus of this card. The greeting is a stamp by Stamp It, and I have added a ribbon and bow. A martha Stewart punch was used also. This is a good sketch card which I will probably use again! Nathan is on holidays from his studies and has been “improving ” my blog by building something on the side over to the right…. he assures me when he is finished, which might take him a few days , that we will be able to click on whatever we looking for in the list there, and all the cards I have done under that particular category – be it certain papers, or technique, or design , will come up as a group! Sounds good…..Til tomorrow….
Sidewalk 2
Yesterday was the boy version, and today is the girly version….. Using October Afternoon 8×8 paper pad and matching miscellany pack. After posting lasts nights card I went into the craft room and pulled this paper out again to play a bit more with it. The only other thing I added to this one was the ribbon.A late post today, I have to go and organise something for tea, and if I leave it much later it will be breakfast time!
October Afternoon Sidewalk
I love the clear colours of October Afternoon papers, and this new collection called Sidewalk is no exception. I have used the matching Miscellany pak and the card just fell together. The good thing about this paper pad is that it matches perfectly with previous releases so not too much thinking required to put papers together! In other good news today, all my blog and e-mail problems are finally ironed out – Yay! I didn’t realise how much I enjoyed blogging until I ran into this trouble, but all is good now in Helens blogging world! Til tomorrow…..
Vintage lady
Todays card uses a few different products – here is the list – The paper is Vintage blue floral and stripe by Glitz designs, the paper flowers are from Prima,and they are held together with a my minds Eye brad, the gorgeous lady is a Glitz whatnot – dance in sunshine, the postcard chipboard is by prima from the Londonerry range, and the stamps used were from Stampin up – Well scripted and the flourish was also from Stampin Up from my Vintage vogue set.. They all seem to go well together, sometimes it’s worth mixing and matching! Til tomorrow…..
Glitz designs 2
Todays card is the second in my Glitz designs series. Here I have used the Dance in Sunshine paper and the bird image is from the bag of matching whatnots. I added a kaisercraft crocheted doily and a flower. well it was back to work today, and xmas well and truly over in the shop – I spent the day setting up our back to school area!Still having trouble with my blog – Thank you to those of you searching for me, and also welcome to my new follower! Til tomorrow….
Glitz Designs
This is a paper company I hadn’t heard of before, But I always like to try new products, so I bought a few bits and pieces, and here we are – It is Glitz designs, Dance in Sunshine, and I also used the matching Whatnots, which is a pack of bits and pieces that match the papers. Just added a flower and a couple of leaves to finish. Today I have spent 31/2 hours in the craft room and made … 2 cards! Now, normally after that amount of time I would have had a bit more to show for my time, but on these two cards I used every electrical gadget I have including my Cricut,sewing machine, heat gun and then the cuttlebug and lots of ribbons, buttons, flowers,lace,inks, distressing gadget and even went rummaging around in late Grans sewing box for press studs – (remember them?) I will show as soon as Nathan photos them… Til tomorrow…..
Helens Card Designs 