These two cards are the reason I had this paper ( kaisercraft Little one) out on my desk the other day. I fussy cut the elephants and owls out of some of the 12 x 12 papers in the collection, and made my boxes ( video coming I promise – they are so simple you will be amazed!) and fixed the fussy cutting onto strips of acetate.they wobble about nicely!I have since had to make more owls cards because the three I initially made have gone – I sent one to my Auntie in Perth and it handled the post perfectly and was only the cost of a normal stamp! Much cooler day here and after the week of humidity we have had it is so welcome. Looking forward to a weekend of playing with my new stampin up supplies! til tomorrow…..
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Kaisercraft Little One 5,6, and 7..
Kaisercraft Little One paper collection and collectables.I had this paper out for a different reason, which I will show you all next time, but while it was out I did a couple of quick cards with it to top up my boxes.Very minimal embellishing on these ones, just my go -to ribbon, and a few buttons. I found a few heart shaped buttons in my stash and thought they were perfect for these cards. a welcome day off today, and the grocery shopping is done so i will spend a couple of hours in the craft room. I haven’t been in there much lately, it’s been too hot, and still is, but my fingers are itching to sit down and create, so I will get in the zone and ignore the weather! thank you all for your comments, I feel we are building a lovely card making community and I so enjoy hearing from all of you! til tomorrow…..
kaisercraft telegraph road.
I made these cards for a village class, so I kept them quite simple. The paper is from kaisercraft – telegraph road,and I added some lace, ribbon and flowers,punched leaves and stamped sentiments.Well, we are still hot here in adelaide,so far this month we haven’t had a day under 25c, so quite looking forward to winter this year!! I started work super early today, so home early, I am going to prepare some tea, and have a nice seat under the air conditioner duct with my book. Til tomorrow….
embedded embossing with kaisercraft secret garden
The last of kaisercraft secret garden paper collection ( for now) and matching collectables, as well as a die cut butterfly ( memory box die) doily, ribbon and bling. the reason I kept this one til last was to show you the embedded embossing technique. I had a lot of little bits and strips of paper so I stuck them all on some white cardstock – i inked around all the edges and left a little bit of white space between each strip, then i ran the whole thing through an embossing folder and my big -shot. The embossing folder I used was a kaisercraft one – postcards I think it was called, but you can use any folder as long as it has quite a close design over it, its fun to experiment with this technique and a brilliant way to use up those little strips of patterned paper we just can’t bring ourselves to throw out! We have had a power outage for most of the day today, so nothing much done but a bit of reading. Thank goodness it’s back on now so the air conditioner is working double time to cool the house down! Til tomorrow…
Secret Garden ..
WordPress has changed how I post on my blog, and I don’t like it! even Nathan my go to techie son is having problems, so I hope this works! Todays card is still kaisercraft Secret garden,the second to last card in this series ( for now) I couldn’t lose this paper, and have filed it away for future card making. This card has lots of goodies on it – punched leaves and butterflies,ribbon, lace ( a find from a country second hand shop), a doily,flowers and a collectable doily as well. i think this is my favourite, but I do love this paper. Today is a lovely day here weather wise, not too hot, so a good day for a bit of house keeping before a couple of hours in the craft room. til tomorrow….
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 62,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Graphic 45 artisan style 6 and 7
Well, the computer seems to have righted itself for now and we have 2 cards today. Both made with graphic 45 Artisan style papers, and very little embellishing except on the peacock tails. Lots of fussy cutting, and all mounted on stampin Up cardstock. I taught a lesson this morning with some very lovely ladies, and a nice break to the working week it was! Now I am heading into the craft room where I am working on a few fathers day cards. til tomorrow…..
My updated craft room.
No card today, instead I thought I would show you what has kept me busy this first week of my holidays! I have removed the trestle table, and moved in a smaller desk ( hopefully this will encourage me to keep my desk tidy) and new shelves behind me to hold all my stamp sets and inks.In the drawers in the corner under the record player ( a must) are my distress inks, scrap cardstock, perfect pearls,liquid pearls and embossing powders, while in the wheeled drawers by my desk is my collection of lace and flowers,and punches.On the wall opposite my desk are custom made shelves for all my patterned paper collections. The trestle table has been set up with my big shot, and cricut machine ( I should use it more often now)and all my embossing folders, dies, and cricut cartridges. The built in robe holds all my stampin up cardstock, bling and much more ribbon!I stopped work to make some cards with kaisercrafts new paper collection – Secret garden…(that’s what is on the desk). I love this paper and I am really going to have to force myself to stop creating with it and get back to the sorting out! Back tomorrow with a card to show.. til tomorrow….
My Card stall at the craft fair
this afternoon i popped over to the venue for the 3 day craft fair and set up my stall. Still have a little bit of work to do tomorrow morning, but at least it’s all there!Looking forward to this weekend!
Bo Bunny Garden Journal number 5
there was going to be two cards today, but the computer has something against uploading my photos, I am blaming the weather,it’s been very stormy today, hopefully tomorrow it behaves itself! So, todays card is Bo Bunny garden journal papers, with some assorted flowers,punched leaves, and a bit of bling. I inked all the edges with tea dye distress ink. Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 